As the blogger and founder of Reel Talk Online, I write film reviews, news and features that bridge the gap between critical and audience response, and engage readers through honest, sometimes snarky commentary that explores
core themes of film, with an emphasis on the collision of politics and entertainment.
What I found distracting to
the core themes of the film which are trauma, mental illness, and recovery; was the violence of the repeated bullying; we're talking fist punches to the face, knock down drag out fighting.
Not exact matches
If you can forgive some plot artifice and gloss, there's a seductively intuitive and resonant
theme resting at the
core of Jeremy Podeswa's haunting new
film.
You don't need to be involved in the jazz scene or have an understanding
of drumming for the movie's
core theme to connect; music is simply the vessel to drive home one
of the most emotional and awe - inspiring
films of the past decade.
By placing at the centre
of the narrative a white woman who believes she belongs to the land, against a set
of people who see her presence as oppressive and who want to brutalise her, yet who also carry out acts
of violence against one another, Denis returns to the
core themes of her earlier
films (such as Chocolat, 1988)-- the highly problematic issues inherent in the processes
of colonisation and decolonisation (2).
This simple line
of dialogue contains within it a clear summation
of the
film as a whole, including its
core themes and contradictions.
But even then, the
film remains a consistent visual treat (the computer animation is more inspired in this section, with the grown - ups depicted as a colorless, zombified mass
of tall, narrow bodies) and always echoes Saint - Exupery's
core theme of looking at the world through the hopeful, uncorrupted eyes
of a child, where sometimes what appears to be a hat may in fact be a boa constrictor with an elephant inside.
Core takes the
themes of the original
film and brings them to bear on the world
of 2015.
What I found distracting from the
film's
core themes, which are trauma, mental illness, and recovery, was the violence
of repeated bullying — we're talking fist punches to the face, knock down drag out fighting.
Sunshine is more
of a purist sci - fi
film than has come out in recent years, perhaps just a shade less esoteric than another notable entry, Soderbergh's remake
of Solaris, less philosophical than Aronofsky's The Fountain, less menacing than Alien, less action - oriented than Armageddon or The
Core, and definitely far less jocular than Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, although it shares many story elements and
themes from all
of them.
The swap seemed fitting, as much
of the conversation during Thursday's Los Angeles premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre revolved around female empowerment, a
core theme in the
film.
The
film will focus on the
core theme of «Protection» and amplify the coverage age
of 99 years making «Joy Da» feel empowered with PNB MetLife's Mera Term Plan.
To quote: «Video play therapy is the process in which clients and therapists discuss and play out
themes and characters in
films, which relate to the
core issues
of their therapy.