Tuesday, December 27, 2011

观影记83:杀手:代号47 Hitman (2007)

看看无妨,这个杀手也是不太冷,非常帅气和惹人注目。除了男主通篇卖帅卖型以外,影片描写最多的就是美国在世界横行霸道目空一切的思想。。。美国式的意淫,表露无遗。。。

观影记82:永无止境 Limitless (2011)

如果真有这样的药,应该人类很快就可以到达按需分配的社会了吧。。。其实剧情蛮老套的,就是男主吃了一种不知名的药物变成了IQ 4位数的freak,不过就算IQ 4位数,想学中文还是不容易的!最好主角说一堆不知所谓的中文,我勒个去。结局很弱,破坏了整部戏的紧张气氛!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

观影记81:古宝奇缘 (2011)

豆瓣上4.8分,好吧,看来以后我不能再以一堆装B犯的分数为借鉴标准了。亲身看过影片后发觉并没有这么差,其中不乏笑点,虽然前半段稍显拖沓,不过最后还是挺闪光的。没有明星导演,没有明星演员,但却比很多用明星脸填充的电影要更watchable。也许这部电影没法赢得票房,但赢得了我心底的一票。

观影记80:龙门飞甲 (2011)

正片,不过如果是2D的话会更好(不过为何豆瓣粉们都说3D效果很好呢,偶怎么就没feel到。。。)。打算在BD出来的时候再复习一遍。片中的奸角都演得很好啊,陈坤的一人饰演二角非常给力,大爱雨化田!

观影记79:人鬼情未了 ゴースト (2010)

这是日韩mixed版的人鬼情未了,男主角很赞,一身肌肉加上俊俏的面孔让电影增添了不少美感,可惜配一个过气的女主角。不过我还是很怀疑,要是喜爱的女人上了一个老婆婆的声,还能对着老婆婆叫darling再抚摸她的脸么?

观影记78:鸿门宴 (2011)

中国是完全不缺电影素材的。有着如此悠久的历史,任何一个历史小片段都可以捕捉放大成一部大片。抛开史实,鸿门宴的确精彩,精彩不是来自刘邦和项羽两位打酱油主公(黎明演的毫无帝皇之风啊),精彩是来自张良和范增两大谋士的斗法。张涵予演义的张角另我印象极度深刻!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

观影记77:失恋33天 (2011)

轻松加愉快的2小时,男主角文章很有范!适合一群朋友一起看哦,那个乐融融~  

Thursday, December 1, 2011

观影记76:Océans (2009)

虽然和expectation还有一段差距,但是好些镜头填补了我对海洋的无知,值得一看。最后宣传保护海洋的message更是有血有肉,我不禁也为人类的行为感到可耻,另一部海豚湾更加赤裸裸地暴露了人类的狰狞,容我日后再补。

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观影记75:李献计历险记 (2011)

从头到尾都不知在演什么,还不谈有没有meet expectation,这货完全就和expectation差一万八千里。豆瓣的一句话评论说这部片是中国版的盗梦空间。。。bullshit... 没看完就关了,确实很不给力,一部我非常有冲动打1分的影片。

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

观影记74:The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

剧本非常诡异的一部穿越题材电影,从一开头就可以使你屏住呼吸,各种奇幻莫测的穿越足可以让你聚精会神看完整部电影。

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Friday, November 4, 2011

观影记73:Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

原来美国队长前身是一个瘦瘦的矮个子,通过打激素变身为肌肉男。。。总的来说打斗缺乏精髓,只是一部平庸之作,幸好女主角非常亮眼,可以keep着我不挂机。

据说字幕后还有一段复仇者的预告的,今晚要回去补一下。。。

复仇者的前戏基本看完了,就差一部雷神,被誉为做好看的一部,啥时候有BD呢。。。

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

观影记72:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

糊里糊涂看完哈利波特最后一集,承继其一贯的风格,画面黝黑黝黑的,看得实在不舒服,不禁怀疑这真的是拍给小孩看的吗?伏地魔也太弱智了,真可以用弱智来形容了,无敌的身躯,强劲的黑魔法,最后却落得如此下场,不愧为我见过最菜的boss之一。Snapes忍辱负重多少年了,最后终于用自己的眼泪证明了清白。看完电影还证明了一点,我是彻头彻尾的伪哈迷。

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Monday, October 31, 2011

观影记70:Green Lantern (2011)

超级超级需要吐槽的一部电影!

