The Kid (1921)

The Kid is a comedy and drama directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in 1921. A few aspects of the film I enjoyed is the very short subtitles and the silence of the film. It was my first silent film I ever watched and I actually enjoyed it. It was actually funnier than most movies I watch. This move is both drama and comedy and I think this movie represented both of these genres well. The man was very humorous through out the movie and the mother who lost her child was dramatic. I felt for the mothers pain in the film.  Obviously the movie is not going to have updated camera angels and the picture is going to poor compared to today’s standards. I’m not sure what the standards where like in the early 20’s but I guess for the limited resources they had the movie did a good job making it as realistic of a movie as it could be.  The acting was pretty good as well. I was firmly convinced all the emotions the characters expressed throughout the film were genuine.

Public Enemies (2009)

Public Enemies is a gangster film directed by Michael Mann and released in the U.S in 2009. The aspects I found interesting is how the movie basically has two heroes, a bad and a good guy. There are not too many movies that have both a bad guy and good guy be the main character.  Most gangsters movies are from black and white days of films, so this is a gangster genres that Is somewhat updated than other gangster genres. Also this gangster drama tends to use more cursing and nudity that the gangster genres of the black and white days had. The theme of the movie is the history about John Dillinger. The movie is not a documentary necessarily of john Dillinger but Michael Mann wanted to show the world who john Dillinger was in a historical themed movie about gangsters. The action and camera angels in this movie are well done. It’s done in such a way to make it look realistic and the camera angles itself are easy on the eyes and are not hard to follow like some other films that have action and shooting. The cultural significance of the film is obviously the culture of gangsters and law enforcement back in the 1930’s. Public enemies is a very well put together movie that is a must watch for any gangster fan.

Vantage Point (2008)

Vantage Point is action thriller that was released in the U.S in 2008 and directed by Pete Travis. The movie won the Golden Trailer Award for best thriller in 2008. The aspects I found interesting about the movie is how the movie did not start in finish in one particular order. Just like the title, the movie is taken from several different vantage points. I found it interesting because it really made people think about what was really going on. This movie fits in with other action Genres because even though the movie was one that made people think it still had a lot of action like explosions and killings. The theme of the movie is that everyone had a different perspective and role about what was going on with the assassination attempt. The theme is fairly obvious in this movie. The plot was well organized for a movie that really made people think. The acting was smooth and realistic however some camera angles really seemed sloppy to me but maybe they wanted it to be that way to make it seem more realistic. The culture significance of the movie is that of what is going on in with the wars throughout the world. Assassination attempts happen all the time and are especially prevalent overseas. They are trying to make the assassination attempts seem realistic to the viewers and they try to relate on what is happening right now in our world.