Movie for the ages

The fact that some of the earliest movies were used for promotion was both surprising and not all at the same time. I thought the real start to the movies was when we started broadcasting information about the war to us here a home. I had no idea that people were making documentaries about how to make biscuits or how a company worked for promotion before this.After reading this I will be looking for a deeper and not so deep meaning for my film. I had found in some of my research that some thought this movie (Avatar) was meant to be sort of like when we invaded Iraq and they didn't want us. After watching some of the movie again I can kind of see their point. At the same time with all the effects used it the movie you have to wonder if it was just the director showing off his style and who he is and what we can do with movies now a days. I feel like as we progress with movies in the future my movie will be redefined. Every year we are coming up with new technologies and Avatar for all we know could be a stepping stone for more science fiction movies to come.

Avatar

I am thinking of doing the movie Avatar the one with the blue people not the air-bender. I have seen this film only once but among my friends it is famous and one of their favorites. I wanted to do this movie because there are so many events in the movie that relate to our time now and that are interesting. I mean NASA just shut down and in the movie we have set a base up on a moon. We have the science to create another creature that we can enter into while we are asleep and control as well as a few ethical issues. Should we really take out this species of people so we can get materials from their home? Should we really use force instead of asking or finding a solution. Not only that but after doing a little research many people thought it would be a flop because of how much it cost to make the movie. All of this I think would make a great paper.

Editing

My plans for revising my paper include adding more detail to paragraphs of my paper and having less filler. To go along with this I plan on trying to make my paper flow a bit better so the reader can follow my train of though rather than jumping around. I also don't want to give all of it away, some people will want to re-watch the movie again after they read by paper and I don't want to just summarize the first few minutes of the movie. I want to create an opinion and then move on.

I feel like I have used the word because too much. Yes it is used to help prove your point but you don't have to use it all the time which is why I want to work on the flow of my paper and take some of those out. As of now I feel my paper is pretty well organized but I may change it depending on how my editing goes. Overall I am happy with my draft but it needs some work before its ready to be a final draft.

Post 3

I really liked how in the second reading the listed outright what were the things they noticed. However I think that they made it a bit list like. I would have liked for them to provide one or two then go in-depth about them instead of just listing. By doing that they would have made the entry seem more organized and flowing like the first reading in the CCM book. I liked how the Author of this  made connections between the fire and the separation of him and Hana. It invoked more of a reaction because we were really thinking about  he was loosing everything and he is helpless to do anything about it. Yes, he can try and stop the fire but he will have some burnt things and it will take him a while to rebuild. He will not be the same but at the same time it gives him the opportunity to move on.

Disney Renaissance

The film I am thinking about doing a close reading of is Beauty and the Beast. This movie has always been one of my favorites growing up and I never knew it was nominated for an award. Although I guess it makes sense when you think about all the things that make this movie different from the rest of the Disney movies that came before it.

I think one of the things I want to focus on in this movie is what makes this movie different from the others before it and why has it been categorized as the start of the Disney renaissance period. For those of you that don't know what that is there are several definitions. One is that this is when Disney decided to "give in" to the feminist movement. After this movie we had The Little Mermaid and Aladdin for example but I think its more than that. This movie also marks the point when Disney started to incorporate men as the main character in their movies. They were no longer the prince that came to save the damsel in distress. They actually had a story of their own.

I really like this movie and am looking forward to seeing why it is one of the only Disney movies to get an award....as well as getting to watch it again! :)