LEON THE PROFESSİONAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeseZcSuCFg

Hello everyone

I want to share my opinion with you about a movie and also I have some grammar exercises for you .

Firstly ,Luc Besson's movie Léon (The Professional) gives us an intense story which makes me feel captivated with its impressive topic. Moreover characters attract my attention.To  illustrate ,Jean Reno plays a character named Léon who has learned to repress his emotions in order to perform his job as a "cleaner", or hit-man. His secluded world is shattered by the young girl named Mathilda who lives on the same floor in a apartment building.Secondly, I think the performance of twelve-year old Natalie Portman as Mathilda is excellent. Her ability to have believability in this difficult role. Finally,Mathilda and Léon are unexpectedly thrown together, but learn to value life from their chance encounter, and how valuable a friendship can be.I really enjoyed while I was preparing this activity.I mention why I select this video and how I feel about movie. However , I had difficulty  in the process of decision about selection because I want to show you the whole film J . Unfortunately , I had a second difficulty while I uploaded the videos , so I put the link of video, then I managed to put the videos.Despite these both troubles , it was an interesting experience form me. I would like to prepare the activity like this again.

     

Here I have a few questions.

1-       According to you what is Mathilda’s point of view about her life ?

2-       What kind of person is Leon ? Is he cruel or merciful ? Please explain your choice.

Please fill in the blanks according to first scene in this video.Be careful during listening.

·         Move  …….

·         Go ….. your …..

·         A little ….. please

·         Now the …….. shot

·         The second goes ….. on the …….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y58l5z73rsI

Please fill in the blanks according to short video and be careful about grammar rules.

·         ……… play a game

·         What …….  …..  game ?

·         I ………… in the rain ……. singing  …… rain

·         I just ……say …..

·         It … …… Leon, really ……

                                  MONA LISA SMILE

Hello everyone, 
As a jury member of the committee choosing the person of the year, I want to announce my candidate with a small story to explain my reasons.I introduce  Katherine Ann Watson to you .In 1953, Katherine Ann Watson , a 30-year-old graduate student in the department of Art History , takes a position teaching "History of Art" at Wellesley College , a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts  because she wants to make a difference and influence the next generation of women. At her first class, Katherine discovers that the girls have already memorized the entire syllabus from the textbook so she decides to introduce them to Modern Art. Moreover , she  encourages them to discuss about topics such as what makes good art and what the Mona Lisa's smile means. This brings her into conflict with the conservative College President warning Katherine to stick to the syllabus if she wants to keep her job. Katherine doesn’t give in and  inspires them to seek more than marriage to eligible young men. Katherine realises Joan Brandwyn wanting to  be a lawyer and then she encourages her to apply to Yale Law School, where she is accepted. She decides that she wants  to be a wife and mother after graduation and asks Katherine to respect her choice. Katherine is dissapointed but she indulges her desire.With her classes , her students’ point of view about the life enhance a lot and of course, she is getting happy and successful day by day.Meanwhile , Joan realise that she is not happy in her marriage life and she divorces from her husband.She applies to the Yale Law School and with Katherine’s suggestion. College president impose conditions on Katherine: she must follow the syllabus, submit lesson plans for approval, keep a strictly professional relationship among all faculty members, and not talk to the girls about anything other than classes. Katherine decides to leave because she knows that she give them a chance to change their lifes. In the light of these informaiton which are given above about her purposes and her success , I want to choose her. Katherine is an extraordinary woman who objects to traditional learning syles. She rescues The students from being stereotype person  and she compels them to see the world through new eyes !

Into the wild is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by Sean Penn who is an American actor, screenwriter and film director.He is also known for his left-wing political and social activisim.This film is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book whose purpose is to address the matter of young Christopher McCandless and his odd seclusion from society and a lifestyle that was all  people could desire and also, the book written by Jon Krakauer has the same name as the film .The film is based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America.After graduating from university he abandons his possessions and  gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charities.While he is going to Alaska's wilderness, he encounters several characters shaping his life. During this time he gets to know a few people rather closely, and everyone admires his intensity and willingness to live completely by his beliefs, but he avoids true intimacy.He spends more than 100 days  by hunting small game, foraging, reading, and living in a deserted bus made to be a shelter for hunters, not seeing a single human in the wild and then he eventually understand that happiness is real when it is shared.He makes his decision about returning the society but he realizes swollen riverActually , some thougth he confuses edible plant with the poison one.  Realizing he is going to die, he writes a goodbye message, and some hunters find his decomposed body after days when the river settle down in the bus.I was impressed when I first watched the film.Therefore, I watched the film several times.Everyone wants to go away without thinking anything but noone can do this.Noone can dare to do this ,so it is only a dream for us.He did and he let himself understand the life.I love this film and I think that a sentence summarıze the plot perfectly :happiness is real when it is shared.I hope you like, too.