2005 Year-End Movies
2005 Year-End Movies
Movies I definitely want to see:
King Kong
Syriana (Steve Gaghan)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones)
Cache (or Hidden) (Michael Haneke)
L'Enfant (Dardenne brothers)
Not sure:
Munich
Brokeback Mountain
Good so far this year:
Crash
Capote
Wallace and Grommit
Grizzly Man
King Kong
Syriana (Steve Gaghan)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones)
Cache (or Hidden) (Michael Haneke)
L'Enfant (Dardenne brothers)
Not sure:
Munich
Brokeback Mountain
Good so far this year:
Crash
Capote
Wallace and Grommit
Grizzly Man
just back from Brokenback Mountain. it's already off in locals so 1 hour and 2 wrong turns later, we arrived at a tiny theater in a nearby town we never heard of. Little theater in a small town feels so sweet. we got ushered in the last minute with the help of flashlights and they even hand out candies! the house is packed, hmm. my Gaydar blasts off like crazy.
the movie itself is pretty good. or at least i convinced myself so because of all the time and effort we invested in it. drags along a little bit in the ending but feels less than 134min. the plot sticks with the short story mostly, but shows more of both characters' families. Heath Ledger is better than i thought! Jake Gyllenhaal just can't pass off as a 40-year-old. Not even with a moustache and sideburn.
sheep flock looks different to me ever since i watched Wallace & Gromit's 'a close shave'.
the scenery is breath-taking (and exists for a reason unlike in you-know-who's work). I think the acting, especially the way the lines are deliver(accents and all) "roughs" up the movie, partly saves it from slipping into sentimental postcard looklikes.
the movie itself is pretty good. or at least i convinced myself so because of all the time and effort we invested in it. drags along a little bit in the ending but feels less than 134min. the plot sticks with the short story mostly, but shows more of both characters' families. Heath Ledger is better than i thought! Jake Gyllenhaal just can't pass off as a 40-year-old. Not even with a moustache and sideburn.
sheep flock looks different to me ever since i watched Wallace & Gromit's 'a close shave'.

the scenery is breath-taking (and exists for a reason unlike in you-know-who's work). I think the acting, especially the way the lines are deliver(accents and all) "roughs" up the movie, partly saves it from slipping into sentimental postcard looklikes.

I don't have BBC America. Too expensive...Jun, BBC美洲台正在放Wallace and Grommit班底制作人拍的动物集,每天都有,我觉得也非常好看。

而《KingKong》,差不多最后一个小时,我都是不可遏制的大声抽泣。坐在我左边的大脸猫小声的哽咽,坐在我右边的不认识的男的,一边自己哭,一边转过头来观摩我 Chicken 001 我心里烦极了,一个劲暗骂:你哭你自己的吧!打搅我干啥? f19


During the skating-in-Central-Park scene, I almost, almost ...

But I assured myself that as long as nothing trickled down my face it's not technically crying.
An article about "The Sexual Politics of King Kong">>>
http://www.slate.com/id/2132377/
That's why I'm curious. What is a libral, rich, American, nonorthodox Jew's take on the Middle-East conflicts? Hmm...Munich是Spielburg的吧,故事似乎太政治了...
Peter Jackon这个结尾拖拉的习惯要改一改了。金刚在帝国大厦顶上搞了老半天,太长了,每次以为要完了,结果又往上爬,又往上爬。跟Return of the King一样的问题。恐怕他跟段誉一样,舍不得。
看见MI3的广告,老天,Phillip Seymour Hoffman去演大恶人,希望他拿到好大一张支票,够他搞几年独立影片的了。自从看了Capote之后,恐怕要把他放进最喜欢的现代男演员之列了(当然,他比较有点肉也是一个长处。。。
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More movies I'm not sure if I want to see:
The New World.
Terrence Mallick is a myth in Hollywood. I've never seen his movies before and don't know if it's worth checking out.
看见MI3的广告,老天,Phillip Seymour Hoffman去演大恶人,希望他拿到好大一张支票,够他搞几年独立影片的了。自从看了Capote之后,恐怕要把他放进最喜欢的现代男演员之列了(当然,他比较有点肉也是一个长处。。。

