Holes

Director: Andrew Davis, 2003


The inciting incident in Holes is when Stanley gets in trouble for stolen shoes. He goes to court and has to go to a "camp" to dig holes in the desert for an undisclosed reason.


Actors: Shia Labeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson


Shia Labeouf is also in a movie called Disturbia. This film is related because in both movies Shia is in legal trouble but saves the day when he figures out that something is wrong.

Holes compares to the Maltese Falcon because the movies are both very decitful. Stanley gets framed for stealing some shoes and has to go to a work camp. The dudes in Maltese Falcon are decived because they get the wrong falcon...nooooo.

I would not recommend Maltese Falcon unless your old and want flasbacks of how dull and boring your life used be. If you like an absolutly pointless plot then go for this movie. Holes is a good movie for younger people. Theres no profanity but keeps your interest.

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity is about a demean that hunts the home owner wife. Very deem lighting thought out most of the movie. Its nerve racking and thrilling.

I think this has some similarity in lighting since to Maltese Falcon. Not so much the story line. It must have took a lot of time and effort to pull off the senses in Paranormal Activity.

Paranormal Activity for me was a pretty good movie. It kept me on my toes, waiting to see what happens next. PA had a high growth rate in the first week. It was a good movie to bring your date to.

Maltese Falcon was a classic, kind of hard to tie it to another movie. But if I had to it would have to be a 007 movie. Just because they are both agents well at least somewhat.

OBSESSED

OBSESSED WAS DIRECTED BY STEVE SHILL IN THE SPRING OF 2009. OBSESSED IS ABOUT A HAPPY MARRIED COUPLE WHO HUSBAND IDRIS ELBA HAS BEEN PROMOTED IN HIS FIRM AND HAD A NEW TEMP AT HIS FRIM. ALI LARTER WASNT JUST AN ORDINARY TEMP SHE WAS LOOKING FOR LOVE.

LOOKING FOR LOVE IN AN ALREADY BUILT HOME. SHE BEGAN STALKING IDRIS AND HIS FAMILY. I CHOOSE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT HAS THE FEMME FATLAE IN IT LIKE MALTESE. ALI LARTER ENED UP TRYING TO KILL BEYONCE THE WIFE BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND IDRIS ELBA.

IN MALTESE SHE ENDED UP KILLING HER PARTNER BECAUSE SHE ANTED THE MONEY FOR HERSLEF. THESE MOVIES AREN'T THE SAME PLOT BUT BOTH HAVE FEMALE KILLERS OR ONE THAT PROCEDEDD IN TRYING TO KILL BUT ENEDED UP GETTING KILLED FROM SELF DENFENSE.

IN BOTH MOVIES KNOW KNEW WHO ENDED UP DYING AND WHO DID THE KILLING. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE BECAUSE ITS A REALLY GOOD MOVIE AND HAS U THINKING WAS GONNA BE NEXT WITH ALI LARTER BECAUSE SHE'S CRAZY IN THIS MOVIE WITH THE STALKING.

Taken

Directed by Pierre Morel


The Movie "Taken" directed by Pierre Morel was about Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) a hired bodyguard who's daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) get kidnapped while spending the summer in Paris. He goes to Paris to find his daughter and does any and everything to find her.

Liam Neeson played in many different roles he doesn't really pay the same type of roles in his movies one of them was a small role in "Batman Begins" he played a role as Batmans trainer who turns out to be evil.

This movie was like the Maltese Falcon. The detective was the main character.

This movie had ever thing from good acting to great camera shots. I think this is one of Liam Neeson's best movies. They did a great job making it realistic but dramatic. I would recommend this movie to people that like action movie like "Lethal weapon" or "The transporter".

Training Day

director; antoine fuqua





On his first day of the job a rookie cop( Ethan hawke) is assigned with a detective who is crooked and not who he appears to be( Denzel Washington.)





The differance between Training Day and Brooklyns Finest is that the main cast in brooklyns finest is all about the money everyone wants money. from good cops to drug dealing bad guys.





In Training Day only one character is after the money.which is Denzel Washington.





I liked Training Day because it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time it was action packed and Denzel Washington played a role i've never seen him play before.

I would reccomend everyone old enough to go see this movie. because its r-rated due to the guns and drugs and some nudity in this movie.