1、绿灯侠变身后就只有一个眼罩挡挡,生怕别人认不出一样(果然女主角轻易认出。。。)。我勒个去,好歹也学学人家美国队长,包得严严实实只露眼睛。
2、这神马烂东西,还要充电的!专业一点好不,如果打着打着要充电那就一茶几的杯具了。。。(不好算了,想想奥特曼也是有时间限制的。。。)
3、那个戒指能变任何想象的东西,为何不直接边个女主角出来呢。。。剩下泡妞的时间。。。
4、最终boss那个菜,脑大生草,跟着人去太阳系送死。。。
5、万年不变的设定,英雄在生活中就以悲剧。。。

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观影记69:Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

看名字完全不像是一部电影,半推半就在老婆的怂恿下看了BBC这部喜剧,再次证明了观影万年不变真理,期待越低,惊喜越大!笑点不少,可惜片中不少笑点是基于英国文化的,无法一一参透,不过也没能妨碍这部片的娱乐性。在中国穿越风盛行的今天,看看英国人是如何演绎穿越这个话题的吧!

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观影记68:花木兰 (2009)

顶着Vitas的盛名来看的这部片(不好意思赵薇格格),不算是大制作的大片,战争场面很一般(貌似人家本来就是一部剧情片),士兵拿着一块巧克力饼干当盾牌确实很impress me。不过,说到底,我还是不明白为什么要搞个完全不知所云的Vitas来客串啊。。。我勒个去,说着一口怪异的口音。。。由于是剧情片,在战争和动作上的描写不是很多,更多描写花木兰的内心戏,木兰眼泪哗哗流的那种,实在不是我的菜。

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观影记67:Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

好吧,又看完这部大作的第3集,实在要吐槽一下。不得不说,电影版的变形金刚已经完全脱离了儿时动画片给我的印象了。大黄蜂从一辆甲虫变成了一辆跑车,狂派一集比一集厉害,钻地虫神马的都出来了,博派就一成不变,电影套路也真的越来越lame了,一成不变的英雄+美女拯救世界。。。第3次了。。。不会还有第四次吧?

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观影记71:Bad Teacher (2011)

Cameron Diaz的一部走麻辣教师路线的新片,由于主题比较吸引我,所以就不顾豆瓣的低分今晚也看了。看下来觉得也没到烂片的级别,的确是有些laugh-out-loud moments。而且虽然Cameron Diaz年纪的年龄摆在那了,但是洗车的那一段实在是太hot了。不过老婆最后给出的评价却是:浪费时间的一晚,没有娱乐到。。。Anyway。。。她笑点很高的。。。地球人都知道。

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Our Shop is In a DOA Moment

DOA - Die or Adapt! Our shop is in such a critical situation that we need to do something to turn the tide or we will go directly into a grave in no more than a few months.

Things change and after a robust summer, we are now facing a severe autumn. Natural traffic downed more than 50% and inquiry and order had shrunk to almost nil. Advertisement only brings cost instead of profit. Time passes and enthusiasm falls and apparently if we continue to sit through, our shop's days are numbered.

This is a very challenging time for us. At this time of day, I hope we can piece together and work out an actionable plan to recover from the downturn.

Let's hold our dreams, tight!

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

观影记66:Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Have been waiting this for quite a long time and now the BD version is here.

动画效果还是一如既往地高质,幽默搞笑程度也很好地继承了第一部,还加入了一些感人的元素,不过我反倒觉得没有第一部精彩,不知是不是因为打斗引入了枪械,反倒没有功夫来得过瘾。最令我印象深刻的是熊猫baby,实在太可爱了,当然还有peacock的功夫,也是赏心悦目。

翻译也很给力,Feet of Fury翻译成佛山无影脚。。。Nice work!

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Friday, October 14, 2011

观影记65:青蛇 (1993)

看完白蛇在家重温这部徐克大片。。。配音雷得我鸡皮疙瘩掉一地。。。张曼玉年轻时果然很妖艳。。。可惜找不到蓝光片源,模糊的画质影响了观影效果,但即便如此,也比《白蛇传说》高几个等级。中国电影,自勉吧!

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观影记64:白蛇传说 (2011)

很久没看电影的我们来到了有史以来最差的观影位置(影院第4排)来观看这部耳熟能详的奇幻大片!不得不吐槽,今时今日的特技感觉还不如10年前的《青蛇》,那2条蛇假的要命,还搞个石像鬼当蝙蝠妖。。。。算了,抛开特技,还有一个许仙二傻子。如果不是免费的电影票,谁会来看呢。。。

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Huh, weed the blog!

No a single word on my blog for a long time.

And still this is a meaningless post just try to weed my blog.

Life goes on without too much news.

Just get there and be it.

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Monday, September 5, 2011

观影记63:ช็อคโกแลต (2008) / Chocolate / 女拳霸

OK, I am a feminist. I advocate sex equal. But to be honest, it is dull to see a female to perform Thai kungfu.

