I’ve already written something about it, and so did Luca here.
Here’s the fact: I love learning new languages and, among them, I have to point out that english always had a certain attraction on me.
It’s not only the fact that it’s one of the easiest languages to learn, it’s (and that’s even more important) that it’s so incredibly useful!
(Sometimes I think it’s such a pity I’m the only son: if I had a brother or a sister, I would have bothered him/her so much to simply talk in english every single day.)
Everytime I’m in another country I notice that people are usually surprised that I’m italian and I’m able to speak english: we have a really bad reputation about our knowledge of english, and I think it might also be because all of our movies and tv shows are in italian.
Recently I’ve finally decided to put and end to this: it’s time to learn from other countries (especially from those in the north of Europe) and start watching movies in english (no subtitles allowed)!
Travelling it’s the best way to improve our english but, as it’s quite hard to travel 365 days a year, while we are in Italy we can easily do something helpful just by watching a movie in its original language (which is something quite normal for many people around Europe!).

This evening, for example, I’ve watched “The Woodsman” (I bought the DVD in Kaunas, ’twas pretty cheap) a very emotional movie with Kevin Bacon as a main character.
The plot is about a man who did awful things (he was a pedophile) and is trying to deal with his past everyday of his life, in different kinds of situations: at the working place, with his partner, when he’s alone with himself.
Facing prejudices while trying to start a new life: will good intentions be stronger than the rest?
I won’t reveal any other aspects of the plot: you’ve probably understood what kind of movie it is, and if you’ve found yourself interested I might suggest you to give it a try.
Will it ever come the day in which italians won’t be so well-known anymore for their ignorance regarding english?
We’ll see.
So far, I can only say that once you’ve seen a couple of movies in english, you’ll find it hard to switch back to italian.
Try it and you’ll see it by yourself!
(International friends: will you keep on complaining in Skype now that my blog is written in english?
Hm…maybe I should ask myself first: will I keep on writing it in english?
Same answer as above: we’ll see.)
Update: in the comments Marika suggested us to see this video: it’s funny and quite eloquent about the topic. Have a laugh!
[tags]english, movies, original language, overall, knowledge, english, italian, The Woodsman[/tags]