Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fun With Finals!

To help us get started reviewing material that will be on the American Culture final exam (which will happen on the afternoon of Thursday, April 28th), please work with a partner to collect the following pieces of information for two (2) of the movies and/or TV shows that we've watched this semester:

- a timeline of events from the movie (at least 15)
- examples of American culture from the movie (at least 10)
- a list of short answer questions that are related to the movie (at least 10)
- a list of essay questions that are related to the movie (at least 5)
- any important vocabulary, ideas, concepts, or information from the movie that you think your classmates need to know for the final (depends on the movie)

Please work in the following pairs, and work on the following movies/TV shows:

Cindy and Wendy: Some Like It Hot, X-Men
Vicky and Angie: Collateral, Witness
Chi and Greg: The Simpsons, Beverly Hills Cop
Wayne and Yvonne: X-Files, The Graduate

Use the 'Comment' function to post yours answers. Please post them NO LATER THAN Saturday, April 23, so that your classmates have enough time to use these your information to study for the final exam!

9 comments:

  1. 1. Some Like It Hot
    -Timeline:
    1. People smuggling alcohol to speakeasy, police was trying to catch them.
    2. Joe and Jerry were the musicians who work in speakeasy.
    3. Policemen went in catch everyone but Joe and Jerry ran away.
    4. Jerry and Joe went to find other job then borrow a car from Nellie who can help them to find a job.
    5. When they pick up the car, they saw spats who smuggling alcohol in speakeasy and kill some people out there.
    6. Spats saw Joe and Jerry and want to kill them but they ran aways again.
    7. So they decide to be a show girl, that is a way to leave Chicago to Florida.
    8. They went by train with girls band and met sugar who is a singer and like to drink alcohol.
    9. she become friend with Joe and Jerry.
    10. Jerry and Sugar have a party on the train and drinking wiskey but other girls found out and joining them together.
    11.They arrived in Florida and went to hotel.
    12.Jerry met Osgood in the front of hotel, who is a millionaire and married four times.
    13. Sugar and Jerry went to beach to have fun and Joe pretend a millionaire to meet Sugar.
    14. Sugar fall in love with Joe but she didn't know that was her friend.
    15. Jerry helps Joe to pursue Sugar, so he dance all night with Osgood because Joe and Sugar was in Osgood's yacht.
    16.By that night Jerry fall in love with Osgood too and wants to marry him.
    17.In another day Jerry and Joe saw Spats in the Hotel becasue Spats had meeting out there.
    18. Jerry and Joe ran away again because Spats was trying to kill them.
    19. Spats and his men were killed by the meeting.
    20. Jerry and Joe called Osgood to help them run away and Sugar went with them.
    - Examples of American Culture
    1.Prohibition
    2.by that time all the women like to wear Mink Shawl.
    3.Millionaire had yacht
    4.Great Depression
    5.ride bike
    6.Party
    7.Secret club
    8.By that time men are very gentle.
    9.By that time, the gentleman give the girls a basket of flowers, not bouquet.
    10.The women's hair are curl
    - Short answer question
    1. Why Sugar does want to find a millionaire to marry?
    2.What are the Joe and Jerry's Job?
    3.Why do you tink Jerry wants to hlep Joe to purse Sugar?
    4.Why women like wear mink shawl in the past but they can not wear it now?
    5. Why do you think Osgood don't care Daphne is man or woman?
    6.Why Joe and Jerry want to pretend to girls and joining the girls band?
    7.What do you think "no one is perfect" mean in this movie?
    8.What do you think the author is trying to tell you in the end of the movie?
    9.Do you think Jerry will marry to Osgood? Why or Why not?
    10.Why Sugar decide to go with Joe even he is not a millionaire?
    - Essay Question
    1.What happened in American during 1922-1933?
    2.What did you learn the American culture from this movie?
    3.What is Sugar's personality? If you are sugar, will you run away with Joe or find a millionaire to marry? Why?
    4.Why do all of women want to find a millionaire to marry? Do you think they have true love with millionaire? why or why not?
    5.Do you think money is important in your life? why or why not? What will you choose between true love and money? Explain your anser.
    -Important things
    1.Vocabulary: inadvertently, Speakeasy, gender, suitor, pay their way, and the mob.
    2.Prohibition happened in 1920-1933.
    3.The author is billy wilder.
    4.Remember the characters.

