1. Yes I do think that they could happen realistically because a class project that has something to do with something that the movie is based on could end up just as bad as those things. Once you get everybody following what you believe than anything can happen. Good or bad.

2. Group pressure is once lots of people are doing something, you might want to do it too because you will feel left out but it’s good to not get involved with that stuff it you know it’s bad. That’s what Karo did.

3. I think the larger message is not to do something if you aren’t sure of what the outcome is, that could be bad. Also to not always follow what the group is doing. The theme could be life.

4. I was surprised at the end when that guy got shot and Tim killed himself. I enjoyed it. Connection to school shootings and gangs.

5. I thought the whole film was done good but the thing I didn’t like was that it was all in German but I followed along well.

I am doing responses to student espouses about Nelson Mandela and heroes. People love Nelson Mandela for what he did in the world.

 

1. Jazmyne- I don’t have a hero but I think that Nelson Mandela was a hero for everyone in Africa. He helped inspire many people and made changes in Africa for the better. I think that Nelson lived a very meaningful life and left footsteps that everyone could look up.

Response: I agree that Nelson Mandela was a hero for everyone in Africa. He inspired people by standing up for black freedom. He did live a very meaningful life and I betcha some people are wanting to follow in his footsteps but can’t because they are busy doing work. They can still believe in those things but not do anything about them.

2.  Jhiana M- My hero is Nelson Mandela because he stood up for something he believed in.

Response: That’s true, he believed in freedom for blacks. He stood by it until he died. He lived for a pretty long time so that means he stood by that for long. Things happened to him while he stood up for that. He got put in jail but he was still standing by that black freedom. Good for him. Now that he is gone someone else should stand by it and take his place.

 

Something that makes someone a hero is that they are selfless and they put others before themselves. Something that makes someone a coward is that they do bad things to others, are intimidated easily, and blame other people for what they did. I watched the movie Four Feathers and there were characters that were heroes and cowards. Someone can be a coward and change into a hero, and someone can be a hero and change into a coward. People can be called a coward but actually aren’t one, and some people can be called a hero but actually aren’t.

Some characters in Four Feathers that are heroes are Harry and Abu. Harry is a hero because he gets called a coward and then travels through the Sudan to help his fellow soldiers from the bad guys. He helps his fellow soldiers fighting and then helps Jack when he is blind. Helps him by cleaning him up. His feathers keep him going. Abu is a hero because he saves Harry when he finds him half dead in the middle of the desert. If he wouldn’t have found Harry, then Harry would’ve died. He also keeps Harry safe throughout the whole movie.

There isn’t really a coward in the movie. Harry is a coward at the beginning but he changes his ways. He resigns from the army because he is afraid. At first he only gets 3 feathers from his fellow soldiers and then gets one more from Ethany to add up to four. He decides that he can’t live with himself knowing that people think he is a coward and knowing that he did something to make these think that. So he heads off on his quest to help his friends and he becomes a hero.

1. What was your response to the techniques and style of the film?

My response to the techniques and style of the film is that I would highly recommend anyone to watch it even if you aren’t watching for camera angles and stuff like that. The techniques were that they wouldn’t show the whole creepy thing and I thought it was really cool.

2. How do you feel this type of “creepy” film fits in with the horror genre of films? Is there a need for these types of intellectually strange/uncomfortable types of films?

I don’t think it fits with horror films but it’s just a scary movie. There isn’t a need for those types of films but people make them for entertainment of the viewer. Really anybody who wants a little bit of a scare should watch it.

3. What types of viewers would gravitate towards this film?

I think anyone would gravitate towards the film.

4. Slasher films don’t have a real message for the viewer to walk away with, other than “never go outside” or “never leave the vehicle when you’re out of gas in the woods”. Do you think this film has a message to viewers? If so, what is it?

It kind of has a message to not go out alone at night because you never know what can happen. Also to not go too far out of your boundaries because there can be scary things and you never know what you will find.

For my current event I did disability selective abortion. It is when people abort their baby just because they have a disability. If the doctor finds out that they have a disability or Down syndrome they tell them that they might want to abort the baby because of the way it is. Many people do listen to their doctor and abort their baby. Every kid deserves to live.  This means that there won’t be many people with disabilities but there will be less people in the world. I think it is stupid because I don’t see what is wrong with disabled people. There is nothing wrong with them.