Top 10 Movies (that I have ever watched)

1) Easy A

2) The Notebook

3) P.S. I Love You

4) 10 Things I Hate About You

5) She's All That

6) Breakfast Club
7) Pirates of the Carribean- Curse of the Black Pearl

8) Underworld (first one)
9) Sixteen Candles

10) A Walk to Remember

11 Movies I Watched During My Blogging

These are ranked #1 the most and  #10 being the least favorite film:

1) Rumor Has It

2) The Graduate

3) Simpson's

4) Shawshank Redemption

5) The Great Debaters

6) Gone with the Wind

7) V for Vendetta

8) Cinema Paradiso

9) Psycho

10) Citizen Kane

11) Ben  Hur

My Rating Scale

My rating scale is: 1-10

1- I was not interested in this film and I did not care for it

2 or 3: It was not my least favorite movie but it definately was not something I would want to watch again

4 or 5: There are better movies but there are worse, it was lacking in some area

6 or 7: It was a good movie, there's a chance I would spend time watching this film again

7 or 8: I would most likely watch this film again and I was interested in it, but it still was not the best

9 or 10: One of the best movies I have ever watched and without a doubt I would recommend it to others and watch it again.

The Great Debaters

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/c742c53b532de39053c5ba51b84c10ed/video/13820053

Shawshank Redemption

"These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so dependent on them. That's institutionalized." The movie Shawshank Redemption deals with criminals in a prison (all men). It shows how people can become completely instituitionalized after a certain amount of years of being in prison. They live in fear after being set free from prison, because they do not know the outside world; prison has become their home, so to speak, and they have developed a group of people they consider to be their friends and people they trust.

The rocks that Andrew, the main character, collects, studies, etc. are a symbol throughout the movie.  When Andrew and others that are imprisoned are brought into prison, they are used to being free and doing as they please (within reason, obviously). When they begin realizing how much this has changed and that they have no freedom, they become shaped by how they are treated (the cruel guards and rules that come with being a prisoner). They have been criminals, and some find that they feel remorse for what crime(s) they have committed and feel that they are ready to be with society once again, without  committing criminal acts. This could be how these prisoners are polished, just like Andrew does with the rocks he polishes. I believe that the rock blanket they find in Andrew's cell, which he says is used for shaping and polishing rocks, is a symbol of the prison; prisoners are shaped and sometimes polished by imprisonment. Another symbol I noticed in this movie was the bird that Brooks (the librarian) raises before he leaves prison. When the bird is old enough to be on its own (and Brooks is leaving), Brooks lets the bird fly out of the prison window (with metal bars). Later in the movie Red says, "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright." Birds have to be let free sometimes because of this very reason, just like Andrew and just like Brooks' bird.

The most intresting thing to me throughout the movie is that the warden is a strong Christian, yet he does horrible things (makes guards follow through with his orders) to these prisoners. The most ironic thing to me is that they find (at the end) that Andrew's Bible has been ripped into the shape of his rock utensil, so that he was able to hide it when his cell was being checked. When the warden hands Andrew his Bible back, he says, "Salvation lies within." This is the very quote Andrew writes in the Bible's front page, and he sends it to the warden after his fiasco is over.

I thought the movie was very good. I would recommend this movie to other people; it is worth your time and money. It is not too long and is keeps your attention the whole movie. The only negative thing may be that some of the scenes are a little difficult to watch because of the brutality. If you are looking for a family movie, this wouldn't be the choice; it has quite a few swear words and sexual references, along with the brutality. I would have to rate this movie a 9 out of 10. I really got something out of watching this movie. So now, I will leave you with this quote, " Get busy living, or get busy dying."

