2009年10月31日星期六

Sophie's Revenge/非常完美

This movie is somewhat like its similar counterpart movie in Hollywood: after breakup with her ex-boyfriend (say boy A), a girl designed kinds of tricks trying to get him back with the aid of some handsome boy (say boy B) else. Yet, in the end, the girl would find that boy B is actually Mr. Right for her.

well, such kind of movie is funny, but, the point is we have had so many of them. Maybe the audience are more interested in the several movie stars than the movie itself, honestly, have not seen anything impressive in it except for some screening skills.

演职员印象:
主演:章子怡,范冰冰,何润东,姚晨,林心如,王姬


Sophie's Love Manual (2009) on IMDb

2009年10月30日星期五

The King and the Mockingbird/Le Roi et l'oiseau/国王与小鸟

This cartoon is not targeted children, at least not for those who knew nothing about totalitarian. Although it tells the story of a France emperor, yet, it would take place in every totalitarian regime. It may be possible for an emperor to prison all those who are against his own governance for some time, however, it would be never possible to cage those people and the freedom forever.

Since this movie focuses on the conflicts between the justice and the evil, there are kinds of metaphor in this movie. For example, the emperor, the guards, the bird who is not afraid of emperor, the iron robot, the blind musician, and the prison. The more you know the world history, the more you may like it.

Performance impression:
Director: Paul Grimault


Le roi et l'oiseau (1980) on IMDb

2009年10月29日星期四

Babel/通天塔

This is a movie to make you feel miserable. Babel is more than an obstacle of languages, it is an obstacle of communication, a tough wall among people. All the people actually live in isolated islands in the world, and it always costs much to try to get through the wall, a tiny fault may cause big disaster due to the distrust among people.

Different stories are connected in the movie by a rifle, which seems like that this world is still connected inside. However, nothing changed after the rifle-event was gone, and the Babel is still the Babel. And, it is much sarcastic that the world is connected by a violence-symbol rifle, isn't it?

Performance impression:
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Rinko Kikuchi


Babel (2006) on IMDb

2009年10月28日星期三

Connected/保持通话


This was the remake of the Hollywood counterpart "Cellular". I did not watch the former movie, but the Hong Kong one seemed fairly good according to its job. It had a complete story, fast-paced rhythm, prominent figures, also it added some small localized parts, easing the tense of the movie.

这是对好莱坞电影《致命来电》的翻拍,虽然到目前为止没看过原版,但从本片的处理来看,整体效果还不错。故事完整,节奏明快,人物突出,而且也加入了香港本土化的一些小桥段,在紧张的气氛中起到了调节的作用。

演职员印象:
主演:古天乐,徐熙媛,张家辉,刘烨,樊少皇


Bo chi tung wah (2008) on IMDb

2009年10月27日星期二

Xiazai catches the thieves/虾仔擒盗记


This was a story about how children fought criminals, somewhat like "The Enigma of A Mid-lake Island", and of course in the end there would be policemen to clean up the mess. The leading child actor, who liked to eat roast goose butts, was so amusing and impressive.

少年儿童智斗歹徒的故事,跟《湖心岛之谜》差不多,最后一定会有一直埋藏在暗处的公安叔叔出来收拾残局。男主角爱吃烧鹅屁股,令人忍俊不禁,印象深刻。

 Xia Zai Qin Dao Ji
(1988) on IMDb

2009年10月26日星期一

Fireworks of Peacock/孔雀的焰火


The was a story on the beauty inside. In order to emphasize the beauty inside, it was a usual way to deliberately highlight "ugly outside".

这是一个讲述心灵美的故事,而为了强调心灵美、刻意地突出“外表不美”是重用的套路。

 Kong Que De Yan Huo
(1982) on IMDb

2009年10月25日星期日

[河马新闻]上海浦东新区闵行区交通执法大队召开半年工作总结会,表彰钓鱼执法工作

河马通讯社10月25日 记者卜靠普报道,上海市浦东新区闵行区交通执法大队召开三季度工作总结会议,全体执法工作者参加了会议,支部书记张吊鱼同志主持会议。队长李调钩同志作工 作总结,会议对全区交通执法工作进行了认真总结,分析了执法工作面临的形势和困难,并大力表扬了"钓鱼式执法"等新出现的执法方式,同时部署了下半年的工 作。市委相关领导参加了会议并发表了重要讲话。

