The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend September 30, 2007
This is one of my favorite movies about Pete Maravich, a college basketball that owns the NCAA scoring record and an amazing NBA player as well. This movie is about his freshman year in high school and his playing on the team and dealing with common adolescent problems in the 1950’s. The movie starts with him playing in a thunderstorm at night and his dad drives up and Pete looks like he is going to be in trouble, but his dad starts playing with him. It really shows how much his dad, who was a college basketball coach and ex-marine, and him value the sport of basketball. It goes on with his narration of how much the game meant to him and how hard he worked at perfecting his basketball skills. It captured my interest with things like his narration, and being in the 1950’s, it was a cool take on life back then. It sets the stage for the rest of the movie by showing him make the team, but having conflicts with the players, coach, and family. This allows the movie to show how he overcomes these and how he came out a better person on the end of it.
Gone September 30, 2007
Gone in 60 Seconds is by far one of my favorite movies and ironically enough I love the intro to the movie. The introduction starts off with introducing the actors and showing pictures of the characters and cars (the main point of this movie is stealing cars). The song playing is a very famous song that captures the viewer’s attention and it shows a lot of random pictures and objects that keep the viewers interested. The introduction sets the stage for the rest of the movie cause the music is very dramatic and then once the music stops it shows a very dramatic scene where these kids are trying to steal a car and get chased by the cops. I do not think the director missed any points on the introduction. It is by far one of my favorite movies and when I hear people talking about the movie I always remember the very beginning because it is one of my fav parts and got me so hooked to the movie.
A Jurassic Introduction By Ross September 30, 2007
One of my favorite movies when I was a kid, and one that I watched often, was Jurassic Park. I think it has an excellent introduction as far as introducing important concepts of the movie. It shows an insignificant man getting sucked into a cage and violently eaten by a dinosaur. The main concept being that dinosaurs are mean and they will eat you. It does not show the actual dinosaur though which makes a viewer curious as to what ate the man and forces them to view more. This sets the stage well for the rest of the movie well because when ever you see a dinosaur you think back to the very first scene.
