Journal 5: Revised Brief Screening Report Blog Post

The Hunger Games

Written by Suzanne Collins

Katniss saying goodbye to Rue
http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Effie_Trinket

Upon watching The Hunger Games it was unclear to me the true message this move was trying to convey.  Regardless of the overall message there was one scene that not only struck me but also my fellow friends while watching this movie.  Katniss Everdeen, the main character, and Rue, another competitor, have become extremely close.  They join forces to survive and try to win the game.  Katniss and Rue devise a plan to blow up the main food supply which means separating from one another.  Upon achieving their goal, Rue is caught in a trap and Katniss saves her, but immediately after standing up Rue is hit with an arrow.

Journal 3: Revised Writing about Movies

Nemo and Marlin
SheKnows LLC, A Division of AtomicOnline LLC, All Rights Reserved

My favorite movie is Finding Nemo, yes an animated movie.  I am in love with Disney movies and animations.  Finding Nemo shows you a view of what the ocean looks like, all the good and bad; sharks, coral reefs and majestic fish.  But the movie is so much more than that.  It shows you the love between a father and son.  It shows you valves that you should have along with any struggle a "teenager" will have in their life time.  The emotion you feel as you watch this movie is amazing, a wide variety consisting of love , hatred, fear, and astonishment.  

Finding Nemo has been a reflection of my life story to some extend and that is part of the reason its is my favorite.  All my struggles in life, my eye disability; Nemo's fin, fighting with your parents to being inseparable and finding yourself.

Beyond my personal reasons for loving this movie it is also a great teaching tool that I will use in my future classroom.  It teaches everyone that acceptance is needed and not to "judge a book by the cover."  When Dori and Marlin run into the shark, Bruce, they are overcome with fear, when in reality the sharks live by the motto, Fish are friends not food.  This shows how everyone stereotypes people before they truly understand who they are.  This movie also teaches everyone to have trust with one another.  The reason that Nemo is taken away is because Marlin simply didn't believe in Nemo's lucky fin and it turns out in the end of the movie after the trust they gain together saves not only Dori's live but their relationship as father and son. 

Make-up Writer's Choice: Creating Relationships

Pi along with the Bengal tiger

A couple years ago I was thrilled to watch the movie Avatar, even though it is fiction the movie makes you wonder, what if this was real?  This fall the movie, Life of Pi, was released.  Out of everyone around myself, I was the only one who had and desire to go and watch the film.  With no clear idea what the movie was about I have yet to go and spend $9.00 on the movie.

I came across an article on the A.V. Club website about the Life of Pi written by Tasha Robinson.  In this article not only did she rate the movie with an A- but also gives a great background look into the movie.  After reading the article I came to learn that Pi is a young boy who has lost his family to a shipwreck and he was one of the only people to survive, along with a Bengal tiger.  Pi has always had a great love for animals and thought that animals do in fact have souls.  Throughout the movie we find out that animals do have souls and that Pi has proven is Father wrong.

This movie truly sounds heartwarming and filled with a lot of passion.  It gives it viewers and inside look at how animals do have souls and are like humans.  Pi and the Bengal tiger live together on a small boat without killing one another.  This shows us that we can coexist with animals along with others.  We determined the relationships we have with one another.