① 看英语电影后的心得体会3000字左右
社交网络影评
传记电影的特质之一就是建塑英雄传奇，因为是传奇，所以蕴含有戏剧元素，因为是真人实事，因而就会带给不同观众不同的启示。 大卫芬奇执导的《社交网络》（The Social Network）以当红网站Facebook的崛起事迹做主轴，Facebook创办人马克扎克...
传记电影的特质之一就是建塑英雄传奇，因为是传奇，所以蕴含有戏剧元素，因为是真人实事，因而就会带给不同观众不同的启示。
大卫·芬奇执导的《社交网络》（The Social Network）以当红网站Facebook的崛起事迹做主轴，Facebook创办人马克·扎克伯格凭什么赤手空拳打造出六十九亿美元的傲人财富？他的成名策略、机缘和手段就是全片的主要内容。
一般人在约会时，都很努力扮演孔雀角色，想要展示自己的羽毛，以求吸聚目光，但是马克与女友Erica的谈话却极无趣，一方面大谈美国著名的一些社团，多少名人都是因为跻身名流社团，相互提携，因而创造不杇事功，一方面则是要求Erica不必回校去看书，因为他读的波士顿大学要求不多，不必苦读。
第一个话题表示他体悟人要成名，最要走终南快捷方式，才能快又好，能够获得名流提携，加入社团，就可以平步青云，那是一个平凡学子认知的人生现实；第二个话题则是他自视不凡的知识水平，哈佛学生才要看书，波士顿大学不必，女友的知识水平和身份地位，是不是当场比矮了半截？谁还想要跟这么不风趣的男生交往？但是正因为如此无趣，却已让人精准看见他的焦虑与傲慢。
马克的唯一好友安德鲁 Saverin同样也期待着能够获得意谓阶级和资源都高人一等的古老秘密社团“凤凰会”；出身富贵人家的双胞胎划船好手卡麦隆与泰勒．温可沃斯兄弟（Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss）也同样自诩着身份不凡，但是要网罗才气纵横的马克加盟时，却只准他从单车进口出入，不也是明显着有着出身不高，地位就不堪的势利心情？
《社交网络》此刻散发出最有趣的讯息就是：是的，你们有钱，你们呼朋引伴的社团很有地位，但是你们的脑袋如浆糊，我可以暂时委屈，但是我一定能超越你们。天底下还有比这更振奋人心的励志讯息吗？
相对于哈佛校园里的菜鸟，在1999年共同推出Napster 音乐下载网站的西恩．帕克对马克而言就像黑暗汪洋中的一盏明灯，更像是专业世界的领航员。
关键在于马克等人的目光都还停留在校园之际时，西恩．帕克的目光已经把Facebook的世界指标指向了美国各州、全球各洲，网络帝国的概念确实非常迷人，马克愿意让出股份给西恩，当然就是他确实扮演了引航导师的角色（包括把the facebook 的冠词the给拿掉，单独留下facebook，理由是这样更简洁；包括在名片上直接印着：我就是CEO,XXX），不管是故意耍帅，或者是慧眼识英雄的惺惺相惜，都符合了年轻人创业的叛逆精神，或者是期待被看见，受重视的心理，更重要的是因为西恩是曾经有过成功前例的前辈，他讲的内行话，就远比安德鲁的边打边摸索，更有说服力，俗话说“曾经沧海难为水”，西恩见过沧海之大，他替“Facebook”规画的企业扩张与营销策略。
西恩其实缺点很多，第一次约会就迟到了快半小时，爱嗑药，也爱泡妞，但是初到名店餐厅，熟门熟路宛如大爷的气派，确实也非几个小小大学生难以想象，前辈大哥不但有专业见解，还能带着大家一起吃喝玩乐，确实够让菜鸟动心也动容了。但是，西恩的角色注定抵触了安德鲁的尊严、专业与地位，最后的那场办公室决裂戏，因此也成为全片最高潮的人生无情。
是的，决裂的场合上，安德鲁惨遭羞辱，悲愤离席，马克虽然不是导火线，但是他纵容西恩发飙，眼看着安德鲁离去，他没有恻隐之心，亦没有采取任何有效慰留行动，默默承受，看似珍惜着昔日友情，却也是坐视着“新欢”去挫折“旧爱”，然后才又淡淡地连说了三句：“你做得太过份了。”开口，都由别人开口；错，都是别人的错，这是何等高明的帝王术？马克的冷漠与绝情，俨然已从“一杯看剑气”进化到“二杯生分离”，古往今来的成功帝王，谁不是如此绝情？成名或成功的滋味，也就成为《社交网络》中最浓烈的人间背景了。
② 求3篇英语作文（电影观后感）！
歌舞青春1英文影评717篇：
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475293/usercomments
歌舞青春2英文影评153篇：
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810900/usercomments
歌舞青春3英文影评160篇：
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962726/usercomments
从中挑选自己能看懂，观点又与自己的想法接近的，整理一下，就可以了。
③ 加急，需要300字英文读后感
都是我以前自己写的。仅供参考。
1.My reflection of the film Babel（电影《通天塔》）
The story of Babel comes from the Bible, and the film Babel is just a new story which bases on it. However, the film talks about another thing which can make people think about their positions where they are standing on. It was nominated in the selection of the Academy Award last year. Associating with this film’s structure, style and the story itself, I do believe the film Babel can surely have achieved such great success.
