Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Kangaroos
BRAD - Just Like A Movie
Brad is the main person in the story, he is a poor boy who dream of beacoming rich with any price. So in oane nignt beeing at the movie with his girlfrind Gina, he has the monstrous ideea of becoming rich by killing a wealthy woman, that he will mary with.
By observing this complex character we are impression of his capacity of disguise of transpose of his life to another life.
His only two loves Money and Gina are going to be very dangerous for his freedom.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Mamma Mia! The Movie
On the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) nervously posts three wedding invitations ("I Have a Dream") to three different men. In response, from across the globe, they set off on their respective journeys.
Sophie's two bridesmaids arrive and she shares with them a secret. Sophie has found her mother's diary and learned she has three possible dads: New York-based Irish architect Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Swedish adventurer and writer Bill Andersson (Stellan Skarsgård), and British banker Harry Bright (Colin Firth). She invited them without telling her mother, believing that after she spends time with them she will know who her father is ("Honey, Honey").
Villa owner Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep) is ecstatic to reunite with old friends and former Donna and The Dynamos bandmates, wisecracking author Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy multiple divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski), and reveals her mystification at her daughter's desire to get married. Donna explains her precarious finances to Rosie and Tanya ("Money, Money, Money").
The three men arrive, and Sophie smuggles them to their quarters and explains that she, not her mother, sent the invitations. She begs the men to hide so Donna will have a surprise at the wedding: seeing the old friends of whom she "so often" favorably speaks. They overhear Donna working (humming "Fernando") and the men swear to Sophie they won't reveal her secret.
However, Donna spies them and is dumbfounded to find herself face to face with the three former lovers she could never forget ("Mamma Mia"), and is adamant that they cannot stay. She confides in Tanya and Rosie ("Chiquitita") a secret she has kept from everyone — she is uncertain which of the three men is actually Sophie's father. Tanya and Rosie rally her spirits by getting Donna to dance with the female staff and islanders ("Dancing Queen").
Sophie finds the men aboard Bill's yacht, and they sail around Kalokairi ("Our Last Summer") and tell stories of Donna as a carefree girl. Sophie musters up the courage to speak with Sky (Dominic Cooper) about her ploy, but loses her nerve. Sky and Sophie sing to each other ("Lay All Your Love on Me"), but are interrupted when Sky's kidnapped for his bachelor party.
At Sophie's bachelorette party, Donna, Tanya, and Rosie perform as Donna and The Dynamos ("Super Trouper"). Sophie is delighted to see her mother rock out, but becomes nervous when the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Sam, Bill and Harry. She decides to get each of her three prospective dads alone to talk.
While her girlfriends dance with the men ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"), Sophie learns from Bill that the old woman who gave Donna the money to invest in her villa was his great aunt Sofia. Sophie guesses she must be her namesake and that Bill must be her father. She asks him to give her away and to keep their secret from Donna until the wedding.
Sophie's happiness is short-lived as Sam and Harry each tell her they must be her dad and will give her away ("Voulez-Vous"). A shocked Sophie can't tell them the truth and, overwhelmed by the consequences of her actions, faints on the dance floor.
In the morning, Rosie and Tanya reassure Donna they will take care of the men. Donna confronts Sophie in the courtyard, believing Sophie wants the wedding stopped. Sophie says that all she wants is to avoid her mother's mistakes and storms off. An upset Donna is accosted by Sam, full of concern at Sophie getting married so young. Donna dresses him down, and both realize they still have feelings for each other ("SOS").
On Bill's boat, Bill and Harry are about to confide in each other, but are interrupted by Rosie. Similarly, down on the beach, Tanya and young Pepper (Philip Michael) continue their flirtations from the previous night ("Does Your Mother Know").
With her plans falling apart, Sophie comes clean to Sky and asks for his help. He reacts angrily to his fiancée's deception and Sophie turns to her mother for support. As Donna helps her daughter dress for the wedding, their rift is quickly healed and Donna reminisces about Sophie's childhood and how quickly she's grown ("Slipping Through My Fingers"). Sophie asks Donna to give her away. As the bridal party walks to the chapel, Sam intercepts Donna and begs her to talk. She reveals the deep pain she felt over losing him ("The Winner Takes It All").
During the wedding ("Knowing Me, Knowing You"), Donna confesses to Sophie that her father is present but he could be any of the three candidates, whom Sophie admits to having invited. The three men concur that they would be quite happy to be one-third of a father for Sophie. She then tells Sky that they should postpone their wedding and travel the world, as they have always wanted. It appears that preparations have been in vain until Sam steps in and proposes to Donna. She accepts ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do") and the couple are married.
