1.《Forrest Gump》

Forrest Gump grows up in the county of Greenbow, Alabama. He lives with his

mom, who is a real smart and strong woman. Although Forrest’s IQ is only 75, his

mom manages to let him have the finest education, and always tell him “You are no

different”. In school, Forrest meets a girl named Jenny, and they become best friends.

Under Jenny’s encouragement, Forrest discovers his ability to run like the wind blows.

Fortunately, this ability gives him the chance to go to college where he becomes an

all-star football player.

After graduation, Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, and he finds new

friends Bubba and Dan. In the war, Forrest rescues many comrades, but Bubba is

seriously wounded and dies. Lieutenant Dan, the platoon's commanding officer, is

also badly wounded and loses both legs. He chastises Forrest for saving him, insisting

that he should die honorably on the battlefield instead of becoming a cripple.

When Forrest gets back from Vietnam, he is awarded the Medal of Honor for his

actions. During the next several decades, Forrest becomes a war hero, a famous

ping-pang player, a national celebrity, a successful businessman, and something of an

American idol. Forrest successfully realizes Bubba’s dream and help Dan discover his

self-worth. Finally, Forrest marries Jenny, and has a happy life with his son after

Jenny dies.

“Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”

When the first time Jenny asked Forrest to run away and the first time Forrest freed

himself from the bondage, hope has been growing up in his mind. Though Forrest is

surely a little stupid, he believes “stupid is as stupid does”, so he fears nothing and

does his best. In his innocence, Forrest does what he feels he has to do, no matter the

situations and the people around him, lead only by an inner sense of right. My heart is

deeply shocked by this “stupid” man, and I think in recent times we surely need this

spirit. So, let’s have a try now.

2.《2012》

The film 2012 tells a breathtaking story that everything on the earth is destroyed

in the year 2012, only a small number of human beings survive from the doomsday.

The hero Jackson takes his children to go camping in Yellowstone National Park,

where they meet a man named Charlie. That night, Charlie plays a video of Charles

Hapgood's theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar

predict that the 2012 phenomenon is going to occur. He has a map of the ark project in

addition to information about government officials and scientists from around the

world who were murdered after planning to alert the public about the project and the

upcoming doomsday.

After the family returns home, Jackson rents a plane to rescue his family. He

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collects his family and some friends as the Earth crust displacement

begins, and they

escape Los Angeles quickly. Learning the arks are in China, the group lands in Las

Vegas, where the group secures a bigger plane and departs for China. Eventually,

Jackson and his family successfully get on the arks.

In my opinion, this is a powerful film, and it makes me think a lot. If we are in

such a situation that a disaster is surely coming, what should we do? Will we inform

other people of the upcoming disaster? Will we escape first without considering other

people’s lives? Will we abandon our family, our friends, even our nation? The film

teaches me of love, responsibility, forgiveness, and so on.

Don’t think that the plot in 2012 has been exaggerated, actually it is really based

on science. Looking at our earth carefully, we have done so much damage to it. All

the nations should do its best to protect our earth, because in some sense it is to

protect ourselves. We need no more arks, and the doomsday will never come.

3.《The Shawshank Redemption》

For the first time I heard the name of the film, I thought that Shawshank must be

the hero’s name, but in fact it is a name of a prison, in which the hero stayed for

almost 20 years.

In early 1947, young banker Andy Dufresne is mistakenly convicted of

murdering his wife and her lover, and then he is put into the Shawshank prison. In

prison, Andy and Red become best friends. Using his wisdom, he brings a lot of

benefits for his friends. For having a banker experience, the warden of the prison and

the chief guard require Andy to make money for them by improper means, but at the

same time he records their guilt.

Andy makes a plan of prison break, and secretly carries it out during the prison

life. In a night of thunder and lightning, he escapes through the hole he dug, crawls

500 yards through a narrow pipe, and successfully gets the freedom. After escaping,

Andy withdraws most of the corruption money from several banks, and sends

evidence of warden's corruption to a newspaper. Then Andy goes to Mexico, where

Red and Andy are happily reunited on the beach.

