Some people might argue that Donnie's ability to see "worm holes" and potentially see into the future is a trait of a conventional super hero but this ability comes around only as random effect of the time tangent that the characters experience during the course of the film. ... All of these qualities make Donnie a rather uncouth youth and hardly a candidate for the title of "hero" but he is a hero and these alternative attributes add to the movie viewer's perception of him being an anti-hero and an outsider. ...

• Word Count: 487
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The more extreme person might say something about Starwars, Star Trek or any other science fiction movie, quoting the hyper-drive this or quantum flux generator that or some other type of made up drive name. Scientific people might think of Einstein's relativity theory on worm travel through black holes, or the next level in speed. ...

• Word Count: 529
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the familiar movie, PSYCHO, the main character, Norman Bates, is a classic example of Hollywood's portrayal of mental illness. ... Norman voyeuristically peeps through a hole and watches his guest undress and slip on a robe. ... Toward the end of the movie, a psychiatrist, Dr. ... The character is so compelling that Hollywood actually made this movie twice! ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Andy, looking lost and void of all hope, worries his friends with the notion that he might commit suicide but as the next day came, the guards discovered his cell empty with a hole hidden behind a poster; Andy had escaped and was on the way to the authorities with proof of the warden's graven misdeeds and towards a remote island to live a life of freedom and innocence. ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Andy, looking lost and void of all hope, worries his friends with the notion that he might commit suicide but as the next day came, the guards discovered his cell empty with a hole hidden behind a poster; Andy had escaped and was on the way to the authorities with proof of the warden's graven misdeeds and towards a remote island to live a life of freedom and innocence. ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The movie "The Shawshank Redemption" has excellent examples of the issues of corruption and brutality of the prison system. ... When Young is released out of the hole and returned to the general population of the prison, he "snaps" and plunges a spoon into the artery in the neck of another prisoner (Tommy Lee Jones). ... After Henry Young is released out of his cell, an exceptional camera shot is used; you start to see some of the movie out of Henry Young's eyes and when you do the images are blurred and confusing which gives an indication of how Henry Young had mentally changed. ...

• Word Count: 1228
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Peoples Republic of China, they cannot grow enough food to feed their whole country, while in other places people are just out of reach of any food supply, like the people in the economic hole of Chad. ... With all of this going on; the price of food and the basic needs for living would go through the ceiling, making people desperate, making life like a wild west movie where if people needed something and the other person had what they needed they would just kill the person and take their supplies. ...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate