tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48973763101553150692024-02-06T22:38:49.144-08:00More than meets the eyeOptimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-1582045512743836872008-04-30T11:23:00.000-07:002008-04-30T11:39:10.524-07:00Creative Writing VIICharacter I: Darth Vader<br /><br />One impact that Darth Vader has had on our culture is the roles of fathers in kids lives. Darth Vader is the parent of Luke Skywalker and reveals that to him in <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em>. We find out that Luke never knew his father when he was growing up, a sign of a bad father. Also the sole person whom Luke is trying to kill is Darth Vader is father, another sign of a bad father. All of the messages between father and son that are bad are shown in the relationship between these two. But one good thing happens in the end, they reconcile with eachother and Vaders love for his son overcomes him and he throws the sith down that big pit of electricity. This shows that there is possible hope for redemption in father-son relationships. <br /><br />Character II: The Cookie Monster<br /><br />The cookie monster is an interesting character. He only needs one thing, and thats a cookie says Mr. Oz from the In Character NPR article about the cookie monster. This shows that only one thing makes him happy and that is a cookie. Unlike most of us where we need many different things, or we say we need things, the cookie monster is happy with one cookie. This impacts our culture to either motivate us to live more simply or to twist his logic to say that we need more and more cookies, or in our case items. This Monster can be taken in two different was and how we view him is dependent on how we take his philosophies of needs.<br /><br />Character III: Homer Simpson<br /><br />Homer Simpson is seen on the TV show the Simpsons produced by Matt Groening. Homer may seem like an idiot that has no affect to anyone, but quite the oppisite is true, except the idiot part. Homer Simpson is a very intriging person because of his stupidity. The view never knows what Homer will do next, and he always manages to get out of it alive, thanks to Mr. Matt Groening. Even though this is a TV show and the impossible becomes possible, he affects our culture by wanting to try the stupid things he does. Homer doesn't always do the smartest things, and neither do people, but we can almost learn from our mistakes by taking off of Homer Simpson.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-42854228873849697692008-04-29T11:21:00.000-07:002008-04-29T11:39:34.206-07:00Creative Writing Blog V1. I think stories are very important in childhood because they allow the child's immagination to run free. Most of us when we were little kids probably had a wild immagination and maybe even an imaginary friend. The stories allow the kids to go into their immagination and pretend they are a hero going to save a princess or a little kid who has to escape an island of monsters.<br /><br />2. When you get older people start to relate to the stories. People take events from their own lives and relate them to the lives of the people in the story. Older people may read stories to fuel their immagination but it seems mostly as entertainment or to create a relation of their own lives to the story. Also, usually with the main hero, people want to become that person, they may forget part of their life which is boring or dull and image that they are the hero and going through the fun adventures.<br /><br />3. Stories in the nation are kind of like legends. For example the story of George Washington and how he turned a bunch of farm boys to defeat a world power in the Revolutionary War. Stories of the underdog winning is a popular theme in America because America is known as the country with the phrase "rags to riches." Those types of stories is what seems to fuel the desire for stories in our nation. Stories allow people to do the impossible. What we normally may not beable to do in the real world we can make into a story.<br /><br />4. One story that stands out in my is when I threw a rock at the playground and it accidently hit our car window. My mom was furious and I didn't even mean to hit the car. This story stands out to me because it was a time when I felt guilty of doing something but also terrified for my punishment. I usually connect this story to people who didn't mean to do anything wrong but accidentaly created a problem and get punished for it.<br /><br />5. Characters should have depth<br /> Characters should be developed throughout the story bit by bit till we know the whole story<br /> The story should have time a place and have that time and place explained and set up<br /> The story should have more than one conflict<br /> The story should be somewhat realistic and not completely farfetched<br /> The Characters should have their own style of talking and acting<br /> The conflict should make sense and have a resolution that makes sense to the conflict<br /> The Story should have some mystery until the end when the resolution is revealedOptimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-16488711567625816922008-03-19T11:24:00.000-07:002008-03-19T11:56:58.677-07:00Creative Writing VIToday I feel like writing about some of the music theory that I learned the otherday while I was sitting in on a college class. The class was called Music Theory I but it is actually the second music theory class. The most interesting part was towards the end of the class when he was talking about overtones. Essentially he was talking about how notes came about. Each note is a frequency based off of the sequence 1/n. The first note has a fraction of 1/1. This could be any not which you please(depending on the frequency of the waves for the notes). So you could start on a lower A, which starts as a frequency of 55. The next fraction in the sequence is 1/2. So you would multiply the frequency by two, so the new frequency is 110. This frequency is one octave above the lower A, so the first step in the overtone series is an octave jump. The next fraction is 1/3. So the next frequency would be 165. This frequency would result in a new note, E. This is a major 5th about the A (the fifth note in the A scale). The next note would be the fraction 1/4. 