Critically Thinking about “The Mighty” -Discussion 1
Getting caught outside when a sudden brainstorm hits is the most wonderful place to be
for a critical thinker. I strongly suggest you read this slowly more than once. Truly read it closely and carefully. Read it critically if you will.
You may have realized from your initial blog interaction that critical thinking is more than just accepting things as they are. It is looking under the surface.
Thinking for a critical thinker begins with actively paying attention to exactly where you are when you are there; it begins by living in the moment. The critical thinker begins by recognizing what is real.
Life gains depth for a critical thinker when s/he looks beyond what is evident. The critical thinker asks questions; any and all questions that arise. Critical thinking is allowing new ideas and new perspectives to occur and counting them as valuable.
You are an individual and as a critical thinker your personal perspective is very important. For critical thinking, however, you must be willing to accept that your perspective, your view of the world, can and should change. In fact, critical thinking requires change as often as it can happen. For a critical thinker change equals growth – most of the time.
You must be willing to grow, and growth requires that you be openminded: Openminded to share your thoughts, openminded to accept others’ thoughts, and openminded to change your own when the opportunity presents itself.
While watching the movie excerpt, a critical thinker did not just watch. Here are questions & thoughts that occured for me while I watched the film excerpt, and where those thoguhts went after I began to include them in this blog:
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I asked questions and those questions prompted more and I recorded my thoughts while viewing, and they led to whereever I would allow them to lead:
Gandolfini – the Sopranos – I don’t watch it. Too violent for my taste and too superficial.
What’s an ornithopter? Huh? Sounds like something I’d hear on Stargate – makes me think of space travel and the theory of black holes. . . I remember seeing the Disney movie “The Black Hole” when I was very young. They only thought that black holes could possibly exist back then, now they have evidence of them. My! How the world changes (why would I think that I should not change if the world changes so frequently?)What did Kevin mean when he asked, “What’s the matter? Never seen a robot before?” Robots are real things – when i was young though they weren’t.
Why does Kevin, “Freak”, value the legend of King Arthur so much?
—-NOT ALL OF MY QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED NOW. I CAN LEAVE THEM SOME OPEN AND BEGGING FOR ANSWERS TOO. I CAN GET ANSWERS OR EXPLORE QUESTIONS AS I SEE FIT. IN SELECTING WAHT QUESTIONS I WANT TO EXPLORE, I MAKE THE PROCESS OF CRITICAL THINKING PERSONAL AND SELF-DISCIPLINED. I GROW IN THE DIRECTION I WILL ALLOW MYSELF TO GROW IN, AND IN DOING THAT I BECOME TRULY AN INDIVIDUAL.—-
What is Max keeping bottled up inside?
Where is Max’s dad, and how did he get wherever he is?
Where is Max’s mom, and how did she get wherever she is?
Where is Kevin’s dad?
—-AS A CRITICAL THINKER I CAME UP WITH IDEAS – SOMETIMES IDEAS THAT ULTIMATELY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOOK/FILM.—-
seeing eye dog – are they allowed in schools?
LD – learning disabled – Max said, “reading for dummies” – Is Max right about this? Are “LD” kids actually “dummies” like Max said, or is there more to it than that? I think there must more to it…and so I think about this…What can I do to find out more about this?a knife!!!!- how could I defend myself, I could run, I could disarm the kid. I could try to avoid situations like this. Since I’ve been teaching I have caught three kids with weapons. and I know of ten instances of weapons being found on campus. what should be done about kids who bring weapons to school? Is there an appropriate time to use a weapon? Not for me. But that is just for me. I could go on and on with this topic.
—-THE CRITICAL THINKER SEARCHES AND SEARCHES FOR MORE AND MORE INFORMATION . . . . AND THEN MORE!- QUESTION, FIND ANSWERS AND THEN FORM NEW QUESTIONS. REPEAT THIS PROCESS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. THAT’S CRITICAL THINKING.—-
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So the critical thinker wonders, “How do I take the stuff I simply read in a book, see in a film, and use it to grow? What do I think about the world? And why? Yes why? HOW HAVE I BECOME WHO I AM?
