...POW STORY “UNBROKEN” LOOKS SUFFERING IN THE EYE “Unbroken” is a 2014 American historical biographic war-sports drama film, produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, and based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”. The film revolves around the life of USA Olympian and athlete Louis “Louie” Zamperini, portrayed by Jack O'Connell. He joined the armed forces and went on a rescue mission before his plane crashed. Stuck on a raft for 47 days and then picked up by Japanese military ship Louie must spend the rest of his days in the army camp but he must fight for his freedom. “Unbroken” is the best movie I've seen in ages. Let me start by saying that Angelina Jolie is truly a genius! I can't imagine a female directing a heavy movie like Unbroken. She actually manages to show all the important details of Louis's life in just 2 hours. For some film makers it's not enough. The screenplay by the Coen Brothers is surprisingly lucid. Firstly there is an exciting plane battle which puts the viewer right in the vulnerable position of the crew. I have admiration for the story of Louis's running. From my point of view it is inspirational. It’s repeated like a mantra: “If you can take it, you can make it.” Those words drive Louis Zamperini all his life. Then there is the survival in the sea on life rafts for many days. Situations like this have been shown before but here it is particularly well done. Finally...
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...Date: December 23 Staring: Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Rade Serbedzija Director: Angelina Jolie Genre: Drama, Romance, War Screenwriter: Angelina Jolie MPAA Rating: R “What does Lara Croft do in her spare time?” This burning question has been the cause for many sleepless nights among men and teenage males. “Plan to raid a tomb?” you ask? No. “Polish her guns?” Sorry, Tomb Raider was a family film. However you would be getting warmer if you asked something along the lines of “Does she write her on script and then direct it?” To that question the answer would be yes. Angelina Jolie makes her directorial debut in the film “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” This film is a love story set in the middle of the Bosnian conflict. Which proves that while being a lady, Jolie still knows what men want, action. The movie plays the story of two parties who were romantically engaged before the start of the Bosnian war, and the conflict that arises therein. “In the Land of Blood and Honey” does not star Angelina Jolie, however it does star a local cast that was actually involved in the Bosnian conflict. “It’s a heavy film.” Jolie said. The movie was also shot on location in both English and the local language known as BHS. Early screenings of the film have been the cause of much debate within the Bosnian community. Some saying “Too soon Angelina, Too soon.” Others defending Jolie by stating, “Its about time Eastern Europe got some commerce.” But most were just upset...
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...Ok so, there have been a few issues with the server that people are talking about. I understand a lot of people have issues and I appreciate on how fast the admins/Developer are taking care of these issues. I for one as a kohi player have never complained, but im here today to do just that *lul* I have no idea on how mods/admins do the banning, most likely reporting to the antiskid and the reports that come up in chat and responding to them as quickly as possible. (Sources: streams). I've died to hackers and understand the issue of people playing unlegit, so I do my part as a player, and ./report (name) him/her. In one scenario I've died countless amount of times to one hacker and nothing was done about it. Ive been acting professional about it and became so salty at the end, I screamed "help hacker, please tp" while getting a new bumhole from this hacker. I get that most of you reading up to this point will be arguing on how mods and admins are busy doing whats good for the server. Let me remind you, I was fighting a hacker, ./reported him/her, also did /helpop and screamed in chat while this person was blantely hacking and nothing was done about it. Minutes later, mods as well as admins are talking to each other about non - related issues, nothing to do with the server, streams, and something about Stimpay (cough fenboyz). I respect Kohi, the effort given by Prplz/ Travisvv as from what Ive seen is amazing. Im here suggesting that the server "hire, recruit" more mods/trials...
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...10) My realage is 16.6 but since I am a year younger than the age I wrote my realage is actually 15.6. 11) The first thing I do that keeps me young is that I don't smoke and nor do my parents or anyone I am friends with because of that I am not exposed to passive smoke which is what keeps me young,Also keep on top of stress of stress is second thing that is making me younger.This is actually quite hard to do but if I keep reminding myself that it could be worse then I seem to handle it better.THe third thing making me younger is staying positive I noticed that if I just view things in a different perspective then they turn out better plus there's no point in feeling sorry or bad for yourself when you could spend that time to get things done.The...
