We will talk about movies next time so please think about all the films and animations you have seen and loved and hated. Also, choose ONE of the questions below and answer it in the comments.
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1. What genre of movie do you like? For example: romantic comedies, horror, romance, thriller, etc... And why do you like those kinds of films?
2. A country's films can tell us a lot about its culture. What country's movies have you seen? What did you learn about the culture?
3. One of my favorite animators is Zumbakamera, from Spain. Watch one of the videos then recommend us your favorite animator.
Hi Matt(^^)!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
My favorite genre is comedy.Because when I watch the movie I want to relax and laugh.
SF movies don't attract me so much(I don't like alians,espers・・and so on),so except for SF,I like almost all movies.And the film I want to watch changes with season.In the winter I like to see a romantic movie as I feel lonely!
See you next class!
Th4.Moeno Kawaragi
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I love comedy!
I don't have to think seriously during watching comedy, so I can reflesh myself.
Especially, I like love-comedy ^^
But I always watch all kinds of movies if my favorite actors appear on it.
Do you know "Norway no Mori" written by Murakami Haruki?
This novel is cinematized, and I want to watch it!
Actually, I don't like romantic movie like it,(and it may be so serious movie...), but I'll watch it because my favorite actor appears on it;)
See you next class!
Yuko Ito
Hi Matt.
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the 3rd question.
I watched the top of left corner.
It was very eccentric and really fantastic!
I think your favorite animator is more creative than I've ever seen.
By the way, my favorite animator is
Hayao Miyazaki,may be you know.
His film is also fantastic but sometimes make me sad....because he deals with a little serious problems on nature in his main theme.
Anyway I think anybody enjoy his story and beautiful pictures^^
Th4 Reika Ikuno
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the second question.
Just last week I watched Chinese movie in the lesson of this university.
It was rare chance for me because I always watch movies made in Japan and America.
This Chinese movie told me about actual society, serious problems of China and many cultures.
Especially, what kind of cloths people wore at that time was impressive for me.
I think their cloths were a little out of date..
I want to try to watch movies made in foreign countries!
See you lext lesson!
Th4 Misuzu Maruyama
Hi,Matt!!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I like fantasy movies very much.For example Harry Potter,Pirates Of The Caribbean...
It's because they give me a big big dream,and I'm always excited in watching them!!
I recommend you to watch fantasy movies!!
See you next class!
th4 Arisa Kama
Hi Matt.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
I watched Bendito Machine on the site of Zumabakamera. It is very creative, surrealistic, and... I felt a little primitive humanity or ethnicity.
My favorite animator is Takashi Murakami, from Japan. He collaborated with Louis Vuitton and made a fantastic short animation named Superflat First Love. You can watch it on Youtube.
I recommend.
See you.
Matsumoto Kota
Hello, Matt!
ReplyDeleteQ1. I don't see movies so often now, but I remember seeing a lot of animated films by Walt Disney Pictures such as “Lion King”, “Peter Pan” and “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” (of course, dubbed in Japanese) when I was a kid. I think they are classic films and especially I like music used in the story so much, although I don’t know exactly what genre they are categorized into. I’d like to see them again in original English scripts when I have some time.
See you!
Hitoshi Ukawa
Hi, Matt.
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the 2nd question. I've ever seen (as far as I can remember) Japanese, German, French, Russian, Hungarian and of course a lot of American films. I think French movies are very unique. About two years ago I saw a French movie "Jeux D'enfants" (in English "Love Me If You Dare") in a German course in Germany. The movie had no definite ending, I mean, it could be interpreted more or less as you like! It was like a dream, so it could be both happy and sad. The most French films are melancholic and leave their ending open, and some of them have also so-colled stereotypes about Japanese people. In "Taxi 2 (or 3)" the main charakter has to say "Ninja!" to start the engine of his taxi! But I love the movie!
See you tomorrow!
Wataru Kashiwayanagi
Hi, Matt! I'll answer the first question.
ReplyDeleteI love action movies! When I see these kinds of movies, I need not to think any complicated things or problems. I can see a hero fighting against enemies, that's all. It's very simple.
Do you know the movie of "Rush Hour"? This is my favorite action movie. Jackie Chan plays...someone(sorry, I forgot!).
If not, please try!
Shoko Omi
Hi, Matt! I like French movies. French movies are really profound in various ways. They are difficult to understand at first because they're complicated and sometimes messy, but it faxcinates me and after watching some times, I notice that there are the philosophic ideas. When I notice and understand this idea, I feel the satisfactory and feel like learning something important.
ReplyDeleteth4 Eriko Kato
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 3rd question.
I like fantasy movies the best.
For example, Harry Potter, The Load of the Rings, and so on.
This is because, when I see such movies, I can feel like being surrounded by extraordinary things.
I like magic or something like that... that isn't exist in the real.
