https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/cml15/activity/ Activity feed for Cortney Linnecke. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 54e333104fe8f375fe30bd14b7af0a38 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/luhrmanns-unique-gatsby/#post-428 Mon, 05 May 2014 20:05:07 -0500 I totally agree with Kristen—I was actually a big of Luhrmann’s soundtrack. I don’t think the juxtaposition of modern music with the historical context of the 1920s was meant to be disorienting or confusing. Instead, I think Luhrmann chose contemporary music in an attempt to convey to modern audiences what it was like to live in the roaring twent…[Read more]

]]> 25263ff6549f3a443bc6307f3881f1b6 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-sand-pebbles/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:09:52 -0500 As an epic film, one of the first aspects of The Sand Pebbles that should be addressed is its length and how it functions. At a little over three hours The Sand Pebbles is able to take its time, and it does. Unlike many films today—which seem to feel the need to constantly captivate the short attention span of modern audiences with continuous a…[Read more]

]]> 0a818dd0fcfcdae49bc1853492f4cf61 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/witness/#post-361 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:09:30 -0500 I thought there was a really interesting dynamic in this movie concerning violence, as it mashed together two worlds on completely different ends of the spectrum: a drug-selling, blood-thirsty, corruption-rotted police force and a pacifist Amish community. I think that playing out violence against the peaceful backdrop of Amish…[Read more]

]]> 032c700769bbab07b63b713a8c4f04b2 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-true-heroes-of-on-the-waterfront/#post-254 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:47:33 -0500 I thought it was interesting how much of a presence religion had in this film, particularly because that is not a topic I expect to see pop up in a mob movie. The most obviously religious presence is Father Barry, who encourages the men to stand up to the mob and gives a speech talking about crucifixions: “Some people think the Crucifixion only…[Read more]

]]> 6546c666065cf18894065bf474d05bd6 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-review/#post-197 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:54:32 -0500 One of the things that threw me off was the ending of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Not necessarily in terms of content, but rather in how abruptly it ended. It cut off immediately after the plot’s climax, right after Mr. Smith collapses and Senator Paine confesses his guilt. While the major conflict of the film had been addressed, most films…[Read more]

]]> 7e8ff75cc35f642cb809488d8e60e973 http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-general-review/#post-189 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:54:22 -0500 One of the things that (pleasantly) surprised me about The General is how unimportant words and dialogue became. I had never seen a silent movie before, so I was a bit wary of how well the story would be conveyed, how characters’ personalities would translate, and how well the film would captivate its audience without conversation to establish…[Read more]

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