WALL-EEEEE <3 <3 <3

This last weekend i watched Wall-e, and it was amazing! I really like the pixar and disney animated movies, and i think its really cool how they seem like you are watching a real life movie that isn't animated with fictional characters. I thought the story line was great, especially what it was saying about society as a whole lately. The theme was very true, and i liked the message it sent to young kids everywhere; how if we keep taking from the earth and creating so much waste, the world will be ruined and we will eventually end up like the fat, un-intelligent people in the movie. It seemed to me that the robots acted like humans, while the humans seemed like robots, all doing the same thing at the same time everyday when they're told and notthinking about whats going on around them. What i thought really made Wall-e great was that the theme was in a positive light, it made people think about their actions and the consequences without getting people angry, and not just any movie could pull that off. I also liked the characters and how cute and human like they were. All i wanted to do was hug wall-e when he was protecting Eva from the rain and being so selfless. I usually don't watch many animated movies because they seem childish and geared towards younger kids, but the pixar/dreamworks/disney movies always seem to appeal to every audience. Wall-e was a suepr good movie that i would reccomend to anyone. It leaves the audience on a good note and was just all around great!

Screwball Comedies

I think the screwball and romantic comedy genre are usually great movies to watch, especially more modern and recent ones, but i have to say, i really really disliked Bringing Up Baby. Susan was very annoying and she was way to oblivious about what was going on around her. When she stole the car, kept losing the leopard, and pretty much anything else she did, it seemed completely unrealistic because her actions were so far fetched. And speaking of unrealistic, i thought the story line and how the sequence of events played out was also quite annoying. They played the same joke over and over again, where the character is too dumb or oblivious to know whats going on, even though the audience does. The audience ultimately knows what is going to happen in the end, and the story just dragged on and on and kept getting more complex. I kept thinking it was going to end when another twist came, and it got really repetitive and i was annoyed. But i thought there were a few good aspects to Bringing Up Baby. The acting was very believable and good, and i also liked the editing, camera movements, lighting, and costumes. So basically, all the technical aspects and cinematography were great. But overall, i really disliked this movie and am glad we are done watching it.

Westerns!!

I am posting about everything i have learned about westerns in the last few weeks. I'm not going to lie, i had never seen a western movie until we watched My Darling Clementine in class. I actually liked it alot, and the western genre didn't turn out to be as bad as i thought it was. I really liked the camera shots and how alot of western movies are shot outdoors, using a long shot to show beautiful scenery in the background. I thought it was really cool and added alot to the movie. I also really liked how the typical western hero was so mysterious and collected, it made me want to keep watching and try to figure his character out. Like in Once Upon a Time in the Old West, the Harmonica character was very intreguing and suspenseful, and he always seemed to know what was going to happen next, which made me want to keep my eyes glued to the screen. There are many other genres of film i would rather watch, but compared to Citezen Kane and other in class movies, i thought the westerns were really good and had alot of diffrent aspects to them then movies i usually watch; The lighting is high key most of the time, most of the camera shots are either close ups on someones face, or long shots of scenery, and also the plot, costumes, and acting are all diffrent too (in a good way). Overall i liked the western unit though and it was a nice change of pace form movies i usually watch.

Citizen Kane!!!

I am posting about my thoughts and feelings after watching Citizen Kane in class. I started out thinking it was going to be boring and dull because it was in black and white, because normally i don't watch many old movies. But right from the opening scene i was intrigued by the great acting, editing, and plot in Citizen Kane. It was really cool to see how a movie could still be great even without all the special effects and action sequences. Also, i thought Orson Wells did a amazing job at writing, and playing the role of Kane. The audience can tell that he put alot of time into developing the characters and plot throughout the movie. The only thing i didn't like about the movie was that to me, it was kind of hard to relate to and it dragged on a little bit too long. but that was probably just the difference in time periods. but overall i thought it was a pretty good movie. im still not really into black and white movies, but Citizen Kane definitely changed my perspective on them!

Intro Entry

hi my name is julie and im in art of film 1 class. i really like watching movies and DVDs. The last movie i saw in the theatre was Batman, The Dark Night . I thought it was really cool and a all around great movie. There were so many good ideas put into it and i though Christopher Nolan directer it extreely well. I need to see it again though, because there were so many details that i didnt catch the first time and it had many hidden meanings and other aspects that i didnt catcth. but it was a really cool movie that i like alot.