random thoughts thinking aloud

功夫

進場前，為免「希望愈大，失望愈大」，對《功夫》是不抱任何期望的。有了這個心理準備，我離場時倒沒甚麼不滿。

全片最光芒耀眼的肯定是元秋和元華，所有的笑料都是源自他倆。飾演火雲邪神的梁小龍也不錯。那班少林足球的師兄弟的表現就強差人意。「女主角」黃聖依更是可有可無。

故事當然是熟口熟面，真正好笑的地方也不多。(不過我這篇觀後感是一定要用中文寫的 ) 我們這些看《430 穿梭機》長大的，用回那兩三度板斧是不能令我們心滿意足的。

話說回來，《功夫》是這檔期唯一我看完不會喊「回水」的電影。

Ocean’s Twelve

這部戲完全是 Catherine Zeta-Jones 和 Brad Pitt 的表演，其他演員 (包括 George Cloony 和 Julia Roberts) 根本無戲可演。與上集比較起來，今集多了很多 gag 位，令整部戲也很鬆散。看完後慢慢回想那「大騙局」，其實編劇也費了不少心思。

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Buffalo Soldiers

The story happened at a US military base at West Germany in 1989, just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall. The US army stationed there was bored and started to do things which are not supposed to be done by well-disciplined soldiers. Making and selling illegal drugs, stealing and selling weapons, taking drugs and drive a tank across a peaceful town ... you name it. None of the characters are normal.

This movie is difficult to be categorised into an appropriate genre. I have never seen Ed Harris played such a character, but it seems to be a waste of his talents.

Hard Luck Hero

本片導演 Sabu 可說是香港國際電影節的常客 (《盜信情緣》、《幸福之鐘》)，今屆他也到場與觀眾交流及合照。

本片承襲導演的一貫招式：六個男人因一件事走在一起，分頭逃走後，又命中注定要「撞」在一起。其中荒謬的情況令人爆笑。

今次的主角不是常見的堤真一，而是 Johnny 事務所的 V6。據 Sabu 自己解釋， avex trax 原意是找他為 V6 拍宣傳片，可是最後給 Sabu 變成了這套電影。( 題外話：由於有 V6 主演，你可以想像他們的 fans 怎樣差點踏平香港文化中心。)

Sabu 的戲愈拍愈短 ( 本片只有 79 分鐘 )，希望會有公司發行 DVD 吧。

同場加映的七分鐘短片《癲得家族》(The Fuccons) 以時裝店的模特兒木偶做主角，講述一家五口三代的小故事，非常好笑。

Anything Else

Very "Woody Allen". Jerry (Jason Biggs) is a writer for stand-up comedian, who lives with a "every-man-wants-to-sleep-with-her" bitch Amanda (Christina Ricci). The whole story is just about how Jerry is manipulated by Amanda (e.g. not having sex with him; her mother Paula (Stockard Channing) living with them), by his business associate Dobel (Woody Allen), his agent Harvey (Danny de Vito) and his psychiatrist.

The dialogues between Jerry and Dobel are amusing (some may say it is not as funny as Woody Allen used to be).

I just do not understand why Ricci always plays a sexy bitch (the most recent part should be in Miranda which was shown in HKIFF last year), it is just not convincing to me.