At the wedding reception, Sam sings to Donna ("When All Is Said and Done"), which prompts Rosie to make a play for Bill ("Take a Chance on Me"). All the couples present proclaim their love and water from Aphrodite's fountain bursts through the crack in the courtyard("Mamma Mia" reprise).
Sophie and Sky bid farewell to Kalokairi and sail away to a new life together ("I Have a Dream" reprise).
During the principal credits, Donna, Tanya, and Rosie reprise "Dancing Queen", followed by "Waterloo" with the rest of the cast. Finally, Amanda Seyfried sings "Thank You for the Music" over the end credits.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Helen Keller an Amazing Lady
Helen Keller at the age of 19 months,(not quite 2 years old) was a happy, healthy child. She was already saying a few words.
Then she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind. No longer could she see nor hear. She felt lost. She would hang on to her mother's skirt to get around. She would feel of people's hands to try to find out what they were doing. She learned to do many things this way. She learned to milk a cow and knead the bread dough.
She could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.
She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family. She had 60 different signs. If she wanted bread, she pretended to be cutting a loaf. If she wanted ice cream, she would hug her shoulders and shiver.
Helen was a very bright child. She became very frustrated because she couldn't talk. She became very angry and began to throw temper tantrums. The family knew they had to do something to help her.
They found a teacher named Anne Sullivan. Miss Sullivan herself had been blind, but had an operation and regained her sight. She understood what Helen was feeling.
She taught Helen the signs for the letters of the alphabet. Then she would "spell" the words in Helen's hand to communicate with her.
One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand. She spelled the letters W-A-T-E-R as the water ran over Helen's hand. She did this over and over again. At last it dawned on Helen that the word "water" meant the water which she felt pouring over her hand. This opened up a whole new world for her. She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand. This was the key which unlocked the world for her.
She eventually stopped having the tantrums. Anne taught her for years. Helen learned to read Braille This was a system of raised dots representing letters. A blind person could read by feeling of the dots.
When she went to college, her teacher Anne went with her and tapped out the words of the instructors into her student's hand.
Helen had an amazing memory, and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop. She could put her fingers to a person's lips and understand the words which were being spoken.
While she was in college she wrote her book called "The Story of My Life". With the money she earned from the book she was able to buy a house.
She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to groups of people. She met many important and well-known people as she traveled.
Helen Keller was successful because of her determination. However, many people helped her. The most important person in her life was Anne Sullivan who stayed with her for 50 years.
critical thinkiing
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
JOJO'S STORY - DOCTOR NICKY
HI class
Mr Edward Rochester
JOJO'S STORY
BRAD in "just like the movie"
JoJo< story
Jojo is playing in the fields when soldiers come and kill everyone in his village. With the help of Chris, a British journalist, and his memories, Jojo struggles to come to terms with the loss of his family and friends. Jojo's journey across his war-torn country leads him to self-discovery and a decision that will change his life for ever.
DEAD COLD...hmmm.. must read story......
The character 'Red' in Jojo's Story
Red is a quiet boy who Jojo, the ten year old main role in the story, meets in the children's house and tries to talk to him as per Dr.Nicky's words. Nobody knows the real name of Red and everyone in the house calls him with that name as he wears a red t-shirt. He is so quiet and never talks to anyone. He, like all the remaining children in that house, is a victim of war, and seems afraid of the things happening around. Jojo is the only person to have Red utter only once 'We have goats at my home'. Red never speaks before and after that; and leaves that house one day and never returns. Jojo hears people saying that Red is killed by a landmine after leaving the house.
The Gangster Roberto & Carlos
Cristina's from A PICTURE TO REMEMBER stories
A picture to remember
A PICTURE TO REMEMBER BY scott sheldon.
like a movie
This 's a story in Canada . We have Brad Black,Gina,Carrie,Joe Rufino.
Start by Brad meet Gina on the movie and in love but they're poor. Gina 's Italian and live in the poor area in Vancouver. They like to see a movie all the time .Brad crazy a movie sometime thing about himself in a movie . They love each other so much and plan to marrie and move to Paris .Brad 's a handyman ,he work hard to money . One day he go to Rosedale
Blad Black , He's a handyman ,live in Toronto . He love the movie. He lie to someone he love . He 's a good guy but think bad to kill someone for the money . He use the movie to control his life style . That why he in the prison .
THE NEXT PRESIDENT
Jane Eyre- the character
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE I think now most popular movie.
Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's " Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out.
Really interesting movie the "Slumdog" beautifully bridges life in India and Western film; Crime, Drama, Romance.