15部经典国外电影英文简介

1.Roman Holiday.(罗马假日)
A Princess makes a goodwill tour of Rome .She is tired of the responsibility and demands of the role she has played, then she escapes and meets up with a newspaper journalist on a street then she was taken his home and stay overnight. The next day , the journalist found that the girl is quite the princess. they have played together for a whole day and after spending time together in fun ,the reality of their love strongly shows, but she is reminded of her duties and returns to her previous life in the palace.
2. Forrest Gump（阿甘正传）
Forrest Gump grows up in Green bow, Alabama. Although his IQ is just 75, his mother strives to make him feel no different from others。

During his life, Forrest achieves a lot more than any normal people may dream of. He becomes a college student because he can run very fast and is recruited in the college football team. After playing football for five years, Forrest join the army with his college degree. In the army, he meet a black young man called Bubba who does not look down upon him and they become good friends. On the battlefield in Vietnam, Forrest saves the lives of many fellow soldiers, but he loses his friend Bubba. It happens that Forrest has an talent for ping-pong, so he is placed in the All-American Ping-Pong T eam to visit China together with officia delegation headed by President Nixon.With the money from doing advertisement for a Ping-Pong paddle company, Forrest begins his life as a shrimp boat captain in honor of Bubba ,then Forrest become a millionaire.
经典台词：
1.Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.
生命就像一盒巧克力，结果往往出人意料.
2.Stupid is as stupid does.
蠢人做蠢事，也可理解为傻人有傻福
5.Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do.
死亡是生命的一部分，是我们注定要做的一件事.
主题：
DESTINY：
To face destiny, this film has three kinds figure represent three attitudes. Forrest’s mother represent believer, Captain Dan represent suspicious men, Jenny represent rebel. Maybe destiny is like that feather, which has no concrete direction ,and the ordinary experience tired us. However, any turning is controlled by themselves freely, there’s one thing you must do ─do you best.
Love:
“I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is。

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Love is film’s eternal theme .We give our tears and laughter generously. The love in this film is a process which a man with low IQ speaks out “love”.I think that Forrest doesn’t only say to Jenny, but also say to his mother and Buba. Because the love realized by Forrest includes many things, not only heart.
The death of his mother and many times Jenny’s disappearance let Forrest know what love is .In fact, no matter whether Jenny love Forrest, Forrest gets love and we get love from this film.
3. The Shawshank Redemption（肖申克的救赎）
In 1947, a banker named Andy is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, based on strong evidence. He is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. There he spent 20 years digging a way with a rock hammer to escape from the prison.Finally,he is free and lives in a coastal town.He gets what he wants.And his prison-mate,Red finally achieves parole after serving 40 years of his sentence. Eventually Red comes across Andy on the coast, and they happily reunite.
主题：hope friendship freedom
台词：
1、“Reme mber, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies!”
That’s why I like this film: it encourages people to fight to preserve the dignity of human beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most important is to keep hope forever. He once that is born, that is die. Everyone is the same. The only difference is whether busy living or busy dying. The film tells me even a man can live once, but if he keeps faith, keeps hope and works his life right, then once is enough.
2、Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. A strong man can save himself, a great man can save another.
懦怯囚禁人的灵魂,希望可以令你感受自由。

强者自救,圣者渡人。

3、I guess it comes down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying.
人生可以归结为一种简单的选择:不是忙着活,就是忙着死。

4.brave heart (勇敢的心)
The movie begins in a small town of Scotland. Wallace lives with his father and his older brother. then they go to a battle between the British and their clan（宗族）, but both die tragically （悲剧地）. Then his uncle takes him away to live with him .when he grow up, he falls in love with a girl ,but at that time ,Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Then she is killed by the lord(贵族). This enrages Wallace building a fine army to kill all Englishman .In the end , Wallace is dead for freedom。

主题：
Freedom is the main thing that Wallace pursue in his life. No matter what difficulties he meet ,he still hold on his belief and use his whole life to prove what freedom is.
His spirits is marvelous and is worth learning.
In this film ,we see the handkerchief with thistle(蓝蓟花) many times .What it is stand for ?
The handkerchief with thistle is the love token between Wallace and Aaron .
It is understood that this handkerchief as an important clue throughout the film congeals Wallace’s deep and firm love towards his wife.
It symbolizes the great spirits of Wallace’s unremitting struggle for the freedom and national independence.
台词：
When Wallace was young ,his father said: “Your heart is free .Have the courage to follow it.”
5. Titanic（泰坦尼克）
In 1912, a 17-year-old first class passenger Rose boards Titanic with her fiancé Cal, who is a rich man, and her mother stresses the importance of Rose's engagement, as the marriage will
solve their financial problems. Distraught by her engagement, Rose considers suicide by jumping off the ship's stern,but she was rescued by Jack,who is a poor painter. Then through some communication,they fall in love with each other.As a disaater, the ship come into collision with an iceberg and soon sinks.Jack sacrificed himself in order to save Rose.And finally,Rose decided to live strongly.
6.The legend of 1900(海上钢琴师)
1900, an abandoned baby which is taken care by one of the crews in the ship, Virginia. 1900 was the year which the crew discovered the baby, thus, the boy was named 1900. The crew dies several years later and at that time, 1900 is entirely isolated. He is a genius and he knows how to play the piano without being taught. He gets his own style and wins the applause of passengers.1900 spent his whole life on the ship. Max, 1900’s best friend, attempts to persuade 1900 to leave the ship and if so, 1900 would achieve whatever he want. But he was too daunted by the size of the world. And feeling that his fate is tied to the ship, 1900 cannot bring himself to leave the only home he has known. In the end, the ship blew up and sinks, with 1900 still aboard. Max couldn't save his friend。

