Table of Contents for Movie Review Sample Essay Critique

General Preface/1 Preface/1

Overview of Introductory Film Criticism Writing/1

Concepts/1

Characteristics/2

Foundations/2

Basic Requirements/3

Test-taking Techniques/4

Some Notes/6

Part 1: Review of Literary and Artistic Film Criticism Exemplar Essays/8

Song of Dream Seeking in Spring

--Review of the Image of Wang Cai-ling in Spring Rising/8

Between the Traditional Beauty of Subtlety and Figurative Beauty

--Review of Long Shot in Spring in a Small Town/10

A Romantic Rhapsody of Semantic Confusion

--Review of the Movie "The Sun Also Rises"/13

Charming Voices and Ethical Tragedy

--Talking about the Human Depths of Niu Yu and the Movie "Once Upon a Time in Black and White" and the Original Novel/ 20

Some Characteristics of Feng's Movies

-An Introduction to the Psycho-Social Factors of Feng's New Year's Eve Movies in Mainland China/25

The Journey of Lustful Love

-Analysis of the Essay Film Warmth"/31

A Long Love Journey on a Bending Mountain Road

-Analysis of the Beauty of "Seventeen"/34

Civilization in the Depths of a Hundred Flowers

-Commentary on the Theme of the Movie "Depths of a Hundred Flowers"/37

Freshness and the blooming of the snow lotus

--Review of the movie "Gonzalo Meadow"/39

Youth: unspeakable searing years

--Review of the movie "Sunny Days"/42

Urban: Spiritual Drift and the Loss of Traditional Civilization

--Review of the Movie "Green Tea"/44

Masterful Rhyme

--Review of the Artistic Characteristics of the Extra-Pictorial Voice of "Red High Beam"/46

Mournful, Bleak and Pathos

-A Review of the Use of Sound Elements in "Crash"/49

The Unique Visual Connotation of Jia Zhangke's "The Good Person of the Three Gorges"/51

Four Dreams and a Journey

Part 2 Social Life Movie Review Sample Review/60

Korean Style Moral Passionate Rhapsody

--Review of the Korean Movie "Oldboy"/60

The Korean Movie "Oldboy" / 60

An Allegory of the American Spirit

--Review of the Movie "Forrest Gump"/66

This Looked-for Love

--Review of the Theme of "The Ballad of Cloud Water"/71

The Intertwining of Love and Ideals, Commitment and Responsibility

-Review of Chen Qiushui in The Ballad of Clouds and Waters/73

A Grain of Sand in a Painful Struggle

-Review of Du Hongjun's Characterization in The Car Watcher's July

-This is a review of the characterization of Du Hongjun in The Ballad of Clouds and Waters

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Growing up in the throes

--Review of Jasmine Blossoms/78

The heartbeat of an aftershock

--Review of the movie Tangshan Earthquake/81

Part 3 Family Ethical Movie Review Sample Essay Review/84

Distant Echoes

-A Cultural Interpretation of "Grassland in the Sky"/84

The Warmth of Vigilance in Black and White Images

-Review of the Movie "Can't Live Without You " /89

Soap Bubbles. The Devil

--Review of the Characterization of Yang Tianbai in the Movie "Ju Dou"/91

The Undertone of Life

--Review of the Black-and-White Tone of the Movie "Can't Live Without You"/95

Part 4 Social Issue Film Review Sample Review/98

The Corner Forgotten by the Sunlight

--Review of the Movie "The Blind Well"/98

Reflecting on Saving Yourself in the Midst of Sin

--Interpretation of "The Blind Well's Characterization/102

The Train That Goes to the Soul

--Review of the Creative Style of the Director of the Movie "No Thieves in the World"/104

Part 5 Example of a War Movie Review Review/107

The Rallying Cry: Blowing Between the Home Country and the Individual

--Review of the movie "The Rallying Cry"/107

Natural beauty of pristine beauty of color

--Review of Six Sisters of Yimeng of Zhang Yuefen/109

Lost Souls in the War

--Review of the Characters in "Folding Bullet Troops"/112

Part 6 Thrilling Inspirational Movie Review Sample Review/115

"Monster of the Han River": Thrilling Images Wandering Between National Images and Family Ethics/115

The Search for Life and Death in the Midst of Coldness and Sentimentality

--Analysis of the Japanese film Zatoichi/121

Life hangs in the balance

--A review of the details and directing style of Hold the Line/125

The traditional model of multiple perspectives

-- A Comparison of Narrative Strategies of "Hero" and "Hero of Heaven and Earth"/127

Part 7 Epic Film Criticism Sample Essay Review/130

The Human Light of Spiritual Redemption

-- An Appreciation of Schindler's List/ 130

Theatrical Life from One to the Other

--A Review of Cheng Dieyi's Portrayal in Farewell My Concubine/134

The True is False when it is False

--A Cylinder Analysis of the Relationships of Three Characters in Farewell My Concubine/136

-Three Groups of Characters in Farewell My Concubine Relationships/136

A Great Political Party and an Epic of Revival

--Review of the Movie "The Founding of a Nation"/139

Part 8: Sample Review of Biopic Film Criticisms

Appendix

Afterword