Your online discussion starts now. We are discussion EVERYTHING we've covered so far this year: film time, space and sound AS WELL AS mis en scene -- setting, lighting, costumes and makeup, acting and staging, and production design.
What ideas do you have concerning the two films we just watched, as well as any of the films we've seen so far.
Also on the agenda is the idea of film noir - classic and neo. Let 'er rip with those thoughts, too.
As always, keep everything school appropriate. Be challenging but polite.
Question 1: Should I cut the film noir unit or keep it?
ReplyDeleteKeep it if you don't show Maltese Falcon, only because I'm sure there are more interesting film noirs to show. I really liked that the unit was included this time as opposed to sophomore year. It shows some of the more missed film concepts and effects, like contrast, plot, deep thinking and problem solving, and a bunch more.
DeleteI definitely think you should keep it because its a piece of film thats been used since the 40s and for film class you want to explore new and classic types of film.
DeleteCut it and put in a comedy unit
Deletekeep the film noir unit! i personally thought it was really interesting and very unique. Befoe you introduced it to our class i had never heard of film nior. I really like it and think the plots of the 2 movies we watched were very powerful.
DeleteI think you should keep it. I personally find these kind of movies to be really interesting and a really brain teaser. I loved to getting to see Momento again (Yes, I have seen it before) and found myself liking the characters this time around and understood the story better. I liked the The Maltese Falcon due to the fact it basically creaed films noirs, but I think there are better Humphrey Bogart film noir films that you could show. If you changed that, I would say don't get rid of this unit!
DeletePersonally I did not like the film noir unit because I dont like the plot. It seems like everyone is agianst eachother and the real mystery of the story is not important. I found this to be uniteresting and too hard to follow. I did like the neo noir movie on the other hand.Although it was hard to follow at times, this only added suspense and made you want to find out what the actual truth was.
DeleteI like the whole noire unit because it really demonstrates the amount of experimentation that goes on in the movie industry. With noire films students can see how movie genres are created and how they go through different phases. I liked memento but it wouldn't be a movie i watch twice since the whole mystery aspect in it is gone after you watch and thats what drives the plot forward.
DeleteI disagree with you danny about the comedy unit. i feel like there are more important units that should be discussed and viewed.
Deleteyeah, I think you should keep because I think the majority of the class hasn't explored film noir and it's just one of those genre's you have to know about when talking film.
DeleteI think you should keep it becuase it's a very interesting unit.it shows us that ther's alot more to a movie than just film space and time.
DeleteKendall - "It seems like everyone is agianst eachother and the real mystery of the story is not important." Good point. I guess in a way that is the entire point of film noir. For some audience's that's fulfilling, and for some it is not.
Deletekeep film noir, like it was stated above, "it was really interesting and very unique."
DeleteAlthough I can respect Maltese Falcon for being one of the first noir films, it really wasn't good, and if you're going to teach film next year, you should pick a different movie. This movie didn't have very many plot twists that you don't see coming or a very complex story. I think because it was the first, it was too basic, and therefore not too good in my mind. But I think you should keep the unit.
DeleteI agree with Riley becaue when you are talking about a film you have to include noire. It's intersting and always has a lot going on so noire should not be removed from the list !
DeleteI think that fim noir should be kept. It is a good genre that is very different from other movies and more interesting. It really makes you think and pay attention to what is going on.
DeleteThe film noir unit was very interesting. I definitively think it should be kept because it's different from most genres and it's something a lot of people don't know about.
DeleteI think that film noir is very interesting to watch, but having two of them back to back was a little too much. If we just watched one of them it would have been better.
DeleteI think you should keep it, just because a lot of people don't watch or really know about film noir. I didn't like the movie Maltese Falcon, just because it felt too slow. Also, in the book, the bird turned out to be real, so I think they should've included that in the movie, to make it more intresting.
DeleteI disagree, you shouldn't replace this unit with comedy. Everybody knows a comedy, but not many people came into this class being familiar with film noir.
DeleteQuestion 2: Why do you think I included the film noir unit?
ReplyDeleteI think you included it since it shows the creation and development of a genre as well as it displays how black and white works in regards to morality and contrast. I think it teaches us about a different sort of movie experience where the focus is on the character rather than the plot. I also think that it demonstrates Mis en Scene and how it works within a movie.