对白：
1900：That wasn't the problem. It wasn't what I saw that stopped me, Max. It was what I didn't see. You understand that? What I didn't see...In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. There was no end. What I did not see was where the whole thing came to an end, the end of the world.
7. Homeless.To.Harvard(风雨哈佛路)
In this fact-based drama, Liz, who has a coke-addict father and an HIV-infected mother, spends her early years in a very confused life. At 15, she breaks away from her home life and takes to the streets. Only after the death of her mother does Liz develop the determination to better her lot in life. Virtually begging her way back into high school, she becomes a superb student, and at 19, with funding from a scholarship and a part-time job with the New York Public Interest Group, "born loser" Liz enters Harvard University.
8. The.Day.After.Tomorrow(后天)
a paleoclimatologist, Professor Jack Hall, predicts that new Ice Age will soon comes because of the global warming. Then the northern part of Ameirca will be covered by snow.He tries to save the world while also trying to get to his son, Sam, who was in New York City attending a competition, when the city was overwhelmed by coldness. Jack tries his best to save people and meanwhile he wants to keep his promise. So he's nearly the only one going north to look for his son. At last, he reached New York and get together with his son.
9. The.Terminal（幸福终点站）
You can say that the film is a comedy or a romantic film. This film tells us such a story: Viktor Navorski went to New York In order to realize his father's dream of getting an autograph of a musician he loved. But unfortunately, when he reached the airport, he was told that his country was in war and his license was invalid. This meant that h e wouldn’t be able to enter America. So he had to live in the airport and waited .At first, he had a lot of trouble and got in great mass. Several months later, he got used to the condition. Because of his childish, kindhearted and hard work, he made many friends and had a happy time there. At last, the man got the permission of leaving the airport and got the autograph of the musician, which was a happy ending.
10. The.Pursuit.of.Happyness（当幸福来敲门）
Every day, Christ had to work hard from morning till night, but still could hardly make a living. With the failure of his business, Christ had no money to pay for the rent, so they were driven away from the flat. They became homeless. They slept in subway station or anywhere as a temporary shelter. Life was absolu tely depressing, but for his son’s future, for his own belief, Christ never gave up and he still strongly believed that happiness would come one day if he worked hard enough today.
With his great efforts, Christ won a six-month internship, but there was no pay at all. So on one hand, Christ had to work hard to make a living; on the other hand, he had to fight for his intern work, since only one of the twenty interns would succeed finally. Besides, he had to take good care of his son after day care. However, Christ made it with his amazing willpower. At last, Christ succeeded in his career and happiness finally came.
I learned that one has to strongly believe in himself, no matter how difficult the situation is, but of course, hard-working is indispensable.
Development of events
Part one : Riding the bus
It was in San Francisco 1981, Chris spent all his money on buying medical equipments , but later he found that they were unpopular among doctors ,because they were expensive and almost useless . everyday he did his best to promote the equipment to doctors ,but he can’t earn enough for the rent and kindergarten , his life was not easy .
Part two: Being stupid
In this part ,Chris had to apply for a work as a stock woker ,so he left the medical equipment with a girl ,but the girl took it away ! what a accident !
Part three : Running
He rann after the girl who had stolen the equipment ,finally ,he took it back ,another situation is that he had no money for the taxi ,so he escaped ;Third ,he was sent to the prison for owing the taxes ,and the next morning ,he ran to the stock company for a interview with paint stains on his body .
Part four : Internship
Chris got the job as a internship for six months without salary ,,it was really a hard time for him ,he had to sell the equipment while working as a internship. Afterall , he earned some money from the medical equipments
Part five : Paying taxes
In this part ,there was a big hit to him ,the government took $600 from his account and he only had $21.33 left ,he was broke again .this part was the most impressive but inspiring one .During that time ,he and his son spent a night in the WC ,and lived in the church hospice for many days ,although there were many barriers ,he carried on seeking for the happiness.
Part six : Happiness
It was an exciting part ,Chris was succeed ,and he did it finally ,he became a successful stock worker!
I think i t is really a good move ,we are unique and we are ourselves ,just hold a dream and do what you can do ,and do your best ,don’t ever let somebody tell you that you can’t do something .If you want something ,go and get it . It is said that the move is from a true story ,so we should believe the sentence that “Everything is possible” .
11.2012
