CONTENTS IntroctionbyG.S.Kirk Acknowledgements THEODYSSEY 1Godsincouncil-TelemachusandAthene 2Telemachusdefiesthesuitors 3Telemachus,Athene,Nestor 4Telemachus,Menelaus,Helen 5HermesandCalypso-Odysseusreleasedandwrecked 6Nausicaa 7OdysseusasguestofAlcinous 8Phaeaciangames,dancing,poems 9Odysseusbeginshistale-TheCyclops 10Circe 11Odysseusamonqtheghosts 12ScyllaandCharybdis-Thecattleofthesun 13OdysseusreturnstoIthaca 14Odysseuswiththeswineherd 15TelemachusreturnstoIthaca 17Thekingasbeggar 18Thebeggarpraisedandmocked 19TheQueemandthebeggar-Thenurseknowshermaster 21Thecontestofthebow 22Vengeanceonthesuitors 23Penelopedoubtsandbelieves 24Thesuitorsjointheghosts-Odysseusand Laertes-Thebattlerenewedandended Epilogueontranslation Glossaryandindexofnames Mapsofrealplaces
『貳』 高分！幫忙寫個電影的英語觀後感
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button review
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a splendidly made film based on a profoundly mistaken premise. It tells the story of a man who is old when he is born and an infant when he dies. All those around him, everyone he knows and loves, grow older in the usual way, and he passes them on the way down. As I watched the film, I became consumed by a conviction that this was simply wrong.
Let me paraphrase the oldest story I know: In the beginning, there was nothing, and then God said, "Let there be light." Everything comes after the beginning, and we all seem to share this awareness of the direction of time's arrow. There is a famous line by e.e. cummings that might seem to apply to Benjamin Button: and down he forgot as up he grew. But no, it involves the process of forgetting our youth as we grow older.
We begin a movie or novel and assume it will tell a story in chronological time. Flashbacks and flash-forwards, we understand. If it moves backward through a story (Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"), its scenes reflect a chronology seen out of order. If a day repeats itself (Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day"), each new day begins with the hero awakening and moving forward. If time is fractured into branching paths ("Synecdoche, New York"), it is about how we attempt to control our lives. Even time-travel stories always depend on the inexorable direction of time.
Yes, you say, but Benjamin Button's story is a fantasy. I realize that. It can invent as much as it pleases. But the film's admirers speak of how deeply they were touched, what meditations it invoked. I felt instead: Life doesn't work this way. We are an observer of our passage, and so are others. It has been proposed that one reason people marry is because they desire a witness to their lives. How could we perform that act of love if we were aging in opposite directions?
The movie's premise devalues any relationship, makes futile any friendship or romance, and spits, not into the face of destiny, but backward into the maw of time. It even undermines the charm of compound interest. In the film, Benjamin (Brad Pitt) as an older man is enchanted by a younger girl (Cate Blanchett). Later in the film, when he is younger and she is older, they make love. This is presumably meant to be the emotional high point. I shuddered. No! No! What are they thinking ring sex? What fantasies apply? Does he remember her as a girl? Does she picture the old man she loved?
Pitt will of course be nominated for best actor and may deserve it because of his heroic struggle in the performance. Yes, he had to undergo much makeup, create body language and perform physically to be manipulated by computers. He portrays the Ages of Man with much skill. That goes with the territory. But how did he prepare emotionally? What exercises would the Method suggest? You can't go through life waving goodbye. He is born looking like a baby with all the infirmities old age. He grows younger, until he resembles Brad Pitt, and then a younger Brad Pitt, and then -- we do not follow him all the way as he recedes into the temporal distance.
The film was directed by David Fincher, no stranger to labyrinths ("Zodiac," "Fight Club"). The screenplay is by Eric Roth, who wrote "Forrest Gump" and reprises the same approach, by having his hero's condition determine his life experience. To say, however, that Roth "adapted" the original short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald would be putting it mildly. Fitzgerald wrote a comic farce, which Roth has made a forlorn elegy. Roth's approach makes Benjamin the size of a baby at birth. Fitzgerald sardonically but consistently goes the other way: The child is born as an old man, and grows smaller and shorter until he is finally a bottle-fed baby. Not much is said about Benjamin's mother, which is a pity, because he is 5-feet-8 at birth, and I wonder how much pushing that required.
