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O, brother, where art thou?

2006-09-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

---another movie of great depression----

This movie is about 3 prisoners who run away from jail. They were trying to jump up on the train while it was running! ( it's like in the movie i saw in the class!) however, they missed it because of the chain that hold three of them together ( if one of them fell down, others two also would).... then they walk along the railway and saw one old man on a swing cart, they hopped on with him and ran away to the town.

The leader of the group named everette, he told his friends name pete and delma that there are a treasure that could make them richer than anyone. The truth is that everette just wanna ran away to his wife because she said that she will get married again soon.

Three of them go to see thier one friend and sleep over in his barn, in the middle of the night, the police came to them because their friend betrays them. Their friend needs money to pay back the bank. however, they could run away.

on the way, they do so many things such as singing ( they got $10 each from that) . They sing pretty well and that song was so hit!......after that they went to everette's house and met his wife and daugthers. The police found them on the way they r walking to a house, everette prays to god and suddenly there was a flood!. Three of them survive from getting execute again and they thought that it was a miracle!

well i love this movie because of the facts that i saw in the movie are match with what i've seen in the movie that ajarn showed me in class. During the depression, friends could betray one another just because of money. Women find new husband while her ex husband was in jails and away from home. People borrow money from bank and cannot pay it back. Children are brave enough to drive a car and help the prisoners get away. These are something that occurs most in depression period.

Another reason why i love this movie because jorge cooney haha well, i love the song that he sings. It's fun and easy to listen!! umm i wish he could have sing more than one :)

Great depression : PAPER MOON

2006-09-11T06:33:00.000-07:00

Paper moon is the first black and white movie among those movies that i've watched in Aspects of American Cultures class!!! It talks about one man named Moze and a girl named Addie. Addie is a girl who looks like a boy because of her outfit and short hair style plus she is smoking! Moze used to made love with Addie's mom when she was still alive. Her mom works as a bar woman. The story starts at Addie's mom funeral. Moze were asked to take Addie to her aunt in the town by her relative.

On the way, Moze always stop at the house where there is someone in the house has passed away. He sells over cost bible to those relatives of dead people. Addie saw the whole deveiving process and decide to help him. They were acting as a single dad and a duaghter.Since then they both turn to partner selling over cost bible.

Moze has lots of trick in cheating people. Addie learns those cheating process and observe everything around her. One day, they both run out of bibles, Addie saw one man selling illgal whisky to others. Both of them were trying to make money by steal the whisky of that man and sell back to him. They both got $625 and drive away from that town. On the way, the police were chasing them. Those police is a brother of that whisky seller. The police took both of them to the police station and ask where the money is (addie hides it in her hat). After that they both run away after addie could steal the car's key from the table.

Both of them drive to one farm where there is an old truck. Moze trade his brand new car with that old truck and drive away to the hotel. Those police were after him while addie is still in the hotel and moze is outside. Moze got beat up and all the money was gone.

Moze decide to send Addie to her aunt. Addie left her picture when she took it with a big paper moon as a background when they were at the fair. Moze saw it while he were stopping the car and saw addie runs after his car. Addie decided to leave her aunt's house and stay with Moze because she heard her aunt and her husband talking that they don't want her.

The movie represent great depression age when there were a prostitution. The women were trading sex with $5 Girls ran away from their hose since there were 15. One balck girl in the movie said that her mom doesn't want her until she could bring her money. Addie who is just 9 were smoking and deceiving people. Moze is trying everyway to find money. There were many trick in the movie showing how those people get the money. There were also a corruption between police and whisky seller. Everything they wanted at that time is being rich and earn enough to stay alive even though, they have to get money from the people who just lost their relatives.

Bobby Jones

2006-08-30T02:05:00.000-07:00

----- Bobby Jones, another movie about glofing !!! -----

Bobby Jones has the official name that is Robert Tyres Jones Jr. He is a sickly child when he was young. When his dad goes to play golf with his friend, he always follow them. He always has a passion for golfing, Jones can copy the swing of every of his dad's friends. It was one thing that his dad always laugh about.

Jone's granfather is conservative, he wants jones to be a lawyer. Golfing is one thing that his granddad hates ( he even hates coca-cola because he is super conservative). Jone's dad always has a confict with grandpa. Even though his dad is not a good golfer but he's always socialize with friends in a golf club.

Jones practises golfing because of he loves it and wanted to win the games unlike the others who plays golf for money and throphy. However, he always being sick because of the weakness and the pressure of being a winner. He has to go seeing the doctor many times in his life.