整部电影看下来,动作非常假,拳脚很无力,还是托尼・贾的功夫够真材实料。影片中最大的亮点就是四眼仔用街舞当功夫,另外就是大boss的血量实在是充足,挨了一刀后被狂揍N顿还能继续逃窜,当然他的头马也是非一般的小强。

以后还是不看女孩打泰拳了。。。

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观影记62:Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Sometimes you got screwed by believing that blockbuster is always a treat to your eyes. It does not. The fourth installment of this pirate story leads me to an ultimate boredom. OK, by saying boredom, I really mean it. The story line is lame, and the special effect is unimpressive. Mermaid is in itself a good thing to present in movie, but the movie presents this kind of creature badly.

I wonder, what you pirates are planning in the next installment, and whatever you got, it should best the fourth.

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Friday, August 26, 2011

观影记61:十三人の刺客 (2010)

靠,老子要骂娘了,这部2个多小时的坑爹电影!豆瓣7.7分的电影却完全不符合我的观感。变态的杀戮,没有任何limbs的裸体女人,毫无特效的百人砍看得我直打呵欠,文戏又长又臭,好不容易等到开片竟然如此让人失望。这部电影奠定了我以后看日本电影的基调。。。要以super low的expectation去对待每一部日本武士道的电影。

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

观影记60:Taken (2008)

一个超级老爸从美国飞到法国端了一个卖淫团伙,捅了一个黑帮,打了一个贪官,杀了一船保镖,然后安然无恙地和被绑架的女人回到美国。一切一切都用法国人的无能来撑托美国人的牛B。

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Life Should be Meaningful

Now I feel the excitement of having our own business. Yes, it is still in the red and also we lost lots of fortune in terms of opportunity cost. But let it be! We see hope and a profitable trend that is shaping our dream bit by bit. We are fully engaged and taste excitement every day upon hearing the sound of dingdong. And also we don't need to worry about the retirement thing, dump that behind altogether! I am sure we will grow to a small business in just a few years, and then, we will have what we have been dreaming about.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

观影记59:Shooter (2007)

看完就知道美国的大侠是如何炼成的,主角完美上演1 vs 几十,再自己暗地执法伸张正义警恶惩奸,我是否应该将主角与蝙蝠侠放到同一个类别?或者说,主角比蝙蝠侠更厉害,至少他不用搞一副很帅的行头掩人耳目。

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Monday, August 22, 2011

观影记58:300 (2006)

Let's dine in the hell! 可惜不是蓝光啊!但也酣畅淋漓!这种热血的电影特别符合我这种热血青年,可惜没帅哥和美女,导致我老婆一晚在旁絮叨。没办法啊,我们的电影style真的是大缆都扯不到一起。。。也不管她絮叨了,下次有这样的片子我还是要看!

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观影记57:Constantine (2005)

不错啊!有帅哥又有点儿故事情节,怪物的造型也挺不错,就是所谓的地狱假了点,查了一下会有续集,必看!

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观影记56:G-Force (2009)

老婆大人说,要将自己的IQ降到小学水平,才能很好地观看这部电影。个人也感觉这部是迪士尼动画中的最弱一部了,可能是target低年龄层次的观众吧,不太适合我这个老男孩了,等我有孩子的时候再陪ta一起看吧。

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Friday, August 19, 2011

观影记55:Entrapment (1999)

1999年的片到现在看都一点都不落伍,这就是演员和剧本的威力。

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

观影记54:The Next Three Days (2010)

非帅哥版的越狱。。。感触最深的是。。。女人真的离不开化妆啊。。。Youtube上教人犯罪的视频还真多,开锁的,偷车的。。。还有就是男主最后的那招假借留下线索,实为迷惑大众实在是棒!一屋CSI竟然斗不过一个社区老师。。。导演为雪佛兰小车打的广告也太过火了吧。。。看看无妨的一部片。

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

观影记53:War of the Worlds (2005)

三角鸡火星人最怕是什么?爆菊+细菌!外星人来袭的场面是挺震撼的,配合音响效果还真有那么一回事,不过导演把外星人也设置得太BT了吧,吸血~ 菊花~ 还驮2个蛋最后导致蛋痛菊紧~ 有意思!虽然没有什么剧情可言,但绝对也是一部非常值得看的科幻娱乐片!

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

学得皮毛,不入骨髓

昨夜和老婆的一段议论后,我才如梦初醒。原来自己20多年来学到的东西大部分是皮毛,而知识的骨髓我几乎是点滴未沾。

回顾一下我学习英文的方法,虽然通过小说以填鸭式地灌进了很多单词,却漠然不知小说的主题思想,也没和作者有过任何交集。我读懂了小说的字面意思,还曾一度沾沾自喜,不可一世。现在看来我当时简直是堕入了浓雾中,我忽视的是字里行间作者真正想表达的信息,可以说我是没有吸收任何有价值的信息。

充其量,我当时只是一本复读机,只会复读字典上的单词而已,没有思想没有灵魂。

为什么我英文水平下降的速度比坐过山车还快,现在原因总算是水落石出了。以前我能写出点像样的东西,无他,但手熟尔。烂船也有三分钉,写得多,所以靠着皮毛也可以吓唬一下人,一旦手不熟,立地现出原形。一个缺乏骨髓的系统是就像一个没有支柱的宫殿,连风都可以埋葬整个皇朝。