In short, the film is divided into four parts: the American couple, the shooter kid, the Japanese girl, the two American children’s nurserymaid brings them to her son’s wedding in Mexico. Each of the stories is close to the other, and the cause of each story is from people’s distrust and misunderstandings.
The American couple is a good representation of the riches. The American occupy 40% gas of this world. They are so rich that they don’t need to worry about their substantial life. Schopenhaue once said, people will never stop pursueing a objective however it is tangible or intangible. When the American have been rich enough, they begin to look forward to satisfying their mental life. Nevertheless, because of their wealth satisfaction, they find themselves more difficult to communicate with others. As a result, they are self-centered and lonely. After being shot, the wife in the film couldn’t believe an old woman in the villiage who was trying to help her. It’s just because of her distrust and prejudice.
In Morocco, the two brothers accidentally shot the American also because of their distrust to each other. They always quarreled. At the beginning of the story, they both wanted to carry the gun which their father bought. Afterwards, the elder brother didn’t believe his brother could shoot as far as 3 miles, but his brother made it. Therefore, what happened next is inevitable.
Let’s see the Japanese girl who is also very affluent, but lacking communications with the other people. She is mute and her mother commited suicide. Without her mother’s tender love, she felt very lonely. Her father didn’t know what his daughter really wanted. Being feeling so doleful and anxious to make friends, she attracted the others by her body. All things she did is e to her eagerness to be understood and her anxiety to communicate with the others.
In this world, there existing discrimination. Most American hold the view that Mexico is a very dangerous place. There’s no exception in this film. A nurserymaid brought two Amrican children to her son’s wedding in Mexico. When they went back to America, they were stopped to take a examination by American police. Both of the policemen and the nurserymaid’ brother were quite nervous. Finally, the nurserymaid’ brother was so feared that he escaped. Although he has done nothing, he knows the American policemen will think he has done something. That’s the distrust from the both sides, which is the root of these misunderstandings.
In a word, communication is very important. Without it, the world cannot run smoothly. Maybe it is e to the diverse languages according to the Bible. However, what really separates people is their different ways of thinking. Only through communications and understanding one another can people get along well.
2.A fable of unimaginable horror
---------my review of “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”（电影《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》）
Adapted from a popular novel written by an Irish writer John Boyne, the film “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is a Holocaust drama leaded out through the innocent eyes of a young boy.
It’s a story set ring World War Two. Bruno, the little hero of this story, is an imaginative eight-year-old son of a Nazi commander. He knows nothing about the fact that his father is in charge of a concentration camp for the Jews. To him, his father is a proud, dedicated soldier who is protecting their country, trying to make it the best place on Earth. His mother, however, knows better, and is promptly upset about what is going on around them.
Bruno discovers a "farm" some distance from their new country house. Being curious and lonely, the naive boy make friends with a Jewish boy named Shmuel who is strangely dressed in striped pyjamas, and he lives behind an electrified fence. However, their friendship is forbidden under the pressure of the contemporary situation.
