This action packed movie directed Michael Mann, surely lived up to its name. Filled with household actors with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer did everything asked in a action, violent film. LT. Vincent Hanna, trying to catch Neil Mcculley's crew after completing high stakes bank robberies. It felt like Pacino and De Niro were accustomed to these roles from that start, since this is their preferred genre of acting. To me since they played similar characters throughout the years it made it kind of bland, not saying their acting was bad but it was so familiar. It consisted lots of over the shoulder shots, wide shots (to see the whole setting) and close up on characters eyes. One of my favorite scenes was the shootout in the city, it was pretty gory. I thought it was funny when Pacino was trying to shoot De Niro with a shotgun in the middle of the Grocery store, it just seemed so unrealistic but I enjoyed it. Understandably, this film is a strong action film filled with drama and intensity, I just wished I saw some variation of acting from De Niro and Pacino.
One of the most bizarre movie scenes in my opinion. The LAPD shooting the crew in the middle of Downtown L.A and surprisingly no one got hurt. I actually chuckled when Pacinos character was just all out firing an AK47 in the middle of Grocery Parking lot.
After the in-class viewing of Swiss Army Man directed by Daniels, my initial reaction is that is a very unique film. Typically, this would not be the type of film I would willingly watch on my own but I do appreciate that I watched it. Hank played by Paul Dano is a phenomenal actor, I've seen his work from The Batman and Manny played by Daniel Radcliffe has been a household name in the industry since he was young. Although Dr.Kyburz told us to take the film at face value, I still tried to see the unlying notions or sequences of the film. I always do that when I watch new films and I definitely need to just learn to take in films as they are. That style of viewing films is derived from the multiple Christopher Nolan films I Had to watch back in high school and complete analysis. Here's the trailer if you are interested in checking out the film!! Anyways! Let's get back to talking about Swiss Army Man. Some of the thoughts are on the entire basis of the film. I believe Mann...
After spending a few weeks on organizing, planning, filming and then editing this short film my group and I made, I was actually happy with what we made. Everyone in the Group (myself, Ishaan, Francisco, Aidan) seemed to care what kind of product we were putting out. Everyone pulled their weight in this film and contributed enough. The origin of this idea started when Fransisco suggested that we do a crime film are we could not decide originally on the genre. From that point, I came up with the foundational idea about a framed murder that detectives needed to figure out. From that point much of the idea and stylistic choices were made somewhat on the fly. We wanted to make this as organically as possible because we all felt that is where the best movies come from. On the day we did most of our filming, we shot right on campus in the Basement of Wentz Science Center. Found some great rooms to film our two main settings (Murder site, and Detective Room). Those shots went by really f...
Over the course of my entire life, I have had my fair share of films that I enjoy immensely. Some of the films I've viewed on repeat include Goodfellas, The Dark Knight, Nightcrawler, Stepbrothers, and Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire). These films are across many genres which I enjoy because I can appreciate all different types of film and interpret it will a broad mindset. However, I do that this list will change within a few months but most of these films will stay at the top of my list because I return to them more often than others. The reason I am taking this class is because I would love to improve how I can view film and expand my knowledge of other movies. In high school during my senior year english class we watched a handful of films, learned about different camera angles, lighting, etc so I have a bit of comprehension of filming works. Within the North Central Curriculum there is a Art requirement and this is my personal favorite form of art so tha...
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