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...Lisa Eichholz Dr. Hilary Harris English 096-10 November 10, 2011 Beyond Borders Recently there has been a dramatic increase of refugees, estimating 11 million today which is up from the 3 million that was recorded in the mid-1970s (UNHCR.com). Founded in 1919, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is now the largest humanitarian organization. In 1965 the IFRC proclaimed the Seven Fundamental Principles of Humanitarianism. The principle of humanity, the principle of impartiality, the principle of neutrality, the principle of independence , the principle of voluntary, the principle of Unity, and lastly the principle of Universality. The film Beyond Borders follows Sarah Bauford (Angelina Jolie), Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), and a small group of aid relief volunteers working throughout a few of the world’s most volatile areas. This films greatest lesson is showing the existing needs of many people and how there are few who are there to help and trying to make a difference. This film exemplifies the most important of the principles of humanitarianism in a very complex way. In the film many of the characters exemplify the principle of humanity in both positive and negative ways. The principle states that the movements goal is to “prevent and alleviate human suffering” by promoting “understanding, friendship, cooperation, and lasting peace.” At the beginning of the film Nick Callahan storms into the aid relief international’s black...
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...When most people see the name Angelina Jolie they only think of the talented actress, the significant other of Brad Pitt or the celebrity with the very diverse children but she is so much more than that. Since 2001 Jolie has been working alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to bring awareness to the unfortunate situations of refugees from around the world. She has traveled to and volunteered in many third world countries such as; Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Iraq and North Caucasus. In addition to this, she along with Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation which is dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. This foundation also donates to many other humanitarian groups, one being Doctors without Borders. In 2009 Angelina Jolie gave the opening speech for a World Refugee Day event being held at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Throughout this speech Jolie concentrates not on the horrible conditions that refugees endure but on the spirit that they have from being in these situations. When speaking to millions of Americans she doesn’t rely on facts or statistics but instead she uses anecdotal evidence, visualization and pathos to get her point across. The purpose of this speech is not to persuade but to inform the people of America about the amazing people she has met while traveling to third world countries. Furthermore, she is trying to show people that...
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...I Don’t Know Who I Am In the movie Wanted directed by Timur Bekmambetov, a young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan, actor Morgan Freeman, to follow in his dad's footsteps. The anxious, clumsy and abused office clerk Wesley Allan Gibson, actor James McAvoy, has a boring routine life: his obese boss humiliates him all the time and his girlfriend betrays him with his colleague and best friend. When he meets the attractive Fox, actress Angelina Jolie, Wesley is informed that his father was a professional killer that belonged to an ancient organization called Fraternity and killed by the skilled and powerful Cross, a hit-man that has betrayed the Fraternity. Wesley learns that his anxiety actually is a symptom of his hidden abilities and he joins the society under the command of Sloan. Trained by Fox, he changes his personality and attitude, being prepared to face the dangerous Cross and find out the shocking truth. James McAvoy plays the role of the young and mediocre office clerk. He is a five foot seven one hundred and sixty pound man of the age of thirty. He is of Scottish nationality and in the movie Wanted he has scruffy brown hair with no facial hair. Wesley Gibson was, for a lack of a better word, as average as they get. James McAvoy’s character in Wanted, Wesley Gibson, is initially frail and practically everyone’s personal pushover even...
