2011年6月26日星期日
《Titanic》
"Titanic" is used because it is difficult to recall the perspective of popular nowadays classified as a disaster film sequence. It is not only the use of Hollywood's visual wonders, the sinking of the Titanic 86 years ago, the reproduction of the imitation of historical events, but also doing a rewrite for the present context. The key is to rewrite the narrative of the main transfer to a love story on the unprecedented. The classic double-track structure caused by the internal dialogue in the text and history of mutual penetration of making love, who co-presented in narrative recall under the eyes. This also makes both contracted a bit sentimental, heartfelt love for the hero of that period, but also for that particular moment in history began to sing a dirge.
It was a glorious miracle - "unsinkable" and "dream boat", on behalf of the mysterious unknown forces of nature the sea wind and waves of advance, which will undoubtedly become a triumph that it belongs to the era of the embodiment. Human emotions and pride of the full confidence with their own wisdom and strength to overcome has a huge body and infinite power of nature, even over space and time; and the destination of the voyage of the United States - the New World, the European vision of It is undoubtedly a country full of dreams, freedom and democracy and a series of myths. In the film there are several groups within the lens dedicated to showcasing the huge mechanical gear wheel operation and the flames inside the boiler, it is this "narrative of modernity," the wonderful footnotes. The actor stands at the bow with open arms to the vastness of the ocean shout: "I am the king of the world!" No doubt to the narrative theme to the extreme.
As a commercial film, "Titanic," the show is not just filled the world living in fear of the fear and doubt reflect on their own, which as a main reason why the love story, it is stressed that the plight of modern man in self- rescue. This is the myth that high-volume manufacturing has the characteristics of the times, although it contains historic necessarily show the true emotions of contemporary people, but its aesthetic stance makes it had to use a certain rhetorical strategies to bridge the fabric of reality and imagination become increasingly expanding the rift. No matter how exaggerated the power of love, she can save only in the history of individuals. This makes me very moved into even greater fear. In fact the pure love itself contains a rhetorical strategy. The heroine is a love tired of the hypocrisy of high society life of the decline of aristocratic family girl, and her heart full of fire into the same passion. The flame from her encounter hero, the bohemian artists since it was ignited. It is this passion over money, status, and alienation of the human temptation to make her return to the beginning of the pure source of life and vitality, restored the courage to survive until the wreck of the disaster to save her life.
It seems to me a passion for years has been, and sank with the Titanic, there are fanatical love and lonely hero seems to have become thing of the past.
2011年6月16日星期四
《Wall Street》
I confess that I know nothing about the market, nor do I know much about general economics. However on a positive note, anyone, even a dunce at their typical economics class can easily determine the pace of the film through the detailed, and I'm trusting accurate descriptions of stocks and bonds through the knowledge of Charlie Sheen's performance as the persistent Bud Fox.
We know when the buck is being made, and when it's being lost, as well as the very competitors themselves. The hero of this tale of financial chaos is looking to make money and become a big time Wall Street broker. The struggles he encounters in his own career as a broker are what challenge his drive to achieve more. Unfortunately his ambition his motivated by the concept of his worth in financial gains, rather than the self worth a worker makes out of pure pride. Money is essential, and I personally believe in the value of survival being determined by the size of a man's wallet.
However Bud can't deny the honest words of a responsible machinist like his father Car (Martin Sheen). It takes a good while for that kind of dignity to reach Bud, as he is taken into the wing, and teachings of his Wall Street idol Gordon Gekko (Douglas). Defined by charisma, ruthless perseverance, and furthermore a knowledge that goes far beyond Buds, as it expresses his confidence to succeed further in this crazy world of mind nerving numbers. Bud could present tons of various stocks and shares, only for Gekko to dismiss it as mere garbage. Its' the real inside info that none can access that truly peak his interests. "Blue Star Airlines" the very Airline that gives Bud's father his pride as both a machinist, and a union president, had just evaded a lawsuit involving maintenance problems, and the kind of leak gave Gekko a keen interest in Bud.
