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High & Low: The Movie (2016)

Exile tribe

[28 July 2016]

Almost all of the cast of this movie are members of a famous j-pop group, EXILE TRIBE. They can dance and sing wonderfully. And this point makes this movie unique. Because there are a lot of group and they have their own song each. So these song is used as their theme songs. This point doesn't have other movies. It is an interesting point. In addition this movie is based on dramas, and connects with the concert of EXILE TRIBE. This is also one of unique point, and so commercial.

Also this movie is though story of a bad lot at first. In fact there are a lot of fights. Some people may think it's so cool. But this movie's good point isn't this. The good point is describing strong friendships and fine feelings of people. For example, when a person faces on the death of own important friend, how the person changes so on. This movie tells us our life is a succession of fighting.

About Time (I) (2013)

Good

[27 July 2016]

Men of a family have a special ability, which is time travel. They can only go back the past. A man of the special family knows the ability, and he enjoys his life to the full.

The genre of this movie is though SF at first, because some of this movie's characters can do time travel. But the main theme is love. The love is not only a pair of lovers, but also family. When we were children, we knew only love of family. But we know a many kinds of love in proportion as we grow up. Especially it is love of a boyfriend or girlfriend. In addition we know we love someone. And own family was the most important when we were children, but it is changed. A lovable person, a boyfriend or girlfriend, is the most important. If we have baby, maybe it becomes the most important. This movie describes these things wonderfully. Passing time is crucial, and time isn't forever. Therefore our life is beautiful, and we must live life to the full.

Eat Pray Love (2010)

Good

[27 July 2016]

This movie's main character is a woman journalist, who does great things in New York. She is busy working and enjoying her life. But her mind doesn't have a feeling of satisfaction truly. And she decides to cast aside position and horror, and sets off on a trip. She goes to Italia, India and Bali. In the traveling, she looks back on her own life, and thinks what is herself.

A lot of people have the same feelings with the journalist. We are always busy doing somethings. This is a society of adults. Maybe our minds also don't have a feeling of satisfaction like her. But we can't cast aside position and horror. She can do a thing we can't do. Thus we are envious of her life, and attracted this movie. And this movie has a lot of sense that the characters talk about something like maxims. This inspires our hearts, and we are also attracted.

Porcelain Unicorn (2010)

A bridge between the past and the present

[27 July 2016]

There are three boy soldiers, and one of them discovers a girl, who wears a cloth with a yellow star. She has a unicorn and gives it to him. Then German soldiers came to the room. He misses an escaped her. He gives the unicorn to the German soldiers and is hit. The boy with a box sees the girl again when they become old.

This story describes the dark history of the past. But there is the kind heart of the boy. It makes this story heartwarming. And is it shows all of German weren't heartless in the dark ears and that some of them especially children like the boy has kind hearts. Also the unicorn is a key point in this story. Because it connects the boy with the girl and is a bridge between the past and the present. So this is the story about not only Nazi Germany but also romance.

The Lunch Date (1989)

Prejidice

[27 July 2016]

An old white lady, who has a lot of bags, harries to take a train in a station. But she bumps into a man, and she drops her bags to miss the train. Then she have lunch there. She buys her lunch and sits a seat. She realizes that there are no fork and stands up to take it. When she returns the seat, there is a black man. He has lunch, and she claims this is her lunch. But he continues to eat, and she also has it. The man buys two cups of tea. She drinks it a little and leaves there to take a train. Later she comes back there to forget a part of her bags.

After watching this short film, we realize that we have prejudices about a race. We tend to think color people are inferior to white people or low social ladder. Also the lady looks unhappy in this film, because she is driven by time. But she laughs in the end of this film. This is useful to stress the climax of it.

The Errand (2010)

Family

[27 July 2016]

A girl wears a school backpack and buys tobacco despite her young age. She knows that a person smoking tobacco will die. But she buys it. She has her family, her father and mother. Her mother is angry with her buying it. Her father has a serious illness. The girl wants to help him. But she doesn't know what to do for him. Therefore she tries to grant his wish, smoking tobacco.

This short film makes use of the eyes of a child. The eyes are innocent. In this movie the child is the girl. She does everything to help her father. Thus she buys tobacco even if she makes her mother angry. Because for her it is only way that she can help her father. In general it is bad to give a seriously ill patient tobacco. But nobody can accuse her of trying to kill her father. Because she only tries to help him. It isn't wrong. It is right. In fact we can't understand what is right or what is wrong. In the end, this movie tells us that we have a lot to think but that we should choose our opinion freely. We can understand it through her eyes.

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Love,SF

[27 July 2016]

A lady, who works in a publishing company, looks unhappy. Her life was changed because of her mother's death. She and two men go to a town to collect a data, which is about time-slip. Because a man tries to invite people to do time-slip together. And he is regarded as an eccentric. But the poor lady has a good relationship with the man as a company. In other hands, one of her companies fights a challenge as a virgin, and another of it meets an ex-girlfriend. And her feeling is changed more and more.