I said the film is well-made, and so it is. The actors are the best: Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton. Given the resources and talent here, quite a movie might have resulted. But it's so hard to care about this story. There is no lesson to be learned. No catharsis is possible. In Fitzgerald's version, even Benjamin himself fails to comprehend his fate. He's born as a man with a waist-length beard who can read the encyclopedia, but in childhood, plays with toys and throws temper tantrums, has to be spanked and then disappears into a wordless reverie. "Benjamin" rejects these logical consequences because, I suspect, an audience wouldn't sit still for them.
According to the oddsmakers at MovieCityNews, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is third among the top five favorites for best picture. It may very well win. It expends Oscar-worthy talents on an off-putting gimmick. I can't imagine many people wanting to see the movie twice. There was another film this year that isn't in the "top five," or listed among the front-runners at all, and it's a profound consideration of the process of living and aging. That's Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York." It will be viewed and valued decades from now. You mark my words.
有些長,你可以刪減一下吧,希望能為你所用
『叄』 5篇英文電影觀後感(用英語寫的)60詞左右
功夫熊貓(這個是最近的.)
Or the dream factory has always been the high standard, the screen exquisite detail, vivid characters vivid, touching story twists and turns, the most important thing is it in the most simple and easy to understand that the way of a token, that is - there is no shortcut to the world and Cheats, the only winning Famen is believe in themselves.
這個殺手不太冷
This film was absolutely amazing. I have spent hours re-watching various scenes and noticing all the perfection with which they are acted and directed. It's not the violence or action sequences that make this movie so great (although they are well done...), but rather moments like where Mathilda knocks on Leon's door. It would be so easy to just film the door opening, but instead we see light illuminating Natalie Portman's face, symbolizing something angelic. And the moment has so much more meaning.
I know a lot of people who have seen this film because they are action fans. I'm not. But I'm glad I finally found it, because it's a wonderful film in so many other ways.
哈利波特
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his best friends. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world, after which he seeks to subjugate the Muggle (non-magical) world to his rule.
動畫喜劇 海底總動員
Somewhere, under the sea, weak-finned clown fish Nemo (Alexander Gould) lives with his fretful father, Marlin (Albert Brooks). Smothered by pop's paranoia, he ventures away from the reef, but his dad's dread is justified when a passing diver whisks him away.
Taken to a tank in a Sydney dentists, Nemo meets Gill (Willem Dafoe) and co - friendly fish who dream of escaping to the ocean. Meanwhile, Marlin bumps into a blue tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), and sets out to save his son...
The splendour of natural history hit The Blue Planet is matched by the wit of the script and stars. Barry Humphries has a terrific cameo as a great white shark who's sworn off killing (Remember, fish are friends, not food!), while DeGeneres provides perfect timing and tone as Dory, whose short-term memory loss is a gag that never stops running
世界末日