我要谢谢我老婆给我上了人生宝贵的一课。我没有被打败,我自会更强大。

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Monday, August 8, 2011

观影记52:暗战 (1999)

有感觉!年轻版的刘德华和年轻版的刘青云这对实力配搭再加上傻更更的许绍雄,就是对蒙嘉慧这个女人表示很无语。。。对一个持枪犯一见钟情。。。实在太夸张和令人不解了。还有刘德华化妆成女人。。。我顶,傻的都看得出啦,一班大男人竟然没人发觉,实在有点假啊。

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观影记51:The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

超级好看,杀手之间的对决!高潮迭起,美中不足的就是最后又是玩汽车追逐战。。。连续3部都上演了汽车追逐战,但都不是很精彩。。。 The Bourne story has not ended, and it will continue in 2012! 第3集把我们带到了高潮,希望第4部不是一部狗尾续貂的续集。

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观影记50:The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

总体精彩程度没有第一部好,在车上的追逐战无法使我达到高潮。

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Friday, August 5, 2011

观影记49:The Bourne Identity (2002)

本片没有帅哥、但主角的整体表现是非常cool的,杀手级的睿智贯穿了整部电影,表现夸张但是你又不会喊假。

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观影记48:Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

印象最深的是那只打不死的小松鼠和它sexy的partner!个人感觉第3部没有之前的好看啊~ 记得当年看第2部真的是从头笑到尾的,第3部的笑料明显弱了不少,带着高期望来观看的我未免有点失望。

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Monday, August 1, 2011

观影记47:The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

昨晚看完这部豆瓣排名稳居第一的电影后,心底的确泛起了几轮小波浪。我自己不觉也暗惊道:不是吧!看完排名第一的电影才激起小波浪?Well,不得不承认我还是特效协会的,励志片已经无法打入我石化的心了。诚然!一顿酣睡后,波浪荡然无存,我的心底又成为一滩伪静水,静待着下一次的激活。感觉自己的确是已经被institutionalized了,就短短的5年打工光阴,就已经将一个曾经活生生的我制度化了。生活就是“打工-》拿工资-》打工-》拿工资”这样的死循环。我没有被Shawshank的石墙困着,但仍然无法获得真正的自由。有些词早已成为陈腔滥调,freedom, hope, democracy,我甚至怀疑它们是否真的存在过。主角的一句busy living or busy dying表面上入木三分,但思考后发现自己不属于任何一类,更适合我的是busy suffering.

若有理想,何惧崎岖,战胜心魔,实现自由!

There should be hope... for everyone.

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

观影记46:Your Highness (2011)

超级无脑血腥色情同性奇幻电影。影片里面充满各种各样的低俗tricks和lines,就看你好不好这口了!比《这不是斯巴达》更为恶心,其中某些镜头绝对冲击你的接受程度,比如某人被牛头怪fuck、某人割下牛头怪的dick当战利品。。。等等。不过这部恶心低俗的搞笑片倒是花了不少心思打造特效,不少场景的特效做得有声有色。Come on!无脑放松!

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观影记45:Tropa de Elite 2 (2010)

第2次看巴西电影,精英部队2着实没让我失望,比第一部还精彩,真实用力地揭示了政治和权利背后的黑暗。当中另我印象很深的几句对白:The system is heavily fucked. I have been trying to believe there is justice in my whole life. 老实说,看这种片只会让我们对这个社会的仇视感更强,但我们又不甘活在自愚自乐之中,想知道到底这个系统下藏有多少污垢。在巴西,至少这种题材的片能成为最卖座的片之一,而在我的国家,恐怕连拍摄都是不可能的。影片最后说了一句,要改变这种系统要take times,不知到要多久,更不知道我,甚至我的下一代,有没有机会见证那璀璨的一刻。

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

观影记44:X-Men: First Class (2011)

X战警的历史课,看完你就知道磁铁王头上那个丑翻天的头盔是为何存在的了,也明白了X博士和磁铁王之间的友敌关系。作为一部2011年的片子,它并没展现什么引人入胜的大场面特效镜头,不过很多小场面特效是做的很不错的,我感觉就是为X战警的粉丝制作的一部电影。

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

观影记43:The Green Hornet (2011)

又一个富二代,为什么我说又。。。不过有两点真的很亮!1、主角的语言,太他妈丰富幽默了,幽默感一点也不比《The Big Bang》里的对话差。2、那台车太拉风了,武器比蝙蝠侠的座驾都要厉害,还2轮驱动!周董表现果然是平平,真的只有做sidekick的水平。没有坊间说的那么差,用以消遣娱乐是完全足够的。

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Monday, July 11, 2011

观影记42:海云台 (2009)

记忆中这部片是我很少涉猎的韩国片。印尼大海啸后,韩国马上推出这部海啸灾难片来笼络票房,我就是其中一个被笼络到的。这部片给我最深的印象就是那无限长的爱情、友情、亲情铺垫。。。。看了近1小时海啸还没到,那个急啊,当时就想怎么海啸还不来把这帮人冲走。。。特效还是有那么一点点的,毕竟是《2012》前的作品,当然看过《2012》后里面的就是小儿科了。老美的灾难片看多了,不妨看看这部慢节奏的韩国灾难片,毕竟我们就是想生活慢下来,不是么?