1/4 is half the frequency of 1/2, so it would be one octave about the 1/2 frequency fraction, which was an A, so the new note would be an A at frequency 220. The next fraction would be 1/5. This would yeild a frequency of 275, which is the note C#. This jump would be a major third (third note in the A major scale). The next note in the series is the fraction 1/6. This is half the frequency of 1/3, so it would be an octave about the note with the fraciton of 1/3, which would yeild the frequency of 330, which is the note E. The next fraciton in the series is 1/7, which is frequency 385. This note doesn't exist on a piano. The reason is because a piano is tuned to play all the keys in music, not just one. So, the next step for the 385 frequency or a 1/7th fraction is a step size that is greater than a minor 2nd and less than a major third. In other words a note between F# and G, one a piano. Just an interesting face, that a piano cannot play all the notes, unless the piano was tuned to just one key. Then we would beable to play all the notes in the overtone series, which is what defines a note. The first people to use the fraction 1/n to define notes was the greeks. ANd essentially this is how the piano/guitar was made, based off of mathmatics. So, all the music you hear today is really just some mathmatical relationship in harmonics and waves vibrating to create a sound in which you hear. Kind of interesting eh??? Well thats all i remember from the class. Continuing onto music, I would have to say it is one of those things in which you must be super outstanding in, and yet have a hard time making a living out of it. Unlike the buisness world and other markets, it takes a lot of practice and detication to beable to make a decent living as a musician, and takes a lot of talent. With that said, other markets do take a lot of talent to make a living in, and they are talented people. Especially those who compete in the olympics. The atheltic ability and the way they push their bodies is insane. Who could think someone would jump over something eight feet tall. Well thats it.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-57350089104575502162008-03-13T11:26:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:01:45.213-07:00Creative Writing IV<em>Masquerade</em><br />Author: Andrew Loylld Webber<br /><a href="http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thephantomoftheopera/masquerade.htm">http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thephantomoftheopera/masquerade.htm</a><br /><br />Masquerade!<br />Paper faces on parade . . .<br />Masquerade!<br />Hide your face,<br />so the world will<br />never find you!<br />Masquerade!<br />Every face a different shade . . .<br />Masquerade!<br />Look around -<br />there's another<br />mask behind you!<br />Flash of mauve . . .<br />Splash of puce . . .<br />Fool and king . . .<br />Ghoul and goose . . .<br />Green and black . . .<br />Queen and priest . . .<br />Trace of rouge . . .<br />Face of beast . . .<br />Faces . . .<br />Take your turn,<br />take a ride<br />on the merry-go-round . . .<br />in an inhuman race . . .<br />Eye of gold . . .<br />Thigh of blue . . .<br />True is false . . .<br />Who is who . . .?<br />Curl of lip . . .<br />Swirl of gown . . .<br />Ace of hearts . . .<br />Face of clown . . .<br />Faces . . .<br />Drink it in,<br />drink it up,<br />till you've drowned<br />in the light . . .<br />in the sound . . .<br /><br />2. I chose this poem/song because it fits well into the Musical in which it is featured. It talks about masks and different faces and the whole musical is about a man with a mask who tries to deceive a girl. It is interesting because although it is meant describe a man who is trying to hide his appearance, but yet people do it in everyday life.<br /><br />3. Masquerade is defined as a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes according to <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/">www.dictionary.com</a>. This fits the work because the song talks about different people who wear masks, for example "Queen and Priest." It also fits the musical because of the man who wears a mask and hides his identity. Also the piece as a whole can describe someone who has all the attributes described in the song, and takes on many different faces to hid their true apperance. <br /><br />4. "Drink it in, Drink it up" is a metaphor. It is a metaphor for all of the faces and noise that is going around to something a person can drink, like water. This helps create imagery of people taking in the people around them and what they are doing. It helps create a sense of no one knows who the other person is. Everyone becomes annonymous the phrase Drink it in Drink it up helps create the feeling to adapt. "Hide your face so the world will never find you" is a metaphor for hiding. Someone can't just hide their face and then the world won't see them, thats impossible, but it means to hide your identity from the world so they will never know who you are. This is one of the opening lines, so it sets the tone of the song as a cheery song, but yet has a distrubing side to it, just like the Phantom.<br /><br />5. The tone of this piece is cheery yet creepy at the same time. The music behind the words make it a cheery song, but if you listen to the words, some of them are kidn of disturbing. Like "Hide your face so the world will never find you." This is saying that you should hide whatever you are so people don't know who you are. This relates to the Phantom in the musical, because he hides his face from the world so they never know of his amazing muscial talent. But it is also a cheery song because they are celebrating something and that is Raoul and Christine's engagement. But it has a creepy side to it because the Phaontom isn't finished with those two yet.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-70161106971833854562008-03-09T11:46:00.000-07:002008-03-09T12:25:20.134-07:00Creative Writing: Writing Territories1. Writings that I like to read usually include some articles in the Newspaper and mostly science-fiction/fantasy novels. Some of my favorite books are science-fiction/fantasy, like Lord of the Rings, and the Redwall series. These intrigue me because I love all of the epic storytelling and the adventure that takes place. The most fun style of writing, I think, is that of a narrative. Unfortunately outside of the class I do not write at all. I do read books outside of class, but he only time I write is for a class assignment. When we do have school assignments, I find that the topics that essentially have no bound of styles are the most fun. Usually just telling a story, or a narrative is the most fun to write. I like to write those because I can add epic tales into them and have huge battles, and do it all without trying to prove a point.