BRIEF SCREENING REPORT: BIOPIC

 

One vital scene of the film MILK would be the last scene of the movie, after Harvey Milk’s death but before any formal condolences took place. You see thousands and thousands of people walking the streets of San Francisco, holding candles and having a vigil for the murdered politician. This is a very powerful scene. Throughout the movie you get the feeling that Harvey Milk was an incredibly important part of San Francisco, for the gay community and just historically.

               Harvey Milk was an incredibly important figure in the fight for equal rights for LGBT Americans. As the first openly gay politician elected to office, he had a lot of misconceptions and also high expectations. This scene is so powerful because as a view of the film, you’re very convinced Milk was a great politician and you feel how the director and writer wants you to feel – but for the first time you see in numbers how important this figure was and how many people he positive effected.

               The letters on the screen, telling the vast number of participants of the vigil combined with real life footage of Harvey Milk, make the last scene both memorable and powerful. It was a great ending to a great movie. 

 

MODERN FAMILY: Journal 4

In Joe Reid's review of Modern Family's latest episode, ""The Late Show" he looks into the quality of the show overall. He writes the review for the AV Club. He ultimately gives the episode a B- and the community grade is C+. In the episode, the three main adult couples are trying to get to a restaurant on time. It's a new restaurant in town and they're all very excited to go but all have multiple reasons why they come to the reservation late. 

His main concerns with the episode were that it was a bit repetitive and we didn't learn any new information as an audience and that the characters sometimes seem stuck in their roles. I agree and disagree with his review. A B- seems pretty harsh because overall the episode was funny as was intended and the writing  and acting remained good throughout. 

One of the points Reid also brings up is the constant bickering between the spouses. He focuses on Mitch and Cam's constant banter but also mentions he could say the same thing for Gloria and Jay. I do agree that this part of the show is getting a little old. Cam and Mitch seem to mostly complain to each other and it's hard to see if they really get along or not. 

                I agree with his review, in that the fighting between the couples and the lack of new information is getting rather old. I don’t agree with his final grade, however, of B- because I feel overall the writing and acting were great. 

ARGO blog post

The movie Argo is based a true story of Americans held hostage in Iran. There are quite of few dramatic scenes in the movie, especially towards the end; involving the Swissair flight taking off. This is a pretty remarkable scene. The director builds suspense by almost using stop motion to show the different aspects of the event.

            The suspense starts at the beginning of the movie but really escalates at the beginning of that scene; when they are showing their passports at the airport. They first have their passports examined by security before having to go to secondary inspection. While there, they show their idea for a movie through a series of comics. The anger that’s portrayed in that scene builds the suspense – because although the film is going to end well – but it’s filmed in a way that makes it seem uncertain. 

            They eventually are let through but it only gets more intense after that. More suspense is built when the boarding of the plane begins, the phone gets pick up at the last second and they’re ultimately approved to board the flight. The next scene shows the Americans getting on a shuttle to the plane and at the same time are being chased by Iranians and ultimately cop cars and military trucks. The plane seems to take forever to take off and when the vehicles are chasing the flight down for a minute it feels like they might not get away.

            This scene is more or less the climax of the movie. The first ¾’s of the movie builds up to their departure. They don’t truly know they’re safe until they’re in the air and the flight attendant announces alcohol could be served. Their goal of trying to pass off as a movie crew in order to leave the country eventually worked.

                 

Harry Potter Freewrite

I fucking love Harry Potter. Love affair began at around 8. I got the Sorcerer's Stone for Christmas and instantly my family was hooked. I tried to read the first few chapters when suddenly, look at that, my mom stole the book and began reading it to my entire family. HP 1-3 were a piece of cake since we started the series once the 3rd one had already come out. Then the waiting game began. HP 4 was long awaited and it was a bit of a shit show once people got their hands on it. And thus began the HP phenomenon. The rest were the exact same way. Around #4 my oldest brother stopped listening for (obviously) no good reason. #5-7 were an over-the-top waiting experience as #4 was. The movies have a similar tone. Loved 103 and stopped going to the theater to see 5-7(#1), not sure why. Went out with a bang and saw HP7(#2) in the theater after a marathon of HP 1-7#1 in the evening before. And it was in 3D.

MY PLAYLIST

This short playlist is a great look into the types of music I like and also who I am as a person:

Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps – Tying My Shoes.

Lady Gaga – Born This Way.

Iggy Azalea – Work.

Patchouli – Simple Word.

Lorde – Tennis Court.

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