5. prepare a film/ book review you have seen/read recently ​

Answer:

How is a movie based on a video game more soulless than the game itself? The knock against the world of gaming has long been that they lack a human element, but Ruben Fleischer’s “Uncharted” feels emptier than the award-winning franchise on which it’s based. Dominated by green screen special effects and thin treasure-hunt plotting, “Uncharted” fundamentally lacks the sense of adventure that turned the Sony games into some of the most beloved of all time. What’s most startling is how much the games themselves feel more cinematic in terms of world building, character, and narrative than the actual movie. It’s not quite as disastrous as some video game adaptations, and it’s at least light enough on its feet to never insult the intelligence of its fan base as so many of these movies tend to do. However, “Uncharted” seems to want to ride the goodwill of the video game adventures of Nathan Drake more than create any of its own; it takes no risks and feels like a bare minimum effort in terms of storytelling. Roger famously said that video games can never be art. The ones on which this movie is based are certainly more artistic.

Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) was conceived as a throwback to Indiana Jones and the serial adventure films that inspired him. He should be a smooth-talking treasure hunter, someone who exists in a slightly gray moral area wherein stealing priceless artifacts is warranted because no one else can really appreciate them like Drake. Holland has the agility but quite simply lacks the weight and world-weariness needed for a character like Drake, who was raised in an orphanage and is willing to steal to make ends meet. If Indiana was typically the smartest person in a room, Drake needs to be the one with the sharpest instincts, someone who sees the puzzles of history from a place of expertise and courage. Holland is a smart actor, but he’s just wrong here, always looking a little bit like a kid dressing up as his favorite video game character.

“Uncharted” bounces these characters off each other on a journey to Spain and the Philippines, but nothing has any weight to it. It’s green screen performing that ignores how much setting can matter in a film like this one. Design never once feels like a consideration, whether Nathan and Chloe are crawling through a nondescript tunnel to hidden treasure or Sully is getting into one of the few fight scenes in an actual Papa John’s. A film like “Uncharted” needs to transport audiences. We need to go on the journey, not just watch actors pretend to fall out of planes. The “Uncharted” games take players around the world. You’ll never once get that feeling during this cold, distant adventure film.

If anything saves “Uncharted” from the depths of the worst video game adaptations, it’s the relative charm of the cast. Holland may be miscast, but he’s just an incredibly likable movie star, and I hope he can find parts that better utilize his charms. Wahlberg creates a nice balance between his charisma and the exhausted tone of a treasure hunter who has seen and done enough, and just wants that final gig that can set him up for life. Banderas is wasted and Gabrielle is inconsistent, but Ali is arguably the one performer who gets that “Uncharted” should be fun. She gives the film some much-needed energy and unpredictability when she's on-screen.

“Uncharted” is another one of those projects that has been through so many potential production teams over the years that it lost its identity. There are reports going back to 2008 about different filmmakers trying to get this movie made and David O. Russell, Neil Burger, Joe Carnahan, Shawn Levy, Dan Trachtenberg, and Travis Knight were all rumored or even attached at different points. When a project goes through so many iterations over the years, it can often lead to a final film that feels like a compromise, a watered-down version that took the most common, most basic elements of everything that had been suggested over the years. “Uncharted” checks boxes for fans and newbies but does so in such a predictable manner that it lacks any edge or spark. I’ve played through some of the “Uncharted” games from beginning to end more than once, a multiple-hour commitment. It may only take two to watch it, but I’ll probably never see this movie again.

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What are 2 reasons for a given population to increase?

(Identify the simple subject)
Where are drivers' licenses
issued?

Identify the following literary devices. Terms can be repeated/used many times.
simile hyperbole
metaphor alliteration
personification
oxymoron onomatopoeia
___________________________Saying goodbye to my friend was bitter sweet.
___________________________Snow has wrapped a white blanket over the city.
___________________________It was so funny, I nearly died laughing.
___________________________Her eyes were fireflies.
___________________________Canada expects its citizens to pay taxes.
___________________________It was a minor catastrophe.
___________________________Splish-splash downhill our sleigh went in the snow.
___________________________His word is as good as gold.
___________________________Passing breeze made a whooshing noise.
Match the following terms with definitions

Protagonist, narrator, plot, climax, theme, setting, antagonist, point of view, conflict, characters, foreshadowing, flashback, symbol




Time and place in which a story happens.


The problems or struggle in the story.


A real life object representing an abstract idea


Main and minor people/animals in the story


A memory, a thought or going back in time by character


The person who tells the story


The perspective from which the story is told.


The main message or main idea of the story.


