S is for Stanley

The Shining


The scene that I praised the most is the high-angle shot over the maze as Danny runs out the hotel escaping from Jack it pans the maze then jumps into the chase views. As the mentally unstable Jack is now chasing his son with his axe leading to the climactic fate of Jack. Every shot of the maze scenes has the Rule of Thirds with the maze in back Danny and Jack focus and snow and lamp the foreground. A great end to the scene for a great movie; voted in the top 5 of every major horror list.

A Clockwork Orange



This is a scene in the middle of the movie where our Anti-Hero Alex De Large is being questioned about his role of the leader in the gang as this is where the "shit hits the fan" and leads to his downfall. His mates try to jump him as he shows them why he's the lead and why he's superior going to the extance of cutting one of them on the hand. They had Malcom McDonald use Method Acting, as it all feels real. AFI has this movie in 5 of their list being under 20 in all.

2001: A Space Odyssey

The scene of the monkey learning the swing the bone. The scenes of the ape gangs all have Rule of Thirds as the puddle the fight over is up front the apes focus and mountains in the back. The high-angle shot showing the vast waste land and apes pour in is a times scene. I believe the Ideological Meaning is evolution and religion can coexist but the apes evolution only comes after "the greater power" arrives.

If I could ask Kubrick 2 questions they'd be why he always took books into movies and how he stayed so true as most book to movies lack plot and are different stories with the same name.

Guess Who's Who

Director:Martin Scorsese
Writers:William Monahan screenplay & Siu Fai Mak 2002 screenplay

Release Date:6 October 2006
Genre:Action, Crime, Thriller

Notable Stars:Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

In the year 2006 The Departed came out as the War in Iraq exlacated and got more chaotic as it always hard to desypher who's the bad guy in war is. In 2006 we finally ended the training the Iraqie police and military as we started letting them out in the field. This made it even harder for us the figure who's on our side or against us. In The Departed a member of the mob is sneaked into a high ranked police pesonal, at the same time an undercover cop makes his way into the mob. No one has any idea who's who as cops don't trust cops and mobsters are all paranoid. I think the director Scorseses believes after all the confusion the strong will pervail, as do I the more organized and calm you stay just let things work out.

Is there any other movies that people can't trust the people they have to depend on? Why couldn't they trust them?

What other movies could be tied to Iraq that isn't a war movie? What issues did it touch?