'Dead mans shoes' plays with the audiences emotion , From : sad , anger , comedy . Keeping the audiences attention throughout the film. The films main genres would be crime and horror but having a twist by liking the films murderer and feeling for him. This is typical British black humor film with a " sixth sense " type twist. We found this twist emotional and very effective in this film showing and explaining the murderers actions in this movie.

The film is based on two brothers and how theirs lives have been affected by crime and torture from criminals and drug dealers in England. The brothers (richard and antony)are shown together throughout the film. Antony in this film suffer mental health issues which are shown as some form of autism or aspegers symdrome. He plays this role amazingly throughout the film and creates and completely believable performance to the point where you question yourself " is he acting or is this real"?

The way this movie is filmed is clever , involving : flashbacks , which were filmed in black and white grain with a handheld camera showing it was the past. The handheld camera creates a home movie affect making this piece of filming seem more realistic and could be happening rather than acting.

This film could be compared to various films such as "Rain man" Which is also about two brothers and one brother suffers from autism . The difference was you knew for fact that Dustin Hoffmens performance was an act as he was a famous actor. Although a brilliant performance . Whereas The actor who played antony was relativly new in acting for films and hadn't been seen before by many people so did create a certain question weather he was just acting or was put in this film because he had a disability.

Secondly this film could also be compared to "Get carter" as Michael Cain was set out to avenge his brother who had been murdered by English criminals and drug dealers. The way he kills people is simalar as he will go from one person to the next and be subtle about it. He makes his killings almost comical as does Richard in dead mans shoes. Both have unexpected by needed endings that satisfy and audience.

Overall The film was a great success and is a film that needs to be seen although a dark and disturbing plot will make you think and feel and Know things you didn't know before. You will feel sorry for the murderer and his past and understand him. And also understand crime in England and unfair treatment of people who aren't exactly like yourself.

The birds was an amazing horror film if not slightly random. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock And starring Tippi Hedren as the lead actress. The film starts with main character Melanie (Tippi Hedren) pursuing a love interest ( Mitch) when all the birds of every kind start to attack people. When I read this on the blurb It sounded almost comical but was anything but. The scene that gripped me the most was when Melanie was outside waiting for a child (Mitch's younger sister) to come out of school . She was sitting on a bench with a cigarette and the children's singing in the background. When we start to see shots of behind her and on the children's play equipment is a crow, and then we see her and one by one, more crows appear behind her on the children's play equipment until the whole background school play area is full. She looks behinds her and slowly walks into the school to warn the children. The children come out of the slowly and are told be careful until she says run. As soon as the school, teacher says run , the birds attack the children violently.
This film was totally original and making something that seems so harmless completely terrifying. This movie builds suspense throughout and leaves the film on a cliffhanger . I thought it brilliant there was no sequel so we are left guessing.
The film is almost more scary when you can't see any birds because it builds that tension and silence.
I thought this a brilliant film and a complete original horror.

American history x Made a big impact to anyone who has watched it. As Edward Norton plays neo-nazi skinhead hating the world and ends up in prison being hated by white people and befriended by people of other races. The tag line of the film was "His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope."
The story is narrated by Edward Norton's younger brother played by Edward Furlong.
The film shows the extent racism can reach and the way it can change people to the extent they will murder anyone who is different from them.

Edward Norton in this film ends up murdering a black man who attempts to steal his car in the middle of the night. Norton humiliates him and pushes him to the floor and makes him bite the pavement and stamps on his mouth and crushes his skull. Also during the film he raided a local supermarket in the night with a gang of white skin head and torturing anyone of another race and choking them on different foods and hitting them , even the women. This shows the extent of his hate and makes it a very powerful and shocking scene on the film and played amazingly. The actions he has performed and they way he has been brought up leads him to believe anyone of a different rave from white is scum. These thoughts carry onto his younger brother , who tells the story of this brother through is school report.

One of the most powerful scenes was when Edward Norton was in prison having a shower and was raped by white men. And It was a black man who ended up helping him and supporting him through it. Edward Norton played this scene amazingly and showed real remorse and wanted to be forgiven by this black school teacher, You felt his pain and guilt in his performance. This is where his character changed. He came home and attempted to change his family , Him and his younger brother rips down all the posters of Hitler and Nazi's.

Edward furlongs performance throughout the film was outstanding and believable. Although he was telling a story about someone else. He was the star of the film , showing every emotion .

The brothers are brought closer together when Edward Norton returns from jail. And teaches his brother what he was taught in prison. To find out It was to late ending him in Edward furlongs death in his school toilets from a shooting.

The directer Tony Kaye was very brave to make this movie but put such passion and art into it by making all flashbacks black and white. It became powerful , moving and a film that would make even the strongest minded person to have a tear in there eye. Also this film is capable to making the audience think about reality and does this really happen in other places? does it happen when our backs are turned for a second? can we be so cruel as to judge someone for color and not mind?