Too young to know what his father does, Bruno cannot understand many things. He doesn't understand why Shmuel is hungry all the time; He doesn’t understand why their Jewish servant, Pavel, stops being a doctor; He doesn’t understand why Lieutenant Kotler is so mean to the people wearing pyjamas. As he grows attached to his new friend and begins to question the world around him, he realizes there's some secret he can never tell anyone.
The first part of this film is perhaps a little slow, maybe that it part of the idea, too, to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time, before the turning point comes out. Nevertheless, the denouement is really an unexpected and startling consequence. To help Shmuel find his father, Bruno agrees to dress in a set of striped pyjamas to get into the camp. Just when Bruno decides to go home, the Nazis in the area of the camp force the boys to go on a march. Neither boy knows where this march will lead. However, they are soon crowded into a gas chamber, and the author leaves the story with Bruno pondering, yet unafraid, in the dark holding hands with Shmuel.
After watching the film, I sat quietly and couldn’t draw myself out from the deep grief the film brought. The film is so sensible and moving that everytime when the final scene comes up to me, I can’t help feeling frustrated. “This story is dipicted in a very plain way, but it turns out to be a big shock in the end”, as teacher said.
The world in kid’s eyes must be harmonious and peaceful. However, ring the wartime, their innocence may eventually lead terrible disaster to them. What can you see behind the war? I see nothing but children’s innocence dies out in the hands of the cruelness of war; I see nothing but children’s happiness fades away attributing to the self-righteous war dominators. You can never imagine how horrible these things are, as the film shows us. It’s not the scene of a bloody struggle with loud shouting and roaring, but I can always hear the silent, weak and vulnerable cry in the back of this film. When I relate the despairing crying made by Bruno’s mother, there seems to be some kind of cold spell floating in my heart. I’m sad. I feel sorry about that.
The film is indeed a good one. Finally, and most importantly, I like it very much.
我只找到了两篇。自己选吧。
④ 一个英语电影的读后感 要300字 读后感是中文 电影随便什么
一、《功夫熊猫》
今天下午我们小记者班的同学一起观看《功夫熊猫》。
这部电影的主人公是一只普普通通的熊猫。主要演义着这只熊猫通过自己的信心，浣熊师傅的信任，勤劳、刻苦的练习功夫，遇到困难不轻易放弃，最终练出一身好功夫打败了太郎。影片赞扬了这只熊猫相信自我，不轻易放弃，勤劳刻苦的奋斗精神。