<br /><br />2. Once upon a time there was a little man, about four and a half feet tall. He was known as the outcast of his village. Even thought he was very small for a grown man, he knew how to fight. He was very proficient in sword fighting and archery. He wanted to join the village army, in case of any attack, he could help the people protect their village. But they declined him, only because of his height. This little guy was named Jared. Now Jared had grown up in a "normal persons" house, and had a "normal" mother and father. When he was a teenager he was often made fun of for being so short. But his parents kept telling him that he would grow, he was just a late bloomer. But as time passed he never bloomed. Once he was old enough to live on his own, his parents kicked him out of the house and banned him from the village. Jared, being torn by the love for his parents and a girl named Catie, decided to hide in the mountains near the village. Always looking after it, especially Catie. This girl Catie was his childhood love, and still is his love. He admires her, and wonders at her beauty. But no one knows of his secret love for Catie. And Jared cannot tell anyone of this love because he is an outcast and Catie is the daughter of the mayor. Jared waits in the mountains until his day may come, when he can ride off into the sunset with Catie, on horseback. One day, towards dusk, the warning bell of the village rang. This warning bell warns all the people of an attack. The army mobilized near the gates of the village, men clad in heavy armor with swords and shields, and archers behind them. Jared ran to the top of the mountain overlooking the village and saw the enemy running in, an enemy village had gathered an army to attack Jared's village. Jared became outraged. He ran over to the pass where the army would have to come through, ready to pounce. As the enemy village's army walked through the pass he set off his little trap. He pushed a boulder over, blocking the pass from the back and spliting the army in two. Then he released a lever, this lever was holding the latch that held up a pile of logs, which spilled into the pass. The enemy army was dumfounded. The back half ot he army retreated while the front half surrendered. After that attack the village was never in danger again, due to Jared's craftiness and knowledge of the hills.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-91423522904380319082008-02-25T11:09:00.000-08:002008-02-25T11:36:30.296-08:00Creative Writing Post III1. I thought writing the play was a fun activity. It was definitely time consuming and took a lot of thought but overall the play writing went well. I found it especially hard to finish the play. I had five pages of the play, the required page amount, and I was about to finish the play, but it was hard to have a finish that is so short. I ended up setting up the ending in another five pages and wrapped it all up in the last page. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">That's</span> what I found most difficult, was showing the reader the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">thoughts</span> in which the writer really wants to convey.<br /><br />2. If I could give advice to someone, it would be to a five year old. I would say to him, now don't people walk all over you. And then he <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">probably</span> would say, what does that mean? I would respond, well it means, don't let people use you for their own pleasures. You [five year old] must be able to stand a lone and be perfectly fine. Then the little five year old would try to take it to heart, but since he is only five years old wouldn't remember it much. Another piece of advice I would give him would be about humility. I would tell him to not think of himself as "superior" than others. Even though he may be better at certain things than them, he should still stay humble and know that people have their own talents. He then would try to take that advice to heart. Then the five year old would ask for a piece of candy, and I would give him a kit-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">kat</span>.<br /><br />3. Well I think that great works of literature last because of their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">relevance</span> to the time period they were written in. For example, <em>The Aeneid</em> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Vergil</span> has a ton of alliterations to events during <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Augustus's</span> ruling time, that it would be almost impossible to count. Also that he wrote it all in poetic form is quite impressive. I also think that a good story lasts a long time. Like Lord of the Rings. It is essentially a whole new world that was made by Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tolkein</span>. These stories and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">relevance</span> to the time is what sticks to people. I would most likely never be able to write a great piece of literature, although there is a sliver of hope for a chance to write a great piece of literature, but highly improbable.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-53467432394045125232008-02-12T11:13:00.000-08:002008-02-12T11:39:09.261-08:00Creative Wrirting II1. Theme is important to a piece of writing because it is what give the story meaning. It sets what the story line will be about, it influences where and when the story takes place and what type of characters are present in the story. A great piece of writing does need to express and idea to the reader, otherwise it seems like the story has almost no point at all. For example, if the story of <em>The Aeneid</em> didn't portray as many points as it does, then the book would be pretty dull because all of the events that influence the theme would be taken out. In return the book would be very boring the reader couldn't think about or ponder what the book actually means.<br /><br />2. The theme of my play could be Epic Battles. It is important to me because I tend to fight epic battles everyday, whether it be mentally, maybe physically(usually not) or within a relationship. I also think that epic battles portray an underlying theme of fighting for what you believe in. I think that is important because if there is nothing to fight for, then life seems much more dull. One thing that might be misunderstood is that Epic Battles are a bad thing, but I view them as a wonderful thing. Luckily in these epic battles no one gets killed. In most epic battles througout life people usually learn things. For example, in Lord of the Rings, Aragorn had to fight an epic battle against a bunch of orcs. Besides winning the battle, he learned he had to take his rightful spot as king of Gondor. This can translate to real life, but without the killing of orcs.<br /><br />3. A conflict that could appear in my play would be the epic battle of surviving in the world today. One story that I've experienced could be the main conflict for this play. Sang Li is a sixty year old man who has had many epic battles and learned many things through them. I will just talk about one epic battle he experienced and that was his journey to America. After leaving Vietnam during the Vietnam War he had to come to America and try to make a living. This alone is an epic battle in itself. He had some conflicts, he barely could speak english (if any at all) and he didn't know how the American economy had worked. His epic battle was still under way when I met him at place called R.E.S.T. He learned to be patient and also taught me to patient with others in the short time I met him. This bit of an epic battle could be a conflict and part of a resolution to the problem.