5 movies

The Crucible Arthur Miller 's 1953 play , The Crucible , was written during Senator Joseph McCarthy 's House Un-American Activities Committee hearings . The play is rich in themes with universal scope , which include the lure of power , the gullibility of those who believe they have a moral imperative , the need to accept responsibility for the consequences of all actions , and the nature of truth

The Crucible is the first English-language motion picture version written on screen by the same author of the original play . The Crucible has many similarities to real events

that took place in Salem Massachusetts during 1692 were 19 villagers , believed to be witches were hung to death . It was a period when a simple accusation could destroy a man or woman and when justice often became secondary to saving face

The film dramatically opens with girls attending a secret voodoo ritual in the woods . One of the most significant moments of The Crucible is that it shows that justice may be influenced and perverted . A parallel-yet-integral theme relates to the thrill of power inherent in being the manipulator

The human interest and drama of the story are what set the film outstanding . The Crucible is depicted with both heroes and villains Shades of gray permeate every action

Critics say that The Crucible is a powerful , thought-provoking production on stage or even on film . The movie version showcases the story 's various strengths , resulting in a motion picture of interesting emotional and intellectual impact . The Crucible is a movie which must be viewed time and again and people , especially this generation , will learn something from it . It tells us that over time , the elements of the law may be influenced and manipulated

The Patriot

This is the movie which is memorable for having Mel Gibson act the lead protagonist . It is such a controversial film since it depicts children shooting rifles thereby gaining the ire of peace-loving groups

Where most war films transcend gradually to momentous climax . The Patriot , however , does not seem so . The tone of the movie is so monotonous leaving the audience groping for more stories in the end . As a whole , the movie is generally boring leaving the people watching it bored

The screenplay of The Patriot is the film 's core disadvantage Structured and developed with painful predictability , the story decreases the scope of the Revolutionary War into one man 's struggle for revenge . The movie has its flaws including the placing of some scenes The film shows us that battles just happen and their importance is seldom placed into an overall context

The Patriot has been so tarnished by the brush of '90s attitudes that there were instances in the movie where it was hard to distinguish the time period . The Patriot has been so tarnished by the brush of '90s attitudes that at times it is difficult to remember that the time period is the 1700s . And the overly modern dialogue doesn 't help

Though the movie may have been custom-made...