American Graffiti

I liked the movie, it was cute, it had spunk a very nice coming of age film. The music was cool, I like the story of each character. Although a bit pointless, each character ends up learning something and in the end, they all manage to come together. Harrison Ford was awesome, it was really fun to see him young and playing and interesting role. I liked the whole filming of the movie too. It's a great way to go back and see how much things have changed, although it may just seem like a movie, the historical and different teenage point of view of the movie, not only covers feelings but also manages to cover the way people acted, talked and such

Apocalypse Now

This was the strangest, longest and most stressing movie I've ever seen. I'm not a fan of war movies as it is, they make me sad. This one was very sad, seeing each poor young soldier witness things that were mind scarring. The most experienced soldier of them all, watched the poor teens have hopes and be able to live with hope, but he lost all his hope of living like a normal person after all the things he had been through. We all know that the most impacting and powerful scene was where they found a boat full of people who were merely carrying supplies and although the main guy told them to leave them alone, the others insisted on searching the boat, which led to the horrible tragedy of killing innocent people. Although that is one scene alone, it managed to represent how horrible and pointless war is, taking the lives of the innocent as well as ruining the chances of living normally.

Mark Shapiro, Laika Studio

His visit was awesome. His content was great, the examples that he brought and the things that he talked about were incredible and informative. I loved every minute of it and am extremely grateful that he took the time out of his schedule to come talk to us. I learned a lot of things, one of the things that really left a lasting impression, was his explanation of the CGI in Avengers. Scenes that look incredibly real, turn out to be animation. The other animation that was really cool was the stop motion. WHen I see movies like that I now take the time to appreciate how much time and effort was put into the film. I loved the explanation of how the hair, and water was moved, it was truly awesome and I can't wait until we go visit Laika Studios. I'm excited.

Heart of Darkness

It was fascinating to see how Apocalypse Now was made, behind the scenes it seems that things were falling apart, with the director, and even the actors. Seeing how the script developed, seeing the failures, and trials that went on, gave the movie that was already good, have a more interesting outlook. The documentary gave me a more personal understanding about how the director felt about failing. Although he thought it would fail, he kept going and went on to win many awards. Important scenes that were explained happened to be really interesting with the thought process being shown.

Dr. Strangelove

This film really had a lot of what society, at the time, was facing. The movie showed aspects of the cold war, and how ridiculous the entire thing really was. Intertwined in the story was the humor, drama and ironic. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room." HA. 

Anyways, it's an interesting end of the world film which calls out all the ridiculousness of wars, a very lunatic comedy. nuclear armagedon movies, I don't have much to say, it was a very exaggerated movie, the possibilities that could happen, posing the government as slightly lunatic. 

Kevin Howard TVCATV

His visit was really cool. The whole presentation may have been a bit dull, but overall was incredibly informative about every aspect of the tv world. It was really nice to learn about different camera types, show scheduling and such. It was also a great help to those who would be interested in the TV world, talking to him would be a great way to have your foot in the door when it comes to the media world. His entire presentation was like i said earlier, a bit dull, but he did  a wonderful job explaining different types of marketing jobs in the media world.

Network

I feel like this movie had a big impact on the viewers because of the originality of the story. I didn't like the way the story developed, and the slow pace and endless dialougue which seemed drag on didn't help the movie's case either. The story showed a great prophecy and conveyed a  wonderful message, but for my taste, I think that they could have used a less boring way to convey the message. Considering that my tastte for classic movies isn't much, my opinion doesn't count as much. Still, I did not find it as captivating as I wished it would be.
Other than that, there were times where the camera work really set the mood of the movie, rather than the script itself.