Star Wars: The Review Awakens

For this assignment I chose to read a review on the 2015 movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens by the website Reelviews.

Many movie reviews that are written include a good summary of the film, but end up spoiling the film in the process. However, I chose this movie review because it didn't spoil any part of the film for anyone who may not have seen the movie, yet it managed to summarize the plot perfectly. This is extremely important for any film review because many people who read movie reviews are people who haven't watched the film yet and they would rather have some knowledge on it before they watch it. The reader won't be happy if the review spoiled the entire film and I wouldn't be either. 

Another important point for movie reviews to have that this one did perfectly was that it cleared up the assumptions of people who had yet to see the film. For example, with Star Wars, most people assumed that it would be the same as the films before it and just be a repeat of the disaster that was the Star Wars prequels, but this review covered the fact that this movie is extremely different from the movies before it. The review states many times that the action is over the top with amazing special effects. I think that this point is especially important in movie reviews because when someone chooses to not watch a movie because of what it seems like through the previews.

I think that every single movie review should include a good summary or the film's plot without spoiling it, as well as making sure any speculation is talked about. These two points should be very important to every film review because the viewers would probably feel better about reading a film review if they knew that there wouldn't be spoilers in them. My favorite genres of film are comedy and sci-fi. If I could do a review on any film, I would choose the film Guardians of the Galaxy because it's one of the best films I have watched and I have watched it many times. 

LUMPY SCREAMS

Skelechoir

SKELECHOIR

A silly skeleton story by Nick

       I am filled with nervous butterflies in my non-existent stomach. Us skeletons don’t really have organs or arteries. This is my first time performing in front of a crowd with the choir. As I wait on the side of the stage for my cue, I think about how lucky it is that this esteemed choir is allowing a lowly skeleton like me perform with them. The stage manager is looking at me as if I were some sort of monster, it must be his first time viewing a walking skeleton.

      From where I am standing on side, I can see all of the young talented members of the choir, all dressed in their black robes, singing their hearts out on the disheveled stage. It’s truly a shame that such a talented bunch of people have to perform on a stage made up of rotting wood, when they really deserve to perform on a stage of gold. I remember the first time I met the choir. They all seemed way too young to be part of one of the most amazing choirs in the world. The choir kids were scared of me at first, which is understandable, most people would scream if they saw a skeleton with yellowed cracked bones walking toward them. Also the fact that I was screaming from excitement when I met them probably didn’t help.

     Though the choir was scared of me when we first met, we quickly grew close as they taught me how to sing and dance, and I taught them more and more about how skeletons live. The kids of this choir became my very best friends and I wouldn’t trade that for the world. I am nudged back to reality as I feel a nudge on my scapula (That’s the shoulder bone). I look around and see that the stage manager is nudging me and calling my name.

     It’s time for me to go on, it’s time for my big debut. I feel excited, but I also feel mortified. I feel as if I would cry if I had any real eyes to cry from. Up on the stage, the tattered curtain is pulled as they wait for me to take my position. The kids are all looking at me expectantly but I don’t think I can move, my bones feel as if they weigh a ton.

     I suddenly made the realisation that there was no need for me to be scared. We had practiced this song, titled ‘skelechoir’ millions of times and there was no way I could mess it up, it was all about skeletons after all. I dashed to center stage, all the kids in the choir patted my back and wished me luck. The curtain was slowly pulled to the side, revealing a crowd of at least a hundred people, if not more. I started to sing my melody, and the crowd began to scream, whether it was from fright or from excitement I’ll never know, but that doesn’t matter.

Writing Inventory Reflection

      Sometimes I write in my spare time, but I don’t write everyday, sometimes I just don’t have anything to write about or I’m just doing something else. Other activities I do in my spare time include reading, playing video games or drawing. My favorite writer is probably J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’. His stories are harder to read but I still enjoy them very much. My favorite type of writing to read and to write is narrative because I find them the most enjoyable to read and I also have an easier time writing narratives than I do with other types of writing. The type of writing I have the hardest time with is most likely essay, mainly because I just don’t enjoy writing essays about anything and I find it very difficult.

     I’m inspired by all sorts of different things to write. If I read about something that I find interesting I might be inspired to write something based off of that, or sometimes I just like to write about things that happen in my life, sort of like a journal. The only thing I currently have that I’m writing is my journal thing where I just write about my day and what’s going on in my life. One thing I wrote that I’m especially proud about was a writing piece I wrote for English in grade nine. It was a short comedy story about a man whose house is being haunted by ghosts that try(and fail) to scare him out of the house. I remember having a lot of fun writing it and it got a pretty good mark if I remember correctly.

    When writing, I usually make only one draft, but I go back and edit that draft as much as possible until I think it’s good enough to start a good copy. I honestly think I’m pretty good at descriptions and that it’s my biggest strength as a writer. My biggest weakness is my sentence structure I suppose, sometimes I have run on sentences and sometimes my sentences are too short, but it’s something I’m trying to improve. I don’t really have a favorite thing to write about because The things I write about vary a lot. I like writing fiction stories but I don’t have a favorite subject within those stories that I write about a lot. My goals is just to improve my writing skills and be able to write really good stories by the end of this course.