These are the films you want to watch again and again and will not be tired of. These films are not just for entertainment, but also inspire you. Apart from blockbuster, there’re some outstanding foreign films especially French films, also some disputable films like Brokeback Mountain, and some other great family films for both kids and grown-ups.
I really don’t understand Tsai Ming-liang’s “Face” (Visage). It’s not appropriate to describe it as long and tedious after all, since at least I practiced French listening, and it did bring the visual and audio enjoyment to the audience.
For me, to review a film is equal to review the character of the director. The trailer made the film very attractive and perfect, but I found that a trailer is able to delude audience, since the best part of the film is concentrated in a very short trailer, and when watched the long film, I realized that the best part was in the trailer and that’s all. I wanted to appreciate it as a music or dance opera when I read the introduction, however, the music and dance were also only the fragments.
I can only say that “Face” is a true portrayal of Tsai Ming-liang, grandstanding and pursuing difference. Even he did not know what he wanted to convey, but it’s not within the scope of his consideration. The similarity between Hollywood and Tsai Ming-liang is the pursuit of sensual enjoyment, but his failure is at the same time associating with the French. How can France and Hollywood be mixed together? And how can Tsai Ming-liang be as deep as French? Some people deliberately try to look deep like a trailer as to delude people, but if you hope to feel their depth, you will just be disappointed like this.
Knowing was advertised as a science fiction film, but turned out to be horrifying when I was watching it. When the 911 number combinations were appearing in front of me I realized this was a disaster film.
When the more and more disaster films come out, they cannot help the lack of new ideas, but this film was well developed, to puzzle the audience with a sci-fi one. Nicholas Cage played the leading man, MIT’s teacher. Having visited Boston, I’m very familiar with the background, where the disaster happened, terrifying. The film predicted that on October 19 this year, the Earth would be destroyed. Unlike in the day after tomorrow, in Knowing, the sun would swallow the earth, so no one could flee. Then the film can play to its strengths of being imaginative, doing whatever is wanted, and the day dreams that cannot be realized are now able to realistically show to the audience, and everyone feels like the real thing; it really feels better doesn’t it? Without taking any responsibility, a dream comes true. Sometimes dreaming has the same purpose, but the dream is done passively, while the film is actively making, and to create the box office value doubles the benefits.
The dream in the film was that, Everyone else was doomed, but a boy and a girl were rescued by aliens to another planet to begin another round of Adam and Eve. The planet looked like paradise. Perhaps this was the origin of human beings? Only Adam and Eve were allowed to start a new life? Life is hard since beginning.
Why was it like science fiction? It played a game of numbers. In a primary school 50 years ago, the teacher asked students to paint a picture and put in a Time Capsule in order to give the future students 50 years later. Instead of painting, a girl filled numbers in the entire page. 50 years later, Nicholas Cage’s son received this piece of paper. Nicholas was looking at these figures, suddenly noticing 0911, aware of the rules of these figures, the disaster of 50 years, the date and the number of deaths. Of course, disasters occurred on time, and inevitably. He saw the tricks of the figures in the other unknown number, and they were longitude and latitude, indicating the location.
Then there was his ultimate concern, and the final prediction would be October 19, reversed two of number three; it was not 3, but E. What did E mean? Adam and Eve? When the little girl drew a picture, pointing to the painting of the sun, Nicholas suddenly thought of the sun, end of the world. Then no one could flee, but why was it EE? This time aliens stole the children. When Nicholas caught up with them, and realized the true meaning. Except for EE Everyone Else could not escape, then the aliens were to rescue the children – the human. When the aliens indicated that only the kids could go, Nicholas resolutely goodbyed his son, since his son carried the hope of all humanity.
It would be marvelous if the first disaster film was like this.
“What if I shaved my mustache?” Mark asked his wife Agnes. “No idea. I like it. I’ve never known you without it.” When Mark shaved the mustache he had in the past decade, his wife, old friends, and colleagues all denied that he had had his mustache. But the problem was that, when his wife was indifferent, Mark did not immediately tell his wife that he shaved his mustache, but quietly waited for the attention from his wife. When Mark fussed about this petty thing, there’s a dialogue between the young couple. Agnes: “It’s hard to say it?” Mark: “not difficult, but no need to say.” “Say” has two meanings: 1. Pronounce, utter the words; 2. Express, articulate (à sortir, à avouer). This minor detail pointed out the common problems in life.
Even more terrible is that Mark clearly heard his father’s telephone recording that asked him and his wife to dinner the next day, but when he mentioned it to his wife, his wife said that his father already passed away two years ago, and Mark was almost insane. What would Mark do? Two possibilities: commit suicide, or go to China. Why China? In order to leave France, go to a very different place.
Mark hurriedly pulled out a passport, went straight to the airport with nothing but money, and a flight happened to fly Hong Kong, he then went to Hong Kong. Why Hong Kong? Because it’s a free port, and Hong Kong is an island surrounded by the sea; Mark needed water to wash away the past, reborn.