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-42368819768192925172008-02-01T11:31:00.000-08:002008-02-01T11:53:20.794-08:00Creative Writing Questions I1. Reading for a writer is like listening to music for a musician. Reading is important because it gives writers ideas for their own stories, the writers enjoy reading stories and it can bring about new styles of writing to writers. Writers throughout the ages haven't always come up with completely new ideas. For example, West Side Story is the story about Romeo and Juliet except it has gangs that dance around and sing to eachother and pretend to fight. The author of West Side Story must've read Shakspeare in order to come up with that plot. Also like music, writers like reading stories. A musician likes to listen to different styles of music and enjoys the music because they know so much about music. The same goes for writers, they like to read for enjoyement because they know the writing aspect so well.<br /><br />2. Something that I see in the world that conerns me is the amount of stubborness in people. Especially when someone does something wrong to another. Essentially that is what drama, especially the "high school" drama is all about. Someone says something, and they are so stubborn they do not take responsibility for what they do. Instead they stick by their comment and stubbornly try to defend it and avoid the problem. This only leads to tears in friendships and relationships.<br /><br />3. One piece of writing that inspired me was the book Redwall. At first i thought it was kind of weird because it is about a mouse warrior who goes and finds a legendary sword and saves the abby. It really stuck to me because it was a simple adventure book but done is such a magnificant way. It contributes all different aspects of a true adventure story into it. There is a bad guy, a good guy, a superior weapons of some sort and a final showdown. And best of all, it wasn't farfechted (besides the fact that it was animals instead of humans). And I thought the idea was really cool, to have all the different types of animals who have certain attributes do certain tasks. Overall it was well put together.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-27565333395706358242007-12-16T15:05:00.001-08:002007-12-16T15:11:10.953-08:00"Remember, always do the right thing"The movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Do The Right Thing</span> by Spike Lee brought up many good points in what it means to "do the right thing". After watching the interview of Spike Lee talking about the movie, i found it most interesting that multiple times he told viewers to do the right thing, but people don't listen. Even in the movie, people didn't listen in doing the right thing. The cops didn't do the right thing by killing Radio Raheem. And the kids who were part of the riot didn't do the right thing either. He shoes that neither side ended up doing the right thing, which is what caused both catastrophe's. This continues on to the viewer. After watching the movie, people still decide not to do the right thing, even though it is shown to them what the wrong thing is. For example, the writing ranting about Sal's place being burned, but forgot about Radio's death. And vice versa, the people who focus only on Radio's death, but forget the other tragedy, not only in destroying Sal's place, but also in creating more problems int he community for people to even get angrier about. So in the end, these decisions that people make, will either contribute to reconciliation or to destruction.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-20448564840105066892007-12-12T20:54:00.000-08:002007-12-12T21:03:26.803-08:00The BattleThe critic writing for New York Magazine had a few interesting points. One thing that was interesting was how Yacef was basically trying to relive actual experiences he had when the actual battle was going on. This is good to know because it give the viewer a little more confidence in the sense that the director had a good source to know the actual events. But on the other hand, Mr. Yacef was part of the FLN, which would give the viewer reason to believe that many of the sense are biased towards the FLN because the main source of information came from an FLN leader. Also, i think one aspect the critic missed was perspective that since Mr. Yacef was an FLN leader it helped the movie lean more towards the FLN side. Which when I saw the movie thoguth the story had a more biased towards the FLN than the French, mainly because they were the "underdogs" in the story, and almost every story favors the "underdog." But I'm sure that Mr. Yacef had some influence in creating the slight bias. But overall the director did a very good job in creating a more neutral movie in just trying to the tell the story from both sides.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-89484387258442577992007-11-27T20:37:00.000-08:002007-11-27T20:42:35.340-08:00"Now who shall I kill next....." I mean... MementoI thought the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Memento</span> was a very puzzling movie, and it made the viewer think a lot about the movie and about memory in general. I was not expecting much out of this movie at all, but i was pleasantly surprised by the presentation of the film and plot of the film. I thought the twist at the end was a very surprising and interesting twist at that same time. I would like to talk about his choice at the end of the movie. He chooses who is John G. and doesn't believe that there is only one John G. By choosing who John G. is, he then manipulated himself so he can figure out the puzzle and kill the man, knowing before hand that death of the man will be the final result. I think that is very interesting, because it can relay back into real life and out own choices. People choose to do certain things, which they may know will hurt them later on, but choose to do it anyways. Lenny knew that he was eventually going to kill the man, or at least try to, which if caught would be a very hurtful thing to him, especially with his memory condition. I think the aspect of choice was brought up subtly but in a good way as a side not to think about.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-60638180342336529442007-11-19T19:27:00.000-08:002007-11-19T20:01:19.741-08:00"Kiss Me So I Can Have A Box Of Fire Please"The movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Kiss Me Deadly</span> was a very interesting movie. The random occurrence events for the main character was very odd. He happened to run into a girl who had discovered the plan for some sort of nuclear power. The girl was an ordinary girl but she had the knowledge of some of the most important information in the world. That in itself is very odd. Some other things that made the movie very odd was the random people that would show up into the movie and the audience would not even know who they were. One of the guys for example is the man who had the glowing box in his locker. I had no clue who that guy was the whole time, but it was some random guy who happened to have this nuclear power stored away in his gym locker, seems kind of odd. The whole movie to me was odd, but not necessarily in a bad way. I think the oddity of this movie made it interesting. Even though the nuclear energy stored in a box didn't make much sense at all, the concepts of the plot were interesting and complex, which I think made the movie more interesting than i thought it would be. Just like all movies, it had it good times and it bad times.