-Now, take out the sheet of paper you used in class while viewing the first part of “The
Mighty“.
-Look at what you wrote down.
-Remember, do not read other’s comments until you have posted your own. This is very important if you are to grow in your own direction.
-Open the comments and begin to enter your comment.
- Name: Enter your First Name and Period #- DO NOT ENTER YOUR FULL NAME!!!
- E-mail Address: Enter an alternate e-mail address – DO NOT ENTER YOUR MAIN ONE.
- COMMENTS: Begin by typing in what you have on your page from class today.
Then go in and extend your ideas. Let the thoughts grow and let your ideas
find a direction for anything you feel like writing further on. Explore things you have written down. You don’t have to extend every idea, only the ones you want to extend.
AFTER you have posted your own comments you may go ahead and respond/discuss with others their thoughts.
You are welcome to comment on my own example.
Remember to be polite and respectful.
Do not think of yourself as better than anybody.
You are not the spell checker (I am).
Share your thoughts.
Do not judge one another!
I just realized that I put my last name on the first one and I am sooo so sorry. Oh and I forgot to put my period too. Again my apologies. Please forgive me Mr Moshe.
I had a lot of questions and comments. So many that I filled both the front and partially the back side.
-Sharon Stone (sounds familiar)
-Meat Loaf?
-little kids in the stroler remind me of my brothers and sister
-who is freak
-why does he have a grown-up voice?
-people asume he is bad because of his size
-he failed seventh-grade
-killer gay? did his father kill someone(mentally chalenged)?
-I hate milk by itself(has to be chocolate milk or I don’t drink it)
-who is Freak?!?!
-Kevin is the neighbor
-He seems very smart, I fell sorry for him since he is so young. This reminds of how people say usually when someone is for example blind he can hear better than others because the hearing makes up for the sight. Just like the brain (Kevin’s) makes up for the legs.
-I don’t like the leader of the maddogs or whatever they are called
-his name is Max
-pacifist, cute and funny too
-What was he doing under the bed? [freaky (scary)]
-gold crown?
-oly five bucks?
-look it up in the dictionary and find your mug shot, absolutely loved
This is it for now, I will send the rest later because I have to start on the vocabulary and pronto.
arent the kids likeknife demos possesed?(read my earlier comment. i had a lot of thoughts checkem out please and tell me what you think
While watching “The Mighty” a lot of questions went through my head i wondered and wrote down a lot of things. like….
Why does Max lay underneath the bed sometimes? Is that his special thinking place, i dont have a special thinkning place i just think. Maybe its a place where hes comofrtable and “safe” from the world.
I also began to wonder why knights kept showing up in the movie, i wasnt sure if they were actually seeing them or if it was just a symbol in the movie.
Im not sure where Max’s dad is but i have the feeling that he did something bad, i think hes in jail or something for killing his wife, Max’s mother. Because Max’s mother died and whenever someone talks about his father gets all offensive like his father hurt him or something. Im not sure…..
I alos wondered If Kevin was born like that or if he had scoliousus, i also wanted to know if the actor had to gothrough any training for that movie like if had to get used to walking on crutches and hunching his back all the time….
Im not sure if in real life kids can do such stupid things and get away with it i know my mom wouldnt let me get a away with it. But i think someone should atleast say something, like when Blade and the “Doghouse Boys” (i thihnk thats what they were called) were running around snatching purses and knocking people down, no one said anything.????
yea i dont like characters like blade either. they pick on ppl that are different and its wrong. ppl like that should get sense knocked into them!! i dont like that at all!!