DeleteI think something I learned from you adding the film noir unit is neo noir. I had seen Memento before, but never woould have know it would be in the category "neo noir". Learining about film noir made me realize that Memento followed the same guidelines that a noir film would have.
DeleteBoyan - "how black and white works in regards to morality and contrast"
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I think included film noir unit so we can know what is a good movie from what is a great movie. To show us that making a movie involves thinking not using random things as the settings.
DeleteI thinkg you included it because it's different and always has certain ways or order that the movie itself follows. Because of all the randomness and everything thatis out order all makes sinse at the end. Makes the film interesting and mystical too.
DeleteI think black and white worked well in The Maltese Falcon because it gave it more suspense; I don't think we would have gotten that in color. In Memento, the swtiching from color to black and white made the movie more interesting rather from color to color.
DeleteI think that you included it because it is completely different from every movie that we saw this year. Also because they are more complex than most movies there isn’t just one underlying plot with a noir it has many twists.
DeleteI think the way that Momento used the black and white, and color really gave it a weird feeling. It was a feeling like your suspense inside changed when it was black and white, i felt it was less suspenseful in black and white. The way they designed that production, or the way they designed the film, going back forth, literally made your feelings during the movie go back and forth
ReplyDeleteI actually felt more suspense in black and white because in black and white it has a darker tone and in color i didnt really get that. Same thing with Maltese Falcon the fact that it was all in black made me feel suspense even when you usually wouldn't.
DeleteJoey, I agree, but during the film it seemed the most suspenseful scenes were in color. What do you think?
DeleteI agree, one of the most suspensful scenes in Momento is in black and white when Leddy realizes not to pick up the phone.
DeleteI personally liked the black and white scenes more in the movie and i think that they built suspense up more so than the color scenes. There wasn't much suspense in the color ones considering that it went backwards and each scene just showed how something had happened while we knew what happened. I don't think it was that suspensful compared to the black and white scenes since in those scenes you saw him talking to some random figure on the phone. It seemed serious and the plot was usually revealed in those scenes.
DeleteJoey - "I actually felt more suspense in black and white because in black and white it has a darker tone and in color i didnt really get that."
DeleteI hadn't thought of that before. Great point. Here's a question: How would the film have changed if the color parts were B&W and the B&W parts were color?
Another question: Why did the director pick the color parts to be color and the B&W parts to be B&W?
I think it would've made more sense if the colors were in black and white! I just think that because I feel like when you're looking back in time B&W is the best tone. I think the movie would've been even more suspenseful if it were the opposite of it's original version (in terms of color scheme)
DeleteI feel you needed a good way to separate the scene so you dont get confused on whats going on. This gave the movie a more mysterious tone and quality that makes this movie even more great.
DeleteI also agree with Joey. Without the switch from color to black and white we would be confused and the film would lose all the suspense it created with it. The black and white scenes were like a seperate movie alltogether. we were watching two movies and had to combine them to find out what is going on.
DeleteI believe that in the color parts you saw his actions whereas in the black and white part he was discussing his thoughts and the justification of his actions. The plot behind Lenard and Sammy was also unvealed in those black and white scenes which made it seem like those scenes were more personal and introspective while the other were more worldly. Again, black and white dealt with contrast and morality while the color fused into a mush of action.
DeleteI honestly think it would have added more suspense. I mean if you think about it a lot of the most suspensful parts in this film were in black and white: Tatoo that says "never answer the phone", the invisible whipe where we see Lenny in the mental hospital.
DeleteI think the director chose parts to be in black and white not only as an homage to the classic noir films, but also to distinguish it from the backwards timeline. It would've been a lot more confusing if the whole movie was in color a all in black and white, and I would have just given up on the story and lose interest.
DeleteOn the other hand, it was a pretty good moment at the end when it blends from B&W to color just as the the snapshot fades in to existence. I'm not sure I would have liked it if it blended from color to B&W at this moment. It's almost as if the 'picture came into focus' both literally and figuratively for Lenny at this moment.
DeleteI believe the color parts were in color because they were more of the action scenes. The BW scenes were the suspenseful ones, not just because of the cinematography, but also because of the content. Even before Leonard realizes that he shouldn't be talking on the phone, the camera keeps on cutting back to him scratching his new bandaged tattoo. The audience waits in anticipation at what the tattoo says.
DeleteI agree. Every time the scene changed from black and white to color, either made you at ease or full of suspence.