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-45823054743902924882007-11-13T21:24:00.000-08:002007-11-13T21:31:07.611-08:00Double TroubleI thought the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Double Indemnity</span> was a very interesting movie. I liked how it portrayed all of the classic features of a film noir, with the low key lighting, the narrative, and the talk like he was a detective. I think this movie brought out the essence of film noir. But after the movie was done, i wasn't satisfied with the ending. We had seen the whole movie that he was an evil guy, who was trying to manipulate people and an insurance system to try and gain a lot of money, and a girl. But in the end he decides to make a drastic choice. If he would've been following down the same path has he had been throughout the whole movie, then in the end he would've blamed the whole thing on Zachetti, and gotten away with the murder. But, he decides to send Zachetti off to fix his relationship and in the end will bring the downfall of his own life. This seems very odd to me because the author decided to almost completely change the main, deceitful character in the end. But why? Was he trying to get a message across, or was it just part of the movie? I personally think it was both. I think he was trying to get the message across of what happens when you try to cover-up two murders. But I also think that he wanted to add some kind of twist on the end of the movie, to give the audience something to think about. And i think the director did a great job at portraying both. And, in the end I think that film noir teaches us a lesson, whether it means to or not. So, I stand by with my comment that <span style="font-style: italic;">Double Indemnity</span> is the essence of film noir.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-51679022227585478402007-11-06T20:58:00.000-08:002007-11-06T21:08:26.601-08:00Groundhog's DayGroundhog's Day is a very interesting movie in many different ways. The one aspect I want to point out comes in the plot. Phil (Bill Murry) started the movie as a very angry, arrogant, jerk. (Yes that does sound harsh) But in the middle of the movie he starts to have a change in heart. I think this is due to an epiphany. His epiphany came when he spent the day with Rita and she "observed" him and how he had everything timed down to the second. After his day with Rita he saw something that changed him, and that something was hope. Hope for a life of love, hope for a life full of joy and hope for living life to the fullest. The next day he started to read literature and play the piano. I think this was the start of his new path. With this hope he had he found out that life is more than about getting the girl, making lots of money, being famous and excelling for selfish reasons. He learned to truly enjoy something, to appreciate the meaning behind these "hobbies" and learn of the wonderful gifts they posses. One example is playing the piano. After a while the viewer could tell that he was getting more into it and actually enjoyed playing the piano instead of playing the piano for selfish reasons. Especially in the jazz scene at the party when he was rocking out on the piano, the way Bill Murray acted was that in the same sort of true enjoyment, and life followed. This movie on top of the funny comedy and good filming, had a message to it. The message was not a purposeful message, but one that comes naturally through the story. And that message is to be taken however the viewer decides to take it.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-37831746639030489922007-11-01T05:43:00.000-07:002007-11-01T05:52:05.411-07:00Bring Up BabyFirst off I want to say that <span style="font-style: italic;">Bringing Up Baby</span> is a crazy movie. It seems so stressful at times, but everything is resolved in the end.... somehow. I think the stressfulness and craziness of the movie is what makes a screwball comedy. For example, the jail scene at the end. Too many things for my mind to comprehend were happening at once. The aunt of Susan was yelling at the sheriff, David was trying to get the sheriff's attention. The police men are chasing after Susan because she just escaped from jail. Mr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Applegate</span> is trying to tell the sheriff that he shouldn't bee in jail. And then the zoo men come into the scene and tell the sheriff they lost a leopard. With all this stuff happening one would think that the outcome couldn't be a good one. Well that would be a wrong assumption. After a little while Baby ( one of the leopards) come into the room and everyone freaks out. Then Susan comes into the room dragging the dangerous leopard by a string and everyone runs for cover. This creates more chaos. But by the end everyone comes out of the situation unharmed, physically that is. David is worn out from the experience he had all day and ends up falling in love with Susan which is quite odd. Overall the movie seemed very stressful at times with a rare chance of everything coming out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span>ay. But not until the end is everything explained. For example, when David is at the house of Susan's aunt and Susan tells her aunt that David is actually Mr. Bone who just had a nervous breakdown. Just telling Susan's aunt this does not set up for a good situation. But somehow everything comes out okay in the end. Which I think is the essence of a screwball comedy.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-35722093728003741442007-10-24T21:05:00.000-07:002007-10-24T21:13:34.461-07:00"Once Upon a Time........"The movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Once Upon a time in the West</span> was an interesting movie. It started out with a long scene, and I happened to be gone when Harmonica came and killed the three men. Besides what Harmonica did, i thought the movie started out very slow. Which I found interesting, because a typical "western" movie will start out with the reason for revenge. Not part of the revenge act itself. I would have to say that I liked the mystery within the plot. Especially with Harmonica. The scene in the bar when Cheyenne comes into the bar, and there is a creepy guy in the corner playing the Harmonica. I thought it was a very different, but interesting way to introduce a main character. This style of introducing a character is very different than the classic western. The classic western, like in <span style="font-style: italic;">My Darling Clementine</span>, had the hero riding in on Horseback to come save the day. A very noble entrance for a noble hero. But in <span style="font-style: italic;">Once Upon a time in the West</span> the second entrance of the main character is just as questionable as the first. We don't know right away if he is a good or a bad guy. And even when we do find out he is "good", he really has bad motives for his good nature. He is driven by revenge, like most westerns, but in this movie the revenge is so strong that the character devotes a whole life to it. Where as a classic western has the main character urged on to do certain things by revenge, but never consumed by revenge. Overall, I thought <span style="font-style: italic;">Once Upon a Time in the West</span> had a very different style than most westerns I have seen, and I took a liking to the new style of western. A more mysterious and darker story, with a little hope.