三季度,闵行区交通执法工作取得了显著成效。一是执法检查工作全区覆盖率100%,过去很多无法覆盖的街道和偏僻的小路都已经完全覆盖到,交通环境大为改 善。二是查处各类非法营运车辆就达到7000多辆,对于这些车辆的处罚标准最少2000元,最多达到5万元。没收非法所得和处罚款超过200万元,挽回经 济损失100余元,有效地促进了交通治理,同时也很好地解决了交通执法总队财政收入的问题,得到了各级部门和一些非常明白真相的群众的大力支持。

李调钩队长强调:交通执法工作要突出两个重点,第一是大力加强钓鱼式执法的力度,要抓住各个关键环节,大力开展胃痛、脚痛、手痛、全身麻木、半身不遂、怀孕、中风、残疾等多种多样的钓鱼方式,要勇于实践。第二是要坚定钓鱼执法的信心,避免受到社会上那些不明真相的群众的流言蜚语的干扰。

市委相关同志讲话指出:闵行区交通执法工作取得的显著成效值得充分肯定。但更应充分认识交通执法工作所面临的新形式和困难,要大兴调查研究之风,研究新形 势下交通执法提出的新要求,要开展多种形式的钓鱼执法工作,同时把该种执法工作积极推广到兄弟城区,广钓鱼,钓大鱼,积极为财政收入做出自己的贡献。

附注:钓鱼式执法,指若干明白真相而且具有社会正义感的群众,伪装各种疾病,搭载私家车并指控该车非法营运。

Squirrel the Barber/松鼠理发师


A very interesting animation talking about one should not force to promote the unique standards (values) to all. This is a simple truth, but the present leaders of Chinese mainland do not understand.

很有趣的动画片,说的是千万不要用把同一标准(价值观)强行推广给所有人,这么简单的道理,今天中国大陆的领导人却不懂。

Song Shu Li Fa Shi (1983) on IMDb

2009年10月24日星期六

Bigger, Stronger, Faster/更大,更强,更快

The documentary's subtitle was "the side effect of being American" and it ironically mocked the slogan of the Olympic Games. It was like being kidding but it actually seriously discussed the social issue of abusing of hormone drugs (such as anabolic steroids). Be different from most people's acknowledgement, the abuse of hormone drugs had no longer been a pure sporting business, but had surrounded us and it seemed we still did not know its harm enough.

这一纪录片的副标题是“身为美国人的副作用”,讽刺性地借用了奥运会的口号,貌似戏谑却发人深省地探讨了滥用激素类药物(如合成类固醇)这一社会问题。和大多数人都认识不同的是,滥用激素类药物已经远不再是一件纯体育的事,而已经渗透到我们每个人周围,而我们对它的危害似乎还没有足够的认识。

Performance impression:
Director: Chris Bell


Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) on IMDb

2009年10月23日星期五

Young Carpenter/青年鲁班


The movie was adapted according to the deeds of the former Chinese leader Li Ruihuan and was one of the praise of the Great Leap Forward. The audience still could be able to feel the vibrancy of the construction boom at the beginning of the founding of the nation in the movie. The love story was no more than a footnote of the movie, which was one of the characteristics of the movies in that era.

本片是根据中国前领导人李瑞环的事迹改编,是歌颂大跃进的影片之一。在影片中还能感觉到那种属于建国早期的建设高潮中朝气蓬勃的影子。影片中对爱情也仅仅是含蓄的暗示,这也是影片所处年代的特点之一。

 Qing Nian Lu Ban
(1964) on IMDb

2009年10月22日星期四

Promise Everything/有求必应

A funny animation about how the god of land solved the problems of four persons flexibly and wisely. There were no big deals, but if he had no "tiny smart ways", it really would not work.

I think a better translation of the name is: Where there is a will, there is a way.

很好玩的一部动画片,讲土地爷如何机动灵活地同时解决了4个人的难题。事情都不大,但如果没有点“小聪明”,还真不行。

 You Qiu Bi Ying
(1987) on IMDb

2009年10月21日星期三

Super Soap/超级肥皂


Though this was an animation, it was really like a social or political metaphor: the blindly obedient public. When the public did not have their own values, only knowing to follow others, it would be easy for them to become a group of rabble in the movie.

