One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it, at least I did that.--McMurphy


         Ever imagined yourself live with a group of mentally ill people? What would happen? Is it possible for you to become mad too when you get out of it? One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest presents us the story of McMurphy(Jack Nicholson), who is a "rebel" and deliberately gets himself into the mental asylum to avoid prison sentence. But the life in the mental ward is much worse than he has thought. There is a very repressive Nurse Ratched(Louis Fletcher), who is more like a dictator than a nurse and she makes the patients there 100 percent obey her. As a guy who is not crazy, McMurphy starts to make changes in the lives and spirits of the nuts. And a competion between chaos and order begins.
         Basicly, this movie is undoubtedly one of the best in the movie industry. It won five Oscar awards in 1965 and ranks #20 on IMDb. Jack Nicholson's acting is spectacular in this movie, he successfully built up a rebellious, upright and humorous R.P. McMurphy. And for Louis Fletcher, the antagonist, modeled herself as the old-fashioned, dominant and even cruel Nurse Ratched, perhaps the greatest villain ever. And other "nuts" in the film are also great: the stuttered Billy Bibbit(Brad Dourif), the mountain-like Chief(Will Sampson), the baffling Harding(William Redfield). One can always gets a good laugh from their hilarious but true actings. And I found it especially funky seeing they playing cards!
         One more thing, the music in the film is great too. In the opening shot, it starts a stirring, eccentric music which fits quite well with the early morning view and the "Cuckoo's Nest". When they are playing cards or fishing, the music becomes delightful and it changes so naturally that you can't even discern it. At the end of movie, the same stirring movie starts again, which is very powerful when it is combined with the plot. See the movie yourself if you think I'm exaggerating. Thumbs up!!

Nanny McPhee et le Big Bang

    << Nanny McPhee et le Big Bang>> is a comedy and magic movie. Because of war Mr.Green joined the army, only Mrs.Green and three little children stay in a peaceful farm, but everything is not peaceful as it look as, it is a small battlefield in here, especially after her nephew and niece come, the two chilren who come from London. The five children do not like each other very much. They are fight when they first time to saw each other. Mrs. Green's brother in law because gambles to owned lots of debts, he haved to forces Mrs.Green to sale the farm which have him half contract. Everything looks so terrible for Mrs.Green. In this time, a liberator was appeared-Nanny Mcphee. She can very easy to help Mrs.Green solve every problem. She can make the chilren to stop fight and to learn how to cooperate. Yes, it is Magic.
    It is so amazing to have a nanny who has the magic, it just like every child in China and Japan will want have a Doraemon, because he has a miraculous packet. People always have different problem, we need have courage to face it and try to solve it. Everyone wants Nanny McPhee when they are in trouble, but do not forget her principle: when you need me but do not want me, I must be here; but when you want me but do not need me, I will no longer to stay in here.
   Finally, all I want to say is: Nanny McPhee, Please come for my Final Test, I need and want you!
   Thumb up!!!!!

Scent of A Woman

                           If you're tangled up, just tangle on. -- Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 
          Having watched Scent of a Woman for a second time, I'm still  impressed by the final speech made by Al Pacino, who played the blind Colonel Frank Slade. Frank Slade is a retired lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. army. He lost his eyesight to some stupidities a few years ago as he became cranky and gruff. Although he can't see, he really got a gift in telling the perfume of women's. Chalie Simms played by Chris O' Donnel is a prep school student who comes to Slade's house to earn some extras by "babysitting" him. Slade then takes Charlie to New York city where he plans to kill himself after fulfilling his last few wishes. Hence their adventure begins.
            Basically, it's a two-man movie centered on Colonel Slade and preppy Charlie. But the two really  did a great job in the movie, especially the acting of Al Pacino as Colonel Slade. Al Pacino's interpretation of the cranky but perceptive blind Colonel is totally believable. He looks as natural as a blind man in the movie, and  he draws a fine line between well-performing to overacting. People grows on the gruff Colonel quickly, and  personally, all that left to me at the end of the movie is an original, funny and respectful man that I wish to make friends with.
             There are also some funny lines in the movie and Colonel Slade's words are always thought-provoking especially the final speech!! Needless to say, Al Pacino's Oscar of Best Actor is well-deserved for his excellent performance in this movie. Hoo-ha, thumbs up.

