Thursday, March 15, 2007

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie Parker is bored with life and he wants to change. She gets a chance when she met a young drifter name Clyde Barrow. Clyde has dreams of crime that will free him from the hardships of the Depression. They fall in love and then they begin a crime that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob many banks with skill, soon becoming celebrities known across the country. People are proud to held up by Bonnie and Clyde to their victims, the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. The two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gun down where they stand.

I think the story is changed after Bonnie's visit with her mother, who predicts death to her daughter. I think this movies lightens and romantic the characters. The music is wonderful. This movie seems to have well blended comedy with terror and violence because I find most of it funny. This movie show the American culture in the past. When death finally comes for Bonnie and Clyde, it sad

The Manchurain Candidate

This story is about Captain Marco and Captain Shaw, when his army member was ambushed during the first Kuwait War in 1991 ,Raymond Shaw saved his companion soldiers as his commanding officer, then Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconsciousbroker the incident for political capital, Shaw becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened or didn't happen in Kuwait. As Marco investigates, the story begins to free, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire part was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to take the White House. Some powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

I think this movie is confused for me becouse is more about political and some part of movie is a bit Sci-Fi. But I like the actor Denzel Washinton, He played John Q movie and Deja Vu movie. The acting was done well. This movie show the war and the politic of America.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Early Jazz Song : Smooth Operator

He's laughing with another girl. And playing with another heart
Placing high stakes, making hearts ache
He's loved in seven languages.
Jewel box life diamond nights and ruby lights, high in thesky
Heaven help him, when he falls Diamond life, lover boy
He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights
No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
When sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start
No need to ask. He's a smooth operator Smooth operator,

Smooth operator Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale
Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double crossYet need the chase
A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold.

I have loved this song every since I have been 7 years old because my mother listened this song before. She had Sade's album (Lovers live album), so she often played this album since I was young, even though I was not quite understood the meaning untill now. This is interesting song. Actually I hardly listen jazz song because I think the rhythm of jazz song is quite strange. But I like this song. For the singer, Sade has an amazing voice and style. I have always liked her. And I ever seen this music video. She is black person.

Gospel Song : You light up my life

So many nights, I'd sit by my window,
Waiting for someone to sing me his song.
So many dreams, I kept deep inside me,
Alone in the dark, but now you've come along.
And you light up my life,You give me hope, to carry on.
You light up my days. And fill my nights with song.
Rolling at sea, adrift on the waters. Could it be finally,
I'm turning for home. Finally a chance to say,
Hey, I Love You. Never again to be all alone.
And you light up my life,You give me hope, to carry on.
You light up my days. And fill my nights with song.
You, You light up my life. You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days. And fill my nights with song
I can't be wrong, when it feels so right
Cause you, you light up my life.

This is one of sweet song. I'm very deeply impreesed when I listened. The meaning of the song is about when someone hope for being alive. In the past she lived in the darkness but now she found someone who like a light of her life. It's made her life met the happiness. At the beginning of the song feel lonely a bit but at the end is very happy. This is good love song for me. I think it's romantic song. I believe that everybody feel good when listen this song.

Gospel Song : I will follow him

I will follow Him, Follow Him wherever He may go,
And near Him, I always will be For nothing can keep me away,
He is my destiny. I will follow Him,

Ever since He touched my heart I knew,
There isn't an ocean too deep, A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep me away, away from His love.I love Him, I love Him,
I love Him, And where He goes,

I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow.I will follow Him,
Follow Him wherever He may go,

There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep, Keep me away, away from
His love...I love Him(Oh yes I love Him)

I'll follow(I'm gonna follow)
True love(He'll always be my true, true love)

Forever(Now until forever)
I love Him, I love Him, I love Him,
And where He goes,I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow,

He'll always be my true love, My true love, my true love,
From now until forever, Forever, forever...

There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep me away, away from his love..

I love this song very very much. First time I heard this song from Sister Act movie. I watched this movie many times. Actually I like Lauren Hill already. Her voice has more power. This song is symphonic style. Everybody can sang well compatible. It's very sweet-sounding. The beginning of the song is slow but in the middle is speed up and I like this part of song so much. I'm able to sing this song because of I heard from the movie many times. After listened this song I will do love him too.

Folk Song : Where did you sleep last night?

My girl, my girl, dont lie to meTell me,
where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where we will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
My girl, my girl, dont lie to meTell me,
Where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I will shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, the pines
The sun, the shine
I'll shiver the whole night throug.

In my opinion, I think the rhythm of this song is rather country song. I like the voice of singer it's bass tone. The whole idea of this song is the man dying and then singing "where did you sleep last night?" The man who missed one girl so much. I feel so emotionally loaded, such as lonely and sadness when I listened. For the interesting vocabulaly is "in the pines" it's means you miss someone so much. when I heard this sentence I felt sad.


Monday, February 19, 2007

Ma Barker

Ma Barker was born in Ash Grove and her parents believed in work hard. Ma was little old lady who take care of her family. In 1884, she married with George Barker and they spent their poor early married life in Aurora.They had four sons named Herman, Lloyd, Arthur, and Fred. In 1915 the family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where her sons began to crime.They began their career with crimes, auto theft, bank robbery, and murder. Finally, they kidnapping. Her childrens were criminals and Barker Karpis Gang were fun with robberies between 1931-1935. Barker Karpis Gang had 12 persons they lived together but often they separated to lived in different locations because could made the police difficult to tracked them.George Barker never joined his wife and sons criminal activities, so he separated from his family. Later, Ma Barker was popular as the gang's leader and criminal genius is a legend. she knew of the gang's activities and helped them before and after they committed their crimes. She was clearly planning their many crimes. Her role was take care of gang members, who often sent her to the movies while they committed crimes. Ma was features a mother of a gangster mob consisted all of her sons.

In the morning of January 16, 1935. Ma and her youngest son Freddie were founded in a cottage in Lake Weir, Florida by FBI Agents. FBI ordered her to surrender but two Barkers decided to fight. After a four-hour gun battle they were killed in the gun battle. Their corpses were found inside the house. And Tommy gun was founded in her hand. The FBI called her "Bloody Mama."