There are so many amazing things in the world.這個世界上有太多不可思議的事情。If tomorrow is the end of the world,what can we do?如果明天是世界末日，我們可以做什麼？So now,i think we should keep smile everyday.所以現在，我覺得我們應該每天都微笑。After i finish the movie of "2012The end of the world",I feel very upset about that.我看完「2012世界末日」這電影之後，我感到很悲傷。When I saw the people die in the movie,I thought about if this event will happen to us,will we die very helpless?當我看到人類在這個電影里死了，我想到了如果這件事情發生在我們身上，我們會死得很無助嗎？If we have to die,I'll choose the one happy ending,like we have to cherish what we have now.如果我們一定要死，我會選擇一個開心的結局，就好像我們一定要珍惜我們現在擁有的一切！My family and my friends are love me,there are so many people love me!我的家人和我的朋友都很愛我，有很多人都愛我！I should thanks God for gave me so many things.我應該感激上天給我的一切。When the end really came in the world,I will not feel regret!當世界末日真的來臨了，我也不會感到遺憾！Beginning at this minute,I'll be happy everyday!從這一分鍾開始，我會開心每一天！
英文電影:阿甘正傳觀後感（中英文對照）
阿甘有自己的堅持，他不斷地跑步，JUST RUNS. 他跑步不為任何理由。他說:"人要往前看，千萬不要被過去拖累。我想我跑步就是這個意義」和過去告別，不停留在原處。也許這世界上太多人隨撥逐流，很少人會堅持做一件事，阿甘堅持自己的堅持，於是他成了「神」。影片中還有一位主要人物是上校丹。他在越南戰爭中失去了雙腿。他說他的命運就是戰死。然而阿甘卻救他，讓他活了下來。失去雙腿後他開始憎恨生活，生活得很頹廢，責怪阿甘當初救了他。然而當他調整心態，去和阿甘一起捕魚生活，有了收獲後，開始感覺到生活的美好。感謝阿甘當初就了他。影片試圖通過這個角色告訴觀者生活總是美好的。烏雲後有彩虹，絕境後有重生。關鍵是看我們給不給自己一個好心態，一個機會去改變不好的現狀。影片試圖向觀者傳達這樣一個信息：或許做好我們該做的每一件事，生活就會給我們一個好的回饋。只要有一種堅持就會出現一個奇跡。
Mr. A Gan has his own perseverance, keeping on running without of any reason, JUST RUNS. He said: 「Man has t look forward, and never encumbered by foretime. I thank that's the meaning of my running.」 Say goodbye to foretime and don't stay in-place. Although so many people in the world are used to follow others and few people can stick to one thing, Mr. A Gan does and becomes 「GOD」. There is another character Captain Dan. Dan lost his legs in Vietnarm War. He said that his fate is death in war. However, Mr. A Gan saved him and let him be alive. After losing legs, Dan was decadent and disgusted with life, complaining that A
Gan shouldn't save him. When he adjusted his mind, living on fishing with A Gan, he started to enjoy the wonderful life and thank A Gan's help. The movie is intended to tell people that life is wonderful by this character. Rainbow is always after cloud. The key point is that whether we have a good mind and an opportunity to ourselves to change bad situation. The movie is also sent such a message to us: do well what we should do, and life will return us well. There will be a miracle if only there is perseverance.
『肆』 英語電影觀後感<<瘋狂的原始人>>120字
今天我和爸爸媽媽去萬達影城看了電影《瘋狂原始人》，這是一部3D動畫片，非常好看，很搞笑也很感人。
影片講述的是：原始人咕嚕一家在老爸的庇護下生活，每晚聽老爸講同一個故事，在山洞裡過著一成不變的生活。但大女兒小伊卻是一個充滿好奇心的女孩，她總想探索外面的世界。後來，她遇到了有超凡創造力和創新思想的蓋。世界末日突然降臨，山洞被毀，一家人被迫離開家園，是蓋幫助他們躲過了重重困難，途中蓋還發明了很多「高科技」產品，讓他們知道了原來生活要「用腦子」，走路需要「鞋子」等等。
影片的結尾很感人，老爸不顧一切地救了全家人，讓我感受到了深深的、偉大的父愛。最後他們追逐著太陽，追逐著光明，去追求幸福美好的新生活……
看完這部影片，我懂得了生活要勇於突破，在困難面前不低頭，大家共同努力，互相幫助，不畏險阻，克服種種困難，明天會更美好！
這部影片的3D效果也很好，和以前看的《少年派的奇幻漂流》的3D效果不相上下，我很喜歡！
『伍』 急需一篇英文電影讀後感(用英文寫的)，120字左右，謝謝幫忙
電影《飄》觀後感
See the over movie 《 gong with the wind 》 , I am very to move for ruide this person image.The ruide is handsome and natural and unrestrained, the magic power is endless, humor and wit, the strength is brave, he is rich, respecting again female, to love faithful.He again is a person who can see what others cann't, again sharp insight with the person of the self-control dint, and have to do the standard ownly.He is limitless ocean in elephant, thick forest in elephant, and can make female dependent on.The sijiali becomes friends with the ruide empress knot over the two marriage,however, ruide has been having no to changes the slightest to her the original intention, liking this in love with attitude the ream is felt by me get a fright.The writer gave the great breadth of view in ruide, he tolerate other people's mistake, respecting other people's right always.In his in the mind, men and women are complete equal.I do not know that still had the more perfect than this image what kind of male.
