I read a read a review for the movie Taken. The writer of the review was basically trying to get the point across that this was a very well made movie with a somewhat predictable plot. He used a lot of really good analogies. For instance, he mentioned how when he was 6, he and his friends thought that Batman comics were serious business. Then at age 7 they realized that it was kind of silly. But the older they grew, they gained a deeper appreciation for how ridiculous they were, because they were meant to be that way. He then related this to how we should perceive this movie. It requires that "higher level of appreciation." It took some serious critical thinking and analyzing to come up with an analogy like that.
The other thing that I noticed that this author did was how he analyzed the process it took to make this movie. He said, "It's as if the filmmakers, at every turn of the script, said, 'OK, this is how it's usually done. Let's come up with a way that's better. Then let's throw that out and come up with something that's even better than that.' There are different kinds of creativity. 'Taken' evinces the creativity of expert craftsmanship." This is an analysis of "how it works" according to rhetorical terms.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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I too thought that the analogy of how the author saw comic books as he grew up in relation to the movie "Taken" was very creative. It was a great way of conveying his thoughts on the movie.
I never thought about how when we grow up we then think that our past childhood beliefs as interesting. Things that we thought were stupid and childhood are now interesting and cool to think about. I really want to watch Taken.
I saw this movie quite recently and I loved it. I didn't quite understand what he meant when he compared it to a Batman comic book, but such is life.
I find the childhood beliefs comment you made very interesting. I agree with you, and when looking back on my life,there are many different things I thought before, but that I no longer agree with. Even from last year, there are things that I thought or did that I look back on now and think were incredibly stupid. I saw this movie last weekend, and although it was good, I thought the ending could have been much better. There is no way after going through all that trauma that she could just walk away and be as happy as she was in the beginning.
It sounds like the author of this article did a great job of catching the reader's attention. He put an interesting perspective on this movie. It was definately creative.
I saw this movie a few weekends ago and I definitely agree with the author of the review when he explained how the movie was made. They made the action and suspense were definitely better than similar movies.
It's weird. I was just thinking the other day how weird some of the things I did when I younger were. As our maturity increases, we have a tendency to look back on things and say, "Did I really do THAT?!" I agree, the author's analogies are very effective in communicating the idea that we need to think creatively and with a "higher level of appreciation".
I saw this movie a week or so ago and I really loved it also. I think that analogy was very interesting also. I did a lot of really strange things as a child but when I think of them I realize that I had a really creative imagination. That was a very interesting analogy.
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