鸿门宴， 历史如果真如此

这是一部电影，不是历史。应该说，这是一部改写历史情节的电影。当然，历史是不能改变的，编剧所能做的，是用动人的方式，把已发生的，巧妙地呈现给观众。这部戏，确确实实的做到这一点。

鸿门宴，稍微有中国历史知识的人，都知道为何事。谁为军师，何人赢得天下， 反而不是故事的主题。

戏里最精彩的人物- 范增，让黄秋生演活了，从意气风发，一股必胜的豪情，到满腔悲概，孤注一掷的悲哀，把我们所熟悉的历史人物，可能不可能的一面，带到银幕上。有你的！

为了不破坏看这场戏的乐趣，我不会陈述太多。值得一提的是，普通导演会安排精彩打斗的鸿门舞剑，被李仁港以一场别开生面的斗智斗勇的方式给诠释出来。

想说的是，历史如果真如此！

戏里的场面不凡，每个人物都淋漓尽致，这是一部我看得非常过瘾的戏。期待它的高清版。

戏末稍稍有点纳闷，缺少了十面楚歌的哀嚎场面，霸王别姬的离情，项羽就这样死去。有负一代豪雄。不足。

PS: Please forgive my Chinese. But I worry too much, there is always Google, just highlight and Google away. Credit photo, Wikipedia: link

Picking up disgrace, live with it

I shared this on my Facebook, and I am going to own the DVD. But I don't think I am able to accept this in my life time. There can be no reconciliation between us.

How about you?

The Lovely Bones, my review

I haven’t read the novel prior to writing this review, but my thought here, it couldn’t get better.

Fans of the movie Ghost may find it a familiar scene where Susie was murder, but I want to argue, it was brought to the audience through more suspend, and remorse, after the director left details of the murder to your imagination. You will find that Susie’s spiritual world contains many symbolic messages.

Saoirse Ronan is beautiful, more beautiful than I would have thought before I came to know about the movie, and it is also because of this the tragical atmosphere in the movie is even more tense. Saoirse acting was young, but her every act in the movie was natural, maybe she was being herself. However, I sense that she cannot grasp the hatred of Susie the character, but who can. She already did a good job.

In most part of the movie, it is like a lucid dream of Susie, but she cannot wake, nor intervene. Scene switches between Susie spiritual world and her family’s life without her, connecting each cause and effect, or karma, I suspect the author is trying telling us, in a seamless way. Finally, he who loves someone the most can feel their presence.

But the best part of the show, or the part I like the most, is when the safe box is rolling it’s way to the bottomless crack of the earth, the finally moment that Susie will be free. I can assure many thoughts and mix feeling will come to you at this moment if you are paying attention to this movie.

Will the killer be caught? How was Susie finally free? All so well plot, great movie, excellent story. 4 stars.

No spoiler, I can tell you the killer gets what he deserves, but revenge and hate is not what it’s telling.

(Did Alice Sebold ever visited the other world? I like to think so. There are lots of symbolic stuffs in the movie which I kind of hope they will be better describe in the novel. But this part is not the review of The Lovely Bones.)

妈妈。我不眠的夜。

I am suppose to write a Chinese review. But I got so many Korea culture shock from this movie that I decided to write a bit in English. You know, I never really watch a Korean movie, but the title and the casts, and reviews from the web push me to watch. I was also mistaken in many occasion as one who dislike Korea. I do not. I admit I was so much intrigue by Japanese culture, but after this movie, I can say Korea can be as fascinating as you want it to be.

There is this thing about their language, if you are Chinese who speaks good Mandarin, I swear you can understand Korean by just listening it for many times. It's a strange feeling.

Here is my Chinese review.

妈妈，韩国电影 （Madeo）。如果你想在这部戏里找感动，不要迟疑了！我重头到尾只稍微感动了五分钟。希望你能找到更多。

不过，这是一部好电影吗？当 然，我只是觉得它轰轰雷声响，却下毛毛雨。不够过隐，也不足回味。要是重看，我绝不重看。

戏里倒有几个纳罕之处，比如说，原来韩国的车辆没 有警报。有一幕晉久，演正泰的那位，飞腿把一辆豪华型轿车的望后镜给踢断了，那辆车哼都不哼一声。也就是说，没有防盗警铃。想来是偏僻乡村，运输困难，所 以全部的车都懒得装。另外，我个人觉的花文字幕，翻译会比英文来准确，我当然不懂韩文，这只是单纯个人的感觉。你看过了就会明白。