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  2. X-Men
    -Timeline
    1.Rogue is a gril who has superpower with her boyfriend and kissing, but her boyfriend almost die.
    2.Because that happened , so she runs away.
    3.A man take her to a club, and she sees Logan who has superpower too is boxing with other people, but she does not know he has superpower.
    4.When Logan finish boxing and drinking beer, a man goes to provocative him, then he use his superpower to protect himself.
    5.Rogan watches his superpower and she wants to talk to him, but he leaves.
    6.Rogan follow him and wants to walk away with him, Logan takes her finally and they have conversation.
    7.Suddenly, Sabertooth who looks like a lion wants to catch them, and Logan fight with him.
    8.But Sabertooth is really strong, so Logan cannot kill him. By that time, Storm and Cyclops who are X-Men save and take to X-Men school.
    9.Professor X who is president of X-Men and can control people's mind tell Logan that he know who is Logan and do not leave.
    10.At this night, Rogan goes to Logan's room and wants to talk to him.
    11.Logan is dreaming and almost kill Rogan, but Rogan touch him, then Rogan is fine but he almost die. Mr.Grey save him.
    12.Mystique who can change to other people and lie Rober Kelly and change him to a no bone people.
    13.Mystique change to Rogan's classmate tell Rogan, Professor X will fire you,so she runs away.
    14.Professor X use a machine to find Rogan at train station, then Logan, storm and Cyclops go to find her.
    15.They met the bad men and catch the Rogan.
    16.Robert runs to X-Men School, and Professor catch him mind and knew everything.
    17. Rober change to water and die.
    18.So Professor X thinks Rogan has dangerous and use machine to find her. But Professor X get hurt and still conk.
    19.Dr.Grey use Machine and find Rogan. And they are going to save her.
    20.Ater a war, bad men all died and Magneto who lead the bad man goes to jail. And they saved Rogan.
    21.The professor X rovery and Logan goea to find his own answer.
    -American Culture
    1.More Forest in American
    2.Beer
    3.Boxing
    4.X-Men have own uniform
    5.Election
    6.Most of school don't have uniform
    7.Harley(motorcycle)
    8.Technology(even in the jail)
    9.Not many people wear glasses.
    10.They like to drive big car, like truck,
    -Short Anser Question
    1.Why does Senator Robert Kelly against superpower?
    2.Why does Magneto want to control the World?
    3.Do you think where is the Logan going to in the end of the movie?
    4.Which character do you like the most? why?
    5.Do you like this movie? why or why not?
    6.What is the Logan's personality?
    7.What do you think the relationship between Logan, Dr.Grey, and Cyclops?
    8.Why does Rogan like Logan?
    9.Do you think Storm is important in this movie? why or why not?
    10.How do you think people has superpower is good or not? Explain your answer.

    -Essay Question
    1.If you a X-Men, what superpowers do you want? Explain them.
    2.In you own country,what kind of movie will present the superpower? And compare with United State.
    3.What is the different between magic and superpower?
    4.Compare Professor X and Magneto. Following these points: Superpower, Personality, and which one the coutry like the most?
    5.If a people give you 10,000 dollars, then let you be a superpower people and research you. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.
    -Important Things
    1.Review the character and theri superpower.
    2.American culture

