Essays on Movie Page 6

“Secret Window” is a film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden”. It follows the story of Mort Rainey (portrayed by Johnny Depp), a disheveled writer who seeks solace in a secluded cabin after his wife, Amy (played by Maria Bello), cheats on him. Writing becomes Mort’s way of coping…

Movie: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThe movie takes place in Vienna, Austria in the 1700’s. The film beginswith the attempted suicide of Antonio Salieri, a court composer of the AustrianEmperor. He is placed in a mental asylum where a priest visits and asks for hisconfession. Salieri claims to have caused the death of Mozart. The rest of…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, DSM code 300. 3, is a mental disorder that impairs an individual because they are “so preoccupied with order, perfection, and control that they lose all flexibility, openness, and efficiency” according to the book Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology Sixth Edition by Ronald J. Comer. The patient’s obsessions can render them completely irrational…

There are different ways to communicate messages to an audience, including poems, written stories, and movies. Although these methods can convey similar messages, one method is considered more effective. This can be seen in the ongoing debate about whether books or movies are superior. Popular novels like Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games have…

Within Star Wars: A New Hope and Return of the Jed, archetypes exist that exemplify the theme that good can triumph over evil through perseverance. Primarily, symbolic archetypes flourish within George Lucas’ masterpiece. As an example, the contrast of colors in Luke Jaywalker’s clothing represents a loss of innocence in the main character. As a…

Movie Report In the Intro of Psychology course, I learned many concepts that relate to the real world and what we do in our everyday life. The psychology concept that I learned was social psychology. Social psychology is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate it to one another. We can…

            The society that we live in would always pay tribute to the people who have made a significant mark in society. Characters in stories and in mythology, which have been an important part of society, were also given much importance. Their stories have been retold either in the movies or in television. One of…

The is about a woman, called Maria, who’s studying towards becoming a nun and gets sent away to govern a widowed military commander, Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, and his seven children. Resulting in the children coming to like her, she falls in love with the captain – just as he was about to marry…

            Communication is a vital human process that people do everyday. Communication is used by people to be able to interact with one another and to develop or establish a particular relationship with the other participants in the communication process. Through communication people are able to understand each other’s views and ideas.             The main…

            The movie “Traffic” directed by Steven Soderbergh uses deviance as one of its themes. Deviant behaviors are portrayed in the film by some of the characters as their means of going against the law and the government. There are various causes and effects presented in the film that put more emphasis on deviance and…