Category: Film Analysis

In the video Tough Guise 2, Jackson Katz explains the violent masculinity in domestic violence, video games, movies, manhood, and media. He also argues that men are not violent as most people think. In todays world, men and young boys are taught to man up and act tough. Violence is a man’s issue, therefore, men…

Introduction to the Adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare continues to be one of the most influential and widely spread pieces of literature in history, even over 400 years after the play was written. The 16th Century play has had countless adaptations, interpretations, and works that have been inspired by…

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, follows the story of two young lovers that fell in love from the moment they laid eyes on each other. Romeo and Juliets families, the Montague and Capulets, had been in a continuous feud for several generations. This resulted in the two teenagers not being able to publicly express…

Background Cooperating between speakers and hearers in communication is important. Communication can be done well if the speaker and hearer can work together. Grice (1975) describes the principle of cooperation named Grices Cooperative Principle and describes it into four maxims, namely maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relation, and maxim of manner. The…

The juxtaposition between the surface presentation of violence in Giuseppe by Roderick Ford and The Gun by Vicki Feaver is immense, the writers explore the varying effects that violence brings within the individual poems. The Gun creates an excited and admiring approach towards violence whereas Giuseppe shows utter loathing and regret into events that unfolded…

The issue of racism and racialization is an age-old conflict originating from the colonialization era that uses prejudice and discrimination as the justification for differential techniques of othering as inferior (Thobani, 2007). Although racism is perceived to not be predominant today, it is still a modern phenomenon that feeds off of its invisibility by inequalities…

The quote ‘One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist’ is often controversial when it comes to the film V for Vendetta. Terrorism is the illegitimate use of violence and intimidation, particularly against civilians, in the pursuit of political objectives. On the other hand, a freedom fighter is a person who is involved in a…

Inception (2010) is praised for its originality, determination and success, and is one of Christopher Nolans best-known films, winning 4 Oscars. Although the concept of Inception is extremely compelling, with astonishing performances from DiCaprio and Watanabe, the portrayal of women in this production is disappointing, and poor, objectifying its female characters and portraying prototypical female…

According to Ella Shohat, culturally and geographically colonialism effected the way different genders and ethnicities are portrayed in media. Historically colonialism invaded other cultures and brought with them their ideologies and views. Views that were in example depicting women and the world, from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that presents and represents women as sexual objects…

This essay will critique the representation of masculinity and homoeroticism in the film industry from the 1990s to the mid-2000s, centered around the relationship between two male characters. In particular, the film Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee (2005) will be considered. To evaluate the film, David Grevens definition of the double protagonist genre will be…