The Blues Brothers And Terminator Comparison

The Blues Brothers and Terminator
Introduction
The two works I have decided to compare for the final project are two films, Terminator and The Blues Brothers. Terminator, an action and sci-fi film, released in 1984, and directed by James Cameron, and written by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, and William Wisher Jr. The Blues Brothers, an action, comedy, and crime film, released in 1980, directed by John Landis and written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. Although both movies were released within a few four years of each other they were different in style and language technique and usage. Compare and Contrast
The first movie, Terminator is also the type of main character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie is about a robot, a terminator, disguised as a human that was sent back in time with one goal, to kill Sarah Conner; as a machine, the Terminator spoke in a monotone voice, showing no emotions; his words portrayed the coldness of the mission at hand. The character, although it is a robot, has the Austrian accent of Schwarzenegger so even though the words are pronounced with a slightly different dialect the result is the same. This movie made famous the catch phrase, “I’ll be back,” so even today when anyone says it in that context it is done so with an imitation attempting to sound like him. …show more content…
Sarah Conner’s roommate was the 80’s Valley Girl type, speaking in the tone and dialect that was popular in that time period. Language in general in The Terminator is not different than today except for the cyborg character of the Terminator who speaks in a monotone that shows no emotion of any kind. I think the use of language in this way helps the viewer to see Terminator as not human and helps to distance themselves from

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