本片虽然是一个动画片,但怎么看都像是一个社会或者政治隐喻:盲从的大众。当大众没有自己的价值观,只是在跟随着别人的价值观的时候,就很容易成为本片中的那群乌合之众。

演职员印象:
导演:徐景达,马克宣


Supersoap (1987) on IMDb

2009年10月20日星期二

Alma/恐怖玩具屋

People would make no progress without curiosity, but would get in lethal trouble if they were too curious about something, which was really a dilemma paradox. This animation told a story in warm pictures but weird style, and would be useful to warn those kids with too much curiosity.

The full movie:


人没有好奇心是不会进步的,但如果太有好奇心的话,可能就会惹来很可能是致命的麻烦。这真是一个两难的悖论。这部动画短片用温馨的画面+诡异的风格拍了这么个故事,很适合吓唬那些具有过分旺盛好奇心的孩子们。


Alma (2009) on IMDb

2009年10月19日星期一

On His Majesty's Secret Service/大内密探灵灵狗


This movie was a pure popcorn one, having mocked some former movies, just for fun, nothing else.

本片是纯粹的爆米花片,搞笑地模仿了几部老片,搞笑罢了。

演职员印象:
主演:古天乐,吴君如,徐熙媛


On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009) on IMDb

2009年10月18日星期日

Modern Times/摩登时代


This movie was Charlie Chaplin's most well-known masterpiece, demonstrating how a single man (as an individual) made a living (or survived) in the great industrial age. Chaplin's superb performance showed completely the audience all the feelings of a humble guy, his own happiness, anger, sorrow and laugh. In particular, the movie's beginning part about the working scene in a large factory, was so often referred by many people later on its kinds of philosophical connotations, such as dissimilation from industrialization to human beings.

卓别林的代表作,探讨的其实是在大工业时代,作为个体的人(小人物)是如何生活(生存)的。卓别林的精湛表演带着观众完全进入到一个小人物的喜怒哀乐中。尤其是影片开始的大工厂里做工的片段,屡屡被很多后来人在各种哲学意义上进行讨论和阐述,例如工业化对人的异化。

Performance impression:
Director/Writer: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman

Modan Taimusu (1936) on IMDb

2009年10月17日星期六

War Games/战争游戏

The movie was an early one on hackers, reflecting the understanding to computer technology and hackers at that time, such as computers with ugly UI and how to dial phone numbers with computer. Yet, the movie already revealed the possible negative impact from great advance of computer technology. Although the movie was an early one, the influence of its story mode had been continuing.

本片是拍摄较早的以黑客为题材的片子,反映的是典型的那个时代对电脑技术和黑客的理解,比如UI比较简陋的电脑,以及用计算机拨电话号码。不过,本片已经充满揭示出了电脑技术的巨大进步所带来的可能的负面影响。虽然本片的年代较早,但它的故事模式一直影响到今天。


WarGames (1983) on IMDb

2009年10月16日星期五

A Bug's Life/虫虫特工队


The story was about ants, but it was really an adolescent growth movie on how a boy was accepted by the society in a humorous way and funny stories. A typical Disney good product. The ending part was also funny in another way: although this was an animation, the movie collected some pretentiously NG screen-shots, which was so amusing.

NG part:


虽然是以蚂蚁为素材的电影,但本片着实是一部成长青春片,以幽默的口吻和跌宕起伏的故事,讲述了一个小男孩如何被社会所接纳的过程。迪斯尼一贯的优良制作。结尾部分别有一番情趣,虽然是动画片,但本片也正二八经地搞了一个NG场景汇总,很逗乐。


A Bug's Life (1998) on IMDb

2009年10月15日星期四

Love in Lushan Mountain/庐山恋

The movie was very influential; its story was actually routine: love triumphs past grudges, and the cast's performance was also modular, yet, the movie appeared in a era when there was mind-emancipation in China and everything was recreating, and the movie's ideological breakthrough was like a thunder, including the so-called "the first screen kiss since the foundation of new China", and the many sets of pretty clothing of the leading actress (it was very rare even by today's movie standard), or even little political description to Lushan Mount itself (Chinese people all know the reason), all of these were epoch-making breakthroughs.

