近期影片summary(外一则)

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近期影片summary(外一则)

Post by Jun » 2008-07-27 14:55

1. Mama Mia! 开始的十五分钟觉得有点闷,几乎要抽签,结果越来越好看,越来越投入,还是要归功于Meryl Streep,真是了不起啊,这么狗血的剧情也能演得让观众感情随着她起伏,太厉害了,而且唱得也好。Pearce Brosnan 大概饭西自己是个hard rocker,唱得声嘶力竭的。三个中年男里面就 Colin Firth 遮遮掩掩地不肯脱干净,我一心想比较一下三个人的肚腩,结果就他的总是有点遮着,害我看不清。

2. The X-Files: I Want to Believe. 我觉得拍得挺好的,不搞那么多大特技什么的,回到电视剧时代以气氛取胜的风格。不过,即使是电视剧时代,我也不怎么喜欢Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz 写的剧本,这部电影也是,含含糊糊的,故意不讲清楚。关于医学的地方又是想当然耳,比较让我抓狂。不过很喜欢对 Mulder 和 Scully 的恋爱关系的处理,成年的,大大方方的,intelligent,互相尊重的,没有一般男作者对知识分子女朋友角色的恐惧感。

3. 出埃及记。彭浩翔拍的。本来去年寒假在哥哥那里看见这个碟,一开始就是差馆里警察殴打疑犯,我还以为又是黑社会这种暴力片,就关了没看。今天去博物馆看,不知道是同一部影片,一开头又差点walked out,幸好想起来介绍说是幽默的,就看下去了。拍得很好,镜头的设计和剪接和和调度明显有 Hitchcockian 风格,果然是钻研电影的人拍出来的。画面也很精美,看得出摄影非常注意texture and shapes,有美术感。任大叔实在让我惊叹,已经五十多岁了,身材还那么好,没有肚腩,是敬业呢还是基因强大?

4. 烂头何。刘家良导演。这是在优酷上看的,如果有人跟我一样是武打片迷,强烈推荐一下(估计也没有)。这部片子在洋武侠影迷中名气很大,看了后果然名不虚传。好仰慕刘师傅!演示和解释真武术的基础知识,对我这种连马步都不懂的观众实在是太有用了。刘家辉跟汪禹一对主角也很有化学作用,幽默搞笑但有分寸,逗乐而不生硬。刘家辉其时二十四岁都不到,却要演同岁的汪禹的师父,贴了撇小胡子扮老相,很可爱。(汪禹前阵子去世了。)最后决斗一段二人三条腿的武打设计真是精彩至极,超经典哪。刘家良自己导演的影片不多,但其实很有看头,而且taste不错,看不出恶趣味,是个好老伯。

外一则:

推荐一下David Sedaris 的新书 "When You Are Engulfed in Flames." 跟他过去的书类似,都是compilation of essays,拉家常,笑料很多,富有生活情趣和keen observation。他说他从来没有cheated on a boyfriend,然后解释为什么没有,挺有道理的,让我小小感动一下。推荐!It's light and funny.

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Post by CAVA » 2008-07-28 5:19

Pearce Brosnan 大概饭西自己是个hard rocker,唱得声嘶力竭的。三个中年男里面就 Colin Firth 遮遮掩掩地不肯脱干净,我一心想比较一下三个人的肚腩,结果就他的总是有点遮着,害我看不清。
:laughting015: :laughting015: :laughting015:

皮大叔嗓音条件限制,只好模仿Rod Stewart了。你看的时候有没有人鼓掌跟唱?

ABBA虽然古老,还是有些神奇的力量的。电影回来我立刻把家里的CD导到MP3里,听了好几遍了。

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Post by Jun » 2008-07-28 7:02

没有观众跟着唱,但是放映厅里坐得满满的,我只能找到夹在两个人中间的椅子,坐在一边的是个单身男性,只需看一眼我就鉴定是弯的。

在大学里的时候我曾经迷过ABBA,还买过一张金曲CD。现在听起来各曲参差不齐,也有些duds(当然),不过好的还是很好听哦。

Brosnan 大叔也大大方方地显示他的肚腩了耶,很可爱。
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Post by CAVA » 2008-07-28 7:41

前阵子一女朋友办生日爬梯,主题号称是80年代,就放了好几首ABBA的歌。她先生委屈地跟我说:她居然要求我陪看Mamma Mia!