V for Vendetta

"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot."  This famous quote was ground into the brains of children who lived in England so that they would never forget this tradgeic day. On November 5th, 1605 a man named Guy Fawkes had a secret plan to blow up the king and members of Parliament in retaliation for the increasing repression of Roman Catholics in England (to ultimately overthrow the king). This day is remember by it's ever lasting poem. "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November....". In the movie, V For Vendetta, the character V, is a terrorist and in vengeance of the wrong the government has done to him and countless others, takes over and has a plan to reenact what occured in 1605. This terrorist is disguised and wears a mask and a wig. He is known only as V no name. The character V has an intresting name because he was tormented in a room with the roman numeral of V which is 5. There are many V symbols along with 5 symbols. Mostly everytime there was a group of people it was a group of 5. There was 5 children on a statue. V played Beethoven's 5th Symphony when he started being a terrorist of the city. The name of the lead woman character was Evey, which has a V in it as well. V makes many markings of his vandalism by having a circle with a V going through its center. In the fireworks set off there is this symbol as well. Towards the end of the movie V makes a domino set up fall in the shape of this symbol again. One other symbol is the red used in many of these things throughout the movie, this is the color of fascism usually (in the movie the goverment is fascist). All of the Vs are red and so is the roses he leaves with people. I believe that the music played in this film is a symbol also. When Evey wakes up in V's home she wakes up to the song Cry Me a River and later when she returns to V's house she goes to the jukebox and puts that song on again. V when talking to the public he uses many v-words to get his point across to the public.   I think the first thing Evey says to V is a forshadowing of what is going to happen. She says to V, "Are you like a crazy person?" This is ironic to me because V is kind of a crazy person, because of the torturing he has endured in the experimental facility. He becomes this revengeful terrorist (getting back at the government for what they have done to him and so many others). When V is talking to the public and says, "If you are looking for the guilty, you need only look in the mirror", because they let the government get this bad and this extreme (fascist). Another quote that deals with this same issue that V is talking about, it is when V says, "The people shouldn't be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people" to the public. This statement and belief is opposite of the government that this country has at the time, it is fascist where, the people have no choice or say in anything and their government controls everything.  About the middle of this movie V tells someone something that I agree with completely, it is so true and I think people would agree with me. So I will leave you with this quote from V, "A story can be true of false, I'll leave that up to you."

Simpsons

5 Pun Examples:

•  When Marge Simpson is knitting a sign with yarn that says: "Dome Sweet
  Dome." This is a pun because the normal saying is home sweet home.

• Where the comic book guy says: "I've spent my  entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books...and now there's only time to say...LIFE WELL SPENT!" He spent time on comic books but also he spent all his money on them so it was a life well spent to him.

• Where Bart Simpson says: You just bought another load of crap from the fattest fertilizer sales man!"

• The cappuccino cup saying Trappaccino instead of cappuccino
•  The Dome-Depot instead of the Home-Depot

6 Satire Examples:

• Where Homer is on the wrecking ball and it hits back and forth between a rock and a building called  A Hard Place, like the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place."
• Where Arnold Schwarzenegger is the President, it is a slam on him being Governor of California.
• The quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I'll have to go back to making family comedies." this is making fun of how Arnold used to be in family comedy movies and then moved to a politician (governor of California)
• The quote: "He's not Bano." by Collin to Lisa
• Where the FBI say: "We actually found somebody."
• The quote by the head of the EPA: "Cause I'm a rich man who wanted to give something back, something, not the money but something."

5 Irony Examples:

• Where Homer says to his father: "A certain someone had a senior moment."
• The quote said to Lisa by her mother, "The important thing is he listens to you", this is ironic cause most mean do not listen to women.
• When Homer after bringing home the pig (and knowing his wife is not happy about it) says: "You smiled, I'm off the hook", when in fact even when we smile at men that does not mean they are off the hook.
• The quote by Homer when he's looking through the Bible to figure out what is going on and he says "there aren't any answers in this book."
• Where Homer says to Marge: "Marge, in every marriage you get one chance to say, "I need you to do this with me." Later in the movie Marge says this exact thing to him and he responses to her with: "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

6 Examples of Parody:

• In the beginning where they have a man walking on the moon
• In the beginning where the platform the band Green Day is playing on drowns just like the Titanic
• Where Lisa and Collin have their hands held up but the dome is in between their hands, which is like the Boy in the Plastic Bubble
• Where Marge and Homer are undressed by animals, this is just like many Disney movies (Snow White, Cinderella, ect.)
• The quote: "I want a new one now!" by a little girl just like on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Where Homer says to his pet pig, "Act natural" this is off of a Spongebob Squarepants episode

My Top 5 Quotes: (in order)

• "He's not Bano." said by Lisa to Collin
• "You smiled, I'm off the hook." said by Homer to Marge
• "I'll have to go back to making family comedies." said by President Arnold Schwarzenegger
• "A certain person had a senior moment." said by Homer to Grampa
• "Their China's problem now." 

PHS Paradiso

the Parking Lot- cars helps us get to where we are going, just like PHS does

 

The Hauer Gym/Gymnastics Gym- This is part of PHS history and how we excel

PHS Auditorum seats-where we come together to support people on stage and gather as a school

The Front of PHS/Main Entrance- people enter to do great things and where our mascot shows proudly

Sign by the High School- people drive by and remember our legacy and how we have achieved many great things

The Playground by the Pinic tables- PHS has fun but stays focused on education

Senior Lockers- where we spend much of our time around here at PHS and for years we hold our memories and items

The Gymnastics Bars- we set the bar high in many extracuricular activities at PHS this sport being one of them (8 State Gymnastic titles in a row)

The Graduate

       

      “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.” This quote is said by the main character of this movie, Benjamin Braddock. This movie is summed up this very quote, “What do you think of me?” This quote is said by Mrs. Robinson, the other main character. This movie changed times forever with cheating, adultery, and ethics. They are brought up in the movie and changed the times because it was women who cheated on their spouses not the men. The term “cougar” would then be the correct term to describe Mrs. Robinson. Another thing that describes Mrs. Robinson is the fact she robbed the cradle completely with her affair.