Such a story may sound simple, but the truth behind the words is remarkable.

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.” Andy

clearly knows that he isn’t a murderer and believes he doesn’t belong to Shawshank.

There is hope in Andy’s mind, and he gives hope to his friends. I really love this

sentence “Get busy living or get busy dying”, Andy gets busy doing what he should

do instead of wasting time. His story encourages people to fight to preserve the

dignity of human beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most importance is

to keep hope forever.

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4.《The Pursuit of Happiness》

In San Francisco, 1981, the salesman Chris Gardner invests all the family

savings in portable bone-density scanners. He believes he has made a wise decision

bec

ause the scanners can give a denser picture than an x-ray machine though it’s a

little expensive. However, they do not sell as Chris imagines, and even bring big

troubles to him. As Chris goes everywhere and tries to figure out how to sell the

scanners, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards.

Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Chris is desperate to find a steady job.

Fortunately, Chris gets a chance to fight for a stockbroker internship position at

Dean Witter. However, in the six-month training period he will get no salary, and

there are 19 other candidates for this only position. Meanwhile, moneyless, homeless,

Chris has all sorts of difficulties with his son. But he is very smart and hardworking,

and he never gives up. Eventually, for his great efforts, Chris becomes a broker at

Dean Witter and starts his career there. In 1987, Chris founds the investment firm

Gardner Rich and becomes a successful businessman.

There are so many classic lines in this great film, from which I learned a lot.

“You want something, go get it!” In reality, most of us have an equal opportunity, if

we really want it, just do it. “People can't do something by themselves; they wanna

tell you you can not do it.” Although we will come up against all kinds of difficulties,

we must have confidence in ourselves and never give up.

In this film, I recognize another thing, which is Chris’s love to his son. Actually,

all the efforts he does are not only to achieve his dream but also to give happiness to

his son. Chris says “You have a dream, you got to protect it”.

5.《Hachiko: A Dog's Story》

Our hero, professor Parker Wilson, finds an abandoned dog at the train station

and takes it home. Parker finds that the dog is an Akita dog and names it Hachiko.

However, nobody comes to claim the dog, so Parker decides to keep Hachi in his

family. In the following years, Parker takes good care of Hachi and trains him

patiently. Hachi will accompany Parker to the train station every day and return each

afternoon to greet him after work, they become best friends.

One day, Parker dies suddenly from a heart attack when he is teaching his music

class, and never come back. However, Hachi remains waiting for his master lying in

the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son comes to collect him. The next day,

Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes,

Hachi gets older and older, and he is waiting for Parker for nine years until his death.

He teaches the local people love, compassion and above all unyielding loyalty.

The film is based on a true Japanese story and it's only natural that the film is

great because the real story itself is very touching. I learned that now a bronze statue

of Hachiko has been set in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a

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What is love and what is loyalty? There is no doubt that this film is full of love

and loyalty, which Hachi brings to the audiences. Someone may say “Hachi is just a

dog without thought and wisdom.” Yes, I can’t deny such a reality, but in many

respects we human beings do no better than animals. In all, Hachi is a respected and

great dog, and his pure loyalty is what we should learn.

6.《The Terminal》

Viktor Navorski, who comes from an Eastern European country Krakozhia,

arrives in New York, with the purpose of achieving his father’s music dream.

Unfortunately, Viktor’s country broke out a civil war after he left, and he suddenly

becomes a man without a country. For this reason, the US airport cannot recognize

Viktor, and he is denied to set foot on New York. He also can't be deported so he is

told by the security manager Dixon that he has to remain in the airport until his status

can be recognized.

Viktor doesn't speak English very well, so he cannot talk to or understand anyone.

But he somehow adapts and sets up residence in the airport, which makes Dixon who

placed him there unhappy. So he tries to get Viktor to leave but Viktor is smart and

remains in the airport, and even have a better life. Viktor makes friends with some of

the people who work in the airport and is attracted to an air hostess Amelia.