August Rush

A boy named Evan has special musical gift. But he grew up in a orphanage. He smelled the grass and listened the wind. And he knew his parents were alive. So he started the journey to find his parents. Actually, his mother was a musician and his father was a singer. Twelve years ago, his mother met his father and they fell in love with each other. His mother was a student of music school at that time. So her father, Evan's grandfather asked her to leave the city. Then his mother got a car accident. And she was pregnant. When she woke up, she was told her baby died. So she was so sad and devoted herself into music. And she became a very famous violoncellist. Now the boy was 12, he tried to find his parents. He came to a big city where his mother met his father, but he did not know. A professor of music school (his mother's school) met Evan and found his talent of music. He began to study at the school. He was so smart that he could write so many pieces of beautiful music. Then the music school would hold a concert at the largest park. Evan was appointed to write the songs. His mother was also invited to perform. And his father came back from his tour. So they met again. Music was the birdge between them.

The Pacifier

       Who is he? Is he looks very familiar? Yes, it is he, the famous action actor Vin Diesel. I was so surprised to found he was appear in the comedy movie. In this movie, Vin is a member of the NavySEAL, he has a task is to protect 5 children who are from a dead scientist. It is the hardest task for he, especially for the change nappy. He tries to use his soldier demeanour to deal with the problem when he stay with the children, but it seems to make little impression on them. He could not remember the children's name, so he use armed forces control method to named the children: red one, ren two, red three...When he found some armed forces control method can help he solve some problems, especially the children's problems, he began to more and more care them.

       It is a comedy movie, but the director did not forget Vin's strong suit, we still can saw some action show in this movie. Finally,he becomes a good pacifier, he through this movie to prohibit: Big guy has big wisdom.

A five-year engagement

Between love and career, which one do you choose? Indeed, that is such a very difficult question to figure out the right answer. It entirely depends on everyone's point of view. With Tom and Violent, two main characters in A Five-Year Engagement movie, they have  two different points of view and choose the own ways to pursue their happiness. After one year Tom meets Violet, he gets proposal her by ruby ring at a elegant restaurant with romantic view of Golden Gate Bridge in California.. Instead of being happy to prepare their wedding, Violet is in a quandary because she has acceptance to enter the University in Michigan.  She feels confused and does not know whether to be ready to be a wife or keep studying for brighter career. However, Tom is a good man and he can understand and sympathy Violet's thought and feeling. He supports Violet's dream and sacrifices his recently good situation to move to Michigan with Violent although he knows that he has to begin everything and confront a lot of difficulties in his job.In deed, life is never simple. Their love has to face to so many challenges. Then, they can't overcome and break up because Tom does not have enough patience to wait for getting married to Violent while she always tries to delay their wedding somehow......Time files....and each one has a separated life and a another lover..... However, they cannot stop thinking of each other. Finally, they recognize that they were born are belong to each other. They can not live without each other. Finally, Violent rejects a good opportunity in Michigan to go back California to live with Tom, her true love.
People always have ambition to try to pursue their happiness that could be money, fame, wealth, or love. Nevertheless,, they will be so tired with promiscuous and turbulent society , they will be back with their simple but true love. They feel more comfortable and peaceful......

The Avengers

Last Thursday, I watched the premiere of The Avengers with my friend in the local regal theater. I'm not a big fan of superhero movie but my friends kept telling me that this is a movie that one must watch in America so I went to watch it with them in the midnight.

The movie basically talked about how avengers defeated the villian Loki, like all the superhero movies. Yet the movie still stands out for the special effects it uses together with small jokes in the movie all the time. These all helps maintain the audience passion for this movie. I think the impression would be even deeper if I watched it in 3D.

Before I watched this movie, the only superhero I know that showed up in the movie is ironman. And believe it or not, I have only seen how ironman looks like on the game "Draw Something". So this movie of superhero is definetely a brand new introduction of superheros to me. I think it makes the movie less fun to me because lack of background information. So I strongly recommend people who want to see this movie do some background "homework" before they go, at leat search some information in Wiki. I'm going to watch the comics like a beginner and then review the movie or watch the next episode of it because in the end of the movie when Loki was defeated it showed the super boss in the comic which indicatee that there will be another episode. Hope I can totally understand and get excited like a real fan at that time lol.