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Cross Country





In the feilds, a sea of flesh and bones; Sweat hitting the sand, grass and stone.

Elegy

Forever

Barren land and years go by

Lush forest's and mountains high

The times change and I watch

As everyone and everything passes by

I watch in amazement as they pass through me

Wars, Turmoil, Sickness, pain

The world has changed

And yet im still here

Time crawls for eternity

Im stuck here watching as it unfolds

The times have changed from year 1 to now

Forever is a long time to live, when no one can see me

Villanelle

Run away

Run away, into the night

Worries and troubles a thing of the past

Fight my way through the dark

I feel free as a kite

Running through the streets so fast

Run away, into the night

I run from day and light

I race the sun, the sun is last

Fight my way through the dark

My mind is saying im not right

My decision is made, its in the past

Run away, into the night

I turn around, im not in the right

My decision is made im going back'st

Run away into the night

Fight my way through the dark

Trochaic Tetrameter





By the fields of minnetrista


BY the crowds of sweaty people


Ran the runners short and tall


And the trees were short and tall


Sifting through the crowd of people


I find my parents and hug them


Watch out Im here dont have you fear


For im here and im here to stay





Anapestic Tetrameter





On the far away planet of dogabah


Yoda the wise was king of the swamp


He lived in a Hut in the swamp, It was nice


Everything peaceful and calm, Its alright


one day while resting in his hut


He heard a crash, a clang, "whats the fuss?"


Outside his hut, what did he see?


a young man bright and friendily

Blogging

Blogging is a form of writting down your thoughts on the internet for anyone to read and comment. I find that it is a cool way to share your thoughts on a variety of differnet things like movies and books. Though it is a good idea people have started using social networking sites such as facebook and twitter more then blogs. I dont use either, I dont have a facebook and i only use my blog for school related purposes. I enjoyed writing about movies that i saw and reviewing them for my own purposes and Art of Film Class. I think that Creative writing is going to be a fun class.

Unforgiven True Grit comparison

1. Stage Coach and True Grit can be compared with there theme and plot. Both are built around a journey that ends in revenge. Along the way both the Stagecoach and Rooster Cogburn experience obstacles and other disasters that get in their way. Rooster Cogburn goes on a journey for a little to kill a man that killed her father and Ringo goes on a journey to kill the people that killed his family. It is a common theme as both have villans that turn out to be hero as Ringo is a notorious killer and Cogburn kills people for any reason he deems true.

2. Unforgiven and True Grit can also be compare with there plots and characters. In both movies there is a character that must set out to kill someone for a bounty. In unforgiven the man is the notorious killer William Munney and in True Grit it is Rooster Gogburn the corrupt Marshall. Grit is considered to be a classic western while not including many parts of old classic western such as conflict between cowboys and Indians, but still having the common theme of revenge.

3. I feel that True Grit is more of a classic western exemplifying many classic themes such as the journey for revenge. Most of the characters talk in accents making the movie more authentic. The movie does leave out the conflict between cowboys and Indians showing that it is what i would call a mix breed between Classic and revisionist western. The movie is revisionist because of the strong role of Hallie Steinfeild as Mattie Ross. She is more of an equal character to Cogburn not showing that she is actually of lesser class then him as many women where considered to be at this time. I feel that this movie is actually centered around Mattie Ross giing it a revisionist twist while still keeping alot of classic western themes.

Oscar nominated rankings

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PRE WRITING -

Social Network

1. Good portrayal of real person

2. Well made

3. Entertaining

Toy Story 3

1. Dont like animation very much

2. Too much of the same

3. Good ending

True Grit

1. Hailey Steinfeld's good acting

2. Perfect ending

3. Good dialogue and plot

Inception

1. Great special effects

2. Intricate

3. Mol

The Kings Speech

1. great acting

2. camera angles

3. perfect ending

Winters Bone

1. Boring

2. like a detective movie

3. Average acting

RANKINGS

1. The Kings Speech - I was very impressed with this movie even though it is obvious Oscar "bait". One of the biggest reasons that i liked this movie was the performances from the actors. Colin Firth did an amazing job with his stammering impersonation, it made me believe that he himself had a stammer and that it wasn't just an act. The movie was truly enhanced with the directors keen eye for camera angle usage. The scene where the king is going to speak to some men before being crowned the director uses a low angle making it seem like the king feels lowly and then it switches to a high angle shot to emphasize his vulnerability. Overall this movie was my favorite of the Oscar nominees i have seen.

