Journal #5: The Great Appearance of Katy Perry

http://www.xylografipress.com/katy-perry-gives-barack-obama-her-fashion-vote/32/

My eyes were caught with by an interesting topic of politics near the upcoming presidential election. In the article, “That Barack Obama/Katy Perry mashup you've been dreaming about will finally happen this Saturday,” posted on the AV Club website November 1st, states that Katy Perry was evidently appearing and singing at Barack Obama’s campaign stop in Wisconsin on November 3rd. With Mitt Romney, The Oak Ridge Boys were possibly performing. The interesting concept for me is why these acts are needed.

Mostly everybody can agree that these are good forms of entertainment. Yet, elections of any form are supposed to be about the issues. With performers like Katy Perry and The Oak Ridge Boys, there may be entertainment, but that takes away from getting the possible presidents to spread their message to the public. We want to know the true issues and what they plan to resolve. Wouldn't we rather our decisions be based off the facts, rather than the pop star that appears before the president? Displayed in the picture above, Katy Perry supports Barack Obama in even her fashion choices. People look to their pop figures for answers. This kind of a decision should base on your opinions and beliefs, not of a person you idolize.

Revised Journal #2: The Soccer Controversy

http://www.lhup.edu/camps/MSoccer/msoccamp.htm

I choose the article “Sunset for the Golden Generation,” by Brian Phillips. Nobody can say that the idea of racist comments are acceptable or are admissible in any case. In this certain situation, the English soccer team has been put in the shames of a controversial debate. Their captain, John Terry, made some derogatory comments towards a biracial opponent, Anton Ferdinand. This was taken into legal hands. Terry was brought to the court and found not guilty. There was interpretation from multiple lip readers of the taped encounter. In its place, came a colossal fine and four game suspensions.

                With this controversial topic, brought about many different aspects that affects the game of soccer. Fans are now faced with major news stories and views. This affects the impression of The Golden Generation. The Golden Generation, reckoning some of the most prestigious soccer players, has been put in shame for this kind of controversy. There are various ideas that can be brought from this issue. The idea that people having unreasonably high expectations, allowing for pressure and mistakes to be made. Soccer is a heated game with heated players trying to play a game that is so important to their country. Even so, people can come to agree that words spoken such as he did should not be voiced to anyone.

Revised Journal #4:Oh! Did you say a great movie? The Dark Knight!

http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joker_(Heath_Ledger) 

The first movie that comes to my mind for my favorite movie is “The Dark Knight.” It is an extremely moving movie. Many people see this movie as just an action-packed thriller, yet, it has so many underlying concepts that make it such a greater movie. Specifically, the character of The Joker is what draws me into the movie. During my senior year of high school, I had to develop a critical analysis paper on the movie. That is when I realized how provoking the character was and the acting ability needed for such a role. Heath Ledger, played the role of The Joker, had such a consuming role which led him to change as a person completely and led to his death from drug overdose.

A couple months after the production of The Dark Knight, Ledger was experiencing complete changes in thought and his normal way of life. After immersing himself into the character, he was forced to encompass the little mannerisms that are hard to portray. That is what makes acting so difficult. Essentially, he had to become the character of The Joker (depressed, psychopathic mass murderer). Though the movie had great effects, stunts, and camerawork, the most influential part of the movie is the great acting, allowing for moral codes and way of life to be exposed. How The Joker thought of the world and how others acted due to his actions, let people question so many concepts of the movie. I like a variety of genres of movies so picking one is kind of difficult. I would say the cultural aspect, specifically the assumptions, appeal to me the most. A movie is unbelievable if it makes a person change their own assumptions or ways of thinking.

Weekend Football

NFL Football

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/49957312/ns/sports-nfl/

The article I picked to discuss about "NFL Run & Shootaround: Cutler's Way," by Grantland Staff.

With such an enormous sport of Football, many aspects of the sport are looked at closely. Single behaviors by specific players can be frowned upon as they are role models for children. The topic of Jay Cutler’s behavior during one part of the game last Sunday took the eye of the crowd. After flinging the ball at an opposing player, the yellow flag flew giving him a penalty for unsportsman like conduct. It went on to talk about the tragic game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots. After scoring 2 touchdowns in less than a minute, there is much controversy on coaching and staff. It is just interesting how many little different aspects are viewed.  They view Cutler’s behavior as an immoral thing to do, yet, encourage him for his good play and performance. The New York Jets have been successful the last couple of years and now with such bad performance the coaches under fire. This interests me because I love to watch football but there are some aspects I do dislike. How it consumes a lot of people and people can even say it is some sort of a religion concerns me.

