Hello my Politics and Reel life peers. My name is Jake Bradbury. I am an avid movie watcher and proud native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Currently I am on the schools rugby team. Rugby is a great sport that is rapidly becoming popular in the U.S. Last year my team and I won the Pennsylvania state championship and became ranked 17th nationally. Besides rugby I am an avid reader. Right now I am reading the Game of Throne series that follows the show on HBO by the same name. The show is sick so you should all check it out (I posted a link to the trailer below). I love sports and am a huge fan of all Philadelphia sports teams (Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, '6ers) and I also passionately loathe the Saints. Last summer, a group of friends and I packed up my '99 Ford Taurus named Consuela and drove over the Walt Whitman bridge from Philly to Jersey and we spent our summer living at the Jersey Shore. No, I am not a guido but I am proud to say many of my friends are. Anyone who has not been to the Jersey Shore should really go its a great time as long as u watch out for them grenades. Since this is a movie class I thought I should share with you movies that I enjoy so that hopefully someone can agree (or disagree) with me or get a chance to watch them if they have never seen it. I think I will discuss one movie per blog. "Raging Bull" is a classic Scorcese film that I find cinematically stunning. The use of lines and shadows in this black and white film really help to convey deeper messages within the movie and Robert DeNiro's rendition of Jake LaMotta, a real boxer, is one of the best acting performances I have ever seen. DeNiro actually put on and then lost all the weight in this movie and taught himself how to box so well that his trainer said he could make a living as a professional boxer. Another interesting fact is that Cathy Moriarty, who portrays Vicki La Motta in the film, was a neighborhood girl from Queens, New York (the town where Martin Scorcese grew up) who had no acting skill but was recruited because Scorcese saw her walking down the street. Finally, I want to wish all of you good luck this upcoming semester and I am excited to blog with all of you about politics and reel life. If someone needs to reach me whether it be for a question about the homework or you just want to see whats up feel free to come find me in Biever 315.
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I read the whole Game of Thrones series and am giving a paper on it in October in New Orleans at the Southern Popular Culture Conference; drop in if you get a chance.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a pretty fun summer! Where on the Jersey Shore were you staying? (I spend most of my summers there and in Pennsylvania we well) That's really cool that you play rugby as well, and you are right, it is definitely becoming increasingly popular in the US. I look forward to reading more of your movie review!
ReplyDeleteAmmie I go to Wildwood where do you go?
ReplyDeleteI go to Ocean City (which is really close to Wildwood) and Ocean Grove, which is up farther north, towards The City.
ReplyDeleteWoah!Rugby! That's awsome! i saw "Invictus" so now I really want to watch some rugby.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny that you went to the Jersey shore, I don't doubt that it was fun.
The 'Game of Thrones' video looked brutal, but I would probably still watch it.
Hope you do well this semester too!
looking forward to some movie reviews. when christian bale isnt beating his family or berating film crews hes usually losing weight then putting it back on for roles, i guess taking after deniro. also, if youre into cinematography, check out movies filmed by roger deakins or wally pfister, they work with the coen brothers and christopher nolan, respectively.
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