从开始 到戏结尾，妈妈故事桥段都篇排的不错，没有冷场，剧情一步一步的解开金惠子如何解救的儿子。整场戏的重头，其实就是金惠子。元斌演的弱智儿子也瞒好的，就 是不哭不笑也不怒。这角色难演。

我蛮喜欢戏的开场，它说明了这部戏是带点轻松幽默的，而戏也办到了。你有是会让戏里一些搞笑的韩国文化惹 得微笑，如果你哈韩的话，更能体会。

我喜欢整部戏。我虽不会重看，但会推荐它。我给它四颗星，值得看。

Mother, the Korean Movie

I am watching this tonight. Saw it on the shelf of Laser Flair, did some work on the web, decided to purchase. I kinda wish the cinematography is as good as the told story. You should watch with me. I will be writing a review, in Chinese off course, later. See ya!

Oh, almost forget to mention, it is rated M18 in Singapore. You know lah, Singapore MDA rating.

笑谈孔夫子

只要你的身体留有点滴华人的血，就应该认识孔子。不认识他的学说，也应该认识他本人。不然你可能需要去验一下血，看一看它到底是什么颜色。说不定它和蜻蛙 一样，是蓝色的。

认识的孔子应该知道，他有个英（文）名叫Johnny。不过仲尼一点西洋水也没喝过，就有如戏里扮演他的周润发一样。正 所谓英雄不问出身。

除了英文名外，有句非常的话，也是出自孔子之口，那就是“以女子和小人为难养也“。这句话轻视了女人几千年，却成为了 让人们更认识孔子的话。

其实这部戏的主角，除了让周润发来演，真的再也找不到更适合的人了。大家惴磨一下为什么。

非常欣 赏制作人没有采用电脑特技来美化这部戏，戏里的山水，美不可言。比起欧洲的华丽山水，戏里中国的山水多了一种肃穆，沧桑的感觉。这应该居功于选择场景的 人。单看戏里的山水，就值回票价了。

这部戏有个体贴的地方，凡第一次出场的历史人物，都会有一段小字幕，介绍该人物。让观众不必废心思去 猜度，可以专心观赏电影。不过我本人还是认为，即使有字幕介绍，在新加坡还是会有多数人看了也不知道。非常的可惜。

周迅可算是生错了时 代，在这“唯女子与小人为难养也“的春秋战国时期。她前前后后出场不到十五分钟，充分的显出了当时的封建制度。女人，只不过是花瓶。不过，因为她出场时间 的长短是所有女角色之冠，女主角之誉，当之无愧。呵呵。不过老实说，我也是看完戏后，才了解春秋战国时期原来是这么开放的。戏中南子不但企图色诱孔子，整 场戏露颈露肩，大腿手臂也毫不客气的露出来，害我差点以为这是部黄晶的戏。

整体来说，这部戏制作严谨，演员认真，故事有序，场内外景的选 择都到家，唯独写实面不足。这是一部好电影，值四颗星。

夜观，十月围城

我不是很喜欢鲁迅，但喜欢他的文学集。尤其是那篇“这样的战士”，不可言欲的悲呛，不能胜而又不得不面对的局，要用几滴墨才能点得清楚。我时时在想，如果鲁迅生在此时，又是一位影评，不知他会对现在的第八艺术作出什么评论。

我有时爱用直觉去衡量一部电影的好坏。我不否认，“十月围城”听起来颇有韵味，之中让人期待有兵豪马壯之景，千刀万剑交叉之声。我相当喜欢这样的剧名，命名者有艺术家的文思，能触动爱电影者的遐想。不错。

英文名“Bodyguards And Assassins"却马马虎虎。让人觉得不爽，好像是找不到好名，随便便阿猫阿狗的凑上了。敢情是觉得这部戏，反正洋人也看不懂。也不用多废唇舌，对牛谈琴。

不知道是不是有意，编剧好像故意舍孙中山这个名，戏里由始至终，竟只有孙文。哈！中山没了，变成了文皱皱的孙文，好像有点含沙射影。那为什么不用孙逸仙呢？我可觉得这是个更好的选择。