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...In what ways have various forms of entertainment media shaped American culture and its values? Entertainment media in my opinion is looked at as television and then the radio for the most part. Phones laptops and tablets etc.. Are also included in this category. I believe it is shaping our American culture because we get all our “reality” from there. For example, we watched shows like the Brady bunch and The Cosby Show and knew that when we grew up, we wanted to have the big family and both the heads of the household were very successful so it seemed everything would be so simple in life. Slowly, television turned and it showed separated families and that idea marinated that maybe life was this way too. Television little do we know helps us to shape how we are. At least it did at some point in everyone’s life. When it comes to our phones, we gave that control of our moves in life. I know when I go to bed at night, I depend on my phone to wake me up by the alarm set. This is giving the phone the knowledge and power of controlling if I wake up in the morning to get to work on time or not. This is just one example of how entertainment is shaping our values and culture. It’s literally taking over. Are the social influences of entertainment media mostly positive or negative? Explain The media does promote positive energy but majority of the time they are looking for the negative headlines to bring to the table. The answer to the question is media by all means entertain negativity...
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...When most people see the name Angelina Jolie they only think of the talented actress, the significant other of Brad Pitt or the celebrity with the very diverse children but she is so much more than that. Since 2001 Jolie has been working alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to bring awareness to the unfortunate situations of refugees from around the world. She has traveled to and volunteered in many third world countries such as; Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Iraq and North Caucasus. In addition to this, she along with Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation which is dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. This foundation also donates to many other humanitarian groups, one being Doctors without Borders. In 2009 Angelina Jolie gave the opening speech for a World Refugee Day event being held at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Throughout this speech Jolie concentrates not on the horrible conditions that refugees endure but on the spirit that they have from being in these situations. When speaking to millions of Americans she doesn’t rely on facts or statistics but instead she uses anecdotal evidence, visualization and pathos to get her point across. The purpose of this speech is not to persuade but to inform the people of America about the amazing people she has met while traveling to third world countries. Furthermore, she is trying to show people that...
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...Angelina Jolie Tattoos Tattoos are an art form normally make on the human body with inedible ink in the dermis layer of the body to change the pigment. Few tattoos are permanent and can’t be removed whereas few can be removed with the help of some acids. Tattoos are in the fashion these days and many celebrities are having them on their body these days. Angelina Jolie tattoos have been the talk of the town ever since she started having them on her body. Angelina Jolie tattoos have been a depiction to its sensuality and exotic nature. Her tattoos have been one of the three things she admires most. The other two are quirks and kids. Angeline Jolie Tatoos have been talked by many in the back yard and in different TV shows as well. Angelina Jolie tattoos started all the way back in 1993 which stated “Death”. Since then, they have been coming thick and fast till they have become 13 in number. Every Angelina Jolie tattoo is having a story or some lesson to the general public. 2nd Angelina Jolie Tattoo was in Japanese language which means courage but was later removed by the sultry actress and was replaced by Arabic word which means “Power of Will”. Then she had roman “XIII” on her left arm to show that she is not a superstition but later this number has been changed to “XIII V MCMXL” which means 13 May, 1940 which is basically the date on which Winston Churchill gave his famous speech. This tattoo fully means “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”. Few of the best...
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...In the story Beowulf he shows many different things but the things I thought stuck out that he showed were Courage, Strength, and Heroic Deeds/Heroism. Beowulf fought 3 different battles and was very successful in most of them. Beowulf showed Courage because he believed he could battle and save all of these people. He gave other people courage that believed in him and he wanted to prove that he could do it. Beowulf came here to do something and he wasn’t leaving until he was finish with it. Beowulf had enough courage he needed, he never backed down and he always got back up on his feet. He had the courage to go fight huge monsters and couldn’t let being afraid get in his way with any of the battles. Another theme Beowulf showed was strength. Beowulf proved that just because he was smaller and not a monster he could do just as much as them if not more. He killed with just his bare hands which showed so much strength and gave everyone else strength because if he can do it they can at least try. Beowulf had strength when he went to every battle, he had the strength that when he went to every battle he was going to succeed and he didn’t let anything get in the way. The last thing that I thought was a good theme was Heroic Deeds/Heroism. Beowulf went in there to do a job and save lives and he did. Beowulf is a hero to so many people because of his actions and what he has done. Beowulf killed the bad people that they couldn’t kill their selves. Beowulf was just a small...
