Hollywood blockbuster! :D

The film im writing this on is Iron Man.



It was released on May 2nd 2008, and was nominated for two oscars, won 6 other awards and was nominated for 30 others. The main role for the film is played by Robert Downey jr. and also has many other stars such as Gweneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard.

When Iron Man was first released, it rocketed to $98.6 million on approximately 8,700 screens at 4,105 theaters for a $102.1 million tally including Thursday night previews. The reportedly $140 million-budgeted Marvel Comics adaptation had the second-highest grossing opening weekend ever for a non-sequel behind Spider-Man and the tenth highest overall. In terms of attendance, the start was slightly higher than X2: X-Men United's May 2 debut five years ago, and it soared past Marvel's average opening by over 60 percent.

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Interprises produced Iron Man was a whopping $180,000,000, and almost all of the filming was taking place in and around Los Angeles. Iron Man had grossed $102 million locally and $206 million worldwide over the first weekend it was in cinema (May 2-4, 2008).

Iron Man was directed by Jon Favreau (Who also directed, Elf, 2003, and Zathura: a space adventure, 2005), it was written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway- They had all written the screenplay. Jon Favreau had actually asked for Robert Downey Jr to have the lead role, he said:

"The best and worst moments of Robert's life have been in the public eye. He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That's Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic book character having trouble in high school, or can't get the girl."

When i first saw Iron Man, i was thouroughly impressed. Refering back to the Commercial Commodity task, it got me thinking about the pitch that was shown to the producers, and how well it must have been pitched over.

IN THE MAKING.

The Pursuit of Happyness.

How is the American dream presented in the pursuit of happyness?

In the film 'The Pursuit of Happyness' The main character Chris Gardner is played by Will Smith, and is a low-middle class man living with his wife and only son, played by Thandie Newton and Jaden Smith, respectivly.

The film was based on a true story, and does follow a man called Chris Gardner who did struggle with life and is now a multi millionaire.

The beggining of the film is very multicultural, and shows us many people of the different cultures as extras in the movie. Chris' job as a 'bone x ray scanner' and trying to sell them to different medical companies, but to no avail. Because of his failure to sell his scanners, his wife leaves him and takes his son away from him. After that, Chris decides to turn around his life, by looking for a new, better job as a stock broker. But before he can recieve any pay for his new job, he has to do six months of training with no pay or home.

During the time of his training, him and his son Christopher have to resort to living in all sorts of shelter, such as a subway toilet, and even a hostel. He then meets Dean Whitter, who is the head of the stockbroking company he is applyling for. Chris then shares a cab with him, and solves the new craze 'rubix cubes' for him, which amazes Whitter.

The american dream is portayed in this film by showing us that even someone with troubles as much as Chris can make it in life if he wants to do it and drive himself to do it. The film shows us how Chris' life went through the varios ups and downs of him trying to sell his scanners , then getting his job as a stock broker.

The ending of the film shows us Chris being called into his bosses office asking him if he would like a promotion, which would substantially increase his pay rise.

As we see Chris run out of the building into the street, where the realisation what lies ahead of him in life sinks in, he goes to pick up his son from the nursery, then the screen fades to black, and the words " After beginning his career at Dean Whitter, Chris Gardner went on to found the investment firm Gardner rich in 1987" then the screen fades back to Chris and his son walking back through the streets, and at 4:08 in the video, The REAL Chris Gardner walks past Will Smith and his son. Then the screen fades back to black, and the words "In 2006, Chris Gardner sold a minority stake in his brokerage firm in a multi-million dollar deal."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2GJRixxRI
The very emotional ending :'(

Oh, one last thing, moustaches don't suit Will Smith.