Significance Movie Reviews Samples For Students

The Hunt for Red October Movie Essay

Directed by John McTiernan, the movie, "The Hunt for Red October" revolves around the ‘Red October’ an underwater Typhoon-class war submarine. The action movie is engaging and filled with brilliantly done scenes well mixed with political twists, turns and intrigues. It is the management setting in the movie however that is of major concern in this essay. A clear understanding of the significance of management in decision making has a strong statement throughout the movie. The essay will cover critical aspects of management such as leadership that is well illustrated by the two main protagonists of the movie, Jack Ryan from ...

Introduction

Set in the timeframe of 1981, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is based on the real life story of Chris Gardner who ascended from a destitute to a stock market magnate. Cast in the role of Gardner, Will Smith did an astounding job in essaying the character to perfection. The movie bagged many accolades and awards upon its release in 2006. The most notable one was the Academy Award rewarded to Will Smith for best male actor. The opening scene gives a glimpse of the phrase ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ as mentioned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that the Americans are ...

Movie Review: The Warning

Brief Summary of the Video
The video that was selected was entitled “The Warning” featured online through Frontline. It presented relevant concerns about how allowing and promoting unregulated market forces would inevitably result to a devastating financial meltdown. Featured in more than 54 minutes of play time, the video’s main parts included the golden era when Alan Greenspan, known as the rock star, ruled the economy ; how Brooksley Born, a brilliant lawyer, then the head of the CFTC, tried to warn the American public through Congress, of the need to regulate the over the counter derivatives market; and how ...

According to James Snead, marking, mythification and omission happens to be the three common devices which get applied by filmmakers to consign blacks to obscurity on screen. Snead postulates that, when these three devices get employed on screen, they succeed in showing the little significance of blacks (Snead 4). Therefore, this paper shall examine four films, which tend to support Snead’s ramifications; these four films are; “cabin in the sky”, “a raisin in the sun”, “nothing but a man” and a “killer of sheep”. Taking a closer look at these films will end u revealing the use of the three devices mentioned ...

In the video titled “What makes us feel good about our work,” Dan Ariely presents a TED talk about the effects of rejection and motivation, and the effect, which this has on how people feel about the work they do. Indeed, it turns out that individuals develop a sense of ownership over anything they do, irrespective of how basic the task is. Using some experiments, Ariel is in a position to offer some quite easy to comprehend insight on how individuals work and that value they attach to the tasks they perform (Ariely, 2012).
Apparently, Ariely gives three experiments ...

The Name of the Class

Cross-Cultural Experiences in the movie “Outsourced”
The customs and cultures of India were developed by the country’s traditions that date back almost a few thousands of years. The significance most of these cultural behavior and traditions have in the people of India can be elusive to the average American. For instance, the picture of Kaali (the goddess of destruction), carrying the severed head of a man, hung on the wall of Todd’s (the protagonist) bedroom, is quite a disconcerting picture for the average American. But in India, it is a picture of relief. Similarly, the intermittent animal ( ...

The “Best of Both Worlds” has two storylines adapted from Star Trek: The Next Generation, American science fiction television series. It aims to describe the struggle between the two opposing factions, the Enterprise and the Borg. The Borg intends to conquer Earth, whereas the Enterprise is determined to prevent the Borg from accomplishing this. Before the cube can reach Earth, the Enterprise can destroy the Borg’s protective shield, leaving it/them vulnerable to attack and, therefore, increasing the Enterprise’s chance of success in preventing it/them from conquering Earth. This paper will analyze the second thesis in Cohen's Monster ...

The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 science fiction horror film directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow. This film was adapted from Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend. The filmed was set in Rome, Italy and was released in theatre in the United States by American International Pictures and the UK in 1966.

Thesis

Through Morgan (Vincent Price), Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow are able to convey the horror and the despair of the last man living on earth that was infested by zombie like vampires resulting from an extensive plague. It was one man fighting against ...

Introduction

The understanding of mental health issues is impacted significantly by the images portrayed in various sources such as printed media, news media, film and drama as well as real-life experiences. The movie “Snake Pit” by Anatole Litvak brings about images of poor psychiatric care in a State Mental Institution. The movie is based in the 1940s and provides a closer view of the dire state of mental treatment at state facilities. The story is told from the perspective of de Havilland, a young writer who is taken to Juniper Hill State mental facility by her husband (The snake pit, 1948). One of ...

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Presentation information

This video is addresses the new view of technology. Kevin Kelly addresses technology as an evolving organism with self unconscious requirements as well as tendencies. Kelly looks into the details of technology to understand what it wants by analyzing various examples. He predicts massive inventories in technology (Kelly, 2010).

Application to business

It would be wise to understand that technology is one of the main requirements for development. Respect for technology in businesses is a guarantee for excellence. Therefore, there is exclusive need to respect technology. It would be vital in capturing and storing data in a business. In maintenance ...

11th July, 2011

Sociological Movie Analysis: Passion of the Christ

Introduction

The film viewed is called “Passion of the Christ.” Mel Gibson presents the passion which is known by Christians as the sacred crucifixion of their Lord and Savior by Jews who did not accept him as the messiah. The major plot and characters were deducted from accounts given in the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Scenes included Sermon on the Mount; Mary Magdalene and the last supper. (Passion of the Christ)
The predominant sociological perspective as espoused by the author is religion. In this discussion Functionalist theory of Herbert Spencer and Talcott Parson ...