Thursday, June 9, 2011
In the time of the butterflies
the story of a girl named Minerva who lives with her sisters and parents in a town controlled by a dictator who controls everything so she decides to create a secret society filled with anyone who wants to fight back against the dictator. until she was discovered and taken away to a prison where everyone suffers with torment and death. until she was released and was taken home but not or long she was stopped in the middle of the road by soldiers who took her and her sisters in the deep woods and was beaten to death but her story is still heard around America and her death is remembered as a Hispanic holiday on November 5.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Story
After the MacManus brothers, Connor and Murphy, and their father, Noah, assassinated Papa Joe Yakavetta, they fled to Ireland. Their uncle Sibeal, a priest, arrives to inform them that a renowned Boston priest was murdered by a mysterious assassin who attempted to frame the Saints by using their ritual assassination style. So the brothers dig up their old gear and weapons and depart for the United States.
On their way to Boston aboard a container ship, they meet a Mexican underground fighter named Romeo, who recognizes them as the Saints. Romeo convinces them to let him join them as their new partner. Hearing a radio broadcast regarding Papa Joe's son, Concezio Yakavetta, they come to the conclusion that he must have hired the hit-man who killed the priest in order to draw them out of hiding.
Meanwhile, Detectives Greenly, Dolly, and Duffy (from the previous movie) are at the scene of the priest's murder. They are greeted by Special Agent Eunice Bloom, the protege of Paul Smecker (the F.B.I. detective from last movie, who now has died), who has been assigned to investigate the murder and determine whether or not the Saints are responsible. She comes to the conclusion that it was not the Saints who murdered the cleric and begins an investigation to find the real assassin. She and the other officers find out the assassin is Ottilio Panza, a man who seems to be working for a mysterious man known as "The Old Man".
Connor, Murphy, and Romeo hit a warehouse that is being used by an Asian gang to process heroin for Yakavetta. After killing everyone at the warehouse, Connor and Murphy reunite with their old bartender friend, Doc. They learn that the assassin was an independent contractor and that Yakavetta himself is hiding in the Prudential Tower. Later at the warehouse, now a crime scene, Bloom recognizes the ritual performed on the person in charge of the heroin warehouse, and confirms that the Saints have returned.
The brothers and Romeo have one of Yakavetta’s underbosses, Gorgeous George, set up a meeting with a group of mobsters at a bar, where they kill them. Panza arrives shortly after and attempts to ambush the brothers, but Bloom arrives in time to save them by wounding Panza, who flees. Bloom introduces herself, revealing her intentions to help the Saints in Smecker's place. The group then cleans up the crime scene to make it look as if the mobsters had turned on each other. Later, Bloom reunites the other detectives with the Saints, thus bringing them in on their plans.
Yakavetta calls a meeting with his crew, during which the Saints arrive and kill everyone including Yakavetta. Bloom interrogates Yakavetta's right-hand man and finds out of the Old Man’s involvement with Panza. Later at the bar, Greenly arrives to celebrate the boys' victory and is shot and killed by Panza. Noah, earlier having decided to help his sons, unexpectedly arrives to demand Panza tell him The Old Man's location. They engage in a Russian Roulette-sort of stand off, and after Panza still refuses to answer, Noah kills him.
Noah reveals to the group that in 1950s New York, he watched a trio of mobsters brutally murder his father in front of his eyes. Consumed with anger and wanting revenge, Noah killed the mobsters with the help of his best friend Louie, who is revealed to be the Old Man. Noah still felt unsatisfied, so Louie helped him pick out mobsters to kill. They continued this until 1975, when Louie gave Noah up to the police.
Bloom illegally obtains a file regarding Louie's location in York, Maine and gives it to Noah. Louie, anticipating the Saints arrival at his mansion, has several hit-men stationed on the grounds. When the MacManus family arrives, Louie tells Noah that he only used him to eliminate the competition in the Mafia, afterwards giving him up to the police when he was no longer useful. After this, however, the Mafia cast Louie out since he was of no more use. He then helped rebuild the Yakavetta family after Papa Joe's demise, and let the Saints take out the rest of the organization so Louie could take control. Louie signals the hit-men waiting to take out the Saints to make their move, but the Saints kill them all. Noah suffers a fatal gunshot wound, and before he dies, he kills Louie. The police arrive and arrest the wounded Connor, Murphy, and Romeo.
Bloom meets with Uncle Sibeal, who has arranged to take her to a safe place out of the country to flee the F.B.I. She is shocked to discover that Sibeal has been working with Smecker, who is still alive, having faked his death and developed a network of support for the Saints and their work. Smecker tells Bloom his plans to break the Saints out of prison.
