Even though I'd rather not mention my research paper or think about it because it's such a pain, I will. My research paper is on the movie The Titanic. The reason I wanted to write about this movie is because it's been my all time favorite movie since I was young and both the love story and the music was compelling for me.
Although there is some historical significance of this movie, which would be the whole ship disaster, I don't want to focus on that in my paper. Rather I want to focus on the love story between Jack and Rose because for me, that was the highlight of the movie and that is what spiced up the whole movie. Their love story was very common, you know rich girl falls in love with that poor boy who is madly in love with her, off course forgetting the fact that she is engaged. There are several arguments that I noticed about my topic. The first argument is that several critics thought that the movie had no depth and that it lacked values. I disagree with that because it showed viewers that love disregards class or wealth and that the "unsinkable" can sink, againest all odds. Those were the two lessons that I think that movie taught us....I can agree on the fact that the whole love scenario that happend on the Titanic is very common and nothing new. Typical poor boy, rich girl drama.
What I like best about the movie is the love story. I like how it happend, how Jack saved Rose's life and how he showed her how to have fun regardless of class. It seemed like she had the perfect life and that she had the greatest fiance but we fail to see her inner suffering. Jack brings out the joy and the fun child in her. I want to focus on that part of the movie and perhaps examine how often and how common it was for this stuff to happen back at that time and what the consquences are. I might research how important class was for people back in that time and how the regarded this.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
More about Me...
Eversince I can remember I've been reading. Usually it's because of in school assignments that the teacher gives us in English class, but sometimes and not too frequently, it's because of my own interest. Now that I think about it, even the books I was required to read were pretty interesting. One book I read and enjoyed in highschool was"The Scarlett letter." Even though it was about the bad sinners in our society, it caught my attention to see how adultry was unheard of and extremely horrible back then, but commonly accepted in our society today. The differences in people's moral expectations were so different then they are today and that was something that interested me.
Other books I read in Highschool didn't really catch my attention as much...they were all so BLAH nothing out of the extreme or unexpected... I remember when I was younger I'd always be caught reading a book ( usually Marykate and Ashley adventure books) or Goosebumps mystery books. Now I pick up books about different religions because I like to know something about everything. Right now I'm reading a book about Prophet Muhammad and his life and teachings. One of my favorite books is the Quran.....and I've always been curious to see if the Quran and the Bible are really that different. Sure they have several main differences, but also so many things alike.
Writing is something I enjoy doing. I know it sounds corny but I've owned a journal since I was in middleschool and I still like looking back at day to day events that put a smile on my face now. I remember writing about the stupidest things, things that I would now classify as being a waste of time and paper. Looking back at them now I don't regret writing anything down because it is all good memories of my past. My major, Journalism, requires a lot of writing. I new I wanted to pursue that as my major because it allowed me to express any and all of my thoughts about any subject, the way I wanted to. In Highschool I was one of the editiors for my newspaper class and I enjoyed every bit of it. I got to write stories of my own, edit them and lay out the pages for my section.
When I read books now, either for school or for my own pleasure, I tend to write little notes on the side if it's something I want to remember or keep in mind. Sometimes If i'm not really into the book, and I could care less about what's being told, I'll skim through it and I won't even bother to leave notes on the side. The more interested I am, the more notes I leave.
Besides reading and writing I have several other boring, useless hobbies :) I enjoy cooking and doing little crafts on my free time. First of all I don't think I told much about myself. I'm 19, I was born in Amman, Jordan in MidEast, obviously. I moved to the United States when I was 5. I've also lived in Canada for several years. ( I'm Canadian and Jordanian). I have two brothers, one who is twins with my only sister, and another who is a redhead ( I know). My sister got married March 8th..and other than my immediate family, I don't have other relatives in Memphis. I'm billingual, I speak English and Arabic fluently. I have an adorable cat named Tiger and I drive a blue PT Cruiser... Speaking of reading and writing, I also like to read stories, newspaper articles and magazines in Arabic. Since I left Jordan with like 1st grade education I had to teach myself how to read and write the language(and the help of my parents). I think that's another way I push myself to read, because I don't want to forget my language.
Other books I read in Highschool didn't really catch my attention as much...they were all so BLAH nothing out of the extreme or unexpected... I remember when I was younger I'd always be caught reading a book ( usually Marykate and Ashley adventure books) or Goosebumps mystery books. Now I pick up books about different religions because I like to know something about everything. Right now I'm reading a book about Prophet Muhammad and his life and teachings. One of my favorite books is the Quran.....and I've always been curious to see if the Quran and the Bible are really that different. Sure they have several main differences, but also so many things alike.
