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           This film truly opened my eyes to the comedy world of Hong Kong film. Every action was taken to an extreme, from a simple haircut to a beautifully and hilariously choreographed fight scene. In many of the Asian fighting movies I've seen the fights have been exaggerated for the audience, using wires to make them fly farther or make the punches hit harder, but this film pushed exaggeration to another level. The use of CGI made the film hilarious and dramatic, often reminding me of cartoons like road runner or the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) . Every move and hit was intense and it kept me both intrigued and laughing.     One of the most interesting aspects of the film was its relationship to film industries around the world. The film immediately opens with a individual fighting mob bosses with a fedora on his head, slowly lifting his head to show his face. I immediately recognized this as a nod to Indiana Jones, and I knew from ...

      Although my exposure to Nollywood has been limited, this film is an incredible introduction to the minimal and free style of film industry. The stressful, and somewhat realistic storyline achieves the goal of expressing anxiety and fear. The dark settings and untrustworthy characters make you as fearful as the main character.      After seeing Tomilola's perfectly constructed life at the beginning of the film, where she shows of her perfectly decorated house and her nice advertisement job, the audience feels as comfortable as she does in her protected environment. When she goes on her run and her safe life is traded in for a night of survival, the audience feels the shift immediately. With every turn she runs into a new person that could potentially help her. The audience feels every emotion with her, from the small inkling of hope to the renewed fear of realizing that this new character is not going to help her either. The audience forgets about her ...

         A classic Bollywood film that displays the structure, music, and heart of Bollywood. The relationships between characters, as well as the light-hearted drama are the reasons that Bollywood is so popular.     For a movie that is over three hours long, the story never slows down or becomes tedious. If you don't like bombastic musical numbers, then this is not the movie for you. Each musical number plays a vital role in the story, playing up relationships or big events like weddings. They may last longer than a typical musical number in a Hollywood film, but each moment is vital to getting that melody stuck in you head. Many of the songs are long in order to drill the musical themes into your head, so once the theme repeats during an emotional moment, you're reminded of the larger musical number.     One of my favorite numbers was the wedding song. Displaying the preparations for an  engagement, Anjali and Aman sing their parts wit...

      For a film that seems monotonous at first glance, Fassbinder's work challenges the view of the audience. The dialogue and settings often feel boring and stiff, but it forces the audience to notice the minuscule changes in the characters.      At the beginning and end of the film, Emmi and Ali share a dance and a conversation. They solidify their awkward relationship with the eyes of the audience and the patrons of the bar on them. These quiet, almost silent moments throughout the film makes the audience feel as though they are entering a private moment. The awkwardness of their relationship makes you feel as though you are judging their relationship, just as their peers are judging them. In Fassbinder's films, he forces you to become a part of that judgmental group. You are disgusted by the way they are treating Ali and Emmi, but you don't feel comfortable with their relationship either. Even though the audience judges their relationship for different...