Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Film Response #15
Sid Varland
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
For film response 15 this week we watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in class.This 2004 dramatic psychological romantic film was definitely a fun and very interesting watch. Filled with twists and thought provoking life parallels this film was not what I expected it to be at face value.
Jim Carey and Kate Winslet play opposite each other in this film. Unlikely lovers, they meet in public one…
Film Response #14
Sid Varland
The Sandlot
For my film response fourteen I watched the cult classic 1993 film The Sandlot. Set to the tunes of some of the most iconic songs of the era as well as a cast full of adolescent rebellious boys the movie made for a fun watch.
Set to the time period of the early sixties a boy enters the world of suburban summer Los Angeles. He is an outcast and it is evident that…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Writing 220 Class
Film Response #1 (Room 237)
Sid Varland
Room 237
Room 237 was quite the film to dive into for our first review this semester. A multi-voiced documentary, Room 237 opened my eyes to the many interpretations of the late Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining. Room 237 seeks to give multiple perspectives on how a good filmmaker is able to place subliminal messages in their works for the viewer to be affected by.
The style of the documentary…
Writ 220
Film Response #6 Punch Drunk Love
Sid Varland
Punch Drunk Love
Last week in class for our film #6 Review we watched the 2002’s directed film Punch Drunk Love. This dark comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson was a hectic watch. A story with so much misdirection and randomness that I don’t see why anyone wouldn’t be interested in how the movie plays out.
Punch Drunk Love is a film about a man name Barry who’s life is quite…