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May. 13.

Knowing

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Knowing was advertised as a science fiction film, but turned out to be horrifying when I was watching it. When the 911 number combinations were appearing in front of me I realized this was a disaster film.

When the more and more disaster films come out, they cannot help the lack of new ideas, but this film was well developed, to puzzle the audience with a sci-fi one. Nicholas Cage played the leading man, MIT’s teacher. Having visited Boston, I’m very familiar with the background, where the disaster happened, terrifying. The film predicted that on October 19 this year, the Earth would be destroyed. Unlike in the day after tomorrow, in Knowing, the sun would swallow the earth, so no one could flee. Then the film can play to its strengths of being imaginative, doing whatever is wanted, and the day dreams that cannot be realized are now able to realistically show to the audience, and everyone feels like the real thing; it really feels better doesn’t it? Without taking any responsibility, a dream comes true. Sometimes dreaming has the same purpose, but the dream is done passively, while the film is actively making, and to create the box office value doubles the benefits.

The dream in the film was that, Everyone else was doomed, but a boy and a girl were rescued by aliens to another planet to begin another round of Adam and Eve. The planet looked like paradise. Perhaps this was the origin of human beings? Only Adam and Eve were allowed to start a new life? Life is hard since beginning.

Why was it like science fiction? It played a game of numbers. In a primary school 50 years ago, the teacher asked students to paint a picture and put in a Time Capsule in order to give the future students 50 years later. Instead of painting, a girl filled numbers in the entire page. 50 years later, Nicholas Cage’s son received this piece of paper. Nicholas was looking at these figures, suddenly noticing 0911, aware of the rules of these figures, the disaster of 50 years, the date and the number of deaths. Of course, disasters occurred on time, and inevitably. He saw the tricks of the figures in the other unknown number, and they were longitude and latitude, indicating the location.

Then there was his ultimate concern, and the final prediction would be October 19, reversed two of number three; it was not 3, but E. What did E mean? Adam and Eve? When the little girl drew a picture, pointing to the painting of the sun, Nicholas suddenly thought of the sun, end of the world. Then no one could flee, but why was it EE? This time aliens stole the children. When Nicholas caught up with them, and realized the true meaning. Except for EE Everyone Else could not escape, then the aliens were to rescue the children – the human. When the aliens indicated that only the kids could go, Nicholas resolutely goodbyed his son, since his son carried the hope of all humanity.

It would be marvelous if the first disaster film was like this.

Cherish every day, nothing else.

Knowing

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May. 13.

La Moustache

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“La moustache” is a counter-logic film.

“What if I shaved my mustache?” Mark asked his wife Agnes. “No idea. I like it. I’ve never known you without it.” When Mark shaved the mustache he had in the past decade, his wife, old friends, and colleagues all denied that he had had his mustache. But the problem was that, when his wife was indifferent, Mark did not immediately tell his wife that he shaved his mustache, but quietly waited for the attention from his wife. When Mark fussed about this petty thing, there’s a dialogue between the young couple. Agnes: “It’s hard to say it?” Mark: “not difficult, but no need to say.” “Say” has two meanings: 1. Pronounce, utter the words; 2. Express, articulate (à sortir, à avouer). This minor detail pointed out the common problems in life.

Even more terrible is that Mark clearly heard his father’s telephone recording that asked him and his wife to dinner the next day, but when he mentioned it to his wife, his wife said that his father already passed away two years ago, and Mark was almost insane. What would Mark do? Two possibilities: commit suicide, or go to China. Why China? In order to leave France, go to a very different place.

Mark hurriedly pulled out a passport, went straight to the airport with nothing but money, and a flight happened to fly Hong Kong, he then went to Hong Kong. Why Hong Kong? Because it’s a free port, and Hong Kong is an island surrounded by the sea; Mark needed water to wash away the past, reborn.

Mark constantly took the ferries between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and finally took fishing vessel to an island. When the time was passing, his mustache was growing slowly. Prior to this Mark wrote an unsent postcard, “without your eyes, I can not see.” As if at the same time he was saying, “with you, I’m mad.” The world is drunk I alone am sober.

One day, he returned to the small hotel. The owner told him, his wife was in the room. When he opened the door, his wife was lying in bed, and the closet was covered with her clothes, dresser filled with cosmetics, as if his wife had been staying for a very long time. His wife said, “I still like the way you do not grow a mustache”, he took the razor again. This time his wife did not turn a blind eye, but responded immediately, expressing that she noted his change and that she liked it.

