“No Country for Old Men”
The last words of Tommy Lee Jones’s hero in the final scene of No Country for Old Men can completely and exactly describe the meaningful and deep work written and directed by the Coen brothers. No Country for Old Men is the result of the awakening of outstanding directors after…
Critique on “American Beauty”
American Beauty is an American drama film directed by Sam Mendes. The film has won numerous awards. In American Beauty, Sam Mendes widely utilizes mise-en-scene in order to convey his message. The director displays the narrator and other characters not only through dialogues, but also through different means such as…
Critique on Supervisory Techniques in Gladiator
In the 2000, the world has seen Gladiator, a really awaited movie that was directed by the legendary Ridley Scott. Apart from that, the movie was nominated at many film festivals and even won five Academy Awards the very same year. Based on historical events of the Roman Empire epoch,…
I am a Legend
The “tree of wisdom”, as presented in the old testament of the Christian faith, is a rightful term that describes the duality of human purpose that could either cause things to be better or worse. Once in a while, we stumble upon a movie that deals with this topic and…
The Dark Knight
Introduction 'The Dark Knight' is a 2008 Academy-Award-winning film by Christopher Nolan. It is the second part of Nolan’s film series focused on the adventures of the DC Comics character Batman. The movie was inspired by the Joker's adventures in the comic books. The movie was filmed mainly in Chicago…
The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Introduction The Great Gatsby created by Scott Fitzgerald is an ideal representation of love story, heartbreak, and mystery that reflects the spirit of the 1920s. The novel is quite a discerning, sensitive and detailed book as if it is especially created to withstand filmmakers (Stahler n.p.). To perform a movie…