The Words---Week 3

Introductions:(By Sophie)

 As a movie start,there is a young couple who dressing gorgeous and sit in the luxury car heading to an awarding ceremony. The guy is the best-selling writer in US and he is confirmed by all media and readers.He and his wife have a greatest night ever and fill with honor in their live times.But there is an old man following Rory in secretly and we don’t know why.

 Suddently,the scene take into other man who is the writer of the book,The Word,attending a public reading.

 The novel focus on a novel writer named Rory Jansen, an aspiring writer who lives in New York City with his girlfriend, Dora.He tries hard to complete his books and sent them to plenty of publishers,but none of them want to publish a nobody’s work.Fortunately,Dora never give up and still keep company with him all the time.They live in a small apartment and love each other. Rory borrows some money from his father, gets a job as a mail supervisor at a literary agency and even marries with Dora.During their honeymoon in Paris,Dora buys an old briefcase from an antique store to encourage Rory keep going on.

After returning to America and having his book rejected again, Rory finds an old hand manuscript copy.He is so curious that there is an invisable power attracting him to type into his laptop.Accidentally,he publishes the book and it becomes a big hit.Rory no longer unfamous.He achieves his dream and becomes popular.

Hammond takes a short break from the reading and goes to backstage.He meet a student, Daniella,who wants to interview him and knows more about the story.Hammond agrees to meet her after the ceremony and returns to the stage, where he continues to the second part.

Rory meets the old man in New York City's Central Park, who reveals himself as the true author of the manuscript and that it was based on his life in Paris.And there is another fascinated long story going.The old man lost his manuscript and also lost his family.Until now,he found Rory take his story and publish it.Old man doesn’t want anything,he just let Rory know that he has to take responsible for his choice.However,after few weeks,the old man passes away.

After Hammond ends his reading, Daniella comes to his appartment and pressures him telling her more.What’s going on?And what will happen to Rory?What he gonna do?Is there any connection between Rory and Hammond?The movie won’t let you down!

 Critics:(By Bella)

Words can be magical. They can be the connection between two different centuries, connecting strangers from various corner of the world. Words have the ability to lead people to the fantasy, to feel and touch the imagination.

When it comes to fame, barely anyone can resist the attraction of it. Rory didn’t intend to copy the book written by the old man, but he couldn’t turn away the opportunity to succeed, to enjoy the benefits brought by famous. However, this kind of success didn’t bring him happiness. He not only stole the book of the old man, but his whole life. Rory has to carry this mistake to live the rest of his life, to be responsible to his own choice. We all have to choose from time to time, and the most difficult thing is to bear the result of the choice.

The structure is the most important element in this movie, which makes it so special. Three men, three generations, three stories overlap with each other. The author Clay told the story of another author Rory (or Clay himself) writing the story written by another man. Clay can be the old version of Rory, or just the author who told the story of Rory. Reality and fiction crisscrossed each other, making it difficult to tell what is real.

Music:(By Lisa)

Demons (Imagine Dragons)-The theme song of the movie “The Words”

The voice of the leading singer of the band Imagine Dragons, Dan Reynolds is really magnetic. There is a power of confidence between his steady but soft voice. The song Demons starts from Dan Reynolds’s voice without makeup and acting, and the main idea of the song is to criticize the greed and desire in human nature. The song is really powerful, and goes to the peak when Dan Reynolds sings the lyrics “Your eyes, they shine so bright, I wanna save that light, I can't escape this now, Unless you show me how”

With the rhythmic sound of the drumbeat and the resounding high pitch Dan Reynolds, the song Demons conveys the darkness of human nature, also gives the hope, telling us that no matter how dark it is, there is always light inside people’s hearts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQYaoiIFh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=185&v=mWRsgZuwf_8

Movie trailer