Taken

A movie that reminds me of multis falcon is Takein because he is trying to find who toke his dughter but its in another counrty an he has little to try to find her. In Multis Falcon he is tryin to find the guy who killed his partner an a mltis falcon. In the movie there is mystery an types of things like that. An in the movie taken were e see's his duaghter they are biting on who want to buy her virginity in that part they got lighting to make it look like a mystery.

The movie event kicks off by his duaghter goin to a differnt counrty. To take a vaction with her best friend.

Other moviesthis dicroter made is the movie The Transporter. Another movie that is about trying to find who did it.

Yea i would recamond this movie to every one who has'nt seen it. Because it is a very good movie it gots mysterys an some action.

K.J

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Director: John Huston

Same deal, folks. For this week's post, review a film that The Maltese Falcon reminded you of, either the way it looked (think lighting!) or the plot (think detectives! femme fatales!). You can check my last post for instructions on how to write a film review or you can just hop right to it. Use imdb.com to look up your film's director, screenwriter, and/or actors. Click 'Sign In' and then 'New Post' once you log in. Don't forget: commenting on your classmates' posts is extra credit! 5 points per detailed/insightful comment! Here's my 4-paragraph review of The Maltese Falcon as an example:

Humphrey Bogart stars as detective Sam Spade in the classic film noir The Maltese Falcon, a story about a mysterious missing statue, but also more so about deceit and betrayal. The movie kicks off when the attractive Ruth Wonderly, played by Mary Astor, arrives at Spade's office asking him and his partner Miles to find her missing sister, who she thinks has run off with a creep called Thursby. But of course this damsel in distress can't be telling the whole truth!

Bogart is probably better known for his infamous role as Rick Blaine in the classic romance Casablanca, but his experience as a sly detective in movies didn't end with The Maltese Falcon. He famously played another hard-nosed investigator in the unforgettable noir The Big Sleep in 1946. Clearly, the man has a talent for playing a good guy with a dark side.

The Maltese Falcon is one of the best film noirs of all time, if not the best, largely because of its shadow-enhanced lighting style that ended up populating many pulpy crime thrillers for years to come. By often using only a key light, and no fill light, the black and white cinematography is radiant and spooky, showing how easy it is to set a mood with a couple simple filmmaking tricks.

So obviously I would recommend this movie, but to who? Well you need to like mysteries and plot twists, because this movie's got plenty, but also I really do think anyone who can appreciate the art of photography would like Falcon. It really has a lot of impressive camera shots in addition to a suspenseful story!

She's Out of my League

She's out of my league is a comedy about an average Joe that meets a perfect women. The women is the hottest thing he have ever seen and actually got with but his lack of confidence and his friends and family are slowly picking away at the relationship.

The Graduate doesn't have much in commen besides the women are both out of their league but I like the compliance because they both are comedy's and relate in ways you could only understand if you see the movie "She's out of my league"

Dirctor: Jim Smith (2010)

Jay Baruchel-Kirk

Alice Eve-Molly

How High

Genre- Comedy

Director - Jesse Dylan

Release date - December 21st, 2001

This movie is about 2 unsuccessful weed smokers from the hood, Cyrus and Jamal, who end up going to Harvard University shortly after the death of Cyrus' friend Ivory. They used Ivory's ashes to grow the weed. Somehow after somking the "special" weed, Ivory's ghost appears and helps them pass the tests. But when they find themselves without his help, they struggle to keep the passing grades with an uptight dean riding their ass.

The Notebook- 2004

Genre: Romance
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Release Date: June 25th 2004

The notebook is about two young people meeting and falling in love for a summer romance. Noah being older, not wealthy, and living with his loving father. And Allie being seventeen, very rich, and living with her two very wealthy parents. With summer ending two weeks away, Allie and Noah get into a huge fight and break up. Allie leaves without finding Noah to say goodbye too. Noah joins the army and writes Allie 364 letters with one goodbye letter, comes back home to find his dad selling their house to buy the 200 year old house to rebuild. He built it just as Allie wanted it, then tried to sell it but just couldn't find the right owners. So he stayed there as Allie came and saw and visited Noah. She was engaged and happy but you could tell they were still in love. They fell inlove and died happily ever after. :-)