When we think of the name Steven Spielberg we instantly think "action packed film", after all he is the creator of such films as Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Arc. However most movie critics will agree that Spielberg's most action packed film is one that retells the story of Oskar Schindler. In the...

True Lies Some argue that movies such as, "Saving Private Ryan", and "Schindler's List" that are loosely based on historical fact provide an inaccurate account of history. Others say they provide people of the present with a look into the past. Whether or not the histo...

The oppression has been an issue that has affected human life for a very long time. Man has always seen himself as separate from nature. Nature is not something he is a part of, but a resource that he can do whatever he wants with. The plants are for use to eat, the forests are a source of lumber f...

UtilitarianismIn the movie Gattaca there are many moral issues and questions that the movie shows. The movie is based on the future and what people think will happen in the future. A major thing that the movie indicates is that people will be genetically produced for the best qualities. The bette...

In the movie "Dead Man Walking", the prominent characters all adhere to the morals of Christianity. Although they all subscribe to the same set of beliefs and teachings, they each have their own way of interpreting them, regarding the death penalty. By looking at each character's view pertaining t...

Based on social standards, morals, and behaviors, society places extreme emphasis on a human being's sexual orientation. Although in recent years this gender-based stereotype which judges the actions of a particular person based on their sex has decreased, humans are still subjected to certai...

Dead Man Walking "The motion picture Dead Man Walking provided a non-fiction insight into the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several small t...

In a society that is driven by violence, why would a fictional book about a monster that does nothing worse than Arnold Schwarzenegger, in one of his action films, stir up controversy? Children of any age can turn on the T.V. or radio and either see or hear something related to violence. Even the ra...

War shapes all moral trajectories in this story in many ways. War defines peace and tragedy due to the use and action of disagreement. In Billy Budd, (The movie), Billy ended up getting hung because he was accused of killing a member on the H.M.S. Indomitable. While these men were on the ship, they...

The 1500's, a time of discovery, was when the Europeans came to dominate most of the New World. The Europeans traveled to Africa and captured Africans to help develop their land and satisfy their need for power. I feel that the treatment of the Indians and Africans by the Europeans was complete...

"I... shall... revenge..." This is the quote that we usually hear from a character of the ancient or sci-fi movies. It was something wrong with him, like his opponent killed his father, his mother, his wife, his son, or his best friends and the only solution was to retaliate the enemy, th...

The musical I did my review on was \"West Side Story\" by Jerome Robbins. I saw this play at the Woodland High School with my family. We went to see it because my older brother, Nick, was in it. Thinking about the overall production, I liked that it was about two gangs fighting over their \"turf...

Stereotype of the Typical North American Teenager Sullen, disrespectful and cynical, these are character traits North Americans generate when they reflect of what a typical teenager is. Are these adjectives appropriate for describing an average adolescent, one of which one was themselves? In...

This was the most interesting book I have ever read. It is sort of a cross between Alive and Hatchet. Because the book is extremely addictive and written so superbly, it did not take long for me to get into it and finish it. The characters are the best part of Lord of the Flies. All British and mal...

One of the reasons I chose this article is that I have considered this very question, and discussed this question with various other people. The author Celia Kitzinger, cites some interesting case studies to support her position and to disprove the arguments of others that attempt to simplify the ba...

Ever since Scottish scientists cloned an adult sheep, July 1996, people have been thinking about the possibility of cloning humans. One such man has said that this possibility is soon to become a reality, his name Richard Seed. Richard Seed is a physicist who has been involved in fertility research ...

Blade- The Double-edged Sword Between Two CommunitiesHumans subside in a world that thrives on community, society, and relationships. Within each of these categories people function together, believe in the same morals and values, and create their own divisions within these groups. Through excludin...

It`s very hard to imagine a world without guns, gangs, and violence since it is all around us. Every time we turn our head, we see an act of violence being done by teens and adults that shouldn't be happening. We are fortunate enough to live in a great neighborhood where we don`t have t...

Computers would be useless without input devices. Even small-scale computers from calculators to GPS navigation systems require some input from the human being in order to work properly and produce worthwhile output. Some of the everyday input devices like keyboards, mice, joysticks and micropho...

Blade Runner and ChristianityDirector Ridley Scott has a chilling story to tell, and there is a complex web of allegory and meaning lurking in the background. We are unmistakably in a future time, yet this future world is one we can easily recognize, as it is not so different from our own. As with a...

Is it right? Is it moral? Questions that have passed through many great minds for decades now, and a common conclusion is still yet to be reached. Ever since the first act of Euthanasia was completed, it has become one of the most controversial issues among politicians, movie stars, and commoners ...

We have seen comic material in the movies and on television. The entertainment industry usually shows it in a humorous situation such as Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzennager as genetically engineered twins while Michael Keaton was duplicated to make his life easier. Cloning is only achieved afte...

Japanese culture has arisen as a mixture of the East and the West. Japanese have been able to keep their traditional aesthetic features while they also embraced western style, which was filtered through Japanese tradition. The presence of the Benshi ( a commentator who narrated the action of the fi...

Cloning, the scientific reproduction of cells, could be a helpful discovery for the world, yet it may be the most disastrous, one eventually destroying all of mankind as we know it. Researchers are devoting much time to studying the cloning human beings, while animal cloning is currently underway in...

AI: Artificial Intelligence Film Review Description and Critical Discussion: This is because a robot, if it is to have human level intelligence and ability to learn from its experience, needs a general world view in which to organize facts. It turns out that many philosophical problems take new ...