The Films Throughout the Class

The films in order of least favorite to favorite:

Billy Madison
Rumor Has It
Unforgiven
The Forest for the Trees
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Never Back Down
The Dark Knight
The Simpson's Movie
Ben Hur
Gone With the Wind
The Secret Window
The Graduate
V for Vendetta
Cinema Paradiso

V for Vendetta vs. The Dark Knight

V for Vendetta and The Dark Knight are films that have many similarities. This is just a comparison of the two.

1. We want both Batman and V to triumph.

2. V is disliked by the government, similar to Batman being in trouble with the Gotham City police.

3. Both characters fall in love or are in love.

4. Both wear disguises.

5. We know what Batman really looks like, but we don't know what V really looks like.

6. V uses less modern weapons such as swords, but Batman uses the most high-tech weapons possible.

7. V for Vendetta is set in a real place (London). Batman is set in a fictional city (Gotham City).

8. Both characters wear black when in disguise.

9. Both have a secret place where they live when they are being the hero.

10. Batman lives, V dies.

The Forest for the Trees

This film is an independent film. It was filmed in Germany so, obviously, it was spoken in German. It is about Melanie a teacher who is just starting her first job. She teaches several different grades and has no friends in the community to talk with.

She has a difficult time controlling her classes and the teachers talk about her behind her back. In search for a friend, Melanie goes to a clothing store and talks with the lady who helps her. She finds they are neighbors and they become friends.

However, as time progresses, Melanie becomes somewhat suffocating to her new friend Tina. Melanie is constantly calling her and asking her what she's doing and if they can do something together.

Melanie invites herself to Tina's parties and eventually starts to invade her personal life. Meanwhile, Melanie still cannot control her classes and she seems ever more frazzled while working. She even begins to exclude herself by eating her lunch in a closet.

Melanie feels such a complete lonliness that she begins to suspect that Tina doesn't like her. She follows her around from place to place so as to keep an eye on her.

Eventually, Tina becomes fed up with Melanie and tells her to leave her alone. This crushes Melanie, but she finds that she doesn't need Tina and that everything will be ok in the end.

The movie closes with Melanie sitting in the backseat of her car. She is supposed to be driving. One is left with the question of whether she survives or not.

This film's genre is independent. All-in-all I thought it was a weird movie. It had a feeling of awkwardness throughout the whole thing. For me, I found that Melanie was a rather disturbing character. She had a stalker feel to her, although she might not have realized what she was doing.

I give this film a 5/10 mostly for creativity.

My scale is set up thusly:
10-Best movie I've ever seen
9-Amazingly good
8-Definitely recommended
7-Decent
6-Worth watching
5-Average
4-Fine
3-Boring or uninteresting
2-idea is overdone, too common
1-Terrible, don't waste your time

Never Back Down

Just a podcast from the class this time.

Never Back Down Podcast

Unforgiven

Just ten scenes that show the people in the movie were unforgiven.

1. Will's mother-in-law doesnt forgive him for marrying her daughter.

2. Will is unforgiven by his friend's wife for killing so many people.

3. Also for taking her husband with him to do all of his bad deeds.

4. The prostitutes are unforgiven because of their job.

5. The sheriff is unforgiven because he treats everyone he doesn't like like a criminal.

6. English Bob is unforgiven for his deeds that he did in the past.

5. The men who cut the girl are unforgiven.

4. Will doesn't forgive himself for the things he's done in the past.

3. The town is unforgiven because they kill Will's friend.

2. The blind kid won't forgive himself for shooting that man.

1. Sheriff is unforgiven by Will because he hurt Will even though he didn't do anything wrong.

The Secret Window

So this blog will be a little different too. I'm going to compare Psycho and The Secret Window.

1. Both of the killers in the movies are schizophrenic.

2. Both killers have lost the person that's most important to them.

3. Both live alone.

4. One thinks his other personality is out to get him and one thinks his personality loves him.

5. There is a shower scene in both films.

6. Both wear specific articals of clothing when in their made up personality (mother's clothes, hat)

7. One gets away with murder and one doesn't.

8. In Psycho, Norman completely turns into his mother. In the Secret Window, Mort turns into a third person completely different from himself and John Shooter.

9. Mort has a dog, Norman doesn't.

10. Mort wants to get rid of John Shooter. Norman doesnt want to get rid of his mother.