1. Me and my movies
(Fantasy)
By James Fox

2. Lord of the rings: Two Towers 2002
Directed by Peter Jackson
Synopsis – Frodo Baggins is continuing his
quest to destroy the one ring which will
destroy Sauron forever, however, he is lead
there by a Gollum who wants nothing more
than the one ring. Aragon, Legolas and
Gimli are trying to rescue the hobbits that
were taken from them by Saruman’s Uruk-
Hai but what they find change all of middle
earth forever. The hobbits tat were taken by
Uruk-Hai finally escape their grasp but they
are in even more danger by treading into
the old forest of Fangorn where from then
on they meet the white wizard and proceed
to war.
The main reason I like the LOTR trilogy is
because it is the first film to have ever
record thousands and thousands or
actors/actresses at the same time during
the war seen in the film.

3. Star Wars: A New Hope 1977
Directed by George Lucas
Synopsis – The galaxy in a state of civil
war and a rebel ship as stolen the plans
for a deadly weapon which belongs to the
Empire who have an imperial star cruiser
on their tail. The rebel ship is taken on-
board and all the troopers are killed
except for the supposed ‘Rebel Leader’
Princess Leia who has sent two droids
with the empires weapon plans to the
planet Tatooine, Princess Leia is ten
kidnapped by the Dark Sith Darth Vader.
The droids are then found by Luke
Skywalker who then gets found Old Ben
Kenobio. With the plans they go on an
adventure to save the galaxy from the
Empires secret weapon,’ The Death Star’.

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl 2003
Directed by Gore Vebinski
Synopsis – Blacksmith Will
Turner teams up with
eccentric pirate Captain
Jack Sparrow to save his
love, the governors
daughter, from Jack’s
former pirate allies, who are
now undead thanks to a
cursed cest of 882 pieces of
Aztec Gold that they
stole, their ultimate goal in
their undead life is to
become mortal again

5. What attracts me to the genre ?
The factors that attract me to the Fantasy genre are actors, story and special effects.
Ian Mckellen who was Gandalf the White in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers helped
influence my decision to watch it because he is a well known actor and because Ian
Mckellen is an old actor who has been in films such as Gods and Monsters and Richard
the 3rd, he would be perfect for an old, wise character. Also, the story of Star Wars: A
New Hope keeps you asking questions from the start of the film, such as, why is a
spaceship flying away from the empire?, What planet is Princess Leia princess of? and
what’s under Darth Vader’s mask? The main star of Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl was Johnny Depp who has been in a few successful films in
the past such as, Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Edward Scissor hands(1990), having him in
a film about pirates wouldn’t be a problem for Johnny Depp as most of the roles he
has played were very different and they varied. The Special effects of Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl keeps me watching because of the special
effects used on the zombie pirates as they look realistic when they are in the
moonlight. The story of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl keeps
you interested as it makes you want to know how pirates became zombies and why
they are after golden coin.

6. Intextuality
Intertextuality is used in the fantasy genre in a few ways it
is where films make references to other films of that
genre, for example, in the film series of Indiana Jones the
character “Indiana Jones” is based on the old adventure
films from the 1930’s, all of the characters in these films
were the exact same hat as Indiana Jones and got into
bad situations with old artefacts. Another example of
Intertextuality would be the character “Han Solo” in the
Star Wars franchise, the character Han Solo was based on
the gunslingers in the old western films in the 1930’s, Han
wore a belt with his blaster holder on it, wore a sleeveless
blazer and big boots, paying homage to the cowboys in
the 1930’s films.

7. Star Theory
Star theory has been used in fantasy films a lot of
times, star theory is where you get certain
celebrities to play certain roles because of their
past performances or to make their film look more
appealing to the audience. An example of this
would be using is using Johnny Depp was the main
character in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films as
he has been in a lot of very popular films, such
as, Edward Scissor hands(1990), Finding Neverland
(2004)and Ed Wood (1994).

8. Reception Theory
Reception theory is were an audience watches
something and then they relate to it in their every
day life. It is used in fantasy so the audience can
decide what’s right and what’s wrong. An example
of reception theory would be in “Star Wars” the
emperor wants to kill everyone and rule the
universe, the audience would then be able to easily
decide with their own values what’s wrong with
what the emperor is planning and that aprotagonist
would have to step up in the film and in real life
with smaller situations.