xxsheng0977 Reviews

Anche libero va bene (2006)

Heartwarming & Affecting

[9/10 · 15 January 2008]

It's a really really good story and I strongly recommend it to those who haven't had as much a brilliant childhood as his playmates.It aroused in me a feeling of warm mixed with a little sympathy.I feel warm when I saw a three-member family (dad,a son,and a daughter) living together in love and harmony.I can feel them exactly the same way.That's probably because I had a childhood somewhat alike with little Tommi.

There is a typical father who ,being unsuccessful in his business, have an inconstant temper,kindly but sometimes fractious.He want to bring up his son more like a man.He himself is a real man,of course.However his hard-nosed character and a wrong sense in woman failed him now and again.So,it's not difficult to see that he want to inject his unfulfilled dream into his son's mind.What a typical thought!

It's not hard for anyone to feel little Tommi when he put a scrip with "I love you" in a girl's bag,when he climb up to the ridge of his apartment and shoot a neighbor with a slingshot,and when he is so happy playing with his mom in a pleasure ground.

I think the director also want to put emphasis on child education.It's common problem for many fathers that you want him to become a swimming champion but he just does not show the least interest in it.

American Beauty (1999)

Typical or unique?

[10/10 · 13 December 2007]

Though I can't quite get what a man would be like in his mid-life crisis,I can figure it out by Kevin Spacy's brilliant performance.

Nothing could be worse than a man walking in his wife's shoes,submerged by her perfect image and glory in business.Lester Burnham is a typical model.And when a man can find no pleasure pleasure either in his job or family,he inevitably undergoes a psychological breakdown,with nothing attractive enough to get his attention.But Lester soon recovered from the deep depress when he caught a glance on a teenage friend of his daughter.The sudden chemical reaction undergoing in his brain was beyond your imagination!So,then what happened was a forty year old man became obsessed by a teenage girl.

I really cannot imagine things that faraway as twenty years later.Things always change faster than we thought and what we can do is put up a surprised look and say: People really change!!

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Life is like a movie,but it's harder.

[10/10 · 6 December 2007]

Five minutes after I have watched this movie,slowly calming down,I am now writing my feelings down and you must know how much I want to share it with everyone who loves this movie!

The movie "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" moved me greatly and the feelings are so strong that I can't even describe it.As they say,Beauty in terms of human words is meaningless.

It is a movie about movie,a story about love and friendship and everything that a living human being can feel.A lovely and smart child ,living with a desperate mother waiting for her beloved husband at war,grew up with movies and finally became a famous director.He once loved a beautiful woman and the woman loved him too.However,as we all know,love is fragile.Love immediately comes to an end the moment it meets with marriage.So,is there a way that makes love eternal,always smiling at you when you open your eyes in the morning? I had guessed the beginning but I didn't get the "fine".That's why it's such a great movie.

"The soldier stop waiting and go away at the very 99th day,when a day after he would probably have the princess' heart." Maybe sometimes the best thing to do is to walk away,leaving the memory lasting forever.The last fifty minutes of the movie,particularly I think, is the best part.The climax comes when the man and the woman meet each other again thirty years after their inevitable miss.I cant help burst into tears cause I can't hold it anymore after 2 hours' living together with the excellent characters.It's not until this day,by this movie that I am successfully convinced A man can really hold his love for as much as 30 years!

Life is like a movie,but it's harder.

Annie Hall (1977)

Love fades

[9/10 · 5 December 2007]

I must say this film is as ingenious as its director.I was fascinated by its novel way of telling a kinda dull story. We all live in a group of people and that is what we are:social animals.When dealing with a relationship with either a lover or a friend,people tend to get bored if they stick together all the time.I have to admit I am one of them,and I guess you are too.

So,why do lovers and friends just give one another some private time and space.Some times I have to leave her alone and treat her completely like a stranger.But that sometimes does work ,as a Chinese old saying:Reunion after a short period of time apart is better than a brand new marriage!

Always remember:Love fades.