Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

movie time!!

Over the past few years, a new way of renting videos has been invented. This new invention is m0re commonly known under the name of Netflix. Since the first movie was made, people have continually wanted to be entertained. This resulted in the movie industry coming out with about 60,000 movies and television shows created. Renting the exact movie you want, however has become increasingly difficult. Most video rental stores only carry about 1500 titles. With Netflix, however, you have access to just about all 60,000 movie/ TV shows ever made. Many people think that technology is advancing at such a quick rate that this website will only last a few more years. I disagree with those people. Even though you will be able to download movies onto your computer in the near future, there will always be that one elusive movie sucking you back in to programs such as Netflix.

The first movies to be made in America were filmed in the early 1900's. Thhey started out black and white, completely silent, with subtitles interupting performances. Eventually movies moved on to include background music. Then, in the 1920's the films evovled into "talkies". Talkies were movies where you could actually hear what the actors and actresses were saying. They became very popular in the lives of americans everywhere. Movies would continue to evolve through the rest of the 20th century, reulting in 60,000 titles today in hundreds of different genres. I can only imagine where movies will go in the future.

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