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Post by silkworm » 2008-07-28 7:46

小时候听英文歌,多是ABBA,The Carpenters,John Denver之类的。到了美国,实验室里开收音机,韩国学长和我都很爱听的老歌金曲,美国学生们痛苦不堪,觉得是跟爸妈辈的人一起。

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Post by CAVA » 2008-07-28 7:48

对,电台里的女声还会说:现在为大家播送一首外国歌曲。

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Post by Jun » 2008-07-28 8:09

I think these pop songs are inextricably connected with the 60s and 70s and therefore induce a particular nostalgia for people of a certain age. My ex-boss is a self-proclaimed "Flower Child" and talked about how the social mores among young people were so different from they are now. It was a unique period in American history when young people, for once, felt they had some power and influence (even though they didn't really --- it was still their parents and LBJ and Nixon who had all the power). Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jimmy Hendrix, etc. were sooooooooooo massively influential and revered that ABBA and the Carpenters seemed like flimsy bubble gum.
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Post by CAVA » 2008-07-28 8:23

It was a unique period in American history when young people, for once, felt they had some power and influence
是for once吗,还是from then on?我有不少同事和朋友在60年代末是活跃的activists,据说那时候整个西欧都被差不多的sentiment横扫。

ABBA属于feel good的轻音乐,据说每当经济趋势不佳,ABBA的唱片销量就特别好。就象萧条的时候,电影院的生意却反而景气,因为是便宜的逃避现实和娱乐方式。

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Post by Jun » 2008-07-28 8:30

Yes, for once, in this country. The youth and anti-Vietnam War movement in the 60s and early 70s quickly caused a backlash amoung the "adults" and led to two landslide election victories by Nixon. After Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal, there was a brief period of Carter, who was pretty religious too. Then there was the endless "golden age" of the 80s when the Reagan ideology dominated the country. To best understand the social atmosphere of the 80s, see Oliver Stone's movie "Wall Street." It was an extremely conservative period when much of the social services infrastructure was either privatized or dismantled. The conservative movement that started with Reagan has continued through today and has become more extreme than ever. People today remember Nixon as this evil guy, but in fact his policies would be considered moderate or middle-of-the-road today. For example, he established and supported a lot of environmental protection policies. His power-grabbing tactics are nothing compared with what is going on today. Eaves-dropping on political rivals? The crime that got him thrown out of the White House would be nothing today as the Prez can legally eaves-drop on any American citizen.

This is not Europe... :speechless001:

Basically, the social and political climate in this country has slowly drifted very very far right of where it was in the 60s and early 70s. Because the drift has been relatively slow, most people do not feel it until it is too late --- the typical frog-boiling concept. Indeed the general climate in US is separating farther and farther from most developed countries and falling closer to ... China, Russia, and other totalitarian regimes.
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Post by tiffany » 2008-07-28 9:34

一直听说frech connection是个经典片子,没想到是这么结局郁闷的经典啊。
不过片子一大段汽车追火车是发生在我住的那个区,眼见着熟悉的高架桥和地铁站名,觉得:1?不对啊,这个d线,不是电影里说的n线啊。当然也可能几十年以前,那确实是n线。
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Post by Jun » 2008-07-28 9:59

扑过来握一下白博的手。法国贩毒网是个多么经典的片子啊,我看了好几遍都不厌,实在太好看了。它还有个续集的,我觉得没有第一集拍得那么真实。70年代出的电影也特别棒。
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Post by tiffany » 2008-07-28 14:00

啊?我觉得这个片子不是不闷的,所以把它归为写实派了。这片子真舍得用血浆,几个死人镜头都是血里呼啦粘兮兮给泼一脸。
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Post by bootchange » 2008-07-28 18:53

那个出埃及记开始打人的那一段时候很让人迷惑,有烂片的嫌疑,后面就慢慢好看起来。任达华年轻的时候不觉得好看,现在倒是越来越有味道。

另外一部香港警察沾边的片子《神探》也不错。其实刘青云的片子大部分都好像还可以,前两年他拍过一部什么我要成名的片子,也算可看的。

哎,觉得有点大叔控的味道。

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Post by Elysees » 2008-07-28 20:36

啊,X档案已经上映了 :love019: :love019: ,我这日子过得太糊涂了。
不过很喜欢对 Mulder 和 Scully 的恋爱关系的处理,成年的,大大方方的,intelligent,互相尊重的,没有一般男作者对知识分子女朋友角色的恐惧感。
这什么意思?他俩终于挑明了? :f21: :f20:
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Post by Jun » 2008-07-28 21:25

