Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Devil Wears Prada Review

This is a great movie for all ages to enjoy. Although Anne Hathaway tends to only star in movies where a makeover is the main plot, this one works without it being the typical makeover movie. This is a balanced trend with Meryl Streep playing another "Corella devil" character. Both of these re known actresses are comfortable with each of these roles which creates a movie with great performances and a well deserving 3.5 out of 4 stars from me.

It has a great plot with the image today of what is beautiful and the concept of wearing brand names. This movie is a production of clothes and is result of a lovely down home in your skin beauty. I urge all women, since this movie does not relate to the audience of men, to take their daughters or friends and see The Devil Wears Prada.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Essay 4: An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is a movie that was directed by Davis Guggenheim and released August 31, 2006. It is a documentary of Al Gore's political reign and his view of Global Warming. His main goal in this movie is to get the message out about Global Warming. He wants to open his audiences eyes to all the aspects of global warming; the cause and effect, examples, solutions,etc.
This movie follows Al Gore to various locations, all around the world, where he lectures slideshow presentation on Global Warming. There are other scenes that take the movie inside Al Gore's personal life. This movie ties the issue of Global Warming to everyday life using a number of statistics and facts about Global Warming and of Al Gore's life happenings.

My opinion is this movie is a 4/5 stars. It is a very controversial movie since it is dealing with Global Warming but it instills the problem of Global Warming into the audience. I have watched this movie about 3 times, all for educational purposes. Every time I have watched it, it still shocks me. The statistics make my jaw drop, continuously.
An Inconvenient Truth is a very great movie that shows a personal relationship with global warming. This movie has humor, it is astounding, and quite uncomfortable to watch - in a good way!

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

MLA ...grrrr

I understand why we cite our works, why it absolutely needs to be done, why its against the law and why we use MLA, but I still do not understand why it has to be so complicated!
I have been learning about MLA citation since probably freshman year in high school. From then on I have got beaten with the MLA stick. I am pretty comfortable using it, at least for the most part. But it still makes me mad and frustrated so easily. It just seems to me that because people have to use citations so often, why wouldn't they form a easier or at least "for dumbies" way to do it. Actually maybe i should look into that, I am sure there is a For Dumbies : MLA citation book somewhere!!!