Summary of reviews

1. The reviewer of the watchman movie strongly disliked the film.  He thought the movie was very lengthy and dragged on for far to long.  He believed there was to many characters which made it hard to focus on one main story line.  He was very harsh on the way the characters appeared on the stream.  One of his comments was "Last and hugest is Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who is buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker."  This brutal statement really captures his thought on the movie and the dirctor itself.

2. Syriana was torn down by this reviewer, he constently brings up how confusing the movie was to follow and mentions how the characters dont even understand the movie why should the viewers.  This movie is about the oil market that leaves people richer than belief or people dirt poor.  The review mentions that there was no one to root for in this movie because it all consists of bad guys, if it was broken up into bad guys and good guys he says "we" woukd be the good guys, of course.

3. The 'scary harry' review takes about the director personally and mentions the slow pace of the first Harrp Pitter movie.  Though he does admit the movie lacks a jump start and has a sluggish pace, the first 40 minutes are used to introduce the characters and the background.  As we jump into the second movie we know that it is going to be a faster pace movie loaded with more action and better visual effects.

On Turning Ten

Collins is trying to show you what its like all in one moment how it is to grow up.  Going through each year of what the child thought or wanted to be shows the reader how children believe they can do anything that pops in their minds.  It also talks about how things that we enjoy as a child dont seem as special when you start to grow up.  The whole point of view of this story is from a child which shows you how he is leaving behind his childhood because he feels like he has to just because he is turing 10 years old.  The end of the story when it talks about whats inside of a child shows you how a child thinks that nothing could go wrong in life.  Until you become an adult and you understand all the things that can go wrong in life.

 

 

 

What is Collins trying to say with this poem?-- He is trying to say that there comes an age when you have to give up childish things. 

How does he capture childhood and the process of growing up?-- Collins shows how the things that bring us joy as a child start to fade away and not seem so special anymore.  He also shows how kids feel invinsible growing up and nothing could hurt them. 

What makes this poem effective?-- The way he goes through each year of his life and all the different things this kid wanted to be or thought he could do makes you see how different children think from adults.  What also makes it effective is how the child thinks that when you turn 10 you have to forget all the childish things you like behind. 

how does this fit into your own life experience?--This fits into my own life and everyones life because there is a point in everyones life were you start to leave behind the childish things and gaining more responsibilities.

3 definitons

According to the auther the defintion of beauty has to do with dove.  They believe that beauty comes in all shapes and forms but that dove can inhance your natural beaty.  No matter how old or how big you are, you are still beautiful.

Denial has changed through the ages.  The most common way to use the word denial is to refuse what has actually happened in real time.  Many people choose to ignore crucial things that happen in there life, in this defintion that applies.  for example the enviroment, holocaust.

The word Evil is used by almost everyone, it is related here to how George W. Bush's use of the word and the people that disagree with him.  Evil come from satan, gods rival.  It can be attached to a person who is generally mean or not friendly. They are saying that the meaning for Evil is an ongoing defintion and any certain person can have their own meaning for it.

1. A new idea that is told is to be "beholden" in this definition.  I would define a Yankee as someone who lives in the north.

2. These allusions add extra definitions to the idea of Yankee.  If you didnt get the allusion then it adds nothing to the story and it would make it more confusing.

3. The technique used in this story is Stipulative.  It uses the authors own ideas in the defintion and it also gives a long explanation of Yankee.  I believe that the writer spent too much time explaining what Yankee's dont want.