在这部影片中给我印象最深的画面还是浣熊师傅在厨房发现熊猫只要有了食物，就会实现它原本不可能实现的事。浣熊师傅就利用食物了引导它学功夫。这一画面，给我的印象特别深。我深深的体会到浣熊师傅的用心良苦。师傅它以引食学功夫的方法来刺激熊猫学功夫的兴趣，熊猫也知道这是激起它学功夫的兴趣，但它没有放弃，而是更加勤奋和刻苦的坚持学下去。熊猫的这种不屈不挠的奋斗精神永远留在我的心中。同时我也从熊猫这种精神中想到自己的亲身经历的一件事。
那是一年寒假，妈妈认为我写日记方面很欠缺，便让我每天写一篇日记。我听后十分不情愿，每次三言两语就没了下文，最后彻底放弃了写日记，现在想起来都有些惭愧，与功夫熊猫中的主人公不能相比。
通过观看功夫熊猫，我明白了这些道理，世上没有不可能的事，凡事都要相信自己，遇到困难不要轻易放弃机会，在以后的学习上，时时牢记《功夫熊猫》这部电影，以影片中的主人公为榜样，认认真真的走好每一步，争取成为一名对社会有用的人。
二、《蓝精灵》
前天，我怀着兴奋的心情去观看3D版电影-——《蓝精灵》。戴好3D眼睛，我迫不及待地坐到了位子上。
故事是这样开头的。在一个很远很远的地方，有一座高山，山上有一个美丽的村子，村子里无忧无虑地生活着九十九个精灵男孩和一个精灵女孩，对了，还有一个精灵爸爸。突然有一天，祸从天降，坏蛋巫师格格巫为了收取蓝色精华，要抓精灵孩子们。而我们的主人公笨笨，因为走错了路，掉下了悬崖，幸亏，他的朋友们一个接一个，像猴子捞月似地拉住了笨笨。本来精灵、格格巫与笨笨之间没有什么关系，却因为一个漩涡，把他们都吸进去，卷到了纽约，一个个精彩的、让人捧腹大笑的故事就此展开……看着看着，我仿佛成了蓝精灵中的一员，和笨笨他们一起想办法，一起进攻，用鸡蛋、刺球、乒乓球打倒格格巫，平安回到精灵村。直到影片结束，我还沉浸在故事当中。
看完影片后，我从心底里佩服笨笨。他虽然很顽皮，做下许多错事，但他知错能改，为了弥补自已的过错，鼓起勇气，和强大的格格巫作斗争，设法偷取格格巫的魔法戒指，让他失去法力，为最后战胜格格巫出了一份力。另外，我也看到，一切的邪恶，貌似强大无比、不可战胜，但只要我们不屈不饶、团结一心、坚持战斗，终将被我们征服。因为，正义必将战胜邪恶。
三、《国王的演讲》
和影片的片名一样，《国王的演讲》一开始给人的感觉是波澜不惊，和好莱坞大片的气质相去甚远，与去年奥斯卡最佳影片《拆弹部队》对现代战争背景下的人性思考也十分不同。但波澜不惊决不是清汤寡水，《国王的演讲》仿佛一出内敛而精致的戏剧，在低调中酝酿出深厚，在深厚中铺展出令人动容的力量。
影片的故事情节非常简单，取材于真实的历史事件。英国国王乔治六世从小患有严重的口吃，最后，在莱昂纳尔的治疗下，终于克服口齿，发表了振奋人心的演讲。这个简单朴实的故事之所以会产生那么大的戏剧张力，首先就是因为细小的事情发生在了重大的历史人物和历史事件身上。时值二战，作为一国之象征的国王，需要发表演讲来凝聚人心。在这样的背景下，口吃治疗就变得尤为重要，细小的事情变得兹事体大。
国王能否被治好口吃，成为整部影片最大的戏剧张力，一直到最后，在莱昂纳尔的"指挥"下，乔治六世终于完整进行了战前演讲，观众才会舒一口气。影片的张力还来自于国王和治疗师本身，这是两个身份差距很大的人，一个是国王，一个只是普通的治疗师，国王的性格不仅内向，还容易愤怒，总有居高临下的气势。这种因为身份差异带来的个性碰撞也成为影片的亮点。（励志一生 www.lz13.cn）治疗师莱昂纳尔的角色在这个碰撞过程中显得尤为出彩，他并没有因为治疗对象是国王而卑躬屈膝，他要求国王打破常规，到自己简陋的治疗室来接受治疗，一副"我的地盘听我的"的架势，他用自己不卑不亢的耐心和诚恳，最终打开了国王坚固的心扉，找到了国王幼年的心理阴影。他甚至故意激怒国王，让国王流利地说出骂人的话。而正是这种不卑不亢的真诚交流，让莱昂纳尔获得了尊重，国王也把他当成了一生的好友。
⑤ 英文电影观后感中文300字
鲜艳明亮的色彩运用，仿若一本童话书的打开方式，使这部动画在第一时间便足以吸引孩子的瞩目，电影讲述了不开心的博啃族只有吃了乐天的精灵族才能开心，因此每年都会举行吃精灵的美食节，而精灵族国王为了改变这样的命运，带着所有族民逃离了精灵树，开始了新的生活，但随着时间的推移，精灵族也放松了警惕，肆无忌惮的狂欢终于又引来了博啃族，为了营救被抓走的精良族，公主波比和另类不喜欢乐的布兰开始了这段拯救同伴的旅程。
当故事伊始，过于低幼的展开，令我错以着这是一部如斯皮尔伯格《圆梦巨人》般只是献给孩子的作品，但随着剧情的推进，老歌新唱的方式使电影所洋溢的快乐逐渐的开始也能感染着大人，而极具现实的隐喻，更能为人心生共鸣，这根本不是一个浅显的童话故事那么简单，电影在令人收获快乐的同时，更在授人以渔的启迪着每一个大人如何面对生活的态度。
孩子是最不缺乏快乐的，真正失去快乐的是已经长大的成人，从这一点来说《魔发精灵》的出发实则也是一部献给大人的童话寓言，我们在面对生活种种问题压力的同时，其实很多时候早已遗忘了快乐这项最为基本的能力，还自以为这是一种心智的成熟，实则电影所塑造的博啃族并不是什么丑陋的怪物，而就是我们自己，必须食用精灵才能快乐的错位认知，包括不断压抑自我的布兰，又何尝不是很多人现实中自身的写照。
正如电影中那句令我映像深刻的歌词“真实的色彩如此美丽”，笑对生活，回归真实其实并不困难，我们或许无法改变这个世界必然存在的阴暗，但却可以决定自己是活在阴暗中郁郁寡欢的博啃族，还是生活在阳光下美丽乐天的魔发精灵。
⑥ 一篇英文电影观后感，中文300字！
英文 电影观后感
喜剧动物片 101真狗
my personal favorite "101D" medium is Disney's "101 Dalmatians: the Series". It combines many themes of the existing material (Dodie Smith book, 1961 and 1996 movies). But still does its own things, too.