On their way to Boston aboard a container ship, they meet a Mexican underground fighter named Romeo, who recognizes them as the Saints. Romeo convinces them to let him join them as their new partner. Hearing a radio broadcast regarding Papa Joe's son, Concezio Yakavetta, they come to the conclusion that he must have hired the hit-man who killed the priest in order to draw them out of hiding.
Meanwhile, Detectives Greenly, Dolly, and Duffy (from the previous movie) are at the scene of the priest's murder. They are greeted by Special Agent Eunice Bloom, the protege of Paul Smecker (the F.B.I. detective from last movie, who now has died), who has been assigned to investigate the murder and determine whether or not the Saints are responsible. She comes to the conclusion that it was not the Saints who murdered the cleric and begins an investigation to find the real assassin. She and the other officers find out the assassin is Ottilio Panza, a man who seems to be working for a mysterious man known as "The Old Man".
Connor, Murphy, and Romeo hit a warehouse that is being used by an Asian gang to process heroin for Yakavetta. After killing everyone at the warehouse, Connor and Murphy reunite with their old bartender friend, Doc. They learn that the assassin was an independent contractor and that Yakavetta himself is hiding in the Prudential Tower. Later at the warehouse, now a crime scene, Bloom recognizes the ritual performed on the person in charge of the heroin warehouse, and confirms that the Saints have returned.
The brothers and Romeo have one of Yakavetta’s underbosses, Gorgeous George, set up a meeting with a group of mobsters at a bar, where they kill them. Panza arrives shortly after and attempts to ambush the brothers, but Bloom arrives in time to save them by wounding Panza, who flees. Bloom introduces herself, revealing her intentions to help the Saints in Smecker's place. The group then cleans up the crime scene to make it look as if the mobsters had turned on each other. Later, Bloom reunites the other detectives with the Saints, thus bringing them in on their plans.
Yakavetta calls a meeting with his crew, during which the Saints arrive and kill everyone including Yakavetta. Bloom interrogates Yakavetta's right-hand man and finds out of the Old Man’s involvement with Panza. Later at the bar, Greenly arrives to celebrate the boys' victory and is shot and killed by Panza. Noah, earlier having decided to help his sons, unexpectedly arrives to demand Panza tell him The Old Man's location. They engage in a Russian Roulette-sort of stand off, and after Panza still refuses to answer, Noah kills him.
Noah reveals to the group that in 1950s New York, he watched a trio of mobsters brutally murder his father in front of his eyes. Consumed with anger and wanting revenge, Noah killed the mobsters with the help of his best friend Louie, who is revealed to be the Old Man. Noah still felt unsatisfied, so Louie helped him pick out mobsters to kill. They continued this until 1975, when Louie gave Noah up to the police.
Bloom illegally obtains a file regarding Louie's location in York, Maine and gives it to Noah. Louie, anticipating the Saints arrival at his mansion, has several hit-men stationed on the grounds. When the MacManus family arrives, Louie tells Noah that he only used him to eliminate the competition in the Mafia, afterwards giving him up to the police when he was no longer useful. After this, however, the Mafia cast Louie out since he was of no more use. He then helped rebuild the Yakavetta family after Papa Joe's demise, and let the Saints take out the rest of the organization so Louie could take control. Louie signals the hit-men waiting to take out the Saints to make their move, but the Saints kill them all. Noah suffers a fatal gunshot wound, and before he dies, he kills Louie. The police arrive and arrest the wounded Connor, Murphy, and Romeo.
Bloom meets with Uncle Sibeal, who has arranged to take her to a safe place out of the country to flee the F.B.I. She is shocked to discover that Sibeal has been working with Smecker, who is still alive, having faked his death and developed a network of support for the Saints and their work. Smecker tells Bloom his plans to break the Saints out of prison.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Voces Inocentes
this movie was cool. i have seen it before. its about a few little kids that live in el Salvador and they try to get away from the militia. the main character is split from his family but finds his mom at the end. the colors in this movie were really dark and sort of gloomy and sad.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Boondock Saints: Lighting and Setting
The setting in the Boondock Saints took place in Boston; it never said the date but I'm guessing it took place in 1999, in March (the very first day on the movie started on St. Patrick's Day). The lighting in the movie was overall realistic, with no shade over the whole movie, which gave a...realistic feel. What I found interesting was that when the two protagonists in the movie would kill and/or execute someone, the lighting would remain the same. But when the protagonists would perform their sacred ritual of putting pennies in the eyes of the dead, to give access to the River Styx in the afterlife, the lighting would turn black and white. There were most dolly shots, too.
