Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts

Friday, 9 May 2014

first thoughts on 香港仔


  家住香港仔,爸爸媽媽兩邊以前都是水上人,所以看到戲名和trailor裏面親切的破地獄場面,就開始心思思想看。

睇到吳孟達我初初是想笑的,因為他那種髮型、那種闊佬懶理的夏威夷恤衫、那種人搖福薄un身un勢的嘴臉,真是和我的大舅父一模一樣。然後一直說到他的妻子過身了,又來了一個叫阿霞的女人 ── 我看到神位那兒擺放著盧宛茵相片的一幕,心想﹕ 媽呀,會不會真是太巧了吧﹗

  (不幸的是,我兩個表弟又肥又笨,和古天樂不太相似。)

  故事沿一家三代人幾條線發生,爸爸吳孟達和女伴吳家麗,家姐楊千嬅和曾志偉夫婦,細佬古天樂梁詠琪和豬仔一家三口。

  一開始還覺得這套戲很creepy的,一時又收到郵局退回來的衣包,一時又報夢,一時又碟仙,一時又紙紮,一時又拜山,一時又破地獄。Tuesday with Morrie全本書我忘記得七七八八,只是記得一句"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." 整套電影充滿死亡的符號,其實在說一個關於如何生活的故事。

  什麼是生活?曾志偉說生活是吸氣,忍著,呼氣,再吸氣。生活也是無意中發掘戰時炸彈和拯救擱淺的鯨。

  工人在工地無意中掘到戰時炸彈,楊千嬅說,你不覺得很奇怪嗎整個灣仔起過那麼多東西,竟然有一個地方從來沒有被挖掘過。像我們成長的過程中,有些人有些事在我們的心靈造成創傷,或許我們當時沒有好好處理,隨著時間這些創傷越埋越深,可能很長時間我們都會忘記了這創傷。但是有一天不知什麼事又再觸發到傷患,我們就要引爆埋藏在地底的炸彈。引爆炸彈後雖然令一個拆彈專家受點輕傷,灰塵散落附近的家居,但在休養、清理後,我們就可以安心回家繼續生活。

  梁詠琪一度是當紅的model,樣子和身材標青,雖然身價隨著歲月有些走樣。每當古天樂在她面前表示擔心生得唔靚的女兒會被欺負、長大沒有人照顧,甚至揶揄女兒不像她時,她的內心都像被螫一下。她內心深處埋藏著一個秘密﹕她從來沒告訴丈夫年少時在韓國整容的往事,也不知如何啟齒。

  古天樂覺得自己的女兒豬仔長得不漂亮,常常擔心她長大後沒有人照顧,要教她功夫令她不會被男同學欺負。他和好友杜汶澤傾訴,甚至懷疑豬仔不是自己的親生骨肉,杜汶澤反問他,為何你要認定她會被人欺負呢?原來陰影源自古天樂小時候常常欺負班上一個長得不漂亮的女同學。當他鼓起勇氣親自向她道歉後,過去的陰影便除之而去。拆掉炸彈後,他無意間向梁詠琪提起,如果女兒長大後想變得漂亮些,整容也是一個選擇。毋須啟齒之下,梁詠琪感到被接納,豬仔亦不必再強迫自己吃榴槤討爸爸歡心。

  吳孟達小時候行過船,見過一網網的魚被拖上來,後來雖從事殯葬業超渡亡靈為自己積功德,依然認為和子女聚少離多是三代捕魚種下的業。

  豬仔養的變色龍Greenie死後,豬仔夢到牠走進海裏去,後來當新聞說有鯨在沙灘擱淺的時候,她就認定是Greenie回來找她,於是走去找爺爺要求他帶她去看Greenie。三代人一起合力要把鯨送回大海,好像償還以前三代捕魚的債,於是最後他們一家團圓,開開心心地吃麥當勞。

  有些人說,曾祖父殺生跟孫兒不喜歡父親的女伴根本沒有因果關係,拯救鯨後他們一家和解不過是一場巧合,你年輕時取笑人家醜樣不會導致你的女兒醜樣,不過我們的時空經驗的統一性,我們必然會循這理解我們所經歷的事。我們很難接受世事無常,於是我們為事情賦予意義,用我們的過去試圖解釋為何目前的事發如此發生,然後又認定做了某些事可以改變狀況。所以救鯨、超渡、找欺負過的人道歉,最重要並不是改變了外面世界的什麼,而是化解了你自己的心結,讓你放下過去。當人們放下對自己的審判,接受自己,勇敢拋棄退回的印章,便能夠互相接受,團聚在一起。

頭盔﹕ 說好了是first thoughts,這是未看導演訪問、其他文章前想到的事,所以很可能會誤會了一些情節。而且我只選擇了比較明白的線索來寫,很多其他譬如曾志偉和護士仔的婚外情、梁詠琪身價下降、和很搶眼的紙板城市我其實不太明白,所以就沒有談到。

Friday, 10 January 2014

Why I love Frozen the movie


I'm one of those girls who still watch Disney movies at 23 ok don't judge me :\

But before anything, Frozen is definitely a movie that mature grown-up ladies would love. I mean, look at Elsa and Anna's hairstyles, makeup and costumes. And if you type "frozen" and "tutorial" on the youtube search bar, you'll see how girls from all over the world are trying to recreate their elegant sweet looks.

 


This is a Disney princess adventure I won't lie. It has its "true love will win at the end" side. But there are still surprises in its plot that make it less Snow White like.

