前几个礼拜，终于看了向往已久的《摩托车日记》。南美真美。感觉现在的流行趋势是不是就是这样？电影想办法拍得视觉效果美。不过放在这个电影里很实在，因为导演想表达这一次穿越美丽的南美大陆的旅行对年轻的格瓦拉影响至深。电影一开始好像一个普通的旅行电影，每个镜头都美，但也没什么特殊的。好了后半段，葱绿的山脉，穿着民族服装失去土地的土著，每一个简短地讲着自己的故事。我一边看一边想起小时候看的三毛散文。那些在用口哨做语言的土著，警察听不懂所以禁止使用这种奇特的语言。这种语言的出现就是为了人在大山之中远远地传递消息。那些在旅游区吹奏民族乐器的窘迫的人们。我记不得三毛是不是写的南美了。
演格瓦拉的Gael Garcia Bernal真不错。旅行开始的时候还是一个漂亮的男孩子样子，漂亮的面孔，秀气修长的手指。一路上，他蓬着头发，勾着背，心事重重地到处看，到处问。到了近结束发表演讲的时候，美貌已经完全被覆盖在革命者/劳动者的神情之下。好久没在电影里看到一个美男子不炫耀自己的美貌。好莱坞的明星们都太知道自己漂亮在什么地方，什么角度，什么神情了。
还是感觉差了一点。南美很美，但是我还是不大能理解电影的男主角。也许非常人的心态本来就不是平常人能够理解的。也许本来就谁也不能真的理解格瓦拉，包括导演在内。我老觉得差了一层。我有个ABC同事去北京出差，去之前很兴奋，他回来之后我问他什么感觉？我们关系不错。他小心地说了半天，我说，好了，你刚刚说的好比播新闻，真是政治正确，不痛不痒。废话少说，你能不能给点儿实话？他讲了一点，最后举了一个例子。他去动物园，有大人带小孩去，那小孩没穿裤子，并且随地大小便。我听了当时就脸红了，我完全知道他在说什么，但是也是同时第一次这么清晰地感觉到我跟他讲的这些人、这些生活是这么的息息相关。我心里并不觉得羞愧或者怎么样的，我觉得的是我的好大一部分是属于那里的。这个电影所差的就是这么一点点。所有的美景，所有的苦难都像一个局外人在看的风光片、游记。也所以我会想起三毛的散文。
第二个看的是sideway。这个电影不错，但是要说得也不多。两个小人物，再不正常也在我们正常人的理解范围之内。这个电影把细致的心理变化都拍得清清楚楚，看的时候非常轻松。我比较喜欢那个老花花公子的角色。那个演员长的样子就是一个色衰的中上姿色的人。一定要在结婚前多睡几次才觉得不辜负了自己的美貌。遇到一个新鲜的，马上把未婚妻、婚礼抛到脑后；挨了揍马上把感情冲动忘得一干二净；伤疤还没好就接着饥不择食；丢了戒指才想起来绝对不能丢了未婚妻。所有的情绪变动都合情合理。这人在男女关系上真是个无赖，完全不值得信任，但是却是个不错的朋友。把一个无赖拍得这么不招人讨厌也不容易。
两个在路上的电影
Paul Giamatti的角色是主角，大量对白和心理戏。小白说的那个反高潮之前男女主角谈到这瓶酒，Paul Giamatti的角色说：我在等一个special occasion to celebrate. 那女的说：The day you open **** is THE special occasion。这样关于这个反高潮就可以有细微处不同的理解。这样的细节挺多的。所以我觉得这个戏对白写得好，也因为对白写得好，所以歧异多。好比生活中话一说出口就偏离了原意。（这句话是谁说的？）所以我觉得不如那个老花花公子的角色浑然天成，对话不多，每句话都直达意思，表达出来的人物又讽刺又好玩。Paul Giamatti的角色相对有点精致，细节多，覆盖面就少。
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Sideways tells a lot of the characters with the wines they drink.
Take Giamatti's character, he appreciates Sanford pinots and Andrew Murray Rhone blends, to name two of the many wines he drunk on the trip. These two are immediately pleasing, lush, rounded on the palate, juicy and with lots of fruit, "new world" versions of "old world" wines. They are more sensual than cerebral, which is what Giamatti is. He is not as deep as he thinks (look how his book flopped), afterall, the wines he likes, well, how I shall I put it, are a bit of a come on, just like the girl-interest in the movie.
