Reviews of professor Dann Gire

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Cool professor! He obviously puts a lot of work into his online lectures, which are entertaining as well as informative. You'll be expected to recall details in the movies you watch and what they mean. Be prepared to watch 2 movies a week and thoughtfully respond to the prompts. (Sometimes easier said than done...) Loved the class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super nice, even for asynchronous classwork. Everything is really clear, but watching movies is difficult now. You'll be analyzing films instead of watching them, even after the class is over. Highly recommend though!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I LOVED Prof Gire and can't recommend him enough! Get ready to watch ~9 hours of content outside of class (SERIOUSLY, I am usually not the type to watch online lectures but you HAVE TO in this class). 

Each week there is a paper and quiz which includes some tough questions if you haven't closely watched the 1.5 hour lecture

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
TAKE DANN GIRE FOR CINEMA CLASS THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ENJOYABLE! He genuinely cares about his students. This class is compromised of open note quizzes, 2 exams, attendance, and a movie report every week! This was the most enjoyable class that I have taken at Loyola. Loved to learn the world of cinema through seeing and hearing what is already there!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I 100% recommend professor Gire. He truly wants his students to succeed and actually end this class with knowledge. You watch 2 movies a week for this class and have to critique and write a discussion post on them. The lectures are pretty long but everything in the video is all very entertaining and actually helpful. I would take this class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Honestly, he is such an amazing professor. I took his Intro to Cinema class over the summer, and even though this was his first time using Zoom for a class, he did great. My favorite moment would have to be when he stabbed a watermelon to explain a sound effect in the bathroom scene of Psycho. You will be watching a lot of movies in the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is aware that people take his class as a blow-off class, so he decided to bump up our first 6 quizzes to 100s for everyone. He is the easiest grader Ive ever seen and I love him so much I made him my phone background.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of those professors who clearly loves what he does. The best part about class was that in every lecture, he would fit the theme of the week (for horror week, the whole lecture was in black and white with creepy lighting). Take him! It's a break from the rest of your classes and he's one of the nicest and funniest professors you'll ever have.