2. The Social Network - It was a hard decision between choosing this movie as my favorite or the kings speech. I found this movie to be a close second due to the writing and the casting. The cast was near perfect as Jesse Eisenberg did a superb job as mark zuckerberg while i feel that justin Timberlake wasnt the best choice to play Shaun Parker. The writing was great as Eisenberg always seemed to have snappy comebacks like when he was at the meeting and said " Wait, I am checking your math. I got that too." I really like lines like this as it is subtle comedy that i enjoy. The movie has the best ending of them all as Eisenberg waits to see if his ex friend will accept his friend request, showing his inner feelings about friends

3. Inception - This movie was a true puzzle that was so intricate I had to watch the movie multiple times to fully understand it. There is the concept that a movie should not rely on special effects alone, this movie successfully banks on its special effects with a few strong performances from Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Marion Cotillard. DiCaprio, Page, and Cotillard gave great performances in which they truly enveloped the characters they were playing while Joseph Gordon - Levitt was true dud as his character was very uninteresting. The movie did win me over with its amazing special effects along with its wow factor. Ultimately wow was the only thing i could say after this movie, just wow.

4. True Grit - This movie makes good use of the natural surroundings with many long shots to set the scene. This movie was wonderful with good acting coming from Hailee Steinfeld and amazing scenary. However, I felt that the plot was too simple and the Jeff Bridges character of rooster was annoying and winded. The way that he spoke was very hard to understand and kind of got in the way of the plot (in my opinion). Matt Damon does a good job as Mr. Laboeuf as a comic relif but it is kind of hard to believe that he can bee in the right place in the right time, all the time. The movie had great cinematography but lacked a good cast and i felt that it was quite boring during some parts.

5. Toy Story 3 - For the 5 and 6 spot I wasn't quite sure which one to put s the worst or second worst as both were terrible movies in my opinion. Toy Story 3 felt like the same old same old (the toys escaping from someone or something) with a few twists as the movie takes a dark turn (toy hell). I feel the movie series ran out of magic after the second movie and that they defiantly shouldn't have attempted to make a 3rd. It was kind of weird to see Andy's face in this movie as in all the previous movies i never remembered seeing his face. This movie series is burnt out and a 4th movie would be a horrible idea as this one was just the same old same old bland pixar Disney movie.

6. Winters Bone - The one good part of this movie was the performance from Jennifer Lawrence while everything else about it was less then spectacular. I was expecting this movie to be something like the success story that Napoleon Dynamite was. The movie was kind of disgusting as the viewers looked in to the lives of these people living in the middle of nowhere, living in filthy homes. The main turn off of this movie was the theme of as almost every person that Ree encountered was either a dealer or an addict. The cinematography for this movie had a french new wave feel to it as felt more like a documentary, using natural lighting and the use of hand held cameras. The realization that her father is isn't satisfactory as a true ending for a movie, as Ree feels no sense of accomplishment or closure. The ending is very odd and feels like it is quickly cut off due to the end of Ree's "adventure". Overall I thought this movie was uninteresting wiht the lone good performance from Jennifer Lawrence.

My first movie review

Lifeboat

BRAINSTORMING

1. Intense

2. wartime cultural Tensions

3. Thriller

4. Nazis

5. must watch in one sitting

6. "Old"

7. Black and white

8. Perfect movie about deception

9. planing ahead

10. Deception through trust

11. same scenery the whole time

12. Alfred Hitchcock

13. Keeping ones sanity

14. decency

15. marked playing cards

REVIEW OF LIFEBOAT

The movie lifeboat started out slow as you see a writer on a lifeboat big enough for 10 or so people. Over a matter of an hour or so the life boat fills up with 9 people from an American boat that had been torpedoed by the Nazi Germans. while these 9 people are tending to a wounded man a 10th passenger boards the lifeboat who happens to be the Nazi captain of the ship that sunk the Americans. When this happend i thought that the Americans were going to throw him overboard but he tricks them into thinking that is a lost cause. he proves his usefulness when the wounded man needs his leg amputated and the German offers to do it. he does it successfully and he gains more trust from the Americans. In gaining this trust he becomes more and more confident killing off one of the Americans but is eventually caught and thrown overboard. Ultimately i thought it was a great movie an is a great example of suspense.