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A review of “That’s what I am”
By Kristina

Yesterday, I watched “That’s what I am”. It’s a drama that is based on true events. The film stars Chase Ellison and Alexander Walters.
It’s the story of two students, Nichol and Stanly, who is nicknamed Big G. They’re tasked to do a project and they decide to do one about tolerance. However, tolerance is the one thing their school lacks. From students, like Stanly and Karen, being bullied because of their appearances, to Mr. Simon, the schools best teacher, being rumored about a homosexual relationship. Some situations happen, that show it. That is, until Stanly enters the schools talent show. Nichol is concerned, that people will laugh at him, but Stanly still gives it a try, so, Nichol is supporting him.
Nichol is the main character of this film and he’s also the narrator. He’s one of the most relatable characters of the movie, mostly because he often reflects the audiences’ reactions. Nichol experiences a lot of things during the film, which inspire him to become a better person and follow his dreams. However, his biggest inspiration is Stanly. Stanly, or Big G, is also an important character. He’s a tall, redheaded guy, who appears to be shy and quiet. But later he’s slowly showing more personality and wisdom. At the talent show, he’s displaying a lot of bravery. This movie features a lot of secondary characters, like Mr. Simon, Mary, Ed, Norman, and, my personal favorite, Karen. Although they don’t get enough character development, they’re still pretty likable and interesting to watch.
In my opinion, this is a serious, but still entertaining film. It has a great concept, but not that great of an execution. The plot was really complicated and it was hard for me to understand what’s going on. However, the movie addresses some real life problems, has a great moral and it really made me think. The special effects are poor quality, because there’re too many shadows and quiet sounds, although I like this old look. Overall, it isn’t a perfect movie, but still worth watching!

5. „Beetle juice“ A 1988 American horror comedy directed by Tim Burton. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple who become ghosts, haunting their former home, and a devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice) from the Netherworld tries to scare away the new inhabitants permanently. It‘s not very scary but the plot and special FX (according to when the movie was made) are pretty decent.

Fun fact: Even though the movie is called “Beetlejuice,” the character only has 17 minutes of screen time out of a 92-minute running time.

4. Alien A 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. The film’s title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature „Xenomorph“ that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. This creature produces infants by bursting out of a mans chest (it is very messy). the „Xenomorph“ are very scary, and you really do not want to meet one in a dark alley. O, did I mention that they have a mouth inside a mouth, acid for blood, steel-like skin and a long pointy tail for stabbing. The special FX are perfect, awesome time watching it.

3.The shining A 1980 British-American psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel The Shining. In the film, Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic, takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel. His young son has psychic abilities and is able to see things from the past and future, such as the ghosts who haunt the hotel. After settling in, the family is trapped in the hotel by a snowstorm, and jack become influenced by a ghostly presence, becomes insane and tries to kill his family. I was pretty scary and weirdly a bit funny. So i recommend watching it.

2.Predator A 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the main protagonist and a leader of elite special forces team who are on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Central America. Kevin Peter Hall co-stars as the antagonist, a technologically advanced alien, secretly stalking and hunting the group. He has blades on his arms, cloaking devises, thermal vision, self-destruct bombs and a very ugly face (ughhh). They don‘t care about the food, they only care about the thrill of the hunt and collecting skulls as trophies. The movie was very gripping and awesome. Plus Alien and Predator had a crossover, double awesome

Fun fact: Optimus Prime (from „Transformers“) and the predator has the same. Peter Cullen, who is uncredited in Predator, provided the voice for both.

1. A nightmare on Elm street A 1984 American supernatural slasher horror film written and directed by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springwood, Ohio, the plot revolves around several teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams (and thus killed in reality) by Freddy Krueger. The teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, but their parents hold a dark secret from long ago. Sorry I can’t tell you more because I will spoil everything. Freddy is horrible has a glove with blades on fingers, a stupid cowboy hat, an ugly striped sweater and a burned-out face. This movie gave me the creeps and like all old movies it was funny.

Why have I watched this?

Because I like western and comedy. This film was new and trailer looks good to me.

• Directed by:  Frank Coraci (born February 3, 1966) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work with Adam Sandler.

• Written by: Tim Herlihy (born October 9, 1966) is an American screen actor, film producer, screenwriter, and Broadway show author.

• Adam Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician.

Plot

 Tommy “White Knife” Stockburn (Sandler). He is due to marry a Native girl named Smoking Fox (Jones).A bank robber named Frank Stockburn (Nolte) is Tommy’s biological father. Frank is dying of consumption, but that he has amassed $50,000 and buried it in a meadow next to a pine tree. A group of bandits with connections to Frank come to the village, led by the Cicero (Trejo) who wants Frank to give them $50,000 he gained a while back. Frank has the bandits kidnap him so he can lead them to the $50,000 at the so called “Singing Windmill”.

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 • Tommy decides that the best way to gain enough money is by stealing it. Tommy instead opts to steal from those who have no honor like corrupt politicians, racist bankers, and thugs alike. Tommy discovers that he has 5 half-brothers; Ramon (Schneider); Lil’ Pete (Lautner); Herm (Garcia); Danny (Wilson); Chico (Crews). Meanwhile, Clem (Native American-racist food proprietor) joins the eye patch gang after Clem removes his only functional eye before they kidnap Tommy’s fiance. Saloon owner Smiley Harris (Keitel), who was part of Frank’s gang. He owns a large golden nugget the brothers steal after Ramon accidentally decapitates Smiley with a shovel from behind, though Ramon was only trying to knock him out. • Herm tells them that a gambler named Ezekiel Grant (Lovitz) is hosting a game with Mark Twain (Ice) and General George Armstrong Custer (Spade) in Yuma. They successfully robbed the poker game. Tommy realizes that it was Cicero who murdered his mother. Tommy sets out alone in the cover of night to rescue his father and confront his mother’s killer. Having successfully killed Cicero, the half-brothers (who followed Tommy) have a reunion with their long lost father. Frank was in cahoots with Cicero for an easy $50,000. Frank runs off with Smoking Fox inside a mine. Tommy runs after. Also, in the process of the fighting, the Left-Eye Gang accidentally reveal that they lied about removing their right eyes.
• Back in the Native Village, Tommy weds Smoking Fox with his brothers in attendance. Native chief decides to adopt the half-brothers as he did with Tommy.

Mexican burro rider Ramon
• His mother is Mexican innkeeper. Ramon likes his strange donkey Burro. He found his brothers, now lives in Native village.

Lil’ Pete
• Mentally challenged yet, happy and lucky. He has a strong neck that makes him immune to hanging. He has 3 nipples. He found his brothers, now lives in Native village.

Herm
• Feral mountain-man, who speaks incomprehensibly. Likes to make & drink moonshine. He looks like a spelean. He found his brothers, now lives in Native village.

Danny
• Guilt-ridden drunkard, who served as a bodyguard for Abraham Lincoln until accidentally leading John Wilkes Booth to murder him. He is normal. He found his brothers, now lives in Native village.
Chico
• African-American saloon pianist, who confesses to be only 50 percent white. He found his brothers, now lives in Native village.

My opinion
• This film is the funniest one I have ever seen. If you like western comedies with dirty jokes I recommend it. You must see it. There are more.