More movies I'm not sure if I want to see:
The New World.
Terrence Mallick is a myth in Hollywood. I've never seen his movies before and don't know if it's worth checking out.
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我昨天去看了断背山。真好看。回来之后上网加紧看各种review,又睡得特别晚,困死我了。好多观众都跟我一样觉得看完了,这个电影还不停地在脑子里转。
刚开始的西部风景让我想起《马语者》。并不是说有什么相似的地方。而是马语者曾经是我比较喜欢的西部风景片,在这部电影之前。断背山的西部风景非常美,但是一比较马语者做作多了,为了拍美丽的风景而拍。并不是说断背山没有故意往美里拍,而是电影里的所有因素:情节、细节、角色、对话、场景、风景、音乐全部浑然天成地组合在一起,非常自然优美。全部非常好,没有哪一项抢了风头,全部为主题服务。很多评论说这个电影original,我觉得就是因为这个。李安真了不起,故事的时代社会背景完全不能对他造成障碍,只要有人物有故事他就轻驾就熟。这个西部片非常西部,并且没有从前西部片的那种好莱坞的牛仔英雄主义,也看不出来任何地方他故意取镜头,但是就是感觉又漂亮又真实。忘了哪个评论说他toss off one iconic image of the west after another。
然后就是所有演员都发挥出众,这不能不承认导演肯定下了好大功夫。这些才20多岁的年轻演员演年龄跨度这么大的角色非常非常好,我从前都是在teenage 的电影里看见他们。好多细节我看了评论才能体会,比如jack的太太是演公主日记里的公主的那个,她戏不多,对话不多。但是15年里几次出场,她每次都比上次头发染得更浅,说话更挖苦,最后就从结婚前的漂亮牛仔女郎变成一个满身大首饰,头发化妆衣服一丝不苟的中年妇女。
我原来有个要好得女同学跟我说她看完白先勇的《孽子》之后看谁都像同性恋。我一边看断背山,就一边把我的男同事(还挺多)一个一个地思考,觉得谁都有可能是同性恋。
这是个女作家写的小说,直男导演,直男演出的电影,感情丰厚充沛,就像一个影评人说的这种强烈的感情根本不能定义,很难说他们是因为同性恋,所以爱上对方,还是因为他们爱上了对方所以是同性恋。
我很少喜欢爱情故事,断背山是个关于持久的不被时间距离磨灭的强烈爱情故事,甚至有我最不喜欢的爱情故事因素――一方在后来死掉了――做情节。但是这个电影我真喜欢,一边怀疑这种感情存在的可能性一边真喜欢。
刚开始的西部风景让我想起《马语者》。并不是说有什么相似的地方。而是马语者曾经是我比较喜欢的西部风景片,在这部电影之前。断背山的西部风景非常美,但是一比较马语者做作多了,为了拍美丽的风景而拍。并不是说断背山没有故意往美里拍,而是电影里的所有因素:情节、细节、角色、对话、场景、风景、音乐全部浑然天成地组合在一起,非常自然优美。全部非常好,没有哪一项抢了风头,全部为主题服务。很多评论说这个电影original,我觉得就是因为这个。李安真了不起,故事的时代社会背景完全不能对他造成障碍,只要有人物有故事他就轻驾就熟。这个西部片非常西部,并且没有从前西部片的那种好莱坞的牛仔英雄主义,也看不出来任何地方他故意取镜头,但是就是感觉又漂亮又真实。忘了哪个评论说他toss off one iconic image of the west after another。
然后就是所有演员都发挥出众,这不能不承认导演肯定下了好大功夫。这些才20多岁的年轻演员演年龄跨度这么大的角色非常非常好,我从前都是在teenage 的电影里看见他们。好多细节我看了评论才能体会,比如jack的太太是演公主日记里的公主的那个,她戏不多,对话不多。但是15年里几次出场,她每次都比上次头发染得更浅,说话更挖苦,最后就从结婚前的漂亮牛仔女郎变成一个满身大首饰,头发化妆衣服一丝不苟的中年妇女。
我原来有个要好得女同学跟我说她看完白先勇的《孽子》之后看谁都像同性恋。我一边看断背山,就一边把我的男同事(还挺多)一个一个地思考,觉得谁都有可能是同性恋。