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  3. -timeline
    1. Lisa ask Burt to give her birthday gift.
    2. Homur wearing pink shirt to go to work.
    3. Homur had Burt to do his psycho test.
    4. Homur got into the psychic hospital.
    5. Homur met a roommate named Micheal Jackson in the hospital.
    6. Humur and his roommate become friends
    7. Marge came to visit Homur.
    8. Doctor in the hospipal found out Humor is not insane
    9. The Micheal Jackson is going to Simpons' house.
    10. The information of MJ coming to Simpons' house has been spread out to the whole town.
    11. People in town surprised that the Micheal Jackson is fake.
    12. Lisa was very sad because Burt didn't prepare a gift for her.
    13. The fake Micheal Jackson wants to help Burt to make a song for Lisa.
    14. The fake MJ sings the song wito Burt to Lisa as a B-day gift.
    15. The fake MJ changed back to his real voice and tell the simpsons his real name is Leon.
    16. Leon has left the simpsons' house.
    -examples of American culture
    1. cereals for breakfast
    2. siblings interact like friends
    3. make jokes about celebrities
    4. Mickeal Jackson
    6. Group therapy
    7. steryotype american family.
    8. watch TV together
    9. Stakeboarding
    10. Donuts
    -short answer questions
    1. Why Homur did not want to wear pink shirt to work?
    2. why did Homur's to workmates use pink donut to make fun of Homur?
    3. Why did Humor get in the nut house?
    4. What do you think about Lisa's personality?
    5. Do you think Burt is a good brother?
    6. Do you think Humor is a good father/husband?
    7. Do you have the the same situation as Lisa had which was having an along birthday?
    8. If you are Burt, would you help your father to do that mental test?
    9. What do you think Humor's personality is?
    10. Would you want to be friend with Humor?
    - Essay Quesions
    1. Do you think Homur's boss has the authority to hire a psycho doctor to force Homur to take the psychic test?
    2. If you were a psychic, would you rather stay in nut house or stay at home and let your parents worry about you everyday?
    3. Do you like Lisa and Burt interaction? explain.
    4. Do you think MJ is one of the American Culture nowadays?
    5. Do you like to have interaction with your sibling like friends? explain.

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  4. the graduate
    timeline
    1.Ben's parents hold a party to celebrate his graduation.
    2.Ben meets Mrs.Robinson and she asks him to drive her home.
    3.Mrs.Robinson asks him to go into home and tries to seduce him.
    4.Mr.Robinson comes back and ask Ben to call Elaine.
    5.Ben's parents give him a diver's wet suit for his birthday gift.
    6.Ben calls Mrs.Robinson in the hotel lobby.
    7.They have a affair in the hotel.
    8.Ben knows Mrs.Robinson married to Mr.Robinson because she got pregnant.
    9.Ben goes out with Elaine and takes her to strip bar.
    10.Elaine cries and Ben explains and they eat together.
    11.Ben takes Elaine to the hotel and everyone knows him.
    12.Ben tells Elaine he had a affair with Mrs.Robinson.
    13.Elaine goes back to school and Ben goes to find her.
    14.Ben follows her and he talks to her when she is meeting Carl in a zoo.
    15.Mr.Robinson stop Ben to see Elaine.
    16.Ben knows Elaine is going to get married and he drives around to find her.
    17.Ben goes to the church where Elaine is going to get married and stops her.
    18.They leave together and get on a bus.

    examples of american culture
    1.strip bar
    2.car food
    3.hair style
    4.pool party
    5.church
    6.alcohol
    7.cigarette
    8.car style
    9.paintings
    10.famous university

    short answer questions
    1.what is Carl's job
    2.what did Ben's parents give him for his birthday gift?
    3.why Mrs.Robinson got married to Mr.Robinson?
    4.what happened when Ben drove around to find Elaine?
    5.where did Ben and Mrs.Robinson have a affair?
    6.is it Carl a good man?
    7.Did Elaine get married to Carl finally?
    8.what is Mrs.Robinson's major when she was in college?
    9.what is Mr.Robinson's major when he was in college?
    10.where did Ben and Elaine go when they met each other first time?

    essay questions
    1.what do think about this movie?
    2.what american culture do you learn from this movie?
    3.what history are this movie related to?
    4.what do you think about the ending of the movie?
    5.what do you think about Ben?

    information
    1.the government paid attention on the wars.