Our main pups include brave Lucky, who gets a strong personality mirroring his character in the book, lovable Rolly, the gourmand of the pups, and sweet little Cadpig, who is the true runt of the litter. Also there is Spot the chicken, who longs to be a dog. I find them all extremely amiable and enjoyable to watch. They are usually foiling Cruella's schemes for their land, or outwitting Lt. Pug (I'll get to him later), or sneaking into Grutely, or...just having fun, making a very likable show.
动画喜剧 海底总动员
Somewhere, under the sea, weak-finned clown fish Nemo (Alexander Gould) lives with his fretful father, Marlin (Albert Brooks). Smothered by pop's paranoia, he ventures away from the reef, but his dad's dread is justified when a passing diver whisks him away.
Taken to a tank in a Sydney dentists, Nemo meets Gill (Willem Dafoe) and co - friendly fish who dream of escaping to the ocean. Meanwhile, Marlin bumps into a blue tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), and sets out to save his son...
The splendour of natural history hit The Blue Planet is matched by the wit of the script and stars. Barry Humphries has a terrific cameo as a great white shark who's sworn off killing (Remember, fish are friends, not food!), while DeGeneres provides perfect timing and tone as Dory, whose short-term memory loss is a gag that never stops running
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⑦ 观看电影《印式英语》等观后感(英文)(300字)
故事情节很简单，一位妈妈为了改变现状开始学习英语的过程。简单的生活场景却蕴含着让人深思的生活哲理。一位妈妈因为不会英语，受到嘲笑，遇到一系列尴尬，她在那个年纪的时候，她却有勇气去改变现状，努力的去学习英语，而不是安于现状，这份勇气对于已经是两个孩子的母亲来说是何等的难得。
这位母亲应该算是家庭主妇那一种，为自己家庭默默奉献着一切。可是换来的是什么呢？尤其是她的女儿，对她那个英语不好的母亲的嘲笑，对于母亲的埋怨，让一个全心全意为家庭而奉献的母亲是如何的伤心。电影是一面很好的镜子，在镜中我们看见我们辛劳的母亲，和那个爱埋怨的我们。我们是不是应该反思我们这样的行为会让我们的母亲有多么的难受？我们对得起那个爱着我们、并愿意我们付出一切的母亲吗？
我觉得这位母亲最伟大之处在于对爱情、家庭的理解，并为此而做出的努力。“夫妻之间相处，要理解彼此的感受，相互扶持。当对方不能了解对方的感觉时，是否意味着婚姻的结束。不是的，你必须自己帮助自己，重拾曾经失去的美好."这也许能够当今人们之间的一些婚姻问题有点启示吧。她与安娜卡列宁娜是两个不同女性形象的代表。安娜卡列宁娜在问题的婚姻中去追寻新的爱情，生活最终也抛弃了她。而Shashi面对可能法国帅哥的追求，她无动于衷，她知道自己真正需要的是什么。
尊重，是她最渴望的。她既是一位母亲，也是一个妻子。而我们可能是一个孩子，也可能是一位丈夫，请对与我们所爱的人给予一份尊重。
⑧ 《阿甘正传》英文读后感，300字，不要太难
There are so many amazing incidents in my life which can’t be happen if I have the power to forecast the future.
