For this blog I would like to focus on the film I watched for my last journal, Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper, who also stars alongside Peter Fonda, it is a classic American road movie. The film depicts Hopper and Fonda as two young men from LA that after recieving a large amount of cocaine, smuggling it back to LA and selling it, set off on a lengthy adventure to Mardi Gras.
Along the way, classic music of the time is played mostly during scenes when the pair is just biking, with no dialogue. Starting with "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf, a song clearly about drugs, sets the tone of the movie very early on. In one of the most famous opening credits sequence, "Born To Be Wild" (also by Steppenwolf) blares out as the two hop on their bikes for their trip. This excellent pairing of music and American scenery is incredibly done, and the songs perfectly match the feeling of the movie. Along with Bob Dylan, The Band, and Jimi Hendrix, there are many other classic artists that contributed to this great movie.
Opening Credits Scene- "Born To Be Wild"
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Is film going in the wrong direction?
I don't know about you, but lately it seems like the majority of new movies look like they are horrible. I can't say that they are horrible because i don't want to risk spending my hard earned money on them. Also, 9 dollars to watch a movie??? That seems just a little steep to me.
Back to my point, every other commercial i see for a movie doesn't entice me to see the film, it just makes me angry and annoyed that somebody would spend millions of dollars to make it.
Ice Cube's new movie, First Sunday, completes his turnaround from a respectable musician to a joke of an actor. He should have stuck with N.W.A. when he was in his prime. He is just not the right actor to play a suburban family man.
Secondly, Larry the Cable Guy needs to learn where to start. I personally don't find his stand up to be funny, but now hes trying to make it on the big screen. His recent film Witless Protection looked just as bad as the title sounds.
To rap things up, i think the ENTIRE world is tired of these Scary Movie knockoffs (Date Movie, Epic Movie, not to mention scary movie 3, 4 and who knows how many else.) The first two Scary Movie's were genius, but they are just trying to hard now. Making fun of other movies only goes so far, but I guess enough people like them for them to keep making them.
I could probably keep ranting, but i'm tired.
Back to my point, every other commercial i see for a movie doesn't entice me to see the film, it just makes me angry and annoyed that somebody would spend millions of dollars to make it.
Ice Cube's new movie, First Sunday, completes his turnaround from a respectable musician to a joke of an actor. He should have stuck with N.W.A. when he was in his prime. He is just not the right actor to play a suburban family man.
Secondly, Larry the Cable Guy needs to learn where to start. I personally don't find his stand up to be funny, but now hes trying to make it on the big screen. His recent film Witless Protection looked just as bad as the title sounds.
To rap things up, i think the ENTIRE world is tired of these Scary Movie knockoffs (Date Movie, Epic Movie, not to mention scary movie 3, 4 and who knows how many else.) The first two Scary Movie's were genius, but they are just trying to hard now. Making fun of other movies only goes so far, but I guess enough people like them for them to keep making them.
I could probably keep ranting, but i'm tired.
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