Films Comparison Essay Examples and Topics

In the process of trying to survive the ice age three animals chanced upon a human baby and decided that they should return the child to its parents.

The most appropriate for comparison are two movies; the representative of the Italian neorealism is the Thief directed by Vittorio De Sica and the second one is the work of the French New Wave director [...]

In the iron man, the character Tony Stark is introduced as the man at the top helm of a "military contracting" company.

Instances of editing through cutting to indicate a change of scenery and transition are more pronounced in the film A Girl and Her Trust.

The climax part comes in when EVE succeeds in putting the plant inside the machine and brings all the humans back to earth, and when EVE manages to repair Wall-E and brings Wall-E back to [...]

Both Psycho and The Night of the Living Dead manage to create the unique atmosphere that keeps the viewers at the edge of their seats, Psycho using the slow pacing and the unsettling pauses, whereas [...]

In the beginning of the film Rosalba is content with her life, with her family and her place in her home.

Despite the general critics of the movie saying that The King and the Clown is a 'gay movie', it is not typical for the modern Western society.

I chose to compare and contrast the movies Wall-e and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which are romantic comedies produced in the year 2008.

The last point of the triangle is Rosemary Cross, who is a widower, and a first grade teacher in the same school.

By investigating shifts in story, tone, and characters between the book and the film, it can be discovered that the film significantly changes the themes of the original written version.

Probably the most notable of them is the fact that animation in Mary Poppins appears to serve the purpose of exposing young viewers to what can be defined as the 'ideal reality' of their unconscious [...]

The focus of the movies may be covered by the following themes, the life in a village, complicated situation women are put into and the changes which created opportunities for females to come of the [...]

Socialization being an ongoing and educational process begins from childhood, and the role of the family in the process of socialization is immense.

One of the reasons why the television series Breaking bad and Prison break were able to attain much popularity with the viewing audiences, is that the themes and motifs, contained in them, do resonate with [...]

What is common in the movies is that Wilkes and Zhivago, the two protagonists in both movies start dating their cousins.

The sound of the factory whistle blowing at the beginning of the scene and the workers' chant throughout the scene engenders a sense of unanimity and cohesion among the workers.

This essay will compare and contrast the use of surveillance images and the topic of political corruption in The Conversation and Blow Out.

The most prominent characteristics of del Toro's themes in The Shape of Water are the pervasiveness of water, the sombre hues of green, teal, and red, and the fluidity of movement and metamorphosis.

As was mentioned previously, the movie would be analyzed through the encoding and decoding theory and the theory of spectatorship. The film Shape of Water is going to be analyzed according to the two analytic [...]

Based on the latter, the plots of the two films "The Vanishing American" and "Broken Arrow" raises various concerns and reflect on the concept of political sovereignty.

The choice of color and lighting relates to the period in which the film was cast. As with cinematography, the effect of a film is determined by its capacity to keep the audience's undivided attention [...]

Seen as a holiday classic and one of the best movies of all time, this piece is important for the history of the medium. The use of visual effects and props, in this case, is [...]

The imaginary television stream that is the focus of the film is struggling due to its low viewership. She possesses some strong pathos sensations, and the ultimate one, in that she is depicted as being [...]

If talking about the role of the city in the works, then in The Seven Deadly Sins, it is more similar to settings, and in Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, it plays a central [...]

It is difficult to argue with the fact that the role of women in the early days of cinema was a predetermined time.

In this section of the paper, the focus is to analyze the two films based on this theory and how they are connected to their time and society.

Provencher and Dillon assert that in the first half of the film Yoshitaka Nishi barely speaks a word, and in the second half, he barely speaks a dozen words. Thus, the mixing of styles in [...]

Most unlucky events can push a true illustrator to generate something attractive, and that was the situation with Pinero's bothered past Short Eye is a story concerning a cellblock terrified into a murderous and hostile [...]

By contrasting Roman Holiday and Lost in Translation, one could identify the changes in business practices, narration tendencies, and societal norms and taboos. The economic and social changes are connected to a considerable difference in [...]

