Review of R.I.P.D

R.I.P.D. 
A knockoff to 'men in black' or just a compliment to the workings of Ed Solomon.


Plot
R.I.P.D. is a supernatural comedy based on the comic book rest in peace department. The film stars Ryan Renolds and Jeff Bridges act as cops who had died and been sent to a department especially for the dead to kill all "Deados." Within this each cop is killed by their former partner, Nick Walker (Ryan Renolds) found a piece of gold from a previous investigation and his fellow partner Bobby Hayes (Kevin Bacon) was out to find the missing piece which Nick had taken from the crime scene.

Review

A fun, light hearted comedy with tear jerking moments directed by Robert Shwentke, this film has it's exciting moments which make you sit on the edge of your seat, but also have you guessing and being right at every guess you made on what will happen next. This is usually a dissapointing moment in a film when you seem to be getting everything right but the acting by Jeff Bridges makes up for it. Clearly by starring Ryan Renolds the aim was to attact another audience which is middle aged women, but the real star to many was Jeff Bridges because he was a pure comedian in the supernatural comedy. Ryan pulled out a few puns here and there, but Jeff had everyone crying hysterically the whole way through. With his cross of characters throughout, Shwentke got it right with the comedic timing on this one. Jeff even had a song in the film 'the better man', Nobody would say this is the next big pop star but it did all make us laugh.

Kevin Bacon played the villian very well at times, sometimes more than others. He failed to really make himself apparant to us, he was the villian yet didn't seem that important as he only really seemed to take charge in the last 30 minutes. Which is slightly disappointing considering in other action films the villian competes with the main character for the starring role in the film. Saying this it should be noticed that he was very good once he revealed his true character as a "deado" because his character was dead before that, no pun intented.

This film seemed to contain a few simularities in story line to other films. There was a sense of 'Ghost' and 'Men in black'. Very much the same story line as men in black as both were killing zombie like creatures, and both were cops or in that area of work. Some may argue that R.I.P.D was a knockoff version of this film due to the same base of story line with a few changes here and there, whereas some may say it took inspiration from those great films and put it's own spin on it to contribute to the genre.

The film didn't seem to do well in the box office either being stated as 'disappointing'. The amount of money spent on this film was pulled back when hearing they didn't think they'd do well. Maybe they stayed too safe, isn't everyone tired of hearing the broken record of killing zombies?


Verdict

A great film if your into broken records. Sit and enjoy the comedic workings of Jeff Bridges, while you expect the expected.

Commentary

In my speech i used rhetorical devices to make the audience i chose to think about the subject at hand "Who should be held accountable for when a child fails his or hers GCSE's, the teacher, the parent or the student?" "First i will discuss the role of a teacher, is it just to teach, or is it to be held responsible for the achievements or failure's of all of their students?" I used this because the audience could be engaged through this technique as they hand to think about what i was asking them, and make their own judgement up which was useful as this is a very controversial issue and you need people to think about it to get to the point you need to be in where everyone can voice what they think but ultimately find a common ground and realise everyone is responsible to an extent. 

I also used inclusive pronouns "We need to realise" this gave a feeling of togetherness as it was meant to unite the audience to make them realise that we really all should have the same goal, even with our differences we should hope for the students success. This makes the register slightly intimate as it joins everyone together as one by saying words like 'we' and 'our' gives this effect.

Leading to synthetic personalisation "Leading me to you parents and carers, now i know you work hard and have to come home to the kids." "but as i'm sure you know the classes range between 25-30 students" This gives the parents a sense of belonging in the meeting as they are pointed out specifically, also giving a sense of importance along with this. But really we know that the reader of this speech doesn't really know who you is he/she is speaking in general as it is not a personal conversation, so really the importance and belonging is meaningless.

I also used comedy "I know what your thinking.. the teacher should do that, and don't get me wrong i understand" "choice wisely how to spend your extra time. Will you sit and watch replays of The only way is Essex, watch a football match or will you spend that last hour before your  tea on a Thursday night revising for that mock exam you have Monday." This gets the audience to feel comfortable in the atmosphere they are in, it leads to them being more open minded as they feel not so forced as the speech proceeds. Giving the reader of speech a bit of power without them realising it as the audience feel like they can relate to you leading you to discussing your ideas making them to possibly think it too.

