Movie Themes
As with
texts movies tend to make use of a small number of very common themes which
occur over and over again. Here are some examples of common themes and the
movies which make use of them.
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The pure and good of heart will eventually
overcome those who are evil and selfish. |
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Harry
Potter The Lord
of the Rings The
Chronicles of Narnia Star
Wars The
Exorcist |
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Appearances can be deceptive and the ‘true’
value of a thing is somehow intrinsic, internal and hidden from view. |
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Shrek Beauty
and the Beast Cinderella
Story Forrest
Gump |
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The pure, good, meek and lowly will eventually
attain their goal through hard work and diligence while those who take short
cuts or break the rules will eventually achieve nothing or achieve only
things of little value. |
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Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory Dodgeball The
Longest Yard Bring it
on! |
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Fate ensures that two people who were meant to
be together do in fact end up together despite initial problems in the
relationship. |
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How to
Lose a Guy in 10 days 10 Things
I Hate About You She’s
All That Serendipity Grease |
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Enduring hardships makes the individual who
experiences them calmly and with resignation a stronger, better and wiser
human being. Suffering is good for you! |
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The
Pianist A
Beautiful Mind A Love Song
for Bobby Long The 10
Commandments The
Passion of the Christ |
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Success for a man or woman involves finding
someone to love and, no matter how successful they may otherwise be, they are
in some sense incomplete until they have found that person. |
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Sleepless
in You’ve
Got Mail Something’s
Gotta Give Pretty
Woman |
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Nature / natural life is more pure and ‘real’
than the cold, lifeless, artificial life that we have created for ourselves
in cities and modern societies and a ‘good’ person must struggle, fight or
travel to find, rediscover or regain that purity. |
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King
Kong Rabbit
Proof Fence American
Beauty Fight
Club The
Matrix Lost in
Translation Pleasantville Bladerunner |