上一部电影里就挑明了呢。
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Post by Elysees » 2008-07-28 23:46

是末,我记不太清了,印象里上一部电影差一点点才亲上...我觉得还是留在当年的暧昧中啊。
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Post by simonsun » 2008-07-29 0:05

影院里的,推荐一下。

dark knight,这个就不说了。

encounters at the end of world,Herzog的纪录片,说的是南极考察站。因为是NSF给的钱,所以有点家庭作业……但是拍摄的题材那么神奇,怎么也差不了。

tell no one,还没有看,据说不错。

coen兄弟的新片9月也就出来了,同天上映的还有pacino/de niro的righteous kill。另有年底的revolutionary road。一并期待一下。
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Post by justforfun » 2008-07-29 11:58

simonsun wrote: dark knight,这个就不说了。
为什么不说了,谷里已经有评论了吗?

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Post by simonsun » 2008-07-31 1:47

tell no one,法国的悬疑片,男主角一看就是老戏骨,选得很合适。片子最出彩的是情节。非常,非常地强悍,拧来拧去让人喘不过气。法国式的小浪漫也随处可见。

是个不错的片子,除了结尾稍让人失望。
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Post by Jun » 2008-08-01 7:05

这个周末我要去看Chris and Don,如果好回来报告。
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Post by Jun » 2008-08-02 16:59

Tell No One 是美国作家Harla Coben 的小说改编的,风格sparse,让我想起 Carl Franklin 的片子,很不法国。

孙同学说说为什么不喜欢结尾?已经听到至少两个人这么说,但是我看没什么问题啊,似乎很正常合乎逻辑。

唯一抱怨的地方是开头没有充分建立男女主角两家的背景,他们父辈的关系,否则效果会更好些。
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Post by simonsun » 2008-08-03 1:19

Jun wrote:Tell No One 是美国作家Harla Coben 的小说改编的,风格sparse,让我想起 Carl Franklin 的片子,很不法国。

孙同学说说为什么不喜欢结尾?已经听到至少两个人这么说,但是我看没什么问题啊,似乎很正常合乎逻辑。

唯一抱怨的地方是开头没有充分建立男女主角两家的背景,他们父辈的关系,否则效果会更好些。
剧情上是圆满了,但是前面的twist太多,到这里,大家都疲劳了,再来一个twist,就仿佛硬要把故事说圆了似的,反而削弱了效果。

我不是特别喜欢处处为观众考虑,每个细节都要交代一遍的手法。尤其是情节多折的故事,最后来一个一二三大解释,特地把每个角都造圆了的。

相比之下Nolan的Dark Knight就很聪明,joker怎么设计那些罪案的,全都无关紧要,因此统统略去――仔细想起来,其实又好多不大说的圆的地方――但谁又在乎呢?
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Post by Jun » 2008-08-03 8:38

[SPOILERS!!]


可见孙同学不是侦探类型迷。

蝙蝠侠那是漫画类型故事,当然对悬疑和布局的要求很低很低,很随便,跟侦探类不能比。

这是典型的侦探类,所以要把细节交代清楚。象我这样习惯了看侦探小说的人,对漫画类就比较不屑。

实际上我早就猜到Phillip Neuville 是女主角杀的而不是他爸爸杀的。她才知道老公的枪在哪里,她才有最大的理由杀他。这个twist 十分合理。记得吗?中间老Neuville 爸爸曾经说过一句,我的儿子已经入土,而SHE还活着,让我怎能安心?
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Post by simonsun » 2008-08-03 13:49

这我知道……埋着的twist都点明了,是合理了,但那最后twist一下,还要一个镜头一个镜头给的手法,就让我觉得很无味……小说这样搞,我觉得还较容易接受一些。

情节完整合逻辑可不能保证质量哪。那么多好片子在前头,侦探电影要是非得加个大尾巴,也不必一二三吧。
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Post by Jun » 2008-08-08 10:09

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A recent opening (next week) I'm most looking forward to.
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Post by Elysees » 2008-08-11 11:57

厄,我来报告一下,我周六看了Mummy 3,大家都不要去看了,大烂片,无法形容的...... :gros_yeux_tristes: :gros_yeux_tristes:
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