Mayans predicted the world would come to an end in 2012.In the film,Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a writer in Los Angeles who works part time as a limousine driver .He is told that due to and predatory destruction of the Earth's resources by humans, the balance system is already facing collapse, and mankind will face an unprecedented natural disaster .At first,he doesn’t believe in it.However, the next day, the disaster occurred. In order to survive,he takes his family to head for the Noah's Ark .In the process, Jackson has experienced a death in the face. Ultimately, they finally reached there. However, there are too many people.In the face of disaster, the human beings from different countries make the most important choice: "all people are equal and have equal chances of survival!" Finally they go through the global disaster,and continue to multiply and develop hope.
It can show our nature beings only if we meet big disaster. There are many scenes that can show our human’s justice and humanity. The president of USA chose to stay behind with the ci tizens, he tell them the truth, accompany with the citizens. His behave has moving me into tears. The Chinese people are also warm hearted; the Tibet mother and his son let other people come with them even though it can increase their danger. At last, the famous science argues with the captain to let the people go on board, I can see the happiness of all the people. How peaceful when they come to the board to bask in the sun.
12.Avatar（阿凡达）
Jake Sully is a paraplegic Marine .When his brother is killed in a robbery, he decides to take his place in a mission on the world of Pandora. There he learns that the greedy corporate figurehead wants to drive off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material. However,while attempting to be trusted by the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity,Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri.But the Colonel insists moving forward to ruin the Navi’s home, forcing the soldier to take
a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.
13. Hachiko.A.Dog's.Story（忠犬八公的故事）
Plot:
Parker ,a college professor, encountered an abandoned dog. Its lonely figure sparked his mercy. His wife strongly opposed at first, and does everything possible to pack it off .But then she saw that her husband and daughter loved the dog very much and finally decided to admit the dog into the family. Parker called it " Hachi."
Hachi accompanied the Parker entire family to grow together , then it grew gradually from the puppy into the colossus. Parker who was gentle even lay in ground and picked the ball with the mouth to set an example for Hachi , but it is actually unable to teach Hachi to do it . During leisure time , Parker also made the massage for Hachi.
Every day ,Hachi accompanied Parker to work on time and at 5:00 in the evening appeared at the station entrance to wait Parker back. That was the time only for them! In the town, in the opinions of the station master, the hot-dog vendor and the store proprietress , this was the picture which already became accustomed to: That Parker comes out from the station to call “Hachi” and the dog excitedly went forward had already become the story which the station performed every day. One day when Hachi could pick the ball , Parker was very happy. However it was the last precious recollections between them……
Because on that day, Parker suddenly fell in the university lecture , he died of the heart disease .Then he never returned to the station. Afterward, Hachi waited the professor at 5:00 pm every day, waited…waited ......the next day, the third day ......
From summer to autumn, in the nine-year period, Hachi still had no changes in the wind and rain until it finally died .
主题：
Loyalty isn’t mean to be that I love you and it won’t change in the next ten thousand years; loyalty isn’t mean to be that I will wait for you for the rest of my life; loyalty isn’t mean to be that I love you beyond myself. However, loyalty is a sense of responsibility; loyalty is a sense of selfness, loyalty is a sense of concern.
The word “loyalty” is consisting of 7 letters, and I think each letter stand for different meanings: L —— Life
O —— Obligation
Y —— Yes
A —— Attention
L —— Love
T —— Total
Y —— You
Actually, to be loyal to someone is easy is easy to say, but hard to do. To be loyal, you should never forget anyone that you loved.
14. Alice.In.Wonderland（爱丽丝梦游仙境）
Alice, a beautiful 19-year-old girl, is betrothed to a man who has a rich family. At her engagement party, she escapes and falls down a hole in the garden. Then she arrives in a strange place called "Underland" which resembles the nightmares she had as a child. There filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious banders natches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason--to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne. And finally inally, she made it.
15. The.Kings.Speech（国王的演讲）
After the British empire George v died,since Edward viii chose a woman that make national
all feel humiliated, he decides to abdicate George vi into the king's throne. However, George vi suffered a serious physical defect - stuttering problems. even very simple words he could not speak out timidly. As countries gradually evolved into the horrors of war, the state and the people desperately needed a wise leader. When George vi wife Elizabeth (Helena bonham carter - diggs) also will be the future queen mother, personally for her husband for language therapists Leon na er (Geoffrey rush diggs). Through a series of training, the new king got very big improvement and Leon na er becomes king's friends. At last, George vi published the famous Christmas speech, inspired all the British people in war II.。