Archive for 五月, 2005


Finding Neverland(尋找新樂園)

導演Marc Forster.

記得2年前看完原文的Perter Pan時,對這本書並沒有太大的好感,因為我當時用成年女性的眼光來評斷男主角的個性:一個只想躲在玩樂世界,不願長大,並到處尋找代替母親的小女生來照顧他,只因為小女生不會像母親那樣的束縛著他,而會和他一起冒險。

看完電影後卻整個改觀:就是因為現實社會的枷鎖和壓力,才使得我們在心境上更應該有想像力;time and tide wait for no man。試想:如果每個孩子都早熟沒有想像力,提早進入成人階段,這個世界將會有多煩悶無趣啊!

Johnny Deep的英國腔和神鬼奇航中那個海盜的語氣真像,只是有禮多了。不過他真是適合這些不按牌理出牌的角色

George Lucas真是鬼才,二十年後將故事全部交待清楚,除了盛大的冒險之外,也表達出各族群融合及和平的重要。

吊詭的地方是安納金一直被認為是預言中帶來和平的英雄,卻變成投靠敵人的壞人。因為他相信他的妻子會在生產時死去,因而被黑暗勢力利用,一心想習得起死回生的原力。但權力及慾望腐蝕一個人時,其所需的時間會比想像中要短得多了,尤其一個有強大能力的人,若沒有堅定的自制力,對整個社會造成的衝擊也更大。但往往也是越自卑的人,得到權利後的所作所為更為誇張,算是一種心靈的compensation吧!

幸好預言還是實現了,安納金的兒子完成統一大業,難道是因為他喜歡的人是他姐姐,而二人無以為繼的情感使得他專心於英雄大事?

導演Martin Scorses。

李奧納多實在是一位絶佳演員,他所飾演的任何角色均能恰如其分的表達出來,並抹去自己的影子。

對於霍華休斯其人,除了是個有錢人之外,我是對他一點都不瞭解;可是似乎天才總是瘋狂,而在片中除了他的強迫妄想症之外,不受限的想像力和對未前的遠景的實現,是他成功最大的動力。

我們總是自我限制及抱怨時機不好,但是當機會來臨時卻又軟弱不前。相信自己及放手一搏,有時還真需要點瘋狂。

王者天下(Kingdom of heaven)

新的無神論已慢慢在流行,從暢銷書到電影都可一窺此種趨勢

王者天下並不偏袒任何一種宗教,只強調個人的道德品性高尚,自然會受到上天的偏愛;一般人民的福祉安定也高於政治利益的爭奪

但公主造訪男主角時,以有夫之婦之身與之發生關係時,不見男主角有意見;他在耶路撒冷國王提及要將公主另嫁給他時卻拒絕了。可見偷情及奪人妻子的標準的確不一。

2046

2046是一列載滿主角愛情記憶的時光列車,從來沒有碰到對的人,對的地點的對的時間。但在車上出現的人都是主角認真交往的對象嗎?還是只有王菲是他唯一交往正常的人?(不是有夫之婦、賭客或是酒店小姐)

導演王家衛以他一貫的手法成功刻劃出不願被綁住的男性心理,唯一的一個純情男子卻是日本人...但也令人省思是否專一的人才能得到最終的愛情?我想,這一理論對男女應都有用

Before Night Falls(在夜幕降臨前)

令人難過的傳記電影。導演Julian Schnabel was born in New York.此劇是一位巴西小說家的自傳,從革命成功到共產主義,種種對人民的影響均在本片中表達出來。

在自由國家的我們都應該看這一部電影,才會對現在的生活更珍惜。雖然劇中有同性戀的主題,但所表達的應該是每個人都有表達自己的自由,並追求靈性的提昇。每一位演員都不錯,令人動容。

喜歡男主角在劇中的一句話:作家就算沒在寫作時,也要把自己視在作家。

再見了,可魯

書比電影好多了。

在書中可以看到狗的成長,許多人為訓練導盲犬所做的努力和人狗之間的感情。可是電影只是在說一個無關緊要的故事,不論對觀眾、演員或是導演只是盡義務而已,至少對我這個把狗當成比其它事情都重要的人,我看不到令人動容的一面。

不過,電影中的狗狗好可愛。

P.S.小小的雞婆一下,問過的人都覺得電影演的沒感情

  I was sent to a five-start hotel. That was my life, traveling from one hotel to another every night. In the hotel I found the right room and knocked. A man in white T-shirt and jeans opened the door and looked at me.

  Wordlessly he gestured to me to follow him inside to the bed. He looked  fifty-something. His head was shaved and his skin was pale. I sat beside him on the bed with my purse still hanging from my shoulder. Still not a word, but he stared at me closely. I felt nervous about the silence and turned my head toward the lamp on the side table. I thought, who is this guy, some kind of weirdo or monk?

  After what seemed like five minutes longer, I finally looked back at him. Surprisely, he did not move even a muscle. I asked him if I should take a shower first. He only shrugged.

  I stood up, put my purse on the table, entered the bathroom and closed the door. I took a deep breath, stepped into the shower, and my anxiousness flowed with the water down the drain. I rehearsed my usual rules: first, never ask anything about my client; second, just serve him well.

  With a towel around my body, I stepped out. He lay on the bed eyeing the ceiling. I undressed him. I touched his member and squeezed it as it swelled, looking carefully for signs of venereal disease, them put a pre-lubricated condom on him. Removing my towel I lay back on the bed. There was no kissing or foreplay. Squatting between my legs, he thrust heavily from start to finish. The light was still on. I could see the sadness in his eyes when he came. Very quiet, no moaning. Then he rolled to the other side of the bed, eyeing the ceiling with a blank face again.

  After a moment he took money from the drawer. I counted it–five thousand dollars, more than I had received from any customer before. I hurriedly put my clothes on and gave him my name card. But as I closed the door, I saw him throw it into a waste basket without even taking a look.

  Something in the newspaper caught my attention the next afternoon: "Master-Mentor Ming Cheng of Shan Sui Temple died yesterday afternoon." His successor, the new master-mentor, was announced as Ming Jing. He, the person I had met last night, was hsown in the picture accompanying the news story, smiling radiantly at me.

功夫

昨天終於看了功夫。

可能是因為一開始把它定位在胡鬧的片子,所以看過之後反而有種難以言喻的驚喜。

一部沒有英雄的影片是無趣的,不論這位英雄是超人或只是平凡的小人物勇敢的面對生活的磨練。這一次周星馳個人的重心平均分擔到其它的演員,在生活中每個人都是自己的英雄,相信自己才能成就事業(對個人而言重要的事,不侷限於高位權重)。

一位拯救全世界的英雄… 最後還是要回到平凡的生活,拯救世界只是目標,家庭才是生活的重心–超人特攻隊不就證明了這一點。