The day before yesterday night I saw a film on TV whose title in the original version is "Blood work" (if I have good memory), transleted into Spanish as "Deuda de sangre". It was directed and starred by Clint Eastwood some years ago and it could be said it's a detective story with crimes, investigations, trails, some guns and a little of blood, as its title tells us.
I've chosen this topic to write (writte) about for 2 reasons:
-the first one is because I find very interesting to share opinions about good cinema.
-the second reason is that explaining the plot of this story in English, and even in Spanish, is a challenge for me indeed. So, let's go!
The story starts when the FBI agent called McClabe is investigating a series of crimes by the same murderer who always leaves him messages in the places where he kills (killes) his victims, as they were (would be) playing a game. But due to some heart problems McClabe goes through a heart attack. Therefore he has no other choice than leaving his job. Fortunately for him, he gets a new heart from a young woman, just died a few days after the attack, who was donor and had the same kind of blood than him. The woman was killed in what seemed to be just a robbery for money in a small shop. However McClabe finds out that it wasn't a real robbery, but a murderer's plan who wanted the detective to have a new heart so that they could carry on their "game".
As you can imagine, in the end the murderer dies and McClabe gets a young and beautiful woman that is the donor's sister. In spite of this typical Hollywood ending, for me it's an entertaining, good quality and recommendable film.
lunes, 18 de diciembre de 2006
miércoles, 6 de diciembre de 2006
WHY READING?
Since I was a child everywhere I went adults (teachers, relatives, parents...) used to recommend me and other children reading books. They said: "Reading is an (un) excellent exercise and you must read more than you do. Nowadays children watch TV too much. It doesn't help to improve your mind. On the contrary, it makes people ignorant!"
Today I think they were right although maybe those weren't (wasn't) the best words and the best way of encourageing children to read, and even more, to like it. To be sincere I'm not hooked on this activity but I like reading a book from time to time, especially on holidays. I've discovered by myself many things that make me enjoy it:
First of all, I learn so much! I choose books about different topics (topycs): health, history, recipes, novels,...and it's even better doing it in a foreign languaje, although it takes more time and you have to be constantly finding out the meaning of a word or an expression, etc. Afterwards you are able to apply in your daily life some of the things you've learned.
Furthermore, it's un activity that can be made anywhere: for example, many people make use of trips by bus, underground, etc. And at the same time it helps not to get bored.
But what I really find exciting is that it makes you feel better if you are sad, it helps you to relax and to forget your worries and you can imagine for a while that there is a world that has been created only for you, and nobody else can go in there, it's only yours (your's), like a dream.
Since I was a child everywhere I went adults (teachers, relatives, parents...) used to recommend me and other children reading books. They said: "Reading is an (un) excellent exercise and you must read more than you do. Nowadays children watch TV too much. It doesn't help to improve your mind. On the contrary, it makes people ignorant!"
Today I think they were right although maybe those weren't (wasn't) the best words and the best way of encourageing children to read, and even more, to like it. To be sincere I'm not hooked on this activity but I like reading a book from time to time, especially on holidays. I've discovered by myself many things that make me enjoy it:
First of all, I learn so much! I choose books about different topics (topycs): health, history, recipes, novels,...and it's even better doing it in a foreign languaje, although it takes more time and you have to be constantly finding out the meaning of a word or an expression, etc. Afterwards you are able to apply in your daily life some of the things you've learned.
Furthermore, it's un activity that can be made anywhere: for example, many people make use of trips by bus, underground, etc. And at the same time it helps not to get bored.
But what I really find exciting is that it makes you feel better if you are sad, it helps you to relax and to forget your worries and you can imagine for a while that there is a world that has been created only for you, and nobody else can go in there, it's only yours (your's), like a dream.
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