random thoughts thinking aloud

在世界中心呼喚愛

電影是好看的，但說故事的技巧不及《情書》或《八月照相館》。為何會大受歡迎，還不是「生離死別」這票房靈丹。你看看它有多少 derivatives ：小說、電影、電視劇、電影配樂：1 2、電視配樂、漫畫，長賣長有。

同是行定勳的作品，我還是較喜歡《日出前向青春告別》。

題外話：長澤正美確實清秀可人，由她飾演淺倉南，對 Touch 的真人版電影倒是十分期待。

Before Sunset

A lot of bloggers have talked about this movie. There is no other movie (except perhaps 2046) can invoke so much feedback recently. I watched the prequel Before Sunrise on TVB Pearl several years ago (it was only shown after midnight). I forget the details in the prequel. Surprisingly, this makes Before Sunset more interesting as I did not have answers to some of the questions Jesse and Celine was arguing (like whether they had sex 9 years ago).

The whole starting point of the story is that Jesse and Celine did not meet as planned 9 years ago. I would have exchanged number or e-mail address with Julie Delpy anytime Julie Delpy is still stunningly beautiful, and has an equally beautiful voice (I surely will get the soundtrack if it gets the waltz song performed by her). Still missed her performance in Trois couleurs: Blanc.

Ethan and Julie were not scriptwriters of Before Sunrise, but became ones of the sequel. I guess it is a lot easier to remember the script if they participated in the writing. (Wait, perhaps there was no script at all ... )

Another series of this "reunion after x years" movie which I can recall is A Man And A Woman, which I also watched on TVB Pearl after midnight some years ago.

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2046

關於《2046》：

• 入場前，今早已經先重看《花樣年華》DVD。
• 主要人物仍是梁朝偉飾演的周慕雲，但性格和《花樣年華》有很大分別。
• 以戲份來比較，次序應該是：梁朝偉 > 章子怡 > 王菲 > 木村拓哉 > 鞏俐 > 劉嘉玲 (如果你看得不留神，你會見不到張曼玉和張震 )
• 很多情節和人物也好像可有可無，例如鞏俐、董潔和木村拓哉，好像是為了「大卡士」而「大卡士」
• 難怪木村拓哉不知自己做甚麼，我看完也不知道他做甚麼
• 其實與《花樣年華》和《阿飛正傳》沒有太大關係
• 這是有最多親熱鏡頭的王家衛電影：梁朝偉 vs. 章子怡、劉嘉玲 vs. 張震、王菲 vs. 木村拓哉、梁朝偉 vs. 章子怡、梁朝偉 vs. 章子怡 ...

參考網站：

• Monkey Peaches ( 資料豐富 )
• 官方網站 ( 未啟用 )
• 日本官方網站

戀情告急

這種隨時可以發生在大家身邊的故事原本就容易令人有共鳴，容易令人信服。偏偏這齣愛情小品的結局就是令我不舒服：為什麼 Annie 會再接受王啟明？怎樣也想不通

Learning to Lie

A story about the change of a committment-phobic man. Although his whole love history is shown in the movie, I am not quite sure why Helmut become scared of committment.

Helmut's dream girl Britta (Susanne Bormann) reminds me of Jenny in Forrest Gump.