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The web site that I found for AVP was a basic site that told who the actors and actresses were and the idea behind the movie. I did tike the reviews that were written about the movie to see what thoughts people had on the movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370263/

The article I found on the reading was on remakes. It was a pretty good article that talks about the top 10 remakes of all time. Wouldn’t be my list, but was a good read.

http://www.virgin.net/movies/toptens/remakes.html

In this weeks readings I enjoyed reading about Sequels and Remakes. I have always enjoyed the fact that directors are willing to keep the story going. It is true that not all the sequels are that great, but for me I like the idea that the movie doesn’t end after a few hours. Take Indiana Jones for instance. Steven Spielberg directed Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was a fantastic movie. Then came along Joe Blow or whomever and made Temple of Doom, which did keep the story of Indy going was a flop. Then Spielberg took over the reins and made The Last Crusade, which ended the trilogy on the highest note of all. Sequels can be very effective and enjoyable if directed right.

The movie that I watched was AVP- Alien vs. Predator. This movie was pretty good if you think of the others before it. Basically Alien and Aliens, and Predator. In the Aliens movie we realize that the alien is a breeding killing force that is a true adversary. In Predator we see that the Predator is kind of on safari and is looking for the best hunt. So the idea for AVP was strong, but I think it lacked creativity. They could have made the story a little more solid. I did like how the girl at the end took the side of the Predator knowing the story of the two, and the Predator looking at her as an allied hunter.

I responded to Sarah P.

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Nora M,

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Kari V

http://kvosika.uniblogs.org/

I don’t know really what to say about this Module. I am not really a big independent film fan and definitely didn’t like the movies that we watched, but then that is only my opinion. I do like the creative side of independent films and how they make you think instead of just stare.

I picked the director Mel Gibson for my paper. First because I enjoy all of his movies and second because I think that he will be one of those directors that will always be talked about for years to come.

                                   Mel Gibson – Annotated Bibliography

 
Maltin, Leonard. Biography for Mel Gibson. 1994. IMDb. 14 April 2006 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000154/bio

 
I thought this would be a good start as any on my research about Mel Gibson. It tells about his place of birth and his upbringing. It also describes his start in film and the different things that he has accomplished in his career.

 
Mel Gibson Biography. Allsatars-online.com. 14 April 2006

http://allstars-online.net/Gibsonbio.html

 
This also the same as the site above tells the story of Mel Gibson, but with more detail and different encounters of how he became an actor/ director. Even though both site contain the same info I think that each has enough different info to help with the paper.

 
Nix. Braveheart (1995). Beyondhollywood.com. 14 April 2006

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/reviews/braveheart.htm

 
This is an article in which I found that was a review about Braveheart. I liked what the writer was saying about the movie and the different perspective that is brought.

 
Sir William Wallace. 1996. Highlanderweb.co.uk. 14 April 2006 http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace/

 
This article was not about Mel Gibson, but William Wallace the Scotish warrior in Braveheart. It tells how Wallace lived and the facts behind Braveheart and the real William Wallace. I think this will help in my paper because it gives a background on the real story of the Scotish fighting against England.

 
Mel Gibson’s Face. Truthorfiction.com. 14 April 2006

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/manwithnoface.htm

 
This is an article that was about an email about how the movie Man With out a Face was inspired about Mel Gibson’s true-life story. Although this is a fictional it became a tail that circulated the web and many people believed it really happened.

 
Gerrs, Nat 1994. M. Gibson & M. MacRury: The Man Without a Face. Ellopos. 14 April 2006

http://www.ellopos.net/education/writersword_face.htm

This article is a review on Mel Gibson film directing debut of The Man Without A Face. It talks about different aspects of the film that I think will help me with the paper.

 
Galloway, Stephen 15 November 2004. Innovator of the Year: Mel Gibson. Hollywoodreporter.com. 14 April 2006

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000719418

 
This is the article that talks about the things Mel Gibson went through on the set of Passion of Christ. It talks about how he is a risk taker and risked his reputation and social well being to make a movie in which he believed in and had wanted to do for many years.

 
Passion of Christ. 2004. IMDb. 14 April 2006

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/

 
This is a web page that has a bunch of reviews and different things from the movie Passion of Christ. It helps me get a better impression on what the movie did to different people as well as to the movie industry.

This website I found was for Production. This website provides a breakdown of independent and mainstream film projects in pre-production, preparation and development. 

http://www.productionweekly.com/site.html

This website is a website that is guided to Voice- Over Training. It was interesting to see the different things it involves in Voice-Over

http://www.actingconnection.com/voiceover.html

I found a web site that was about Quentin Tarantino. In this site it discusses all of his life’s work from acting to directing.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/

This website about Sex, Lies and Videotape is mainly reviews and different interpretations of the movie. I still can’t believe all the great reviews there are.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sex_lies_and_videotape/

This website I found for Do the Right Thing was a pretty good web site that helped me understand a little more what was trying to be said in the movie. Still didn’t like it but understand it am little more.

http://www.cinepad.com/reviews/doright.htm

When reading Going it Alone from cap 6 I really had no idea about independent films. I had a little familiarity with film like Clerks and Reservoir Dogs, but never got into the independent films. I didn’t realize the different types of independent films along with the topics that the filmmakers use. A lot of the topics revolve around controversial topics and stuff that is going on in real life. I like to call them “thinker movies” because they are more than just a movie to stimulate the eyes they also have you thinking of much more.

The movie Sex, Lies and Videotape was an interesting movie. I can’t say that I either liked or enjoyed it. The story was a bit dark and drawn out. I did like the way the director used the video camera as a porthole for people to talk about a subject that they might not discuss as easy in everyday life. I will always watch a movie once and in this case that will probably be the case with this one.

 
I chose Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. This has to be for me one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. I know Spike Lee is big on showing racist situations and the causes of them. The film was called “Do The Right Thing” and through the whole movie I still don’t know what the right thing is. Is it slacking off at work or complaining about the heat or cops killing a young kid or burning down an Italian pizzeria. Will somebody please tell me, I don’t get it? I consider myself pretty open minded, but I am lost. I definitely think Spike Lee has come a long way from this movie. I saw his new film Inside Man, which had its Spike Lees culture differences, but was a well-directed movie that at least had some substance.

I replied to Denise B. 

http://www.dbedwell.uniblogs.org/

Sarah P.

http://spolingyumptewa.uniblogs.org/

Kari V.

http://kvosika.uniblogs.org/

I really enjoyed these weeks’ readings. Finding out how the actors and actresses were in contracts and now they pick and choose the movies they want and the pay to. Looking through everyone’s blogs I liked seeing how they talked about the actors taking on different roles and what they thought about different films. Also reading about the different film elements was very educational, a lot of things go on behind the scenes that nobody knows realizes.

The source that I found for Cutaway gives an overall description of what it is used for in filmmaking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_(film)

This source I found gives different processes of montage and film editing and the general background of how it is used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montage_(film

This article I found was about comments about Top Gun. It is not the most informative article but I think it is nice to see other people’s opinions.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/