Brief Screening Report

Nikki Kahler

Professor Schmeling

English 101

12 November 2012

Brief Screening Report

http://briwiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/wizzies-top-10-scenes-of-2010.html

  In this evaluation essay, we are assigned to pick a concept that intrigues a person to dig deeper into the meaning. It is what is most important to a person that gets them to desire to learn more. In The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg, a man striving to “make it big” in the world, attends one of the most elite schools in the country, Harvard. Two scenes draw my attention for this paper.

     The first scene, occurring at the beginning and ending at 5 minutes and 33 seconds, builds my idea for a      topic on my evaluative essay. The scene starts with Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, Erica Albright, talking and eventually dramatically breaking up. He is obsessed with the idea of being part of an elite final club. He insults his own girlfriend with the idea of BYU being an “easy” school. The break-up causes Zuckerberg to go running to his dorm and start a rant on the internet about his rotten ex-girlfriend. This is what starts up the internet sensation at school, Fashmash. Did this rejection cause his action? The producers could have set this scene in the purpose of showing Zuckerberg’s inability to connect with society, especially women. The use of the internet may be his way of coping.

    Another interesting topic for me was the idea that the actual Mark Zuckerberg does possess the same characteristics depicted in the movie. In real life, Zuckerberg is an athletic, funny computer genius that did not express the “normal” nerd qualities presented in the movie. Perhaps, the producers were trying to connect the idea of the classic idea of a nerd to the movie. This may be more relatable to people other than a billionaire genius.

Reading Assignment: Movie Concepts

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/

“Realism and Anti-Realism” Reading Response:

                In this writing, the writers discuss the different concepts of realism and anti-realism. My movie choice, The Social Network, depicts the college life of one Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg, who created the internet sensation, Facebook. This realism represents the truth or reality the situation. I decided looking up the real Mark Zuckerberg was a suitable way to tell the reality of the movie. The producers did depict his character differently. The idea of Mark Zuckerberg being a socially awkward, sarcastic nerd is not fully true. Realism refers to the several significant and related ideas that movies usually portray. The producers may have been trying to depict the character in this fashion to display the “normal” socially awkward nerd. This may be more relatable to people. Not a very intellectual, athletic, and funny computer genius that he truly is. Verisimilitude, trying to convince an appearance of truth, is shown through this movie. They try to depict the character as how many people see it and how things could be just like that in real life.

“Looking at Movies: Genre: The Western” Reading Response:

                In the film, The Social Network, there is the depiction of daily struggles of one man’s fight to internet fame. This movie can be described as a drama. Drama films show emotional and realistic settings that develop the realistic characters. Realistic characters are used to allow people to relate to the film. In particular, drama films are used to display real life issues and some of the common human struggles faced in society. The character type of Mark Zuckerberg allows people to see the realistic and believable form of an awkward sarcastic nerd trying to show the world what he is made of an to hid his past experiences. This is a common theme portrayed by “nerds” in movies.

Katy Perry Appearance

http://www.xylografipress.com/katy-perry-gives-barack-obama-her-fashion-vote/32/

Presidential Debates

In the article, “That Barack Obama/Katy Perry mashup you've been dreaming about will finally happen this Saturday,” posted on the AV Club website November 1^st, states that Katy Perry was evidently appearing and singing at Barack Obama’s campaign stop in Wisconsin on November 3^rd. With Mitt Romney, The Oak Ridge Boys were possibly performing. The interesting concept of this topic for me is why these acts are needed. 

Indeed, they are good forms of entertainment. Yet, elections of any form are supposed to be about the issues. With performers like Katy Perry and The Oak Ridge Boys, there may be entertainment, but that takes away from getting the possible presidents to spread their message to the public. We want to know the true issues and what they plan to resolve. Wouldn't we rather our decisions be based off the facts, rather than the pop star that appears before the president? Displayed in the picture above, Katy Perry supports Barack Obama in even her fashion choices. People look to their pop figures for answers. This kind of a decision should base on your opinions and beliefs, not ones of a person you idolize.