First of all i really liked the movie and i thought it was very interesting. At the beginning of the movie i really liked the music it kind of reminded me of egyptian type of music. I felt really bad for both max and kevin cause everyone made fun of them, but i liked kevin more caused even though he was made fun of and had a disability he didnt care and stood up for himself he wouldnt let anyone make him feel bad but max instead who was able to do anything he wanted, he just let everyone make fun of him and make him feel bad. the questions that came to mind were Why did everyone say that max was going to end up like his father? where is max’s father? what did he do? those were some of the questions that came to mind while i was watching the movie!!but i really liked it!!
As i watched this film alot of things also got me to start braainstorming and asking why and how. Alot of things that caught my attention were,who is King Arthur and why is it used so much in the film and story. Also how does the title dinosuar brain apply to the movie. Is there going to be a dinosaur in the film or story does the narrator have a big brain is he really smart? Where does the story take place and why are there nuclear power plants here. This area mustb have alot of pollution. Also why does the narrator call his friend freak. Yeah he may have a defect but if theyre friends why would he call him freak, thats kind of mean. Is Max (the narrator) slow or disabled/ is that why he failed twice? Why is Max always laying under the bed its not like he cant fit on the bed cause he sleeps on it at night? Is that his secrect get away or where he went when he didnt want to be bothered? What is the birth defect that freak had? I wonder his mother ever thought of giving him up?these are alot of qyestions that pondered my mine as I watched the film and read the blog.
Yeah the movie made me think a lot about how people can be so cruel to others that are mentally challenged or handicapped.Max and Kevin worked together to help each other out, Max needed a “brain” and Kevin needed a “pair of legs” so it all worked out.Crtical thinking has to do with how a person thinks and what they see in their own personal opinion.
!!!BRAINSTORMS!!!QUESTIONS…why was Kevin so nice to Max??Why did the Doghouse Gang want to hurt Max and Kevin??Why were there fireworks??Why was Kevin on those cruches??Where did Max’s parents go??Why did Max’s grampa say that it is finally time for Max to have a real cup of coffee??Why did Max finally listen to Kevin and stand up for people??Why did Max sleep under his bed??Why did Max and Kevin get the lady’s purse and return it to her??FACTS…People mad fun of Max for failing the 7th grade twice.Max lives with his grandparents.Kevin is Max’s tutor.Kevins mom doesnt like crowds.Max brought Kevin to the fair to see the fireworks for $5.Max suddenly noticed that he could run fast.Max stood up to the Doghouse Gang for Kevin and he faced them off.
seeing eye dog – are they allowed in schools?
what did u meen by this mr.moshe
is that really macoly culkin’s brother ?
thank you very much i had an epiphany
I agree very much in what Lindsay said about Max wanting what Kevin has (smartness) and Kevin wanting what Max has (height and strength).
i really cant wit until we read the book because normally the book version of thing is more detailed . i just have so many questions
samantha i know what you meen it does seem like max is keeping that bottled inside him and that probably why he freaked when that man and woman started talking about his dad and when he was a child
This movie was very interesting. This is one of those movies were you just carve for more. Some of the questions and thought that came to my mind during the movie were :
1. Why was there so many nuclear power plants?
2. Where did the movie take place?
3. What year did this movie take place?
4. What caused Max to have a learning disability?
5. Why did he describe his grandparents as the painting?
6. Where were his parents and why didnt he live with them?
7. Why was he so afraid to speak up and not let people control him?
8. Why did the author compare so many of Kevin and Max’s actions with King Arthur and his Knights?
9. Why did Max decide to pick up Kevin and put him on his shoulders when they were watching the fireworks?
10. Why did the guy who was abusing the woman at the corner store stop when Max started to come up to him?
11. Why did Kevin, as his tutor, choose the book King Arthur and his Knights out of all the other books he could choose?
12. What book or object did the Doghouse Gang put into the sewer when they were running away from the cops?
13. Why did they put it in the sewer?
14. Why were they running away from the cops?
These are some of the questions I asked myself during the movie. I can’t wait till we start reading the book!!
