This blog contains weekly journal entries for glover's film history class at Champlain College in Burlington VT. The plain template is in effect because it does not crop the youtube imbeds. Students are expected to post a minimum of 1 response a week, plus 1 comment on a peer post. Feel free to add relevant imbeds or links, or to use the blog for related off-topic threads, or to post your presentations for use in class, or viewing after.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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Scott, Good choice of clips, and I think your presentation veered around to a good conversation about how depictions of relationships in films may set certain expectations for relationships in real life.
1995 the Brothers Mc Mullen, starring and directed by Ed Burns. Great Brother Movie / Romantic comedy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112585/ Also a great Family movie in the sense of what you were coining 'Family Movies' that being films about familial relationships- is 'Home for the Holidays' with Robert Downey Jr. and Holly Hunter. an absolute gem about sort of normal family Dysfunctions around Thanksgiving. Suitable for watching with your family, but not safe and cute. Also shot in Baltimore. I highly recommend.
note to Scott,
I may have Brothers McMullen mixed up in my head with 'She's the One' (also Ed Burns)- also a Brother based romantic comedy. (Damn you Ed Burns!!!!!)
Scott, I liked your presentation because of the fun discussion it incited. The two movie clips were great and they made me want to go see the full movies. Another great brothers movie is Stuck On You with Matt Damon. You've probably seen it. It is a comedy about two brothers that are attached at the hip. One brother wants to be an actor and he has to act while the other brother stands there and the other brother has to hang out with his girlfriend while the other brother is there. The situations they have to go through result in hilarity. I do agree with what you said about liking and appreciating brother movies if you have a brother and get along with him. Your presentation gave me a good idea for my presentation.
Nick has a good point, Scott. Brothers, even family in general, are more important than a lot of people realize, which is undoubtedly shown through the discussion that exploded out of the few clips you showed. I've always been fond of Rainman, though I wasn't familiar with At the Waterfront. There are other movies involving brothers as well: Four Brothers, Boondock Saints, Blues Brothers, Pride and Glory and many others, each with its own specific conflict and pathway to resolution. More than anything, I believe that's why I liked your presentation. It reiterated that point that everyone really is different and people always have their own way of dealing with problems. Well done.
Yeah you picked good films to use in your presentation. They were not only well done movies but ones I think that developed the characters very well, so the brother relationship was well represented. After doing my project what I thought could relate to yours is the story of Kane and Abel. "Am I your brother keeper," that whole deal marries quite well with your idea and topic exploration. I'm glad you follow that advice with yours as opposed to Marlon Brando's brother.
Nick - Stuck on you was horrible. My view on your taste in movies has lowered.
I enjoyed what your presentation turned into. I feel the class had a really good discussion on family relationships in movies and how it can play off into real life. It was definitely an original topic idea and the clips you chose fitted your presentation well. Usually when you talk about family relationships in movies, you think of parent offspring relationships, so it was interesting to focus just on brother relationships. It was a relatable topic too because even if you don't have a brother, you can understand the relationships of brothers.
Scott,
Touching on brother relationships was a good idea. However, i think you could have expanded a bit and tied it more into character development. The portrayal of familial relationships is a great way to strengthen characters and make them more relevant to the viewer.
Although I'm sure you've seen them, I recommend you watch 'Goodfellas' or 'The Godfather'. They really touch base on the importance of brotherhood... and they're just damn entertaining.
Scott, what a presentation, and the subject really made it. The idea of analyzing families, and more specifically brothers in movies really just made me laugh. Personally, my relationship with my brother is far more like it would be in modern films, as opposed to the picture perfect world of Leave it to Beaver and other such things. All the same, I really liked your presentation and your choice of clips. However, Nick, as has been stated, Stuck on You is a terrible movie.
I could get into what you were saying as my brother and I are very close, he even goes to Champlain too. I think you touched on some great points about the bond between family members and really enjoyed the supporting clips.
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