The Boondock Saints: Story
The story is about two brothers, Connor and Murphy McManus, that kill 2 Russian mobsters in self-defense, and believe they are sent from God to rid the city of evil. There are 3 Russian mobsters in the very beginning that try to take over a local bar the brothers enjoy going to, and there are about 5 men at the bar, including the brothers, their Italian friend, and 2 other friends, that engage in a bar fight with the mobsters; the mobsters are outnumbered, and are beaten up. The next morning, the brothers are jumped by two of the three mobsters, and the brothers end up killing them by dropping a toilet on one of them and beating the other to death. F.B.I. detective Smecker is at the crime scene of the mobsters, and Smecker ends up with the conclusion that the boys killed them in self defense, after the brothers turn themselves in, so no charges were pressed. After spending a night in jail so the press wouldn't get involved, the brothers are picked up by their friend Rocco; while in jail, the brothers have a vision in their dreams from God that they are meant to rid Boston, their city, of crime and corruption. The brothers tell Rocco of this vision; the brothers then trade in the Russian mobster's valuables that were earlier stolen for guns and other supplies, notably silenced guns. After this, the brothers find out about a Russian mob meeting being held in a hotel, and manage to kill all 8 of them. Rocco, who was sent to kill the 8 Russians by his Italian mob boss "Papa Joe" Zakavetta, is told by the brothers that Papa Joe set him up. Agent Smecker arrives at the crime scene, and suggests that an international mob war has be triggered. Rocco finally realizes he was set up by Papa Joe, and tells the brothers to take down Papa Joe and his mob. The brothers agree, and kill Vincezo, the Yakavetta crime family's underboss. After killing a criminal that Rocco had a personal hatred for at that man's house, the three men are ambushed by Il Duce, a hitman hired by Papa Joe, as they are exiting the house. The three suffer wounds, as does Il Duce. Rocco's finger is shot off, and after the three flee the scene, agent Smecker finds it and finds out not only who the finger belongs to, but who the killers are. Then, Smecker goes to a confession stand in a church, to get advice. Without much help from the priest, Smecker decides to help the brothers take down crime, since they seem to be much better at it than himself. The brothers and Rocco attempt to break into Papa Joe's house and assassinate him and his men, but fail and are tied and bound in his basement. Papa Joe kills Rocco, then leaves his men in charge of the brothers, to do whatever they like. At this time, agent Smecker disguises himself as a woman to infiltrate the house, and kills two men before being knocked out by Il Duce. The brothers themselves brake out of their handcuffs and kills two men themselves. In honor of their friend Rocco, they begin their sacred ritual by putting pennies in his eyes and saying their family prayer. Il Duce sneaks up on them from behind, with the intention to kill them. When he hears their prayer, he realizes the two brothers are his own sons. Papa Joe has a court trial after being charges for killing 17 men; the court trial is raided by the brothers and their father, ridding the security there of their guns. The father tells everyone in the courthouse they have been chosen to witness what is going to happen, and they are to tell the world of their existence. After the brothers give a speech that their intention is to rid the city of evil to protect the innocent, the brothers and their father execute Papa Joe with two silences shots and one automatic gun shot to the back of the head. When the three men kill Papa Joe, everyone in the courtroom flees. There is a scene where the media dubbed the three men "the Saints", asking people's opinions about these saints and what they do.
Viva Cuba
Viva Cuba is a movie about a a boy named Jorgito and a girl named Malu. Malu is from a rich, educated family whereas Jorgito is from a poor family. They go on a journey all across Mexico to find Malu's father after they hear her mother is cheating on her father with another man. Along the journey they learn more about each other and bond with each other. Their mothers don't like each other much, but as they find out Jorgito and Malu go missing they bond with each other as well.
This movie uses a lot of magic realism. In one scene where Malu's mom is talking endlessly on the phone with someone, Malu is watering a small plant and imagines it blooming into pretty yellow flowers. Another scene is Malu and Jorgito are hanging out in the beaches of Varadero and they imagine drawing on the night sky with the stars. The two also "encounter" strange creatures called guijes in the wilderness. The way magic realism was used here was very amusing.
This movie uses a lot of magic realism. In one scene where Malu's mom is talking endlessly on the phone with someone, Malu is watering a small plant and imagines it blooming into pretty yellow flowers. Another scene is Malu and Jorgito are hanging out in the beaches of Varadero and they imagine drawing on the night sky with the stars. The two also "encounter" strange creatures called guijes in the wilderness. The way magic realism was used here was very amusing.
viva cuba
The story of two kids malu and jorgito that are best friends but argue to much, malu finds out that her mom is planning on leaving cuba but her and jorgito decide to go and run away to the other side of the island to persuade her dad to sign the papers to keep malu here in cuba with jorgito.
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