『陸』 高分求以下電影的觀後感（英文）
老師出的題目嗎？
如果沒空看的話，自己去網路里邊了解一下劇情，自己隨便一瞎湊就夠了。
不用費心讓別人寫的，不然等會我給你寫一個。。。
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哇塞，那個是復制的吧？看不懂哦。。。
『柒』 高分求一編《肖申克的救贖》的觀後感，英文的120-150words·
難度很大啊，我來試試吧，希望能幫到你,不過這部片子可不是120-150個英文單詞能寫出感受的，所以長了點:
Today i saw a very shocking film ((Shawshank Redemption)), andy deeply by the strong conviction in the face of the cruel reality of the spirit is still harbor dreams, as well as superhuman intelligence and wisdom. Reid liked monologue of that sentence: "I had to remind myself that some birds can not be locked up in cages, and their feathers are too beautiful, and when they fly away, you will find them locked up is an appreciation evil. "Yes, that is andy. Sometimes reality is so cruel, bankers andy being wronged killed his wife and his lover. Had been tortured physically and mentally，Prison others were harassed and beaten, and even more painful in the wall's mental torture, as well as the tom know know the truth about the case can not reverse the verdict. But he is still so full of hope. . . . Workers in their fight for the beer, but also an opportunity to fight for their own ---- close to the governor to help him money. The last 20 years through the efforts of the hands of Reid with a buy from a small hammer to dig out of a prison outside the channel. So that it can not think of one. I think magic is more the spirit of andy appeal, he can always practice, he is encouraged by the people around, even for the time being that the spirit of freedom,As he put in the governor's Office of the plate to the music people listen to the same prison, and later released from prison so that the re-Reid to find a life of hope. . . There are even more amazing is the creative director ----- has escaped through a story has brought us so much inspiration and shock.
今天看了一部很震撼的電影((肖申克的救贖))，深深地被andy的堅定不移的信念、面對殘酷現實依然心懷 夢想的精神以及超人的聰明才智。很喜歡瑞德獨白的那句話：「我不得不提醒自己有些鳥是不能關在籠子里的，它們的羽毛太漂亮了，當它們飛走的時候，你會覺得把它們關起來欣賞是種罪惡。」是的說的就是andy.有時候現實就是那麼殘酷，銀行家andy被冤枉殺死了他的老婆及其情人。身心受盡折磨，被監獄里其他人的騷擾和毆打，而更痛苦的是在高牆里的精神折磨，以及知道tom知道自己的案件的真相卻不能翻案。但是他依然是那麼充滿希望。。。。為工友爭取啤酒，也為自己爭取到了機會----接近典獄長幫他洗黑錢。最後通過20年的努力用一把從瑞德手中買來的小錘子挖出一條通向獄外的通道。令誰也想不到。我覺得更神奇的是andy的精神號召力，他的做法總是能給他周圍的人一點鼓舞，哪怕是暫時的一點精神自由，像他在典獄長 的辦公室放音樂碟子給監獄的人聽一樣，以及後來讓出獄的瑞德重新找到生活的希望。。。
還有更神奇的是導演的創意-----竟然通過一個越獄的故事能帶給我們那麼多的啟示和震撼。
『捌』 求三篇英語作文，關於英語電影觀後感，120字左右，不要太多，帶翻譯。電影自選，不需太深，作文內容盡
Impression on "Forrest Gump"
電影《阿甘正傳》觀後感
Last night, I saw a great film, Forrest Gump.I am greatly impressed by this film, by the stories of Forrest Gump.Forrest Gump was born in a small village.He was born mentally retarded, and he was discriminated by others.But his mother is a strong female who encourages Gump to be strong and live the same as normal people.Besides, he meets Jenny, a tragic but kind-hearted girl.With the love of his mother and Jenny, Forrest Gump begins his running all his life.I am moved by his strong will, kindness and optimism.There are many miracles in his all life which seem impossible to him.But I know is reasonable, because he wins them with his noble personalities.
昨天晚上，我看了一部大片——《阿甘正傳》。這部電影以及阿甘的故事給我留下了深刻印象。阿甘出生在一個小村莊。他天生弱智，受到別人的歧視。但是他的母親是個堅強的婦女，她鼓勵阿甘要像一個正常人一樣堅強地活著。後來，她認識了珍妮，一個悲劇但又善良的女孩。在他媽媽和珍妮的愛護下，阿甘開始跑遍整個人生。我被他堅強的意志，他的善良以及他的樂觀所打動。他的整個人生充滿了許多對它來說是不可能的奇跡。但是我知道這是合理的，因為他用他高尚的品質贏得了這些。
My Favorite Movie
我最喜歡的電影
.Among so many films I have watched, the one I like best is High School Musical.This film tells the stories about two high school juniors from rival cliques – Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a beautiful and shy transfer student who is a hard working girl.Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical.In this process, a series of stories happen, but in the end, the musical achieves great success and Troy and Gabriella fall in love with each other. It』s totally a happy ending.I like this movie because the high school life in that is so colorful and amazing, which I admire so much.Besides, everyone loves happy ending of love story.