The primary aspect of the two films' social environment is the characters' ability to get involved in romantic antics and affairs. Love is the central theme in the movie and is signified by the Heart [...]

Although this adaptation of Shakespeare's playwright started as a comedy, it ended in a tragedy, the same way the original version does.

Inextricably linked to the exploration of the social networks phenomenon in the two films, the second key motif is the problem of the lack of privacy.

Both the new and old versions represent different aspects of their societies and times, and there are certain similarities and differences in the ways they do that.

The lack of prospects confirms the difficult economic situation in Korea, where, as a result of the lack of jobs, the unemployment rate worsens every year more and more.

The message being shared in the movie is that while individuals have goals, the path they take towards their attainment is not clear.

The theme is the same to show the rise and fall of the German Nazi empire. The first remarkable feature of the movie is the humor with which Mikhail Romm, the director of the movie, [...]

People lose jobs, as is seen in the novel, and this makes it easy for them to get into criminal activities. Narcotic drugs are known to have a negative influence on people and this is [...]

Later on, the police intervention in the ongoing rivalry made the inevitable requirement to calm the situation. The theme of the movie follows the plot of the 1929 novel Scarface.

The guiding theme of the film, in my opinion, is people's personal liberty and the ability to find the balance between duty and freedom.

Zombie themes in movies have been around since the 1930s, and people have always been drawn to movies featuring a post-apocalyptic world infested with zombies with a group of people trying to survive and carry [...]

The form of personal narration in the book is very similar to that of the Laurence Sterne novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

Hence, in The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a huge accent is made on the architecture and setting, which is timeless and refers to different architectural styles.

The concept of 'Fact image' in cinema is an issue that has typically been deferred in support of assessing the foreseeable constructional culture of cinematic narrative and images, a constructional culture that is normally comprehended [...]

The focal point of this paper is to examine two films under the genre of Action and Adventure and determine whether there is evidence of significant variation from one film to the next. The shaft [...]

It is one of the main messages of the film. The movie shows the antagonistic attitude of people to the inhabitants of the planet of Pandora.

Gradually, the viewer can pursue the regression of the boxer as a personality and his incapability to sustain normal human relations.

In film, however, the artistic variables are so numerous and so constantly changing from one production to the other that it is difficult to establish a one-to-one ratio and discover who the auteur of any [...]

The contrast is seen through the mise-en-scenes, when the viewer is shown on the foreground, while the singer on the scene is on the background.

Picturing a young boy rejected by the whole society, the author compares his fate to his one and draws the comparison between the image of the ocean in the film and the personality of Andre [...]

It is a classical narrative movie because the story can occur in life, the time which is given in this movie is chronological, there is sequence of scenes like a flow of events or the [...]

The next chapter of the book revolves around the scenario of the term society and the society is presented in a beautiful manner when McMurphy is admitted in the hospital.

Throughout the entire twentieth century the identity of the members of a society in this region has been 'constructed' communicatively through the depiction of the other.

In terms of race, it can be seen that even in an all black characters, this category has a huge affect on the perception of the characters of themselves. In that regard, the film is [...]

The moment of indecision in the car shows that Louise is not as totally in control as she appears, but she eventually takes control as she pulls the car over and tries to talk sense [...]

In both Hawke's and Gibson's versions of Hamlet, the original text is used for dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia as she is sent to trap the reasons for Hamlet's insanity out of him.

One of the significant differences between the X-Files and The Matrix, is that X-Files emphasize the potential of alien control in the end while The Matrix is more optimistic as it shows how one man [...]

Cultural issues on sexuality have now been changed because media has made the issue open for everyone so that it is now fun to have the feelings and desires of the "other" brought to the [...]

Cry Freedom is actually the story of how Woods' is influenced by the philosophy of Biko and how he helps for the cause of the black movement until he had to eventually flee from the [...]

In early decades there were no roper studios for film production but by the end of this era, number of film studios were in queue and produced number of films.

