Category: Movies Comparison
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“The Shawshank Redemption” and “Bladerunner”: Comparison
The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption, released in 1994, is an adaptation based upon a story by Steven King and directed masterfully by Frank Darabont. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman play the leads and this director “shows” us things about them. We are not told much at all. A young banker, Andy Dufresne, is imprisoned…
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“Aloha” and “Man Up” Romantic Comedies
My Dear Friend, How are you? It has been a while since we talked. Since our last conversation I have been to the cinema a few times and I would like to tell you about two romantic comedies I have watched that, to my mind, you might find interesting. They are Aloha and Man Up.…
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“Why Him?” and “Bridget Jones’s Baby”: Comparison
I hope my message will find you well, and you will enjoy my reply to your last message. You asked me to share my recent motive theater experience and compare two romantic comedies I was lucky to watch. In fact, such a task was a bit complicated for me because I am not a huge…
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Petersen’s “Air Force One” and Reed’s “Down With Love”: Comparison
Air Force One Director: Wolfgang Petersen Release Date: 1997 Lead Actors: Harrison Ford, Dean Stockwell, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close Plot: The president of the United States is en route to Miami, Florida after a state visit to the former Soviet Union to celebrate the capture of Khazak military dictator Gen. Ivan Radek. Air Force…
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“Lives of Others” by Dreimann and Orwell’s “1984”
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell, 309). In his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell describes by far the most terrible and powerful political regime that has ever been created by the human mind. Oceania is the classic example of dystopia, the world in which a person…