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...literature was once on the verge of disappearing from our hands. Beowulf, a classic heroic epic story from the Anglo-Saxons about a Geatish warrior who defeated three creatures: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon, was almost destroyed. Only one manuscript survived during that era, which was nearly burned. Thankfully, numerous translations and adaptations of this story have been created to make this influential epic a widely spread influence that has impacted future pieces of literature. Seamus Heaney made a translation of the original Old English poem into literature that is accessible to the contemporary English reader. The most recent adaptation was director Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf, which starred actors such as Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie. Using “performance capture technology”, the movie uses digitally enhanced live action to make a world that looked animated. The movie stays faithful to the old story with the characters and events, but there are many differences that separate the film from the book. King Hrothgar is depicted not as a noble king, but a miserly man full of guilt. Rather than being portrayed as a noble hero, the Beowulf in the movie is a flawed character who succumbs to his desires. Grendel’s mother is a seductress who tempts Beowulf with promised wealth in Zemeckis’s version, and was originally a ferocious creature akin to Grendel. Compared to Seamus’s literature version, director Robert Zemeckis’s film Beowulf introduced humanistic flaws of sin and guilt...
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...itself. What’s even devastating about it, is the fact that people like myself know so little about it. Second, was profound sadness. It was so heartbreaking to watch and hear the Darfurian people’s daily account of horror. The film provides such a vicarious sensation of their everyday nightmare. Not only are they deprived of the basic needs such as food and shelter but are also stripped off dignity in the most inhumane way. And lastly, the film instilled in me a great admiration for the people of Darfur. I commend their courage and great strength. I’m in awe of their great resilience to withstand grave abuse, and ability to maintain hope for freedom. My first knowledge of Darfur is from a tabloid magazine reporting celebrities like Angelina Jolie and George Clooney giving refugee aid in the country. Embarrassing to say, I was more fascinated with the celebrities rather than the real story about Darfur. My second...
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...Tyhjai Patterson English 1 RTA Essay 11/20/13 Angelina Jolie: A Woman with a Cause When most people see the name Angelina Jolie they only think of the talented actress, the significant other of Brad Pitt or the celebrity with the very diverse children but she is so much more than that. Since 2001 Jolie has been working alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to bring awareness to the unfortunate situations of refugees from around the world. She has traveled to and volunteered in many third world countries such as; Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Iraq and North Caucasus. In addition to this, she along with Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation which is dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. This foundation also donates to many other humanitarian groups, one being Doctors without Borders. In 2009 Angelina Jolie gave the opening speech for a World Refugee Day event being held at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Throughout this speech Jolie concentrates not on the horrible conditions that refugees endure but on the spirit that they have from being in these situations. When speaking to millions of Americans she doesn’t rely on facts or statistics but instead she uses anecdotal evidence, visualization and pathos to get her point across. The purpose of this speech is not to persuade but to inform the people of America about the amazing people she has...
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...Hwang 1 Jenna Hwang Somin English 1A 18 September 2013 Ways Women Are There were specific views on women of how they were supposed to act to what they were supposed to do with their life. It’s always been this idea that women are the “damsel in distress” in desperate need of saving from a certain “prince charming”. Throughout the years those views have altered quite a bit. Not only are they beautiful and elegant, they are now also powerful while possessing the ability to control their future. As I was growing up, Disney movies and certain people in the media molded my judgment on women in both positive and negative ways. The princesses and actresses showed me how women can be the “damsel in distress”, weak and only necessary for preparing food and bearing children; the “heroin”, powerful and independent; the “eye candy”, a distraction or an object purely for the pleasure of men; and naturally the “Lady”, the superior females who have the positive aspects of both the “eye candy” and “the heroin”. When I was a child the only movies I watched were the classic Disney movies. Those princesses were the female role models that I looked up to. They were always so beautiful with great talent. No matter how horrible the environment in which the princesses grew up, they were always humble and kind to anyone and everyone. On the contrary, some people even say that they are naïve or too nice and that they would have gotten taken advantage of easily if girls were like that in the real...
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