Goodfellas

Drama is such a key thing in a movie. There are so many things that helps keep this important in a movie. The set where the movie takes place is important, the location in which it takes place, and what the characters are wearing. I feel this movie did a great job when it came to making sure the characters where affected in what they were acting and saying.

In this specific part of the movie, it really shows who these characters are. They were in jail, but yet not behind bars. This is because they are “wise guys”. You can tell they are not suffering too much because of what they are wearing. They look like they are wearing comfortable clothing, and they are enjoying their time. Like they say in the movie, “They own the joint”. Since the characters believe this you can tell it is true because of what they say to each other. In this Prison they have a kitchen, table and normal house fixtures. You know that this means they really are being treated differently, and shows the audience what time this movie takes place and what is going to happen in the rest of the movie. These men will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Another important aspect of this part in the movie is the music. It really helps to set the mood. It shows that the characters’ are relaxed and really do not seem to be worried that they are in jail.

This clip of the movie shows how powerful music can be to a movie.

The music really starts how of all the characters really enjoying themselves while they are drinking. You can tell by the characters face how happy and loving life they are just by their face. Music plays almost the entire time during the segment. However, you can tell the mood changes drastically. I do believe they could have played a better song while they were killing the guy. They chose the song for a reason, and as a said they continued to play it during the entire scene. You knew something was going to happen because of this. The characters are also important during this scene. They are almost always wearing nice clothes such as tuxes throughout the entire movie. This is important because it establishes who the characters want to be. They want to be remembered and know in the town. The characters define this movie and what is going to happen. Every little movie that was decided for this movie helped make it that much better.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

This movie takes place around World War II. The British prisoners of war are commanded to build a bridge that will help accommodate the Burman-Siam railway. In the beginning of the movie, the British prisoners commander is Colonel Nicholson. He would rather be tortured rather then be part in building the bridge, and work for the Japanese commandeer Saito. This is such an important part of the movie. He is tortured by not given much food if any, kept in a little shed like thing outside in the heat, and not able to talk to anyone. At first they want to sabotage when building the bridge, but they think they should make the bridge a symbol of British morale. Saito is a very arrogant man. He has first wants to kill Colonel Nicholson and his men because they will not help with his bridge. However, he is stopped and this is when he just tortures the Colonel. One thing that Saito does not know is that someone is after destroying his bridge. You would not guess, but it is an Allie. Warden and the American, Shears lead them.

This is an important part of the movie. This is when the men are first walking into the camp. Colonel Nicholson is hit by Saito because he does not like what he is saying about what they are suppose to be doing at this camp. I find this one of the most important things in the movie. They are trying to make is officers do manual labor and Colonel Nicholson does not want them too. They will not follow is command because he is not their leader. I find this so important. Saito end up taking drastic measures and wants to kill them; however, he is stopped.

After time as gone on, the Colonel and Saito sit down to discuss how the bridge will be done because the prisoners are not going fast enough or even listening very well not being under the Colonel’s command.

Saito really wants Colonel’s commanding officers to help build the bridge. This is not want Colonel Nicholson wants. He believes they should not have to do manual labor. Saito says if the bridge is not done on time he will have to kill himself.

These to parts in the film I find important. This is because they really show how they communicate with each other, and are trying to tell the other what to do. The words are done very carefully for this movie to be able to seem like they are offending one another when they really are not in real life. You can see how important the ideology is to this movie just by these to clips. I also think this movie is important because of the theme. Some people might be offended if they were to watch this movie or they might try and relate it more to what is actually happening in the world. This is just a movie and it can give some perspective on what is happening in our world, but there is no way it is exactly what is happening.