Battle of the Algiers

So far i really like battle of the algiers, it really puts arabs in a different light. At least a different light as of lately. It shows that arabs have families just like us and they are not a whole bunch of extremist's. Another reason why i like battle of the algiers is that it shows some of the extreme sides of urban warfare. However i dislike the movie because of the lack of blood. I feel that because of the lack of blood it makes people think that the war is not as bad as it is. I feel that the blood is needed to add realism to the movie and to make it so people don't become content with the violence.  As of now i have yet to see a bad part of this movie and i hope it continues that way.

personally i really like film noir, i really like the current movie we are watching out of the past. maybe it just because of the dialog, but i also think another reason that i like out of the past is that it is a crime drama. i have always liked crime drama's. one feature that i dont really like about film noir is the low-key lighting at cirtian points in the film out of the past you can even see the actors face's. the only problem with simply removing low-key lighting from film noir is that it is such an import part of that specific genre. film noir almost requires low-key lighting.

:ast week i saw the magnificent seven. It was a revisionist western about seven men who decide to help a small town from bandits who are stealing the towns crops. I thought the acting was quite good, and the fight scenes were quite well done. Not only do the fight scenes seem natural they seem realistic. This movie does not contain the corny all hero's live thing that everyone is use to. Also i think the overall plot of the film was good, there were quite a few twists that i didn't expect. Also all of the characters helped really bring the story to life for me. One great line that i can remember is "7 that fought like 700". This line really sums up the movie for me, it incorperates the western hero with the action of a modern day film.

Overall I felt that Citizen Kane was one of the better movies I had ever seen. There were many times when I felt that the movie needed to have more action. Meaning that the movie seemed to get slow, but overall I felt the movie was very good.

A specific part of the movie I liked was when Kane is in the opera house and he is viewing Susan’s performance. Once she has completed singing he seems to be initially stunned, then tries to get the crowd into it by standing up and clapping loudly. It is pretty funny to se Kane trying to get everyone into it even though just seconds before he saw for himself how bad she was. This scene really shows his desperation to make Susan a singer and a true opera star.

Overall I thought this was a pretty good movie. It didn’t really seem like that deep of a plot at first, the search for “rosebud”. But as the movie went on I found that the movie was not so much about “rosebud” but more about describing Kane’s life.

intro

This is Will's art of fim blog. the primary reason for this blog is to review movies we see in art of film 1. here i will be discussing movies we see in class and movies i see at home. the first movie we see is citizen kane. which is supposedly one of the best movies ever made.