Along with the development of modern technology, learning something becomes easier and more convenient. You can learn whatever, whenever and wherever you like from the internet through variety kinds of educational channels and programs. Watching films or movies is one of those ways. Films can tell us a lot about the culture, the society, some problems about environment or what language is used and other things about that country.
For example, although you haven’t known anything about Korea but after you watch some Korean films, you know its capital is Seoul, its traditional food is Kimchi and every Korean girl has to know how to make Kimchi if she wants to get marriage with somebody. You are also able to speak some simple Korean words and understand their meaning because they’re usually used in almost films. Besides, the screens in the films show you the views in some cities in Korea. Through those views, you can understand about Korean people’s life style, their habits, and the environment there.
Coming to Chinese films, Chinese people always proud of their long history, so that most of famous Chinese directors often produce films about history. I don’t mention the authenticity of the stories in each film, but I have to consider that the more you watch Chinese films, the more you understand about Chinese history such as how many kings there were, which king existed in which era and some kinds about his characters or the achievements of that era. Moreover, in Chinese films, actors and actresses’ costumes are prepared sophisticatedly and carefully, if you are a fan of fashion, it’s maybe a plus.
Next, in the world of Japanese films, you can join into the world of Manga or Anime, the world of sushi and fresh seafood meals and you can know about their history or Japanese people’s life history through those simple things. Japanese films are not as romantic as Korean films or not as colorful and monumental as Chinese films, but every story in films is a humane story by which you can understand more about Japanese personalities.
In conclusion, you can learn a lot things about a country through the films which are made in that country such as the modern and traditional culture, people’s life style, society activities, and the most convenient thing is you can learn the way they use their language in daily life, not as the way you have learnt from books and schools. In other words, films are one of ways you can use if you want to learn a new language. They can help you in training listening skill and increasing your vocabularies.
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Enjoy them, dear kix. Different tastes and different customs can live together.
oh, really, I didn't know it. A little different, in Japan, most of movies are just produced after a drama like the end for that drama. I like both dramas and movies but I prefer dramas than movies.
Kix, I spoke about artisctic films that take only about 90 minutes and show you much more than any long series.
Hihi, actually I just watch the films, I don't know how much they can get from those films. Maybe the films I mentioned in this blog are dramas, not movies, because an original movie is only about 2~3 hours and some movies are just the end of drama series, so it's too short to show us all things.
I agree with your blog, kix. But there is a very big difference in the valuable films and the commercial ones. We can exploit much more from cinematics. Not only the surface of life but the depth.
Well, some movies are an exaggeration of such countries, especially when the movies are about gangsters and such, and the foul languages that are being used.