In the speech i also mentioned some statistics "95% A-C grades and we believe if we all work hard to cooperate we can achieve this." This makes people engage as there is hard hitting evidence to back up the point made originally.

OXYMORON -"Now for the students schools bitter sweet"

Speech on a topic of education

Should you be held accountable?

Good evening parents, students and teachers, i have set up this meeting to discuss the issue of accountability.
Who should be held accountable for when a child fails his or hers GCSE's, the teacher, the parent or the student?

Over the years the issue of accountability has been touched on. The subject of which is a hard one to tackle. First i will discuss the role of a teacher, is it just to teach, or is it to be held responsible for the achievements or failure's of all of their students? We need to realise that every teacher in this school is responsible for the success of the students as they need to make sure they attend school, come to the lessons, and work. They also need to make sure they do everything in their power to make sure that child gets the result they deserve.

Leading me to you parents and carers, now i know you work hard and have to come home to the kids. But truth be told you are just as responsible for this as the teachers, when you come home you should monitor your child to check their success and where they need help so you can contact us. I know what your thinking.. the teacher should do that, and don't get me wrong i understand that but as i'm sure you know the classes range between 25-30 students and I imagine for the teachers this is very hard to control, or at times keep tabs on everyone and check progress on a regular basis. But if you continue to work with the teachers in the form we are asking I imagine that we can create success this year within your daughters and sons results, we are aiming for 95% A-C grades and we believe if we all work hard to cooperate we can achieve this.

Now for the students schools bitter sweet i suppose, i know you don't like sitting in class all day but at the end of the day you need GCSE results otherwise what is there to say you've worked up until that point. All your previous years led up to this moment and these last two years of school are the most important to date. So why not work for those results, achieve the A-C, be in that 95% and be proud that you worked to get there. Your are responsible for your results, you need to work hard in and out of lessons, revise whenever's possible, choice wisely how to spend your extra time. Will you sit and watch replays of The only way is Essex, watch a football match or will you spend that last hour before your  tea on a Thursday night revising for that mock exam you have Monday.

Now are we all going to get those grades?

Thank you for listening.

commentary

Text D: Formal to colloquial.

Budget day is 1 of the best days in the year 4 parliament. The budget covers the Gov's taxes 4 the next yr and stuff. The Chancellor has been tlking about the 'Red Book'. LOADS of secrets are kept about the budget and a lot of people are tlking about this l8tly, lots of people are excited about this speech thing as well.


Text C: intimate to Frozen

DARLENE: Good-den spouse
TROY: Quickly the baby will greet.
DARLENE: TROY?
TROY: The baby is yaw quickly!
DARLENE: Oh the barn! That's our little living Krystal.


In text D to make it colloquial i used homophomic representation, which is to use numbers to substitute words, this is often used to be chatty in texts to friends or writing in a diary like in text A on the register sheet. I also used specific jargon which usually wouldn't be in this form of register but because i had to change from another register i still had to include it in some form, so i changed words such a Government to Gov to fit the register to make it chatty and informal. I also used synonmy's because in the original text it said 'secrecy' but to me this seemed too formal so i changed it to a simular more used word such a 'secrets'.

changing register

Text D: Formal to colloquial.

Budget day is 1 of the best days in the year 4 parliament. The budget covers the Gov's taxes 4 the next yr and stuff. The Chancellor has been tlking about the 'Red Book'. LOADS of secrets are kept about the budget and a lot of people are tlking about this l8tly, lots of people are excited about this speech thing as well.


Text C: intimate to Frozen

DARLENE: Good-den spouse
TROY: Quickly the baby will greet.
DARLENE: TROY?
TROY: The baby is yaw quickly!
DARLENE: Oh the barn! That's our little living Krystal.



Good-den : good evening
Greet- to weep
Yaw- out of control
Barn- child
Living- lively