。在我所看過的電影中，我最喜歡的是《歌舞青春》。這部電影講述了兩個高中生的故事——學校籃球隊的隊長Troy Bolton和性格害羞、長相甜美、成績優異的新生Gabriella Montez。他們要一起主演學校的音樂劇。在這個過程中，發生了一系列的故事，而最終，音樂劇獲得了成功，他們之間也碰撞出了愛的火花，完美落幕。我喜歡這部電影的原因是因為電影中展現的高中生活豐富多彩、奇妙無比，讓我十分羨慕。再者，有誰不喜歡愛情故事的大圓滿結局呢。
The Impression of Hachiko
《忠犬八公的故事》觀後感
In recent years, the film 「Hachiko—A Dog』s Story」 has been very popular.It mainly shows an impressive story between a loyal dog and a professor.As far I am concerned, there are many things we can learn from the film.
近年來，電影「忠犬八公——一隻狗的故事」非常的流行。主要說的是一條忠實的狗和一個教授之間的感人故事。對我來說，我們可以從電影中學到許多東西。
To begin with, I believe that most people who have watched this film were moved by the dog』s loyalty.The dog has waited for his owner for a lifetime and hid loyal behavior has taught us never forget anyone we loved—the meaning of loyalty.We can learn that we should try to get along with each other with true affection and never betray in an intimated relationship so that we can strengthen our relationship and understand each other better.And we should believe that there is still a true affection in the world.
首先，我相信很多人看過這部電影的人都被狗的忠誠感動了。狗等它的主人等了一輩子，這一忠誠的行為告訴我們永遠不要忘記任何你所愛的人——忠誠的意義。我們可以學習，我們可以學到我們應該應該用真實的情感與他人交流相處並永遠不出賣親密的關系，這樣我們才能夠加強我們的關系，更好地相互理解。我們應該相信世界上還存在有真情。
『玖』 兩篇英文電影的讀後感120字左右
到IMDB網站，用英文片名搜索，找你喜歡或者熟悉的電影，在電影主頁面，下方有個Users Review鏈接，點擊這個鏈接，出來的頁面就是本片的讀後感。有很多，一般的影片都有幾百篇，大片有幾千篇，選擇一兩篇就可以了。
『拾』 求幫忙10篇 美國電影 英語觀後感 120字左右
美國電影《阿甘正傳》的英語觀後感
When I first saw this movie I didn't appreciate it like I do now. Because I was so young that I didn』t get the main idea when I first saw it. Just recently I saw the movie again. What an amazing and moving story. That movie teaches you so much about life and the meaning of it. That life isn't as bad as most people feel. Forrest Gump, the innocent man can impact so many lives with his innocence. The meaning of the movie to me is that everyone needs to have a better outlook on life. That we need to appreciate more of the little things and not let the big things hold us back. Although life may throw us trials and tribulations like a box of chocolates, we just have to bite into it and get through it even if we don't like it. I just love this movie. And anyone who hasn't seen it or who thinks that don't like it I seriously suggest seeing it or seeing it again. It truly is amazing...
功夫熊貓
Or the dream factory has always been the high standard, the screen exquisite detail, vivid characters vivid, touching story twists and turns, the most important thing is it in the most simple and easy to understand that the way of a token, that is - there is no shortcut to the world and Cheats, the only winning Famen is believe in themselves.
More do not want to repeat the story, because it really well. Look at the process, appeared frequently Huiyi people laugh, the whole atmosphere is relaxed and go. This film has done very authentic, a little bit by the Westerners did not interpret the feeling, no matter which story or convey the moods, whether the screen or the details are all the way east; only special is probably the Speaking of modern, such as, for example ok.
《玫瑰花與水晶鞋》觀後感
In my opinion this is the best Cinderella story that there is. The characters are fantastic! With all their different personalities coming together, it really makes the story fun to watch. And the music is wonderful, the songs are beautiful and catchy but not cheesy. The story line has more of a twist, in that the dream doesn't come true right when the slipper fits. If you love fairy tales and whimsical romances, this is the perfect movie for you.
