School of Rock

School of Rock / 2003 / 108minutes



-Main cast
Jack black as Dewey Finn
Joan Cusack as Rosalie “Roz” Mullins
Mike White as Ned Schneebly
Joey Gaydos Jr., Miranda Cosgrove, Rebecca Julia Brown, Kevin Clark, Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale, Aleisha Allen, Brian Falduto, Zachary Infante, James Hosey, Angelo Massagli, Coke Hawkins, Veronica Afflerbach and Jordan-Claire Green as students

-Plot for School of Rock
Dewey Finn get fired from his band. And he does not any job. He need money because he must pay for his rent and debt. One day, he gets job. Actually, it’s not his job, but Ned’s job. He is substitute teacher. Dewey pretends to be Ned, and he starts job as a teacher at conservative private school. Of course, he can’t teach math, science and French etc. When he saw his students’ music class, he comes up with a good idea. He decide to form a rock-and-roll band with his students. At first, students are not interested in rock-and-roll, but they become to be absorbed in rock-and-roll music. They start practice for competition. This plan is secret for their principal and their parent. But, everything isn’t getting along…

-My comments
It’s a first time I watch this movie, but I really like it!
Before competition starts, students present Dewey dress which they made for him. This is the second best scene for me. Of course, best scene is the climax of this movie. Dewey and his students play rock! Seeing this scene, I can’t keep back my tears. And, students are so cute. Music in this movie is soooooooo wonderful! I want to buy soundtrack CD. But I don't have enough money...

Léon : The professional

Léon : The professional / 1994 / 110 minutes




-Main cast
Jean Reno as Léon
Gary Oldman as Stansfield
Natalie Portman as Mathilda

-Plot for Léon
Mathilda, a 12 years old girl, spends an distasteful lifetime. One day when she go to shopping, Stanfield who is two-faced evil police killed her family. She does not love her family at all expect her brother. She has no home and asks Léon for help.
Léon is professional cleaner that means killer. He does not have family and friend. Léon confuses Mathilda’s help, but they lives together. To avenge brother’s death on Stansfield, Mathilda learn cleaner skills from Léon. Through life with Mathilda, Léon gradually discovers his abilities to fell and love. When Mathilda goes to Stanfield for revenge and is captured by him, Léon comes and saves her. It’s the climax of this movie.

-My comments
This movie is the second best movie for me. (Of course, the best movie is HAIRSPRAY!)
Relationship between Léon and Mathilda is neither family nor love. But they absolute trust in each other. I can’t watch this movie without crying. If you haven’t watched this movie yet, you should watch it! I can lent you DVD.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz / 1939 / 101minutes




-Main cast
Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale
Frank Morgan as The Wizard / Professor Marvel
Ray Bolger as Hunk / The scarecrow
Bert Lahr as Zeke / The cowardly lion
Jack Hakey as Hickory / the tin man
Billie Burke as Glinda the good witch of the north
Margaret Hamilton as Miss Almira Gulch / The wicked witch of the west

-Plot for The Wizard of Oz
This film is based on the popular novel around the world, “The Wizard of Oz” written by L.Frank Baum.
Dorothy lives in a farm in Kansas. One day, a cyclone arrives and picks her house with her and her dog Toto up. And it deposits them in the land of Oz. To get back to Kansas, she starts to the journey to the Emerald City where a Wizard of Oz lives. On her way to there, she meets a scarecrow who wants a brain, a tin man who wants a heart, and a cowardly lion who wants courage.

-My comments
I think this is shorter than novel. But I enjoy it. Oz people are very small. Their welcoming song is cute. On her way to Emerald City, Dorothy and her companies song a song. I love musical movie. And it is interesting that some actor of this movie have double role.
One of the lines of this movie, ”a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others” rang in my heart…

HAIRSPRAY

HAIRSPRAY / 2007 / 116minutes



-Main cast
Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad
John Travolta as Edna Turnblad
Michelle Preiffer as Velma Von Tussle
Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad
Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingletton
James Marsden as Corny Collins
Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle
Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle
Zac Efron as Link Larkin
Elijah Kelly as Seaweed J. Stubbs

-Plot for HAIRSPRAY
Tracy, an overweight girl, is addicted to the Corny Collins Show. She drools over Link who is the star in the show. One day the chance to dance in the show comes, and Tracy wins. But Amber and her mother Velma isn’t glad at it. They plan to destroy Tracy, but it was useless. Tracy thinks it’s not fair that the black kids can only dance once a month in the show. She confronts this problem who her friends and Motormouth Maybelle.

-My comments
I’m a big fan of this movie. I’ve watched it ten times at least. I love songs in this movie. Listening and singing these songs make me happy. This movie seems to be just happy movie on surface, but it covers black and white issue.
There is my favorite word in the song, "YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT”.
"You can’t stop today
As it comes speeding around the track
Yesterday is history
And it’s never coming back! Look ahead, cause…
Tomorrow is a brand new day,
And it don’t know white from black”