Next Week, later than expected
For next week, please read the Brian Godawa essay. You may post comments/responses on the blog. Do you agree with Godawa that all films are about redemption? Can you think of examples other than the one discussed in class?
Also, choose a movie that you think you would like to write about. Then, find few reviews (between one and three) that discuss that film. You can find reviews at the Movie Review Query Engine or Rotten Tomatoes.
For next week, please read the Brian Godawa essay. You may post comments/responses on the blog. Do you agree with Godawa that all films are about redemption? Can you think of examples other than the one discussed in class?
Also, choose a movie that you think you would like to write about. Then, find few reviews (between one and three) that discuss that film. You can find reviews at the Movie Review Query Engine or Rotten Tomatoes.
posted by Meg @ 12:55 PM
56 Comments:
At 7:55 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
do we have to look up the reviews of the movie before we come to class next week?
At 5:35 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
o yes! of course there's other examples..... now when we're looking for a movie do we want a movie that will prove or disprove godawa's theory? cause i think it'll be pretty hard trying to disprove him....
HH
At 7:31 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
I'm looking at reviews for "Das Boot" a great WWII subarine movie. How about the rest of you?
Sam
At 8:51 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
shrek.... but i'm not completely sure i want to do that one... maybe Mulan. can it be a kids movie like mulan or shrek? just in case i'll get a back up.
HH
At 10:57 AM,
Oee said…
Mulan!!!! Good one. i wish I would have thought about that one. I haven't picked one out yet. But I was thinking about "a walk to remember".
At 10:58 AM,
Oee said…
Ok never mind I AM thinking about a walk to remember
At 11:25 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
i decided not to do Mulan- so if you still need one you can do that one if you want.
At 1:35 PM,
HeatherKessler said…
I'm going to do Cinderella 3 A Twist in Time. It sounds interesting. And it better be way better than the second one.
Heather Kessler
At 1:43 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
Why don't one of you girls review "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", seeing you like it so much? (no offense)
I'm collecting reviews for "Batman Begins".
Dan
At 1:45 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
How about reviewing GOOD movies. (he, he)
Sam
At 4:23 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
well i'm doing "you've got mail"... i can't believe what one guy said about it!!!! he said it was boring and too origonal! can you believe it!?!?!? i was flabergasted!
remaining calm as ever,
Historionic Heather
At 4:41 PM,
Oee said…
Well you should see what people have to say about a walk to remember. One guy said it was to "preachy".
Only like 37 people said anything good about the movie.
At 4:42 PM,
Oee said…
37% sorry
At 7:32 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-You know what you guys should whatch, God's and Generals. It is one of the best movies of all time and is explicitly Christian.
Sam
PS. Hey, Heather K. if you don't post anything on the Colts argument I'm going to consider it won.
At 6:10 PM,
HeatherKessler said…
I will eventually post something on the Colts thing whenever I am ready. Right now I am on Spring Break.
Heather Kessler
At 10:33 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Spring break?! It's still winter! Spring isn't till the 20th. of March.
Sam
At 11:33 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
hey, we have a tornado warning!
At 11:35 AM,
Oee said…
Hey CCA has their spring break befor March 20. i guess You will be on spring break before spring!!!
At 11:37 AM,
Oee said…
heather you put that coment like 5 seconds before I posted mine
At 12:34 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
ha! thats so awesome!
At 10:45 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
I fail to see how this is amusing.
Sam
At 2:41 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
well its so cool to know that you and another person are at the moment sitting at the computer, and perhaps typing!
HH
At 5:46 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Hey, I just saw a awsome movie. "Psycho"! If you scare esely, DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!! If you don't scare esely, this movie will chage that.
Sam
At 6:09 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
i hate scary movies!!!!(aka: i scare easily-lol-)
HH
PS. that was a surprise, wasn't it?
At 11:10 AM,
Oee said…
Well hello I don't have any thing to say really. Yesterday night I got back from spinter and I am still tiered. But it was fun I love to be able to introduce my self and be like yeah Daniel is my brother. And then ask what church they go to and be like "yeah I've been to that church"
And some people already no me. And then it was extra fun to hear that Ruth is pregnant. So great.
At 11:13 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
ruths pregnant?!?!?!
At 5:44 PM,
HeatherKessler said…
Yeah I heard that Ruth was pregnant because I sat by your mom during Fellowship Dinner. And she told us (me and Beth) how William had called your family. It was sooo funny and of course your mom makes it extra funny.
Heather
At 8:16 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Back to Psycho. It is an awsome movie. I'm afraid of the dark now, it's that great. I don't know yet if I'll be able to take a shower.
Sam
At 7:05 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
.... okay.....
HH
At 6:05 AM,
HeatherKessler said…
Sam a bit of advice, YOU NEED TO TAKE SHOWERS!!!!!!!! Without showers your social life will go WAY downhill very fast. Thought I would let you know.
Heather
At 6:38 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
Showering is not that easy after watching a movie involving people getting stabbed in the shower. I haven't watched Psycho yet, but I already have a solution to the problem. I take baths.
Dan
At 7:40 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Heather K,
-The Colts argument is rotting away. If you refuse to respond I will declare myself the winner.
