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  • 7 Motivational Movies Every College Student Should Watch

    7 Motivational Movies Every College Student Should Watch

    7 Motivational Movies Every College Student Should Watch

    The lack of motivation is the main problem of today’s students. The fact is that many people are faced with a variety of life problems and lack of time. All this negatively affects the psyche of any student. That is why motivation and a little positive is what it takes to continue learning. Here are 7 of the most popular motivational films every college student should watch. Perhaps this will help you no longer pay for essays and do all the paperwork yourself.

    The Pursuit Of Happyness

    This is a very touching film with an interesting plot and an instructive story. Will Smith will tell you the story of an ordinary homeless man’s rise to an owner from an entire brokerage house. This film is already quite old, but it raises actual problems that are important for modern society. Even if you have just started your student career and still cannot understand all the film’s nuances, you will still get a lot of positive emotions.

    This inspiring story tells how a person can achieve in just a short period if they put in the best effort. Another plus of this movie is that it doesn’t show you the perfect fairy tale where everything happens by itself. Deduce a tough and fairly realistic situation when a person achieves something only through overcoming his shortcomings. Then you will definitely think twice before asking friends, “Will you do my homework for me?”

    The Shawshank Redemption

    This is an atypical story for students that show all the ins and outs of the modern world. According to many authoritative sources, the film is based on the novel by Stephen King and is included in the list of the best films. This is a soulful story about how a person does not lose hope, even being imprisoned, and can go through all the hardships to feel free.

    Amazing acting roles will make you feel every moment of the film as personally on the set. This story will not leave anyone indifferent because it shows how strong a person’s Will is when he wants to change something in his life.

    Good Will Hunting

    This film is especially interesting for students because it tells an unusual story of an extremely intelligent and talented man who works as a janitor at an institute. Through friendship with a local instructor and therapist, the protagonist understands what he is losing in his life and strives to become better. This motivating story shows two people’s attitude from the outside and allows you to understand and rethink many aspects of life.

    If you see this movie, then you will definitely change your mind about studying. You can certainly still use papercoach.net and other writing services. Nevertheless, this film will allow you to understand how far you are ready to go and what you need to be successful and happy.

    7 Motivational Movies Every College Student Should Watch

    Dead Poets Society

    This is a great movie starring Robin Williams that tells the story of teachers motivating their students in various original ways. It talks about how to treat college and university studies and channel your Inspiration in the right direction. This is a very positive and simple film that will tell you the common truths about how to behave in society and why a person needs to progress constantly.

    Soul Surfer

    This is a very touching story about a student who is very fond of surfing and wants to achieve outstanding results in this sport. The film is interesting because it shows how you can overcome physical and moral problems and achieve your goal no matter what. It is a very strong motivational aspect that allows students to find strength in them even after various psychological trauma and deprivation.

    Lean on Me

    It is a very powerful and instructive story of how one person can change anything in this world. The film will appeal to those who adore Morgan Freeman’s acting talent and want to see him in an atypical role. This film shows how one person can change an entire school and return motivation and faith in modern education.

    The Paper Chase

    This film will be especially interesting for those students who study at Harvard or any other educational institution. The main character is an ordinary student who is struggling with a complex education system and various difficulties on his way. This film also tells about the formation of the personality of its complexity of choice in the modern world. If you see this, your opinion about learning will change forever.

    7 Motivational Movies Every College Student Should Watch

  • Get A Horse! Disney+ Talk

    Get A Horse! Disney+ Talk

    Another week brings another short film, this time bringing Mickey and Minnie Mouse to life on the big screen once more.

    ‘Get A Horse!’ was a black and white 7-minute short that accompanied ‘Frozen’ in 2013. It follows the story of Mickey and Minnie as Minnie gets kidnapped by Pete the Wolf. In order to save her, Mickey must break the 4th wall and reintroduce an old friend. 

