kojirosasaki420 Reviews

Gasman (1997)

difficult family problems

[14 February 2014]

Many families have some kinds of secrets which are usually hidden by parents,and the important problem is that how parents explain their secrets to their children.If these secrets are not well explained to children,children cannot have complete trust in their parents.In that movie,Lynne must have not only envied another girl but also doubted her father.I wonder why the father could not explain to his daughter about another daughter.Maybe it's because he did not want to hurt his daughter's feeling by telling the truth.It's a shocking fact,but his father should have told her daughter the truth so as not to lose his daughter's trust.Relationships of mutual trust between parents and children are more important than any other things.

Knick Knack (1989)

Suitable Places

[14 February 2014]

The place that the snowman was in seemed suitable place for him,but he tried to escape from that place and finally failed to do that.This story tells us one of the most important and simplest rules about our lives.That is,every one of us has a suitable place for oneself,so as far as he is in that place,he should not escape from there.If he tries to escape,he is not likely to succeed in doing it and is forced to stay there.We all should try to seek suitable places for ourselves,but once we find that we had better stay there and had better not escape from there though we do not like that place.Suitable places often does not equal favorite places for ourselves,but we should accept this fact.

Three Days in Kamakura (2012)

Review

[14 February 2014]

Seeing this movie,I cannot help thinking that we can't know what happening will change our lives. In this story,a forlorn boy changed strained relationship of that couple.Bad accident like train accident is tragedy,but we should not consider it too seriously.This movie tells us that we can overcome whatever happenings in our lives.For that boy,train accident was bad incident,but what can he do about that except accepting the fact and overcoming it?The couple also was able to accept their situation and consider it better. I thought that cloudy climate of Kamakura was suited for the story.That was beautiful and sorrowful city.

Lifted (2006)

Lifted

[13 February 2014]

Pixar movie is not only funny but also heartful.I think that story represents some kind of process about making CG movies.It does not always work,so they need to test many tries and errors.Skills for making is important ,but enthusiasm for animated movies is more important.In that process,more numbers of failure happen than success,but they should accept failure and try more.All of this are drawn in the movies.We should learn from this short film that failure often happens in our lives,but we should accept this and try and challenge more and more,and that enthusiasm is more important than skills or intelligence.

The Crush (I) (2010)

Funny Movie

[13 February 2014]

I think the little boy in this movie can become a intelligent and brave man in the future.He is not only brave but also intellectual.I wonder what what made him take that action.Is it true love for his young and beautiful teacher or his confident of his own ability?I'm not sure,but anyway that little boy reminds us of some heroes in the famous stories.He has some kind of braveness,but he should also learn about politeness for other people.Great heroes on some famous stories are not only brave and intelligent but also affectionate.His character in the movie is too cool to sympathize for us,so he had better learn some kind of tenderness in order to get support from other people.

The Lunch Date (1989)

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[12 February 2014]

In this story,an exchange between an old lady and a black man seems to reflect an essence of giving and taking.The old lady seems to belong to the rich,and the black man seems to belong to the poor,so economic disparity exsists between the two people.But when it comes to giving and taking among people,disparity is not important.The rich do not have to give to the poor and the poor should not persist on taking something from the rich.A famous proverb says that"If you give hate,you will receive hate.If you give love,you will receive love".What we give someone equals what we take from another someone.So if we want to receive kindness from someone,we have to do somebody kindness.And sharing something is also important in our daily lives.Giving and sharing make our lives happier.

Paperman (2012)

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[12 February 2014]

In this story,a lot of airplanes made by the young salary man portray his real feeling toward the young woman he met at the station.And he also seemed to desire to escape from his featureless daily life.A lot of people in our society have the same desire for escaping like that man,but we cannot help managing our daily tasks.I think romantic feeling will drive us to live more excitingly than before,and that kind of feeling can relieve us of melancholy for our daily jobs.Romantic feeling can change our daily lives,so we should recognize our real feeling toward someone.Energy for romance can sometimes be more powerful than energy for work.

Fish Out of Water (2005)

transporter

[12 February 2014]

In this story,a lonely man is being used as a transporter by some people who seem to be white color class workers.At first he was pleased to pick a lady up on his boat,but after having carried some suited men and the lady,he decided to throw his position as a transporter.I think this story is a metaphor of modern business society.In these days being a salary man and being loyal to companies one belongs to is a general and easy way.But this way of life means being used as labors and being exploited by capitalists.If one throw away his position as a salary man,he may lose his salary,but can get more freedom.I think feeling freedom is more important than earning much money.

Father and Daughter (2000)

Sorrow in our lives

[20 December 2013]

This movie had made me feel a little sad because it symbolizes some kind of indefinable sorrow in our lives. In the story, once father and daughter are separated, they can never meet each other. The daughter visits the place where she had lost her father again and again, although she realizes that she could never find her father again. We ourselves tend to feel that kind of sorrow in our lives, I think. We all must has experienced that kind of action, looking for things we lost.We also realize that we can never find those lost things,but we cannot help doing that.So I can sympathize with the daughter in the movie.