* In the movie The Royal Tenenbaums, representetion was used in the form of relating it to a real life situation; specifically about a broken family. This was clearly shown in the movie as Royal, the father, left his family when he was still young. His ex-wife, Etheline, raised her family without the company of Royal. Their children grew up with different perspective about family. This kind of scenarios are present in the real world. There are a lot of family with the same story as The Royal Tenenbaums. Most of the time, when we talk about a broken family it really hits a great impact towards the members of the family. Just like the Royal Tenenbaums when their family turned to be separated. The children usually become wild and hate the world, go on separate ways, and live life on their own.
The men were portrayed in a way that they are the head of the family, the source of support, and the carrier of love and affection.
The women, on the other hand, were portrayed in a way that they are the light of the family, feminine/strong, and the carrier of love and affection as well.
Royal has a great determination to bring his family back, a loving father, and a patient person.
Riche is a fine young man with a great affection towards his step-sister, a tough guy, and an understanding person.
Etheline is a responsible mother, understanding person despite the situation between her and Royal, and a strong woman.
Margot has a femme fatale character, mysterious, and secretive.
Eli is a fine a young man who really wants to become a Tenenbaum, aggressive, and unpredictable.
Chas is a loving father who protects his sons from any danger, really hates his father for leaving them, and a very strong man.
Babel
* In the movie of Babel, their are a lot of different stories connected as one. There is in Japan, Morocco, America, and Mexico. The story in Japan was connected to the story in Morocco, because the Japanese girl's father was the one who gave the gun to the Moroccan guy. On the other side, the story in USA was connected to the story in Mexico. As the American couple took their journey towards fixing their marriage, they left their children to their nanny who has a family in Mexico.
How did Time affect the plot and the story?
* It's kind of confusing at times specially when it changes from one scene to another scene. I wasn't really expecting, though, that it only happened for 5 days.
Discuss the Causal Motivation as presented in the film.
* The conflict in the movie Babel was the diversity among their culture, beliefs, and principles as the movie has different stories in different places. It's kind of confusing, at times, as the movie shift from one scene to another. The problem with Yuko (Japan) was she really wanted an attention from other people. This is because she doesn't have much attention from her family. Her father, who was a hunter, gave a gun to a Moroccan guy who sold it to another Moroccan. The guy in which he sold the gun gave it to his sons for hunting purposes. As his sons were having fun with the gun, they accidentally hit an American woman. She was bleeding a lot and could've died. The American couple was delayed in Morocco and left their children under the care of their nanny.
La Amistad
Amistad was a great film representing the life of the Black Americans during 1839. The genres of this movie are drama, history, and mystery. It is the name of the ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. They were enslaved by the Spaniards.Cinque, who happens to be the leader of their tribe, led a mutiny against their captors and almost killed them all. When they reached America, they were imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. After a long and tough journey of fixing their case, it finally gets to the SC where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release. Soon, the Africans were freed and brought back to their country with respect and honor to their race.