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  5. x-file squeeze
    timeline
    1.a girl died in Oregon's forest.
    2.Scully asks to work with Mulder.
    3.Scully does not believe Extraterrestrial.
    3.they go to coastal northwest Oregon.
    4.Mulder makes a mark on the road to the forest when the radio is fluctuate.
    5.A doctor goes to stop them to have an examination on the deaths.
    6.they find out it is not a human in the coffin.
    7.Scully finds a little bottle from the corpse.
    8.they want to talk to the death's classmate Billy.
    9.they go back to the forest at night, but they are drove away.
    10.on their way home, Mulder finds they lose 9 minutes.
    11.they head to the woods where Karen Swenson's body was found and find some strange ash on the ground.
    12.Mulder reveals to Scully that his sister Samantha vanished when he was twelve.
    13. Returning to the motel, they find it on fire with all the evidence inside destroyed.
    14.Theresa Nemman contacts them for help and her father takes her away.
    15.Mulder realizes that Billy Miles is responsible for bringing the victims to the woods.
    16.they meet Detective Miles, but upon hearing a scream they find Billy Miles nearby with Theresa in his arms.
    17.A light appears, and suddenly Billy Miles is back to normal with the marks on his back missing.
    18.Miles explains that aliens abducted him and his classmates when they were in the woods celebrating their graduation.
    19.Scully provides the little bottle to FBI and they puts it in a large room filled with evidence.

    american culture
    1.E.T.
    2.there are much woods
    3.government hide the truth
    4.FBI
    5.corpse
    6.UFO
    7.hospital
    8.there is a big room to put secret things.
    9.FBI wears suit.
    10.something cannot explain, like time lose.

    short answer questions
    1.where did the teenagers die?
    2.what do Mulder think that make the teenagers die?
    3.why Scully is asked to work with Mulder?
    4.what did they find in the corpse?
    5.does Scully write everything into the report?
    6.what happened to their motel?
    7.who find them for help?
    8.who takes other teenagers to the woods?
    9.did Scully provide the bottle to FBI?
    10.where did FBI put the little bottle?

    essay questions
    1.what do you think government wants to hide?
    2.why government wants to hide something?
    3.do you believe there is E.T.in the world?
    4.if you meet a E.T.,what will you do?
    5.how do you think some people say they see UFO or some strangers, how do you explain them?

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  6. timeline
    1.Axel's friend Mikey comes to visit him in Detroit.
    2.Mikey is murdered.
    3.Axel's boss forbids him from investigating who killed Mikey.
    4.Axel arrives in Beverly Hills.
    5.Axel checks in to the Beverly Palms Hotel and pretends to be a reporter.
    6.Axel visits Jenny and meets Serge.
    7.Axel goes to visit Victor in his office and gets thrown out of a window.
    8.Axel puts a banana in the tailpipe of Rosewood and Taggart's car.
    9.Axel and Jenny to to Victor's warehouse.
    10.Axel goes to visit Victor at a club and pretends to be a male prostitute.
    11.Axel takes Taggart and Rosewood to a strip bar and tells them the ‘supercop' story.
    12.Jenny lies to Victor about the last time she saw Axel.
    13.Jenny and Axel are taken prisoner by Victor.
    14.Rosewood agrees to help Axel to catch Victor.
    15.Victor dies.
    16.Bogomil lies to the Chief.