The film originates from the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music" adopted from the novel "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers" by Maria von Trapp.

Both Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers feature Murray in a dramatic role infused with some innate sadness and sense of loss and, unlike many of his less successful colleagues, Murray's talent with the genre [...]

Expose of the Italian Mafia sub-culture has been the subject of many films, among the most prominent Scarface and The Godfather and The Godfather II.

One of the debates of the day was the question of the proper role of the scientist in the contemporary age, addressed in the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley.

The theme of premarital sex is brought out through dark lighting and the use of hollow space as the hallway of the hospital which Nisrine goes to get her stitches. The theme of the conduct [...]

The movie reviews in this paper revolve around the main objectives, targeted audience, and the influence of the movie on the targeted audience and other generations.

The movie is as tensed as the play. The sound is also very good as the music creates the necessary atmosphere.

She is bold enough to stand against the system of Hunger Games and offers herself as a candidate for the role of a tribute to shelter her sibling from the horror and the unfairness of [...]

One of the most popular subjects portrayed in the movies is the life in the city and its discourse. Out of a vast variety of the movies dedicated to the issue of contradictions and ambiguities [...]

The Spirit of the Beehive and Cinema Paradiso, shot by V ctor Erice and Giuseppe Tornatore respectively, refer to the representation of the impact of cinema on children and the perception of the world through [...]

The former picture focuses on the Nanking massacre an unprecedented act of violence against civilians in one of the Chinese settlements by Japanese soldiers occupying the city, while the latter movie is a biographical and [...]

Both "Son of Saul" film and "The Way to the Gas, Ladies, and Gentlemen" short story depict an everyday life of inmates trying to survive in a concentration camp of Auschwitz.

The movies "Twenty-Four Eyes" by Keisuke Kinoshita and "The Burmese Harp" by Kon Ichikawa look at the expansion of militarism in Japan in the middle of the 20th century and the adverse effects of war [...]

Thus, I will analyze the episode to find the following characters therein: the hero, the herald, the mentor, threshold guardians, the trickster, the shape-shifter, and the shadow.

In addition, this construct is perfectly used in the film hinges on the view that the audience can witness how the fallout affects the characters as a couple.

Sternberg and Weis explain that the most common types of love are the platonic love, romantic love, agape love, and storge.

The questions that are answered in the essay about the two movies are if the narrative scheme seamlessly merges with the image that we see in the film, the role the writer, producer, or director [...]

Such structure suggests the presence of three essential parts: in the first one the problem is introduced, in the second one the characters work on the problem, and in the third one the problem is [...]

They should scrutinize the impacts of the film and highlight how it depicts its subjects. They emphasize the necessity for leftover reduction in the documentary.

In this essay, I will discuss the two characters of Hashida and Ginder and the confusion their situations create in the minds of the traditionalist characters of the movie.

Nacify claims that the perspective followed by accented filmmakers is similar to that of Third Cinema theorists, except for the modifications made by the former to address specific aesthetic and thematic concerns pertaining to transnational [...]

Marriage is usually a culmination of a romantic relationship between a man and a woman who have been in a committed relationship and decided that they want to spend the rest of their lives together.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the idea of formation and breakdown of relationships in film work. The analysis of the films will take the western perception of love and relationships within the [...]

The plot of the movie is focused on the story about a husband and a wife and the severe challenges they face after the revolution and the formation of the communist regime.

The drama The King and the Clown reflects the relationships to gays in the society. The film is about the connection between the jester and the king.

The overriding emotion in the film is one of hopeless and fear rather than the optimism and the hope that is dominant in Kinky Boots.

It is possible to consider a number of thematic and stylistic devices to understand the essence of Tarantino's surrealism that is manifested in his characters' inability to live a real life and to be real [...]

The pair causality and characters choices is also important here - the whole story is based on the relationships of the robbers and the girls choice to eat before taking the money, though in the [...]