This story's characters has their own problems each. In ways of solving them, this story describes some of emotional developments, especially it involves with love. The way of approaching is various. This shows that love can change people and tells us that love is important. Also a theater of this story is a part town, but there is no lively. As if this describes these character's state of mind. It is useful to express the feelings of the characters.

Zootopia (2016)

The present state of affairs in America

[27 July 2016]

Animals like human live in this movie's would. They can speak a word and have their society. The world is called "Zootopia," it means a Utopia. Because there is no discrimination and safety. And fresh-eating animals and plant- eating animals help each other. That is to say they live together. This is just a utopia. But an accident happens. Then it threatens this world's peace.

This movie describes the present state of affairs in America. Especially it is about the discriminations of races or sexuality so on. America think own country is the best in the world, but there are a lot of discriminations in the American society. Fresh-eating animals means the strong like white people or man. Plant-eating animal means the weak like color people or woman. This movie is so interesting, because one of plant- eating animals doesn't accept the utopia, which is that And fresh-eating animals and plant- eating animals live together. And the animal tries to exclude fresh-eating animals. The weak never forget their own sad past, which is there is discrimination.

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Good

[27 July 2016]

This film has three series. And this film, Toy Story 3, is a time when Andy enters university. Going university means almost being an adult. And being an adult means ending a childhood. We spent a lot of time with our toys, when we were children. But we forget the time spending with them, we became more and more adults. This film reminds us of such a precious time of our childhood. We can go back children by watching this movie. In addition a sad reality is described in this film. Toys owner is only one. But there are a lot of substitutes of toys for the owner. Some of toys experience this cruel reality. This is one of remarkable different characteristics from other series.

Also this movie describes good friendships of toys. They never give up on their friends and leave even if the situation is serious. They overcome difficulties together. And we are attracted this point.

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Gang

[27 July 2016]

This is a story about gangs. Eight gangs stay a night at a mountain hut not to move anywhere because of a snowstorm. They aren't there by accident. They are collected there by someone on purpose. All of them are liars, crazy and atrocious. And some accidents occur in the mountain hut. Some of gangs are dead by the accidents.

This movie's characters have remarkable characteristics each. They have unique own personality. And it brings good effects to this movie. Especially it is the scene of the mountain hut. The way of describing their personalities are so good in the scene. Also in this movie, these characters are go-ahead. We don't know why they are collected the mountain hut, and who is someone collecting them. Thus we don't know what happens next. But someone knows it. And we are attracted this movie more and more. This is the wonderful point of this movie.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Wonderful

[27 July 2016]

This film's genre is woman success story. The main character is beautiful and overcomes her difficulties. When she almost gets her success, she thinks something.

This film's camera works are so beautiful. When ladies wears an underwear, stoking or clothes, it is so sexy. And our felling becomes so high. In addition the back music is so pop and catchy. It makes our tensions high. Also a camera work is also good, when the main character walks in the road of New York. Her clothes are changed every time, when she goes by some cars or structures in the road. All of her clothes are so nice. Thus many girls or ladies have a great landing for her life.

Also this film draws the conflict of main character. For example, it is love and a work. For woman it is difficult to have both of love and work. This point is described wonderfully in this film.

These two points are the reason why we are attracted this film.

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

Moby Dick

[27 July 2016]

This film has a strange world. A lot of animals lives there like people. They can speak a word, and have their society. In the world, they think that people have big dark in own hearts. Then a human boy strays such a world. And he grows up with one of the animals, a bear. The bear is selfish, but strong. The bear and the boy spend a lot of time together, and they like a family. And the bear changes own character. They become strong together.

He becomes an adult, and he can go our real world. Then he meets a girl, and he knows his unknown would. He is absorbed in studying, especially he likes reading "Moby Dick." In addition he meets his real father. He confuses, he should live with his really father or the bear.

This story's ending is he tries to help another human boy, who lives in the strange world. The boy has big darkness, it is expressed as Moby Dick.

This story tells us what is family. The boy has a strong bonds with the bear even if the bear doesn't his real father. Other hand, he doesn't have it with his real father. After all, it is important to spend time together. It makes a strong bonds.

Also darkness of people is expressed as Moby Dick. It is a good metaphor. But Moby Dick doesn't have only darkness. It is like a god, and has a divinely beautiful body. However it is expressed as darkness of people. It is nonsense.

The Polar Express (2004)

Christmas

[27 July 2016]

A boy doesn't believe in the existence of Santa Clause. He believed in it in the past, but he looked a scene that his father wearing costume of Santa Clause put his Christmas present. His pure heart was broken. An incident happens in a night of Christmas Eve. A train comes to the boy's house and he decides to take on it. The train goes to the North Pole. And the boy has a lot adventures.

This movie is animation. It is so real and the image is so beautiful. The scene of the train driving has lifelike. And the scene of the North Pole is fancy. However the boy is changed his way of thinking, a lot of people including adults are changed their way of it. Also this genre is SF, but this movie has some of actual things. For example, a child looks a scene that his father wearing costume of Santa Clause put his Christmas present, and the child doesn't believe in the existence of Santa Clause. But this movie tells us that there is a Santa Clause even if our father wear the costumes. This gives us dreams.

