Review on "The Count of Monte Cristo"

The movie delves on a society of conspiracy and injustices. Consequently, it tells us the price we have to pay for being innocent and uneducated. It made me realize of the very big importance of education to us. Moreover, it relates to education as source of man’s liberation.

Edmund Dantes, the main character of the movie, is faced with so much conflict and suffered from grave woes because of his traitor friend and unconsciously being the carrier of the dangerous letter of Napoleon Bonaparte. The main character in the movie doesn’t know how to read and write, thus, he wasn’t able to know the content of the letter which was then a plan of rebellion by Bonaparte. He then was faced in a situation he never expected to come into his simple living.

The situation faced by Edmund is evident enough to justify the impact of being educated yesterday and in this contemporary time. Edmund, being a God-fearing person lost his trust to God after what had happened to him. He thought that God was never there in those times he needed his companion and was never a God of justice. Hence, he never believed in God as if God never existed. As his priest friend said, God believes in you. Upon seeing the movie, I wonder why God would believe in a person who doesn’t believe in himself and in His divine presence.

Did he mean that no matter how we feel weak and oppress and even lose the spirit of confidence, God still believes that we’ll make it through? But no matter what the reason would be, I’m happy of this thought. This made me see the world in rose-colored glasses. This gave me a reason to somehow believe in God’s powerful presence in my every endeavor and that God is a God of justice and would never manufacture a lock without a key.

The story of the movie is simply amazing. This gave me a new perspective of vengeance, which is never meant for self-fulfillment but for the good of everybody. We need not to put the justice in our hands rather ask for it from God and patiently wait for it for everything happens with a good purpose and in God’s best times.

 

Review of "THE MIRACLE WORKER"

If you don't believe cinema is art. This nearly perfect film will change your mind. It will take you through a full range of emotion.

Using the vehicle of the story of a blind and deaf girl's discovery of the meaning of words, this film poetically and emotionally celebrates that singular gift we humans possess: language. It also depicts with deep understanding and identification the glory of that early relationship we all have one way or another, that between child and teacher.

The Miracle worker is a movie to be treasured. Inspirational and powerful, the story of Helen Keller and her relationship with her teacher Anne Sullivan is one that will lift your spirits and show you all that you have to appreciate in life.

A brilliant performance of Helen Keller, I see her frustration at being blind and deaf and her need to lash out at the world, Helen is locked in her world, a world that can only be frustrating for her. Persistence is the key as Anne's determination to help Helen goes through many ups and downs, I feel Anne's frustration with Helen as well as with Helen's parents, who overprotect Helen allowing her to do as she pleases. Helens father is a miserable frustrating man and his wife was wrapped around his finger.

In the end, this movie is really good! That makes you think through certain determination, perseverance, love and care; EVERYBODY COULD DO A MIRACLE and that is a FACT proven by this real story.

REFLECTION ON "PRETTY WOMAN"

Whatever detracts from the movie, it still works!

It is easy to criticize a movie about a prostitute that is actually a thinly disguised Prince Charming fairy tale. The movie turns around two ideas that are unbelievable, the idea that the prostitute still has something of her soul to save and a similar idea that the male lead,  Richard Gear, buried in the pursuit of wealth and power also can be rescued by......LOVE. 

Julia Roberts is so fresh, so obviously astounded by what is happening as the character moves forward, and there are enough soft touches of humanity here and there by others in the film that the movie just works. Isn't that what a really good movie can do, make us believe, at least for the better part of two hours, that dreams can come true? Even men in the audience can identify with Roberts need for redemption and if it is going to come, why not come in the form of a (fairly) good looking guy who's got loads of money to erase some of the problems life imposes on most of us? A dumb movie, yes, but utterly charming and one who gives hope to the people who are dreaming.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by: CHARLES DICKENS

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!"

Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and pallid, relates his unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the wraith disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.

He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike phantom with a brightly glowing head. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from the curmudgeon's earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved, sheds tears of regret before the phantom returns him to his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant clad in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large, bustling Cratchit family prepare a miniature feast in its meager home. He discovers Bob Cratchit's crippled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge's heart. The specter then zips Scrooge to his nephew's to witness the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the jovial gathering delightful and pleads with the spirit to stay until the very end of the festivities. As the day passes, the spirit ages, becoming noticeably older. Toward the end of the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children, Ignorance and Want, living under his coat. He vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming toward him.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man's recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man's riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed.

Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's party, to the stifled surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.

MY NAME IS KHAN

What is really the risk to be a Muslim? 

If you are Muslim, you will be judged by the people without hesitation, without fair judgment and without self-realization. You will not know why people have these very atrocious ideas about you being a Muslim or worshiping Allah and you’ll try to ask yourself, what have I done wrong? Is it wrong to be a Muslim? It is wrong to believe Allah? The answer is NO! and that’s what My name is Khan is trying to inculcate into the minds of all people existing on earth that there’s nothing wrong to be a Muslim. 

I could really say that this is one of the best movies I've watched. It’s not a typical movie that you watch in a cinema during Friday nights, it is not a movie that you’ll criticize because of its poor direction and it’s not a type of movie that you’ll hate because you just waste your time watching of an implausible movie but its undeniably not, because it is exemplary, it is effective and it is self- awakening movie. 

One thing that I could really not forget is what Khan’s mother taught to him, that there are just two kinds of people on earth; the GOOD and the BAD, the Good People are doing good deeds and the Bad People are doing Bad things. It reminds me that no matter what you are rich, poor, beautiful, ugly, fat, thin, black or white, you are good if you do good and it’s not how you look but it is how you act, how you think for other people and what does your heart really say. It is also trying to revive our trust that Good always triumph no matter how strong the evil forces are.  

My name is Khan and I’m not a terrorist, it’s pretty weird when you hear it but if you’ll try to unfold the reason behind, you’ll be amazed of what does khan trying to say and what does he want for people to believe. He is autistic, he is a Muslim and he is a good person and being a Muslim doesn't mean being a terrorist. It reminds me somehow of what is my perspective towards Muslims and I realized, I was wrong, wrong for thinking that they are all the same, that they are nothing but selfish, arrogant, immoral people and this movie opened my blinded eyes that religion is just the guide to people but the person’s personality does truly matter. 

This movie really changed my outlook in life, opened my eyes to unrecognized discrimination, inspired me to be a better person and most importantly, evoked my emotions and thought given the almost universality in its approach and message. Lastly, I’l say Kudos to this movie and it may inspire a lot of people especially to the Muslims who feel that they are not destined to be a Muslim because it is wrong to be one, they may be realized that they should be proud of what they are and continue to be a good and productive person on earth.