last week, the american film institute released its list of the 100 best american films of all time. not surprisingly, gone with the wind placed in the top 10 (#4, in fact). however, although this epic romantic melodrama is undoubtedly one of the most popular and beloved motion pictures ever to grace the silver screen, it is also arguably the most overrated. gone with the wind is a very good movie, perhaps bordering on being great, but its subject matter and running time (which is easily 60 minutes too long) argue against its status as a masterpiece. as for its high placing on the afi#39;s list... it isn#39;t the only travesty on that roster, but it is one of the most obvious. gone with the wind is, simply put, a tale of two halves. the movie is divided by an intermission into a pair of roughly-equal segments. the first, which is brilliant and consistently captivating, covers the time period of the civil war, beginning shortly after the election of abraham lincoln, and ending during

sherman#39;s march through atlanta. the post-intermission half, which dishes out the suds, picks up at the end of the civil war and concludes about eight years later. this portion of gone with the wind, while still retaining a degree of appeal and narrative interest, spins its wheels frequently. nevertheless, viewing gone with the wind on television pales in comparison to seeing it projected on a motion picture screen. new line cinema has chosen to re-release the film (which is now in its sixth major revival) for its 59th anniversary. (why not wait a year for the 60th?) anyone who loves movies but has only seen this one on tv or video is heartily encouraged to visit the nearest participating venue. theatrically, gone with the wind is an entirely different experience from its small-screen counterpart; some of the second-half narrative tedium is effaced by the glorious visuals. with a restored three-strip technicolor print that preserves all of the original#39;s deep, vibrant colors and digitally-enhanced sound, this picture has never looked or sounded better. gone with the wind has one of the best-known storylines of any film, due in large part to the popularity of the source material, margaret mitchell#39;s best-selling 1936 book. it#39;s essentially a sumptuous soap opera set around civil war times in the deep south. the main character is scarlett o#39;hara (vivien leigh), the spoiled, manipulative daughter of an irish immigrant plantation owner (thomas mitchell, who would later play uncle billy in frank capra#39;s it#39;s a wonderful life). scarlett has two sisters, but she is by far the most spirited of the three o#39;hara girls, and her father, seeing her as his successor, teaches her lessons about the importance of the land. "it#39;s the only thing that lasts... the only thing worth fighting for," he comments in the face of war. scarlett is secretly in love with ashley wilkes (leslie howard), who is about to marry the gentle, demure melanie hamilton (olivia de havilland). when scarlett confesses her love to ashley, he admits his feelings for her, but notes that melanie will make a much better wife. immediately after this meeting, scarlett has her first encounter with the irrepressible rhett butler (clark gable), the cynical, smart hero who eventually falls in love with her. they are two headstrong likes who simultaneously repel and attract one another. when scarlett remarks, "you, sir, are no gentleman," rhett#39;s smiling, easy response is, "and you#39;re no lady." the bulk of the film follows a romantic quadrangle as it unfolds against the backdrop of war and reconstruction in and around atlanta and the o#39;hara plantation, tara. scarlett is in love with ashley, or thinks she is, but he won#39;t leave his wife. melanie loves both her husband and scarlett, who improbably becomes her best friend. rhett is smitten with scarlett, and she is clearly interested in him, but the real question is how long it will take for her to recognize the depth of her feelings. ultimately, when rhett has finally had enough, he walks out of her life after answering "frankly, my dear, i don#39;t give a damn" to her plaintive query about what she#39;s supposed to do without him. the pre-intermission portion of gone with the wind, which runs about 115 minutes, is glorious from both a visual and an emotional standpoint. it#39;s a grand tale of love and loss in the midst of this country#39;s most bitter war. most importantly, it shows scarlett#39;s development from a vain, spoiled brat into a hardened, determined young woman. her relationship with rhett is there, but kept carefully in the background. there is sadness, humor, and a number of breathtaking shots of scarlett silhouetted against a reddish sunset or the backdrop of atlanta in flames. the film#39;s most lingering image -- that of thousands of confederate wounded paving an atlanta street -- occurs during this part of the movie. the second half, with its repetitive concentration on scarlett#39;s back-and-forth, do-i-love-him-or-not relationship with rhett, is less successful. this stuff is real soap opera material, and, even as well- acted and well-presented as the narrative is, there#39;s no mistaking it for anything else. if it didn#39;t run on for so long, it would be a lot more bearable, but gone with the wind threatens to wear out its welcome long before the end title appears. the problem is that the bulk of the story is really told in the first half, so there#39;s a lot of filler in the post-intermission material. gone with the wind stands as a romantic monument to the old south -- an homage to an era and a lifestyle long gone. the opening title states: "there was a land of cavaliers and cotton fields called the old south. here in this pretty world, gallantry took its last bow. here was the last ever to be seen of knights and their ladies fair, of master and of slave. look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a civilization gone with the wind." this clearly illustrates where the film#39;s sympathies lies, and it isn#39;t with the often-grim plight of the slaves (in fact, slavery is largely treated as a neutral, or even benevolent, institution). one of the tests of the lasting impact of any film is determining whether it#39;s still effective decades after its initial release. gone with the wind looks so good that it is surprising to consider its actual age. it#39;s hard to believe that many of the people involved with this film have long since died. of course, period pieces should not be constrained by the era in which they#39;re made, only by the one in which they#39;re set. the storyline, while "progressive" and "modern" for the 1930s, is a little tame for the 1990s (hence the mpaa#39;s "g" rating), but, in its three-dimensional depiction of scarlett and rhett, it#39;s rarely naive. the dialogue is often brilliant, and some of the rhett/scarlett exchanges are particularly clever. gone with the wind avoids becoming hopelessly maudlin by peppering the lengthy storyline with a variety of lively and humorous sequences.

