Sara's Media Studies Blog

This comparison is based upon believability, costume, and voice. I chose only to look at live action actors, because it can include costume/believability a little more. That being said, I chose Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney. Firstly, Christian Bale's believability, costume, and voice were all really entertaining. From an audience perspective, his believability as an actor and entertainer was well done. To boot, his performance in American Psycho  also displays a great portrayal of a different person to the actor himself. His costume was similar to classic Batman, but with a twist that made it better than previous suits. He didn't have nipples, for one. His voice did happen to ruin the character a little, it was very deep and sounded very fake. He sounded like he was exaggerating too much. Ben Affleck did a pretty terrible portrayal of Batman. For starters, the suit was designed badly. The whole time he looked rather uncomfortable wearing it, which dents b...

In the Batman series, a very well known hero-villain couple is Batman and the Joker. They compliment one another really well because Batman is sane and the "good guy", while the Joker is the "bad guy" and plays the role of an insane, yet intelligent character. They try to outsmart the other and take control of the situation. Similarly, Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes are an iconic duo who are a good pair for each another. For starters, the two of them are very intelligent. In "The Final Problem" , Sherlock says to Watson, "You know my power, dear Watson, and yet at the end of three months I was forced to confess that I have at last met an antagonist who was my intellectual equal." (Doyle, 339) This quote shows Sherlock's admiration towards Moriarty. They are incredibly compelling to the other because neither of them had met their equal, but meeting one another and having opposing goals pulls them closer in a w...

Peter Jackson is a film director from New Zealand. He wrote, directed and produced both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies - he's best known for his Tolkien adaptations, which is why I've chosen to compare the two trilogies, mainly the first installments of each one. There are many similarities between the two films, considering they're part of the same cinematic universe.                            Peter Jackson's Tolkien films have a very distinct artistic style. Jackson is known for the CGI and prosthetics in his films - for example, many of the orcs and Uruk-hai in Lord of the Rings  were done using makeup and practical effects, while the orcs in The Hobbit  were mainly CGI. All the epic battle scenes and establishing shots were done using CGI effects. Peter Jackson's Tolkien films both have heavy use of effects to accurately portray them, but the effects don't take away from...