Assignment 7- Rocky III Critical Review

Rocky III is the third installment of the Rocky series of films that consist of 6 movies. All 6 movies were written by and starred Sylvester Stallone. The original Rocky won 3 academy awards including Best Picture.

Write a 250 word critical review detailing your opinions about the film Rocky III.

Assignment 6- The Spanish Prisoner Critical Review

Write a 250 word critical review detailing your opinions of The Spanish Prisoner.  Be specific in your critique of this movie.  Do not use bland and general terms when describing what you think about this film (i.e.- It was boring.).

Focus your review on your specific opinions about this film's story, characters, dialogue, etc. citing specific examples from the film to support your opinions.

Assignment 5- Serendipity Critical Review

Serendipity is a romantic comedy/chick flick starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. Write a 250 word critical review detailing your opinions of the film.

Assignment 4- Critical review Finding Nemo

Focus your critical review on the look (animation), the story (specific details that stand out good or bad) and the characters (character development, your favorite/least favorite characters. etc.)

REMEMBER- DO NOT WRITE A SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE. WRITE A SHORT (2 SENTENCES) DESCRIPTION OF THE PLOT. THE REST OF THE CRITICAL REVIEW CONSISTS OF YOUR OPINIONS OF THE FILM.

As always, write in complete sentences using correct grammar, proper capitalization and punctuation. Use spellcheck. Read your entry from your blog after you have published it. Revise any errors that you might find. Then, post a comment on this entry telling me that you are done.

Missing Assignments due to Being Absent

If you are absent on the days that we watch movies in this class, you will have to make up  the missing assignments in order to get 5 credits.

You must watch the entire film for your critical review assignments to count.  If you miss even 1 class period, then you must  watch the film on your own (renting it, library, netflix, etc.).

Another option to makeup a missed assignment is to see a new film at the theater and write a critical review of it.

For example

If you missed any part of the Karate Kid and you chose to do another new movie instead of watching the Karate Kid on your own, your entry would look like this.

Title-  Assignment 3- Avatar critical review (makeup assignment)

Then at least 250 words reviewing Avatar.

Assignment 3- Critical Review of The Karate Kid

First, we watched the trailer for the upcoming movie remake called the Karate Kid (2010)starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Then, we watched the original Karate Kid (1984) starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita.

Write a critical review of The Karate Kid. Once again, DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE MOVIE. Write no more than 3 sentences describing the plot of the movie. The rest of the critical review will be your specific detailed opinions about the movie using details from the movie to support your opinions.

This entry needs to be at least 250 words long.  As always use proper grammar, sentence structure and use spellcheck.

Assignment 2- Compare and Contrast

Before the break, we watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Both films are based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

In at least 250 words, compare and contrast the two films.  Obviously, there are different actors playing all of the roles, so don't write about this as a difference.  Focus on similarities/differences in the story (plot), characters, and the overall tone of each film.

Since, both movies are based on the same book focusing on the differences in this blog entry would be the best strategy.  In the final paragraph of your entry, write about which film you feel is better and why.

As always, use proper grammar and  sentence structure.  USE SPELLCHECK.  When you are finished post a comment telling me to grade your entry.