English Movies Appreciation

English Movies Appreciation姓名：庞丽雅学院：历旅学院班级：11历21 学号：11022028Life of Pi" Life of Pi " is directed by Chinese director Ang Lee of the Hollywood, the film tells the story of a young boy called pie and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker drift at sea for 227 days. It is hard to imagine that a little boy can live in peace with a fierce tiger for 227 days.What an amazing journey.At the very start,there was a hyena,zebra,orangutan and a tiger in the boat.Then the hyena ate the zebra because of ter the tiger also ate the hyena leaving pie and itself.In order to avoid being ate by the tiger.,pie made a raft which is linked to the boatby a string.And he got some biscuit and cans from the boat.Some days past,they drifted to a unnamed island whose shape like a woman.But he found it was a dangerous island which will be drown in the night.As a result ,he left it and keep drifting forehead.Finally ,he reached to the seashore.He saw the tiger walked intoforest without hesitation.This story tells us that if we be patient and friendly enough that animals will be friendly to us too.Whenever and wherever we stay in ,even if enviroment is very disgusting,we still can manage to live with our intelligence and insist. Be remember that nothing can defeat us except ourselves.So please never lose hope for the future . Chasing MavericksThis movie is adapted from a true story,which tells the life of a famous surfer-Jay Moriti.He lives with his mother who can’t find steady work and often borrow money from him since he was a child.He owns his living by doing a part time job in a pizza store.When he is free,he is used to practicing surfing with his neighbor Frosty Hesson who is a surfing enthusiasts.Two people gradually developed special friendship during the exploration on this seemingly impossible sports.One day ,when Jay was 15,he found one of the biggest waves in the world called Mavericks.He was so interested in challenging it that he wants his coach Frosty to teach him more about surfing on the sea.With the help of Frosty,Jay becomeskillful at surfing. A year later, his wonderful performance at the California Mavericks match was captured by a photographer, Jay has become the surfing idol of the young all over the world.Then he married with his dream girl and lived a happy life.To our sorrow,he died of an accident in a surfing performance like many people who take part in this movement.However,he was regarded as a hero forever. From the movie ,I get a new understanding of life.Be brave enough to chase what you have been interested in.What is most important is that you should put it into practice and have a strong will towurards your dream.. Anna Karenina"Anna Karenina”is a representative work of the famous Russian writer Lev Tolstoy.Now it is adapted to a movie of the same name.The film shows Anna Karenina's tragic love.Anna is unbearable about her husband Kalenin's hypocrisy and indifference,so she fells in love with a young officer Uolynsky at first sight.She wants a divorce with Kalenin and takes away his son. In order to protect the reputation and status, her husband would like to stop Anna fromleaving him and taking away his son.He promises he will forgive her unfaith.However,Anna do not restrain her miss for Uolynsky, she decided to run away with Uolynsky from home, they went to Italy together.After a period of time,Missing her son ,Anna returned to the motherland, Kalenin repeat obstruction with her son. Public opinion towards her is awful.Anna once again put forward a divorce, Kalenin refused and she insisted. At the same time, Uolynsky turnsed to fall in love with others. Anna killed herslf by lying on the railway with regret and self-accusation.Her husband adapted a girl who is Uolynsky and her daughter.The image of Anna is pretty charming, she is full of life vitality, the rebellious spirit of unyielding, that never give up to the evil forces of the warrior spirit, into a psalm of life, the film creats a indomitable woman to against the old system of hatred and express desire for a new life. LincolnThe movie "Lincoln" of United States is directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis. It tells the story of the sixteenth president of the United States Lincoln who went through the civil war and unifiedthe United States .The movie tells the story of Lincoln's political team called"four tiger" which included attorney general Edward Bates, Secretary of state William H. Seward, the Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, finance minister Salmon P. Chase Lincoln eyes, these people were Lincoln presidential competitor, but later was conquered by the Lincoln’s personal charm, became his right-hand man. The story revolves around the civil war, in the difficult days, in the face of all the pressure, Lincoln and his team to figure out a strategy, finally won the war, the United States unified,the black people won the liberation.To our regret,due to political intrigue,Lincoln die of an assassination.He devoted all his life to the United States .Therefore,Lincoln is considered one of the most great presidents in the history of America.History will remember him forever.People will admire him forever. Les Misérable sThis is a film which is different to other films.It is a music drama.The lines say out by way of singing.This is a story about friendship,love and relationship.In the nineteenth Century in Paris , poor Jan Ajan stole breadfor starving children .As a result, all judges sentenced him to 5 years in the prison, then due to escaping from prison many times,punishment increased to 19 years.After his release, warm-hearted bishop took the hungry Jan Ajan to his home, but he stole the bishop’s digne silver. The bishop's confession to him prevent him from being arrested again. Being touched by the bishop, Jean Valjean decide to live a toally new life,he set up factories and became rich.To help the woman Fantine raised her daughter Cosette as he promised before, and then he saved his daughter's lover -- revolutionary youth Marius at the risk of his life. After a he knew Cosette will live a haapy life with Marius, he left the world with love and sin. The movie inciudes French history, architecture, political, moral philosophy, religion, law, and