Because of its many groundbreaking influence, the movie has kept being showing in Lushan cinema, and had become the longest showing movie ever since according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

本片是相当有影响的一部电影,它的故事其实比较老套:爱情战胜过去的恩怨。演员的表现手法也比较模式化,但它出现在中国一个思想刚刚解放、百废待兴的年代,其思想的突破性不啻于一声惊雷,不管是所谓的“建国以来电影的荧幕第一吻”,还是片中女主角的多套靓丽的服装(即使在今天的电影标准看来,也非常罕见),或者是对庐山本身不带太多政治色彩的刻划(中国人都理解其中的原因),都是划时代的突破。

因为本片的诸多重大开创性影响,它现在仍然在庐山电影院滚动播放,成为吉尼斯世界纪录记载的有史以来播放时间最长的电影。

演职员印象:
导演:黄祖模
主演:张瑜,郭凯敏

Romance on Lushan Mountain (1980) on IMDb

2009年10月14日星期三

Year One/元年


The movie showed the audience the beginning part of "the Holy Bible", in a humorous mocking tone of course. Those who were familiar with "the Holy Bible" would find it amusing. This one was kind of similar as "Life of Brian" but weaker in lacking allegory of reality.

本片相当于把《圣经》最开始的部分重演了一遍,当然,是以幽默嘲讽的语调。熟悉《圣经》的话,会觉得这样的恶搞片很搞笑,和《万世魔星》有点类似,但是水平要低一些,因为少了很多对现实的讽喻。

Performance impression:
Director: Harold Ramis
Stars: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde


Year One (2009) on IMDb

2009年10月13日星期二

Handsome Suits/变身西装 ハンサム★スーツ


There seems to have an eternal issue about love: what in the end do you love the other in a relationship, his/her appearance or his/her inside-cultivation? The movie discussed the issue again in a sci-fi background: if in front of the love, would you show your own nature to others or mask it under "good-looking" dress? And the movie cleverly set a foreshadow at the end of the movie, and unified the outside and inside beauty.

爱情故事似乎总有一个永恒的难题:你到底是爱对方的外表还是内涵?本片通过一个很科幻的情节巧妙地再次讨论了这个主题:在爱情面前,是要以自己的本色示于众人还是穿上光鲜的“外表”?故事也很巧地在最后设置了一个包袱,让外表和内涵的美貌都得到了和谐统一。


Hansamu sûtsu (2008) on IMDb

2009年10月12日星期一

[河马新闻]中国国家男足大败北京老体协联队,费用7万美金

河马新闻社 10月10日 记者朵猫猫报道 在以4:1大胜实力超群的非洲劲旅博茨瓦纳国家足球队之后,中国国家足球队经过国庆一个长假的休整,以3:1的大比分取得又一场友谊比赛的胜利,为走向2014年巴西足球世界杯开了一个好头。

本场比赛对于中国足球队来说并非一帆风顺,由于对场地、草皮、灯光、风速、风力、天气、观众、饮水、门柱、广告牌等因素均不适应,因此被北京老体协联队首 先破门得分。但此后中国足球队展现出良好的竞技状态和顽强的意志,在下半场掀起如潮攻势,不停在北京老体协联队前制造险情,并最终依靠对手的失误连入3 球,最终取得了本场的胜利。

在赛后的新闻发布会上,国足发言人朱协高兴地说,这场比赛,国足队员们打出了精神,打出了意志,打出了国足的豪迈与激情,打出了国足的团队协作精神。在谈到本场比赛的筹备情况时,朱协介绍说,针对对手的情况,国足的教练班子进行了针锋相对的细致的准备工作,在队员的管理上也非常严格。例如,在国庆期间,队 员们基本做到了不泡吧、不酗酒、不聚众斗殴,同时队里也开展了多种多样的思想工作,有效地减少了队员们对裁判和观众吐口水的行为。队员们贯彻了教练意图, 所以取得了本场胜利。

新闻发布会后,记者朵猫猫采访了90岁高龄的北京老体协联队教练兼守门员查要肌,请他就这场比赛谈谈自己的看法。查老不顾劳累,略带惭愧地说:"本场比赛 其实我们一直是占据主动,很可惜,由于我一直是打老年门球出身,只记得要把球打进门,忘了应该把球挡在门外,结果主动出击把球抱入球门,我要对本队的前2 个失球负全部责任,对不起大家的努力,非常惭愧。"在谈到第3个入球时,查老说该失球纯属意外。由于后卫队员谢亚凤女士一向负责街道卫生工作,刚上场的时候眼神不好,误以为脚下的足球是个垃圾袋,因此随意踢了一脚,误入自家球门。查老精神矍铄地表示:"我们将再接再厉,继续为中国男足冲出亚洲走向世界出一 份自己的力量。"

