唐山大地震 (Aftershock)
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今天看了《唐山大地震》,電影其實是拍得不錯的,有層次,不會流於煽情,演員也演得相當到位,只是當中的植入廣告多了一些,那個兩秒的《劍南春》鏡頭也太刻意了吧!
一如所料,故事是挺感人的。地震過後,年輕的媽媽家破人忙,一對龍鳳胎只能救一個,她對天長喊:“老天爺,你這個王八蛋!”的時候,我第一滴眼淚丟下來了。很奇怪嗎?看感人的電影我當然會流淚,不然進場幹嗎?我也有朋友會說,每天現實的生活已經夠磨人,夠悲情了,幹嗎該娛樂的時候還要選一些看了會不開心的片子呢?我覺得生活是需要洗滌,需要沉澱的,有時候看了一部不錯的悲劇以後,反而心情會更加清明平靜,好像身邊的種種惱人煩事,都變得不太重要。是因爲看到比自己更加不幸的人,所以自我感覺有所提升嗎?我想這個是比較低層次吧。比較接近的我想是看到萬物的無常,確非人力所能控制;身邊的蠅頭瑣事,又有何重要呢?
馮小剛在電影裏描述76年的唐山地震跟08年的四川地震,手法是很不同的。在四川地震的那部分,看到的只有設備精良,軍民一心的救援部隊。這個大抵也是最政治正確的表達方法吧。22年過去了,中國進步了很多,地震是天意,救援可是人爲呀!只要看看那幾個直升機劃破長空的CG畫面,就知道現在的救援工作是多麽先進,多麽到位!可是,我們不是應該去問,22年過去了,國家進步了,爲什麽我們同胞的樓房卻沒有變得更堅固,還是一震就倒呢?這裡讓我想到一段在四川地震時候某國内作家填的宋詞 - it makes me speechless.
《江城子•废墟下的自述,一位废墟中的地震遇难者,冥冥之中感知了地震之后地面上发生的一切,遂发出如是感慨——》
山东作协副主席 王兆山
天灾难避死何诉,
主席唤,
总理呼,
党疼国爱,
声声入废墟。
十三亿人共一哭,
纵做鬼,
也幸福。
银鹰战车救雏犊,
左军叔,
右警姑,
民族大爱,
亲历死也足。
只盼坟前有屏幕,
看奥运,
同欢呼。
潛行凶間 (Inception)
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- 2011-07-11
I believe it is just a futile task to try to make sense out of the internal logics of Inception. It is full of inconsistencies and contradictions. Period.
Nor should anyone attempt to develop a profound philosophical notion from the deeper meaning of the story. It just wants to say that dreams and reality are hard to distinct, and they interact with each other. We simply don’t know which one is a better place to live in.
So what is left I this movie? Well, the whole idea is quite creative. By putting the characters in dreams, the director can virtually create whatever scenes he wants to shoot, without the burden of explaining how different episodes fit together. I still think that the dreams are sometimes too “real” though. There are more imaginative ways to make use of the dreams.
The acting is fine. I am glad to see Leonardo matures from a 13-year-old lesbian in Titanic (as one of my friends put it) to a real grown-up in his recent works, Blood Diamond, the Revolutionary Road and Inception. To give up the idea of looking perfectly gorgeous in every shot is the starting point to become a great actor.
Overall, even though I enjoyed myself in the cinema for 2.5 hours, I really can’t say Inception is a great movie. The basic materials are fine, but the execution still leaves room for improvement.
During this same weekend, I also watched A Single Man and Ghost Writer on VCDs. I would not hesitate to rate either of them higher than Inception. Both Colin Firth and Ewan McGregor are British, and I must say that the British can really act – I guess they begin their training since very young.
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今天在報章的經濟版,一連看到兩則關於内地房地產公司的新聞。
首先是龍頭企業萬科:
我們看看,這是我們2006年投入建設,2008年7月投入使用的,叫「萬匯樓」,本身不大。熟悉中國本土建築的一看,很像客家的土樓。實際這個創意就是來源於客家的土樓。這是我們建的一個公共住宅,就是萬科用自己的商品高價投標拿到的土地,拿出來建設的這樣一個項目。
這個項目當然不是免費的,但是基本上按照城中村的租金,一套房子40平方米,月租450塊錢,物業管理費是零。為什麼會這樣?我們算了一個帳,按萬科的物業管理水準,我們最低最低的月收費也高過這個房租。那就違背了扶助的精神。那我們就用另一種方法:共同管理。
我們讓這些剛畢業的大學生,農村進城來打工的,住在這裏的人來共同管理。共同輪流負責自己的衛生,負責自己的保安,所以物業管理費是零。這是萬科第一棟拿自己商業上的資本,來對社會低收入人士作投入的一個嘗試。當然這種嘗試是納入萬科本身進行公益活動的基金,也通過了股東大會。
這個項目成本是7000萬元,預計20年收回本錢,利息當然是一分錢不算,利潤也不算啦。就是20年才能收回這樣一個預算。做到這個呢,現在第二步是在北京、上海等地進行類似的嘗試。
接下來是龍湖地產:
愈來愈多投資者關注內地企業要嚮應國家號召投資保障房。昨天公布業績的龍湖地產(0960)即表示,去年交付的北京大方居保障房項目,以6000套的供應量成為北京史上規模最大的兩限房(限售價及限面積)項目,但最終卻要虧損1億元。
國内的房地產企業都已經發財立品,建起不怎麽賺錢的房子,去解決一般百姓的住房需求了。香港的地產老闆,您們除了把所有新盤都包裝成豪宅,買過萬元一尺以外,又做過什麽呢?連社會良心都給内地企業爬頭了,你們不汗顔嗎?
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I watched "Bruce Lee. My brother" on DVD. It was better than I thought. Good casting as the actors could convincingly imitate the real persons that they are acting. That said, I really could not figure out how Hanjin Tan could win the Best New Actor with his performance, which, in my view, was quite green and mediocre. Apart from the fact that he was too old to play a role at his high-teens, he had brought into his character some small gestures which were probably too modern to do in the 50s, kind of anachronistic.
P.S. Interesting to know that there was inter-secondary-school boxing competition in the 50s. There was even a flag of Wah Yan Kowloon hanging in the hall. I wonder which 師兄 represented Wah Yan at that time.
楊氏肉骨茶(Yeoh's Bah Kut The)
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- 2011-07-11
Malaysian style bah kut teh in HK - if you like herbal, rather peppery, bah kut teh, you can try this shop in sheung wan. A bit salty and not as herbal as I want... but at least not too much MSG... do not feel thirsty after finishing the whole pot... best in HK so far... in my view。
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