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The Lady from Shanghai Character Analysis "Michael" Michaels' a seemingly charming young gentleman. In his opening dialogue he's calling himself a fool, which implies that he's not the most proud man. The character Michael is meant to seem innocent by the way he narrates a flashback of how he met a woman, the classic femme fatale of film noir. He tells a story about how he met the woman in a carriage, passing him by in Central Park, late at night. He described how beautiful she was by saying "once I had seen her I was not in my right mind for quite sometime". He also pointed out in his narration that "some people can smell danger, not me" which once again implies that he perceives himself as a fool. As the gentleman he was he offered the lady a cigarette, which typically appear in film noir, to show her his romantic interest. To his surprise the Lady says she doesn't smoke, but takes the cigarette anyway to flatter him. Whilst this e

Film Review by Lina Johansen Over the summer I watched the blockbuster movie Deadpool (2016). The film is about a guy named Wade (Ryan Reynolds), with a very special day job. One day he gets cancer and is approached by a mysterious man that says he can cure him. After a lot of contemplation he decides to contact the man that apparently can cure him and go through the procedure he suggested. His plan is to get rid of the cancer and then reunite with his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). He ends up in a secret clinic where he gets tortured multiple times until he shows signs of a superpower. Eventually he shows the signs and becomes quite invincible. He can't hurt himself anymore without automatically curing himself, limbs growing back and cuts closing. The problem is although that after his superhero transformation he doesn't look as he did before. He ended up looking ugly and nothing like himself so he didn't dare to reunite with Vanessa. Therefore his quest du