Thesis of foreign movies appreciation

Class:business administration 116 Number:2011010306 Name:yanxi Shen

Title:August Rush Reception

This is a story about an orphan named Evan who has the ability to hear music

wherever he is ,he insisted on looking for his parents just because he believed that his parents would find him.As for his parents ,one is a cellist named Lyla Novacek in an orchestra under strict rule of her father,another one is a lead singer named Louis Connelly in a rock band .They met in a party and fall in love with each other .But girl's

father refused to accept their love and after a car accident allowed her to believe that her

baby was died.

Eleven years later,Evan run away to New York City to find his family.In this travel ,he met a homeless musician and changed his own name,which called August

Rush.Then in the church he picked up music skill so quickly that was enrolled in Juilliard

School. August immediately began writing his symphony.After many challenges and the

mental struggle.August finally finished his rhapsody and looked down and smiled his

parents.The film concludes with August saying :"The music is all around us, all you have

to do is listening."

August Rush would like us to believe that some mystical force binds everyone

together.And he shows us that if we insist on our dreams ,even if it looks difficult to

achieve , just believe your own feelings and hearts ,the miracle may happen .So just do

it,don't consider about the end is good or bad .Though we are not as talent as August

Rush,we also have rights to follow our small but valuable dreams .I believe that August

Rush can control the winds ,glasses ,flowers ,even the famous band,and you also can

control your own life in the future to lead to a happy and inspirit rich life.

Besides the main idea I generalized from this film ,there are some details that we

should pay attention .Firstly, the love traveling between two different kinds of

musicians ,which has many difficulties like the social resistance ,the misunderstanding ,the wide gap of their status and so on.In the beginning,they gave up

their dreams even their loves ,but may because their communicating between two hearts , they went to the musician concert automatically and met in the crowd at last.Secondly,there is a man who we have to mention is Wizard ---the homeless musician.He made Evan as a ready source of money and even let him not tell others about his true name ,but the stage name ---August Rush.It is just to satisfy his own desire but not help Evan to find his parents.When Evan wanted to look for parents by his special way,Wizard deceived him and made all his efforts to stop Evan attend the concert . But,finally he just sat on the ground playing the mouth organ alone.Of course ,we couldn't say that he is a bad man among ,with the film developing,he also made a driving role in it .Without his words and the natural teaching style ,maybe,Evan wouldn't arouse his proficiency instead being limited by legitimate teaching.After Evan was deceived out from the practicing of concert,he met his father in Central Park .They both had a similar feeling to each other,just like they had met for a long time ago.then they played the guitar together and his father told him about something that let Evan finally made a decision to escape from Wizard ,at the same moment,Evan gave his father a hint to go to the concert .It is just like who said : a complete meeting of minds between child and parents. In Evan's traveling of finding ,there also some warm-hearted person who lend him a helping hand ,such as Arthur(a little homeless boy),Richard Jefferies( a social worker),kindly pastor who enrolls August in Juilliard School and others.

The world sometimes maybe show it's darkness ,but believe that after raining there must be a colorful rainbow in the clear and blue sky.And in your long time life ,there must be happy and unhappy things that will happen,just facing them in a wise attitude.If you are tired ,open the window ,look at outside,smile the flowers,listen to the music that played by nature . It is surprised for you to find that musical notes are dancing around you,like lovely kids .

When I saw the movie ,I was crying,I was really crying.I don't know why,maybe moved by their family reunion again,Evan's bravery ,so many kindness people helped him and many complex feelings in it.But I only want to say :"God is fair to everyone ,nothing is different to us,just the disparate attitudes can lead to a extremely

opposite life. If we face adyersity ,don't sit around feeling sorry for ourselves ,instead ,we must trust that there is always a way through it.What needs to be done ,just starting doing it.What's more ,don't forget to be kind to your people who around you,so that you can get a good paid finally!!"

2011,11,18,22:46

第二篇：august rush《八月迷情》英文观后感-英汉对照(原创)

August Rush

“Listen, can you hear? The music. I can hear it everywhere, in the wind, in the air, in the light, it's all around us. All you have to is open yourself up, all you have to do is listen.” This is the beginning of a film which is called August Rush. I saw this film in my class several weeks ago. Believe it or not, it is one of my favourate films now.

The story may sound simple, the truth behind it is remarkable. 11 years ago, Lyla, a renowned and beautiful cellist fell in love with a rock singer Louis at first sight. Since they had different life, they had to separate without seeing each other once again. However, Lyla had had their baby-Evan, a prodigy born to music. Before Lyla gave birth to the baby, she had an accident. Lyla's father gave the baby to an orphanage and lied to her that the baby was dead in case of affecting her career. After that, both Louis and Lyla gave up the music career. 11 years later, the poor little Evan believes that his parents are waiting for him and begins his journey to find his parents. It seems that fate contrives to bring these three people together. Finally, the family get together because of music.

The part impressed me most was when lyla met Louis on the roof for the first time. There are a lot of similarities between these two lonely souls. Both of them are musicians; Both of them are listening; Both of them wanted to get away from the noisy world. Thus, fate pushed them together. They kissed each other. How romantic it is!

That’s why I like this film very much: it encourages people to find true love, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most important thing is to keep hope forever. Since Evan always believes that his parents are alive and waiting for him, he stick to finding them day by day. It is the main reason why this poor family can get together again. Therefore, even a man can live once, but if he keeps hope and keep on working, then once is enough.

（汉译文）：

八月迷情

“听，你听见了吗？那个音乐，无论到哪我都听得见，它在风里，在空气里，在光线里，它无处不在。你 只需敞开自己的心扉。你只需，去聆听。”这是电影《八月迷情》的开头。几个星期前，我看了这部电影。信不信由你，它现在是我最喜欢的电影之一。

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故事听起来也许简单，但是故事背后的真理却是不寻常的。11年前，著名美丽的大提琴演奏家莱拉和摇滚歌手路易斯一见钟情。由于他们有着截然不同的生活，他们不得不分离并且再也没有相见。然而，当时莱拉已经怀了他们的孩子——埃文，一个音乐神童。莱拉在生产前出了车祸，莱拉的父亲为了不影响女儿的事业，把孩子送到了孤儿院并且欺骗莱拉说孩子已经死了。此后，路易斯和莱拉都放弃了他们的音乐事业。11年后，可怜的小埃文相信他的父母一直在等他回去，于是他踏上了寻找双亲的旅途。似乎是命运故意将三人安排到了一起。最终，一家人因为音乐团聚在了一起。

我印象最深刻的一段是当莱拉和路易斯在屋顶第一次见面的时候。这两个孤独的人有着许多共同点：他们两个都是音乐家；他们两个都在聆听；他们都想逃离喧嚣的世界。因此，命运把他们推到了一起。他们互相亲吻。真是个浪漫的夜晚。

这是我喜欢这部电影的原因：它鼓励人们寻找真爱；它赞美了生命的美好；最重要的是要永远坚守希望。正是因为埃文一直相信他的父母还活着并且一直在等待他回去，他才坚持日复一日地寻找着他们。这也是这个可怜的家庭能够重新团圆的主要的原因。因此，虽然一个人只能活一次，但是如果他能坚守梦想并且为之努力，那么一次便已经足够。

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