Essay 1 for independent writing!

It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

The cinema is one of the most important inventions by human beings. When I have free time, I always watch movies on TV or go to the cinema. However, I oppose the plan of building a new movie theater in my neighborhood because of three following reasons.

Nowadays, there are already so many movies on television. These foreign films harm children’s study results because they spend a lot of time watching films but don’t pay attention to doing their homework. Scientifically, children who spend more time watching television have more risks of suffering obesity than those who spend less time watching TV. Low educational value programs can reduce people’s ability to concentrate. Thus, children who watch a lot of TV may suffer attention deficit disorder syndrome and they can not study well. Moreover, watching violent films may cause some bad characteristics for immature children. They become more violent and dangerous for society. For instance, there are several criminal cases happening when young people watch and simulate the star’s actions in brutal films.

There is no enough green space for people in my neighborhood to breath and do exercise. My quarter is always covered with buildings, roads and exhaust fume so we have to stop this situation by planting more green trees. In a big city, an empty field is so precious and we must discuss this seriously before making any decision on what kind of monuments to be built? Moreover, a movie theater always has a lot of advertising shows and they may cause noise pollution. In my opinion, building a small park is more necessary than building a movie theater.

Cultural invasion is the most dangerous risk for all countries. Because of the fact that Vietnamese films are not good enough for Vietnamese people. They are so boring and ridiculous. Therefore, audiences always choose American, Korean or Chinese films instead of Vietnamese ones. For years, Vietnamese young people are more and more influenced by foreign cultures via watching these films. For instance, Korean movie stars’dressing and talking become the mirror for Vietnamese youth or Vietnamese pupils know about the Chinese history better than they know the Vietnamese history. Consequently, when the young generations become dependent on foreign cultural values, they don’t love their own culture and their own country any more.

In conclusion, given the situation that foreign films invade Vietnamese television programs, there is no need to build a new movie theater. We can save money and space to build a health club or a small park for everyone to relax after a working day. I think this is a good idea and it will be supported by all my neighbors.