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MY REVIEW ON IRON LADY
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One night, in the list which shows the To-Be-Watched movies, I looked it through and wondered which movie I should watch. A name, which had wandered around my mind for many days, came into my eyes--Iron Lady. I knew it was a movie about a famous female politician in UK, and I was reading depth into its history. But to be frank, I did not know who she was exactly. So with curiosity aroused, I chose this movie and went ahead with it.
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Reviews on the movie
First, it is a movie made up of pieces of memories of Margret Thatcher who was thinking that her husband was still alive. And it displayed her whole life by intermittent scrapes: her early days with her family, her first meeting with the politicians and her husband, her marriage, her attempts into the elections and the political affairs, her daily lives with her husband and her children, his husband's death etc. Well, it should be a good way to illustrate one person because it stands from Margret's points of view and it surely reveals very clearly the feelings and the beliefs she held. But to be honest, it is not complete like documentaries about a great figure: starting from the birth, the development and the end, and it is not clear about the plots, just like Thatcher is not clear how she is going now,
it shows with different pieces, for example, Margret thought of her husband when she saw the explosion on the television. Well, it is a movie not a documentary, and that is the difference. In general, it explains in a much better way than a documentary.
Second, the background is good with classical music and scenes. For example, when Succi carried the books to Margret for signatures and mentioned an appointment of a play of Roger's and Hammer's style, the song was up with "Shall we dance, shall we dance" wonderfully going through my ears and that is fantastic and then the memories popped out.
Third, I love the words there and they are very inspiring. However, I do not know whether those words on the movie are the original words of Margret Thatcher. For example, her father whose words influence her greatly said: " Never room with your crowd, Margret, go your own way." And the words which concluded by Margret with her father's words and influenced me greatly, are :
"Watch your thoughts, they become words;
Watch your words, they become actions;
Watch your actions, they become habits;
Watch your habits, they become character;
Watch your character, they become destiny.
What we think will become who we are."
And those are what Margret had been keeping all her lifetime.
And finally, I was touched and am touched by the ending of the movie where Margret, yelling "weak, weak, weak" again and again, finally made up her mind to tidy up her husband's stuff and where she found the little pictures drawn by her children, muttering "I hope my children to grow up well and happy, and certainly happier than I was certainly" and "I want you(her husband who passed away) to be happy of course. Were you happy, Dennis?" And then stopping tears rolling down, and burying the sadness within, Margret packaged up her husband's stuff crazily and too cleared up the memories between them. Then she made a good farewell with her husband with a shouting" Wait! Dennis, where are your shoes? You can't go outside without your shoes." And Dennis turned and said with a smile “Steady”. Margret said: " Not yet......Yes, steady......no, not yet, Dennis, I mean I do not want you to go now...... I do not want to be on my own......", watching Dennis disappear into the light.
All in all, I have to say I was moved and am moved by this movie.
Reviews on Margret Thatcher
I know I may have no right to say anything about this great figure and I even may not deserve to say. But I still want to write some reviews according to this movie and some biography I have read about her.
First, she could break the opinions of that time and insist on what she thought was right, just as what she father told she to be. I think I should learn from her in this point.
Second, she spent most of her time working for the country though she spent little time with her family. It is respectable, at least for me.
Third, she had a good husband who accompanied her all his lifetime no matter how Margret disagreed with him or what a quarrel they had. To some extent, she is a women with happiness.
Well, that is just my little knowledge about her right now but to be honest, I am greatly moved by such a great iron lady.
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Post comment Comment (2 replies)
- Reply sunnyv
- You have the qualities of a good movie reviewer. I haven't seen this movie but I will try to see it. Margret Thatcher determined my future in 1997 and I can say he is honorable and did a good job.
- Reply Scarlett_Lin
- Hey, thank you! But really? You haven't seen this movie before? And have you heard of it before? Well, I only heard of it just recently. Yes, she is honorable with a determined mind, which I appreciate very much. And I have just finished my watching on CLEOPATRA of 1963 version. Have you seen that before? I am thinking about writing one review on her and Julius Caecar. :)
sunnyv: You have the qualities of a good movie reviewer. I haven't seen this movie but I will try to see it. Margret Thatcher determined my future in 1997 and ...
