VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

How is Chinese cinema changing and how is it affecting the rest of the world?

I will watch the movie but I am not sure when because I think the story is very familiar for us and have seen many series or movies about this story so for me it isn’t a very urgent thing that I want to finish It at very short time. It is acceptable for me to see this movie both at home or at the cinema.
I heard interesting comments that both western people and Chinese think that this Chinese is a minority feeling.
the environment or feeling is very different with our knowledge.
I saw some images of this movie actually I think it is a little exaggerated , the images are a little exaggerated than our knowledge for the culture at that time.
It is made by Disney but they use special effects because the image of the character Mulan is more like images in Disney movie.

The movie didn’t stick to the historical books , so both western people and china felt that the movie is like a bored movie.

It is the opposite of the original meaning. we have a poetry talk about that. Male and female rabbits are different when they are standing but it is hard for people to figure out the difference when running but the translation in the movie is totally the opposite. It talks about that when you figure out the rabbit which one is male and female you know it but can’t see it because the story is an ancient story so there are many ancient poetry about th story. it is hard for Chinese to understand the actual meaning so it is much harder for western people to know the actual meaning.

inception was weird for me because it was hard to understand and I felt uncomfortable at the end of the movie because the screen keeps spinning
some Chinese movies are weird because of boring stories and the story doesn’t make sense in daily life. Hundred of movies will be released except this year but less than 10 movies can be remembered by people.
Some movies have the huge investments the graphics are very amazing but the story is too simple and viewers even don’t have to think for 1 minute. some movies made by Zhang Yimou it just captures your attention.

I will watch the movie but I am not sure when because I think we are very familiar with the story and I have seen many series or movies about this story so for me it isn’t a very urgent thing that I want to finish. / it is not very urgent. I will watch it but I am not in a hurry.
It is acceptable for me to see this movie both at home or at the cinema.
I heard interesting comments that both western people and Chinese think that this very exotic.
the environment or feeling is very different from what we know
I saw some images of this movie actually I think it is a little exaggerated , the images are a little exaggerated compared to our knowledge of the culture at that time. / they didn’t stick to the real history and changed many elements. and exaggerated many elements.

It is made by Disney but they use special effects because the appearance  of the character Mulan is more like the appearance it has in Disney movie.  / they tried to match the appearance of the cartoon characters but it looks strange on real people.

The movie didn’t stick to the historical books , so both western people and Chinese people felt that the movie is a movie from abroad

It is the opposite of the original meaning. we have poems talking about that. Male and female rabbits are different when they are standing but it is hard for people to figure out the difference when running but the translation in the movie is totally the opposite. It talks about when you figure out the rabbit which one is male and female you know it but can’t say it because the story is an ancient story so there are many ancient poems about that story. It is hard for Chinese to understand the actual meaning so it is much harder for western people to know the actual meaning. / it is hard even for Chinese people to understand so I must be impossible for westerners.

inception was weird for me because it was hard to understand and I felt uncomfortable at the end of the movie because the screen kept spinning
some Chinese movies are weird because of boring stories and the story doesn’t make sense in reality / is not realistic.

Hundred of movies will be released except this year but less than 10 movies can be remembered by people.
Some movies receive huge investments / have a huge budget the graphics are really amazing but the story is too simple and viewers even don’t have to think for 1 minute. some movies made by Zhang Yimou it just captures your attention.

The school trip to Hangzhou when I was fifth grade was very impressed. That was my first visit to Hangzhou and also the first out of town school trip. There was no subway in Hangzhou at that time and we took a bus along the West Lake. We were all very excited about travelling without parents and kept charting on the way. I felt that the West Lake is very large and Hangzhou’s viewings are quite different with Shanghai’s. There are lots of mountains and lakes in downtown, so people who live in Hangzhou can enjoy these beautiful viewings every day. It seems great that people can enjoy the beautiful nature and the modern life at the same time. Another interesting thing is that its local dialect is similar to northern area but quite with different with nearby. Our guide told us that the northern emperor run away to Hangzhou after being defeated and created new country, therefor, the dialect originated from north China.

The school trip to Hangzhou when I was in fifth grade was very impressive / impressed me a lot. That was my first visit to Hangzhou and also the first out of town school trip. There was no subway in Hangzhou at that time and we took a bus along the West Lake. We were all very excited about traveling without our parents and kept chatting on the way. I felt that the West Lake was very large and Hangzhou’s views/sceneries were quite different with Shanghai’s. There are lots of mountains and lakes downtown, so people who live in Hangzhou can enjoy these beautiful views every day. It seems great that people can enjoy the beautiful nature and the modern life at the same time. Another interesting thing is that its local dialect is similar to northern areas but quite with different with nearby cities. Our guide told us that the northern emperor ran away to Hangzhou after being defeated and created a new country, therefore, the dialect originated from north China.

Vocabulary

cliche  (n) something overused and without creativity
The movie was such a cliche

graphics (n) : images / computer images
the graphics in the lion king were amazing.

special effects (n) : special light / explosion / CG scenes in a movie
special effects in marvel movies are impressive

Pronunciation

abroad

bored