The film ended like this. Mark knew to escape did not solve the problem. At the beginning he was pursuing hard of the recognition, and now he got it. But would his life be Zhouzhuang or butterfly? He did not know, he did not want to know, and he would continue to live in the eyes of others. Was the outcome positive or negative? Mark did not commit suicide; it’s of course positive. The world is drunk and I alone am sober, and Mark went back to be crazy and live in the eye of others; this certainly had its negative side. The director changed the ending of committing suicide to that others were paying attention to Mark and from Mark’s being isolated to his facing the eyes of others; it’s positive, strongly positive.

La moustache

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Jan. 20.

希斯莱杰

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我很少看冒险片，但是在我看了Heath Ledger在断背山Brokeback Mountain中的演技后，我就很想再看看他演的其他影片，于是就有缘欣赏了“骑士风云录A Knight’s Tale”这部由他主演的冒险片。

Heath Ledger擅长于在迥然不同的影片中扮演风格各异的角色，在某些影片里你甚至认不出他的脸，但是我总是能够认出他，因为他是我所喜爱的那种很酷的男性。

Heath Ledger

“ 骑士风云录”是一部鼓励孩子象骑士般勇敢的影片；这部影片告诉人们挑战和改变命运是可能的。它是一部用当代20 世纪的手法表现 14 世纪的冒险史诗，很有创意性地柔和了经典的七十年代的摇滚曲调，创造性地建立了一座“当时和现在”时代错位的桥，并将”We will rock you”作为配乐添加进这部21 世纪的乔叟故事的序幕中，中世纪农民踏着音乐的节拍跺着他们的脚，在他们最激烈的运动马上枪术比赛的露天看台上拍着他们的手。

Heath饰演威廉，一位出身农家的伺从，比贵族更有骑士风度。他在对手受伤时退出，显示了他的仁慈和善良；爱德华王子为能参赛乔装改扮，他人认出王子后退出比赛，威廉仍然与王子对决；当一群皇家卫兵将把威廉关押起来时，威廉没有逃跑，而是把自己置身于危险之中；当威廉受了伤，因为穿盔甲不能喘息所以就根本不穿盔甲，因为几乎不能握住枪矛而请他的朋友把枪矛系在他的手臂上时，威廉仍然完成了比赛并使其对手从马上摔下来，此时故事达到了高潮。多么勇敢！

这部影片因此非常令人享受和愉悦, 但令人叫绝的是它创造了作家乔叟这个形象，本片因此而出众。Paul Bettany 饰演乔叟，表演非常自然。当威廉赢取了一次剑赛时，乔叟的第一篇演说是“我们走在他的动荡庭院里”，然后乔叟把威廉引荐给“不坐在坐垫上的这里每一个人” 主旨在于“今天你们感到自己是平等的，因为你们都被平等地保佑着”，到后来乔叟关于威廉的传说“安宁的探求者, 意大利童贞的保护者和上帝的实施者”, 直至最后介绍威廉的演说“你们自己当中的一个, 出身于与这个体育场一箭之远的地方” ，所有这些奇妙的话语使威廉吸引了人们的注意并且博得了人们的好感。

一部冒险片能拍到令人回味无穷足见其魅力之所在，在我的心目中，这部影片于是就超越了其它所有冒险片。

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Mar. 17.

Terabithia

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I went to watch the movie “Bridge to Terabithia” because I read this New Berry Awarded book and was really touched by this excellent book written for middle school children.

The bridge to the friendship between Jess and Leslie in the book was mainly reflected by the description of Jess’ thoughts since he is a very introverted boy. I was moved again and again by the way how the author delicately wrote about their friendship. I can only use the phrase “it’s just so much” to summarize how I feel. It’s like an endless eternity, their profound friendship, even such an outstanding writer couldn’t show you all and left you broad space to feel, to relate, to imagine, to realize, to understand. It’s not only for children. It’s not a perfect angelic type book but it’s deep enough for you to think to enjoy. The only part I was trying to avoid was the tragedy.

The goodness of the movie is that it softened the tragedy and strengthened a more positive view. It’s probably due to the modern film making technology. The book and the movie are like a best match. The movie put the imagination into reality in front of your eyes. The book was written early in 1970s. What have Terabithia been in the author’s eyes at that time?

