I watched two DVDs last weekend. One of them was, "The Rookie", which is based on a true story. It is the story of a man who gave up his dream once due to an injury to his shoulder, but restarted and achieved it. I like this kind of movie. It encourages me. I watched its climax scene in tears. I will enjoy this movie again later.
The other movie was, "3 Godfathers", starring John Wayne and presented by John Ford. The casting couldn't be better, but my impression was not good. Particularly, the story of the last ten minutes was weird. I couldn't follow it. However, I was deeply impressed that this movie was made in 1948. Do you know what had happened in the Far East around 1948? The separation of North and South Korea got definite and the Jeju massacre happened in the Korean southern island of Jeju under the occupation of the U.S. The conflict between Chinese communist party and Chinese Nationalist Party was beginning to get fierce. At this time, such a movie was being produced in the U.S. What a difference of the level of the cultures between them! It must have been reckless for Japan to wage the war against the U.S., but I also admire the then leaders of Japan, who were really devoted to their mother country so as to make Japan survive in the world.
(Vocabulary)
in tears 涙を浮かべて
(KW:オールド・ルーキー 三人の名付親)
I have also seen, "The Rookie". It is a great movie. I enjoy movies about dreams! There is a movie called, "Radio", that is about a mentally retarded boy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who wants to be on the football team, but is very clearly an outsider (because of his retardation and because he is black). It's a great movie about how a coach takes a chance and lets "Radio" be part of the team. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it to you!!!
Take care! (sarah)
Posted by: Sarah | Jul 21, 2009 at 03:20 AM