Genre

Yes Man

www.rottentomatoes.com

Genre: comedy

Ratings: PG-13 (for crude sexual humor, language and brief nudity)

Average ratings: 5.2/10

Reviews:

   -Sporatically funny, mostly amusing and harmless.

   -This movie is a proof that reverse psychology works.

   -Numbingly predictable and not as filled wth actions as the misleading poster suggests.

movie.naver.com

Genre: comedy, drama

Rating: PG-15

Average ratings: 8.88/10

Reviews:  

   -Years passed since this movie came out, I still cannot forget it.

   -The same comedy and action from Jim Carry everyting, but still funny.

   -Scenario is messy, organization is messy.

   -Jim Carry is too old.

www.metacritic.com/movies

Genre: comedy, romance

Rating: PG-13

Average ratings: 6.8/10

Reviews:

   -It's even better as a love story that just happens to make you laugh.

   -Undemanding, light, enjoyable.

   -This is basically a nerd-loosening-his-tie romantic comedy done in the manic-compulsive mode of "Liar-Liar"

   -It's Liar, Liar 2

www.imdb.com

Genre: comedy, romance

Rating: PG-13

Average ratings: 7.0/10

Reviews:

   -This movie runs through its rom-com paces, but each new scene, while a bit predictable, was nonetheless a pleasure.  

   -It is all very silly, of course - but this feel-good comedy that has a small undertone of seriousness as well.

   -Jim Carrey should be ashamed of himself for going along with a ridiculous portrayal of Iranian women in this film. Persian mail-order brides? The racism in this movie is ridiculous.

Genre Classifications' Effect

Genre classifications have a lot of effect on how we approach to movies. Genre is the personality of that movie that we can distinguish between the other movies, just like people. It's a code that audiences can see the narrative with fast and complex comprehension. Genre not only relates to the structure of the movie, but also relates to audience's expectations and hypothesis. Genre can be an ingredient to the structure of the movie. Genre gives different kinds of solutions to the conflicts in the movies. If you want certain conclusions to the movies, you can choose different types of genres to match your solutions. On the reviews above, genre classifications are all different even though they're the same movie. One review site classified the movie Yes Man as a comedy, the other site classified it as both comedy and drama, and the other two sites classified it as romantic comedy. Just like these, people classify the movie differently according to their perceptions.

Gender and Genre

Viewing pleasures for men and women are very different. Movies can be distinguished as masculine or feminine. Masculine movies are those movies that include actions or adventures. These movies relate to men's aggression, power, and authority. Genre of movies like drama, comedy, and romance can be classified as feminine. Women are much more emotional than men that they can be seen as caring and loving towards other people. According to a survey, people who participated in the movie ratings for the movie Yes Man were 61% women and 39% men. Just like this, viewing pleasures for men and women are very different.

Other Ways to Classify Films

Films can be classified according to their theme, setting, mood, or format. Theme is the important idea or subject that runs through the film. Setting is a particular place where story happens. Mood is the emotional tone of the film. Format refers to the way or order in which the movie was arranged or presented. Other way to classify films is to categorize by target audience.

5 Tools from Barthes - If Only

 Summary

 After having a little argument about an American woman Sam ruining a British businessman Ian’s important presentation at work, Samantha dies in a car accident. However, Ian gets a chance to relieve the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

l  Enigma code: When Ian gets a chance to relieve the day all over again, he tries almost everything to save her. To avoid Sam’s death, Ian try to change every little events that happened that day, like Sam getting a burn on a kettle, Ian’s watch breaking, and Sam getting a Coca-Cola split. Ian finally solves the problem, Sam’s death, by sacrificing his own life.

l  Action code: The reason why Ian acts this way is because of love. When Ian gets a chance to relieve the day, his power of love lets him even sacrifice his life to save Sam’s life. He loved her like there was no tomorrow, and realized that there is no use crying over split milk.

l  Character code: Ian gets really mad when Sam ruins his presentation at work by breaking into the office and interrupting to give Ian some files, which he already had. This tells us that Ian is a really hard-working businessman. He thinks work is more important than love. If he thinks love is more important than work, he would not have got mad when she ruined his presentation. He would’ve just forgiven her.

l  Symbolic code: Small events happening again the next day foreshadow that the death will come again. Before riding a taxi, Ian realized that they were in the same spot as the previous night. This also foreshadows and symbolize that the death is near.

l  Cultural code: Love between a British businessman Ian and an American woman Sam makes this movie more tragic. British man Ian puts work ahead of love, whereas an American woman Sam puts love ahead of work. I think this cultural difference led to a tragedy.

Pepsi advertisements in the U.S., Korea, and Japan

Pepsi advertisements for each country are different because people from different countries have different tastes for advertisements.

This is an old Pepsi ad in the U.S. In the picture,  the first straw splits in half, trying to avoid going in to the Coca-Cola can. The second straw is just naturally stuck in to the Pepsi can. What the ad is trying to say is that Pepsi tastes so much better than Coca-Cola that even the straw tries to avoid going in to the Coca-Cola can.

 

This also is an old Pepsi commercial in 1995. In the commercial, a young boy just slurps and slurps, finally overdoes it, and gets sucked into the Pepsi bottle from his straw, leaving him trapped inside. The commercial is indicating that it tastes so good that the boy tried to drink even the last drop of the Pepsi, that made him trapped inside.

This is an ad from Japan. In the picture, a woman with thick eyeline and dark eyeshadow looks at the audience mysteriously. Next to the woman, there's a phrase saying "This is just as good as expected!" I think the ad is trying to persuade the audience by making the phrase and the good taste of the Pepsi seem obvious.

This is Korea's Pepsi ad. The two singers in the picture are jumping up high with Pepsi. The phrase in English says "Refresh Your World" and the phrase in Korean says "Wake up your own world" by drinking Pepsi.

My expectations for this course - Media English 1

First, I expect this class to be a really exciting class to learn about media, so I will try my best to learn in this class.


Second, I want to get closer to Professor Ben because he's going to be my teacher for the whole semester.


Third, most importantly, I want to get an A+ for this class.