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-50822809407633838382007-10-15T16:07:00.000-07:002007-10-16T18:45:43.704-07:00Journal #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUy8x7XXYEiEInRresgsv3wtml0B794ihYSaL1_Xk2Rt6ZYbDvHx38VJ0nmK0n2keBsW0kT-NFaxMB9x0QEsyUF7bnGXjNdlTijmFCiDMpSgdxizk1IrrSER_Dy-4yrNCLZmmt9wtw_I/s1600-h/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_Com.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUy8x7XXYEiEInRresgsv3wtml0B794ihYSaL1_Xk2Rt6ZYbDvHx38VJ0nmK0n2keBsW0kT-NFaxMB9x0QEsyUF7bnGXjNdlTijmFCiDMpSgdxizk1IrrSER_Dy-4yrNCLZmmt9wtw_I/s400/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_Com.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122103742052615458" border="0" /></a><br /> The movie the <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> was directed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Even though the movie had star directors, it also had a star composer, John Williams. John Williams composed music for many of the old famous movies, such as <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">E.T, Jaws </span>and all of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Indiana Jones Movies</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> happens to be one of the famous Indiana Jones movies. I think John Williams did exceptionally good in composing music for this movie, particularly because the theme is widely recognized, more so than some of his other famous movies. <br /> The movie the <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> had it's score written during the movie. John Williams wanted to base his music off of what was happening in the movie. He didn't want to have the movie be based off of what he had determined as the melody. Also, George Lucas and John Williams had worked together before, so they weren't new with each other. They both worked in the production of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span> trilogy that came out in the 1970's. came out in 1981, so Mr. Lucas and Mr. Williams had quite a bit of experience with each other. This past experience helped in the creation of the music for the movie. Overall the score for <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>wasn't too hard to accomplish, considering the men who organized it were and still are the elite of what they do.<br /> On the other hand, the score for <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> is one of the most original scores says Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Panton</span> in his review about <a href="http://www.movie-gazette.com/cinereviews/685"><span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span></a>. He says that it is described as Indiana Jones music, and nothing else. Meaning that <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> has it's own originality and sticks out among other scores. Also, Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zucaro</span> agrees that Indiana Jones music is original and great in his review of <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.pause.com/music/reviews/st-raiders/index.htm">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a>.</span> Overall the Raiders March as many call the theme to the movie, is one of the most recognizable themes around the world. John Williams created another score that is known through the world, along with <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Jaws</span>. But the music in the actual movie seems like it relates to lost of Mr. Williams other stuff. For example, the love dispute between Indy and Marion. The theme sounds almost identical to the love theme for Leia and Han Solo in the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span>, except that Harrison Ford is not with Princess Leia in <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span>. Also, the sounds being made int opening in the jungle sound similar to the sounds in the Jungle during <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars: Return of the Jedi</span> with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ewoks</span> (little bear guys). Although there is great similarity, the similarity has a purpose. The music is all by the same composer. So he is going to naturally take a theme and modify it a little is he cannot think of a certain theme to come up with. Also, it can give the view links between movies he has done. The links are equivalent to an alliteration in a piece of writing. So overall, John Williams has been praised again for another great soundtrack to a movie.<br /> The music in <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> is one of John Williams famous works. He creates a march theme for Indy in the movie that gets stuck in peoples head. This creates for a tune that is remembered by many people, and played throughout the nation. But even though John Williams created a great masterpiece of art, he still had to use some of his themes from other movies such as <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span> to come up with themes in this movie. But overall John Williams did a fantastic job in creating music for <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span> and his music made the movie that much more enjoyable. Especially when Indy was saving the day.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-1412242764842181452007-10-11T20:22:00.000-07:002007-10-11T20:51:56.679-07:00O my Darling, O my Darling, OOOO My Darling ClementineThe movie <span style="font-style: italic;">My Darling Clementine</span> was what I expected to be the classic western. And now i am seeing that most westerns are based off of this classic western. One particular scene that seemed like the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">epitamy</span> of a western was the scene when Wyatt Earp first came to the town and captured the drunken man who was firing randomly. This is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">epitamy</span> of a western because it describes the hero as a man who no man can match, and risks his life for others. This scene showed that no man can match him, because literally no man in the town would go to try and stop the drunk man. But Wyatt Earp did. He also put his life at danger for some strangers he didn't know at all, and his excuse is he wanted a peaceful shave. <br /> Another important factor of the western <span style="font-style: italic;">My Dear Clementine </span>is the love story. The hero always falls in love with some beautiful lady who sweeps him off his feet. As we saw at the end of the movie Wyatt Earp hardly could hold his own ground when saying good buy to Clementine because he was blushing so much. The hero who seems unbeatable to any man always has a weakness to women. In this movie that was the case. Wyatt did have a weakness for women, specifically one woman. Usually the weakness only occurs to the one woman the hero loves. This love battle makes the viewer want to be the hero in the movie. The movie <span style="font-style: italic;">My Darling Clementine</span>, the aspect of a true "western hero" is the main focus of the movie. The movie is a classic western.