    While the plot is something that is to be expected of a Mickey short, the execution of it is what makes ‘Get a Horse!’ stand out. The dialogue is all archived recordings from the 1920’s, meaning that, yes, the voice that you’re hearing from Mickey’s, and even Minnie’s, mouths are in fact Walt Disney himself. 

    The black and white animation is a mixture of hand-drawn animation and modern-day CGI, making this not only a visually marvellous short to look at, but also a clash of animation history. The CGI animation is also a special moment, because it’s used to bridge the gap between the black and white short and reality, which Mickey escapes to. Once Mickey leaves the animation and goes into the cinema, he’s animated in the CGI style that has been seen numerous times in modern day animated films. 

    Aside from the archived recordings, this is also an important moment in animation history. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit makes his first onscreen appearance in 85 years, which is a delight to see. He accompanies Mickey as they save Minnie, and this is even Mickey’s first film appearance since the 1995 short ‘Runaway Brain’.  Not only that, but this short was directed by Lauren MacMullan, who was the first woman to solo direct a Disney animated film. 

    While the plot of ‘Get a Horse!’ is something that has been done countless times, the execution and making of it is what makes this unique. The amount of and work that had to have gone into this short film is amazing. This is definitely a Mickey Mouse short that has never been done before!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiTwhXfgHPc
  • SCOOB! Holds On For Second Week

    SCOOB! Holds On For Second Week

    SCOOB! holds its place at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart for a second week. Still leading on only digital download sales, the feature-length animated adventure finishes ahead of its closest competition by 2,900 sales.

    At Number 2, Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones is this week’s highest new entry, as the 2002 flick makes its Official Film Chart debut thanks to its turn as the latest in the Star Wars series to enjoy a limited edition 4K SteelBook release. Trolls World Tour drops one place to Number 3, as Bad Boys For Life jumps three to Number 4. Spider-Man: Far From Home also returns to the Top 5 after climbing one place to Number 5.

    This week’s second new entry at Number 6 is Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war-time epic Full Metal Jacket, which enters the chart for the first time also thanks to a 4K re-release. Sonic the Hedgehog (7) and Jumanji: The Next Level (8) both climb two places to land just ahead of another classic film’s first stint in the Top 10; One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) comes in at Number 9 following the streaming release of its prequel series Ratched. 89% of the film’s sales are made up of digital downloads, with audience’s keen to catch up with the original oscar winning classic. 

    Finally, the 2019 adaptation of Little Women starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh drops five places to Number 10.

    This week’s Official Film Chart features a preview of Gemma Arterton in war-time drama, Summerland, available to Download & Keep from October 5. The film stars Arterton as a reclusive writer who is forced to bond with a young boy who has been entrusted to her care after the London Blitz.

    The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 23rd September 2020

    LWPosTitleLabel
    11SCOOBWARNER HOME VIDEO
    NEW2STAR WARS II – ATTACK OF THE CLONESWALT DISNEY
    23TROLLS WORLD TOURDREAMWORKS ANIMATION
    74BAD BOYS FOR LIFESONY PICTURES HE
    65SPIDER-MAN – FAR FROM HOMESONY PICTURES HE
    NEW6FULL METAL JACKETWARNER HOME VIDEO
    97SONIC THE HEDGEHOGPARAMOUNT
    108JUMANJI – THE NEXT LEVELSONY PICTURES HE
    NEW9ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NESTWARNER HOME VIDEO
    510LITTLE WOMEN (2019)SONY PICTURES HE

    © Official Charts Company 2020

    VIEW THE FULL TOP 40 – https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/film-chart/

  • Ekstase: GSFF Review

    Ekstase: GSFF Review

    Ekstase: A montage of scenes from European silent films exploring the stereotype of women on the verge of insanity. The film displays the women as captives in a continuous cycle of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

    The rhythm of this 12 minute film is mesmerising. These textbook cases of ‘hysteria’ have the women acting out each stage to excess. Though it’s important to know that the textbook is from the late 1800s and is mostly horseshit. 