DeleteI think the colored scenes were to show us the physical side of Lenny and B&W was to show us the mental side of him. the B&W also hads confusing to the movie because when your going back in time its normanly B&W, but in Memento it was the other way around and it worked perfectly.
DeleteI think that the color scenes are meant to represent the actual events taking place and the black and white scenes are Lennie reflecting on what has happened. Also in the black and white scenes Lennie seems to be able to remember everything that went on.
DeleteKeep film noir,it is a interesting unit and the movies are good
ReplyDeletewrong question sorry
DeleteWell, to start it off, I feel like Memento moved away from the whole noire scene in its use of lighting and setting but was very much so developed like a traditional noire. I believe that the amount of disillusionment was outstanding and it made the whole film interesting. The whole non-linear plot also worked increadably well as it caused the watcher to wait for the moment when the collision between the two plotlines occurs. I think it was a genius movie and, even though it wouldn't be as intersting the second time around, it really is a work of piece on its own.
ReplyDeleteI agree and disagree with you on that. yes the movie was very interesting and really made you think and the whole plot was genious. what i disagree with is viewing a second time. i think it would be just as interesting if not more interesting. you would pick up little pieces you missed the first time.
DeleteI agree i have done that with multiple movies and 95% of the time thats been the case where I catch new things.
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DeleteI loved momento! It was interesting and even sometimes funny. It kept you at the edge of your seat always waiting for the next scene to explain the rest. I think it should noir should be included because it is part of cinema even i didn't like Maltese Falcon.
ReplyDeleteGoing off of Danny's post, I really liked the use of the black and white transitional scenes in Memento. In terms of film shots and storyboarding, I don't see anything that really stuck out in terms of cinematography; no crazy swish pans or deep macro-focus shots (although that invisible wipe was pretty sweet).. However that didn't take away from the movie at all. Instead it just reiterated the importance of following the plot. I loved this because I like movies more for plot and story and how they can decorate it with cinematography, versus many graphic-driven movies nowadays that I just find to be total crap.
ReplyDeleteYou know I love movies with good cinematography but I agree if the plot or the characters or the story is not interesting it become useless and boring.
Deletei agree with you 100%! if the plot, characters, or story do not hold my interest the movie becomes usless and to me a bad film
DeleteI would argue that if there isn't good cinematography then the message of the plot doesn't impact the viewer quite like it should. In addition adding good angles and shots makes certain scenes come to life more so than just just the writing on the script. I think there needs to be good shots and angles but not so much overuse of graphics. I feel like you're that if you had a picture with poor resolution it would be as beautiful as a crisp one.
DeleteI think that the mis en scene in Memento is a lot better than in the Maltese Falcon. It is a lot harder to depict a detective who has short term memory loss, and is forced to write down stuff on his body and on pictures than it is to depict a man who is just a private investigator. This was done using great make-up techniques and the writing on the pictures. This and the map in his room make it easier to see his problems and discover his character. All of his tattoos and pictures tell a story about a man with a serious problem, and get his character across without him even talking. In Maltese Falcon, it is less apparent what his character is by looking at him, and all we can tell is that he is just a detective.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more. With the mis en scene, the focus is really on the character, what he looks like, how he walks, acts, talks, looks.. Whereas in Maltese Falcon you could have replaced any actor with another actor (well, at least for our generation/class purposes here) and it would be the same story, not really caring what the characters look like. Even the small details like the bloody, dirty fingerprints on the polaroid photo was something obscure and important, but not in-your-face here's-special-effects occurring.
DeleteI totally agree with you. I didn't like how the movie transitioned in the maltese falcon at all. It felt to me like the director was inexperienced. I just didn't like the maltese falcon much. I didn't even like the characters or was interested enough to care what happened to them.
DeleteI agree while I loved Maltese Falcon i found that it was harder to see whats going on with Humphrey Bogart's character than Lenny in Memento. I also felt that the color in Memento helped with mis en scene because we can kind of set the mood with the colors.
DeleteI will say that the acting was good, especially Peter Lorre in Maltese Falcon, but again, it is more creative and interesting when actors don't need to act as much to display their character. It is more interesting when you can just see a person and you know what they are like. The human brain is based on judgements, and if you are not given enough information to judge a character, you question it, and confuse yourself.
DeleteDakota: "Whereas in Maltese Falcon you could have replaced any actor with another actor"
DeleteWhat do you mean by this?