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-20928496403878656372007-10-03T20:47:00.000-07:002007-10-03T21:14:28.639-07:00Last Words of Citizen KaneFirst I would like to comment on the last words of Kane. He could buy everything he wanted, shown by scanning over all of his possessions, but the one thing that he could not buy and didn't own was the fun of a childhood and the love of his parents. His last word wasn't necessarily trying to describe him, but he was simply stating what caused him to become the man he was, and that was the lack of childhood.<br /> Secondly I would like to comment on the cinematography, specifically the camera angles during the film. Throughout the whole film, Kane was depicted as a very powerful man. Much of this was due to the acting by Orson Wells, but also the camera angles. Whenever Kane would talk to someone, especially Susan, the director(Orson Wells) would put Kane at a low angle and the person he is talking to at a high angle. This gave the illusion that Kane was very powerful. Even in his weakest moment (when he lost the election), the whole scene was filmed at a low angle perspective. Also at the opera house, the camera would shoot the audience at either a high or mid angle shot, but the camera showed Kane at low angle. I think was done to try and make Kane look very powerful, but eventually expose his weakness. Also, when showing Kane and Susan in the mansion, the director either had Susan sitting or kneeling most of the time. This could be to show that she was not as powerful as Kane or they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">would've</span> just done that. But i think it shows that Susan was taken back by Kane's power that she was always portrayed as weak(compared to Kane). But at the end she it filmed at the same height as Kane, and that is when she decided to leave him. This shows that she eventually got the courage to stand up to his power. But the camera still shot Kane at a low angle, even when he was destroying things. Maybe it was done to show that Kane was trying to keep his image, or that they had done it the whole movie. Overall I think Orson Wells and his crew did a very nice job with the cinematography.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-54011077520801313022007-10-01T17:40:00.000-07:002007-10-01T18:30:56.404-07:00Movie Review of "Rear Window"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgfzVPlp-55oSRMaBB6x7Z3tGLnuofJNTxmyEinvLiFgc61CE41J3sDIaVfpDfS_Jy_4FsO0gBqDviID3VlBvTP8Zsx9CGix4uszerO5i36wrZnkGAdkippwoFZ6plaiCVsr1tlBb_h4/s1600-h/rear+window.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgfzVPlp-55oSRMaBB6x7Z3tGLnuofJNTxmyEinvLiFgc61CE41J3sDIaVfpDfS_Jy_4FsO0gBqDviID3VlBvTP8Zsx9CGix4uszerO5i36wrZnkGAdkippwoFZ6plaiCVsr1tlBb_h4/s320/rear+window.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116533876821281906" border="0" /></a><br /> The movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Rear Window</span> was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars James Stewart as J.B. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jeffrey's</span> and Grace Kelly as J.B's girlfriend. This movie is another one of Alfred Hitchcock's classics.<br /> The movie starts with introducing the main character. The scene that opens the movie sets tone for the whole movie. It is almost a tracking shot, but adds crane and pan movements. It surveys the whole apartment complex from the rear window of J.B's apartment. This opening shot creates a good visual of the only thing the viewer will see the whole movie.<br /> Another aspect that made the movie very interesting was the detective story line. Throughout the whole movie the viewer never knows more than J.B <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jeffrey's</span>(James Stewart). This keeps the audience in suspense for most of the movie. But it really adds to the suspense in the last scene when J.B <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jeffrey's</span> is confronted by the killer. Hitchcock does a wonderful job keeping the audience on the edge of their seats.<br /> The cinematic elements were well done in the movie, but the plot is what really gave the viewer interest. It is about J.B Jeffery's (James Stewart) who is a photographer. He broke his leg and nothing to do except watch the people in the apartments across the way through his rear window. One night he notices the wife of a man across the backyard has gone missing. Then he sees lots of very suspicious activity going on in his apartment. He starts to suspect this man of murdering his wife, but he can't prove it. On top of the gripping storyline; the main character is also in conflict with himself on whether he should marry his girlfriend, who is played by Grace Kelly. <br /> The plot of the movie gives the audience much to think about, but one thing that is hard to notice but is amazing is the fact that Alfred Hitchcock uses only diegetic sounds(sounds that the characters in the movie can hear). All of the background music is played from a man, who is a composer, in his studio apartment kiddy-corner to J.B Jeffery's. That means the characters in the movie hear all of the suspense music, along with the sad music. There is even a motif that the composer plays for J.B Jeffery's and his girlfriend, it is kind of "their song".<br /> Although there are many good aspects of the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Rear Window</span>, some things take away from the movie experience. One of the things that was disappointing to view was the slowness of the movie. The beginning seemed slow when starting the plot. Once the conflict was established the movie was outstanding, but some of the scenes in between with just J.B and his girlfriend arguing could've been used better. This slowness int he beginning of the movie could leave many viewers with a dissatisfied feeling after watching the movie. But overall Hitchcock did a great job, so it wasn't too much of a big deal.<br /> Lastly, I would like to say that Alfred Hitchcock did a tremendous job in creating a film that only takes place in one area to become exciting and suspenseful. Hitchcock and the actors did a great job in creating a classic movie that will be talked about for many years. Some films in the future may even be based off this classic movie, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rear Window</span>.