Analysis Of The Movie ' Lawrence Of Arabia '

In history many things have happened and there has been movies made to recreate things of the past. For example, the movie Jarhead by Sam Mendes, is a recreation of the Gulf War. Also Jarhead is about a Marine named Anthony Swofford who enlists as a Marine under a sadistic drill instructor.He then takes on a sniper class and by this time this is when the U.S. gets involved with the Gulf War. So he's sent to fight but never gets to shoot anyone and this gets him mad. But how accurate really is this movie?

Pariah is an acclaimed drama written and directed by director Dee Rees in 2011. The film tells the story of an adolescent African American teenage girl named Alike who struggles with her identity as a lesbian. The film introduces Alike to the audience in a club, in which she often hangs out with her openly gay friend, Laura. This rambunctious lifestyle is quickly contrasted by the introduction to her notably structured and religious family. Alike’s mother, Audrey, in particular, seems to not only oppose Alike’s friendship with Laura, but also question her sexuality. Although Alike struggles with an oppressive relationship with her mother, she also does not seem to wholly fit in with Laura and her brazen lifestyle, thus making her a true outcast, a pariah. Amidst everything, Alike forges a friendship with a girl named Bina and a complicated and disastrous relationship quickly ensues, ultimately resulting in Alike’s coming out, estrangement from her mother, and her departure to college. Director Dee Rees draws on particular filmmaking techniques and personal experiences to depict Alike’s struggles to embrace her lesbian identity, ultimately in order to fuel a growing gay rights sentiment.

Psychology 1077 Written Project Assignment By Mikhail Sidorenko The film that I have chosen to analyze is Dunkirk (2017). It visualizes the “miracle” evacuation of British and French forces during early 1940.

This film was extremely influential during a very crucial period in American history. It greatly influenced society’s impression of intervention during World War II, and it also impacted our standpoint on the interference in future foreign affairs as well. The movie led to a series of American intervention in several upcoming troublesome and demanding foreign conflicts and or struggles. America could no longer remain neutral and detached while other countries were crumbling at her feet. Justice and democracy had to be maintained and defended whether it was on our soil or our enemy’s. This film defends that objective and builds support for the United State’s new game plan for constructive meddling in foreign affairs. And as a result, our country would soon become the defender of justice for the entire world. For instance, this meddling came about during the Cold War.

The film and writing industry go hand in hand, as they often inspire one another. As a result, the translation of many novels into movie format and vice versa vary in success. For instance, many people prefer the film format over the novel since it is usually less time consuming and requires less active participation. However, films tend to overlook significant details which aid the viewer's understanding of the story. Therefore, the two separate forms of media have too many differences to portray the same work of fiction accurately, as they both have their strengths and weaknesses that appeal to different types of stories and plots. Numerous changes in the movie adaptation of the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, affected the viewer’s

The 2005 film, Jarhead focuses on the life of the protagonist Marine, Anthony Swafford. The viewer watches as Swofford endures the vicious training to be a US Marine, which eventually leads to his deployment in Kuwait in to fight the 1990 Gulf War. Undoubtedly, many aspects of the film link back to Gender, however for the purpose of this critical review, I will be focusing on the way in masculinity in Jarhead serves to highlight key ideas about hierarchy and freedom. Although broadly defined, I have interpreted ‘masculinity’ as men being expected to behave with particular characteristics, such as being strong, heroic, protective, and rational. This review will argue that through the focus on Gender, particularly masculinity, Jarhead provides a critique of the military’s dependence on masculinity as a means of shaping the ‘worth’ of men, an aspect which often leads to emotional and mentally isolation and entrapment, as well as raising questions about the masculinity of the state. Moreover, Jarhead criticises how the repression of aggressive masculinity, as fuelled and promoted military training, can have consequences, as the men do not have an outlet for this aggressive masculinity, for example, combat.

The film The Battle of Algiers followed Ali La Pointe in its attempt to recreate the conflict among the occupants of Algeria in the decade preceding the country’s independence. The battles fought in Algiers, as depicted in the film, were no case of Washington crossing the Delaware; there was no glory. The battles in Algiers were the struggles between the ubiquitous and the unseen; there was no brave heroes, only a series of terror. In writing this response, I hope to rationalize the murdering committed by the FLN and French paratroopers. While the former saw killing as their only grasp on hope, the latter saw it as a necessary evil.

