The Great Gatsby (2013)

This movie came out in 2013. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The starring actor is Leonard DiCaprio. This movie is based on the novel called Great Gatsby by F.Scott. Fitzgerald. It is famous as one of the best novels in American literature. This novel was filmed three times in the past, and the most famous movie was 1974's work. That was directed by Jack Clayton and the starring actor was Robert Redford.

Story Line

The story begins in the early 1920s as a recollection by young man Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) working in Wall Street. He moved to West Egg on  Long Island of the New York suburbs to work at a stock company. The person living in the neighboring mansion holds a luxurious party every night.  Nick know that the master of the mansion is a person called Jay Gatsby and Nick was interested. One day Nick is invited to the Gatsby party. Then Nick will know the feeling that Gatsby hid for five years.

Impression

In fact, the reputation of this movie is not good. The movie review site "Metacritic" score is 55. The "RottenTomatoes" score is 48. But I think it is not bad. The actors are very well cast. Leonard DiCaprio's performance was amazing. I read Great Gatsby which Haruki Murakami translated. I thoght of Leonard DiCaprio's performance as Gatsby as I read the book. But this movie that has a little strange thing. It is that Hip-hop was played in the scene of the party. I feel it's a little strange hip-hop was played in 1920. Of course this is good. I was most interested is how to translate "old sport". "Old sport" is a 1920's British word. Now it is changed and called "old chap". It means "my friend" . So in the movie, translate "君”,　which means "you".  I think it's best. Everyone should watch this movie once.

Flags of Our Fathers

This movie came out in 2006. It was directed by Clint Eastwood. The starring actor are Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach. This movie portrays The Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 1945, a photo was taken of six soldiers raising the American flag on top of a mountain on Iwo Jima. This movie follows the lives of the soldiers in the photo. This is the American side. There is another side story. It is the Japan side. The title is "Letters from Iwo Jima." It portrays the battle through the eyes of young Japanese soldiers. The original is a Non-fiction book called “Flags of Our Fathers” by James Bradley and Ron Powers.

Story Line

John "Doc" Bradley was called a hero by the American people. He was one of the soldiers who raised the American flag on top of a mountain on Iwo Jima and faught as a medic with the U.S. Marine Corps. But he didn't talk about the photograph even to his family. His son, James begins to search what was happen of on Iwo-Jima…

Impression

I learned important thing. War includes each viewpoint, and each has justice. So the viewpoint of our own country and the enemys, are necessary to understand war equally. And I feel antiwar without any conditions. We need to watch this movie and "Letters from Iwo Jima." And we should learn at war again. Of caurse we can't watch and feel real terrible war. So we haven't the image that war is afraid. This movie wants you to watch because it is portrays more realistically than other war movies.