Sinclair's Snippets

     In this day and age, hard back copies are losing their fire in everything from movies to money to storage. The simpler times of books and even cassette tapes (I’m that young I still remember cassette and VHS tapes) are gone and the time for iPhones and e-books are here.        Now some people will always be stuck in their ways and say that they can’t look at a screen that long or they like the smell of books.       I, myself, acquired a kindle, against my will, long ago because they were cheaper than real books and my mom did want for them anymore.       I have seen both side of the spectrum because as I said at first I did not want a Kindle, because I like the feel of books in my hands. They were something concrete that you can have forever and you wouldn’t lose just because your storage got full or it just decided it didn’t want to work anymore.       Books have many benefits...

      Since I have been away for a while and I have been posting a while I want to tell you all a little bit about me.       My name is Sinclair Portis and I am a journalism student at Troy University. I am originally from Birmingham, Alabama where I was born and raised.       Growing up I played basketball and volleyball, I played a lot of other sports, but those are the ones that stuck all the way until high school. I also did a lot of reading and writing hence that blog and pursuit of this profession.       My first job was at a movie theater which was very fitting because I love movies, television shows and literally anything to do with storytelling. I was better educated in the aspects of movies from one of my coworkers at the movie theaters.       I love all genres of movies from Fantasy to Action to Drama. That also goes for books and television shows also. As of right now I have just fi...

      The interests for Superhero movies has grown exponentially over the past years. The Marvel franchise leading in the area of superheroes like Iron Man, Thor and the Avengers. The DC Universe has also produced great movies in their franchise including the Dark Knight Trilogy. Though the three-part Batman series did well and made history, DC has been struggling with building their universe on the big screen.      As a DC fan it is hard to see this happen for numerous reasons. One of the biggest being that people are losing interest and faith in DC that they can produce good, live-action movies.       The reason that Marvel is excelling where DC isn’t is simple they are taking their time and doing it right.       The benefits of doing this is the build the universe intricately. They built the main characters with several of their own movies first and then brought them together leaving bread crumbs all t...

     With the year starting out with many anticipated re-makes of movies from Stephen King’s It to Baywatch, a reboot of the beloved early 2000s television show Prison Break has been very refreshing.      The show that started in 2005 is about a young man, Michael Scofield played by Wentworth Miller, who devises a plan to be sent to jail to break his brother, Lincoln Burrows played by Dominic Purcell out. His brother has been convicted of allegedly killing the Vice President’s brother. As the shows goes on, in the first season, you get to see the intelligent Michael Scofield execute his plan and maneuver his way out of many hard situations.      This only intensifies in the following seasons where the escape continues in season 2 with the added problem of an organization called The Company. Another escape in season 3 from a prison in Panama and the devised plot to end the company once and for all in season 4.      ...

Two of the recent movie I have seen in theaters are the new war movie Hacksaw Ridge and Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them. Both movies were very good in different ways. Hacksaw Ridge being a historical war movie and Fantastic Beast being a fantasy, prequel of the Harry Potter franchise.  Hacksaw Ridge is a war movie about a young man, Desmond Doss, who enlist, but refuses to kill. He endures many hardships including his father, his fellow soldiers and much of the rest of the army. His father is a former soldier who lost many of his fellow soldiers. He has become a abusive alcoholic and is angry when Doss enlist in the army. His mother being religious and his father being still hurt from his own time at war, both question his motives when war has a lot of violence. He enlist to become a medic, but has many struggles before he can reach that. Many people doubt him, but he never falters on his beliefs even when things are confusing to even him. The movie is very deep and real,...

Every franchise has their fandom when in comes to books and movies. From Harry Potter to Star Wars the fans are what make the movie widely known. These groups of people who defend and support their stories and characters are called Fandoms.  This word has sprung up in recent years particularly in the Twilight era. The crazed teens that read and watched the series come to life, were at war with the sides being: Team Edward and Team Jacob. A war that seemed very ridiculous to those outside the fandom. Though this franchise sprung up the word, it was not the first crazed group of supporter for a series. Harry Potter is the biggest fandom of all time, but even it has some predecessors. Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord of the Rings just to name a few.  Fans in these fandoms know everything about this series to be known. That means knowing every aspect of the worlds, people, including the created creatures and races and languages like Dothraki, Klingon and Parseltongue....

The music of a movie is everything. The background music and sound coincide with every shift in tone, mood or scene. Several movies have memorable scores as in Star Wars, Star Trek, Jaws and Jurassic Park. These movies have original scores that are memorable and connect with that movie forever. Movies also can have original soundtracks with known artist to score the movie. Recent movies with great soundtracks are Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy. The music in the background to a movie play a huge part in every aspect of the movie even when you do not realize it. It is the rise in sound that inflicts suspense and sudden loud instrument to frighten you in a horror movie. Scoring isn’t just music though, it is also every other sound that goes into a movie. In animated movies the clack of heels on hard wood floor, the bang of a thunderstorm all goes into scoring. Different tactics are used to make these sounds also. Beans in a bottle can be rain and banging pots togethe...