I saw a poster the other day
advertising a new movie that is about to come out entitled This Means War with the extremely cute guy from Princess Diaries, Chris Pine (yes, he is
that gorgeous man who has those electric blue eyes, and stunning smile!) and the
other semi-decent looking fellow from Inception
(the one with the very sexy foreign accent) and the ever beautiful Reese
Witherspoon and I was very much intrigued by the prospects of this movie! Not
only does this movie appeal to me because of the two male actors and Reese
Witherspoon, but also the graphics used to commercialize it are eye catching
and grasp my attention. The action shots portrayed by the movie also caught my
attention showing me that it will be a movie that I should want and like to
watch. By the use of these graphics and some text to show the title of the
film, I would say it has successfully caught my liking, even with my more
speculative eye since we have been analyzing texts.
In general,
I approach these texts differently since we have been working with them in
class by being more aware of how commercials can sway your opinion and
perception of an object or film or whatever. Even though pictures may be
enticing to my eye, I now am more critical on what they are selling me and how
it would be applicable to my life. There
is always the chance that these commercials could completely trick me and
actually be selling a shotty product, but if that so happens then, I think that
company deserves the credit for getting me.
P.S. I am currently
watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
and I thought this movie was going to be about a superhero doing stupid things
around his home because of the picture on the cover, but I was wrong. This
movie is extremely odd, but kind of funny. If you have nothing to do for a
night, maybe watch this. It’s just that odd but funny!
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I also think that this means war looks super cute. I really want to go see it. The commercials are very interesting and fun. And i'm deciding weather to see that or the vow this weekend with my boyfriend i feel like he would me more interested in this means war but we will see.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like such a good movie!!!! I love a movie with attractive men! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh haha how funny. Yes I will watch that.
ReplyDeleteI think that Chris Pine alone is a good enough reason to go see a movie... haha.
ReplyDeleteThat foreign guy is Tom Hardy and i recently realized how much i love him! lol but good movie choice! I reeeeaally want to see that too!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work, Elise! Again, I love to hear that you have become more critical in looking at advertisements and visuals. If you see this movie, let me know how it is. I'm curious about it since it is taking a romantic comedy movie and blending it with action. Movies like this one and Bounty Hunter interest me since they are trying to please females and males by blending the two distinctly masculine and feminine genres together. So far, I'm not sure if this is working for them.
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