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= = = = = BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME: How do people decide? Who do you agree with? = = = =Assignment 2/19/2010= By now you have all created a page and begun to add content. (HINT: You should be writing a brief synopsis of you chosen movie for the "Becoming an Expert" assignment, and planning to watch it and take notes as described in Filmsite.org: How to watch a movie.) For __**today's assignment**__, create a paragraph on your page about Charlie Chaplin and silent movies. Find an image on the internet to illustrate it. In this paragraph, tell how Chaplin's movie Modern Times reflected the concerns of the time. Check your facts so your insights are accurate! Be sure to say what year it was filmed. Then explain how Chaplin transcends time so that people from every decade and in all different walks of life continue to relate to and enjoy his movies. Don't be afraid to reference (for extra credit) the other silent stars you know about: Keaton, Valentino, Fairbanks and Pickford. Remember I'm an art teacher and I like visuals!!! Make this interesting to look at please! :D The following link tells about films that have just opened or are about to open. Read about them and then select one that you'd like to see. In the discussion tab on this page, tell us which one you've selected and why.

This link lists Nick's Picks for the top ten films of the decade from select genres. Read his picks and then answer the discussion question in the discussion tab on this page. [] click this link to view the 10 best movies of the decade list by written by Nick, a friend and movie buff who is closer to your age than mine, and is well-informed enough to be published by a notoriously off-beat, non-conformist paper called "Second Supper".

Assignment 2/5/2010
[] Visit this link and read the article. Then return to this page and click the discussion tab to post your opinion about what you just read.

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View this video clip taken from //Battleship Potemkin//, the 1925 silent film that is scoffed at by the writer of the article in the link at the top of this page. This is the famous scene from the movie that is often referred to as part of what made the movie great. It is a classic example of the use of a special editing technique called montage. Montage had already been used prior to this film, and today classic examples of montage abound. Use the internet to find a reliable definition of the term. Hint: try this link! [] Then return to the discussion tab at the top of this page to respond to ideas about the use of montage.

Your class has mentioned the famous Rocky Training Montage so here is a clip of the one from Rocky IV. I believe each of the Rocky films has a training montage, and they are all good examples. You won't be able to view this one from any computers at AHS, but when you're off campus sign in and view these videos! media type="youtube" key="bu00RiPjaa4" height="344" width="425"

= CRITERIA FOR JUDGING MOVIES = Please look at the Oscars website, Academy Awards website, IMDB, and filmsite.org to find examples of the criteria different people use to judge movies. You have already discussed the opinions of one author and expressed a few of your own in the discussion linked to this page. After you have found a criteria that is different from any published by your classmates, click the "edit this page" button and scroll down to this heading to begin a class list of criteria. Please tell where the criteria comes from (whose opinion) and post your own name or pseudonym so I can give you credit.

Example: 1. When I'm still thinking about the characters or ideas from a movie 1 or 2 days later, I know that for me it's a significant movie. It has struck a chord with me, enhanced my understanding of something or truly moved me emotionally. This is my own opinion of an important criteria for choosing "best all time" movies. (Mrs. Cain)

if the movie can stick with you for a long time and you can actually feel what the characters feel then its a great movie. if you can feel engulfed in the scenery in the film and actually feel as if you are there then its a great movie. (Scott Rasmussen)

Movies have to connect. Connect emotionally, and intellectually. They have to know their own job, and explore it in ways that push the envelope and truly connect with people, with questions that they think about often, or even to pose new questions that linger in the minds of the viewers, and moves them and connects with them. They must be memorable, as well. (Axel Drabek)

To me a good movie usually is the one where I have ended up crying at the end, maybe even laughing so hard that I cry, so i agree with the fact that movies should realy connect emotionally because those kinds of movies are the ones that I realy am thinking about in the following days :) (Brianna DeBroux)

To me a good movie would be that you would want to watch it more then once and never get tired of watching it. Also how the actors portray the character that they are trying to portray. (Jessica Engle)

It all depends, for me if a character can convey hatred or anger in a way that I feel it also it is a good movie. Especially if the movie makes you want to reach into the screen and punch a character in the face, that actor is doing a good job, (excluding unlikable characters such as Edward.) {Joe Mcdougald}

-if the movie can stick with you for a long time and you can actually feel what the characters feel then its a great movie. if you can feel engulfed in the scenery in the film and actually feel as if you are there then its a great movie. (scott rasmussen)

-2>>>I saw a movie once and Im pretty sure it had Bruce Willis in it .Best movie I'd ever seen I just loved it ...alot. Good stuff all of it Bruce Willis is amazing it also made me think alot about what is going on in the world ,meaning the problems ocurring the unnessisarry deaths.

I thought alot about it

"Bruce Willis"

-I think that for a movie to be considered "The Best Of All Time" it would have to stick with you days later (like Mrs.Cain said). A movie that is that good will wanna make you watch it over and over and still think its good

I think if you can remember a film after a long time or have seen it multipul times and can never get sick of would be considered a good film. Also if the movie can put you into the scenes and make you feel like your a part of the characters and apply the same emotions and feeling would be a good film. (Chelsey Spaeth)

When i watch a movie, it is usually with someone else. Afterwards i like to discuss the movie, talk about my favorite part and overall what i thought of the movie and then take into consideration what my partner had to say about the movie. A really good movie is when days after you watch the movie, you have an urge to watch it again and again. There are many good movies out there to watch, and i can't pick just one that is my favorite. (Holly Lenzner)

= BECOMING AN EXPERT: YOUR SEVEN MOVIES :~) =

Click this link to view the list of user names and assigned movies. If you have a Mac click this link Then go to Assignments and read about the Becoming an Expert assignment. Begin your research to become knowledgeable about your movies.