-Jhoselyn G. period 1
ok so i think that max and kevin do actually have things in common yes maybe max doesnt have it to the extent that kevin does , i mean max obviously didnt speak much if at all when he was little and he has a problem with reading , kevin he has a physical disability instead of a learning disability , think about it max has what kevin whats (height and strength) andkevin has was max wants (to be smarter and he is also brave despit all of his physical disabilities ) which makes me think that besides all of the obstacles that kevin hhad to go through because of his physical disability he prbly has gone through alot in maybe his home life (with his father , because his mother completely adores him
I am really enjoying the movie so far. It is about two boys, who are very different who grow together and realize that they need each other very much. One thing that I’m very interested in learning is what happend to Max’s parents. It seems like that is the thing that he is keeping up bottled inside of him. I would also like to know what kind of disease kevin has, and if it’s from birth. I’m cannot wait to see what else happens in this movie. =]
this movie made me think! I asked a lot of questions! for example: why is the kevins nickname freak? what happened to maxs dad? also why did they call him mute kid just because he was quiet? while watching the movie and having to write down things made me have to listen closly to what they were saying and what was going on! i dont usually have to do that. but i really want to know wat happens next!!
The video is good so far. It’s about a boy who has trouble learning and gets a tutor to help him which is the new freak at school. They both learn characteristics of each other and become good friends. They compared there lives to the book King Arthur.
ok i keep wanting to comment so i will jeanna omg u r such a critical thinker they r like pollution and the thing about the horses that was genius and whitney kevin does look like macoly culkin , jamar they sed where the fireworks were and even tho i forgot they did say it
ok my comment submitted b4 i was done ok back 2 wat i was saying this movie reely made me think ALOT and i wasnt expecting it 2 oo ya and i was wondering wen james gandolfini is coming into the movie maby its one of their parents but i wont jump 2 comclusions ok wellim going 2 go watch tha rest of the footbal game even tho theres proly no point b cuz miami is loosing lyk always ok well by!!
some how… i have written a whole page(front and back) and another half page(half of front)
James Gandolfini- the supranos. my grandfather loves that show! (that shold tell you something.) i do believe it is too violent and too open for our aged minds.
The mighty- at first i didnt under stand.. now i do. they are the mighty. some people may look at these kids as “freaks” i look at them as just mighty. if more people could act OR even think like them. this world would be much better.
air pollution- AHA! now i understand! the bad kids( i havent remembered the name(s)) i dont usually pay attention to that. i look deeper. anyways those kinds of people or kids are the pollution of this world.(we dont need them!)
our world is soo crowded- not just physically, also mentally. all of these thoughts of anger and feelings of stress croud our world!how do we get rid of them? i believe God. remind you these are my beliefs everyone has different beliefs. i believe my belief is the right one but so may you. God helps me love and forgive. it makes my path so much clearer.
King arthur- max and kevin are king arthur and his knights combined into “one”. they are obviousley the “good guys” of this story. we need to think like”him” max/kevin. imagine this world if we didnt work for ourselves, but for others. think about it, i have.
the “bad guys”- what the heck? these kids are truly demon possesed. what is with them? They are postal! i believe these kids are jealous. somehow some way. they are jealous. i believe it will take more of this movie for me to figure out why.
the “puzzel” of this movie is peice-by-peice coming together.
kevin or “freak” is obvoiusley a critical thinker. he thinks deeper and harder about the little things in life. he cares more and lives day by day.
pasafist! my favorite line!
a horse- their relationship reminds me of a horse. the legs are controlled by the mind yet the mind is controlled by whom trained it. or whom is riding.
living by faith and not sight- i honostly think this is the hardest thing! i am trying to live by faith and not sight. let me tell you it sounds much easier then it is. imagine yourself blind. living by what our world tells you. could you trustthe world and whats in it?
hero of chapter one- max. his Grandfather says to him im proud of you son. how wouls you feel? i would feel as if i was trying to save myself at that point . like i just stated, living by faith and not sight.
