Presentations Day 2

I thought all four of the presentations went really well. The first group I thought it was interesting that they took 3 aspects of their movie and tied it in with some topics we have talked about it class. The second group did well with comparing their movie with The Good The Bad and The Ugly. It was explained really well and I liked their clips. The 3rd group had a good understanding of their movie and had found some intriguing topics. It was so crazy to me that the 4th group's movie was so much like ours. It almost came out at the same time Tombstone did. It had the same gunfight scene at the OK Corral. I liked that the focus was mainly on Wyatt Earp because it gave us, Erika and I, a better understanding to him in our movie.

Presentations Day 1

I thought the presentations were pretty good today. Although, it kind of hurt us that one of our links didn't load because it would have tied our presentation together more. The other group had a good presentation because they explained their movie through pictures and compared their movie to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. It kind of made me want to watch the movie "The Unforgiven" at least I think that is what it was called. Hopefully my paper will help me pull through with this project.

What do I want to write about...final essay

I think I want to write about why Tombstone isn't really a typical western. I want to compare it to the other movies we have watched in class. I also want to point out why it doesn't "follow the rules" of a typical western. I'm kind of excited to write this paper because I like to compare things which I will all through my paper. Hopefully it wont be too hard :)

Tombstone Project

Erika and I finished our project today. I think we did pretty well because we described the main characters, created a summary of the movie, have 2 movies clips and questions to go along with them. I'm excited to present to the class and I think we both know what we want to write about for our next papers.

Tombstone

I was pleasantly surprised by the movie Tombstone. I thought the movie was very good because it was different than I thought it was going to be. Erika and I had trouble figuring out what the plot was going to be at the beginning, however we got the hang of it through the middle. Wyatt Earp was kind of a bad ass but without being a bad ass. He wanted peace for the town, but he could scare someone very quickly if he wanted to. Doc's role was not really needed in the film but he was the drunk who was very good with his weapons. This was not the typical western though. It was not blatant that it was cowboys verse the indians. It was more like the cowboys verse the police. Find out more when Erika and I talk more about our project.

Final Project Post 1

I'm actually really excited to watch the movie Tombstone because i've heard from numerous people that it was very good. I hope it is as good as its made out to be. Erika and I are watching it tomorrow so i'll be posting again on what I think about it soon.

What do I want to write about...essay 3?

I think I want to write about the alcoholic parents within the reservation. I feel that this topic is interesting enough to write 3 pages on it. Alexie's parents were alcoholics and he said he experienced it but was strong enough to stop. In Smoke Signals, Victor's dad was also an alcoholic which made him cause a house fire killing Thomas' parents. Victor did not want to touch a drop of alcohol in his life because of his dad.