English @ SUNY Geneseo | Marissa Toran | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/mnt5/activity/ Activity feed for Marissa Toran. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 066924ff5ee0c55f7e1cd84200e118a3 Marissa Toran replied to the topic The Unpopular Opinion of "Georgia" in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-unpopular-opinion-of-georgia/#post-1037 Mon, 08 May 2017 02:57:24 -0500 I really like your analysis of the film and I tend to agree with the points you make. Specifically the comment about the antagonist of the film being addiction. I’m not sure if I enjoyed the film more because it was prefaced with negative reviews, but regardless I was pleasantly surprised by the film for being so real about enabling addiction,…[Read more]

]]> 03a7d252404cd748a1cb85d6d995f3f2 Marissa Toran commented on the post, "Seven Psychopaths" as a Commentary on Filmmaking, on the site Film Talk http://filmtalk.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/26/seven-psychopaths-as-a-commentary-on-filmmaking/#comment-4315 Mon, 01 May 2017 21:07:46 -0500 I definitely agree with your review of the film, especially as a commentary of film making. One of the moments that makes me think about film making the most is the scene in the car where a whole action sequence […]

]]> 9a6427b58dd4347532296497ab3e5a37 Marissa Toran replied to the topic The Encouragement of Privilege in Dead Poets' Society in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-encouragement-of-privilege-in-dead-poets-society/#post-1013 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 05:08:44 -0500 I definitely agree with your analysis of privilege the film. The textbook scene is interesting to me because I find that it has another and more subtle show of the boys’ privilege that I think I noticed because of my background in education. One aspect of the classroom curriculum that many people are unaware of or don’t frequently notice is called…[Read more]

]]> 528881b2cdebe5c86a8afa1c12872c66 Marissa Toran started the topic Is Edward the Hero of Big Fish? in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/is-edward-the-hero-of-big-fish/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:58:07 -0500 Edward is an elaborate storyteller whose relationship with his son is declining. The stories he tells are always about some adventure that Edward found himself in, and he somehow becomes the hero in them all. This becomes a problem for his son, Will, who feels like he doesn’t know who his father really is. Even worse, his father’s stories take awa…[Read more]

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