50 First Dates
50 First Dates1. People
The main characters are Roth and Lucy. Roth works at an animal park in Hwaii as an animal doctor. He dates a lot of women who come to Hawaii for sightseeing which always ends in an island fling. Lucy was an art teacher at a school in Hawaii until a car accident happens. She is a lovely girl and Roth is fascinatd by her charm.
2. Point of view
Roth's voice tells the story. he is positive and cheerful, so he sees the world through such point of view.
3. Place
The setting of this story is; In Hawaii, Roth and Lucy fall in love by getting over a very tough problem about Lucy. She loses short-term memory because of the accident, so she can't remember events after the accident, of course, the encounter with Roth. Before she goes to bed, she still remember the events that happened that day, but in the next morning, she forgets everything of the last day, so she repeats the same things every day. Having known this fact, Roth tries to have contact with Lucy by various means and be remenbered by Lucy. It is very hard, but he seems to enjoy different encounters with Lucy every day, so though they have a so serious problem, the mood is merry.
4. Picture
The scenery in Hawaii is so beautiful. Everything is lively and fresh. And also animals around the characters are so cute. They act as if they have feeling as humans and understand the characters' feeling.
5. Plot
The story's main events are the encounters of Roth and Lucy and the process they become happy. The begining of the story seems to be pleasant because each character is unique and exciting. But it becomes gradually sad because Lucy can't remember each event. It makes us so sad. The story ends in the scene they get married and their dream has come true.
6. Premise
To be brief, this movie is about love. It tries to send message that people can get over a hard problem with love.
7. Theme
The premise evokes our great emotion, It is so impressive and encourage us to love a person.
8. Conflict
Roth faces the opposition from Lucy's family who hope that Lucy won't notice the cruel fact about her because he tries to do different things from the same every day. However, her family gradually accept him because of his eagerness and sincerity. Lucy also faces a conflict with herself. One day she notices the fact that she had car accident and loses short-term memory. She is shocked by knowing the fact in every morning and thinks she had no future with Roth.
9. Connection
What happens in this movie has no connection with my personal experience. It is so rare. But I hope to meet a man like Roth who loves one woman so much someday.
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