(If you havent watched and you plan to do so I'd advice you not to scroll down :P)


The first thing is Prince Hans. Most of the princesses I knew fall in love with their princes at first sight, and then they'll go through some adventures, and at the end they'll live happy ever after. Well, this Hans first comes out like all other princes I have seen before, looking at Anna with those loving eyes and his gentle smile, but later he turns out to be a power-hungry prince who wants to marry Anna just because he can then later climb to the throne of Arendelle. He makes it clear that it's because Anna wants accompany so bad it becomes easy for him to get near.
He doesnt even bother to save her when she nearly dies. For the first time in forever we can see that love at first sight doesnt have to be true love (I espeically love how Kristoff challenges Anna engaging someone whom she just met for one evening, that's so not Disney), and a prince can be real realistic when it comes to the throne matter.


The second thing is Elsa's personality. Most main characters we know are either perfect brave generous clever heros and heroins who fight their own way out or prudent kind good good girls who unfortunately got caste magic spells by wicked witches or wizards and therefore await the heros to come and save. I have to say Elsa has become a few of my favourite Disney characters particularly because of her fragile (and thus realistic) personality.
She is kind-hearted, beyond doubt, you can tell it by how she refuses to hurt anybody even when Hans' people go to catch her. But at the same time, she is not strong and she is afraid. She goes away from her country not because she is captured by any dragon or what but just because she wants to be free from her fear. You can read her struggles from her song Let It Go.

The ending is a twist too. Anna and Kristoff have been running all the way back to Arendelle so that Anna can get kissed by Hans, whom she thinks is her true love. But it turns out that Hans is a villain. So Anna thinks maybe Kristoff can help, so she runs to him. But at the very end, the true love is the sisterhood between Elsa and Anna, and that saves her life. I mean, unlike those traditional princesses who got kissed and saved by some unknown princes from far away or whom she has just known in the ball, this true love between sisters is way more convincing and valuable. 
It kind of reminds girls from all over the globe that apart from looking forward to some dream-coming-true boys with whom you got to spend a great deal of time and effort to build true love and meanwhile you may have your heart broken, your siblings around you are always loving and reliable companions that you should treasure.



I've been looping the songs in the soundtrack since I watched the movie, and this keeps me constantly in the Frozen mood.
 
Do you want to build a snowman is one of the favourite for some reasons. It echoes how a girl becomes increasingly disappointed over the years. At the end she becomes very lonely and desperate and gives up trying.
 
Both versions of Let It Go are my personal favourite. It tells Elsa's feelings when she finally has had enough of hiding her talents and fear of hurting people and as she runs away to the mountains she feels relieved. Among all of the unsung tracks, I love the melody of Vuelie the most.

I have to say one more thing before ending this entry. I particularly love this fat lady that appears in the coronation ball scene. She's so beautiful and eye-catching. Yes fat people exist and they dress up and they go to balls and that's totally alright. Thank you for including her in this ceremony!

Monday, 24 June 2013

World War Z


I am never a fan of zombie movies or monsters or any sort of those things
(well, things like Monster Inc., are not included here)
coz I'm so easily scared and I get no excitement from being freaked out
but lately i've been reading the latest issue of Philosophy Now which talks about zombie problems
so I decided to watch it to learn more about the issue

before we went i didnt expect it to be so scary
i was expecting a couple of zombie scenes near the end of the movie
but whooooooooooar it was much more than that

ok so i was so scared that i closed my eyes from the beginning right to the end so i have no idea what this movie's about except there were talking and screaming
lol joking

as i said above, im never a fan of zombie movies, so i got a number of questions flowing around since i was watching
for example, do zombies die on their own if no one go to kill them?
if they dun, and if there're no more humans in the city, no one ever goes in it and no zombies are ever allowed to come out, will they just keep on walking with their tilted heads, stuck out teeth, and open-too-widely eyes forever, until the day of final judgement or till the sun explodes and destroys earth?
i mean, even if they dun feel pain, wont their bones wear off at the joints, have tooth decay (since they dun seem to have the habit of brushing teeth), and stuff like that?
do they eat at all?
do female zombies still have menstruation? if so, wouldnt it be too disgusting... or are they especially fierce on those days (like female humans do)?
if the women have makeup on when they become zombie, will their skin soon becomes too bad coz i dun see any zombie remove makeup?

ok, those are just questions about zombies themselves, but i keep wondering things about the movie too
first, if zombies are stimulated by sound, should we all carry a little machine that produce sounds then when zombies come we can just throw it off and let the zombies go chase so that we can escape? (you can install songs like the Cranberries' Zombies in it)
second, should the UN distribute every human a good headphone to protect their ears then produce some great great great noise to destroy all zombies' eardrums in order that they become easier to deal with?
third, if people can become immune to zombies, will the UN open cities taken all by zombies for people to go in to play real life Biohazard (and use the money for remedial purposes)?

oh, and why Korea, Israel, and Belarus (is it?)?

Although most of the time I was very touched by the nice nature of the people in the movie (like, every one seems willing to help instead of selfishly/foolishly create more problems)
i was still upset when the UN has to send Gerry's family away and when the pathogenic stupid ass was shot (was he shot?) and slipped and died
the former was really selfish, i mean, hey, even if gerry's dead, the guy gave his life for you because you had promised to take care of his family
the latter demonstrated that people could sometimes really stupid, and they have to pay high prices for that

one more question, how do they have so many people in scenes like Philly or Israel?
Are they the same actors?

I think I should get stronger and braver, just in case, you know