Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood does it again! The movie Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood, brought back the western with alot of new matirial. Will Munny(Eastwood) plays the part of a washed-up old cowboy, whom had in the past been a ferocious outlaw. It gives the story of his life after his day of killing to a day of when he tries not to remember what happened in the past. Until the schollfield kid gives him an offer that he finds quite intriguing. From there we see what 10 years away from his holster has done to him.
When Clint first recieved this script back in the 1970's, he was hesitant about doing it because he wanted to look more the part for the older cowboy. I think i would have done the same because, what he had also done was bring back the western with many new cinamatic techniques, that wouldnt have been able to be acomplished in the 70's. Also the camera clarity really helped with the tone of the movie, it made it seem more believable that you were there.
He did a very nice job with the casting of this movie, With Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris, you have set yourself up for a pretty sweet movie. The element that i like about this movie is the double plot. As well as seeing Will's story you see Little Bill's and you get to see them meet up. This i one of my favorite movies...for now...

Stagecoach up in here

After watching Citizen Cane(Orson Welles) I began to appreciate the aspect of old films. Stagecoach was an interesting movie to watch because, i didn't necessarily like it but i was intrigued to watch it. Not only did the movie have important things to offer the film industry, but it opened the doors to an actor who in later years would be very successful. I like movies with no-name actors because it is easier to be brought into the film. What it brought so society is the (revisited) original western. Almost half of this movie is based inside the stagecoach, which at times to the "un art of filmed eye" would find to be boring. But to me, I view it as at time when there is not too much going on in the background, which sets up a perfect time when important dialogue or inferred actions could take place. The flow of the movie as well as the storyboard of main events, was kind of odd. Everytime there was a break in the movie, which was in the town center,a moment of calmness arose.
The movie was intruiging, not great, but intruiging.
And one more thing, th set of the first city was the same as lordsburg....

Journal # 3

he 2003 release of Finding Nemo(Andrew Stanton) captured the hearts of millions around the world with the story of a father in search of his lost son. The heart filled story created by Pixar Animation Studios "trumps the design glamour of earlier Pixar films"-Time Magazine. Apart from the Oscar winning story, I think the audience was intrigued by the animation.
Pixar created in 1985, is a break off company of Buena Vista Disney studios, which created original cartoon films such as 'Jungle Book', 101 Dalmatians, as well as many more. Pixar became famous for its CGI(Computer Generated Images)motion pictures, including 'Toy Story', 'Monsters Inc.' and 'Cars' .
Finding Nemo is special in the way that there are many characters and obstacles to render. Although with new technology the images have become easer to create, and produce. The CGI gives you a feel of a more 3 dimensional look, emphasizing that you are there(see picture above). This movie in particular is based in all water so the artists had the challenge of making the characters look like they were swimming in the ocean.
The acting of this movie is quite different than most movies because before any of the drawings or images are created the voice over actors have already finished the movie with dialogue. Then the artists match the sounds with the drawings. Marlin the main character played by Albert brooks, was a former writer and director for SNL back in 1976. His voice is easily recognized and is very fluent to hear, he plays a good protective father role. As well Ellen DeGeneres who plays Dory, a kind hearted fish with short term memory loss. As said on her own show 'Ellen' She had an easy time playing the character because she can connect with Dory so easily.
The final product. When this movie first made its way to the silver screen, critics and all who saw were amazed.
"Finding Nemo would be terrific regardless of its pedigree, but as a fith in a seemingly endless line of quality productions it sets a standard that few can presume to challenge"-Rolling stone Magazine
Personally when is saw this movie i cried, not to sound like a sobbing sally, but it was so good that those tears of raw emotion needed to proceed down my face with a glorified glimmer to all that saw. But honestly, the effect that really got me was the digital element, because you could see almost real life human emotion in these fish, because if this movie were to be done in regular animations you would have not gotten the same reaction.
I know i wouldn't have.