MOVIES
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a wondrous tale of a man who is born in his eighties and grows backwards. The scene right illustrates the idea that every little event, everything we do, no matter how insignificant influences someone's life in some way. The scene shows everything that each person who crossed paths that morning was doing and how if one little thing was different, it would've changed Daisy's life forever. The smallest of things not happening such as a broken shoelace, or getting a cup of coffee could have forever changed Daisy's life. Sometimes our fate is out of our hands. We couldn't possibly know that doing an insignificant task could have saved someone from being hit by a car.As hard as it is to think about everything we do influences the future of us or others around us. We may not know it, but our little decisions are what make up the events in our lives.
My Dog Skip
My Dog Skip is a heartwarming story that will bring you to tears about a boy trying to fit in during World War II. Will Morris didn't have many friends. He wasn't the best at sports and was not like the boys his age. The day Willy Morris turned nine was the day that changed his life forever. Skip taught Willy things that a person a person could never. Skip helped Willy grow up and go from boyhood to manhood. He gave Will the confidence to stand up to the bullies and eventually befriend Rivers, the prettiest girl in school. Without Skip, Willy was an extremely shy and reserved kid and had little interaction with his peers and around the neighborhood. Getting Skip helped Willy come out of his shell and changed him into the person that he ultimately became. It may be hard to believe, but one little dog influenced a boy to change his ways and taught him valuable lessons on love, death and most importantly, friendship.
Titanic
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Titanic is a remarkable love story describing the events of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Jack, an independent free spirit wins tickets for the "ship of dreams", the Titanic, to America. Almost missing the ship, Jack rushes with his few belongings and not knowing that this will be his last time on land. Aboard, Jack meets Rose, a prim and proper woman who is being forced into marrying Cal, a snooty business man that her mother thinks can help their future. Overwhelmed and upset, Rose tried to jump off the boat and take her life. Before even knowing her, Jack influences Rose not to jump and reminds her of the wonders of life. In the few weeks aboard, Jack and Rose fall madly in love. When they find that the ship is going to sink Jack tells Rose, right before he is about to die that the hand of poker that won him the tickets was the luckiest thing that ever happened to him. Jack dies and changes Rose's life forever. At the end of the movie, Rose takes Jack's name and does everything that they said they would do together that before she wouldn't even imagine doing. If Jack hadn't won that ticket Rose would never be the person she became.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember is a love story about an off track teenager who is caught at the scene of a severe injury of a pier. Landon is forced to do community service tutoring, cleaning, and the worst of all be in the school play. Jamie Sullivan, an innocent, religious girl that Landon had grown up with agrees to help him with his lines on one condition. The condition was that he would have to promise not to fall in love with her. Landon is amused by this. He would never in a million years think he'd fall for a girl like her. At first, Landon is embarrassed of Jamie and tries to act cool in front of his friends by putting her down. He eventually grows feelings for her and learns that she is suffering from leukemia. With time running out, Landon tries to help Jamie accomplish everything on her lists of things to do before she dies. Just being around a person like Jamie changed Landon forever. If one thing had happened differently, Landon wouldn't have ever gotten to know Jamie and his life would be changed forever. Jamie gets Landon away from the rough crowed he is in and inspires him to be a better person. Jamie changed Landon's life and even after her death, he remembers all that she had taught him and how much she had impacted his life.
Holes
Holes is a story about Stanley Yelnats, a shy boy who seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time due to a family curse. Stanley is wrongly accused of stealing the cleats of a famous baseball player. Stanley is sentenced to attend Camp Greenlake, a place for troubled boys. It is said that they dig holes their to build character when really, they are trying to find treasure for the owner. Stanley's family is always telling him an old story about his great great grandfather that a fortuneteller puts a curse of bad luck on because he did not carry her up a mountain to get a drink of water. At the camp Stanley befriends a quiet boy who he soon learns is the one that had really stolen the shoes and was scared so he dropped them off a bridge where Stanley was walking. Stanley learns that Zero, (Hector) had an extremely troubled childhood with little guidance and no real parental figures. Stanley and Zero run away from the camp together and journey up the mountain to see "God's Thumb" and in hopes of getting a drink of water and something to drink. Zero passes out and Stanley carries him up the mountain. He coincidentally does exactly what his great great grandfather was supposed to do and breaks the curse. When they reach home they learn that Zero is the great great grandson of the fortune teller.
Spiderman
Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted is a modern-day Cinderella tale starring Anne Hathaway. The movie is a story about a young woman who was given the "gift" of obedience as an infant. She was given this "gift" from a fairy named Lucinda. With the gift of obedience anything anyone tells her to do, she must obey it. People begin take advantage of Ella and tell her to do things that she doesn't want to do, but has to. In specific her 2 stepsisters begin to use her in their advantage. Tired of her gift that is unwanted she leaves home to try to find her fairy godmother to undo the "gift". Along her journey she falls in love with Prince Charmont whose evil uncle wants to take over the kingdom and take his crown. People have such a huge influence on Ella because of this curse put upon her.
Philidelphia
Philadelphia is a movie about a man, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), who is one of the top attorneys in Philadelphia. He is homosexual, but never announced it to his coworkers because he was afraid they might judge him upon it. When he is diagnosed with AIDS, he is suddenly fired from his firm. They fired him because of a misplaced document. Beckett thought that someone may have hid his paperwork on purpose to give the firm a pretext to fire him, and that the firing is actually as a result of his diagnosis with AIDS. The case was brought to court because Beckett didn’t feel that he did anything wrong to give his boss a reason to fire him. He felt it was because of his sexuality and their fear of being around the disease. Andrew went to numerous lawyers to represent him, and the only one that was willing was from a small firm and had homophobia (Denzel Washington.)
Andrew Beckett was looked down upon because of personal aspects of his life. It lead him to be fired and changed his whole life. His boss’s reasoning behind firing him, at his defense, was because they weren’t happy with Andrew’s performance recently. But if he hadn’t known about the disease Andrew had been diagnosed with, he probably wouldn’t have fired him. It was wrong and unfair for sexuality to influence a decision that serious. This movie proves how people are influenced to do rash things when they are afraid or uncomfortable. The decisions made by bosses influenced every part of Andrew Beckett’s life.By the end of the movie, Beckett won the case, but he died shortly afterwards. Many mourned and were very upset. This was a huge case for gay rights and other issues.By the end of the movie, Beckett won the case, but he died shortly afterwards. Many mourned and were very upset. This was a huge case for gay rights and other issues. (This movie was based on a true story.)
Andrew Beckett was looked down upon because of personal aspects of his life. It lead him to be fired and changed his whole life. His boss’s reasoning behind firing him, at his defense, was because they weren’t happy with Andrew’s performance recently. But if he hadn’t known about the disease Andrew had been diagnosed with, he probably wouldn’t have fired him. It was wrong and unfair for sexuality to influence a decision that serious. This movie proves how people are influenced to do rash things when they are afraid or uncomfortable. The decisions made by bosses influenced every part of Andrew Beckett’s life.By the end of the movie, Beckett won the case, but he died shortly afterwards. Many mourned and were very upset. This was a huge case for gay rights and other issues.By the end of the movie, Beckett won the case, but he died shortly afterwards. Many mourned and were very upset. This was a huge case for gay rights and other issues. (This movie was based on a true story.)