Like the actors roles are generic; the detective, the bad guy, the con-man, and none had defining features, in comparison to Lenny's tattoos that were well planned out and very vital to his character.. And his suit, his hair that was short enough to shake dry and look like a blonde innocent surf bro who was well-put together. If that makes sense.
DeleteI think the use of stars like Bogart and Lorre actually hurt this film. Weren't tehey in Casablanca in very similar roles? It just comes across as lazy, and probably hurt the actors' pride to be type casted as the private detective and the creepy, awkwad assistant
DeleteI agree. The costumes and make-up were used very well. The lighting and colors really added to the tone and feeling of the movie. The mis en scene is used more clearly and it is easy to tell who is who, where in the Maltese Falcon...not so much.
DeleteI disagree. I think mis en scene is a lot better in Maltese Falcon than Memento. The lighting and setting were on point(no that it wasn't in Momento), but it showed more. If there wasn't any sound in both movies, we could tell who's who in Maltese Falcon than in Memento.
Deletei agree.memento's unique settings and creativity really helped me understand Leonard better and made me feel bad for him and let me sympathetic whereas in maltese falcon, it was pretty hard to know exactly what the detective's motives were and i personally didn't feel anything.
DeleteQ1: I am in the middle with this one. I believe that film noir is interesting but, i also feel that the films can be either boring or interesting. If the right films are played, i think it can be very interesting. For example, i thought that "The Maltese Falcon" was okay, but "Memento" was amazing. I thought it was one of the best we have seen. It was challenging and very interesting. The Cinematography of it was great as well. I would have to say no do not cut as long as "Memento" is included. I also think if you do cut it "Memento" is a great movie to show anyways.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you man. There is a fine line between good noir films and boring ones.
DeleteI believe that this is the fourth time I have seen Momento and I still love it. I'm not in it as much for the story now as I was the first time I watched it, but I did enjoy following and listening to the characters and looking at the sets this time around. Now knowing that there is a special feature on the DVD to watch the movie in forward (instead of it going backwards), I actually might want to check that out just to see if it makes as much sense. Would anyone else want to watch the film with the events going forward?
ReplyDeleteI'm down for watching the whole movie with it going forwards. I feel like that would really change things up since even with all the explaining its still a little confusing. I feel like watching it forward will also add to the impact of the film.
DeleteI totally would because I feel like that would change so much things. Part of what makes Memento genius and an amazing film is because of it being backwards, it actually puts us in the position of Leonard and makes us experience everything in the way Leonard would feel and experience it.
DeleteWho actually liked the Maltese Falcon?!?
ReplyDeletei did
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Deleteit had a good plot and was interesting at times but rarely and took some wild turns i didnt see coming, but over all i didnt like the film. it was boring throughout and i felt like some of the jokes or whatever they were trying to get out were dry.
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DeleteIt was okay but was just so so
I loved it. I saw it a couple years ago and i felt i appreciated it more now.
DeleteDefinantly not my favorite movie and not as good as Memento, but it was a good movie for the beggining of film noir.
DeleteI think that for what it's worth, sort of your basic noir movie, it did okay, but I could predict everything that was going to happen based on what I knew about the genre which made me lose interest quick and beg for the movie to end so I could see that I'm right
DeleteBeing completely honest, this film really didn't get my attention. The whole idea and plot was pretty boring.
DeleteLook at the first two Memento pics - of Lenny's hand in color and B&W. They are virtually the same shot, but they feel different. How and why?
ReplyDeleteWith the black and white photo of the hand, it feels like it could have just been a note he scribbled down on his hand one night and just woke up with. With the one that's in colour, when you see the water droplets and realize that it isn't just pen ink on his hand, but embedded in his skin, you realize that its a whole lot more important and that this tattoo really means something. And, as a given, the black and white one seems more like a dream. The colour one is the actual reality, and to that it is more suspenseful than the colour one. It makes you realize "oh, wait, this is serious. what did I do."
DeleteI was just going to make a post on that! I was going to say the hands r basically the same shot but because of the color difference i got different feelings about them. the colored picture makes it feel like it is in the present and that it is going on as we speak. the black and white makes me feel like it is in the past and that it was a vital piece of information.
