I love watching movies. Immersing myself in the stories, I forget all the troubles, and loneliness in the real life. I always feel my mundane life is enriched so much by movies. I am able to experience agony, despair, love, hope, and joy of various people in different times and from different worlds. For two hours in the darkness, I simply live their lives.
Luckily I have my favorite movie theater around the neighborhood, where a movie costs less than 2 dollars. Every time I go there, I almost want to wear a wince: what a steal! In deed, what else can you do with 2 dollars these days?
A Few Good Men is one of my all-time favorites. The film was recognized twice by the AFI 100 Years … series . In 2005, Nicholson's reading of the line "You can't handle the truth!" was voted the twenty-ninth greatest American movie quote of all time.
The confrontation between Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and Colonel Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson) in the court was a pivotal moment in the film. There we witness the explosion of Jack Nicholson’s breath-taking brilliance as a greatest leading actor in the Hollywood history. In front of him, Tom Cruise seems like an awkward rookie who happens to land his first role in a major movie (No offense, Cruise, I still like you for your over-achievements on behalf of us all the not-so-tall guys). In a coarse, assertive voice, Jack Nicholson presents us a prideful U.S. Marine officer, who regards himself bigger than law. During less than one and half minutes, he unleashes his anger, frustration, and contempt against the law and conscience which the court stands for. In the 200 hundreds of words, we feel the beauty of phonetic beauty of English – the stress, intonation, and even pause. I enjoy reciting his lines. I always regard it as a great way to learn English. Here are my reenactment, and the excerpt from the play :
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My Reenactment of A Few Good Men （朗讀）
