Monday, 28 October 2013



WEEK 6 (27/10/2013)

DURING THE MOVIE
Who are the most important characters in the film?
Young princess, Merida
Queen Elinor
King Fergus
Rival clan
Witch

What is the story about?
This movie is about young Princess named Merida of the clan Dunbroch is given a longbow by her father, King Fergus, for her birthday, to her mother Queen Elinor's dismay. While practicing, Merida ventures into the woods to fetch a stray arrow, where she encounters a will-o'-the-wisp. Soon afterwards, Mor'du, a giant demon-bear, attacks the family. Merida escapes on horseback with Elinor, while Fergus fights off the bear at the cost of his left leg. Eleven years later, Merida has become a free-spirited, headstrong sixteen-year-old with much younger identical triplet brothers, Hamish, Huburt, and Harris. Elinor informs her that she is to be betrothed to one of her father's allied clans, against her will. Reminding Merida of a legend about a prince who had ruined his own kingdom by pride and refusal to follow his father's wishes, Elinor warns her that failure to consent to the marriage could harm Dunbroch, but Merida is still dissatisfied with the arrangement.
Rival clans arrive with their firstborn sons to compete in the Highland Games for Merida's hand in marriage. Merida, twisting the rules, announces she is eligible to compete for her own hand as the first-born of Clan Dunbroch and defeats each of her suitors in an archery contest, shaming the other clans. Merida and Elinor argue, resulting in Merida slashing the family tapestry and Elinor scorching Merida's longbow. Merida then storms out in tears and rides into the forest, where she follows the wisps to the hut of an elderly witch posing as a wood carver. After some bargaining, the witch agrees to give Merida an enchanted cake to change her mother's mind.
Merida returns to the castle and gives Elinor the cake, which magically transforms her into a black bear. Realizing that she has made matters worse for herself, Merida returns with Elinor, who still retains most of her human personality, to the witch's cottage but finds only a message left behind. They learn that unless Merida is able to "mend the bond torn by pride" before the second sunrise, the spell will become permanent. The two are led by the wisps to ancient ruins, where they encounter Mor'du, whom Merida discovers was once the power-mad prince in Elinor's legend, under a similar transformation spell. Merida vows to her mother that she will not let her become a wild animal like Mor'du, and theorizes that she can reverse the spell by repairing the torn tapestry.
At the castle, the clans are on the verge of war, but Merida interrupts their fighting and states that the children should be allowed to get married in their own time to whomever they choose. The clans agree, renewing and strengthening their friendships and breaking tradition. Merida then sneaks into the tapestry room with Elinor. Elinor, who is losing control of her human self, attacks Fergus, but suddenly regains her human consciousness and races out of the castle. Fergus, thinking that the queen was killed by Mor'du, pursues the bear with the other clans. With the help of her brothers, who have also eaten the enchanted cake and transformed into bear cubs, Merida rides after her father while simultaneously sewing up the tapestry. The clan members and Fergus capture Elinor, but Merida intervenes, just before Mor'du appears and attacks. A battle ensues, with Mor'du scattering the clan warriors and almost killing Merida. Elinor intervenes, using the strength of her bear form to hold off Mor'du long enough for him to be crushed by a falling menhir, which releases the prince's spirit. Before departing to the afterlife, he silently thanks Merida for finally freeing him from himself.
At the second sunrise, Merida realizes the true meaning of the witch's riddle, and reconciles with her mother. The queen is transformed back to her human form along with the triplets, and the family is happily reunited. A few days later, Merida and Elinor are working together to sew a new tapestry of Merida, and Elinor as a bear, when they are called to the docks to bid farewell to the other clan lords. They then ride their horses across Scotland together with a renewed mother-daughter bond

What group of people would like to watch this film?
In our opinion, we think that the group of people that  will like to watch this movie are kids and teenagers  because this movie is about how a princess try her best to make a big change in her life which will affect her  whole life. Besides that, the movie is full of suspense thus making the kids and teenagers curious to know what will happen.


AFTER THE MOVIE

Do you like this movie?
Most of us give high rating, which the average is 4 star out of 5. This show that all of us like this movie. Because the story of the movie give us the feel of exciting and, the plot of the story is a bid unique that some time make us wonder what will happen next.

What rating would you give for this movie?
4 out of 5 stars

What spoilers would ruin this movie if you told your readers about it?
 For this movie, we did not found the spoilers that would ruin the movie because, the film director done a great job on the making of this movie. The movie also full of a sense of suspense.

