螳螂捕蝉用来比喻经典英语电影影评

2021年1月26日发(作者：逍遥游月关)
经典电影英文影评

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 m
anages to let him have the finest education, and always tell him
“You
are no differen
t”.
In school, Forrest meets a girl named Jenny, and they become best friends. Unde
r
Jenny’s
encouragement, Forrest discovers his ability to run like the wind blows. Fort
unately, 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 frie
nds Bubba and Dan. In the war, Forrest rescues many comrades, but Bubba is seriou
sly wounded and dies. Lieutenant Dan, the platoon's commanding officer, is also badl
y 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 acti
ons. 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 Am
erican 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 di
es.
“
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 himsel
f 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 situat
ions and the people around him, lead only by an inner sense of right. My heart is dee
ply shocked by this
“stupid”
man, and I think in recent times we surely need this spiri
t. So,
let’s
have a try now.
2.
《
2012
》

The film 2012 tells a breathtaking story that everything on the earth is destroyed in t
he 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, whe
re they meet a man named Charlie. That night, Charlie plays a video of Charles Hapg
ood's theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar predict tha
t the 2012 phenomenon is going to occur. He has a map of the ark project in additio
n to information about government officials and scientists from around the world wh
o were murdered after planning to alert the public about the project and the upcomi
ng doomsday.
After the family returns home, Jackson rents a plane to rescue his family. He 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, w
here the group secures a bigger plane and departs for China. Eventually, Jackson an
d 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 peop
le’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 th
e
hero’s
name, but in fact it is a name of a prison, in which the hero stayed for almos
t 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 an
d Red become best friends. Using his wisdom, he brings a lot of benefits for his frien
ds. For having a banker experience, the warden of the prison and the chief guard req
uire Andy to make money for them by improper means, but at the same time he rec
ords their guilt.
Andy makes a plan of prison break, and secretly carries it out during the prison lif
e. In a night of thunder and lightning, he escapes through the hole he dug, crawls 5
00 yards through a narrow pipe, and successfully gets the freedom. After escaping, A
ndy withdraws most of the corruption money from several banks, and sends evidenc
e 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 clearl
y knows that he
isn’t
a murderer and believes he
doesn’t
belong to Shawshank. Ther
e 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 huma
n beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most importance is to keep hope f
orever.
4.
《
The Pursuit of Happiness
》

In San Francisco, 1981, the salesman Chris Gardner invests all the family savings i
n portable bone-
density scanners. He believes he has made a wise decision because 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 imagine
s, and even bring big troubles to him. As Chris goes everywhere and tries to figure o
ut 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 thi
s only position. Meanwhile, moneyless, homeless, Chris has all sorts of difficulties wit
h his son. But he is very smart and hardworking, and he never gives up. Eventually, f
or his great efforts, Chris becomes a broker at Dean Witter and starts his career ther
e. 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
wa
nt 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 y
ou 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 hi
s 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 t
akes it home. Parker finds that the dog is an Akita dog and names it Hachiko. Howev
er, 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 gr
eet him after work, they become best friends.
One day, Parker dies suddenly from a heart attack when he is teaching his music clas
s, and never come back. However, Hachi remains waiting for his master lying in the s
now, for several hours, until Parker's son comes to collect him. The next day, Hachi r
eturns 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 t
eaches 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 H
achiko has been set in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a per
manent reminder of his devotion and love.
What is love and what is loyalty? There is no doubt that this film is full of love and lo
yalty, which Hachi brings to the audiences. Someone may say
“Hachi
is just a dog wi
thout 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, Vik
tor’s
country broke out a civil war after he left, and he suddenly becomes a man with
out a country. For this reason, the US airport cannot recognize Viktor, and he is deni