DeleteThe color shot is a little bit more distant than the b&W shot. I think that gives us more of a view from Lenny's perspective. So when I saw that, I felt the anxiousness that Lenny was feeling, so I think that picture gives more of a feeling. However, the tone of the black and white makes the scene more suspenseful, even though it doesn't give me a personal feeling.
DeleteThe black shot looks more desperate, a little more gritty. It looks like something is going wrong or something obviously is about to happen. The colored one makes me feel like he is on the move and its just glancing on it.
DeleteThe amount of focus due to contrast on the black and white picture causes the scene to be focused on remembering Sammy while the colored suggests that the tattoo is falsely placed and that there is no reason for you to remember Sammy. I feel like those two shots really show how when you have color something sticks out or just seem to be part of one entire picture or while while in black and white everything has a spot and everything has a purpose.
DeleteThey feel different because the suspense is higher in the B&W and the tone is darker. This makes you really think about who Sammy Janks is and why he's tatooed on Lenny's hand.
DeleteI think they feel different because of the order like how the movie goes on. It goes black and white in the movie, while everything that is going on the colored parts of the movie shows how he is trying to soleve what's going on but the black and white part shows how he is actually writhing on his body to remember whatever his writing and i guess he kind of know's what's going on !
Deletethe have a different feal because of the contrast with the black and white. one was he looking at it by radom and the other actally means something
DeleteLook at pics 3 and 4 under Memento. Both are of Lenny exiting his motel room. In the first he is looking around. In the second, he is moving quickly. But what is the CAMERA doing differently in each, and how does the impact the ideas being communicated?
ReplyDeleteI think that in pic 4 the camera is at a low angle and is looking right at Lenny's face. In the other scene (pic 3)it is just a straight medium shot of Lenny looking away. The 3rd pic is more like Lenny is confused or looking for something. But in the 4th he knows where he's going and it looks like he found something out. Basically the same scene, but two different emotions.
DeleteIn picture 3 the camera is under him and he's empowered and looks like he's got somewhere to be while in picture 4 the camera seems a bit skewed to me and there is a motion blur along with it being more eye level. It makes the scene more realistic and in a way personal since you feel like you're running in front of him. On shot 3 it just seems like he's getting shots taken for a magazine.
DeleteI noticed that in the fourth picture, he is out of focus and focus is now behind him. This picture leaves me in suspense as to if someone is going to come from behind and attack him. It also diminishes all of his power, and the slight dutch angle shot makes this scene feel strange and uncomfortable
Deletelike others have said, in photo 3 it looks as if Lenny is perfectly aware of his plan, of his thoughts... in the fourth shot, the camera is tracking back with him, and that little bit of motion adds enough suspense to make us feel anxious for whats about to happen next.
DeleteMy point: move the camera down a foot or two, tilt it up a few degrees, and change the meaning of the frame. The frame is "about" something altogether new.
DeleteWhich pic from the Maltese Falcon is the most evocative?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, one where the sun is casting a shadow on the floor of "Space and Archer". Granted, black and white is a nice effect and all and it can make things look cool, but none of these scenes really look all that exciting. With this one, at least you know the director had to have some thought into having it reflect onto the ground so predominately.
DeleteThe 3rd to last one of the girl in the elevator. It's not just the emotions on her face but the sybolism of film noir through the bars on the elevator. It shows that in film noir there always the girl girl who goes bad and usually never wins.
DeleteElevator cage = jail cell?
DeleteI thought the 3rd one was the most evocative. It is suspenseful and mysterious. It looks like there is only back lighting. All the props we see are shadowed. We get a sense of pure darkness. Again, it is almost tempting us to fear what is coming. Everything in this scene was thought out very well.
Deleteyeah, isn't a theme to film noir that the girl usually ends up becoming bad?
Delete^That's exactly how I thought of it!
DeleteI absolutley think it means jail cell. This shot was to convey that 100%. It shows her greed destroyed her and she is going to jail for it.
DeleteI enjoyed watching the Maltese Falcon and Memento. They are both great films that use great techniques in cinematography. I think that in both films, the costumes were great and you could easily tell who is who. My favorite out of the two has to be Memento. Everything about that movie and how it was put together was brilliant. The whole movie basicaly clashes with each other and goes against film time since it's unique by going backwards. The movie is like two stories, one going backwards in time and the other forwards, are like two lines that speeding twords each other then at one moment in time clah and merge to become one. Another thing I liked about the movie was how it made you really think even though you know what happens. The Maltese Falcon didn't grab my attention so much. It didn't really intrest me as much as Memento. It kind of is bland and just boring. There were a few good parts, and there was good use of mis en, like costumes, lighting, and production. On the topic of fim noir itself, it is a very interesting genre. It isn't my favorite, but I did enjoy the mysterey and having to think and pay attention to what is going on.