Unlike Some Mother's Son, which introduces a unique dilemma and promotes an entirely different image of a woman as a nurturer and a fighter, therefore, subverting the traditional stereotype of women being helpless damsels in [...]

The creation of John Boorman called "Point Blank" and the work of Christopher Nolan called "Memento" share the elements of film noir, so they can be compared and contrasted according to the plot and events [...]

After all, as it can be seen in the film, it is such their sense that weakens their ability to act as the agents of progress, which in turn undermines the integrity of the American [...]

After finding out from the doctor that his leg is to be amputated because of the injury that he suffered in the course of the war, Dunbar sacrifices his life and leads the army against [...]

Thus, this supports the scenery of consumption in the city of Metropolis since the growth rate and development of the city is so fast and in the process supports the scenery of production.

This paper explores the movies "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Out" as the blueprints of the youth culture of Generation X."The Breakfast Club" is written and directed by John Hughes.

One way of looking at the movie it to examine it in the context of its historical period and attempt to discern its unique aspects, the fact is the movie is set within an era [...]

Initially, the movie included the Chinese as the villains, but had to change and include the Koreans due to negative reception the movie got in China.

In the killing fields, three journalists Schanberg, Swain and Pran who witnessed the Cambodian genocide under the regimes of Pol Pot and Rouge recount the stories and events of the genocide.

The acceptance of the phenomenon of transgender status in contrast to widely spread stereotypes on it is one of the central themes and moral messages of the 1992 movie The Crying Game and the 1993 [...]

This is the fundamental difference between the disaster films of 1950s and the present day films that are more of hybrid genre. The historical events captured in disaster films showed how a disaster happened and [...]

In the film Dance with Wolves, the director seems to be unable to convey the poetry and philosophical inclinations of the colonial masters and the natives of India.

The two directors used women to play the leading role in both the films and the results of the women participation, has yielded positive results in the transformation of the Chinese society, from that of [...]

The purpose of this paper is to compare the two movies, Bonnie and Clyde and Breathless in the way ethical situations of the main characters are handled.

Concerning 'The story of Qin Ju', the main actress Qin Ju although she is expectant and she was in her last trimester could not burry her head in the sand after seeing her husband kicked [...]

A cinematographer's job is to create the ambiance and look of the film that correlates with and interprets the director's idea.

Analysis of a movie involves critically reviewing different aspects of the movie including cinematography, script, provisioning of dialogue, strength and delivering of characters, the background music and its genre. The romantic instincts and the absolute [...]

Though the two movies belong to different genres and are set in completely different environment, they tackle the same problem of power abuse and policy of difference efficiently. Smart and sophisticated, the movies give a [...]

She changes her voice to suit the characters Maggie with a husky, masculine tone of speaking and with Betty Ann, a woman soft but strong willed.

Apartheid and its legacies were covered in movies in the 21st century in a bid to create awareness in the minds of individuals regarding the issue.

It is necessary to note that the prison is a very specific place where the right and the wrong are somewhat distorted.

The director manages to convey the idea of the woman's passion which is also pure and innocent. This is the symbol of the chaser's passionate desire to kill the fleeing woman.

The sequences taken from the films To Live and The Road Home can present a different use of formal elements; however, one can argue that both of them eloquently portray the despair of women who [...]

Thus, the sequence from Red Sorghum is started in red in black colors to reflect the tension of the characters' feelings in the mise-en-scene when the sequence from The Road Home is in vivid and [...]

There is also a major difference in the atmosphere evoked during the story retelling and in the attitude or the way the storyteller presents the participants of the action.

Tita acts rebellious after receiving the news that the boy died on the way to the US and after a confronting with her mother that leads to her breaking her nose and stating that "there [...]

It is clear that both the film directors have used these themes in order to develop the plot of the respective movies and, at the same time, be in a position of expressing the ethical [...]

The discussion will explore the similarities and differences between the two works, with regard to the plot, characters, themes, and how these are used to bring about the effect of horror.

Through the action of the warriors, the films prepare the male gender to be ready in the event of war in their country therefore shaping the American men.