I enjoyed the movie because mainly it had a happy ending. I enjoy movies with happy endings where a person has succeeded in triumphing over their goal. In this instance, Andy, who is free man, gets caught for a double murder he did not commit. Andy is then sent to Shawshank prison because he had been accused of being guilty with evidence that was incorrect. The movie started off with a confusing storyline, untold and unexplained. It had been a bit misleading because i thought he would be guilty. It turns out he was not, when the real murderer was in another jail. The falsely accused man (Andy) had heard of this when a young guy had been sent to Shaw shank for more than one crime. Andy sees the warden and tells him what really happened but the warden tries to convince the prisoner that he is being misled. The warden was so scared of what he just heard, that he went outside and got a guard to kill the young guy because of what the young guy said to Andy. The warden didn't want Andy to leave Shawshank because he was arranging the wardens and the guards tax accounts. i thought this was unfair in some cases because Andy was being used so much that he may have never been able to leave Shawshank. The only way he knew, was to break out...
I liked the part where he is shown in his cell, the night he was to escape. It made us think, what is his next move. Then, the next morning, he was to wake up as normal and stand in front of his cell, but he never stepped out. His cell was empty and the commanding officers showed the warden and the warden was speechless. He had to find him because the warden was scared that if he were to escape, then the warden would be framed. The warden brings in the escaped prisoners friend (Red) from prison and asks him where his friend has gone. He said he doesn't know. In frustration and a scared emotion, the warden throws chess pieces from the escaped prisoners room at Red and also at the picture he had hung up on the wall of the cell. It tore through the paper and fell down a hole the prisoner had made to escape. It shows us later on in the movie how he escaped. That was my favourite part of the movie as it shows an awesome climax to the movie.
The character that remained in my mind, even after the movie, was Red because he had served a life sentence in jail for far to long and he was the only black man in jail to escape a free man and feel redeemed from what had happened in his past. He always felt regret for what he had done but inside he was to walk in the footsteps of his past life and make up for his mistakes. By making a new friend, he has found a true place in the real world.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular of such characters and an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 30th 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and establish its primacy within the American comic book.
The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planet's destruction. Adopted and raised by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent, and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity.
While referred to less flatteringly as "the big blue Boy Scout" by some of his fellow superheroes, the general public within the comics hails Superman as “The Man of Steel,” “The Man of Tomorrow, and The Last Son of Krypton. As Clark Kent, Superman lives among humans as a "mild-mannered reporter" for the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet (the Daily Star in original stories). There he works alongside reporter Lois Lane, with whom he is romantically linked. This relationship has been consummated by marriage on numerous occasions across varying media, and the union is now firmly established within the current mainstream comics continuity.
The character's supporting cast, powers, and trappings have slowly expanded throughout the years. Superman's back-story was altered to allow for adventures as Super boy, and other survivors of Krypton were created, including Super girl and Krypto the Super dog. In addition, Superman has been licensed and adapted into a variety of media, from radio to television and film. The motion picture Superman Returns was released in 2006, with a performance at the international box office, which exceeded expectations. In the seven decades since Superman's debut, the character has been revamped and updated several times.
A significant overhaul occurred in 1986, when John Byrne recreated the character, reducing Superman's powers and erasing several characters from the canon, in a move that attracted media attention. Press coverage was again garnered in the 1990s with The Death of Superman, a storyline which saw the character killed and later restored to life.Da Vinci Code
The interpretation of hidden messages in Leonardo's famous works, (which relate to the concept of the sacred feminine) including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, figure prominently in the solution to the mystery.
The novel has several concurrent subplots interweaving the lives of different characters; eventually all the characters are brought together and the subplots resolved in the denouement. The unravelling of the mystery requires the solution to a series of brain-teasers, including anagrams and number puzzles. The ultimate solution is found to be intimately connected with the possible location of the Holy Grail and to a mysterious society called the Priory of Sion, as well as to the Knights Templars. The story also involves the Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Christopher Columbus =- August 3rd
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to what came to be known as the New World. With three ships and a crew of ninety, Columbus hoped to find a western route to the Far East. Instead, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria landed in the Bahaman Islands.
Christopher Columbus set sail in an era of maritime advances, charting his route with the aid of a mariner's compass, an astrolabe, a cross-staff, and a quadrant. The most popular map for mariners at the time was Ptolemy's Geography or Cosmography, printed in 1482 but originally compiled by the Alexandrian geographer, astronomer, and mathematician Claudius Ptolemy in the second century A.D.
Rough Ride For Cruise Ship
A cruise ship on which dozens of passengers were injured when it struck stormy seas off New Zealand on Wednesday will leave Auckland today.
The Pacific Sun was expected to sail late in the evening, after further bad weather forced the ship to delay its departure and stay in Auckland overnight.
The vessel will visit the New Caledonian ports of Noumea and Isle of Pines as part of a seven day voyage catching up on the delays caused by the weather.
The ship was on its way from the Pacific Islands to Auckland when it rolled in seven metre swells several hundred kilometres north of New Zealand.
About 40 of more than 1700 passengers and 671 crew needed to be treated for injuries suffered in the incident.
A safety inspection was carried out yesterday both by an MNZ representative and surveyors representing the United Kingdom-registered vessel's own maritime authorities.
Sixty passengers who had booked for the 10-day holiday cancelled their bookings and will be given full refunds.
Michael Cullen doubts labour
Finance Minister Michael Cullen is dismissing National's claim it can offer two more rounds of tax cuts, without borrowing to fund them.
Party leader John Key told National's election year conference in Wellington yesterday that his party would bring in a second round of tax cuts in April next year and a third in April 2010.
Dr Cullen says National is trying to have it both ways by pretending any extra Government borrowing would only be for infrastructure. He says nobody believes that.
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