    Director Marion Kellman (Endre Tót – I’m glad if I’m happy, 2017) was inspired by Professor Jean-Martin Charcot’s experiments on hysteria at the Salpêtrière. A powerful yet controversial figure at the time, though you may be more familiar with his associates Tourette and Freud.

    Charcot was a doctor who did as much for mental health as discredited ex-physician Andrew Wakefield did for vaccination. By this I mean that even though their arguments have been thoroughly debunked, their effects are long-lasting and damaging to society.

    Charcot held that hysteria had four distinct stages, always in the same order, all very expressive and verging on the erotic. Performances were staged for enraptured audiences. This was an absolute gift to early filmmakers.

    Visually dramatic in exactly the right way for silent films, we witness women swooning and contorting themselves in the presence of level-headed medical men. Such damaging misogynistic propaganda was produced to satisfy the male gaze. 

    However, the films are not simply artefacts of the silent era. These tropes continue to the present day, sometimes subtly, sometimes just as outlandish. Women: mysterious and unpredictable, wild yet fragile, must be tamed or restrained by rational men.

    Examples include, but are in no way limited to: Metropolis; A Streetcar Named Desire; Sunset Boulevard; the Indiana Jones franchise; Fatal Attraction; anything by Darren Aronofsky; anything by Lars Von Trier…

    In Lieu of a trailer for Ekstase, here is Every Instance of Kate Capshaw Screaming in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 

    Ekstase is fun but with a bitter aftertaste. Marion Kellman’s video essay is a lesson in propaganda from a century ago, yet some things don’t change. In 2020 big business, government, and media corporations all know: You can take any falsehood and make it true through repetition.

    Ekstase was Screened at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020

  • Senior Love Triangle: Review

    Senior Love Triangle: Review

    Senior Love Triangle is a story that follows an old man who, after falling in love with two women of similar age, decides that it is up to him to save them from the retirement home that they all live in. It is a sweet concept that lends itself well to many audiences and genres of film. It is unfortunate then that the film itself, for all its good intentions, is mostly unengaging.

    The cast is strong and doing a fine job. All deliver believable performances with an offbeat edge to them. It is charming to listen to and watch. The best performance coming from lead actor Tom Bower, who many might recognize from Die Hard 2 as Marvin, or possibly from The Hills Have Eyes or Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. He plays it like a man who has seen hard times, and is currently going through hard times, but is working to keep those he cares about happy.

    The direction from Kelly Blatz, in his feature film debut, is refreshingly restrained. Blatz seems more focused on letting the actors and characters carry the material, which can work for a film like this. It is honestly preferable to do so than to over-stylize the film, making it feel pretentious. The budget did hamper things a little, but you find films looking far worse on Netflix and Shudder. There is little flash, but in a film about senior romance there does not need to be flash.

    The problem comes from the script. I would not call Senior Love Triangle a bad film, it isn’t, but it is overlong and uninteresting. It is obvious that the director has only done short film directing before, as Senior Love Triangle feels like it is full of padding. Like it should have been a short film, but the filmmakers stretched it beyond capacity to reach a feature length. Senior Love Triangle may only reach the ninety-minute mark, but it feels longer. At a point, if a film feels like it is an hour longer than it is, then the audience is just going to say that it was a long film.

    Outside of the theme of sexuality among elderly couples, which is sweet and interesting, the film just doesn’t feel remarkable. I have seen more dramas about the elderly feeling imprisoned that left more of an impression. And that is Senior Love Triangle’s biggest sin. It just isn’t memorable. Most of the start of the film was a blur not long after first watching the film. At the end of the day, it is preferable to watch a film that was bad but left an impact than one that was decent but swiftly forgotten.

    I do feel bad for coming off as harsh, as it wasn’t a bad film by any stretch of the imagination. There are some great performances and the craft of the filmmaking is on point. It is sadly not entertaining enough or interesting enough to engage for the length of the film. A few more drafts of the script would have helped a lot for the pacing issues. It is still worth a watch and may well strike a cord with many, for its sincerity and sweet topic alone.