Inception

A movie that delves into the subconscious level of human beings. Something that everyone is so sensitive about and there is an air of mysticism around it.
After watching the movie, there is only 1 word to describe.

"OVERWHELMING"

Why? It is like kongfu movie, psychology and conman job all roll into 1 rojak.
Instead of intriguing my minds on how they go into the subconscious, they replace all by drugs, sedatives and a certain gadget that puts people down.
It is in fact more like a maze. Endless routes and options. A con job within a con job within a con job...
Like when you put the mirrors facing each other creating endless images..
I like the script more than the images.
The most famous movie quote is this. More like a hypnotic sentence.

What's the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human ...

The seed that we planted in this man's mind may change everything.

 Another one is

Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

Another NLP-like sentence is

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

Another interesting one is

If you can steal an idea, why can't you plant one there instead?

The endless possibilities is

The dreamer can always remember the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.

Le Grand Chef!

Mum and I have been dying to watch this in the theater but alas,my schedule cant make it possible. By rare occassion,I chance upon this again. With time in my hands, I watched it.

It nearly brought tears to my eyes. It is an excellent movie that promote kinship, Korean culture through the food, the respect for the teacher and of course the moral story of good begets good, and bad begets bad. All these are similar to what Confucius has to say so I dun think there is any problem selling in Asian theatres.

I like the boyish charm of the actor and the editing is superbly done. Together with the effect of comic strips being imposed during the cooking so that audience can view the segments and angles, it create a rather impactful and unprecedented cinematography to the audience. Very unique indeed.

武侠电影

最近在商场上,看到很多不同的武侠电影。
可是，我却没有购买欲。
很奇特，不是吗？我可以说是个武侠迷。
我发现，我还是喜欢香港电影鼎盛时期，也就是1980-1997之间的武侠电影。
《黄飞鸿》、《洪熙官》。。。。。
那时的电影比较纯，只渲染正义，邪不能胜正的道理。虽然特效和画面是粗糙了点，可是看了之后，心里还是有一股暖流划过。心里总觉得当英雄是好的。
曾几何时，武侠电影变的不一样了？
是因为西方国家爱上武侠电影，所以为了迎合他们的视觉与味觉，我们东方人改变了武侠电影的制作方式？
这是极有可能的因为香港电影界正处于低弥时期，为了抓住全球观众的这块大饼，牺牲本土观众又有什么关系？毕竟制作电影的出发点还是为了钱。
还是因为香港回归祖国后，为了迎合大陆观众不同层次的文化品味而做改变？
有或则是因为东方人有意让武侠电影成为一种最低共同点(lowest common denominator)，让不同文化背景的人都能欣赏，象西方的舞蹈歌曲一样？
我不知道这箇中的原因，可能是综合以上所有吧。
但我知道，《卧虎藏龙》是武侠电影的转（车戾）点，因为它让西方惊艳，让国际社会为武侠电影着迷。
那种唯美的镜头，逼真的特效，悠美的人物是令人为之向往心动。
其他东方导演为之效仿，但画虎不成反类犬。
其实以我个人而言，唯美主义的电影可一而不可多。
其实历史上也有记载。
比如诗词吧。
我记得老师曾说过有一段时间文人很爱唯美主义的诗词，写了大量文词并茂的文句。
然而，这些虚有其表，却空无内涵的文句很快便过时了。来的快，去的也快。
这段其间红的也只有《花间集》中的几位诗词人。
所以，我不知道现代的武侠电影是不是会这样。但是可以肯定的，若是没有内涵的东西，必定让人看不懂。看不懂的东西刚开始会觉得很新鲜，但是久了人会看腻的。
同理，若是留不住自己的文化特色，那文化产品根本没有吸引人的价值。