The order of events in the story


Clues or hints about what is going to happen in the future


Main character in the story; good or bad


Main character who fights with the protagonist


The highest point of tension in the story

Which kind of sentence is the following?: Mrs. Pirri is throwing candy at children as they enter class!
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Remembering this is an ancient Greek play, which statement is also a theme in Antigone?

A. Humans make their own destiny
B. Destiny is always kind
C. Fate can shape the lives of humans
D. Respect is earned through actions

Your sister has been admitted into the hospital .write a letter to your mother describing her state of her health to her​

Come up with 5 research questions about the topic: "Achieving Freedom"

On page 3 of the passage, review lines 22 and 25
of the poem. why does the speaker refer to the
"voice of my education" and "voices in me"?

Can someone help me with this full page please last one

what is noun,adjective and adverb of ideate
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pls help me pls
I will give brainliest
pls pls help pls pls

Which words best describes the pace of this passage?
A. hurried; frantic
B. steady; measured
C. uneven; irregular
D. accelerating; intense

Which statement best describes the relationship between jefferson’s diction and his purpose? jefferson uses words with neutral connotations to present a claim based on reason and precedent. jefferson uses words with positive connotations to praise his listeners for their political activism. jefferson uses words with neutral connotations to suggest that there is no urgency to his message. jefferson uses words with positive connotations to encourage peaceful relations with britain.

Read “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Which statement best describes the main idea of the poem? Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. A. The speaker informs the reader about two roads. B. The speaker expresses his feelings about nature. C. The speaker describes his unfulfilled dreams and wishes. D. The speaker explains a difficult decision he had to make.

which excerpt from the beginning of the maasai is the best example of a feature found in myths​

Safian is writing an essay about a new medical technique. Which source would be most accurate?

Change the 4 present tense verbs to the past tense.

The lawnmower breaks when I press the switch. I find that the mower always seems to malfunction in this way after being used for a long time.

Why did Mr. Granger and the other men say they were visiting Mama’s classroom?

Which headlines can be considered objective? Select two options.

Quarterback Looks Lazy in Final Team Practice
Stunning Upset Leaves Penguins Reeling
University Athletic Director Resigns amid Controversy
Softball League Umpire Admits Error on Final Play
Ice Skating Champion’s Fall from Grace Continues

Write one scene of a narrative. Use primarily dialogue to develop the plot of the scene, including its
rising action and climax. Be sure to engage and orient the reader to the situation in the story, establish
more than one character, and create a smooth progression of events.

What is the best way to describe the theme of the story? (Lights Out)

around the world in 80 days movie vs book?

Read the following passage from Tennyson’s “Ulysses.”

This is my son, mine own Telemachus, [4]/To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle--/Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil/This labour, by slow prudence to make mild/A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees/Subdue them to the useful and the good./Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere/Of common duties, decent not to fail/In offices of tenderness, and pay/Meet adoration to my household gods,/When I am gone.
Based on this passage, which statement best represents the difference between Ulysses and Telemachus?

Telemachus is more content to govern the kingdom than Ulysses.
Ulysses is more outgoing than Telemachus.
Ulysses is more content to govern the kingdom than Telemachus.
Telemachus is more outgoing than Ulysses.

What do maya's thoughts, feelings, and action in response to her mother's injury reveal about her character?
1. she lacks dedication to gymnastics.
2. she is caring and wants to help her family.
3. she enjoys doing tasks that others find unpleasant.
4. she is clumsy and tends to break things.

How does “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” break away from traditional poetic conventions? Select all that apply.

It distorts the traditional concept of a love song.
It abandons the strict orderliness of the Victorian era.
It incorporates many allusions to other texts.
It emphasizes the search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world.

What effect is achieved by having the knight tell his tale to the narrator,
instead of simply having the knight tell his tale directly to the reader?
A)
It causes the knight to be a less sympathetic
character.
B)
It causes the knight to be a more sympathetic
character.
C)
It makes us wonder if the narrator and the knight are
the same person.
D)
It mediates the knight's story through the memory
and consciousness of someone else.

Write an informative essay that explains the qualities of a hero and how to recognize heroes in your life.

The word root art means "craft or skill." Sort the words based on which words use the root art.
active
Contains Art
awkward
artistic
artist
Intro
Does Not Contain Art

Examine the public service ad. which statement best explains the effect of excluding images of people from the ad? it reminds the audience that anyone can be wasteful. it places the emphasis on the wasted food. it stresses the idea that food waste can be recycled. it reinforces the negative effects of food waste.

fill the blank with correct form of verb
the boys ______ basketball at school after every afternoon