It’s important to be able to recognize reliable sources to learn from and watching this movie is not a reliable source to be educated about The Battle of Thermopylae nor the groups of people it symbolized. It is a good movie just to enjoy because of the action and violence that many viewers like but it does give the correct facts of

Important characters such as Sir William Wallace, Murran (actually named Marion), Robert the Bruce, Isabella of France, and more were all real people that the basis of Braveheart takes place around. Nonetheless, there were many inaccuracies. For example, it is believed that Wallace was born an aristocrat and had been knighted much earlier than the feature depicted. Marion and the hero did not, in actuality, meet until about the time that Marion aged 18. Robert the Bruce did not take advice from his dying father, but instead was motivated by “omens” such as that of a spider swinging from rafter to rafter. Isabella of France could never of had an affair or warn Wallace of anything due to the fact that at the time Braveheart takes place, Isabella was merely a toddler. Analyzing the events of the film indicate that Wallace did lead the rebellion against English rulers in 1296, win at Stirling Bridge, lose at Falkirk, was captured, tried and executed as depicted. However, there were many details of each place that were changed. For one example, the movie did not even have a bridge at the battle of Stirling Bridge. The setting of Scotland and England were as portrayed, but, as aforementioned, were over-exaggerated for the sole purpose of cinematic appeal. All in all, the historical value of this film is just above absolute trash, but that does not distract from the sheer perfection of this 5 star

The movie tells more of truth than fiction, therefore it is a good historical movie. The movie Hidden Figures portrays reality in many forms. The majority of the setting, time period, clothing, location, characters are real. The roles of the main three characters were true.

T.E. Lawrence demonstrated his innovative leadership by subverting the Ottomans through altering the strategic direction of the Arab Revolt and by depleting the Turkish defenses at Aqaba, therefore bolstering the Allied Powers. With his revolutionary approach to command, Lawrence bolstered the Allied Powers during the attack on Aqaba as he altered the strategy for the port. “In the early stages of the Revolt, British and French military advisers urged the Arabs to capture the Turkish stronghold at Medina and to cut definitively the [Hejaz] Railway which was the Turkish supply-line running south from Damascus to the [Hejaz]” (Wilson). Lawrence condemned the continuing practice, used by both his British superiors and the Arabs, of attacking the

Lawrence of Arabia bolstered the Allied Powers through the capture of Damascus by reinforcing General Allenby’s forces and in the process he demonstrated his innovative leadership. Wanting to advance north against the Turks, Allenby required assistance from the Arabs to attack the Fourth Army of the Turks east of the Jordan River. “To accomplish that, Allenby needed Lawrence, who seemed to be the only person who could get the Arabs to fight in an organized way” (Korda 379). Considering Allenby’s request, Lawrence altered the proposed strategy to have the Arabs attack Ma’an and the southern railway. Instead, Lawrence believed it would be best to attack the railway from the north of Ma’an. (Korda 379). Furthermore, knowing that the Turks would

This film is definitely multidimensional in purpose. It was informative as to the historic events that took place yet motivational and celebratory in honoring our ability and capacity to dream. They did an excellent job of communicating this purpose. If we live “to die in the exercise of your passion”, that is a life well lived. This film had such profound moments of wisdom, passion and inspiration that I do not typically connect to in other

The role of Bertrande de Rols in the film “The Return of Martin Guerre” is a firm representation of the way in which women of this time subscribed to clear gender norms. She was a dutiful wife who stayed behind while her husband went off to war and to travel the world. She was willing to submit to him (or Arnaud, the man who ended up being an imposter of Martin) and settle down to have children upon his return. And when it came time to stand up him, she played her role in that process too (even though it wasn’t her husband for whom she was initially testifying). She doesn’t have the leeway in which to create her own path in life, and seems to constantly bend to the whim of others. Bertrande is the quintessential example of how women throughout history kept the home fires burning while their men explored the world, and then were forced to take back whatever iterations of their mates they got back (which in this case, wasn’t even the same man).

Enemy of the State (1998) is a dramatic movie set in the American context, which critically analyzes the notion, and potential implication, of unrestricted state surveillance. The synopsis of this film is that a man named Robert Clayton (played by Will Smith) is a lawyer who had a chance run-in at a lingerie store with a former college colleague named Jason. Jason is in the midst of attempting to escape from some National Security Agency (NSA) agents. His home was raided shortly before this encounter, because Jason was in possession of a video recording that showed the identity of a congressman’s assassin, and the killer also happened to be a high ranking federal agent named Reynolds. Unbeknownst to Robert, Jason slips this tape into a bag that Robert is holding. The information on that tape could be very damaging to the NSA and so, as the title would suggest, Robert then becomes an enemy of the state.