FILM CRITICISM: March 2025

Monday, March 31, 2025

The Terminator - Jayden Brooks

This scene is one of the most iconic scenes of the movie, starting off this movie with a really strong start and having a cool entrance for our antagonist. (also Arnold butt)

We can start to see the romance between these 2 characters really start to bloom with this scene, showing Kyle looking after Sarah as she sleeps.

After they blew up the tanker truck, seeing the Terminator rise from the fire gives such a cool visual and a cool added oomph to the tension of the story.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Kayla Brotherton

Stacy and Rat enjoy a fancy dinner date at a place that seems too mature for their age. This is shown with the major difference between their small size in the large chairs to the adults who fit perfectly fine in the other chairs around them. This attempt at maturity is shown throughout their relationship as they strive for romance rather than the popular ideal of sex.

Spicoli and Jefferson's brother enjoy a cruise in Jefferson's nice car, getting high and drunk while speaking about Playboy models. This moment highlights both of their characters well, especially Spicoli, and their love for the lewd pleasures of life and their lack of care for seemingly anything else.

Brad assists and supports his younger sister, Stacy, after she receives an abortion alone, showing his softer side of his character. This emphasizes their bond as siblings and their mutual understanding of 'f*cking around and finding out' is not easy, as Stacy is learning such in this moment, and Brad has seemingly already been through such.

Monday, March 24, 2025

American Gigolo - Kelly Davis

Towards the beginning of the film, Julie, (who we can now establish as an escort), is with his clients, given to him by Leon. He's attempting to soothe the woman as her husband watches before he begins to sleep with her. Her husband tells Julie to, "Slap her. Slap that cunt." Julie turns around disturbed, showcasing early on that Julie was uncomfortable with being violent with this woman.

After we find out Julie is being framed, we see him start to sort of lose it. He's looking for the jewels that were "stolen," but is unable to find them in his apartment. The lighting is beautifully made and aesthetically pleasing. He goes on to find the jewels hidden in his car after tearing up his apartment. We see his confirmation on him being framed.

Towards the end of the film, we see his love interest, Michelle, being the only person to actually help him in the end. He asks her why she did it, and she tells him she loves him. This scene is really powerful because even after defending the people around him, no one helped him. She was the only person who was there for him after he was framed for murder.