The good thing is that Giamatti is a sensualist, but the bad thing is that he is also an idiotic snob. The famous phrase of the movie is that "I am not drinking any fucking merlot!" Yeah, it's funny dialogue, but as a self-professed vino, this is an incredibly idiotic comment to make. There are beautiful merlots out there, Laird, Westerly Vineyard (right where he did his tasting trip!), and the whole right bank of Bourdeax. With his palate, I can't imagine why he wouldn't like wines from Fransac. What he has is middle-aged narrowmindedness. And he is so protective of what he already knows, that he holds what he doesn't know in contempt.
Now Maya on the hand other... she is a gem!
Take Giamatti's character, he appreciates Sanford pinots and Andrew Murray Rhone blends, to name two of the many wines he drunk on the trip. These two are immediately pleasing, lush, rounded on the palate, juicy and with lots of fruit, "new world" versions of "old world" wines. They are more sensual than cerebral, which is what Giamatti is. He is not as deep as he thinks (look how his book flopped), afterall, the wines he likes, well, how I shall I put it, are a bit of a come on, just like the girl-interest in the movie.
The good thing is that Giamatti is a sensualist, but the bad thing is that he is also an idiotic snob. The famous phrase of the movie is that "I am not drinking any fucking merlot!" Yeah, it's funny dialogue, but as a self-professed vino, this is an incredibly idiotic comment to make. There are beautiful merlots out there, Laird, Westerly Vineyard (right where he did his tasting trip!), and the whole right bank of Bourdeax. With his palate, I can't imagine why he wouldn't like wines from Fransac. What he has is middle-aged narrowmindedness. And he is so protective of what he already knows, that he holds what he doesn't know in contempt.
Now Maya on the hand other... she is a gem!
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Yes, the characterization in the motive is so precise and so ruthless! On both men, actually. Really uncompromising. The script refuses to prettify them. The comedy elements kind of mask the pointedness and critical nature of the writing, somehow dilute the "edge" in a casual viewer, but if you pay attention to how it handles the flaws of these 2 male characters, you'd be very impressed. Both are losers, but both are damned real.
And I'm not ashamed to say I see myself in Giamatti's character, even though I fully acknowledge that he IS a loser and all of his losses are his own fault. I can't help but admire the writer who cut open his/my flaws so clearly, so right on.
Maya is the only idealistic character in the movie, and the director admitted as much in an interview I saw.
And I'm not ashamed to say I see myself in Giamatti's character, even though I fully acknowledge that he IS a loser and all of his losses are his own fault. I can't help but admire the writer who cut open his/my flaws so clearly, so right on.
Maya is the only idealistic character in the movie, and the director admitted as much in an interview I saw.
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The way she talked about how sensual wines are... It's true and cute, but a bit overkill, imo. Oh one more thing how the movie used wine to show Miles is a contradicting fellow. Remember how he said he won't drink merlot? But... the star of his cellar, the bottle that he cherished beyond all others, the 61 Cheval Blanc, is a Merlot and Cab Franc blend from Bordeaux. So much for "I am not drinking any fucking merlot!" 
Miles is a sad little man who is best characterized as a looser. He is a looser not because he doesn't have money, has dead-end job, or failed to publish his book. He is a looser because, in my personal objective opinion, he is not at peace with the world or with himself. For all the years he has spent on the planet earch, he has not figured out or has the courage to figure out, and accept, who and what exactly he is. In comparison, his looser player friend is a lot more likeable ---- he doesn't have a concsience and is callous as it gets. He is a laugh, and Miles is such a soulful bore.
ps, jun you should in no way compare yourself with Miles.
ps, jun you should in no way compare yourself with Miles.
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Washington, like Morgan Freeman, really should take up more bad-guy roles. They've been typecast for too long. I remember seeing a midnight movie on TV once, in which a very young Freeman played a semipsychotic street thug. Cool. That's why Washington won Oscar for Training Day. People were so shocked and impressed by his against type performance.
Karen讲得好!What he has is middle-aged narrowmindedness. And he is so protective of what he already knows, that he holds what he doesn't know in contempt.
见过的喜欢葡萄酒的人群中有wine snobs和people who appreciate wine。在传统上不生产酒的地区wine snobs多些，大量产酒的地区people who appreicate wine in a casual way的人多些。电影开始没多久就开始了非产酒地区葡萄酒爱好者的经典发言（台词不保证精确）：MMM很多什么香，有啥莓啥香草啥坚果味，还有微微的啥金属气息。。。