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Farewell Gift to Anna

Well, just went through a busy day working on a flash animation. The result was good, finally I had a beautifully-crafted farewell gift to present.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjA1MDY2Njk2.html

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Self Confessed

A post that I wrote in the past but never got to publication. But today here it is.

It is 22:37.

I just took a bath. What happened was a thought flashed across my mind like a gloomy ghost. The thought sped through every inch of my vein, burning my blood hot and making me almost unable to breathe. It was a terrible warning sign that something inside me was amiss. The culprit is -- the thought of guilt.

Another weekend is passing with no fruits. It's time to ask myself WHYs. The problem existed long before, but as now it explored, I need to deal with it head-to-head.

I feel guilty, and I think it's the right time to feel it, guilty of wasting time, guilty of staying put, guilty of spending most of my weekend on clicking web game instead of hitting books. Yes, I'm praying for mercy and lenity. It's my penitence. (Damn, I even need to look up the dic for this word, an implication that my pool of vocabulary is dwindling before I become aware of it.)

I look back, and find that I achieved almost nil during the past months.(Yes, I dare to say months) I vowed to give up X-world but failed altogether; I swore to read books every night but never really opened a single book; I made a solemn declaration that I would beef my muscles up but I kept getting skinny. What the heck was wrong with me? A mind with a weak power that could do nothing but 'make childish wishes'? I simply hate that.

I realize that I am now lost and completely in a sea. I let myself into a maze and cannot find a way out. Slack has somehow got into my body and occupied me in full. I got to take some actions before everything is too late.

I just read a book about the success of the CEO of Tencent. It inspired me that perseverance was the key to success. I once had some, but it seems that I am losing it now, real fast. It seems to me that I've stopped dead in my very way to higher achievement. I need to reverse the track that I'm taking.

I deeply know that a single blog piece would never be enough to revive my true self. But I think this is a good start to kick up some of my dormient persistence.

In the couple of days I will re-start my blog in an enthusiastic way. I will talk about the X-world, from a product manager angle. I will not indulge myself into it anymore. I will look at it more like a product than a game. I will start to analyze it instead of playing it headlessly.

Come back to yourself Dennis. The once top-of-the-world, knowledge-hungry man.

IT IS THE TIME.

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X World

I was once hooked by a SNS game named X World. This game is very hot in overseas market, though with a different name of Mafia. The game is interactive and requires a lot of friends joining your group in order to strengthen your team.

The Task System is well designed as it always leads you to a point where you are close to next level, so you have a feeling that you will soon hop into next level and will have a new experience. This kind of feeling will keep you to the game for a whole day because you feel you achieve things all along the way.

The Item System is good as it rewards you with different items and some of the items need to be collected when doing your tasks.

However, after sticking it to half a year, I quited cold turkey for the reason that the game stopped updating and no longer provided me with an ounce of entertainment. I do think X World is a good game and I would say it would be very addictive if the developer team continues to feed it with focus. But they didn't, and the empire they established collapsed almost overnight. A pity to many but not me. =)

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观影记41:How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Another excellent movie that I watched on TV screen this week, but sadly it's not blue disk! Though the line was not too impressive but overall it was well worthwhile your time. What amazed me most was the boss dragon who had six eyes and could give out fire in a destructive way!

And the idea behind the whole movie is that do not always try to beat your enemy by means of violence, try first to understand your enemy and find out the source of hatred. Do not always go for kill, try to tame instead! I think this idea can also be applied to any organization where hierarchical management is involved. If you are a leader of a team, you should know the power of taming.

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Douban.fm

For music lovers, douban.fm is a savior. This statement does not come from no where. I can verify it by telling you a story of mine. I am a music lover but with almost no spare time to find new songs to entertain my ears. I used to search and download songs that I love and stored them all in my harddisk for the rare moments of audio feast. But that made me a drudge. Searching for downloadable music is never a thing to enjoy. And this had been a pain to me until I found douban.fm, an online music player that can automatically find you what you want to hear!

Though the AI behind the music robot still needs to be improved, you should not hesitate to feel the magic of douban.fm!

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A Weird Dream

Haha, this post is ancient which I wrote but did not post. Now it is time to expose!