    Short:

    · Did you like the movie Beverly Hills Cop?
    · Which character owns the Art Gallery?
    · Where did Axel Foley meet Victor at the very beginning?
    · Who said "Freeze! You're all under arrest!" in the movie?
    · Which actor you like the most in the movie?
    · How American police act like?
    · All American like to go strip club?
    · Are African American and White having a good relationship?
    · Do you think it was funny about Axel pretends to be a prostitute to get in to the Harrow Club to see Victor Maitland?
    · Do you remember what was the coffee for?


    Long:

    · What did you learn about American Culture that from this movie?
    · What element that in the movie that cause you think more? Why?

    · If you can change something in the movie, what are you going to change?

    · What things make this movie seem funny for you?

    · Is it possible to firm this movie in other place?

    American Culture:

    · Beverly Hills is so famous.

    · Taxis are yellow.

    · Cops always in shirt.

    · The power that African America have.

    · Bad guys in the U.S. always have a lot of money.

    · Government always follows by the book in America.

    · People in different States have different behavior.

    · American likes to use big guns in movie.

    · American likes to put fun joke in the movie.

    · People in the U.S. think Beverly Hills is a cool place.

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  7. Witness
    Rachel and her some Samuel are Amish and they decided to go the city.
    They missed the train and waited in the train station
    Samuel went to the rest room and watched 2 guys murdered a guy in restroom.
    The police asked he questions and he was being witness.
    The police calls John book, he tried to let Samuel remember and find out the murder.
    Finally, Samuel point out the murder on the picture, he is a police too.
    John knows he is really danger, then he brings Rachel and Samuel back to their countryside.
    He got shot so he cured in Rachel's home, and Rachel takes care of him.
    He hided himself to be a Amish and live with Amish.
    Rachel fell in love with John, and they were being a complex relationship.
    One day, some people teased the Amish, John was very angry and beat them.
    He knew his partner killed.
    The bad guys noticed where is he and came to find him.
    John killed the 2 bad guys and asked the head of them stop do everything.
    Finally he go back to his life, and she didn't follow him.

    American Culture:
    The Amish culture in the United States, people discriminate them.
    Hot dog is a American Culture.
    Some murder in the U.S. has huge power.
    American like travel, in the movie, the go to Amish county and look around and take pictures.
    American murders always use gun.
    The water machine.
    car is really important for American.
    There are many different races of people are living in America.


    Questions:
    Where do Amish people come from?
    What color of clothes do they usually wear?
    What kind of clothe do Amsih women wear in wedding?
    What language do the Amish speak?
    Do you like the songs in movie?
    Do you interested to go the Amish county look around?
    In your opinion. Witness is what kind of movie?
    Do you like the ending?
    Should Amish try to adapt the American culture?



    In your opinion, should Rachel follows John?Why yes or why not?
    If you are Rachel, what would you do for product your son?
    If you are the little boy, would you tell to cop what did you see?
    If you will be an Amish, will you love you life? Why?
    You know how much about Amish from this movie?





    Important vocabulary:
    Amish
    Corruption
    amateur

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  8. EVE
    1.a men died in his yard and his daughter stay outside.
    2.Mulder and Scully go to ask Teena.
    3.the anther men died killed by something.
    4.cindy mother talk Mulder and Scully her doughter bron in SF.
    5.Scully goes to SF and find out Dr.Sally Kendrick.
    6.Mulder and Suclly go to lunatic asylum and talk to Eve6
    7. Eve7 kidnap Cindy and Teena
    8.Teena and Cindy poison Eve7 and lie to Mulder and Scully about what happened
    9.Teena and Cindy try to kill Mulder and Scully, but do not succeed
    10. Eve8 comes to jail
    Humbug
    1.Alligater man died in pool
    2.FBI notices Mulder and Scully go to Gibsonton
    3.Mulder and scully go to Alligater man's house and meet Dr.Blockhead
    4.Mulder and Scully go to motel and meet Mr.Nutt and Lanny
    5.The man dies, same killer as Alligater man
    6.Lanny find Scully at motel, Mulder meets The Conumdrum.
    7.Mulder meet Dr.Blockhead again and at night Mr.Nutt died
    8.They find killer is Lanny's brother
    9.they try to find Lanny's brother
    10.The Conundrum eat Lanny's brother and Dr.Blockhead want to leave Gibsonton to find new life with The Conundrum.