See you tomorrow!
Yuko Kamada th4
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the first question.
I watch many kinds of movies and normally don't care what kind of movies I watch.
I like fantasy movies like the Lord of the Rings because the story is really exciting. Also I like SF movies. My favourite one is Armageddon. That movie moved me.
I want to watch new Harry Potter.
See you in the next class!
seika noyama th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I love watching comedy!
The funny movie makes me laugh and feel happy so much:)
And I don't want to watch horror!
When I watched "Sleepy Hollow" before, I couldn't sleep well because the movie was too scary...
See you in the next class!
Aya Shimazaki Th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the third question.
My favorite animator is Tim Burton.
I recommend you his animation movie “Nightmare before Christmas”. The characters of the movie are popular in Japan, but many people don't know the movie!
I think everyone can enjoy the story and Tim Burton's world!
See you!
Michiru Hayakawa TH4
Hello Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 1st question. I love a romantic comedy. I think, jokes are the best way to express the opinion. Prody is also one of my favorite category of movies. And, some kind of movies are too tragic to see. If I watch the serious movie, that must be "happy end", then I love it ;) It is also very important for me to choose non-hollywood-movies. The small productions have no money to commerce their movies, that is why, they make really good movies, I think.
see you tomorrow!
Midori Waseda Th4
Hi, Matt
ReplyDeleteI enjoy all gerne of movies, but I mostly like SF, Adventure,and Fantasy movies. Such movies often have exciting stories and make me feel like I'm in another world while watching it.
Misato Nishimura,th4
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 1st question.
I like action movies the most. In most of them, we can see justice beats villain. When I see that, I feel good and I don't have to think anything.For example, I like the“Spiderman series”and “Star wars series”.
However, I don't like love stories or something romantic ones,because I'm not old enough to understand them.And some movies, we have to watch with knowing that hero or heroin will die of disease or accident at last.I can't stand that.
See you!
th4 Sho Ray
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I like comedy movies, especially from foreign countries.
I don't like action movies because I feel hurt when I watch them fighting.But comedy movies always make me fun!
So I watch them when I'm tired and sad.
See you tomorrow!
Th4 Haruka Tate
Hello, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I like all genre of movies, but I love romantic comedy movies made in Hollywood the best.
Romantic movies make me laugh and forget everyday life. And I prefer the happy end with a laugh. Moreover, I love Hollywood actors!
So I often watch romantic comedy movies.
See you!
Th4 Ayumi Sudo
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the 1st question.
I like fantasy movies, because it gives me warm feeling after watching it.
Last Friday, I watched "Enchanted" made by Walt Disney Co. It is so cute story, but has also points that makes us think about our lifestyle.
That fantasy has some kind of serious and difficult messages is the reason why I love it.
See you today's class!
Mishio Koike Th4
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the second question.
I've seen some Cambodian movies. One of them I saw was the mixture of one folktale and a modern horror story.
In the movie, I learned Cambodian culture a lot. For example, I got to know how they catch fish in countryside. They use a kind of small basket made of bamboo.
I also learned traditional Cambodian ghosts. I was pretty surprized to know that one of them was really similar to the one in Japan!!
It's so fun to see movies in different countries because there are lots of cultural findings!!
See you :)
Rie Kanie Th4
Good morning Matt!:)
ReplyDeletethe first question:
I like the Disney movies!!
It is so romantic and...
I like the musics!!
I often listen to the Disney music with animation on YouTube.
I can enjoy them in various languages.
Emi Taguchi Th4
Hello, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
I love to watch movies and I especially like romance and romantic comedy. These kind of movies make me impressed.
I want to see movies made in various countries:)
see you!
Kei Kobayashi Th4
I'd like to answer the first question.
ReplyDeleteI like comedy movies.
These movies are really funny and makes me laugh a lot.
But I watch many kinds of movies.
See you
th4 Tomoya Ejiri
Hi, Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the second question.
I love Ghibli movies because they teach us a lot thing that are important for us such as love and peace especially the importance of nature.
Among all of Gibli movies I have watched, I like "Mononoke-Hime" the most. This story is about a girl who is brought up by a Japanese wolf. After we watched this movie, we strongly feel that we should conserve the nature.
I hope "Mononoke-Hime" will be watched by people around the world.
See you later!
Lisa Otsuka (Th4)
Hi Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question!
I like action movies.because it sometimes includes comedy and love amd thrill etc...
Then I can't expect what next scene is.
And it excite me so much!
See you next class!
Th4 Kana Ibuki
Hi,Matt!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the first question.
My favorite genre is romantic comedy drama(?) like Love Actually. Because it make me so enjoy and feel refreshed.
My favorite movies I saw in this genre have something the in common. It is that Hugh Grant is in the movie. So sometimes I just choose a movie that he acts.
See you !
Yun