Writing is something I enjoy doing. I know it sounds corny but I've owned a journal since I was in middleschool and I still like looking back at day to day events that put a smile on my face now. I remember writing about the stupidest things, things that I would now classify as being a waste of time and paper. Looking back at them now I don't regret writing anything down because it is all good memories of my past. My major, Journalism, requires a lot of writing. I new I wanted to pursue that as my major because it allowed me to express any and all of my thoughts about any subject, the way I wanted to. In Highschool I was one of the editiors for my newspaper class and I enjoyed every bit of it. I got to write stories of my own, edit them and lay out the pages for my section.
When I read books now, either for school or for my own pleasure, I tend to write little notes on the side if it's something I want to remember or keep in mind. Sometimes If i'm not really into the book, and I could care less about what's being told, I'll skim through it and I won't even bother to leave notes on the side. The more interested I am, the more notes I leave.
Besides reading and writing I have several other boring, useless hobbies :) I enjoy cooking and doing little crafts on my free time. First of all I don't think I told much about myself. I'm 19, I was born in Amman, Jordan in MidEast, obviously. I moved to the United States when I was 5. I've also lived in Canada for several years. ( I'm Canadian and Jordanian). I have two brothers, one who is twins with my only sister, and another who is a redhead ( I know). My sister got married March 8th..and other than my immediate family, I don't have other relatives in Memphis. I'm billingual, I speak English and Arabic fluently. I have an adorable cat named Tiger and I drive a blue PT Cruiser... Speaking of reading and writing, I also like to read stories, newspaper articles and magazines in Arabic. Since I left Jordan with like 1st grade education I had to teach myself how to read and write the language(and the help of my parents). I think that's another way I push myself to read, because I don't want to forget my language.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Movie Review
The first movie review, "The Assasination of Jesse James" was written in a negative tone. The critic obviously wasn't very fond the movie and thought that it had a bad idea to even watch it because it was all about a cold murderer. Why would we spend time making a movie on someone who was well known for his bad past? I agree with the critic, I mean this is like reinforcement I think because it's like we're rewarding him for his actions. The movie was about Jesse James life from beginning to end...Even though I don't know who Jesse James is or anything about him I got the impression that he was a bad bad who didn't deserve all the attention and fame that he got. The critic didn't really focus on the film's techniques rather more on the theme and story behind the film. To me it seemed like he wasn't paying much attention to what a critic should pay attention to, he just didn't like Jesse James. If I wanted to see this movie, seeing this review would not help me decide if it was a "well done" film, but it would just tell me background information.
The "Kingdome" review was probably my favorite. It caught my attention because it stood out from the rest. The critic didn't just stick to one fact he compared and contrasted different movies and I thought he generalized things. From his tone I could also sence that he didn't want people to view this film, and that he didn't really like it. The tactic he used was to put a stamp on films. By that I mean he said if you've watched this or that then that's exactly what this is and it's nothing new. Why would he say that? I think that every film is unique and no matter how close the settings or themes are, every film is different.
Overall I didn't think the reviews did anything for me. I wasn't given any valuable information about what I was going to expect other than the bad actors and how I've probably seen somthing like it before. The problem is that everytone is bias. Each critic has their own opinion and behind that opinion is a reason and a certain point of view directd towards a certain group or person. For a review to be successful I think it needs to disregard the main focus on the actors and look into the film's technical side.
The "Kingdome" review was probably my favorite. It caught my attention because it stood out from the rest. The critic didn't just stick to one fact he compared and contrasted different movies and I thought he generalized things. From his tone I could also sence that he didn't want people to view this film, and that he didn't really like it. The tactic he used was to put a stamp on films. By that I mean he said if you've watched this or that then that's exactly what this is and it's nothing new. Why would he say that? I think that every film is unique and no matter how close the settings or themes are, every film is different.
Overall I didn't think the reviews did anything for me. I wasn't given any valuable information about what I was going to expect other than the bad actors and how I've probably seen somthing like it before. The problem is that everytone is bias. Each critic has their own opinion and behind that opinion is a reason and a certain point of view directd towards a certain group or person. For a review to be successful I think it needs to disregard the main focus on the actors and look into the film's technical side.
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