New Year's Eve

Today is New Year's Eve! Probably, most people think time goes by with lighting speed. Did you enjoy in this year? I was able to enjoy various things in 2007. One of the things which I memorize is Kaigaikensyu(study abroad). In last summer holiday, I went to England to study English but I didn't realize that I could improve my English skill. Thus, I have to study English more next year.

Book Reveiw 2-13

I read this book, "RAIN MAN". This story is well-known for the movie in 1988, which Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise star.

Charlie Buffman who is a second-hand car dealer went to Palm Springs with Susanna who is his girl friend. On the way to the city, he knows that his father died, so he went to Cincinnati to pay his last respects. He knows his legacy is only a car and a rose tree, at the same time, he knows Raymond who is actually his brother and who is an autistic individual is an hair to a properity, so he takes him out hospital. Thus, Charlie, Raymond, and Susanna go to Los Angels.

One day, Charlie decides to look after Raymond to get the half of his legacy. Susanna knows that and walks out on him. One night, they stay at a motel and then he finds Raymond was "Rain man" who only warmed his heart, so he changes his mind and he decides to be real gurdian for Raymond. Therefore, he have a strong bond with him. However, he loses a judgement in the court.

I like this story and I have not watched this movie, so I want to watch the movie.

No music, no life Vol. 8

I love music very much, so I cannot live without music. I wanna many people to know so many awesome music because many people probably don't know about this music. Thus, I will show you a lot of bands or musicians whom I thought are awesome, entitling "no music, no life".

This time, I will show you "Linkin Park". "Linkin Park" is an American band and they have characteristics of various music. They released 1st album, "Hybrid Theory" in 2000 and then they became popular. Their characteristics are twin vocal and using sampling sound. Mike who is the vocal, guitar, and keyboard raps and sings background chorus and Chester who is the vocal sings melodic, solo, and shout. Also, they don't use "F-word" in their lyrics.
I start looking at them in these days, so I wanna listen to their music more.

More information about them is here.

Movie Review 6 -Shrek-

Shrek is an American movie, which is a fantasy, comedy, adventure story in 2001. Also, the movie was a full CG animation film and the story is based on a picture book written by William Steig’s in 1990. This movie is the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated. The award was introduced in 2001.
Shrek (Mike Myers) is a large, scary, green monster who lives a quiet life in his home in a swamp, but this life is disturbed when he help Donkey (Eddie Murphy) who is talkative and who escapes from his owner. Donkey can talk with people so his owner tries to sell him because soldiers of Duloc buy some rare goods and animals. The Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) gets involved in ruling a “perfect kingdom” and uses the Magic Mirror to select a princess bride who he can marry in order to become the king. He chooses Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz). She is captive in a castle where a Dragon lives. The Mirror tries to warn Farquaad about Fiona’s secret, but Farquaad ignores it.
Farquaad holds a tournament to select a knight worthy rescuing Princess Fiona, but then Shrek and Donkey break into the tournament. Farquaad orders the knights to kill Shrek but Shrek fights them and defeats them, so Farquaad decides that Shrek is the knight because he is the winner of the tournament. Shrek rejects the order once, but he decides to go to rescue Princess Fiona in order to remove fairy tale creatures which are in his swamp now from his swamp.
When they get to the castle, a rickety bridge is in their way to enter the castle. They begin to cross but Donkey is afraid to cross, so Shrek forces him to move back and finally stepping off. When they enter in the castle, they split up to look for Princess Fiona. Donkey finds the stairs, so Shrek remembers a book which said princess is in the highest room of the tallest tower. On the other hand, Donkey also searches for Princess Fiona, but he runs into the dragon which is fire breathing and which is guarding her, so Shrek and Donkey run away but the dragon chases them. They manage to catch the dragon and Shrek attempts to kill the dragon but Donkey protects the dragon, so the dragon, which is actually female, loves him. Finally, they find Princess Fiona and go back to the kingdom.
On the way to the kingdom, Shrek gets falling in love with Fiona and she also loves him, but she has a secret. It is that she is also ogre actually in night. She tries to say that to him but he gets something wrong, so he gets angry and thinks she considers that he is ugly ogre. Therefore, he forces to take her to the kingdom. He wants to get back to his swamp. Donkey knows Fiona’s secret so he blurts out her secret but Shrek remains refusing to hear.
After that, Shrek lives in his swamp as before. Donkey can’t stand keeping the secret and leaving them so he tells Shrek the secret and what Fiona loves him truly. He finds that, he rushes to Farquaad’s castle to stop their wedding but he isn’t able to make it in time. Then, Donkey whistles so Dragon appears and takes Shrek and Fiona. Farquaad realizes that Shrek loves Fiona truly and begins laughing. Then Fiona shows Shrek her true figure, which is ogre like Shrek. Farquaad is surprised and he offers to kill them. Shrek whistles so Dragon appears again and she swallows Farquaad. Shrek tells Fiona that he truly loves her and they share a kiss that turns Fiona into an ogress all the time.
At the last, Shrek and Fiona get married.