我很少喜欢爱情故事,断背山是个关于持久的不被时间距离磨灭的强烈爱情故事,甚至有我最不喜欢的爱情故事因素――一方在后来死掉了――做情节。但是这个电影我真喜欢,一边怀疑这种感情存在的可能性一边真喜欢。
云浆未饮结成冰
what ebert said about ang lee
Ang Lee is a director whose films are set in many nations and many times. What they have in common is an instinctive sympathy for the characters. Born in Taiwan, he makes movies about Americans, British, Chinese, straights, gays; his sci-fi movie "Hulk" was about a misunderstood outsider. Here Lee respects the entire arc of his story, right down to the lonely conclusion.
乡音无改鬓毛衰
以上观点并不新鲜,无数同人女都持有这般观点,几乎一半的耽美小说里都有人深情款款的表白说“我只爱你一个人,没了你我不是同性恋”~~我个人觉得比较匪夷,难道直人可以说,“我只爱你一个,没了你我不是直人?”为什么同性恋便有了这种非你不可的说法?我本身是比较支持性向受基因和早期生活的影响,一个人不是就不是,很难想象一个完全没有这方面倾向的人会被同性turn on。笑嘻嘻 wrote:很难说他们是因为同性恋,所以爱上对方,还是因为他们爱上了对方所以是同性恋。
我也看了断背山了,本来以为会号啕大哭,特地拿了厚厚一叠纸巾进去,不过一直坚持到最后衣服出来以后,还有heather跟他女儿那段结尾戏,才开始掉眼泪――大约也跟之前看过小说有关,很多地方一直是在等待情节的出现。
以heather在戏中的角色来说,他对两人的初次XX未免过分驾轻就熟,而之后那段打斗和互相声称不是queer的对白太过耳熟。因此我不得不怀疑E. Annie Proulx内心里实际上是个浪漫的同人女,两人二十年的漫长的时间居然就靠间或的断背山旅行支持下来,简直是反特西之最。
总体觉得片子拍得很内敛,符合李安一贯的风格,平静的,注重细节的讲述手法。
看了king kong,我觉得至少可以剪掉一个小时--岛上的都可以砍掉。土著那段也太太太太傻了,然后各种匪夷所思的恐龙啊虫子啊没完没了的出,根本没效果,只觉得厌烦。peter jackson就是不知道leave good enough alone。前面和后面还都可以,我觉得大家演得还都不错,brody帅哥还是很迷人的。
哦一直没看的harry potter 4也看了,这集是谁拍的,简直差到一定地步了,跟上一集没法比,从头到尾没法让人投入进去。啊啊阿,真是没有比较就没有鉴别。
syriana 确实不错,只可惜最后还是避重就轻地把CIA推出来当坏人。the most powerful message, the one on the role of the american consumers, was lost in the end. still quite sophisticated and well-executed.

哦一直没看的harry potter 4也看了,这集是谁拍的,简直差到一定地步了,跟上一集没法比,从头到尾没法让人投入进去。啊啊阿,真是没有比较就没有鉴别。
syriana 确实不错,只可惜最后还是避重就轻地把CIA推出来当坏人。the most powerful message, the one on the role of the american consumers, was lost in the end. still quite sophisticated and well-executed.
Now that happy moment between the time the lie is told and when it is found out.
Harry Potter 4 - even loyal fan like me does not like the movie.
Brokeback Mountain - remind of me 春光乍泄 - the difference is that I fell asleep in the latter while I really love the former, I owed it to my naivty at that time

Brokeback Mountain - remind of me 春光乍泄 - the difference is that I fell asleep in the latter while I really love the former, I owed it to my naivty at that time

I could not imagine Lady in the Water to be a bedtime story, as the trailer claimed - the director was the one that did the sixth sense, the village etc..Elysees wrote:还有Jun你的这个最后杀手锏好像参演了一个新片子,lady in the water,我今天在电影院看到trailer了。

嗯。。。我觉得hp拍电影很容易搞成audio book似的,就是大家都知道的情节配个景加上话,平铺直叙地说完一个事儿就到下一个事儿。hp1-2就是这样的,没劲,也没什么大问题。3的好就在于它有个节奏感,有跌宕起伏,让你虽然都知道怎么回事也能看得进去,捏把汗。4的问题,一个是我个人觉得它砍完了以后,剩下的都是一些大情节--哎,某天death eaters来了,知道了吧?转下一场!电影如果就是说事儿,就不算电影了,个人认为。还有就是演得太差,dumbledore成了一个flustered old fool,moody让人看了直难受。
表打我。。。
表打我。。。
Now that happy moment between the time the lie is told and when it is found out.
我看了king kong,挺好看地。我忘了在什么地方听过peter jackson从小喜欢king kong,以前想重拍king kong找不到钱,成名之后才有了机会,所以这版king kong里没有留下任何遗憾,数个经典电影都在里面又小规模重现。king kong的故事好,对话也写得好。这种讲故事的方式是比较现代的吧?就是所有人物都有性格,全有因为所以。(我昨天看了《如果. 爱》,人物简单到除了主角,什么人都没有了,这样的故事讲起来就方便简单得多。)然后台词写得好,几乎每句都对后面情节有说明暗示功能,反正就是什么都说清楚了,就是我们从前归纳的工程师写小说的方式。
从一开始的Ann说:She falls in love, but she doesn't trust it. Because love is doomed. Good things can not last. 说明后面跟她相关的情节。到Jamie和那个黑人交流一本叫做the heart of darkness的冒险旅行的书的心得:This is not an adventure trip, it is a mystery. 来从旁解释整个电影的走向。挺好玩的,属于我喜欢的风格。

云浆未饮结成冰
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc ... y=SCANNERS
LOL. LOL. I guess I'm saved from the dilemma of how to watch Brokeback Mountain because I'm a woman.
LOL. LOL. I guess I'm saved from the dilemma of how to watch Brokeback Mountain because I'm a woman.

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