random thoughts thinking aloud

麥兜．菠蘿油王子

坐在大角咀的奧海城百老匯看《菠蘿油王子》裏的大角咀，別有意義。這次完全脫離了電視的內容，無論語言、笑話 ( 校本管理、兩文三語、做官要識裝死) 、昔日片段、城市變遷，如果不是土生土長和懂得廣東話的話，相信很難看得懂。

配音方面，黃秋生已經是一看再看這電影的理由。麥太帶麥兜看醫生那一幕，真的笑得我人仰馬翻。

The Animatrix

A compilation of 9 animated short films, The Animatrix provides an even wider perspective than the original movie (Matrix Reloaded had not been released yet when The Animatrix came to the market).

Final Flight of the Osiris tells us how the captains knew about the attack plan against Zion. Kid's story is the story of the boy who followed Neo everywhere in Zion. The Second Renaissance Part I and II give us more details how the human race made the machines their slaves and how the machines started to revolt. The other stories develop on the world of The Matrix.

Amonst the 9 stories, my favourites are Beyond and A Detective Story. Beyond does not add anything to the original storyline, but it gives me the feeling like watching Akira.

In terms of graphics, the first scene in Final Flight of the Osiris is really impressive. The movement, the texture of the skin, hair and eyes of the characters ... are all perfect.

As a bonus, one of the special features in the DVD, Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime gives a detailed account of how the Japanese animation entered the American market.

Official website

Finding Nemo

I went to see the Cantonese version with my dad and sis. The message is classic disney and pixar. although it does not have original ideas like those in Monster Inc., it is really funny. i laughed a lot.

Characters are always the strength of disney anime, not the story. dory, the sharks, and the group in the fish tank (especially gill) are all funny characters. the cantonese voice-over is good, with dory ( voiced by 毛舜筠 ) being the best.

On the tech side, pixar did wonder again! i admire the spread of sea sand (which is not just fog-like ... you can clearly feel the graininess of the sand) and the spiral bubbles made by the propeller ... and also the shiny school of fish which gave directions to marlin and dory.

Finding Nemo official website | chinese intro