Several months later, the war in Krakozhia ends, but Dixon will still not allow

Viktor to enter the United States. Finally, with the help of his friends, Viktor

successfully leaves the airport, and accomplish his purpose.

About this film, I have some words to say. Firstly, I am glad to see that Viktor

achieves his father’s dream through constant efforts. Secondly, most of people are

friendly, and if we have a sincere heart we will have countless friends. Thirdly, I feel a

little sorry that Viktor cannot be together with Amelia, but I believe both of them will

have a new life.

I can’t help saying that now I really love the actor named Tom Hanks for his

perfect acting skill. From Forrest Gump to Viktor Navorski, he always seems a little

stupid, but he finally succeeds again and again. It’s really not about fortune, and it

depends on love, sincerity, courage, persistence and so on.

7.《Brave Heart》

It is a story about a national hero of Scotland -- William Wallace.

In the 13th Century, Scotland is under the heel of King Edward I of England,

who granted areas of land in Scotland to his nobility which they were to rule along

with the traditional privileges. In the uprising against cruel English ruler, Wallace’s

father and brother sacrifice, and he is taken abroad by his uncle to learn knowledge

and skills. When Wallace returns home, he falls in love with his childhood lover

Murron, and they marry in secret so that she doesn’t have to spend a night with the

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English lord. Soon

after that, Wallace kills an English soldier who tries to rape

Murron, and for this reason Murron is finally executed by the lord.

Full of anger, Wallace determines to fight against the English ruler, and in

response to Wallace's exploits, people of Scotland rise in revolt against England.

Although Wallace comes up against all kinds of difficulties, he never gives up. For the

betrayal of his partners, Wallace fails to defeat the English ruler. Before Wallace’s

dying, the scene that he shouts loudly "Freedom!" moves everyone. After Wallace’s

death, his previous partner Bruce continues to fight and finally makes Scotland free.

In my viewpoint, at first Wallace has no intention of being a freedom fighter, he

is just a simple man with simple desires to live in peace and raise a family. However,

circumstances make that impossible, so he has to be brave and stand out, not for the

death of his father and wife, but for the freedom of his nation. I am really shocked by

his brave heart.

I feel a little sorry for Wallace’s death, because he cannot see for himself that the

freedom of Scotland is back again. However, his heart for freedom will last forever,

and lead his people to fight against dark rulers, fight for freedom.

8.《The Day After Tomorrow》

The hero of this film, a paleoclimatologist named Jack Hall, discovers that the

huge polar ice sheet is melting quickly due to the global warming. The situation will

lower ocean temperatures, and then causes a massive climate shift which brings about

many natural disasters and eventually a new ice age. It’s too late to inform everyone

in the nation, and when people realize the situation and try to move to the warmer

south, the disaster has arrived. Meanwhile, Jack’s son Sam is attending an academic

competition with his friends in New York.

As Jack’s request, Sam and his friends stay in the library and burn books to get

warm. Worrying about his son, Jack and his two partners set out for New York to

rescue his son. Overcoming all the difficulties including the death of a partner, Jack

finally arrives in New York and finds the library. Gladly finding Sam and his friends

are all alive, Jack embraces Sam tightly for a long time. In Mexico, the new President

orders search and rescue teams to look for other survivors, having been given hope by

the survival of Sam's group.

This is another disaster film, and it deeply shocked my heart again. Although

there are countless people die in the disaster, I believe that survivors have learned a

lot, and people all over the world will take action to protect our earth.

In addition, the relationship between Jack and Sam runs through the whole film.

I want to say Jack is a great father, because he does what he promised his son no

matter how difficult it is. At the same time, Sam is also a great young man, because he

is intelligent, brave and responsible. Both of them

set good examples for us.

It’s a great film, not for its large investment and magnificent scenes, but for what

it brings to human beings.

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