What did you learn from this movie?
Mother is the best friend forever.
The teenage girls and mother are might not get along because as a girl, we think our mother always make a worse decision even though the worse decision sometimes is the best decision for us. However, we only realised it when we try it out or maybe we should try to communicate and listen to our beloved mother what is our opinion about the decision.


What title would you give for your review?
We are FAMILY!!!!




WEEK 5 (23/10/2013)


  • This meeting was held at KAA as usual.
  • This week, all of us watched Brave.
  • Everyone managed to attend for the meeting.
  • We managed to finish watching this movie.










WEEK 4 (17/10/2013)

DURING THE MOVIE
1.        Who are the 5 most important characters in the film? List out the names of the actors playing them
·         Lily Collins as Snow White
·         Julia Roberts as the Queen Clementianna, The Evil Queen, Snow White's insecure stepmother.
·         Armie Hammer as the Prince Andrew Alcott
·         Nathan Lane as Brighton, the Queen's executive bootlicker.
·   Mare Winningham as Margaret, a baker who was Snow White's friend since childhood

   
2.      What is the story about?
After a beloved King vanishes, his ruthless wife seizes control of the kingdom and keeps her beautiful 18-year-old stepdaughter, Snow White, hidden away in the palace. But when the princess attracts the attention of a charming and wealthy visiting prince, the jealous Queen banishes the girl to a nearby forest. Taken in by a band of rebellious but kindhearted dwarfs, Snow White blossoms into a brave young woman determined to save her country from the Queen. With the support of her new friends, she roars into action to reclaim her birthright and win back her Prince in this magical adventure comedy that will capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences the world over.

3.      What group of people would like to watch this film?
This movie is suitable for everyone of all ages.



 AFTER THE MOVIE

  1. Do you like this movie? Why or why not?
Yes. The movie teach me on how to respect others and be a kind hearted person.
  1. What rating would you give for this movie? 
4 out of 5
  1. What spoilers would ruin this movie if you told your readers about it?
Prince Alcott is warned by his friend Charles that something is fishy about the Queen, but he leaves anyway. Snow returns very upset, telling Baker Margaret how horrible everything has become for the people. She tells her about the ball, telling her that she will crash the ball and save the kingdom. A few minutes later, we see the Queen preparing herself, being treated by Baker Margaret, who is doing disgusting things to her without her knowing as she has her eyes covered. This includes settings bees, snakes, and other insects on her.

  1. All movies teach a lesson (theme or moral). What did you learn from this movie?
This movie teach us on how to respect people’s belongings. Other than that, we also learnt that, we should not be greed as it will only make you suffer in the end.

  1. What title would you give for your review?
The great and the greed.



(WEEK THREE) 11/10/2013

  • This meeting was conducted in Kompleks Mahasiswa A (KAA).
  • We finished watching Mirror Mirror.
  • We discussed about the question given regarding the movie that we watched.
  • We make a draft for the answers and started to create our group blog.
  • For the next movie, some of us didn’t agree  to watch Titanic, and to top it all, Titanic was not on the list so we change it to Brave.





(WEEK 2) 4/10/2013

  • Meeting was held at Kompleks Mahasiswa A (KAA) at 8 p.m.
  • We surfed the internet and checked the LAX official blog to gain some information.
  • We managed to discuss about what movie that we are going to watch base on the list given.
  • we had decided to watch Mirror Mirror and Titanic.
  • We also managed to watch half of the movie which are the Mirror Mirror.
  • Next meeting will be held at the same place and time, which is at the Kompleks Mahasiswa A (KAA), at 8 p.m. on Thursday.





(1st WEEK) 27/09/2013
  • All of us are required to attend the first grand meeting for this course.
  • A briefing was given by the instructor and students were divided into groups.
  • For this first meeting, there are about 9 of us, we started the ice breaking by introducing ourselves.
  • Then, all of us had decided to organize our next meeting which will be conducted at the Kompleks Mahasiswa A (KAA) Thursday at 8 p.m.

 ANDDDD.... the group members~~~




NURNABILAH BINTI ZUHAIDI (174299)


NUR AIMI BINTI ISMAIL (175152)



NUR ADZIMI BINTI ADMI (171861)


FATIN UMAIRAH BINTI MOHAMAD ZAMAL (175153)


AMIRUL NAZHAN BIN ILIAS (175238)


MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN ARIPIN (175156)


INTAN NADIA BINTI MOHD. ZUKRI (173657)



NURZAWANI BINTI MERALI @ MARALI (174092)