    examples of american culture1.FBI
    2.Yard
    3.Coke
    4.Clones
    5.Jails
    6.restroom key
    7.The rest area
    8.Circus
    9.Eccentric
    10.Gun

    short answer questions1.how was Teena father's died?
    2.What is question they ask Teena?
    3.Why Cindy's mother say she is her daughter?
    4.What was Scully find information in SF?
    5.Where are they meet Eve6?
    6.What are Eve7 and 8 want to do?
    7.How Teena and Cindy killed Eve7?
    8.What thing Teena and Cindy lie to Mulder and Scully
    9.Did Mulder and Scully catch Teena and Cindy?
    Humbug
    10.Where Mulder and Scully go?
    11.Who is Dr.Blockhead?
    12.Who is Lanny?
    13.Who is Mr.Nutt?
    14.When Mulder meet The Conumdrum, what is he do?
    15.Mulder and Scully find who is killer?
    16.Where Scully go to find some information, when she walk on the town?
    17.In the end, what is The Conumdrum side?
    18.In the end, Dr.Blockhead side who is he want to be?

    essay questions1.how do you think about Clones is good or bad?
    2.how do you think Teena and Cindy do the thing is right?
    3.Do you believe the government try to Clone human?
    4.Do you think in the Eve8 meet them after this what did they do?
    5.what american culture do you learn from this movie?
    Humbug
    how do you think when you meet some weirdo, what can you do?
    2.did you see the Circus in you country and how do you think about it?
    3.If you meet these question what are you do?
    4.How do you think about this TV show?
    5.Why The Conumdrum eat that monster?

    Important thingsto remember the characters name
    Some words like Circus

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  9. Collateral timeline
    1 Vincent arrive LAX, and exchange his bag/
    2 Vincen go out from Annie's campany and grt into Max's cab after Annie get off Max's cab
    3 Vincent ask Max to be his driver to fivr stops for whole night, and he give Max 600 dallors.
    4 A body drop on Max's cab from a third story apartment window
    5 Max finds out that Vincent is a contact hit man.
    6 Max catchs few people's attention in order to escape, but Vincent kills them.
    7 Vincet kills a man in a Jazz bar.
    8 Max throws away Vincent's bag when they go see Max's mother.
    9 Max go to a club in order to get the hit list back.
    10 They go to another club and VIncent kills another man.
    11 they have a car accident.
    12 Vincent go to kill the last targer.
    13 Max warn Annie that Vincent is going to kill her in her office.
    14 Max take Annie out of her offic, Vincent chase after them.
    15 Max kills Vincent on the subway.


    American culture
    1 Cab in La are yellow.
    2 LAX
    3 Jazz CLub
    4 Subway
    5 Dallor
    6 LA downtown
    7 5th. street
    8 Parking building
    9 Gun shooting
    10 FBI
    11 Hitman

    short answer questions
    1 how many stops does Max drive to?
    2 how many people on Vincent's hitlist?
    3 how many people does Vincent kill when Max try to escape?
    4 Does Max pay for the flower?
    5 Does Max love Annie?
    6 Doed Annie take off her shoes when she escape to subway?
    7 Does Vincent kill Annie in the end?
    8 Does Max kill Vincent in the end?
    9 Does Vincent go to a Jazz bar?
    10 Does Vincent kill FBI in the club?

    essay questions
    1 Why does Vincent want to kill Annie?
    2 Why does Vincent fail to kill Annie?
    3 When doed Max konw Annie is in danger?
    4 How does Max kill Vincent?
    5 Why does not Vincent kill Max before?

    vocbulary
    1 Collateral
    2 Hitman
    3 Underdog

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