becoming a true man- over the knife experience i do believe he became more of a true man that he had in his lifetime.
these are just some of my thoughts. hopefully they are understandable
sorry mr.moshe i didnt meen i2 gett off task(cough cough) ok but seriously ! and tiffany blade threw tha ball at kevin becuz he meen and cruel and keving got “hurt in the legs” proly becuz it was a birth defect ! i wonder ware max’s parents are and i also wonder if that woman they returned the purse to will come back later in the movie with ziggy or watever that guys name was , i meen that was kind of weerd how they were kind of connected to max and his father and that scene was tha only scene that somewhat mentioned something about max’s parents and ware r kevins parents ?¿?¿?¿
Ha ha.Giancarlo.. This is Critical thinking and I was just wondering because he does look like the kid from Home Alone. Another thing is,Jarimar, they mentioned in the begining of the movie that both Kevin and Max are in the seventh grade and Kevin was telling Max that he should read the 1st chapter of King Aurthur and learn to read if he wants to pass.
omg i never thought i would say this and b serious about it but lenin u r rite i completely 4got bout the cars ong the bridge : )
ok so i know it sounds stupid but after reading this last blog i actually understand what critical thinking is more than i did the first time but i guess my brain works slow and there werent so many HUGE words!!!! ok so here are some of my questions that i wrote down while i was watching the movie and i will answer / respond on the ok :
what is the legend of king aurther?/ ok so now i guess i kind of maby possibly know what it is :/
Meat loaf ! (mmmm im hungry)!! /i know that this has nothing to do with the movie but it was right b4 lunch and i WAS hungry
James Gandolfini!! ( i LOVE the sopranos(i am italian)and my cousin vinny (its a moviethat i love aswell)
there were trains in the background / i dont know mr.moshe kept pausing the movie and he told us that so i figured i would just write it down!
pollution(air) / they showed a nuclear power plant (mr.moshe also pointed that out but it was kind of obvious )
whos “freak”? / ya i know who he is now
it seems lyk “freak” is max’s only friend
dinosaur brain?(wtf) / ok ya they mentioned that dinosaur brains were the size of a peanut so i guess that relates
his grandparents were posed lyke the pic he was discribing
the “gang memer” thats pale with the BIG nose is from the movie harriet the spy / i dont know if any of u have ever seen that movie but when i saw him i popped into my head
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ok mr. moshe im gonna comment on one of yours
ok i think that freak is infatuated with king aurther because tha stroy is full of knights and strong and brave people and even tho freak might be brave he does want to be stronger and i think he kind of goes to a diffrent world wen he reads it like he was tellin max to wen he was reading to the the first time like he can escape all of the weakness that he has and he can jus imaging his self as a night!
The music sounds Irish like the music of knights. There are a bunch of trains like in a big city. There’s a big bridge as in New York or San Francisco. The nuclear power plant was giving off a lot of smoke. The downtown part of the city is big. There was a round table with knights and King Arthur was the leader. The part where Max imagines his grandparents as the two farmers in the famous painting “American Gothic” was kind of mysterious. The local gang was very mean, especially their leader, Blade. Max is the narrator in the movie and he lives w/ his grandparents. His new friend, “freak”, has a walking disability and he had a hump w/ scales, (like a dinosaur). Freak becomes Max’s tutor and brings him a book about King Arthur (which keeps me wondering). Max is generous and doesn’t retaliate when he is teased. Max and “Freak” make a mega-person that everybody in town is noticing.
Vlad Korenblit
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THIS MOVIE MADE ME THINK ALOT ITS VERY INTERESTING ANYWAYS ITS MAKES ME THIINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE WHAT AND WHO WAS KING ARTHUR?
