English @ SUNY Geneseo | ALISON AMES | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/ala15/activity/ Activity feed for ALISON AMES. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a6fd5feb12a3df45f8d71692d605c1bf ALISON AMES started the topic Universal Message in Leave No Trace in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/universal-message-in-leave-no-trace/ Mon, 13 May 2019 02:55:30 -0500 The first thing I would like to comment on is the portrayal of runaway culture. As someone who as dealt with the system in three different states, New York, Colorado, and Oregon, I found the depiction of the police state presence farcical in the face of reality. Go to Portland, and under any number of bridges you will find a heterogeneous…[Read more]

]]> b45a7e74c9fdbbf7681a82b8ff9af925 ALISON AMES started the topic Complacency in Children of Men in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/complacency-in-children-of-men/ Sun, 05 May 2019 23:24:11 -0500 As a dystopian film, Children of Men draws attention to fears that resonate not just because it may someday happen but because things like this have happened (not global infertility obviously, but genocide, internment, police states, etc.). The film provides no answers- to how humanity has gotten to this point, to the problem of infertility, or…[Read more]

]]> 7efc2deb1148f75bcd9298a559d5260f ALISON AMES started the topic Response to... Plot Armor in The Thing in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/response-to-plot-armor-in-the-thing/ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:40:55 -0500 I could not figure out how to reply to the blog post unfortunately so I hope this is okay…

The concept of plot armor is something that I was actually going to post about so I’m glad someone decided to!

I would add that this concept is first apparent in the opening scene when the chopper is attempting to shoot the Thing (as a dog). The shooter…[Read more]

]]> ffa2121468c9cf366ba6275b29ae63a0 ALISON AMES started the topic Cultural Implications in The Thing (1982) in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/cultural-implications-in-the-thing-1982/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 17:10:23 -0500 I think The Thing (1982) is far more complex than it appears at first glance. I first noticed, and this could be due to the similarities it shares with my research paper, the cultural implications. Kurt Russell plays the man-of-action cowboy hero quintessential to the Reagan-era Hollywood hero. In 1982, nearing the end of the Cold War, this movie…[Read more]

]]> f5ee9559fda87459ffa0f18f1e5078f2 ALISON AMES started the topic The Call of Cthulhu in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-call-of-cthulhu/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 01:13:35 -0500 The Call of Cthulhu suggests that there exists some form of collective consciousness, the forgotten knowledge of the past only accessible through artistic minds. However, the forgotten knowledge and “stirred memories” of this ancient knowledge destroys us; like our inferior means of communication, our physical bodies are not fit to digest divine…[Read more]

]]> aa87a18adeb53760c18bbd7d09ebb883 ALISON AMES replied to the topic Does "The Station Agent" Have a Plot? What About a Hero? in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/does-the-station-agent-have-a-plot-what-about-a-hero/#post-1383 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 19:09:11 -0500 I do agree that The Station Agent has plot elements and is a movie with a plot. I think one reason that it may be considered as lacking a plot is that the conflicts are predominantly internal. Each of the central characters struggle internally rather than some opposing force which must be overcome. I also think, the fact that the central…[Read more]

]]> e2e8505850d628b31caade05f9f91411 ALISON AMES started the topic "Angel-woman" & "Monster-woman" Undertones in Georgia in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/angel-woman-monster-woman-undertones-in-georgia/ Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:58:36 -0500 After watching the film, Georgia, I could not help but draw parallels between the reading from Gilbert & Gubar’s “Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother” and Georgia. Sadie’s obsession with her sister and her subsequent attempt to live up to her in her fathers eyes is brought to attention in the first scene the two women are together, “What is it…[Read more]

]]> af407fc181793b62c67fe85f2390ad4d ALISON AMES replied to the topic Cinematic Parallels & "Noble" Heroism in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/cinematic-parallels-noble-heroism/#post-1376 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:35:42 -0500 Commenting on your hero in Wind River response, I agree with you. I left the film feeling as though there was an absence of heroism in the film. Although Cory appears to mentor Jane through the investigation, he is driven by a want for vengeance not justice. As Jane stumbles around behind him, not every truly understanding the gravity of her…[Read more]

]]> 26441cb7eb7f8a1b1a45cf95f58b4520 ALISON AMES replied to the topic The Female Gaze? in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-female-gaze/#post-1326 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:32:22 -0500 There are a few films that come to mind that are more geared to illicit a ‘female gaze,’ however, their genres leave them tediously on the other side of what we consider to be seriously considered films. The first film that came to mind was Magic Mike. Despite the majority of the cast being male, the film is considered to be a drama/comedy and is…[Read more]

]]> 3b5aa0be1c90162da25ce8156e94b302 ALISON AMES changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12116/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:50:48 -0500 0 4841a3d71f1c30bc6b8951825064f9b7 ALISON AMES started the topic A Review of The General, 1926 in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/a-review-of-the-general-1926/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:47:34 -0500  

A Review of The General, 1926

The General is entertaining, to say the least. Buster Keaton’s performance can be appreciated at an even greater scale in considering his tripartite role of not only lead actor, but as both writer and director of the film as well. The lack of dialogue scarcely matters, the plot moves quickly by means of s…[Read more]

]]> 8206042e042b9a035656fcf972d87c3a ALISON AMES joined the group Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12096/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:46:43 -0500 0 63fe08547be5890c80a28c9c0ceaab8f ALISON AMES became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10325/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 02:28:46 -0500 0