Mark constantly took the ferries between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and finally took fishing vessel to an island. When the time was passing, his mustache was growing slowly. Prior to this Mark wrote an unsent postcard, “without your eyes, I can not see.” As if at the same time he was saying, “with you, I’m mad.” The world is drunk I alone am sober.
One day, he returned to the small hotel. The owner told him, his wife was in the room. When he opened the door, his wife was lying in bed, and the closet was covered with her clothes, dresser filled with cosmetics, as if his wife had been staying for a very long time. His wife said, “I still like the way you do not grow a mustache”, he took the razor again. This time his wife did not turn a blind eye, but responded immediately, expressing that she noted his change and that she liked it.
The film ended like this. Mark knew to escape did not solve the problem. At the beginning he was pursuing hard of the recognition, and now he got it. But would his life be Zhouzhuang or butterfly? He did not know, he did not want to know, and he would continue to live in the eyes of others. Was the outcome positive or negative? Mark did not commit suicide; it’s of course positive. The world is drunk and I alone am sober, and Mark went back to be crazy and live in the eye of others; this certainly had its negative side. The director changed the ending of committing suicide to that others were paying attention to Mark and from Mark’s being isolated to his facing the eyes of others; it’s positive, strongly positive.
“ 骑士风云录”是一部鼓励孩子象骑士般勇敢的影片；这部影片告诉人们挑战和改变命运是可能的。它是一部用当代20 世纪的手法表现 14 世纪的冒险史诗，很有创意性地柔和了经典的七十年代的摇滚曲调，创造性地建立了一座“当时和现在”时代错位的桥，并将”We will rock you”作为配乐添加进这部21 世纪的乔叟故事的序幕中，中世纪农民踏着音乐的节拍跺着他们的脚，在他们最激烈的运动马上枪术比赛的露天看台上拍着他们的手。
I went to watch the movie “Bridge to Terabithia” because I read this New Berry Awarded book and was really touched by this excellent book written for middle school children.
The bridge to the friendship between Jess and Leslie in the book was mainly reflected by the description of Jess’ thoughts since he is a very introverted boy. I was moved again and again by the way how the author delicately wrote about their friendship. I can only use the phrase “it’s just so much” to summarize how I feel. It’s like an endless eternity, their profound friendship, even such an outstanding writer couldn’t show you all and left you broad space to feel, to relate, to imagine, to realize, to understand. It’s not only for children. It’s not a perfect angelic type book but it’s deep enough for you to think to enjoy. The only part I was trying to avoid was the tragedy.
The goodness of the movie is that it softened the tragedy and strengthened a more positive view. It’s probably due to the modern film making technology. The book and the movie are like a best match. The movie put the imagination into reality in front of your eyes. The book was written early in 1970s. What have Terabithia been in the author’s eyes at that time?
When I read the book I liked Leslie already, however, it’s still an enchanting surprise when I saw the role performed by AnnaSophia. In the book Leslie has brown hair, and in the movie, she is a blonde. The role is more beautiful than I imagined. It’s amazing to see such a young yet mature and potential movie star. The followings are the unforgettable scenes of the movie and the film maker made them so beautiful:
Leslie jumped across through a rope to Terabithia – the kingdom of Jess and Leslie in their heart:
Leslie was so happy to feel the freedom in the kingdom:
Leslie was looking at Terabithia from the top of the tree:
Jess and Leslie were looking at the Terabithia from the top of the tree. Leslie said, close your eyes, keep your mind wide open.
Here goes the imaginary Terabithia vividly right in front of your eyes through film maker’s recreation. That’s the best part of the film making; it helps your dreams come true and this recreation of the book also lessened the tragic sense and brought audience a more positive one.
Last smile of Leslie remains on my mind. When Jess and Leslie ran back home in the rain, Leslie was turning her head and smiling, “see you” and then disappeared in the rain. How could Jess know in advance that that moment would be the last goodbye with Leslie? The film maker especially made the moment still for a few seconds but it’s still too short. It’s so beautiful. It does help ignore the tragic feeling. Yes, why should we forget? We could just remember those beautiful moments; Jess will always remember.
Movie is always a recreation of the original book; that’s why most movies are “better” than the original novels, especially when the film maker is more literature oriented and enriches the movies with more terrific dialogs as I mentioned in Happy Pie. However, I would say, Bridge to Terabithia, the book and the movies are equally good and without the book there wouldn’t be this movie. If I were the film maker, I would translate Jess’ thoughts of the book into monologues to lead the entire movie, because this is the best part of the book; that’s the very reason for the book to succeed, to make reader understand the depth of the friendship. Yes, that’s what the movie vitally lacks, nevertheless, I like to hear kids say, I prefer the book; in this way, they will still be active readers and intelligent, and the literature will keep staying.
As a grown-up, even I wish to hold such a kingdom in my heart and I would also name it Terabithia.
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