AND ISNT JAMES GANDOLFINI IN THE SOPRANOS I THOUGHT MEAT LOAF WAS A FOOD AND ARE THEY IN NEW YORK CAUSE ITS ALL INDUSTRIOUS ND WHY IS THA MOVIE CALLED ” THE MIGHTY ” AND WHERE ARE THE CARS ON THE BRIDGE AND WHY DO THEY KEEP DOING DEEDS WHAT ARE THEY UP TO
whitney that isnt the home alone kid the home alone is macoly culkin or however you spell his name and i have no idea why i am still on here but i am
WOW! This movie was by far the best movie that I’ve watched while I was in school. I took a few notes during the movie……
!) Blade is very mean to Kevin and Max.
2) Where does this movie take place?
3) What bidge was the one they were crossing?
4) Where did they go to see the fireworks?
5) What relationship did Loretta Lee have with Max’s father?
6) What caused kevin’s birth defect?
7) What inspired the author to compare some of Kevin’s and Max’s actions to King Arthur and his Knights?
8) What year did this movie take place in?
9) OK….I understand that Max was Killer Kane’s son…..but why did they call him Killer Kane?
10) What happened to Max’s mother?
11) What grade were Kevin and Max in?
12) What causes Max -being such a big guy- to feel so afraid to stand up or defeat the Doghouse Gang?
So….these are some of the questions I asked myself during this movie. If someone has any answers please get back to me!!
– JARIMAR
PERIOD # 3
Okay now……I must say the movie was really interesting. I never really had to sit there and actually critically think about a movie..Yeah.. I would ask questions..but not like this. Well guys, this is what I was thinking about “The Mighty”.. As you can see, Max lives with his grandparents, so where are his mother and father? And for those of you who saw the part where he was returning the purse to the lady who supposudley knew max and his parents, thats the part where he would probably have mentioned to Kevin what happened. But its going to leave me thinking until I see the rest of the movie. Also I noticed that Kevin is upsessed with this King Aurthur book because hes always using his imagination with being knights and getting treasure and what not.
Also I noticed today someone said in class while watching the part when they went to get the purse from the sewer, “How come the DogHouse Gang always finds them?”..and im like “I know right”..but then when you “think” about it, the DogHouse Gang wasnt really looking for them because they had plans that night also to grab the purse from the sewer and kevin just wanted to get it before they do and return it to its rightful owner..
Last thing is how old is this movie because that boy who they call “Freak”
(Kevin) is from that movie “Home Alone” I think. Is that him?
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Oh and I accidently left this comment on the other blog and I wasnt supposed to
This is officially the end of my comment…
I really liked this movie! The questions and things that came to mind while watching this movie were:
-How does the title apply to the movie?
-What is meatloaf? (not the food)- I learned in class, as some of my classmates said, it is a band. I’ve never heard of them. Why did they choose meatloaf as their name?
-What does a train yard and a nuclear power plant have to do with this movie?Were they showng the power plant to show that it causes pollution?
-Why is the first chapter called “Dinosaur Brain”?
– I thought it was funny how he related his grandparents to the painting of two old people, one of whom is holding a pitch fork.
-I felt so sad when he said, “They got stuck with me” like it was a bad thing.
-I felt bad that people made fun of him. People should judge one another on how they look. I should be what’s on the inside that counts.
-Why does he sleep under his bed? (this I found really strange)
-What did his father do and where is he?- It kind of sounds like his dad did something that made him go to jail. Then people said them his son would come out the same…which he didn’t.
– Who is ‘Freak’?- I found out later on n the movie that he is a very nice, inteligent, and disabled person who, later on in the movie, becomes Max’s very good friend.
-The mechanical bird is really cool.- It takes a smart person to make something like that.
-The gang that is in this movie are extremely mean.
-Does sleeping really damage brain cells?- Mr.Moshe told us ( after I already wrote this) that it really doesn’t. ‘Freak’ just told him that to make him wake up.
Why didnt Max stand up for himself when he got blamed for ‘Blade’s’ actions?
Why did Kevin beleive that everything was in midevil/middle ages era?
