Monday, 18 February 2013

MOVIE ANALYSIS

Title: LES MISERABLES

Genre: MUSICAL, EPIC NOVEL, HISTORICAL FICTION

Characters: Hugh Jackman -stars as Jean Valjean, a Frenchman released from Toulon prison after      19 years of imprisonment for stealing bread and failed attempts at escaping from the prison.

Russell Crowe -stars as Javert, a police inspector dedicating his life to imprisoning Valjean once again.

 Anne Hathaway -plays Fantine. Fantine is a struggling factory worker and mother of an illegitimate child.

 Amanda Seyfried -plays Cosette.  Cosette, who is kept by the Thénardiers until Valjean buys her from them.

 Isabelle Allen -plays the young Cosette

Eddie Redmayne -plays Marius Pontmercy, a student revolutionary who is friends with the Thenardiers' daughter, Éponine, but falls in love with Cosette.

Daniel Huttlestone -plays Gavroche, a streetwise urchin cooperating with the revolutionaries.

Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen play the Thénardiers, two swindling innkeepers.

Samantha Barks, in her film debut, plays Éponine, the Thénardiers' destitute daughter.

Setting:  France in the 1800's during the period of the Restoration. The major action is in Paris, but some episodes take place in neighboring towns. 

Plot: LES MISERABLES , TRAVELS WITH THE PRISONER ON PAROLE , 24601, JEAN VALIJEURT, AS HE RUNS FROM THE RUTHLESS INSPECTOR JAVERT ON A JOURNEY BEYOND THE BARRICADES, AT THE CENTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. MEANWHILE, THE LIFE OF A WORKING CLASS GIRL WITH A CHILD AT TURNING POINT  AS SHE TURNS TO  PROSTITUTION TO PAY MONEY TO THE EVIL INNKEEPER AND HIS WIFE WHO LOOK AFTER HER CHILD, COSETTE, VALJEAN PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILD EVENTUALLY LEADS  TO A LOVE TRIANGLE BETWE EN COSETTE , MARIUS WHO IS A STUDENT OF THE REVOLUTION, AND EPONINE, A GIRL OF THE STREETS. THE PEOPLE SING OF THEIR ANGER AND ENJOLRAS LEADS THE STUDENTS TO FIGHT UPON THE  BARRICADES. 

Theme: FORGIVENESS, SELF SACRIFICE AND COURAGE

Symbolism:

Myriel’s Silver Candlesticks

M. Myriel’s candlesticks are the most prominent symbol of compassion in Les Misérables, and they shed a light that always brings love and hope.

Snakes, Insects, and Birds

When describing the novel’s main characters, Hugo uses animal imagery to accentuate these characters’ qualities of good and evil.

1. What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?

- the relation to the film as a whole that one of them is suffer from the being slave.

2. Among the characters, to whom can you relate to?

- I can relate to Fantine, because Fantine will risk everything for her child.

3. Which part of the presentation struck you the most? Why?

- when Fantine was rape. Because they know that she has a child.

4. What is the movie’s message?

-the message of the movie that what ever happen you must stand in all the consequence . and always believe in God.

5. Did I like this in general? Why?

- yes! it touches my heart of what the story happen.

6. Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or why not?

- yes! because its shows that in our life their is such thing that happen in the movie.

7. What specifically did I like/dislike? Why?

- i dont like the scene in the movie when Fantine did everything for her child. even tough she put down her dignity.

8. Are there any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?

- The degradation of man by poverty, the ruin of women by starvation, and the dwarfing of childhood by physical and social asphyxia are not solved.

9. How does this film relate to the things that are happening in your life

- the film relate to the things that happen in my life when my mom left us just to work in the other country just to support our needs and our studies.

Monday, 4 February 2013

TITLE: " LIFE OF PI"
GENRE: "REALISTIC FICTION".
CHARACTERS:

Piscine Molitor Patel-Piscine Molitor Patel is the protagonist and, for most of the novel, the narrator. In the chapters that frame the main story, Pi, as a shy, graying, middle-aged man, tells the author about his early childhood and the shipwreck that changed his life.

Richard Parker-Pi’s companion throughout his ordeal at sea is Richard Parker, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Unlike many novels in which animals speak or act like humans, Richard Parker is portrayed as a real animal that acts in ways true to his species.

Gita -Pi's mother is named, but she's mostly just referred to as "Mother." She's an incredibly warm presence for Pi. She's sympathetic when his father tries to teach him a lesson about the danger of animals with the zoo's tiger.