justice. And it is a successful movie that emphasises the spirit of freedom in the French revolution .Seattle SuperstormA super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard-Seattle which is caused by the former Soviet Union chemists .They made a chemical experiment error and created a destructive material.In order to save citizens even the wholeplanet,Emma ,Tom and their children Wyatt and Chloe try their best to eliminate the cyclone.Finally ,they make it. Human destroy the environment on human revenge,do not follow the law of nature , human will be in their own destruction at the end.In addition,Emma and her newly-made boyfriend Tom get a better understanding of each other and get married with children’s approval. Except these wonderful factors ,there are still some shortcomings in the movie.For instance,the world is saved by the family of Emma,where is the national government troops? Why didn’t they take any action? I think it is rather ridiculous and unreasonable.Generally speaking,the movie is pretty powful and shocking enough.The performance of actors is true and wonderful.Through the disaster,the relationship between these 4 people is more closer than ever before.The film wants to alert human on living in peace with nature and never challenge it by chemical means. This will only lead to devastating consequences.Jack ReacherAt the beginning of the movie,there was a terroristincident which caused by a man with a pair of sunglasses.Six bullets,five of the dead.Then the criminal suspect James Barr was caught by the police.A lawyer called Hellen who believes that James is innocent wanted to speak in defense of him. She hired a man Jack who is a detect before he retired to work for him and obtain evidence through investigation. With the investigation being made further and further,they found a secret and conspiracy behind it.These five people who died in the accident was selected by the murderer on purpose.After the scheme was known by Jack and Hellen,the group kiddnapped the female Hellen.In order to save Hellen the woman he cares ,Jack and an old guy from shooting range who loves shooting very much had a gun battle with evil forces and rescued Hellen from the danger.,and he shot a man called the leader of the group .From my perspective,this movie is pretty exciting and wonderful with plot goes up and down.There are a lot of suspence left for us to think about.For instance, the result of Jack and Hellen.We can see in the movie that Jack is a likeable,smart,cool man.Film tella us thatevil can never defeat justice.Mirror MirrorThe film tells a story of the evil queen starring by Julia Roberts stole the state power, with the help of seven resourceful dwarf's help, Snow White won back her power and saved her father who was controlled by queen’s spell all the time.At the end of the film the prince and princess got married and lived happily together.In the old film we saw before,Snow White was so delicate that can believe others easily.But this time,she is a girl with her own mind can protect herself by pared with the story we have known in our childhood, Snow White kisses the prince to save him from queen’s spell rather than kiss by the prince and bring back to life.At last,she killed the monster which was ordered by the queen,however,the monster turned into the old king,his father the one Snow White misses all the time.They were reunited happily.But the queen did not give up,The queen became an old woman and ate ate the poisoned apple ,disappeared finally, another queen in the magic mirror disappears too, the magic mirrorcollapses, the mirror is broken. Countries restored prosperity, restore good, the snow white princess and prince had a happy life.The end of the movie is finished up by a joyful India dance .On the whole, the film is very suitable for the whole family to watch.The "Snow White" of the story is very interesting, inside with two kinds of the most extreme emotional human: hatred and love. That is to say, in this story, we can see the people in the control of the two kinds of extreme emotion, can be manipulated and manipulated.It is an interesting adaptation.It is much more fun than those of traditional fairy tales, more real. The cute prince,the smart and brave princess , the evil queen, how lovely the story is!Personally,the actress starring the Snow White looks like Hepburn .8 femmesThe story happened in the last century 50's ,in a snow French country, an independent village apartment,the whole family are together for Christmas. But there is no cheerful atmosphere of the festival, because Marcel the elder they respected had been murdered.The murderercould only be one of the 8 women who were closest to Marcel. Will be his feared wife Gaby? Or his unmarried sister Augustin? Maybe mother-in-law Mamy? Perhaps the insolent maid Louise or the faithful housekeeper Chanel? It may be his two beautiful young daughter Sue Zuo and Catherine? Although the sound of music came from home all the time, Marcel and sister Peart ‘s sudden visit, making the whole family get into a more frantic, hysteria and warring position. With the dark secret of family burst continuously, dramatic scene appeared.Betrayal of women's spirit world reveals the secret behind it.The only man in the film Marcel can be of any one of the patterns of men. He made his daughter pregnant, and keep a ambiguous relationship with his sister , seduce his wife's sister, contemplating the mother-in-law's pension, always dressed in a beautiful old rascal.. While women are gorgeously dressed, in different poses and with different expressions, or bright or dark, or dynamic or static, dressed in a unique feminine styling eight classic movies, with almost all the women image -- identity of his wife and daughter, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, sister, mistress, a servant .Almost all the women image of a man's life.Hehad an affair with all these women.The movie include eight sections tailor-made dance insertion for each woman which made the plot more nervous and attractive.At the end, eight women stand in line side by side, eight colors gorgeous clothes looks still beautiful, but more like a silent scar, telling the women of the world should conduct oneself well, also have to protect themselves.。