书的英文读后感篇2

this summer holiday,i made a good friend --- robinson though ‘robinson crusoe’. ‘robinson crusoe’is a classical masterpiece which attracted me very much,and brought me much enlightenmet.i really lerned a lot of things from the eternal opus. the ‘robinson crusoe’have been authored by famouse english writer---defoe. it’s about dramatis personae robinson who met a frightful wind while he sailed on the sea. he was the only survinal, but he drifted to a uninhabited island. he bravely struggled, industriously worked and combated with barbarians. robinson lived alone on the island for 28 years. he experienced many difficulties and dangers. robinson was a great person, he conquered countleand unimaginable hardships. if i stayed on a lonely island, i absolutely couldn’t vanquish dangers. i maybe would lose confidence for life. i respect robinson very much, he is a real hero in my heart.

he lived on the island for about 30 years without any food, tool or habitation.

he must depend by himself. robinson wasn’t afraid of hardships, he had the fortitude spirit .he was brave in adventure and was good at labor. he used his head and hands to struggle all the time. i admire his courge very much, because these were not easy, work at all. in fact, we also need the spirit of being undefeatalle indefatigable. like robinson. if we believe in ourselves, never give up and do we best, we must be successful! robinson was a great miracle, he achieved mumerous. ‘impossible things’. ‘robinson crusoe’ was an immortal novel, because it gave us a courageous, intrepidity, diligent, indefatigable and wise ordinany person, a vanquish nature, a hero who exploited nature. the book is a really excellent adventuresome novel, there is no perfect life in the world, but we can change our fate. if we have confidences and work hard, we absolute will be victorious, and the most important thing is ‘never give up!