When he was in the college, he met his wife (Mary). They both have two kids together while Jones always in the tournament and Mary's staying at home taking care of thier kids. Mary used to ask Jones to quit play golf because she cannot stand watching him being sick because of it. Jones didn't want to quit at first because there is one course that he's not win it yet, the grand slam.

After he wins the grand slam, he retired from playing golf as he promises his wife. Jones always do something for his family without worying about himself. He plays golf because his dad supports, he studied law because of his grandpa and he quits golfin because of his wife.

--- This is another good movie about glofing, Bobby Jones is a legend. He did many amazing shot that people didn't think that it will be possible plus he didn't do it because of money. I saw one scene, at that time they had a taxi!! and also i guess, most of the people were familair with coca-cola, teenagers drink it. Many things started at that time and still existing today, how amazing ---

After Midterm --- The Greatest Game Ever Played

2006-08-23T04:02:00.000-07:00

This movie is fantastic, after i watched it i love golfing more!! It's about a British man ( Harry Vordon) competeing with American boy (Francis Ouimet) in the American opening. Francis is a caddie who used to meet Vordon when he was young. He worked for family as a caddie when he was just a little kid. Vordon is the first person who teaches him how to hit the ball rightly. Since then, Francis continue practises and has a chance to compete as an amateur golfer when he is 20.

Francis and Vordon have one thing in common that is they came from a poor family with the feeling that golf is a sport for rich people only. When Vordon was a kid, he lives in isle of jersey (UK.) people came and evicted his family out of the land. His land was used to bulid a golf court. Those men said to him that golf isn't a sport that person like Vordon should supposed to play. However, he's become one of the most famous golfer in both UK. and US. When he is playing golf, he will erase all the people who are standing there and focus on that hole only. Vordon is a great golfer in term of controling his nerve. When he could control he would play that game well.

In the game, Francis and Vordon were tied for 2 times. It was a game that people can't take the eyes off. Even though, Francis will not get anything if he wins but he's still want to prove himself probably for his Dad that he can do it. Finally, he won that game, people gave him money since he won't get any from the golf association but Francis gave all money to his caddie (Eddy) who is just a little boy that always skip the school to be a caddie for him.

In this age, people started using telephones, cars and other machines. They were also starting to play the sports such as tennis and badminton, golf is one of them. The movie showed me how people dressed, they wore suits and ties while playing golf! that's odd. I think it's the way to devide the people, golf is a sport for high class people at that time so they just have to be in styled. People dress beautifully everyday at that time. Children were going to college, in my opinion most of them go to boarding house school such as convent and stuff (as i've seen in the movie). I also learn more about two famous golfer, this is a great movie and i loved it!

Apache

2006-08-14T03:15:00.000-07:00

This movie is about one tribe of native indian called "apache". This tribe was located in New mexico, Arizona and some part in texas ( the apache are now in Oklahoma and taxas). The Apacean called themselves as a warrior who are not easy to surrender. They always up against whites who are very cruel to them.

The movie talks about one apachean man who is considered to be the last person which surrender to whites. The man escaped while the train stopped and walking back to his apache land. No one have done such thing walking in a long distant. He is again the first person who did that in the apache history. While he was in his journey of escaping, he had a chance to go into the city centre and see all civilize things such as women wearing beautiful clothes, listening to the music and classy returant.

At his land, Whites forced them to build the road, the apachean have to work for the whites in their own land once they surrender to whites. Once the man got to his place, he was caught again by whites because of the betraying of his people. The movie goes on with the revenge and fighting between whites and apachean.

In my opinion, i think at that time the whites are cruel and mean. They acted like indain are slaves. Watching thier own people working for enemy in thier own land must be very odd thing. i think the apachen must be very angry and agressive according to what whites did to them. I've remembered one scene while white tied up the indains's hands and let them walk up to the mountain, one idian escaped and the white man shot him to death. It was like those idians are not worth for living and could die anytime.

However, i think that whites are not that great warrior comparing to the apachean. I think the apachean should have more skills because that what's they grew up with. The reason that they surrender to whites might be because of the whites have more people and power in politics. Whites people could invade the indains land at anytime while the indians have to time to protect themselves.

Civil War : Love Me Tender.

2006-08-06T06:41:00.000-07:00

Love me tender is a civil war movie, it was the first movie of Elvis, well he was supposed to be the one that is suitable in his kind of movie for sure.

The movie is about the brothers and the family after the civil war. Three brothers were robbing the money and come back home when the war is over. They hide the money and didn't tell the rest of the family until the time comes. One day when the eldest brother (vance) is going away because he can't stand to see his little brother and his girl being a couple of husband and wife. However, there were a confederate soldiers came for them about the money that he robbed.