Last night I had a weird dream. The dream shows me and my darling in a small square room with only a bed, a door and a glass window. We two soon become highly amorous on the poorly decorated bed. Apparently, we want to "走在一起". When we are all prepared, with clothes all off, we hear a sound at the window. It is Ring standing by the window who has an intention to peek through the window. We are scared and both keep silence till Ring walks away reluctantly after several failed attempts.

We compose ourselves and try to regain our amorousness. The atmosphere grow romance again. But when the time is right to "走在一起", we hear a female voice at the door saying something like "it's time for dinner." It turns out to be Chenli, a roommate of my darling Zoe. We grumble to dress up for the meal.

WTF...

And I wake up... in my own bed... alone.

Weird.

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How Serious Are We Being Affected?

Thanks to a headless Internet crackdown in China, I had first-hand experienced about how serious my life was being affected when most of the Google and other internet services were ripped off from us.

Now a list of major services that are unavailable in China:

Google Docs
Google Plus
Google Blogger
Google Gmail
Youtube
Facebook
Twitter
Dropbox
Posterous

What should we have... a LAN and a GFW.

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Why Do We Need AV?

Be warned, this topic is very sensitive. Leave immediately if you are somehow allergic to adult videos.

Out of pure curiosity tonight, I asked myself a question - why do we need AV? The 'we' here refers to us male. So to make it clear, why do man need AV? (should I include boy?)

My input is that AV helps us reach our wildest imagination. Everyone wants to try new things, and AV gives us a fresh feeling that we cannot touch in real world. Advanced postures, women with great figures, things that you want to try but never got a chance... these are reasons why man is desperate to drill into the AV universe.

Me? A normal husband who of course keeps a crate of ammunition in case someday I need them to reach climax. =P

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Busy Poor or Busy Happy

You can be busy, or you can be poor. But don't be a busy poor.

Spending all hours for meager income is not why we are employed.

In this fast-pace society, it is like we live in a pressure cooker leaving us no choice.

Working busy just to keep us survive, or working dead just to fulfill our material needs.

Why shouldn't we think in another way?

We can be busy, or we can be happy. Or we can be a busy happy!

Chase what make you feel happy, do not mind the money you make from the job that makes you happy!

Mentally healthy is not less important than materially healthy!

If your current job does not give you a sense of happiness? Then you should find the nearest exit to find your share.

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PhotoFunia

PhotoFunia is an online photo editing tool that gives you a fun-filled experience. You upload any photo and just wait to see the magic. The proprietary technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let's you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages.

PhotoFunia is free and very easy to use. Just select an effect you like from over 100 different effects, upload your photo, and PhotoFunia will do the rest for you.

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Anatomization of My Worsening English

In a post months early I brought up a terrible finding that my dominion on English was weakening, in a speed that has surpassed even my wildest expectation.

It's not hard to figure out why. I blamed the waning on my usage of English, which has been on a constantly downward trajectory. Of course many sub-factor contribute to this, like the blocking of my Google Blog, Twitter, Facebook and other social networks in China, which equal to a complete closing of most of my English channels. Secondly, my passion for English was no longer boiling-hot. After years of English learning, it has pasted the prime time and reached a bottleneck.

However, every coin has two faces. When I feel my English is weakening, I see my Chinese awakened by my efforts. But of course I do not want to lose what I have earned from years of hardworking. I will try to keep my English sharp in the days ahead, by ways of 'blah blah blah'. The solution is not clear at this stage, but there should be a solution, isn't there?

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观影记40:武侠 (2011)

It has been quite a while since my last writing about watching a movie. Things turn really busy as my wife started her own c2c shop days ago and I gotta cut down my entertainment and offer my helping hands.

说回影片,预告片花是全片最精彩的打斗部份,其它的动作场面都觉得稍欠火候,精彩级别和《关云长》在同一个水平吧,且导演要甄子丹断臂,唉,断臂还怎么打出好看的功夫啊,实在是郁闷。片中一大亮点是金城武的表演非常恶搞,差点把这部动作片演成搞笑片,而汤唯就一个路人甲,没太多戏份。

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Historic Day!

Today, yes, it is today! We have our first unpaid order, first fan, first real order from a Beijing customer.

It's a good start, and we will keep this spirit in the upcoming days to earn ourselves a bright future!

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

观影记39:Iron Man 2 (2010)

没有高潮的大片。有的大片可以使你在很困倦的时候还可以打起精神,有的大片可以使你在精神饱满的情况下频频打瞌睡,很不幸的是钢铁侠2属于后者。都是美国英雄主义大片,怎么就和蝙蝠侠差这么远呢。。。

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

观影记38:哈尔的移动城堡(2004)

鞭挞我吧,这是我第一部看的宫崎骏大师作品。老实说心里话,如果抛开那几个构造怪异的移动城堡外,我没觉得这个片有太多的吸引人之处。还是那句啊,如果没有好故事,再好的画面也只能混个中庸偏上。这个英雄救美的故事也真的太陈词滥调了,已经被强奸了太多次的主题,就算披上宫崎骏的外衣,也没有夺目的光芒。当然,也有可能是我这种成年男子已经很难被这种故事打动了。但大师就是打师,我还是会一部一部地把大师的全部作品细细品尝的。

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29 Birthday

Hey yo~ Just passed my 29-year-old birthday with a bitter cake from Zoe!