Of course, it would take so much more than just a small spill on one business to get Bud up top. Bud's own sense of honest work is flipped at the very temptations Gordon presents, money, luxury, and even a chance to score with a former lover, and I might have to say the weakest part of this film, Darian (Hannah). She is neither beautiful, nor a believable in her roll as Gekko's former lover, nor Buds trophy girlfriend. Every line she brings sounds like that from an aroused prostitute. She just comes off too sexy. In know for most guys that's a good thing, but only if she actually was sexy, when clearly she should just be normal, and a little less shallow. I can see the effort she puts into her portrayal, unfortunately it would be better off in a porn flick, rather than a drama as sophisticated as the very talent of Oliver Stone. Bud's own sense of honor is replaced by greed as he further develops in the manner in which Gordon plays the so called game, where money could matter less. "It's about the Game", strong words coming from a man who has loads of money.
Maybe that is what defines Gekko's own pride as the player that he is. Unfortunately, in the mind of Bud Fox, that logic clearly reveals the very difference among them. Bud's betrayal to the man he looked towards as a hero is ended in a quick change of sides, choosing his father's own responsibilities towards Blue Star. It actually sounded like a sweet gig, expanding it, bumping Bud to the presidential seat, and yes maybe firing tons of workers, which is exactly where he and Gekko truly stand apart. Buds betrayal stems farther than just switching sides, and teaming up with Gekko's rival Sir Lawrence Wildman (Stamp), but so much as to wear a wire spilling every little secret Gordon could keep to the cops. Justice is served, Bud's conscience is clean, and a road is open for him. A road where maybe at the very price of a punishment like prison can truly make Bud see.
Sheens portrayal shows that of a hard worker, with both honest virtues, and a sorted sense of dignity, only with the severe weak points that Gordon further breaks, and infects with the temptations of the rewards of Greed. "Greed is Good", a speech that despite it's logic of results and inspirations brings the beliefs of the ruthless broker to a more clear sense. Gekko believes Greed to be the very thing that has kept us going, and maybe he's right on the levels of motivation. However the limits to how greedy a human being could be can never be good when they reach their ultimate dark ends. Director Oliver Stone has brought audiences an authentic depiction of the very business his father Lou Stone worked in. The specific moments of silence, just seconds before the numbers appear, the details to each individual action towards buying or dumping stock, and the notion of respectful pride towards all too consuming greed are what make "Wall Street" a film worthy of Stone's Best Picture Winner "Platoon".
The chaos of the brokers looking to buy, sell, and dump their shares is accurately displayed with not only it's characters alone, but with the very scenes of the stock market, showing the very craziness these guys yell, scream, and even rip their hair off for. And another congrats to the great Michael Douglas, as he brings to life a character who is moved by the very concept of greed, but not on a matter of money, but out of his own desire to simply emerge victorious in the end. He shows a relaxed compliance with his clients, zero BS from losses or failures, and a philosophical approach to the very business he's good at.
2011年6月13日星期一
《My Fair Lady》
A flower girl encounters a linguist Hogan, have become a friend of the linguist and his bet target. Hogan put the pronunciation flower girl Ate Sha vulgar behavior training to become able to access high society aristocratic lady. Eventually he succeeded, but in his successes, his fear of the fear of a woman actually celibate marriage quietly in love with his "guinea pigs" - Pygmalion Ate Sha. Like this film because of its many unique features:
Like this film, first of all because it is a musical style of the film, some of the dialogue and the characters are mostly psychological confession in a relaxed and witty musical accompaniment to sing out.
In addition, this is my contact Audrey 'Hepburn's first film, though her name had Ruleiguaner, and was reflected in its performance, fruit is a well-deserved reputation. Flower girl transformed into a process for the ladies played so vivid that when she was forced to study and pronounce on Hogan extremely dissatisfied, she cursed that part of psychology in Hogan's rhythmic singing witty musical accompaniment out, full of fun, people have thought she was adorable. Also, when the Cinderella into a "princess", also is so different, with a different, Audrey] Hepburn to play such a huge gap so vivid, pure woman to flower, self-esteem appear so lifelike character, vividly, the acting from which to get a glimpse of self.
This story is still the theme of love. A mind set celibate linguist, born of a poor flower girl, when their lives intersect at some point occur, they both fall in love lucky. Linguists and the flower girl status differences between us can not help but think of the Prince and Cinderella, but in the fairy tale, the prince fell in love in an instant just Cinderella, but in this film, linguistics Hogan family is in love with the unconscious has a very annoying their "guinea pigs." It is this unconscious, their love seems fun.