To Forrest Gump, who was born with intellectual disturbance and muscle problem in his leg, he never imagined that he could become a famous American football player, a war hero and even a millionaire. Forrest won dignity and respect though his strive and perseverance.
I believe I can make a better life for those I love though my own effort. Have a little faith for your life. Let’s enjoy our life everyday with dignity, honesty, braveness and love just like Forrest Gump!
整部电影最让我感触最深的一句话就是“生命就像一盒巧克力，结果往往出乎你的意料。”
是的，生活充满了不确定性和难题。对一些人来说，他们希望自己拥有预测未来的能力。因为他们可以为迎接机遇和挑战做足充分准备，甚至可以提前知道彩票的幸运数字。
但对于我来说，我实在不希望拥有这样的“能力”。生活本就神秘莫测，每个人都有他自己的道路。生日时收到同学送来的礼物或是在另外一个城市遇到老朋友时的惊喜都让我十分地享受。在我的生活中有许多令人惊喜的小插曲，假如我有预测未来的能力，它们就都不会发生了。
对阿甘来说，他出生时有智力障碍和腿部的肌肉问题，他从没想到过自己竟然能够成为橄榄球运动员、战争英雄和百万富翁。他通过自己的努力奋斗和不屈不挠赢得了尊严和别人的尊重。
我相信我能通过自己的努力让我爱的人们过上更好的生活。让我们对自己的生活有一些信心，让我们就像阿甘一样，在尊严、诚实、勇气和爱中，享受每一天的生活！
⑨ 跪求一篇英文电影的英语观后感，500字左右，初一水平
英语电影英文观后感《功夫熊猫》(《Kung Fu Panda》)的:
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Funny!
I see this movie lastweek,
So terrfic,this film make me loving Kung Fu!
My liitle sister love the panda very much ,She ask me which kind annimal of Panda?
I told her its one of the cutiest animal in the world ,it only lives in China.
In this movie, Panda learns how to improve his level of Kung fu，many scence show that this cartoon is so funny,
You can see how things goes on with laugh,
I recommend this film to you.!
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The film stars a panda named Po (voice of Jack Black), who is so fat he can barely get out of bed. He works for his father, Mr. Ping (James Hong) in a noodle shop, which features Ping's legendary Secret Ingredient. How Ping, apparently a stork or other billed member of the avian family, fathered a panda is a mystery, not least to Po, but then the movie is filled with a wide variety of creatures who don't much seem to notice their differences.
They live in the beautiful Valley of Peace with an ancient temple towering overhead, up zillions of steps, which the pudgy Po can barely climb. But climb them he does, dragging a noodle wagon, because all the people of the valley have gathered up there to witnethe choosing of the Dragon Warrior, who will engage the dreaded Tai Lung (Ian McShane) in kung-fu combat. Five contenders have been selected, the "Furious Five": Monkey (Jackie Chan), Tigre(Angelina Jolie), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Crane (David Cross). Tigrelooks like she might be able to do some serious damage, but the others are lethan impressive. Mantis in particular seems to weigh about an ounce, tops. All five have been trained (for nearly forever, I gather) by the wise Shifu, who with Dustin Hoffman's voice is one of the more dimensional characters in a story that doesn't give the others a lot of depth. Anyway, it's up to the temple master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim), an ancient turtle, to make the final selection, and he chooses -- yes, he chooses the hapleand pudgy Po.
The story then becomes essentially a series of action sequences, somewhat undermined by the fact that the combatants seem unable to be hurt, even if they fall from dizzying heights and crack stones open with their heads. There's an extended combat with Tai Lung on a disintegrating suspension bridge (haven't we seen that before?), hand-to-hand-to-tail combat with Po and Tai Lung, and upstaging everything, an energetic competition over a single mpling.
"Kung Fu Panda" is not one of the great recent animated films. The story is way too predictable, and truth to tell, Po himself didn't overwhelm me with his charisma But it's elegantly drawn, the action sequences are packed with energy, and it's short enough that older viewers will be forgiving. For the kids, of course, all this stuff is much of a muchness, and here they go again.