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain where eddy got the scar on his face? One of the picture is him in a motel room without the scars and others are with the scar. It couldn't have been from when the two men tryed to kill his wife.
ReplyDeleteYou mean Lenny? He got those scratches on his face when he killed Jimmy. Jimmy scrated his face while gasping for air...
DeleteI'm pretty sure it was with his scuffle with Jimmy in the warehouse.
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DeleteI know it symbolized something because he had it throughout the entire fim. I couldnt figure out what it represented but i had some thoughts about it. One of them is that it could have represented time. I say this because hwe cant make new memories and doesnt know how long he has been in this state of mind and i think it represents that all is happening in a short period of time.
DeleteI personally think it just added more the story. You knew that would would explain or show how he got them but it was a matter of when hence adding to the mystery.
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DeleteI know it symbolized something because he had it throughout the entire fim. I couldnt figure out what it represented but i had some thoughts about it. One of them is that it could have represented time. I say this because hwe cant make new memories and doesnt know how long he has been in this state of mind and i think it represents that all is happening in a short period of time.
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DeleteYeah i can deffinently see where your comning from. Through out the movie I kept note of when it showed up and when it wasn't there but couldn't figure it out
DeleteOne thing i didnt understand was if he gave himself self tattoos or did he go to the tattoo parlor to get them?
ReplyDeletebecause i remember him going to the tattoo parlor but aslo sitting in his room giving himself his own tattoo
DeleteYou know how Teddy wants to park his car elsewhere, and not in the front of the store? I think what happened was he got the actual tattoo there of the license plate, but after that he decided to do it himself since he had so many to cover in such short time and he couldn't keep taking the car and leaving it in front of the parlour. just a thought.
DeleteI think he gave himself tattoos. There was one scene where he was writing "Drug Dealer" on his leg, and then he took a towel and dried the ink into his skin. It was probably some durable ink that was waterproof. If he would have gone to a parlor, he would have forgotten what he wanted tattooed
DeleteI'm pretty sure he did it both ways some of those tatoos could have not been done by himself.
Deletehe did both he didnt want someone else to tattoo drugdealer on his leg
DeleteI get the feeling he's done it both ways, depending on which is most convenient. His different tattoos seems to have two types of looks - home made prison-style and professional font.
Deleteso he did it differently depending on the tattoo
DeleteI think he did both because you see him writing on his leg at one point, but you also see him go to a tattoo parlor to get one.
Deleteactually he did both. he gave himself some and others he done by a tattoo polar. It was interesting that the tattoo employees didn't get any suspension from his tattoos and question if he is a killer or something.
DeleteWhich film do you think had better film time, space, and sound?
ReplyDeleteMemento because it was an overall better film. it was also newer and had better technology. besides all of that though memento had better film time, space, and sound!
Deletei agree with jake. memento did have the advantage over maltese falcon because it was more recent and had advanced technology.
DeleteDo you guys enjoy these online discussions? I think they're pretty helpful in letting everyone get a voice in a discussion. I was just wondering what you thought.
ReplyDeletethey are fantastic especially since we can post over the weekend
DeleteYeah, I feel like I would participate way less actually in class. Online discussions are more easier to follow.
Deletewhat i thought was cool was that about the The Maltese Falcon and Memento is that they both had a detective as the main charter and hero of the movie. Memento was a interesting just by how the movie went about from start to finish. I thought that was creative and never done before.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched a film like Memento before and I have to say, I'm so glad we got to watch it in class. Even though it was kind of hard to follow, Memento has an interesting plot that really kept me engaged and wanting to know more. In my opinion, the film being backwards really makes us feel like we are Leonard. Leonard is always confused and the fact that the whole film is played backwards really puts us in his spot. Usually in a film, I just watch but in this case, I really felt sympathetic for Leonard and felt bad for him; almost like he was more than a character in a film. I think Guy Pearce did an amazing job acting in this film. Overall, I thought Memento was an amazing film that kept my attention while Maltese Falcon didn't have as much of an interesting plot.
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