据称,中国足协为本场比赛支付了7万美元的各种费用,该笔款项由败者北京老体协联队负责分配使用。

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride/狮子王2:辛巴的荣耀


The movie was the sequel of the former one, about the story of the little lions next generation. Yet, the story was not so wonderful as the first one: two little lions from misunderstanding to mutually accepting, which was more like a growth story of school teenagers. Thus although the movie skills were similar to the first one, it was a bit weaker comparatively.

本片故事紧接上一部,讲述的是下一代小狮子王的故事。不过,这一部的故事明显没有上一部精彩,两个小狮子,从误会到相互认可,更有点像校园青春成长的故事,所以尽管电影技巧和上一部差不多,但整体水平要相对弱一些。

Performance impression:
Directors: Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca

獅子王2:辛巴的榮耀 (Video 1998) on IMDb

2009年10月11日星期日

Captain America/美国队长

Limited by its era, the movie surely can not be compared with the later "Captain America: The First Avenger" in visual effect. The Captain America in this movie is more like a regular soldier. And the US president in this movie knows kung fu and how to fight, which is the few points of this movie.

由于所处年代的限制,本片当然不可能像后来的《美国队长》那样有那么炫目的视觉特效,所以本片中的美国队长更像是一个普通士兵。本片中的美国总统居然也会格斗功夫,这个可以算是不多的亮点之一。

Performance impression:
Director: Albert Pyun

Captain America (1990) on IMDb

2009年10月10日星期六

Star Trek: Nemesis/星际旅行10:复仇女神

This movie is kind of different from the first nine, with the routinized Space Opera reduced a lot(Star Trek series becomes classic because of the America-Soviet confrontation), and became more like other sci-fi films, which might be one of the reasons why it was less attractive. How to keep its tradition while transferring to modern style, is the first issue for Star Trek series.

本片和前9部Star Trek都不太一样,模式化的太空歌剧的成分大为减少(Star Trek成为经典的很大原因是美苏两国的对峙),变得更像其他的科幻电影。这可能是它的吸引力下降的原因之一,如何在转型的同时也保持自己的传统,这是Star Trek系列要解决的问题。

Performance impression:
Director: Stuart Baird
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) on IMDb

2009年10月9日星期五

Star Trek: Insurrection/星际旅行9:起义

In my opinion, the movie's point is the conflicts between civilizations, mainly between exterior civilizations and original ones. In fact, this is the story happening repeatedly on earth. How to improve communications among different civilizations and how the communicating norms should be, have been always the topics for sci-fi films.

在我看来,本片的重点在于文明之间的冲突,主要是外来文明和原生文明。这其实也一直是地球上在发生的故事,如何促进文明之间的沟通与交流,这个过程中应当遵循怎样的规范,一直是科幻电影探索的主题。

Performance impression:
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) on IMDb

2009年10月8日星期四

Star Trek: First Contact/星际旅行8:第一类接触

The political metaphor faded gradually off from Star Trek series (due to the relaxation of the international political relations) since the last Star Trek movie, and the whole series returned back to conventional sci-fi movies. This movie reminded the audience of the aspiration in territory-extension and confronting powerful enemies in the classic sci-fi films, which was very exciting.

上一部Star Trek开始,这个系列的政治隐喻逐渐消退(这也跟国际政治气氛的缓和有关),又重新回到科幻电影的常规轨道上来。本片又让观众想起了经典科幻电影中开疆拓土和面对强敌的那种豪情壮志,很赞。

Performance impression:
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) on IMDb

2009年10月7日星期三

Star Trek: Generations/星际旅行7:斗转星移

The movie could be regarded as the transfer of the two generations of Star Trek cast. Maybe because of the transfer, or there is something wrong with the story logic or the setting of the sci-tech background, the movie is somewhat far less than being perfect.

本片可以视为是两代Star Trek演员的交接,不知道是不是因为这个原因,抑或是电影本身的故事逻辑和科技背景设置存在一些问题,总感觉有些不尽兴。

Performance impression:
Director: David Carson
Stars: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner

Star Trek: Generations (1994) on IMDb