Book Review 2-12

I read "Romeo and Juliet"

I was impressed by the tragedy about Romeo and Juliet. All in all, I think that the most impressed thing is the tragedy of their love but I noticed something odd about “Romeo and Juliet” so I will mention Contradiction about it.
Of course, I think “Romeo and Juliet” is immortal literary work but characters in the story should deliberate more.
First, I think about Romeo. He should reflect common sense. If he was found by the Capulet people in the dance party, the friction between the two families was worse and worse.
Second, I look at Juliet. Because she is a Christian (she was wedding ceremony in a church), she cannot divorce Romeo simply so she had to say to her father that she got double married when she was ordered by him.
Third, I write about Father Laurence. He should ponder some good ideas more than giving dangerous drags. If he didn’t give the drags, they were not dead.
Last, I have a think about the ending of this story. Both families could make up the conflict for hundreds of years without their death if the conflict was able to be solved only their death.

That is why I think Romeo and Juliet must reflect more. If they did so and if they kept their wits about them, this tragedy didn’t cause. Eventually, Romeo and Juliet were too young.

No music, no life Vol. 7

I love music very much, so I cannot live without music. I wanna many people to know so many awesome music because many people probably don't know about this music. Thus, I will show you a lot of bands or musicians whom I thought are awesome, entitling "no music, no life".

This time, I will introduce "Stone Temple Pilots" to you. "Stone Temple Pilots" is an American rock band and their sound often is categolized "Grunge". In the band, Scott Weiland who is the vocal is the most famous in America because his performance has originalities and he is on the junk. However, their sound is awesome like heavy guitar rif and powerfull drammng.
I think Scott has the charisma.

More information about them is here.

Book Review 2-11

I read this book, "Forrest Gump".

Forrest Gump was raised by his mother and was a mentally-challenged child. When he entered at elementary school, he saw Jenny who offered her seat to him and she became his only friend.

One day, when he was bullied by classmates, he could ran all the way to the end of the world. He was able to enter at university as an American Football player because he was able to run fast. He was selected to All-American so he received encouragement by President Kennedy. Five years later, he went to Vietnam War. His platoon was attacked by the enemy with aggravation of the war situation. He helped Bubba who was a best friend and Lt. Dan Tailor who was the platoon commander, but Bubba was dead and Dan who lost both his foot blamed Forrest on his help. After that, he saw Jenny again but she left him. In the hospital, he played table tennis and developed his skill, so he took part in the World Championship. Also, he and John Lennon was paired together in TV so that he achieved a popular status. Then, he bought a fishing boat. This thing was a promise with Bubba. He got good catch, so he became rich. After that, his mother's death made him return to his home and then he met Jenny again. She also loved him but she left again.

He had run for three years. He became a demigod and a hero. He visited Jenny after he received and read a letter. He found his son there and Jenny named the little boy "Forrest". After that, he got married with her but she died soon.

I enjoyed reading this book but sometimes I did not understand Forrest.

No music, no life Vol. 6

I love music very much, so I cannot live without music. I wanna many people to know so many awesome music because many people probably don't know about this music. Thus, I will show you a lot of bands or musicians whom I thought are awesome, entitling "no music, no life".

This time, I will introduce "ZEPPET STORE" to you. I had showed you bands which play heavy sound, but this time, "ZEPPET STORE" played "tender" Rock. Their sound is Rock but is tender, so I feel comfortable and am moved.
They were recruited by "hide" because he loved their album, "Swing、Slide、Sandpit" which was in Indie label, so he wanted to see them. He loved them more so he decided to make his label, "LEMONeD" to introduce them to people.
Unfortunately, they disbanded in 2005.

More information about them is here.

This song is "SOMETHINGS SIMPLY VANISH", which is one of my favorite songs.

Book Review 2-10

I read this book, "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS".