The Hyena / The Cook-If there's anything like pure evil in Life of Pi, it comes in the form of the hyena, who, in Pi's second version of his experiences at sea, is the cook. In a way, it's much more understandable in the form of the hyena. It's a vicious animal and so it shouldn't surprise us that the hyena would eat a zebra and kill an orang-utan.

The Blind Frenchman / The Cook-Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba identify the blind Frenchman, who sails up to Pi late in the telling of the first story, as the hyena. This guy complicates the allegory, but, like we said, it's not exactly your standard allegory .

The Zebra / the Taiwanese Sailor-The Taiwanese sailor simply suffers. In the second animalless story told by Pi, the cook needlessly amputates the sailor's broken leg to use as fishing bait. The zebra, in the story with animals, breaks his leg jumping onto the lifeboat only for the hyena to tear off the limb. Really, the hyena eats the zebra alive, and Richard Parker finishes the job. The sailor is on the receiving end of grave injustice.

Santosh -Pi's father, , carries the banner of the New India. This means he stands for progress and not religion. He cares about the business of the zoo and worries about losing Pi to religious fanaticism. When the priest, imam, and pandit fight over Pi, Pi's father says, in defense of Pi, "I suppose that's what we're all trying to do to love God" He's practical, pragmatic, and a successful zookeeper.

Ravi-Pi feels intense guilt about Ravi. When Pi leaves to investigate the explosion on the ship, he shakes Ravi but decides to let him sleep. Big mistake. Ravi goes down with the ship. Pi still feels guilt over this pages and pages later when the blind Frenchman, in some ways a double for Pi, and a product of Pi's madness, admits to killing his brother.

The Author-We think it's a little cheeky for Martel to include himself as a character. In the novel, he's kind and earnest, considerate toward Pi and initially suspicious of Francis Adirubasamy.

Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba-We admit we didn't understand the two investigators at first. They're hapless. They disagree and lose focus. They seemed more like a comedy duo suddenly invading a tragedy.

SETTING:

"Pondicherry India.: Pacific Ocean, Mexico Canada

Theme:

Faith in God. Miracle and Hope.

Plot:

Life of "PI" is divided into three sections. The main character, Pi,an adult reminisces about his childhood. He was name "Piscene Molitor Patel after swimming pool in France. He changes his name to "PI"when he begins, Secondary school. The life of PI tells his survival Adventure,How he survived and How he handle the situation he encountered especially in the tiger.zebra and etc.. The story of "PI" teach us how to be brave in times of tragedy.

SYMBOLISM:

Animals- Tiger,Zebra The Algae Island

1. What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?

The Title tells about the journey of life of Piscene Patel/Pi

2. Among the characters, to whom can you relate to? I could relate to "PI" because he is so brave to face every challenges in life even tough his mother and father died .

3. Which part of the presentation struck you the most? Why? *The Part of presentation that struck me most,is when pi lost his family and save the life of animals and when the tiger didnt look him back.

4. What is the movie’s message? *The movie tells us that no matter what happen always face your consequences in life and there's always a solution in every challenges that God gave us.

5. Did I like this in general? Why? *Yes,! i really like this in general because it touches my heart and it has full of lesson in life. and i can relate in very situation that he had.

6. Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or why not? *I agree because it says that we should not loose hope in every challenges in our lives.

7. What specifically did I like/dislike? Why? I like that PI trying his best to be friend to the tiger and any other animals even he know that they can harm him.
8. Are there any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why? Yes because the viewers left doubt of what will happen to the life of PI next
9. How does this film relate to the things that are happening in your life? *I can relate to the film because some of the situation in the film happen in my life. its when my dad died when i was 2 years old and only my mom supports our needs. that no matter what happen even if its so hard my mom striving hard and sacrificing just for us to finish study and fulfill our dreams. and there's always God in us.

Monday, 21 January 2013

Face Myself

Look at you,

You're so sad now,

you're a different shade of blue.

and self harm is the only sentence you allow.

Try to be who you used to be,

A soft and gentle girl,

look back to what you can almost see.

not a hurt and scratched up pearl.

Look back to the blue sky days,

Not the black and rainy weather,

of course there will be some mixed up greys.

but that's why we're together.

You can never be with just you alone,

Don't tell yourself these lies,

you need to be more than skin and bone.

no room to even compromise.

Try and see yourself a bit clearer,

Promise me you'll get by,

now I must walk away from the mirror,

before I see myself and cry.

** choose this poem coz its always reflect of what i really see in myself..
and always remind me of what people think of me.
i see myself of what i am..

Don't tell yourself these lies,

you need to be more than skin and bone.

no room to even compromise.

**oose this line because im the only one who really know myself..
no one knows me of what my attitude is..
just only me and im not really lying to myself..
i hide myself to someone but not in my own self.