Why did it seem like Grim and Gram were mean to Maz half the time?
Some of the things I had questions about are:
Which bride is that?
What city are they in?
What year is this movie?
Why is Kevin being so nice to Max?
Why did Blade throw the ball at Kevin?
What were the fireworks for?
Where did they get the name The Doghouse Gang?
Why did Blade try and kill them?
How did Kevin get hurt in the legs?
How did Blade know where Kevin and Max were?
Why was Mrs. Lee so rude to them?
Why was so obsessed with Knights?
I didnt get alot of stuff but i got a few:
What happened to Max’s mom and dad?
Why are the fireworks going off?
Why were they dressed up in robber costumes just to get a purse out of the sewer?
Why is blade such a lunatic pulling out knifes trying to shank people what a pshycho…
Why is blades name blade? and is that his real name?
Where are max’s parents at?
Wheres..umm whats that kids name…whatever that where is thatcrippled boy’s dad at?
yeah thats all i got but the movie is pretty entertaining i wouldnt mind watching it myself unless we finish it in class. so i guess im done…….yeah
Why is everything based on king arthur?
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ok..so the things i wrote down in class were:
– James Gandolfini is in The Sopranos.
– Meat Loaf-the band?(research on this below)
– How did he get the name Blade?
I searched Meat Loaf..and yes they are a band..they were pretty much a one hit wonder back in the later 70s-80s.The song that their recognized most for is ‘I would do anything for love(but i wont do that)…which was in a pepsi commercial awhile back i think..haha.so i guess some of the music is from them(will be from)them in the movie.
I had alot of questions, many of which I was able to answer myself. At first(at the begginning of the movie I thought that was the Brooklyn borough bridge and the Hudson river next to those factories but later on in the movie, Kevin said that he needs legs and Max needs a brain and the wizard of Oz doesn’t live in South Cinncinati so I found out that I was wwrong.
Also at first I thought “freak” was Max because as th Doghouse gang’s leader, Blade was teasing him, they were calling him freak but I later found out that freak was someome else.
But different questions I had were
– What kind of heartless group of kids would trip an extremely disabled kid, like Kevin?
– (I understood that Max had problems), but why did he spend so much of his time under his bed?
– Why would Max listen to Kevin and go so deep into the water?
– And, why was that gang always so ready to beat somebody up?
But my opinions on the movie were that it was really cool how together, Max and Kevin stood up for people in trouble and related alot of things to midevil times. For example, in “chp. 1 and 2″while they were walking across the bridge there were knights on horses next to them.
But to answer your question, I think that Max related everything to midevil times because at that point, knights were considered stong and fearless and that’s probably what Kevin wanted to be but couldn’t because of his size and disability(that’s probably whyy he shouted back to te doghouse gang while Max just ignored it).
Lastly, about what you posted, critical thinking is starting to seem so much more deeper to me than it was before and not everyone can can handle it. At times it’s an individual thing and at other times you need to share and listen/respect other people’s thoughts and opinons. Thanks for that intresting insight….
Ok so like im not sure where the setting is because i didnt hear them say it so anybody get back to me on that. Also i dont get why the Doghouse gang has to be so violent and the law always lets them out like two days after. I also figured that Max is nothing like his fathersince he keeps helpling people instead of getting himself in jail and Kevin seems to be using a lot of imagination. I wonder if its because since all his life he was pretty lonely, he started living the surreal life.
-CRiNa
ok i didnt wirte that much on my paper for the brainstorming thingy i put stuff like what the character traits where like freak was smart and adventoures and Max was big and loosk tough but really has a gentle heart..etc..the boys that threw the basketball at freak and blamed max and always caused the trouble were jerks. But one of them had a gage in his ear *.* anyways…i thought it was really a friendship that was between the two cuz if it was just a partnership then i dont think they would get along so well. alsoly i think freak is so obssesed with the knights of the round table because its something he could never do because of his disabilites. well that about sums it up for me
see you guys tomorrow
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To:Myle.