Knick Knack (1989)

Toys

[27 July 2016]

This is a story about toys. The main character is snowman. The snowman is in a snow globe and is asked to come on by a girl. Then the snowman tries to go out there. This story's main character is the snowman, but these character except the snowman belong to southern county. They have glasses, lively music and beach wear on. This story contrasts the snowman with others and expresses solitude of the snowman. The snow globe also does this. Moreover, the snow globe has the great effect in this story. It is useful to express the world of the snowman, and can describe the variety of way of going out there.it added spice to this story. Also it is a good point that this story's characters are toys. Because toys don't have their own world usually, but they can move in this story. It is useful to get our interest and gives us the power of an imagination.

The Imitation Game (2014)

Enigma

[27 July 2016]

This story is about a British mathematician in age of the Second World War. Some British are collected a place to decipher Enigma. It is device used by the German military to encode strategic message before and during the war. All the British are intelligent, but especially the British mathematician are more intelligent than the other British. Thus he doesn't obtain a helping hand from his companies. He is a lone wolf. But he can't decipher the code by himself. Then his companies help him. And he knows that people is supported by someone and he learns it's important.

This is a story that a man develops as a person. This movie tells us we can't live alone. It is necessary for us to obtain a helping hand from someone. And it also tells we always seek to be understood by someone. It becomes a support of our hearts. In addition, the mathematician is a homosexual. It describes the discriminations of sexuality. The discrimination is the truth, and so crucial. The Is movie tells us a lot of things.

Three Days in Kamakura (2012)

Kamakura

[27 July 2016]

A photo stand is projected on the screen when this film starts. The photos tans has four frames, but there are two pictures. The pictures are a little old and show a young woman and young British man each. They look happy. The place is in Kamakura. There are a couple who have an international marriage. They don't look happy and suffer harassment in the neighborhood. The wife rejects her husband's love. She has scar on her stomach. The next day the husband brings to their house a half Japanese and Western child. They three fall asleep together, with the child between the couple. They are like a family. Next day they play Karuta, and have fun on the beach. There are smiles. They are happy. The husband tries to compare the child to his family. But the wife rejects his idea. She tells him that the child has the child's family like the couple. The husband wants to secure his wife's heart by getting the child and to become a family. But the couple have already been a family even if they don't have their children. This film tells us form of family.

Fish Out of Water (2005)

Done for

[31 May 2016]

Everyone uses vehicles like cars to go to their offices. Therefore, there are big traffic jams and these people are irritated. A woman waiting for a traffic light to change watches a man with oars. He uses his boat to avoid the morning rush. An idea flashes into her mind. This movie shows that life in the big city moves with rush. The life is stressed by a contrast of a city person and rural person. The woman is urban and the man is rural, and he lives in a rural area. His town is calm and he is a person who is at ease with himself. Also he exchanges greeting with his neighbors. In contrast, the woman is pressed for time with work and devious. She seeks having an easy time. In the end, the man wins against the woman on a point. This thing confronts us with a question "what is happy?" The development of civilization is more and more convenient. But we don't forget wealth in our hearts. This is the massage of this movie.

Whacked (1997)

Liberation of everyday depression

[17 May 2016]

People suddenly fall down in the streets of New York, ambulances siren screamed. But the cause of it is unknown A man wearing T-shirts written "I ❤︎ NY" falls down. That's a massage for society. A man, a main character, ride a car collecting golf balls. That is his job. Some posters are on the wall of car. These posters show that the man isn't satisfied with his life. A lot of golf balls hit his car. A person who is irritated throws a ball at his car. It shows that he is treated as a goods for relieving stress. This is his job, and he puts up with it. When he goes home, he his his head over the door, because he forgets to take off his helmet. The action of taking helmet is a signal his job is finished.the screen is stressed. After finishing his job, he looks up at a high buildings in New York and goes to the roof. He hits golf balls there and hears a cheer. He seeks liberation of everyday depression.

Father and Daughter (2000)

Bonds of family

[1 May 2016]

This movie is a daughter and her father's story. Especially, it somewhere describes the daughter's feeling about her father who has gone. She goes to a place many times, where he said goodbye to her, to wait for his coming back. The brushwork of this movie is simplicity and warmth. The music is something nostalgic and painful. Also it's a good point that the movie's characters ride bicycles. There are three reasons. First, the sound of bicycle's wheel adds spice to this movie in a point that we feel nostalgic. The nostalgia reminds us of days we were still children. Second, the bicycles make the passage of time fast. In this story the daughter grows up, so it's more useful than walking, because we can watch a variety of scenes, in which she grows up, by using bicycles. And as she becomes an adult, we know she continues thinking of her father. Third, the characters can tell their feelings by ringing the bells of their bicycles without using words. It's useful not to destroy our imagination. This movie teaches us the bonds of family and makes our heart warm.