How To Approach

Edward approached Sandra both in the film and in the book. But his approach is different in the film and the book. In the book, his approach was small. He followed her between classes, down the halls, this sort of thing. Sometimes he brushed against her accidetly and said, "Excuse me." In the movie, his approach was big. He drew, "I LOVE YOU," in the sky and on a screen in her class. When he said to her, "I want to go out with you," in the book, they were in the hallway but in the film it was in her house and he gave her some flowers. I think the film is better than the book, because it is big scale and unbelievable, and it is easy to understand his big love.

MARIA

The Terminal

"The Terminal" is directed by Steven Spielberg.While I watched this movie, I could be serious and sometimes happy and funny.The leading actor is Tom Hanks.I think he is very good at acting a man who is pure in heart.Victor Navorski is from Krakozhia, a country which is in Eastern Europe, and he had to stay in the terminal of one of New York City`s airports for 9 months, because his home country disappeared because of a coup d`etat, just after he departed from Krakozhia to New York, to carry out his promise. For 9 months, he made a convulsive effort to learn English and get some jobs. He encouraged me very much.

by Hatsuko

BIG FISH

I think "BIG FIDH" is an interesting movie. I watched only half of the movie but every character had an attractive pwesonality. My most impressive person is the Chinese twins. At the end of the movie, they were real twins, but in the story they shared their lower half of the body. Idon't know all of the movie but it is interesting. I'm sure it will be more interesting when Iwatch all of the movie. That is because this is Eswars's and his son's fantasy.

MARIA

Visual Effects of Movie

I don't know the scene of how Edward and Sandra met first. But when I think "how did Edward catch her love?", in the novel, I remember the fight of Edward and Don, at first. That was dramatic. But if that scene were in the movie, we couldn't feel such a dramatic shock, because it's a night scene, so we couldn't watch the appearance of two men's face covered by blood clearly. And when I think about the movie, I remember the scene when Edward went to Sandra's house,and said a declaration of his love. That was also a dramatic scene, equal to the novel. We can see the visual beauty of the many yellow flowers he presented to her, and also can see Edward's happy smile when he fell down. So I think it was a good idea to change this scene.

by Hatsuko

the Japanese Animation

"Houl's Moving Castle" was made by STUDIO GHIBLI,which is the most famous Animation Studio in Japan.This is a romance movie about Sopie and Hawl.A spell was cast on Sophie by a witch;then she became a 90 years old from 18 years old.Hawl was a weak wizard.This movie's picture is high quolity,fantastic and original.So I think it's fun if you just watch.

MARIA

About Edward and his life

I think Edward is not a perfect person. This is because he had rarely come back home and he had an affair with another woman. And generally speaking, a blower is a bad person. But he had a one-track mind, worked hard for his family, and saved his son’s life three times. So I think he is an ordinary person. But his death is not an ordinary one. Few people can die like him. It is the power of his bragging. I think he was very happy.

by Hatsuko

Sierra Club Initiates Legal Action to Clean Up Coal Plant Proposal

This article is about the legal action taken by the sierra club to stop the construction of several tecnology-outdated coal-fired power plants in Illinois. The Sierra Club is concerned with the health of Illinois residents and is pressing Illinois Governor Blagojevich not only to require the new coal-fired power plants to have state-of-yhe-art tecnology to reduce emissions, but also to shut down twenty-two obsolete coal-burning power plants built in Illinois in the 1970's. Their main health concerns are because of a very direct air pollution effect that increases cardiopulmonary diseases and the high mercury percentage found in fish caught from several water bodies in Illinois, which can be traced to emissions (in U.S. from all possible mercury emissions sources, 41% of it comes from coal burning power plants) from these outdated coal burning power plants. The sierra Club is raising awareness on the high environmental and health impact that the actual "Coal Rush" can have on Illinois Residents.

Reaction

I agree with Sierra Club actions to protect Illinois residents by requesting Governor Blagojevich to upgrade emissionn control tecnology. These tough regulations must be applied not only on these types of power plants, but also on new vehicles that are sold in the state by automotive industry, as an overall plant to reduce air pollution and decrease cardiopulmonary incidences in the population in general.