Villacreces, Falanga, Cooper, Malveaux: Distractions (One Minute Film)

Distractions students have in the library while studying for finals.

Cooper The Social Network

The film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and with a screen play by Aaron Sorkin, tells the story of the beginnings Facebook, the world's number one multi-billion dollar social-networking website. At first the plot line to this movie doesn't seem too enthralling, but in reality this film captivates the viewer through its intense scenes of drama off set with a little bit of comedy, and its unique way of story telling. It predominantly tells the story through the use of flashbacks between flipping from one lawsuit back to the other. All the flashbacks have low lighting providing the film with a much more dark presentation, and these flashbacks emphasize key-points in the creation of Facebook and someone can create the world's most popular social network, but at the same time not have friends.
One of the strengths of the movie was its young cast. Jesse Eisenberg does a phenomenal job playing Mark Zuckerberg. He made you hate how Mark Zuckerberg was an asshole who deserved to lose his friends, but at the same time made us appreciate him. His best friend and co-founder of Facebook, who is suing Zuckerberg throughout the movie, is played by Andrew Garfield who also does a stellar job. My personal favorite role in the movie was Justin Timberlake who plays the scumbag – Sean Parker. Sean Parker is the creator of the Napster, which was a music file-sharing(stealing) program. It has been awhile since I've hated a character so much in a movie, and thats a huge compliment to the ex-NSYNC member Justin Timberlake.
In conlusion, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would definitly see it again. The acting was well done, the script was well written, the plot was intense, and the movie kept it going throughout the entire time.

Cooper My Avatar

If I had to pick an avatar it would be this image of Boba Fett wielding a light saber. I see myself as Boba Fett because I feel like we are a lot alike. Boba Fett is possibly one of the most awesome people in the universe because he spends his time chasing down the most dangerous Jedi's in the galaxies and killing them for money. He is a bounty hunter. He is the best.
This particular image shows him being so awesome that he is wielding a light saber. He most likely had just slain a wimpy Jedi and is now proceeding to use his sacred weapon to combat more Jedi's. And all Boba Fett has is a blaster pistol and rifle.
Jedi's can use the force. This terrible unbalanced fight could only possibly go in favor of the Jedi...except Boba is so well trained and dedicated to his craft that he overcomes this and almost always wins.
If he doesn't its okay. He has his clone being raised and trained as his own life progresses.

Cooper Beowulf

The thing about choosing one scene to fix from Beowulf is that all the scenes need to be fixed. Its incredibly hard to pick one scene thats worse than the rest of the atrocities. Throughout the whole movie, the viewer suffers through awkward CGI and a bad script. The scene that needs the most fixing is the fight scene between Grendel and Beowulf in the Mead Hall and the lead up to it.

In the scene below everyone's movements are stiff and choppy. Also the lack of animation on their faces adds a creepiness level to the whole film because it makes it feel like everyone is a zombie. The lighting in the scene also made everything hard to see, and though it seemed like they tried to keep it realistic with how much light the torches would produce, they ignored where the torches were placed and did their own lighting scheme.

Also, I can never forgive when character's are unbelievably stupid. That Norseman has to know that if goes to open that door he will die. They know that Grendel enjoys coming to their mead hall and killing everyone inside. Why would that change?
The fight scene itself shows Beowulf becoming a ninja and leaping from rafter to rafter until he expertly surprise attacks Grendel like Batman would one of his victims. The thing about this is that Beowulf is a viking. He's not suppose to leap around in the rafters. He's suppose to run up to Grendel, punch him in the face, and then rip off his arm.
Beowulf essentially fights like a coward in this fight.

Its because of scenes like this that a potentially epic movie falls short of everyone's expectations and I'm willing to bet this movie didn't drive anyone to go back and read the epic tale its based off of.

Cooper Wolfman

As human society and technology evolve our entertainment industry evolves with them. This can not be more apparent than in the transformation scenes of the two Wolfman movies, The Wolfman (2010) directed by Joe Johnston and The Wolfman (1941) directed by George Waggner. In the 1941 version of the movie, the filmmakers had limited technology to make the transformation as scary as they could make it. They take you almost frame by frame as Larry Talbot removes his clothing one piece at a time to reveal a hideous transformation occurring. We see his nails grow and his legs sprout a heavy fur coat, but the rest of the horrid transformation is left up to the imagination.
In the newer 2010 version of the film, the transformation is much more intense. During the scene where the doctors are trying to prove that he won't morph, the viewer is presented with a much more grisly transformation. “Kill me!” echoes throughout the audience hall as the first snap, crackle, pop of bones begins. His shoes are ripped off by his growing sharp toenails and the shifting of his bone structure. The viewer watches as his big toe breaks and turns into a paw, his teeth and jawbone structure morphs, and the whole time he gradually grows fur. As the viewer watches Larry Talbot physically morph, he mentally changes as well. His human mentality is being taken over by a bestial rage.
These two transformations show how the idea of the monster is growing and evolving as well. Its no longer a subtle horror that contains human elements, but a much more grisly and ghastly visage. The human side of the 2010 monster is almost but completely gone. The monster is bigger, badder, and way more destructive, as can be seen by the way he easily rips his victims limb from limb. The violence of this is now much more accepted in our society than it would have been in the 1940s.