                This movie was definitely a comedy and was rated as the #1 Pop-Culture Film ever. This movie really shocked me; I realize how times were back then and how the people around the age of Benjamin (21) wanted nothing to do with their parent’s generation. They were trying to break away and be completely different from their parents and do away with what their parents did. The rebellious 60’s were definitely demonstrated in this movie by Benjamin and his unethical decisions that his parents would disapprove of. There were other acts of rebellion I noticed; the protests, mentioning of the rallies, the college known for its activism, Berkley.

               One symbol that you will notice if you watch The Graduate is the symbolism of water.  This is mentioned throughout the entire movie. The reason, I think, the director decided to use water as a symbol in this film, is because it is supposed to be a way to cleanse and wash things away. Maybe to Benjamin, it cleared him of his unethical decision. When Ben said, “I’m sorta disturbed about things,” I believe could be another reason for all the shots of water in the movie, maybe the water relaxed Benjamin from his thoughts about his life and what he will do with it now.

                I believe that the thoughts Benjamin has throughout the movie is confusion and worrisome. He has no clue what he should do after just graduating from college. He is asked by his parents what he will do now and is asked to maybe look for a job. I think Benjamin feels really unsure and pressured to do something great by his parents who praise him for his graduating college. I noticed the quote Mr. “Ben, you will never be young again”, which is ironic because Mr. Robinson gave him this advice. This quote happened to really explain Benjamin after talking to Mr. Robinson. I believe he is freaked out by how he has to choose something to do with his life and that the pressure is on. The thought that he is only this age once, I believe, Benjamin is tormented by and can’t get past.

                This movie, I believe, is worth one’s time to watch. I really believe that this represents that time (1967) well and is interesting to notice. I think that this film is for an older audience (high-school aged children), many sexual references that young children should not be exposed to nor would understand. I would have to rate this movie a 9 out of 10. The humor is great in the movie and any comedy film lover would enjoy it.

The site that helped me with this post is:

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/quotes

Psycho

“We all go a little mad sometimes”, this quote is from the film that is the #1 Horror movie. This movie changed movies forever. There was no other horror movies, this was the first and is the one that changed film history for all time. Psycho had ideas that are used in movies that were made after it, people have taken bits and pieces of this movie and put them into their movies. I have never seen a horror movie like this before.

I really liked how the film was old, the movie really doesn’t look at all like horror films made after it. The old feel and colors were very interesting and made me enjoy the movie even more. Psycho really changed the whole film business after it was made; there had been no film ratings till this horror film came on the screen. The scene that changed that was a simple bathroom scene that shot the toilet, back then you were not to show toilets on film. I find it odd this is the reason why the rating system was made, because the scene also showed very gruesome things, blood and lots of skin. I being having a fear of birds, was a little disturbed by the birds mentioned and shown throughout the movie. the director of this film, like me, has a fear of birds and brought this fear into this movie through Norman Bates, a bird lover who have many pictures and stuffed birds.

Norman Bates

                                    

Horror movies are not my favorite movie genre, but this movie I actually liked. After watching this movie and not having scary dreams, or being too bothered by the film, I can say it is not the scariest movie I have ever watched or not even really too scary at all. I thought the movie seemed to lean to more of thriller than a horror movie. The scenes weren’t very graphic and were not gory either. Not being a #1 Horror movie fan, I would even recommend this movie to others to watch.

 

I have chose to rate this movie, an 8 out of 10, it was not bad. I did not think it was the best movie I have ever watched nor on my favorite list for movies. I would recommend this movie to a film watcher or someone who is looking for a film to watch. It is worth watching and could be someone else’s favorite movie. I will leave you with this quote—“A son is a poor substitute for a lover”, if you watch the movie you will find out more about this quote and what relevance it has to this movie.



Ben-Hur

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” This quote is from the movie that has been tied with the Titanic with the most Academy Awards ever, Ben- Hur. There have been many films that take scenes and ideas from this old classic movie. Ben-Hur was the first movie that had a ship scene; this famous scene is parodied quite often.  This movie is definitely a classic for because many movies try to/ take parts of this movie or ideas and put them into their movies. Saturday Night Live has parodied this movie, Little Rascals took the chariot scene’s wheels as did Grease. This is why this movie was awarded the most Academy Awards ever.