The story goes on with chasing and misunderstanding between the group and finally they give back the money but the younger brother shot dead.

Vance: he is the eldest brother who started the idea of sharing the money that they rob. he has a lover before going to the war for four years (cathy). As the war was over, he came back and found out the cathy already get married with his brother (clint). He is a leader like other man of the house in civil war period. he always tries to do the right things in the best way he could.

Clint: Presley acted in this character as a man who still doesn't know much about the war. He get married with cathy because they both thought that Vance was dead in the war. At the end of the movie, he turns to be a bad guy for a while because he thought that Vance and Cathy will run away with money together. He was shot dead while trying to safe Vance.

Cathy: She is still in love with Vance however, she tries to do the best things for all of them by still be with Clint. Cathy is a brave girl who was working around the house in the civil war time.

In my idea, i think this movie is a good one. I felt good that i have a chance watching this movie, the first movie of Elvis. It represents the way of life after the civil war just over. i still could see guns, robbers, railroad and betraying, the things i supposed to see in this period. However, it a movie that i can guess that someone might die at the end, sadly it's elvis!! :p. I also heard many songs in this movie, the songs that elvis sings. They are perfect, i love those songs and he dances well too!....he is a legend! Good in both acting and singing.....

Jim Thrope, the indian athlete

2006-07-20T08:15:00.000-07:00

James Francis Thrope

Well, just got the special assignment from Ajarn which is to find infomation about Jim Thorpe....I have no idea who he is :p.....until i do the research.

He is an indian who was born in 1888 near Prague, Oklahoma. His Native American name was " Wa-tho-huck" which mean the bright path. His great-grandfather was a famous Indian leader called " black hawk".

I should say that his American Idain is very suitable for him! Trope was famous because he is one of the greatest athlete in the history who is Indain. I guess he plays almost every sports. According to the reference,he was a professional football and basketball player as well as baseball player. The best thing is he was the first president of the American professional Football Association.

These are all the sports that he played
football, baseball, lacrosse, basketball, ice hockey, swimming, boxing, tennis, and archery.....as i say, he is the best athlete all of these are sports that he can play very well not just "can" play.

He was a real world's greatest all-around althete!

Music Assignment 1 Professor Longhair :)

2006-07-11T05:48:00.000-07:00

Professor Longhair

well well well ! i chose professor longhair because the name was interested me! and then i surf the net looking for his profile, he's kinda cool person (can't u see his picture?).

His musics contain mambo, rumba, rock and another type is calypso (calypso is an Afro caribean music style which came from Brithish and French colonial island of carebean).

Longhair was called once as freak unique because he put funk and many stuff into his music. I just hope that he would bring reggaeton into those musics so i would love his music more than this :p

I've heard my dad listen these type of musics before when i was younger than this, it's fun! with the combination of drum, paino and saxophone. It makes people wanna dance i guess. This type of music can cheer ppl up.

I love the song "you're driving me crazy" and "in the night". He sings in his normal tone but his voice is hoarse, it was a great combination with his music style. This type of music is suitable for listening on the beach or u just have to imagine the sea and the sun by urself :)

friendly persuasion

2006-06-26T02:12:00.000-07:00

Friendly Persuasion is a movie about a Civil war from 1956....There is one Quaker* family which at first has nothing related with the war or other viloence. However, at last the son and his father are involve in the war because of they need to do the right thing for the family and need to protect others.

( quaker is a club related to society of friend in England which is group that oppose violence and has no religious leaders or ceremonies, and hold its religious meetings in silence)

Jess Birdwell is the man of the house. He is a funny guy who wants to win the horse race with his friend every morning on the way to Quaker’s meeting. However, he also respects his wife and listens to her. Jess is showing a man representing a family guy he will do everything about his family and there are also a contradiction of being a Quaker in himself. Once his son wants to go to the war he didn’t stop him but let him go because he thinks that it’s the right duty that the man should do.

Eliza is the president in the quaker meeting, she doesn’t want anything related to violence doing with her family. Even though she likes to dance but she doesn’t want to show the steps in front of he children because she thinks that it’s not polite for a women to dance. She is a deeply religious woman and against any violence even, Jess buy a piano she makes him choose between her and piano but at the end jess can keeps the piano in the house because of compromising.

Josh is the oldest son who still has a conflict in this mind between violence and peace. He loves peace but also wanted to be in a military because he wants to help and protect others and his family.

Maddie is only one daughter who wants to remain Quaker like her mom but on the other hand she also wants to have fun like others non-Quakers. Maddie also fell in love with Sam who is in a military and always write a letter for her. Eliza doesn’t like Sam because Sam is in a military and has something related with a violence and war.

