THE RUNAWAY JURY
(BOOK REVIEW)
Tatel, Mark Angelo T.
(Book review)
THE RUNAWAY JURY is exactly the movie it sets out to be. Nothing less, nothing more. It
promises you an engaging legal thriller, and it delivers on all acounts. It is by no means
disappointing, but certainly not awesome. It just is. And it is very satisfying. However,
there is plenty of material that is iffy for kids, starting with the messages. All of the
characters in the film save one are unethical and break the law often. The whole plot of the
film centers around a criminal plot by two competing parties to stack, bribe, and threaten a
jury of 12 to recieve a swung verdict. The plot is intense, but not action-packed, and it
might be confusing for some kids. In the end, the good guys win, but the criminals aren't
punished. Two of them are made to look like heroes. Aside from that, there are a couple of
violent scenes, starting with a shooting that opens the film. It isn't graphic, but the camera
and sound make it realistic and intense. A woman attempts suicide by pills after a
blackmail. A man fights a woman and beats her up pretty badly some blood, but then she
stabs him in the leg and runs. Language is mild until the end, when a man lets loose in the
middle of a heated argument. There is one brief sexual situation (kissing in bed, no nudity),
but it isn't graphic.
A DOG PURPOSE
(MOVIE REVIEW)
Tatel, Mark Angel T.
Movie Review
A Dog's Purpose is an awesome movie for me this movie is all about a dog's love for their
human. The movie literally portrays so many different ways that dogs are treated. A Dog's
Purpose did an amazing job at building up raw emotion in a short amount of time when i
watch this movie i feel sad on the part that the dog died this movie is very similar to the
way we felt in Marley and Me. It is an absolute shame that this movie will be swept under
the rug by many people because they believe everything they read on the internet. The
videos show that "Hercules", the dog in the scene that went viral, was apparently being
forced into the water. Hercules was chosen to do this scene because of his affinity to water.
He was trained to jump in on the opposite side of the pool to what was shown in the video.
After the trainer tried to calm him by letting him test out the water and the dog still was
spooked, they stopped attempting the scene from that side. There were multiple people in
the water if something happened. There was even a diver constantly under the dog at all
times. My grand father have a dog and i love that dog because he is smart and friendly.
The movie builds a human's love for their dog, and it really portrays how a dog is truly a
man's best friend and this movie is about a dog who is trying to figure out why he exists. He
goes through 4 different reincarnated "lives" of various types of dogs, until he ends up
finding the boy who he was with in his first 'life', thus ending with his analysis on what his
purpose is. This movie will have you crying at least 4 different times, laughing, happy and
remembering all of YOUR dogs/pets you've ever owned. This movie has an IMDb rating
that is extremely low because of fear that the dog in the "k-9 unit" scene was hurt. This is
not a rating on the movie though, it is more of an objection to it. In truth if you were to rate
this on the quality and beauty of the movie and only for that reason. When we watch this
movie all of us-both males and females shed tears, all were emotional. All said they loved it.
And afterward all shared stories with each other of their own pets they have had in their
lives. Go see this movie. Its beautiful let me state up front that compared to "other movies"
this movie is not a 10 but for what I expected it to be -a kid friendly, fun-loving movie that
is relatively straight forward it gets a 10. My little brother and my mother and also my
friend loved watching this movie. It was sweet and heartfelt. I cried each time the dog
became another dog. The story is heartwarming, and has a few tearful moments, but all in
all, it was a happy ending because even though the dog died in many time the dog is still
find his first friend/trainer named Ethan. as someone who almost always cries at the sad
movies, i give this a 3 tissue warning. i truly enjoyed. The actors representing the
characters did a great job of embodying the personalities, and no one can complain about
Josh Gad voicing the many lives of the dog. bravo to the producers and the director for
doing such a good job with the story i give 10/10 for this movie.