Though not 100% suited to my taste, I would like to thank my darling for the cake and the gift, a Lamborghini!

Photos speak!

Cake from Zoe

Imag0210

Gift from Zoe

Imag0213

Cake from SG

Imag0217

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29 Announcement

OK, here I am, at the age of 29, I have witnessed and experienced a lot. I have been aboard, I have got a home and married, I am in debt and in the middle of nowhere in terms of chasing my dream. I am not really at sea, but kinda at a place where the exit is currently hidden from me. I am no longer an expert to English, but I am trying to catch up with my Chinese.

Recently my wife has launched her lil shop on Taobao, a virgin step onto her long-wanted path. The road will be rocky, and I hope I could be supportive along the road ahead.

Things change really fast these days. I hear news of leaving on a weekly basis. Just do not believe there is a thing call stability these days, we gotta take care of ourselves, no one will give you a pity look when you are in dare need.

Life goes on, and life goes better.

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

观影记37:恶童(2006) - 制作精良,难以理解

动画都搞这么深奥,一开始以为故事很简单,就是几个超级无敌打不死的‘孩子’将黑帮赶出城市,但到后面越来越无法follow剧情,一会搞搞人性分裂、一会又搞搞心灵感应,真是丈二金刚摸不着头脑。也罢,跳出剧情,就当用2个小时欣赏一下其精美的动画制作算了。

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观影记36:The Dark Knight (2008) - 官二代也有正义感

蝙蝠侠这个官二代也真的太酷了,坐拥一个超大的城堡和超级武器研发室,还配有极品四轮、两轮战车,出入不是直升机就是兰博基尼,很对得住他的座右铭“Batman has no limit"。可惜蝙蝠侠的风头还是给最佳配角Joker给无情抹杀了,记得当年Joker的经典语句广泛流传,‘why so serious?', 'you complete me.', 'I'm a man on my word.' Joker还教会我们千万不要随便说'let someone go',哈哈。

影片非常神化蝙蝠侠,但他不是一个英雄,他没得到他所保护的人民的信任,他只是一个守护者,无条件地默默肩负起一个impossible的责任。

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观影记35:Men in Black (1997)

重温了这部10多年前的电影,绝对比现今很多电影都要好。应该是将威尔・史密斯推向成功的一个电影系列吧,出色的故事和服装设定使人过目不忘。果然,10多年后我还是清晰地记住了威尔・史密斯手上那支“小蟋蟀”手枪。

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观影记34:Cars (2006) - 朋友才是王道

已经连续3晚看Pixar作品了,看完这部更加坚定了我Pixar出品必看的决心。整部片完全没有‘人’的存在,连苍蝇都是车!影片是很娱乐的,但其背后的意义却深,成功需要朋友!想想自己很多时候都是孤身一人在战斗,想寻求帮助时才发现一直以来都是形单只影、孤立无援。以前的自己太傲了,真正的朋友是需要处心经营的。

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

观影记33:Up (2009) - 又是梦想进行时

这是一部动画,所以就解释了所有不可能的事情,包括气球可以升起房子,一位老人可以拉着房子在地上走,在万丈高空中不需要氧气。。。等等离奇现象。动画表现感觉不如Wall.E,要是去电影院看3d版我觉得是亏的,没有什么很出彩的特效,天堂瀑布的景色也没到打动人心的震撼,倒是强行拆迁一幕可能会和中国观众产生共鸣。

影片主题就是追逐梦想,不过可能同类题材看得太多,并没觉得这部片有很励志,倒是老公公和老奶奶的一段爱情戏稍稍触动了我,在这个闪婚和离婚已成主流的社会,你还能如此镇守爱情吗?

观影记32:WALL・E (2008) - 机械人也有爱

一开场那个荒废的垃圾地球场景深深地烙印在我的心中,不能不感叹国外动画制作的水平。影片要传达的意义已经不重要了,光是看里面那些制作精良的景色,或是那个在细节处理上已经接近完美的垃圾处理机器人Wall.E,我已经能给这部电影打个结结实实的满分。我想到唯一能在动画领域超越这部电影的,可能只有暴雪了,但习惯跳票的暴雪什么时候才会推出他们的电影呢。。。

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观影记31:肉蒲团之极乐宝鉴(2011)- 血肉横飞的色情片