Little Jess is a youngest son of the house. He always fighting with a goose which Eliza called it a pet. Little jess always hit and throw something to the goose because it’s always bit him. Little jess doesn’t want to remind Quaker because he is a boy who likes to fight.

My opinion : I love the movie that has both comedy plus drama feelings, I enjoyed watching it because it’s not serious as I thought it would be. I learned about quaker and such a family and also the rebs plus the civil war, the way they come and rob the houses. It is a good movie in term of watching the way how civil war used to be. The story line also fun and interesting, it is the first movie about the war that I watched at the beginning until the end and don’t get bored :) Thanks you Acharn!

Sacagawea

2006-06-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

This movie begins when a girl who aged 12 years old name "Sacagawea" was taken by the ememy of her tribe called "Shoshones". She was taken from her homeland where was settling near the snake river to the north of Dakota.

Later, she was sold to the French trader who claims her as his wife. She gave birth while she was in the journey with the "Corps of Discovery". The journey last from 1804 until 1806. Sacagawea was the only woman among 33 men. She was the only woman (plus she had a baby) who traveled with a war party. As she can speaks Shorones and Hidatsa which is her root , she tends to be a helpful person who could be a translator and know the route of the land.

Sacahawea was the brave woman who dedicated herself for the team of the explorer. She knew that she's one of the needed person in this trip even though at the end of the trip she gained nothing but her son's education.

Even though she can't speak English but when the team met the Shorones she will translate the language into Hidatsa to her Husband. After that her husband Charbonneau will translate it into French and one the member in the Corps will be the one who give the final translate from French to English.

There is also the Black person, who said to be a servant of Captian Clark. This represent the old fashion of the American culture that "Black" should be a slave.

Another noticable charactor is a big black dog of Captian Clark. It was very faithful to him, at the end of the movie it said that when the caption died, the dog was refused to eat until it also died. It is noticable to me because nowadays the statistic shows that every house in the United state own at least one dog. At that time till now, the culture is still the same.

Even though, there was many people with diffence race, Captain Clark tend to give them all the equal right to all. The example is when they were giving a vote where to settle in the winter. I guess, that would be a sign representing the present Free country such as United State .

Lastly, I would like to say that this movie is really good in term of giving knowledge about the cultures and explore the new land. After watching the movie I tend to learn more that there a woman such Sacahawear. This movie is not too long and I felt that it was easy to understand what's going on in the movie. Thanks you Ajarn who was giving me this. Next movie I'll try my best blogging it!.

Pocahontas : The legend 1995

2006-06-14T01:49:00.000-07:00

Pocahontas the legend was first presented in year 1995 which is about ten years ago. It is a Drama and Action movies plus a litte bit of Romance.There are 4 main characters those are Princess Pocahontas, John Smith, Sir Edwin and Prince Kocume.

The movie is about a group of Englishmen exploring the area that they called " the new world" which is actually named the Native American. The only one objective of the invasion is to find the gold. This is not the first invasion for the Native but it is the third time that someone is trying to invade their area.

One day John Smith is captured by the Natives and begin to learn thier customs and belifes. On the other hand, the Natives are curious about the " thunder stick". The story is going further with the betraying between two cultures and about the love between John Smith and Pocahontas which i guess i wouldn't be able to explain it all in one page. However, i can say that it's not a happy ending story which finally John Smith has to go back to his land that is London.

Pocahontas is a good character who represents the American women in the present. She is brave, open minded and also can protect herself at any time. She's also willing to learn new things and being skeptical about something that's new for her.

Well, in my opinion i think that the movie is reflecting the American culture in some way more or less. Even though, it's about the Englishmen and it's also hardly seperate which customes came from which country.

Lastly, I just cannot say that this movie is good or bad. By just reading or listening only from my opinion may not help u judging this movie. You just have to watch and judge it by youself!. All is depending on you and your feeling toward the movie that you've seen.

see you guys later....next movie is already in my hand!

About Myself

2006-06-04T22:38:00.000-07:00

I'm 4th year student in Assumption University, Majoring in Business English. I'm the forth child among three older sisters and one younger brother. I have two dogs, one is golden retriver and another is miniature schnauzer which i just got it yesterday!.

I just came back from my summer vacation in Hawaii and I was really enjoyed my life overthere, so this semester started with my laziness and I hope I will be perfectly ready within the first week of my class.

Lastly, I hope I will get a very good grade for this semester and also the next one because it will be my last semester in Bachelor's Degree!