Sam
At 9:34 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
that is aweful, disguisting, and literally bad! who would WANT to whatch that kind of movie??!?.... o yes, and i agree with heather, sam. your social life will diminish without showers.
At 7:30 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-It's a good movie!! The acting is awsome, it was made by the best director of all time, everything about it is amazing.
Sam
PS. It also has great music.
At 7:45 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
Now I'm just being silly--you still haven't refuted my argument about taking baths.
Dan
At 11:41 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
whats the difference?
At 8:46 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Psycho is a Hitchcock movie, if you havn't seen anything by Hitchcock, you havn't seen a movie yet.
Sam
At 11:29 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
what movies has he directed?
At 8:14 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
Famous ones: The man who knew to much, The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope, Marnie, Trouble with Harry, Psycho, North by Northwest, Dile M for Murder, and many many more.
Sam
At 8:58 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
never heard of any of those. although The Birds sounds familiar.
HH
At 11:02 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
If you think you might get scared watching Hitchcock movies, Hitchcock did write one comedy called The Trouble with Harry. That movie can hardly be considered scary at all.
Dan
At 7:04 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Daniel, it's about a dead body (it's hilarious).
Sam
PS. The Birds is awsoum to. It's about birds (go figuer) that start attacking people.
At 8:56 AM,
Gabriella Reed said…
yeah, i think my sister said they saw it when they were... 7 er something. they also said that they'd never see it again. but i thought that was made by knightley something. you know, the guy who made Signs and The Village. those two were pretty stupid. actually, signs was scarey, the village was pathetic. you don't even find out if the nice guy lives! its aweful!
HH
At 12:53 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-You mean M.night Shalman. The Village was great!! It's the closest thing I've seen to Hitchcock. You girls have this problem of focusing on if the guy lives on not. Real life is uncertine, get used to it!
Sam
At 2:25 PM,
Oee said…
That guy normally does good scarry movies. the village wan't all that scarry and was kind of boring. But he has done a lot of other really good scarry movies. I think the most well known is six sence.
At 3:44 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
The Trouble with Harry is hardly scary at all. The whole story is about a small group of people in a rural town who stumble across a dead body and all sorts of confusion spring up. It's hilarious.
Dan
At 12:53 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-What's wrong with the Village?
Sam
At 2:24 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
the village is plain lame. you don't know what happens at the end of the movie and you go through that whole process of freaking out for nothing! and the poor guy gets stabbed! its so brutal!
At 2:59 PM,
HeatherKessler said…
Dear Sirs,
I am no longer agruing about a subject based completely and totally on oppinion. You have not changed my mind and I am most certain that I am the last person in the world to change yours. You have not won the argument, for in order to do so you must convince me. I am not convinced and believe that my time can be spent on a more productive argument and/or recreation. I beg pardon, but I must bow out of this indescribable, unnecessary, enigmatical, preposterous, and profoundly absurd argument.
Sincerely,
Heather Glenn
PS. heather kessler was just on and dropped the other enigmatical, absurd, and profoundly preposterous argument. so i had to post under her name. cya soon.
At 3:00 PM,
HeatherKessler said…
sorry, thats supposed to go on the other argument... this one's plain ridiculous.
At 4:17 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Wait, are you talking about the Colts argument, or the acting argument?
-The Village is a good movie! You don't know what happens to the guy. SO? It was a good movie whether you found out about him or not.
Sam
PS. If you refuse to argue I must assume that you simply have run out of argument and are conceding the points i.e. I WIN!!!
PPS. The PS. is standard debate rules.
PPPS. The Village isn't brutal. Watch Psycho, that's brutal.
At 4:22 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-Heather K. you are wrong. If you stop arguing I win. If a team gets up in the middle of a debate round and leaves they will loose, trust me. You have simply ceased to argue, that means you are either tiered of arguing or simply have nothing left to say i.e. we've pinned you. We will assume that we have pinned you unless you provide evidence to the contraiery.
Sam
At 8:07 PM,
Gabriella Reed said…
first, that was me posting. not heather K. i am tired of the whole stupid argument. we are not in a debate hall, nor shall we ever. i have plenty more to say but am refraining from such... wrath.
sincerely,
Heather GLENN
PS. YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED YOUR GOAL IN CONVINCING ME, THEREFORE, YOU HAVE NOT(!) WON.
pss. Heather Kessler is standing here and is agreeing with every little thing i say.
At 8:40 AM,
Lemony Snicket said…
-I still don't agree with you, but it's your turn to think of something to argue about.
Sam
PS. We could keep arguing about the Village.
At 10:39 AM,
Elizabeth said…
You could argue about what constitutes an argument, like Monty Python.
At 1:43 PM,
Lemony Snicket said…
Opinions don't count. As the affirmative side in a debate, all Sam needs to do is refute your challenges to his claim. Whether you agree with him or not does not affect the outcome.
Dan
PS. In case you don't believe me, that's standard debate rules.
PPS. Anyway, if a team forfeits the other team wins--also standard debate rules.
PPPS. As the negative side, your job is to prove that Sam's plan does not work--again that's standard debate rules.
PPPPS. If you still have quibbles about this you can argue with Sam's teacher Micah Walters about standard debate rules.
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