十月围城算是部相当严肃的戏吧？可是为什么当我看见满脸胡子的黎明，躺在那里，木然的掉下泪时，却忍不住的笑了？

王学圻在戏中给我留下相当深刻的印象，尤其是他重复梁家辉话的那幕，结结巴巴，充分的表现出市侩了数十年的商人，初明大义时，尚不知如何以口齿表达的状况。演技到足了家，这实在是个非常适合他的角色。他，是这部戏的焦点。

戏里不够好的地方，莫过于甄子丹和戏里女儿的那场，小女孩天真，害臊的表情自然，眼光不自然不用说，谁都知道要让小孩表演有多困难。甄子丹没达到当一位父亲第一次认识女儿，但又想到不久可能就要永远分离，终于了解到当父情的意义，时候不多了。好。。好像对他有点太难了。甄子丹要演真正感情戏恐怕还需一段时候。

十月围城令人期待高，却有点漏气。三颗半星，看不看由你。

Fake Terminator movie’s comment on IMDB

“The Terminators” is such a crap movie; I even give the producer credit for his courage to showcase it. I totally agree with the comment on IMDB,

“Every Teletubbie serial has more class and intelligence. It would make sense for a full drunken audience, but even filled with four bottles of wine I for myself would rather prefer to view a George Bush honor feature.”

The Terminators

Stone of movie Fifth Element on sale this Sep

On September 2009, you can buy stones of Fifth Element on the Internet. The Fifth Element is missing. Obviously, but then you only have to spend 200 odd bucks to save the World. Worth it!

(Link)Stone of Fifth Element, Nerd Approved.

Note: Interesting remark by Joe there, “two ‘water’ and no fire”

Upcoming DVD recommendation

I never miss his animation, and always intrigued by his vast and profound imagination.

(Link)Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, (With spoiler!)

(Video)Youtube, trailer.

Cape No 7 (海角七号), 刻骨铭心的爱. Highly recommended

I will not miss this one (DVD), heart stirring love song and tears jacking story. Box office second to Titanic in the history of Taiwan movie.

(Link) Wiki, 海角七号.

Part of song lyric,

一直到雙手像枯樹一樣斑駁, 這些字才想起了當時的溫柔,
一直到郵差走遍千萬個門口, 這些信才想起了流浪的理由….

一封封情書穿越緩慢的時空, 代替我等了好久的十指相擁
我知道回去不一定一路順風, 只希望有天好好梳你的白頭…..

(Video) Youtube, 海角七號 - 情書

Be the best of both Worlds

Here are 2 lists. The best, and the worst. Pick one. I’ll try both

Lake Eden, about the dark side of Humanity

This is a movie I recommend, and will definitely get a copy to watch. I know some friends of mine prefer only ‘positive’ kind of movie, but as long as it strikes a positive effect, any tools might be just as useful. Wouldn’t you agree?

(IMDB) Lake Eden, Lets ponder about tasks undone.

TGIF lostin choice of documentary

For Christ sake, claim back your nation. It is in Singapore now. (Link) After that, you might just believe that you can do anything in the name of God. Most important, I think some parts in this documentary may not have survived their scissors.

How to make a beachhead landing without enough man

Richard Hammond and team tell how they manage to make an exciting beach assault video scene, bloody Omaha, with limited budget and resources. Watch the Youtube video here if you like.

Somewhere over the rainbow in LOTRO style

Anna Tylor ‘performed’ this classic in beautiful scenery from popular online game Lord of the Rings online. The movie, PC game mix up with classical sensation is not just my ordinary evening pass time. (Link) Youtube Video

Site that sell JB version DVD locally

They have the DVD before its out, they have grade 1 to 5 DVD, which is taken from screen with recorder, they even distribute common ID and password out so many can go there to order their merchandise. I tell myself, wow, like tat also can meh! (Link)

I was told just a while ago they change their common password and ID. What!? I cannot reveal here, is top secret. The site is probably not hosted locally anyway. I was also informed your particular can be anyhow but HP must be true when you order. I heard they delivery to you.

You bitten them is SL Square, now they go cyber, what you gotta do?

Transformer also visit Malaysia leh, here are the proofs

Maria from Funny Cool Stuff says,
“These Protonbots have very close competitors whom are called DeceptiPeroduas. Haha… anyway, all these bots may look good and awesome at first. But guess what, they need to be sent for repair very frequently because they break apart easily! "

Damn right she is! (Link)