I disagree with you.
The font on my computer is humongusssss.
It takes sooooooo long to scroll from one comment to another.
just to let you know.
The questions I wrote down were these:
Were did his parents go.
Why does Max not like talking.
Does Freak replace his stregth with knowledge? Since he can’t walk.
And why does Blade wan’t to kill Freak.
Here are my questions and thoughts:
How does the title go with the movie?
Meat Loaf, makes me hungry
I see trains
Nuclear Power Plant, polluting
Whose voice is talking?
What’s dinosaur brain mean in chapter 1?
why is he not smart?
What does King Arthur have to do with the movie?
Why does he want to see fireworks?
He’s throwing popcorn.
I’m starting to think that the to freaks put together equal king arthur and his horse.
Great comments everyone.
Some thoughts and question I had during the movie was:
What is the legend of king Arthur?
I only know he got the sword Escalaber from the stone and became
Is that the San Francisco brigde?
Meat loaf -isn`t that a food?
trains; underground subway
Nuclear Power Plant
air pollutio
highway with cars
Who`s Freak?
I learned it`s Kevin
Irish like music
childish teasing
big imagination
genius kid
mean mean teacher
disable students
harsh,but inteligent
Freak`s the smart kid
bullies
energertic boy
brave person
good morals
action speak louder than words
beat the stupid gang.
Max`s granfather didn`t seem to like him in the begining,but when the police brought Max home and told him about how Max saved Kevin his attitude got better somehow.I also think that Kevin is having a good influence on Max.
At the beginning of this movie I was very confused as to where this took place. Then I realized that it was Cincinnati, Ohio. The beginning of the movie was weird because they kept talking about knights and some big “Table Gathering,” which I’m still unsure of what it was. I found it kind of rude how Max’s grandparents treated him…They expected him to be like his father. I’m still not sure of what his dad did, but apparently it was something like a killing. This movie made me think that no matter who your parents are, you’re still your own person.
I liked Kevin’s never-give-up attitude. He was awesome, but I wondered why a kid in his state would try to start something with the local bullies. I liked his courage.
The questions I asked was where are Max’s parents, why did they abandon him, is Freak half robot, What diesease does Freak have and why is Max so big and he doesn’t even speak up for him self The most important question of all is why do they sing that song about “KILLER KANE, KILLER KANE HAD A BIG SON WITH TYPE OF BRAINS. I asked myself why did they sing that song and what did they mean when they said that his father could do dammage and when he was on the bus?
some other things i had jotted down…..that i forgot to put in my first comment…is:
1.the music- maybe elevator music? / maybe something to do with ireland??
2.the power plant—— do they cause alot of polution?? 🙁
*** the most important question**** how does “the might” apply???
i wonder if it means kevin and max together are very powerful? — i guess i will find out when we watch the rest of the movie!!
bye mr moshe see u in class tomorrow!
by the way cool website!! 😀
Some questions were:
What happened to his Dad?
Did he go to jail?
He never had coffee before?
Why is his parents gone?
In the movie Max’s grandpa offered him a cup of coffee. That reminded me of when I went to Starbucks with my friend. It took us while to order because the season just changed. Another thing was when Kevin started talking about King Auhor and him pulling the sword out of the stone. It reminded me of the Medevial Times Field trip in 6th grade. There were knights and lots of sword fights. It was AMAZING!!!
I liked the movie alot! ….. it was a little weird, though…… 😀
some things i jotted down on my paper were:
1. where does the movie take place
2. who is meatloaf
3. who and where are max’s parents
4. why did “freak” say, “what u’ve never seen a robot before?”
i think he might refer to himself a robot because he has metal on his legs or maybe he had to get some operation where they put medal in his body. maybe something to make him as smart as he is?? ….. idk…… just a guess!!…..
5.why did “blade” always pick on kevin and max?