We enjoyed “AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1993)” on July 10th.  It is directed by James L. Brooks and written by Mark Andrus(story) and Mark Andrus(screenplay). Its genre is comedy, romance and drama. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt play in.

Runtime: 139 min,  Country: The U.S,  Language English,  Color: color (Technicolor)

Plot Summary from Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com): A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship

Internet Movie Database’s User Comment: Tim Cox(Marietta, OH)

Are we bothered at the end of the film that nothing is really resolved between Melvin and Carol? Melvin will still be an obsessive compulsive and Carol will still be taking midnight trips to the hospital with Spencer. I find that to be an incredibly tragic element to the film. The fact that both characters found each other is touching, but Brooks structures it to show us that while there are happy endings, there's still reality. The brilliance of the film also lies within the simple fact that this is not a comedy. While Nicholson has many snappy one-liners and insult jokes at the expense of Greg Kinnear's Simon, the film is still as tragic and as deep as one of Shakespeare's sonnets. When Nicholson learns that Verdell is to be taken away from him, he's lost something that he has grown attached to and for a man in his position, it is loss at the deepest level. Verdell represents harmony for Melvin. Melvin is in harmony with the world when Verdell is around. There is a kinship between Verdell and Melvin that is quite lovely, but also quite tragic. As the film progresses, Carol represents harmony, thus their strong relationship emerges. Both Melvin and Carol are two lost souls searching not for the right answers, but for a place to start the search for the right answers.

Today’s Topic

Should love be expressed with words directly?

Taro

I do not agree with this idea because there is a limit to words.   Word was created by people in order to communicate for convenience.   That means words are only of secondary way of expression, so people communicate without words fundament.   Even love can be expressed without them.   Moreover, I am the person who hates to express with words.

Luis

I like to think that, as Aristotle said, men (and women of course) are "Zoon-politikon". That is, that human being is social being (political being). So what makes the difference between these social animals from the rest of the animals (or what is the instrument by which women and men are social)? I Believe it is "the word". The word, in my opinion, is the reflex of human intelligence and a very powerful tool. It can transmit feelings, beauty, and history and also it can hurt a lot. So coming back to the matter regarding if love should be expressed directly by words, I consider that actions are really important in expressing love but also that human being needs to listen sometimes "the words" in order to feel confidence and to feel that they are loved. Humans need words to feel loved and I think that is fine.

Yijia

Yes, love should be expressed through words directly; especially men should do this to women. Because women are more sensitive and sentimental, so sometimes they need to hear the exact word to confirm the love from the other helves. Even men don’t need such a kind of thing. They should learn to do it.

Sunny

Sometimes I face I can’t explain my every feelings with words. Maybe I have lack of a vocabulary problem, but I am convinced a true feeling surpass innumerable words. However, I also know the words allow my life fragrant.

Nestor

This is a question to be answered by girls. I think that for boys it doesn’t matter, because usually we care more about the expressed thing than about the way it is expressed.