哭泣游戲(又譯：亂世浮生)
This highly original film put screenwriter-director Neil Jordan on the
international map. The story begins at a carnival in Ireland with British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) kidnapped by IRA terrorists Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is assigned to guard Jody, and they become friends. After the kidnapping goes horribly wrong, Fergus escapes to London to track down Jody's girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson), to fulfill a promise to Jody and ends up falling in love with her. The only problem--well, it's not the only problem--is Jude has also come to London with news that the IRA is after Fergus and has a dangerous new mission in mind.
喜劇動物片 101真狗
my personal favorite "101D" medium is Disney's "101 Dalmatians: the Series". It combines many themes of the existing material (Dodie Smith book, 1961 and 1996 movies). But still does its own things, too.
Our main pups include brave Lucky, who gets a strong personality mirroring his character in the book, lovable Rolly, the gourmand of the pups, and sweet little Cadpig, who is the true runt of the litter. Also there is Spot the chicken, who longs to be a dog. I find them all extremely amiable and enjoyable to watch. They are usually foiling Cruella's schemes for their land, or outwitting Lt. Pug (I'll get to him later), or sneaking into Grutely, or...just having fun, making a very likable show.
動畫喜劇 海底總動員
Somewhere, under the sea, weak-finned clown fish Nemo (Alexander Gould) lives with his fretful father, Marlin (Albert Brooks). Smothered by pop's paranoia, he ventures away from the reef, but his dad's dread is justified when a passing diver whisks him away.
Taken to a tank in a Sydney dentists, Nemo meets Gill (Willem Dafoe) and co - friendly fish who dream of escaping to the ocean. Meanwhile, Marlin bumps into a blue tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), and sets out to save his son...
The splendour of natural history hit The Blue Planet is matched by the wit of the script and stars. Barry Humphries has a terrific cameo as a great white shark who's sworn off killing (Remember, fish are friends, not food!), while DeGeneres provides perfect timing and tone as Dory, whose short-term memory loss is a gag that never stops running.
哈利波特
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his best friends. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world, after which he seeks to subjugate the Muggle (non-magical) world to his rule.
這個殺手不太冷
This film was absolutely amazing. I have spent hours re-watching various scenes and noticing all the perfection with which they are acted and directed. It's not the violence or action sequences that make this movie so great (although they are well done...), but rather moments like where Mathilda knocks on Leon's door. It would be so easy to just film the door opening, but instead we see light illuminating Natalie Portman's face, symbolizing something angelic. And the moment has so much more meaning.
I know a lot of people who have seen this film because they are action fans. I'm not. But I'm glad I finally found it, because it's a wonderful film in so many other ways.
刮痧的英文觀後感
Gua Sha is a movie about the differences between American and Chinese culture. Xu datong is a video games designer in St. Louis. When his father visits from China, he performs Gua Sha (a Chinese traditional treatment) on his grandson, which leaves bright red marks on the skin and causes a lawsuit of child abuse. In the court, Datong loses his mind so that finally he loses custody of his son. I think this scene is shocking and thought-provoking to most of the Chinese audiences. But the most impressing scene to me is the ending. Datong wants to see his son in Christmas eve, he has to climb a pipe to the ninth floor which his son lives. I think the pipe is not only a pipe, but also a gap, a deep gap between American and 5000-year Chinese culture. He wants to climb over the gap and he will never succeed, perhaps no Chinese people really could succeed.
泰坦尼克號
After the appreciation of the film 「Titanic」, I have noticed some meaningful details behind the peoples』 general impression of simply an affectional film. The wreck of the Titanic occurred in 1912, in which the great recession started from the end of the 19th Century still hasn』t ended. Most critics pointed out that the sinking of the Titanic represents the collapse of the Capitalism in the end of the 19th Century. However, I would like to say that, in this movie, the director had not only foreran the crisis of the Capitalism, but also showed some of the human nature, from both gloomy and brilliant aspects, like selfish, mammonish, vainglorious, and love, hope, bravery, faith, and so on. In this essay, I will first reveal this film』s indication of the social context of that age, then I will analyse the two contrary aspects of human nature indicated in this film through some impressive shots.