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BAD GENIUS

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  The four main characters in the movie Bad Genius differ in terms of their personalities and motivations.   LYNN Lynn is genius. She excels academically and she is the mastermind behind the cheating scheme. She also uses her abilities and skills in creating and executing elaborate cheating schemes for her personal     gain, driven by her desire for money.  BANK Bank is Lynn's childhood friend. Bank is also intelligent and skilled.  He  is also the competitor of Lynn on the scholarship on singapore. He is morally conscious than Lynn and initially refuses to participate in the cheating schemes. However, he still involved on the cheating scheme.  GRACE Grace is wealthy and popular she manipulated Lynn to do cheating, so she and her boyfriend would be passed on the exam.  She plays a pivotal role in the movie climax.  PAT Pat is the son of the school director and serves as the antagonist. He discovers Lynn's  cheating operation an...

MOVIE ANALYSIS

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  The thoughts that affected me while watching movie "ACCEPTED" is about the pressure that high school graduates face in going to college, the stress ,anxiety and the pressure to have the academic achievement. From that pressure students tend to lie to their parents to make their parents proud on them.  I experienced sadness , laughter, sympathy and inspiration. I experienced sadness while witnessing the desperation of students to overcome his situation, along with the support of his friends who help to achieve his goal to create fake college. The character of Bartleby Gaines struck a chord with me. His approach to education ,refusal to accept defeat and confrontational attitude towards traditional education resonated with me.  The idea of creating his institution of high learning is not only  humorous but highly imaginative and inspirational. Education must not be limited to cramming textbook content and scoring well in exams. Education is not only about memori...