Movie reviews #2 "Groundhog Day"

Though this film is belongs to comedy, I don’t think so. There are many points which let us think them over. I felt dizzy by the expressions that repeat same time on and on. I empathized with the hero Phil, and I often thought “If I were him…” in spite of myself. It was because Bill Murray’s performance was excellent.

The main character is Phil who is a weather forecaster. He isn’t liked by everyone because he is selfish. He came across a strange occurrence where he went to cover. After that, he had changed little by little. His co-star is Rita who is director of the program. She went to Pennsylvania with Phil. She hates selfish man like Phil. She is considerably beautiful.

Story
Phil who calls himself a ‘popular’ weather forecaster went to Pennsylvania with a beautiful director Rita and cameraman Larry. They visit there to cover Grandhog Day which was held once a year on February 2. Phil finished his job unwillingly and went to bed at the cottage. When he woke up next morning, he noticed that he had gone back to Grandhog Day morning. He went back to February 2 day after day. He lost his mind and killed himself. But he went back to Grandhog Day morning again every time he killed himself. At last, he gave up dying and decided to enjoy ‘February 2’ forever.

Phil has spent Grandhog Day more than half a year. He has learned everything about the people in the town. He can play the piano and fix a flat tire. He is not selfish now. He holds out a helping hand to the people who have troubles. His half a year of trial for love with Rita bore good result. They fell asleep at the night of the party. When they woke up next morning, it was not ‘February 2’ but ‘February 3’.

Feeling
I felt very happy after I finished watching this film. I don’t like him at first, but I have a food feeling for him now. The eternal youth is expressed in this film. It is human’s earnest wish to live forever. But how many people can stand the repetition of the same day? I can’t stand it. I was impressed that Phil tried to enjoy that situation. I respect him.


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Book review #5 "A Little Princess"

Sara lived in India with her father, Captain Crewe. He thought the heat in India was not good for Sara and the schools were better in London. He decided to send his daughter to a boarding school in London. The name of school was Miss Minchin’s Boarding School for Young Ladies.

Miss Minchin welcomed Sara because she was the richest pupil. She gave Sara the prettiest bed room, a pony and carriage and her own maid. It was displeasing to Lavinia. Until Sara arrived, Lavinia had been Miss Minchin’s best pupil, and Sara took her place. The other girls had heard that Sara was as rich as a princess, and they soon adored her. Sara was kind to everyone, even to her maid Becky.

Captain Crewe wrote to Sara that his old friend had offered him a share in his diamond mines, and they would be rich beyond his wildest dreams. Miss Minchin knew that and organized an amazing birthday party for Sara. But during the party, a solicitor came to Miss Minchin and told her that Captain Crewe died of jungle fever and he had lost all his money.

Miss Minchin was enraged by the news. She told Sara to clear her bed room and move to the attic. Everything in Sara’s life changed at once. Lavinia had taken her place next to Miss Minchin. Every day, Sara was sent on errand after errand. She was expected to go out in all weathers and to dust and scrub the rooms. The other pupils stopped talking to her. Her only friend was Becky.

One morning, someone moved to the empty house next door. Becky told her that it was an English gentleman whose name was Mr. Carrisford. He came from India. He was rich but he had been very ill. When Sara looked out of her window, she saw an Indian man-servant with a small monkey at the window of the house next door.

A few months later, Sara heard a scratching sound at her window. It was the monkey from the next door. Sara took it to Mr. Carrisford’s house. Mr. Carrisford was surprised to hear that Sara called a man-servant Lascar. He asked why she knew he was a Lascar. Sara explained that she was born in India. Mr. Carrisford asked Sara her father’s name. When he heard the name –Ralph Crewe– he shouted “It’s her!” He was Captain Crewe’s friend and he had spent two years looking for his daughter. He thought he’d lost Captain Crew’s money, and that made him ill, but he had not. When he got well and want to tell the truth to Sara’s father, he had already died. He was very glad to see her and promised that he would take care of her.

Feeling
Through this story, I thought people were mean. When Sara was rich, everyone made a fess over her, but after she lost her money, they treated her coolly.

There are many people like them not only in the stories but also in real world. However, there are good people too. Most of the people I’ve met in my life were good-natured persons. I feel I’ve been happy all over again.

My mother told me that this is a very famous story and everyone read it, but I had not heard even the title. Is it the generation gap??


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