A pleasant laugh is when Hogan to describe the kind of woman ridicule and humor, he portrayed a horrible woman and annoying animals, he deeply bored woman, doing all he can to their friends in front of satire sarcastic woman, but that he was such a person unknowingly fell in love with Pygmalion Ate Sha! He that he was not aware of this love, until Ate Sha victory dinner in their return, because they ignore the existence of their own angrily left. The linguists with their own actions to his woman before the collapse of all the bad feelings all! He frantically search for Ate Sha, when Ate Sha told him she wants to marry another young man, he's jealous of the kind of man that he can no longer ignore this makes their love of Ate Sha.
The film's hero and heroine in their hearts quietly sowed the seeds of love, but also in the case of no knowledge of it to take root, and when it finally mature, so we have to admire the greatness of the power of love!
Love them through the class status, through the knowledge boundaries, age limits, and in the Hogan who love to stick his bachelor celibate for decades gave up his attachment, he knows a woman tired of this animal , tired, but a last resort in love with one of them, and even love to not be addicted.
Love these two characters is particularly special, when they actually love each other, curse each other, but they curse in every sentence, we can hear each other, they have been unable to resist each other's love! And it is this party could not resist the love lets us see the great power of love!
The feminist point of view the film, then the self-esteem and flower girl Ate Sha performance is no better than "Jane / Love," is poor, her performance is even more strong and brave. Her brave, Ganaiganhen, independent and free, fully embodies the characteristics of a new era of women. Especially when she stormed away, the mother house in Hogan Hogan's period of confession: "Without you, I can still live without you, time still goes by without you, things still were 。。。。" his own Interestingly, independent expression of the strong and lovely, a totally dependent self-esteem other people's personal independence impressively lovely girl to stand in front of us. The Hogan women before he knew all the prejudices are never fall in love after a place to stay. This seems to be a compliment to women, is the independent personality of the modern woman a compliment!
From another point of the film depicts the transformation of social class of a mutual ridiculous dressed as flower girl Ate Sha ambassadors attended the dinner, was hit by the first invited to dance the prince and princess were identified in Hungary, the basis of their pronunciation and conversation is her.
And Ate Sha's father, a drunk nothing, but to pursue the pleasures of life philosophy, it was not for Hogan's letter into the middle class, and began to make him feel tired of life, when the daughter of Art Shakespeare came to him, he even complained to her daughter, said Hogan hurt him, took away his freedom, and when his daughter asked him why he like to help the money Hogan, he could not say what reason did come. Yes ah! Who can refuse the money, status and dignity of life? Even if an alcoholic bum to do so would lose the freedom and happiness!
Film using a lot of extras makes this team has become a huge social class and representative. Initially, flower girl Ate Sha first met Hogan in front of the theater, surrounded by the words of the people in animated conversation, as well as A Tesha father before marriage, and leading home their carnival and Ate Sha twice with Hogan to participate in those same large-scale banquets people attended the banquet. Basically, the film follows the hero and heroine in the Images of different origins are quite different. A Tesha a flower girl started to reflect the surrounding lower-class hard-working people's lives, their hard busy, but in many poor dreams of fun. The A Tesha father into the middle class, he is around the lives of middle-class people, their work is a pleasure after the first, while the A Tesha as experimental subjects after Hogan, following Hogan contact is the upper class People who regard themselves as very high, pay attention to the surface of the elegant and noble, when they race, just quietly watching, and not as heartily as Ate Sha shouting! They judge all of the standards are so rigid secular, but also see themselves as chosen to elegance!
2011年6月7日星期二
《Pretty Woman》film reviews
Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she'll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the "rich and famous" scene (since it doesn't do for a man of his stature to be alone at society parties and polo matches). Romantic comedy (and complications) ensue. Vivian Ward has found a way of living by working as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard. When she runs into the prince of her dreams, who comes along on his wild horse, she first does not recognize him as her saviour. The prince, a ruthless and wealthy businessman by the name of Edward Lewis, does not know that she could be more than just a girl from the sidewalk, but he changes his decision after the first night with the beautiful stranger. Her being the first person in a long time who could surprise him, Edward can slowly feel the light at the end of the tunnel. He is on his way to become a better person, whereas Vivian has got a new chance to start over again.
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