Cora was going to see his father who is a front-line colonel with his sister and Heyward who is a major fall in love with Cora, who can not find the answer to his curtship. Then, Magua who is an Indian and whose wife and children was killed by Colonel Munro attacked them. When Cora was trained his gun on, Chingachock, his sons, Uncas, and Hawkeye save her.
Cora and Howkeye loves each other, but Heyward who was torn by jealousy charge Hokeye with treason and inprison him. Colonel Munro surrenders to the French troops and then the Huron attacked the army. In the chaos of the war, Howkeye saves Cora and Uncas saves Alice. However, Cora and Alice were caught by the Huron. Howkeye asks them to save Cora and Alice. The cheiftain say that we tear Cora limb from limb and that we force Alice to get married with Magua. Heyward substitutes himself for her so Howkeye and Cora go free. However, Uncas tries to help Alice but he was killed so Alice suicides then. Irate Chingachock fights against the Mohicans and he defeats Magua. That is why Howkeye becomes "the last of the Mohicans" and he gets married with Cora.

I didn't understand why this story moves people. I didn't enjoy reading this book.

No music, no life Vol. 5

I love music very much, so I cannot live without music. I wanna many people to know so many awesome music because many people probably don't know about this music. Thus, I will show you a lot of bands or musicians whom I thought are awesome, entitling "no music, no life".

This time, I will show you "Marilyn Manson". Marilyn Manson is an American band and is also the leader of the band. The band name come from Marilyn Monroe as a symbol of beauty and Charles Manson as a symbol of evil.
His music is categolized various genre such as Hard Rock, Industrial Rock, Altarnative Rock, and Pops. He affects Japanese "Visual Kei" band. His live performance is very radical and he makes 2nd album, "Antichrist Superstar", so he often is criticized by Christian. However, he just sing about freedom, but hardheaded people cannot understand it.
...Anyway, his music is awesome I think. In addition, some songs of him used in some movies, for example, "The Matrix", "The Matrix Reloaded", "Resident Evil", and so on. Also, he has various talent because he paint a watercolor and makes a film, "Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll" now.

More information about him is here.

This song is "Rock is Dead" used in "The Matrix".

Movie Review 2-05

"School of Rock" is an American comedy movie in 2003. This movie is about one rock musician changing strict school students through rock music.

Dewey Finn (Jack Black) is the guitarist and singer in his heavy metal and hard rock band. He loves rock music and his band, but one day, he is fired from the band. In addition, he lives an apartment in which his best friend, Ned Schneebly (Mike White), also lives but he is behind in his rent so Patty De Marco (Sarah Silverman) who is Ned’s girlfriend complains about Dewey.
Then, the telephone rings and he answers the phone. The call is from the principal, Rosalie Mullins (Joan Cusack), of Horace Green Elementary School which is a highly prestigious prep school and she asks Ned to be the substitute teacher. Dewey who is in financial need gets an idea that he passes him off as Ned and that he is to be a substitute teacher in the school.
Thus, he becomes a teacher nicknamed “Mr. S” as Ned but he doesn’t teach anything to students. He just says to students that take a break so they are at a loss and say to him that please teach them, but he repeats that. One day, however, he sees their music class and hears their music so he discovers that some of them in the class have musical talent and decides to give a special school project, which is to take part in “Battle of the Band”. Dewey selects the members of the band. Zack Mooneyham (Joy Gaydos) who is nicknamed "Zack Attack" is the guitarist, Freddy Jones (Kevin Alexander Clark) who is nicknamed "Spazzy McGee" is the drummer, Katie (Rebecca Julia Brown) who nicknamed “Posh Spice” is the bass guitarist, and Lawrence (Robert Tsai) who is nicknamed “Mr. Cool” is the keyboardist. Moreover, Tomika (Maryam Hassan) nicknamed "Turkey Sub", Marta (Caitlin Hale) nicknamed "Blondie", and Alicia (Aleisha Allen) nicknamed "Braceface" are the back-up singers. Also, some students work behind the scene as a security, a roadie, working smoke machine, and groupies. They are absorbed in playing and studying rock and especially, Zack write a original song, “School of Rock”. When Dewey listened to this song, he was exited and was amazed.
Finally, they take part in “The Battle of the Bands” but before that, Dewey’s real identity was revealed, so he was fired. He loses his sense of purpose in the school and in his life. However, the students take him on the way to the contest. He apologizes to them and they rush in the contest. They arriving there, Dewey decides to play not "Legend of the Rent" but “School of Rock” because he think that the song Zack wrote is really cool. Most of bands finish their performance and the time has come. Definitely, Dewey and the students lose but they enjoy own performance, so they are satisfied. Then, the audiences loudly boo. They want School of Rock to play again, that is, they call for an encore, so they play their music again.
In the credit, the students play rock with Dewey and Ned teach how to play the guitar to little children.

I like this movie because I also love rock music. In this movie, so many names and music of famous rock bands and rock musician over the world are used, for example, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, AC/DC, The Who, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, and so on. I like these bands, so I understand why Dewey teaches that.