Movie Exploration

Step 1: Read a movie review from the link provided below

Step 2: Post the headline of the movie review on your blog. Make the headline a sliceable link that takes the readers to the full review on the original Web site where it was published online.

The Age of Adaline

Step 3: Under the headline for the movie review, provide the following information:

1. Name of the publication

AV Club

2. Name of the writer

Jesse Hassenger

3. Grade or score the movie review on a 1-10 scale in your opinion- 7

 

4. High Points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

The movie did better at parts where the couple was not the center of attention. At the anniversary party, the movie seems personal and old fashioned in an interestingly vivid way. 
5. Low points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

The plot is a similar theme in romance movies: Adaline has to learn to trust someone again. Blake Lively's reserved and acting doesn't quite match what they are going for.

6. Quote a paragraph from the review that you think expresses the overall opinion of the reviewer about the movie.

"For a movie that emulates literature, The Age Of Adaline never fits comfortably into a particular form—literary or cinematic. It has the outline of a novel but not the scope; it has the plot of a short story but not the detail. And no amount of movie tricks—lofty narration, Danny Elfman-ish fairy-tale choral voices in the score, well-orchestrated overhead shots—can turn a dull little romance into a meditation on the nature of love and time."
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Step 1: Read a movie review from the link provided below

Step 2: Post the headline of the movie review on your blog. Make the headline a sliceable link that takes the readers to the full review on the original Web site where it was published online.

Far From the Madding Crowd

Step 3: Under the headline for the movie review, provide the following information:

1. Name of the publication

AV Club

2. Name of the writer

Isabella Biedenharn

3. Grade or score the movie review on a 1-10 scale in your opinion- 6

4. High Points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

Carey Mulligan brought an enriching performance of her character, Bathsheba Everdene. The character Bathsheba was well adapted and shown throughout the movie, providing a better sense of understanding.
5. Low points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

The way he casted the film almost ruins a big part of the movie. 
6. Quote a paragraph from the review that you think expresses the overall opinion of the reviewer about the movie

"The only problem with Vinterberg’s love-quadrangle setup is that his casting of the film makes it too obvious who Mr. Right is from the get-go: Schoenaerts’ Gabriel Oak. Hell, his protective sturdiness is right there in his name. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the Belgian actor, with his sandy stubble and wounded eyes, has the dreamily brooding charisma of a young Daniel Day-Lewis. Since it would be a very short movie if Bathsheba were as quick to zero in on Oak as we are, she must suffer first (Hardy was a product of his patriarchal times, after all). Thankfully, Mulligan refuses to play the helpless, hapless victim. She’s strong and smart and sensual. "