it is bigger than it looks

In James Cameron's Titanic the story line and theatrical elements are a perfect combination to make one of the worlds greatest tragic love stories. My favorite character of Cameron's in this film is Jack Dawson by far. Not only because of his good looks but the way he treats and comes off to Rose is so compelling. And trust me im not one for sappy movies, so this is a big step for me to admit i truely liked the love aspect better than the rest of the film.

I believe the low key lighting mixed with the emotions on the casts faces at times in the movie are what draw me in. When a low key lit room is present it just gives a sort of calming feeling until the light is changed, therefore the light can change the feeling of the film in a split second. For example at the end of the film the lighting switches and we are placed at night time with the characters wet and cold. The light put just on the faces of Jake and Rose at the end are what make this film a true tear jerker. Titanic being one of Cameron's step out of the box films was at first protyaed as over the top and sappy but little did peolpe realize that this film would come to be one of the best tragitis ever.

Claps to that! (#3)

Having the opposite view as Jaclyn i very much enjoyed The Terminator, but i do have many wonders on how a director can go from a beautiful piece such as Titanic to a twisted thriller such as this film.

Even through the shock i find myself leaning towards the Term side. Just has that more manly adventure feel to it, which is much much more my style. A strong and noticeable different of the two films was the style of the camera movements and shots. Term was very dark and with lots of tracking where as Titanic had more pans and where at times it was dark it still had a lighter feel to the whole thing. In both these films you could pick out the small things that Cameron incorporated in both like the story of people in distress of the goal of a character to be survival but all in all two completely different movies that if you were not smart and didn't know the directors you would not be able to guess that they had the same director.

Kurosawa, what a guy

Ran being my favorite out of the three Kurosawa films we watched was tragic but thrilling all in one. The thing that i liked the most about this depressing movie was the character Lady Kaede. The way she had power and control over everyone in the castle made me laugh at the distressed men she over ruled. Just like the other woman roles in Kurosawa films she is low key at first and then she appears quite strong and we come to see that she has control over the situation at stake.

My favorite scene involving Lady Kaede was when she used many different techniques to over power Jiro after his brother has been killed. She threatens him with death, love and tears. All which he falls for. Having all these ruling powers is something that i admire. Even though it is kinda creepy, actually she herself is really creepy but she defiantly knows how to handle herself. And at the end we see that her manipulations are effective at the end of Ran when the families estates fall apart because of her doings. Hopefully she know longer cries herself to sleep knowing she has destroyed what once destroyed her family.