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-56023774847974986832007-09-27T10:37:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:42:09.193-07:00The Phantom of the OperaThe most recent movie I saw was Phantom of the Opera. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">The</span> Phantom of the Opera is a great story by itself, but never seeing the play before I was impressed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">with</span> he movie. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">The</span> movie, even though it was not presented on a stage <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">infront</span> of a live audience, captured many aspects of being on a stage. Another great aspect of the movie was the singing. Even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thoguh</span> the actors did the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">singing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">in a</span> studio, and mouthed the words in the movie, the sound they produced was phenomenal. I have listened to a recording of Phantom of the Opera on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Broadway</span>, and it was very comparable to the movie. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">The</span> singers did a great job, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">brought</span> the music from the stage into the home of a person. Overall the movie was good, and the music was phenomenal.Optimus Primehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581069201679462068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897376310155315069.post-57033967022087995452007-09-18T18:16:00.001-07:002007-09-18T18:24:36.953-07:00Critique the Critic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnwFPz4OjhmradovFF4D25AHhLAkBmk8y5gyNIsADKJa2O6c0YT5K6x4lONpKZsmsiBjrGuwBaZ2XeBUf2qSrAvFXlUJvRZeWiajJalxZNsm_b8Qw5TABTjb64g9IIoCUYqKSC9rOEiE/s1600-h/transformers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnwFPz4OjhmradovFF4D25AHhLAkBmk8y5gyNIsADKJa2O6c0YT5K6x4lONpKZsmsiBjrGuwBaZ2XeBUf2qSrAvFXlUJvRZeWiajJalxZNsm_b8Qw5TABTjb64g9IIoCUYqKSC9rOEiE/s320/transformers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111719922328401634" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Critique the Critic</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The writer Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times wrote about the movie <u>Transformers</u> directed by <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Michael</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Bay</st1:placename></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>He wrote about how the movie was a big advertisement and the screenwriters just wanted to use their technology to make cool actions figures come to life on the screen.<span style=""> </span>His critique of the movie is at the site, <a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/la-et-transformers2jul02,0,445321.story?coll=cl-mreview">Transformers Review</a>.<span style=""> </span>I would have to greatly disagree with Kenneth Turan on the statements he used in his review.<span style=""> </span>Mr. Turan talks about how the whole movie revolved around the Transformers fighting and there was no other story involved in the movie,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">“Unfortunately, though he has a way with CGI toys and action set pieces,<span style=""> </span>director Bay does not have a noticeable fit for making human beings come to life.<span style=""> </span>“Transformers’ “ multiple earthling story lines are tedious and oddly lifeless, doing little besides marking time until those big toys fill the screen.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the movie <u>Transformers</u> there is much more that goes on than the “big toys” filling the screen.<span style=""> </span>The story starts with a teenage boy, which seems to be almost a joke, but as the story progresses more than just battles emerge.<span style=""> </span>The audience discovers the past behind the huge block in Area 51 and why the Transformers have come to Earth.<span style=""> </span>This discovery is what keeps the audience engaged in the movie, not the action.<span style=""> </span>Although the action does help with engaging the audience, I felt like discovering who the Transformers were through the story of the teenager engaged me in the story.<span style=""> </span>Also, in Mr. Turan’s critique he mentioned the movie as a big advertisement so Hasbro could make more money on the once popular Transformer toys.<span style=""> </span>I think this is false because Hasbro would’ve made the movie more focused on the life of the Transformers on Earth instead of their past.<span style=""> </span>I say this because focusing more on what the Transformers can do will naturally allow the audience’s mind wander.<span style=""> </span>This wandering sets their imagination into effect of what they could do if they had a Transformer.<span style=""> </span>Since the story was focused on more on the teenager and the Transformer’s past, instead of their current abilities, then I would buy into the claim of the movie being an advertisement.<span style=""> </span>Also, in the end of the movie Shi Lebluff destroys Megatron and not Optimus Prime.<span style=""> </span>If Hasbro really wanted their product to succeed beyond the movie, then they would allow Optimus Prime to be stronger, giving the audience more reason to belief the good can defeat the bad through power.<span style=""> </span>But that is not how life works, so <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Michael</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Bay</st1:placename></st1:place> put in a real life aspect instead of making the story lifeless into the most crucial part of the movie.<span style=""> </span>Although the movie helped Hasbro tremendously, I felt like the movie was made for a different reason than a total advertisement.<span style=""> </span>Lastly, Mr. Turan states in his article that many of the corny lines in the movie come from the commercials or the cartoons in the 80s.<span style=""> </span>This is true, but he also adds that it takes away from the movie.<span style=""> </span>I would have to completely disagree.<span style=""> </span>I think that the corny line that everyone is familiar with allows the audience to relate the movie directly to their lives.<span style=""> </span>And, the corny lines bring up good memories of playing with Transformers and having a fun time.<span style=""> </span>In Mr. Turan’s critique of Transformers, he makes some very good points.<span style=""> </span>I would have to agree with some of the points, but the main ones I disagree with are the ones that talk about the reasons behind the movie.<span style=""> </span>Overall I felt the movie was good, and this review is opposite of my opinion of the movie.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> 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