书的英文读后感篇3

the novel is set in north georgia at the time of the american civil war, from 1861 to 1865 and beyond when the southern plantation owners fought the northern yankees for the right to own slaves. they lost the war, suffered innumerable losses of life in the process, and the romantic plantation life depicted in the early chapters of the novel is destroyed. during this period the characters in the novel undergo the transition from a carefree playful life of picnics and parties (underlain by the hard graft of their slaves) to one of hand-to-mouth living and hard physical labour, and finally, back to prosperity.

about scarlett o’hara and brave

scarlett o’hara is a spoilt society beauty with “bristling black eyelashes” - i love this description! - which she uses to charm men. she lives with her sisters and parents on their plantation estate with dozens of slaves, including mammy, their black housekeeper who is regarded (as much as was possible at that time) part of the family and plays an important role in scarlett’s life. the storyline centres around scarlett’s life at the time of the civil war and the other characters which interact with her.

the book starts with the heroine of the piece, 17 year old miss scarlett o’hara flirting to the best of her capacity with the handsome tarleton twins on the porch of tara, her plantation house home, and berating the seriousness of the impending war because it ruins her capacity to have fun, attend parties and have beaux. i mention this first page because it encapsulates the very nature of the entire novel. scarlett o’hara is a spoilt, selfish beauty with enormous power to manipulate men and a desire for the good things in life. knowing this, you can see why she makes some of her seemingly ridiculous choices throughout the novel.

throughout the novel scarlett makes some appalling decisions, such as marrying the shy, nervous charles hamilton (melanie’s brother) for spite because ashley dared to marry melanie. she quickly finds that married life isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, and that she can no-longer flirt to her heart’s content. matters are made even worse when charles dies while at war, and scarlett is doomed to years of widowhood, wearing black and no dancing. worse than this even, she is pregnant with her first child, a fact she despises. however, scarlett is not one to be held down for long and she quickly rebels against the constraints the society imposes by both dancing and wearing brightly coloured clothing (at rhett’s impetus) while still in mourning.

later on when the guns of war come close around scarlett and her comrades she shows surprising resilience and strength, delivering melanie’s baby single-handed amid the sacking of atlanta, and taking on the responsibility of managing tara. she proves to be a sound and resourceful businesswoman, who can make difficult decisions when they are needed.

you can’t help but like scarlett. she’s hopelessly selfish, vain, manipulative, deluded and foolish, but she’s also an extremely vivacious, loyal and strong character who can be relied upon to say and do just exactly what she thinks, regardless of the impact on other people. again and again through the novel you find yourself thinking “no don’t do that!” but you know she’s going to do it anyway.

书的英文读后感篇4

everybody is good! have you read the book gone with the wind? this book is written by mitchell, a famous american writer. oh, doesn't it seem to be all right? then, let's take a look at my reading. i think the subject of this book has written about some of the places in atlanta and the suburbs. there are some specific things about the heroine scarlett, and there are many characters in the book.

there is also the history of the american civil war, which can be said for a hundred years. and the very image of the southern society. it uses a lot of techniques, so people can't get tired of it. the owner of "gone with the wind" is colorful, good and bad. i loved the book, and scarlett, though beautiful, had her own dryness. ashley (the hero) was handsome, but he was also upset. this book is very good!

i heard that the book was published less than 24 hours, and the phone rang every three minutes. the doorbell rang every five minutes, and a telegram was received every seven minutes. in the first three weeks after the book was published, 176,000 copies were sold! okay, so that's how i read it. okay?

书的英文读后感篇5

the moral issues proposed by artificial intelligence

in the movie，a diversity of robots were created to meet humans need. andwhen the first robot with emotion like humans is going to be produced，someoneraised a question: what responsibility should human take for robots who arecreated to love human? in fact，its really a great challenge in traditionalmorality.

what happens if we begin to create a robot that is capable to love likesus? it means that we would be more struggling to regard robot as an animatelives or just a tool to feet our needs，especially an intelligent object justcries and laughs exactly like us. the two choices represent two divergentattitudes towards robot. emotionally，its natural for people to regard robotswho are so similar to us as our friends or families，even closer than pets. theyboth have feelings and emotion. for intelligent robots with emotion，they work，talk，and even love as we do. however，rationally，robots are just artificialmachines designed by human，and made to serve us，which give human a greatappetency to control and rule them，using as slaves or even tools. apparently，its difficult to tell which attitude is right definitely for now. for the reasonthat，when there is a novel controversial object shaping in the process oftechnology，traditional morality tends to wake and needs to develop.

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