Graduate

"Are you here for an affair, sir?" The Graduate can be summed up in this one phrase right here. This movie lead me one direction and in the end brought me to a totally different ending. Graduate was a scandalous and sexual movie. Graduate was a classic back in the day and today is still a classic. It's sexual humor and "awkward" situations is what keeps this movie alive.

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Benjamin is the awkward college student back from school for the summer. I find it funny how awkward he is when you think he would be very charismatic when it come to talking with ladies. The reason I say this is because it seems every women and girl find him very attractive and would go out of their way just to be with him. Benjamin was a character that I disliked and yet I liked him at the same time. I hated him because of the affair that he has. But, at the same time I respect Benjamin in that he is determined to get what he wants and will not take no for an answer.

Mrs. Robinson is one character that I hated and yet, I felt really bad for her. I hated her because what she did to her husband was unforgivable. But, at the same time, it is hard to judge her for wanting more in a relationship when her husband sleeps in a different bed and they are never together. Again, I can't blame her for wanting more; but, how she did it was wrong.



Elaine is byfar my favorite character in the movie. She is an innocent soul who is respectable to everyone. But, she is not afraid to listen to her heart when it comes to finding and staying with her true love. Elaine is also just that neighborhood sweetheart. It seems that everyone in their neighborhood highly respects her which is a great quality to have.




Rating : 7 out of 10

The Graduate is a must see movie. It is a movie that will make you laugh and keep you on your toes by making you want to see what the outcome of the situation will be. Also, I didn't mind how it had a twist in it had a different way of ending then you would have pictured. Another reason this is a good movie is the meaning behind. I would tell you the meaning, but I believe the meaning of the movie is different for each person.

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Psycho

"I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly"..." Psycho was supposed to be this crazed, "psycho" type of a movie. I was not impressed. I am a guy who gets scared very easily; so, when my heart is not beating fast at all through the movie then it is not close to being a scary movie. Back in the 60's when horror movies were just being created, this may have been an horrifying movie. Now, in this day in time, it is only a brain twister in trying to figure out why Mrs. Bates killed everyone.



Marion Crane really starts the story out. She is the reason people are find out people are missing after they stay/ arrive at the Bate's motel. Marion Crane, for some reason, I didn't mind. Yes, she stole $40,000 dollars, but she did it with the intention that her and her boyfriend would be able to get married someday and live together. It is unfortunate though that she makes a crazed ,an get the hots for her and eventually that man kills her. Also, I find it funny how she works so hard to get the money and the Bates don't even take the money, or even find it.



Mr. Bates had be thrown for a loop. Sense the first time we met him in the movie, I was 100% sure that he was the killer. But, then his mother kills Marion and all those people...... I simply could not put my finger on why his mother killed them. At the end of the movie the question is answered, but until then I was soo confused. But, at first I really didn't mind Mr. Bates. I thougth he was just doing a good deed by taking care of his crazed mother and not putting her in a "mad house." Then you see how psycho he is by peeking into the shower and watching Marion Crane take a shower. I thought he had the hots for her and I was right. It is sad that he felt betrayed by his mother for going out with a different man. But, killing her boyfriend and his mother is a little drastic.



Lila Crane ole was not as big as Marion's, but she did end up solving the murder in a sense. I also admire how Lila would not listen to what anyone said about how Norman's mother was dead becase she trusted what Arbogast said. Also, she was brave going into the house on her own an deserves some type of medal for her courage.



Rating: 5 out of 10

I can't say i liked the movie and I can't say I hated it. I disliked the movie because it wasn't scary. If its supposed to be a scary movie, make it that way. But, what I did like was how it always kept you on your toes wondering who was the killer and when it would happen. I really like the twist on how Norman Bates and his mother were the same person. I was curious if he was just covering up her death. Turns out she was dead and he was so psycho that he took out her body and preserved it so they could always be together. I would not watch this movie again, but I would reccomend seeing it at least once.

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Ben-Hur

"Peace! Love and peace. Do you think I don't long for them as you do? Where do you see them?" Ben Hur is right, there is no peace and yet we yern for it. Ben-Hur was a man who believed in peace until he was betrayed and his family was seperated. Ben-Hur was a classic movie, but it never made me want to pay attention. The story line, at first, was good. But, as it went on it dragged on and i eventually lost interest.The best part about this movie were the stunt doubles; that I would pay attention too.



Ben-Hur was supposed to be the protagonist of the story. But, too me, he seemed like the antagonist. He was supposed to be this "just" and "right" man. Instead, he gave me the vibe that all he wanted was revenge/vengeance until he received what he wanted. Ben-Hur at the beginning of the movie was this kind, gentle man who wanted only to promote peace and lead by example. When the accident happens and he is sold into slavery. He makes himself a promise to get his vengence on Mesalla and he will succeed at any cost. Does this sound like a "just" and "righteous" man? Not, to me. He contridicts himself and to me causes more problems then he does solve them. He kills his best friend and he betrays his new "father" by not becoming a Roman. The only thing he did right in the movie was by giving water to Jesus so he could drink. Again, Ben-Hur is the antagonist, not the protagonist.



Esther is a women who longs for love, but she will not receive it from Ben-Hur. When her father asks Ben-Hur if she can be wed, Ben-Hur tempts and flirts with her in hoping she will stay. She is a fool to believe that Ben-Hur will love her when all he wants is revenge on Mesalla. He almost kills her when he finds out that she was hiding the where abouts of his mother and sister. To me, if I was Esther, I would feel betrayed because he does not understand why they don't want him to see them. Esther is a fool and she will never find love.



Rating- 3 out of 10

Overall, this movie was a bit of a let down for me after hearing all the hype about winning the academy awards. I feel the only reason they earned these awards were beacause of the stunt doubles and the amount of people they had to use for their cast. The story line was vague and was very slow throughout the movie. Also, I feel the story of Jesus in the movie was somewhat just thrown in. He has a minor role in the movie and really only mattered at the end of the story line. Honestly, the movie could have been made without the role. What really bothered me was the charriot scenes. It is supposed to be an upbeat scene, but they made it very slow and most of the time all I seen was horses running around a track. Just like Gone with the Wind, this may have been a classic in the day, but now it would fail miserably.
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