Theory of what makes a good movie

For our final paper for my English 103 portfolio, we are to write a movie review and a review of other movie reviews. I love writing movie reviews. We used to do a movie review every month in one of my classes. Of course, I also love looking at movie reviews. My favorite reviewer is Robert is Roger Ebert. I was excited to see that his website was listed on the yellow paper we received of websites to go to for reviews. I will definitely use his review for my movie and I recommend others do the same.
I chose Angela's Ashes to do my review on. The 1999 movie is based off of the novel written by Frank Mc Court. The movie follows the Irish Catholic childhood of Frank in Limerick. The movie starts with Frankie and his family living in America. It is the late 1930s or early 40s and jobs are hard to come by. When Frankie's father does earn money, he drinks it all away instead of feeding and clothing his family. After the death of Frankie's sister, the family moves back to Ireland where to more of his siblings die. Frankie decides to get a job since his father left for London and did not come back. He earns money for his family, as well to get him a ticket back to America. The movie ends with Frankie smiling at the Statue of Liberty that he once had to say good bye to.
This movie definately grabs at your heart. Mc Court includes many powerful points to the story including the death of three of Frankie's mother Angela's seven children, the malnutrition, the harsh Catholic lessons, and the extreme poverty in Pre-War Limerick. This movie begs for pity on the Irish Catholic and gets it in return from everyone who sits down and watches it. Whenever children are involved in these types of movies, the hearts of all viewers are constently pulled at. Although the conditions are extremely terrible, they are still very realistic and this makes the movie something people are willing to pity. They become attached to Frankie and his story and that is key to a great story, attachment with the audience.

Click Here to learn about Frank McCourt and why he wrote Angela's Ashes. Its deep and its good. WATCH IT!

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