Henry, Frantic

Frantic is a thriller is there ever was one. Well it is an okay movie. This movie, with Harrison Ford of course, involves a lot of nior elements. Theses elements emphasize a lot of cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Dr. Walker and his wife go on a trip to Paris, “the city of love” supposedly, and his wife gets kidnapped. All because they picked up the wrong bag, and then everything goes down hill from there. The noir elements in this movie are sexual tension, anxiety, fear, and helplessness. Helplessness plays a major role. First of all, he is in a country that he has not visited in twenty years; therefore it is completely foreign to him at this point. He does not speak the language and hardly knows the customs. His only sense of a connection was his wife, but she is gone. As the film progresses, sexual tension comes into play and it hits Dr. Walker extremely hard. This is where Michelle comes into play and tempts Dr. Walker on several occasions as she also plays the role of a damsel in distress. However, Dr. Walker loves his wife which is demonstrated when frantically trying to find her, he is also tempted by Michelle. Another noir element in this film is fear. Fear is the name of the game. Fear that he will not find is wife, fear if conquering foreign soil and fear of Michelle, which brings a lot of moral ambiguity into the film. The scene that exemplifies entrapment is the scene with Michelle and Dr, Walker on the ledge. This is so interesting because they have to count on each other. At this point one cannot abandon the other; of course this is by obligation not free will. The lighting in this scene is pretty bright and focused on the center, yet characters have room to make adjustments. But on Michelle’s face it is a bit tainted, but in the beginning it was a little bright. Yet, the shadow does come from her hair, I think this gives a little sex to this part of this scene. I wonder why this is so. The camera proxemics is personal because of the handholding. Harrison Ford does it again.

HENRY, Presumed Innocent!

The confrontation between Rusty and his wife starts off weird as she comes into the room while Rusty is cleaning off the murder weapon and when she says she did it (even though she wasn't talking about the murder but a job) it shows that she is the guilty party. This scene is very important because for the most part none of this would have happened if he were not having an affair. Due to the fact that he is partly, if not entirely responsible for the death of another individual, living with this cannot be easy. But since he is responsible, he has to deal with the repercussions. However, we may feel that Rusty is responsible for this murder, he is not punished by traditional standards. The law does not follow him, but guilt does. From the moment he committed adultery, he has been dealing with the repercussions of it. This could have been must worst, considering the fact that his wife was going to kill herself. Yet, decided against it and killed the “destroyer.” She just wanted them to be a “happy and healthy” family, but murder and adultery tends to change things. Even though, he did not have a physical association with Carolyn’s death I think that he is still guilty for what happens before and afterward.

HENRY,Blade Runner

This movie was a little hard for me to follow, but I believe that I have grasp the concepts. In the last scene, Roy Batty saves Deckards life because he gained his own emotions. In turn, this allows him to save Deckard's life. Roy Batty was a Replicant, and they were created for a purpose. They recieved four years of life until they "retired."

Origanally, they were not created with human emotions but they could eventually establish their own. Well, Roy Batty was on almost on his fourth year and seemed to already have had his emotions surface. When he saved Deckard's life, his ability to show compassion surfaced. His compassion also surfaced when his friend was killed by Deckard. I thought it was very interesting that he showed compassion for Deckard instead of resentment for killing his friend.

Generically, the white dove is a symbol for peace but they are also symbols for a passing soul. When this white dove appears in the movie I believed this to be a sign that Batty's time was up. In other words, it was his time to die because he only had four years to live. Very intersting movie I most say.

Henry Last Crusade Blog

Indiana Jones has been through a lot and we have seen that he not not have the easiest job. Especially since people are constantly trying to kill him, but lets face it, he has to love the chase. if not he would not have come this far. first and foremost, he is a mercenary knight and his aligence belongs to the highest bidder. Yet, we saw in Temple of Doom that his aligence involved the village and thier value. In The Last Cruasde Indy goes through three different stages on his quest for the Grail. First, on his knight's journey he is a mercenary knight. In the scene where he finally recovers the crusifics from the guy in white coat his aligence belongs to his boss. He puts his life on the line to get this rare artifact. He finally besomes a Grail quest knigh when he ans his father came to a cross roads between Berlin and Venice. I believe he sought the secrets of reaching the Grail at this moment rather then simply going off instinct once he finally reached the cave. From this moment on he started to believe and understand that its not all about glory, unless its glory to the highter power. These stages are critiqued because they add up to the Indiana that ultimately lets the Grail go at the end.

HENRY: TEMPLE OF DOOM

In order for some people to truly believe in something, it must be very tangible. For Indiana fortune and glory are two very tangible things, but beliefs in old customs and stories do not add up to fourtune and glory for him. He refuses to understand how the lost stones bring safety to the village, but he does understand that the retreiving of those stones can possibly bring him fortune. From the time Indiana Jones entered the village, he did not believe in their tales or beliefs in regards to the stones that were stolen, yet he embarks on his journey in hopes of a substantial reward. But as his journey continues, he begins to transform from a merchanary knight. Now his loyolaty belongs to the people of Shieva and their glory. The scene on the rope bridge serves as an apotheosis for Indiana Jones because he gains a higher level of understanding for the people of Shieva. He starts to understand that the stone serves a higher purpose when in the village, rather than in a museum. Now, instead of endangering his life for fortune his does so for the people. On the bridge he put his life on the line, and he knows that the only way to survive would be to believe in the stones powers. He does believe, whcihc is why he survives and he does not betray the people of the village. He returns to the village with the chhildren and the stone and hands it over to the chief. When asked by Willie on why he returned it, his mentality for the moment seemed to shift from fortune and glory to one that puts others above self.

HENRY: A New Hope IV

Starwars: A New Hope was a very good movie! There were so many scenes full of suspense and I enjoyed them very much. From the beginning, Luke encountered adversary in regards to his uncle and getting to the ship to save Princess Leia. Now, Han was such an interesting character and trouble or tough situations seemed o follow him everywhere. Princess Leia is very tough and smart as well. She ran into conflict once she was captured by Darth Vaders, yet she still kept the faith. But once the three of them get together, there is a lot of trouble ahead and behind them. Han, Luke, the droids, and Obie Won arrived on the ship to save Princess Leia but they got into a lot of trouble! One obstacle that the trio faced while on their journey to save the Rebels was getting out of sight from the guards on the ship. First, Luke was such a baby but he starts to come around and take his powers seriously. His seemed a bit intimidated by the Princess and Han, but he let his guard down and helped them to escape. Han who seemed to be selfish, was one of the main reasons they were not captured. He decided to take control of the situation and follow the guards in hopes of destroying them. But, this did not work so he allows the Princess, Luke , and Chewy to retreat into the hiding place while he fends off the guards by himself. Now, the real story is Princess Leia and the way in which she behaved. She is such a firecracker and shows it every step of the way. When they first started to run away from the guards, she seemes to become frustrated and takes the gun from Luke and finds a hiding place. Well, she creates a hidding place by shooting intothe wall. But at that moment I saw the leader come out of her. Which seemed like a natural instinct to her, rather than an action for the moment. Overall, all three of these characters evolve in this two hour movie and contriubute to saving the rebels.