road to perdition

               Road To Perdition was a very good film about gangsters, love, and lost. The question that I will be answering in this blog is, is this film a modern day example of film noir? Noir legitimately means black and film noir movies are generally black and white movies. Except the film Road To Perdition is in color so is it an example of film noir? To be considered film noir it has to mislead you to think there's a happy ending, there are dark and dreary areas in the film, everybody smokes everywhere, women have no fear to betray you or kill you, women wear low necklines and mascara and lipstick, and men wear suites and fedoras and ties.
              In the film Mike and Michael finally think that they are done running and killing people and that they can relax but at the end of the movie you see Mike looking through the window watching Michael play with his aunt's dog and finally feeling that they can settle own and put the past behind them and live their lives without fear. At that moment you see the photographer shoot Mike in the reflection of the window and you can almost feel the pain that is going through his body. At the moment that Michael comes in the house and sees that after all that his father and himself had gone through was for nothing he pulls out his gun and aims it at the photographer. You think that he's going to shoot him and his life will turn out like his fathers until Mike pulls out his gun and shoots him so he can save Michael from the type of life he lived. So in the very end of the movie Michael takes his dog and moves in with the older couple he had stayed with before and he never touched a gun again so even if they tricked you about the film having a happy ending Michael still never had to live the life his father did so a good thing came out of a bad situation.
               The film had a very dark mood to it even if the film wasn't in black and white it had the feeling of a black and white movie. Even in the homes they used the same concepts they would use in a black and white movie. They definitely used their lighting as an advantage. They weren't always lit up so you could see them but that's the whole point to knowing where your light is so you can tell a story better.
               Mr. Rooney thought of Mike as more of a son to him than his actual son, Connor. Even though he loved Mike he still let everyone go and try to kill him. So I guess blood really his thicker than water. In the end Mr. Rooney still chose Connor and Mike chose Michael. Mike also chose to spare Mr. Rooney's life so even though Mr. Rooney tried to kill Mike, Mike still cared about Mr. Rooney.
              With all of this in mind I truly believe that a Road To Perception was a modern take on film noir. But you can make your own decisions on whether you believe it is film noir.

mr deeds goes to town

               In Mr. Deeds Goes to Town it is more of a serious movie rather than a comedy like Mr. Deeds. Both movies have similarities and differences here are some examples. In the first movie the very first thing you see is Longfellow's uncle driving off a cliff but in the second movie you see his uncle is climbing a mountain and makes it to the top and freezes himself to death. After that you meet Longfellow and you get an idea on who he is. In the movies Longfellow gives off a vibe that he is lost in the world of business and that he is not very intelligent in the eyes of the wealthy. In the first movie Deeds writes poetry and in the second movie Deeds still writes poetry but in the for of greeting cards and he tries to sell them to Hallmark. In the first movie Deeds loves playing the tuba and in the second movie there wasn't a tuba. In the first movie it definitely is about love but it has a lot more about the business aspect of it. The second movie doesn't have nearly as much about the business and more about the love connection between Deeds and Babe. In the first movie Babe named Deeds as "The Cinderella Man" and in every article that name showed up unlike the second movie which that name didn't show up at all. The love story varies between the movies in the first one Babe takes awhile before she realizes what she is doing is wrong and that she is in love with Deeds. In the second movie Babe stops reporting all about Deeds because she could really tell that is was a true and kind man unlike the men you generally see in New York. Another difference is that in the first movie Babe's undercover name was Mary and in the second movie it was Pam. In the second movie you really see how much Deeds loves Babe he takes her to her "hometown" that she made up and at the end you see how much Babe truly loves Deeds when she goes to Mandrake Falls to get deeds back. In the second movie Deeds actually doesn't own all of that money it goes to Blake's lovers son at the end of the movie.
                All in all Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a better movie. Why is this? Because There is so much added into this movie that the other one left out. This movie has the main storyline in it. The dialogue is so much better. In this movie they don't have to swear to get their point across. The older movie is so much classier and doesn't need the raunchy humer to stand out.  
              

          Back To The Future begins in the year 1985 where our main character Marty has his life set for him. He's got a great girl that he's about to take out for the night with his dads car. The day the film starts he gets back home from school and his dads boss Biff totals Marty's dads car and ruins Marty's chances with his girl. When the film jumps to the future Marty messes with his parents lives and when he ends back up in 1985 some things have changed. One of thoughs things is Biff ends up doing everything for Marty's dad and the car wasn't totaled it was in fact being polished by Biff for Marty's date. These events happened because when Marty arrived in the future he messed up his parents falling in love by diving into the road and pushing his dad out of the way of his grandfather hitting his dad. That was the moment that his dad and his mom fell in love but instead Marty's  mom fell in love with him. Marty kept a picture of his siblings and himself in his wallet and when he went to look at it his brother started to disappear out of the photo. Marty then went to The Doc because he knew he was the one person that could help him. Because of that one moment across from his mothers house it changed everything which made him have to get his parents together before he disappeared himself. So he tried to take advantage of his mother at a dance so his father could be the dashing hero but instead Biff ended up taking advantage of Marty's mother and his father ended up punching Biff which finally let him stand up for himself. Another thing Marty does to change the future is he writes Doc a letter informing him that he will be shot the day that he goes back to the future and that he needs to do things differently so he can stay alive. Doc gets the letter and rips it up because he doesn't want to change the events that lead to the future. But Doc ends up taping it back together and in the year 1985 he puts a bullet proof vest on that saves his live. The last thing I have to point out is in 1985 Marty's mom is and overweight alcoholic and in the future Marty tells her she shouldn't drink. When we get back to the past Marty's mom doesn't drink that much and shes thin and happy.