When I read the book I liked Leslie already, however, it’s still an enchanting surprise when I saw the role performed by AnnaSophia. In the book Leslie has brown hair, and in the movie, she is a blonde. The role is more beautiful than I imagined. It’s amazing to see such a young yet mature and potential movie star. The followings are the unforgettable scenes of the movie and the film maker made them so beautiful:

Leslie jumped across through a rope to Terabithia – the kingdom of Jess and Leslie in their heart:

Rope to Terabithia

Leslie was so happy to feel the freedom in the kingdom:

Smile

Leslie was looking at Terabithia from the top of the tree:

Tree

Jess and Leslie were looking at the Terabithia from the top of the tree. Leslie said, close your eyes, keep your mind wide open.

Jess and Leslie

Here goes the imaginary Terabithia vividly right in front of your eyes through film maker’s recreation. That’s the best part of the film making; it helps your dreams come true and this recreation of the book also lessened the tragic sense and brought audience a more positive one.

Terabithia

Last smile of Leslie remains on my mind. When Jess and Leslie ran back home in the rain, Leslie was turning her head and smiling, “see you” and then disappeared in the rain. How could Jess know in advance that that moment would be the last goodbye with Leslie? The film maker especially made the moment still for a few seconds but it’s still too short. It’s so beautiful. It does help ignore the tragic feeling. Yes, why should we forget? We could just remember those beautiful moments; Jess will always remember.

Last Goodbye

Movie is always a recreation of the original book; that’s why most movies are “better” than the original novels, especially when the film maker is more literature oriented and enriches the movies with more terrific dialogs as I mentioned in Happy Pie. However, I would say, Bridge to Terabithia, the book and the movies are equally good and without the book there wouldn’t be this movie. If I were the film maker, I would translate Jess’ thoughts of the book into monologues to lead the entire movie, because this is the best part of the book; that’s the very reason for the book to succeed, to make reader understand the depth of the friendship. Yes, that’s what the movie vitally lacks, nevertheless, I like to hear kids say, I prefer the book; in this way, they will still be active readers and intelligent, and the literature will keep staying.

As a grown-up, even I wish to hold such a kingdom in my heart and I would also name it Terabithia.

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Jan. 07.

Happy Pie

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Happy Pie

I’m recently watching a Chinese TV series called “Pass by Happiness”. It’s based on a novel called “Happy Pie”. I fix the schedule watching it. When I compared it with the novel, I started to understand how great a filmmaker can be. A novel forms basis of a story; it may be meaningful; it may be beautiful, however, the dialogs in a film are usually based on the script or even more than that, and often times, they are the key sources of the story’s being wonderful. It seems, films, in a way, are more expressive than novels; what’s more, it seems, filmmakers are able to understand and dig deeper than novelists in SOME way. I keep watching this series, not because of its story; it’s a common entertaining story about love and marriage. It doesn’t really matter if you miss some part of the plot, and the story goes on and on. You watch it as an onlooker, and look at the main characters to see how their feelings offer you some kinds of emotion at some moments. However, when the series forward, I start to feel something more than just a story stronger and stronger day after day. It’s not a perfect TV series; it doesn’t have amazingly pretty women combined with amazingly outstanding performance. Nevertheless, the dialogs are great! There is wisdom inside, inside filmmaker’s mind. The filmmaker created a role who was not in the original novel and I’m well impressed by this wise woman. I start to be aware that I am actually watching this woman, her wisdom; the actress is not amazingly pretty (but at least refreshingly nice) it doesn’t matter for me who plays the role; I’m watching the role but not the actress.
Some sample dialogs for you to share (can’t list all, otherwise I have to tell of the whole story – some conversations are very plot related)
Both conversations are between the wise woman and an artist whose talent she appreciates. The artist is working for the woman; they are like good friends, sister and brother. The artist is being in love with another married woman.
First conversation:
The artist: Do you believe that there is a feeling that surpasses love?
The woman: What is it?
The artist: It’s called “missing”.
The woman: Don’t you want to “possess” her?
The artist: In my heart, I already have her.
The woman: Does she know that?
The artist: She is the same, I’m pretty sure; I can feel it.
Second conversation:
The woman: In this world, there are two kinds of people who are the least responsible.
The artist: Who are they?
The woman: One is the hooligan; the other is the artist.
The artist: Then who is the most responsible?
The woman: The business person, like me.

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