The movie is based around “Jesus’ time” and even has Jesus and his family in Ben-Hur. I thought the way they portrayed Jesus was well done. They never show his face, but the director made had the actor do many things Jesus would do in that time for people and how he treated them, the accuracy was very impressive. I believe Ben-Hur was supposed to be a character a lot like Jesus. There were many things that showed how important and amazing Jesus really was and still is. This film, since it is during Jesus’ time, there is a struggle against Jews and Romans. This struggle is shown a lot between two characters, Messala (Roman) and Ben-Hur (Jew).

Some other things that impressed me in this film were how they showed how during that time a disease that was feared by everyone was Leprosy. During this time period people believed that Leprosy was contagious and if you got too close to one with leprosy or breathed on by someone with the disease that you would get it. The fear was very clearly shown in the movie when even a blind, poor man who had suspected the coin that was dropped into his cup was from a person with Leprosy dumped the coin out of the cup. Now we know that this disease that was caused by bacteria that ate away at your flesh was in fact not contagious.

The line “You either help me, or you oppose me” was from this classic movie. How many times do you hear this line? Quite a lot- “You’re either with me, or against me.” One other thing that is very amazing in this movie and something that was never shown in a movie till Ben-Hur was the famous chariot scene, many people were said to have disappeared in the making of this movie, what the movie and this scene may be the reason why people went missing from the set. There were also so many people involved in making this movie (the cast in the beginning of this movie and also the chariot scenes cast/crowd in the stands).

I would have to rate this movie a 7 out of 10. It was not my favorite movie or something I would watch again, it was not extremely intresting to me. I did not hate the movie or think it was the worst movie I have ever watched. However, I do think that it is a movie everyone should watch, since it is in fact, a classic. The ship scenes and chariot scenes you will watch in other movies will always speak volumes of the movie, Ben-Hur.

A site that helped me was:

•  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052618/quotes

Gone with the Wind

“I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.” This famous quote will only be understood fully if you take the time to watch the movie Gone with the Wind. Scarlett, the main character of this movie, is easily represented by this famous quote and many others. I also enjoyed the “gentleman”, Ashley, (who Scarlett from the very beginning of this movie, adored). It was always a mystery who he felt about Scarlett and if he was full of lies.

This movie kept my attention and captured my interest by the all the great quotes and funny lines. This movie is definitely not a comedy but it still made me laugh quite a bit. Mammy, the slave that was practically Scarlett’s care taker made me laugh the most. Also I found Rhett Butler, to be my favorite character. This man’s charm and mystery would have swept me of my feet if I met him. I loved how he did things and had a secret side; he seemed to pretend to be a ladies’ man (some would go as far to say a man whore or a player), but in reality he had only truly cared about one lady in particular that lady would be Scarlett.

Although this picture was a little overdramatic for my taste; most of the drama was displayed by the main character, Scarlett. I thought that she was a good character, but sometimes I questioned if the actress was overdramatizing the role or if Scarlett was meant to be drastically theatrical. It may have been that since this movie was made in 1939 it was so dramatic. Movies were made so much differently back then, and the types of movies that were being filmed are not the type of films I have watched a lot. It definitely was a good movie; especially for the technology they had available at this time (color and picture). This has movie had the newest technology available. The color for that time was extremely great and was just made (Technicolor); if you watch the movie you will realize that the two colors they use are green and red. The colors were beautiful to me; I loved the green hat she received as a gift from Rhett and wore to meet him. I also loved how deep yet bright the dress Scarlett wore to Ashley’s Birthday party. The color of this dress was so radiant and inspiring that they named a color after her dress, Scarlett Red. This proves how dramatic and important this movie is to history and why it is the #1 Box-office Movie of all time.        

I would rate this movie on a scale of 1-10; 1 being the worst 10 being the best. I would rate it an 8. I liked how strong the characters were. The historical references were very educational as well. I believe the messages the director was trying to get across were very easy to catch on to and understand what that period in time was like in the South with the War. I would recommend people watch this movie if they have not seen it, if you don’t mind watching a long movie. There were so many things I liked about this film; I think that if you have the time to watch the movie it is definitely worth watching. A film like this is quoted over and over again and mentioned quite a bit, because it is a classic.

Sources that helped me:

·         http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/quotes

·         http://www.adams-gallery.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Scarlett_In_Red_Dress_Canvas.jpg

·         http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/c/0/0/3f/6/AAAADKCUx9gAAAAAAD9gdA.jpg?v=1238486561000