算是第一次和老婆一次看A片了。不过。。。这真的是A片么?果然和坊间盛传的一篇观后感一样,真的连一点点勃起的可能性都被那些血腥的镜头抹杀了。香港大波天后雷凯欣竟然被配了一把老伯的声音,还70%时间是出于毁容状态的。有个不知名的日本的AV明星还是挺漂亮的,不过身材欠奉。这部片不光是少年不宜,其实成年人也不宜,血性程度都可以媲美《电锯狂人》了。

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Friday, June 17, 2011

每日一片29:Source Code (2011) - 过于期待和吹捧的电影

主题为无限复活玩破案游戏的一部电影,不过可惜远低于期待(貌似是因为我个人对这部片期待太高了)。感觉最后太过于思想超前了,存在于代码世界里的人竟然给现世的人发了条短信,这个有点扯大了。不过女主角挺漂亮的,影片也不是很长,所以看看也是无妨的。

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

158/42 is on The Run

My wife has finally made up her mind after years of fuss to launch a Taobao shop. Yes, this is her first step onto being independent and doing business herself. She will soon be free from all the office stuff and be a stay-at-home CEO. I have full confidence on her as this is one of her dreams and I know what it means when you are trying to catch your dream.

Darling, you have my full support. Mountains and valleys abound on our road to success, but we will beat them case by case.

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

每日一片28:龙虎门 (2006) - 亵渎原作的作品

就是冲着黄玉郎的同名漫画去看的。老实说,对里面的人物设定感到很不满啊!甄子丹演的王小龙那把长头发看得我想剖腹自杀,飘啊飘啊都可以媲美洗发水广告了!还有打戏也不够过瘾!火云邪神这么猛的boss在漫画可是用了上千集才干掉的,电影里面几下就被收拾了,实在让人顿感不爽。希望可以出部续集来貂尾续狗,否则这部经典港漫电影版在我脑海里就永远只是一部不咸不淡的低级特级片。

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每日一片27:导火线 (2007) - 真才实料打天下

个人觉得这部片的打斗实在属于5星级的,不过故事情节的老套可能让很多豆瓣同学给这部片打了低分。这又是何必呢,看甄子丹不就是冲着打戏去的吗?想看文戏就去看《梅兰芳》好了。不用多说,拳拳到肉+无敌背摔看得我热血沸腾,未看过的同学甘快补习去!

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每日一片26:Saw II (2005)

断断续续地终于看完了saw的第二集。看完第二部我更加难理解为什么这部片的名字叫saw了,压根就没有什么出现saw的场面。记得第一集里面的结局给了我惊讶,这一集也不例外,也有不少惊讶点。一开场那段眼睛植入钥匙实在太富有残忍想象力了,真看得人毛管都竖起来。还有那个有进没出的锁手玻璃箱也很别出心裁,完全是机关大师的杰作啊。最后以female boss上任为结束,让人很想知道之后的发展。导演的编排功力可见一斑。

不得不说记忆最深的一句英文 “This place is wired!"

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每日一片25:关云长 (2011) - 最不给力的关云长

幸好没到电影院,这部片确实颇令人失望。文戏没看头,武戏竟然也差强人意。塑造出来的关云长略显孱弱,而曹操威风欠缺。过五关斩六将的情景也有明显的偷鸡(偷懒)嫌疑,有一关竟然就关着城门播放一段打斗音效就了事,这也太省成本了。实在是甄子丹的粉丝就看看吧,不过千万不要期待像《十月围城》或者《导火线》里面的那些精彩械斗。

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Friday, June 10, 2011

每日一片24:Buried (2010)

被我列入必推荐影片之一!超级小成本制作(木箱一个,手机一部,人一个),但是效果却离奇震撼。也许是因为影片说出了一些大家都有一定认知,但却从没人敢直抒的事实。这位导演绝对是monogamy,因为他到今天为止也就拍了这一部片。以美军在伊拉克战争为背景的影片遍地都是,但这部绝对是必看之作,另一部美军题材必看片为《The Hurt Locker》。

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每日一片23:Leon (1994)

又一个叫Leon的,不过样子就真的很大叔了。故事很简单,一个best in town的杀手最后被一个小女孩的爱‘感化’,然后做出一系列有违常理的事情。这样的爱情我真不知是该说May-December love好,还是说pedophilia好了。不过总之一句总结:女人勿近啊!不过本片我觉得演绎最好的是那个有点变态的缉毒警察,然后是小萝莉,然后才是主角大叔。

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Monday, June 6, 2011

每日一片22:艋舺 (2010)

应该是郑伊健系列后我看过最好看的古惑仔题材的电影,因为个人比较喜欢这种传统的刀砍派古惑仔,动不动拿出枪的那种叫黑社会。小时候我深受古惑仔思想的影响,导致一向都很迷这类型的片,如果你也是个80后,那不妨在茶余饭后带着轻松的心情看一下这部片,说不定也可以唤起当年儿时的诸多幻想。不过这片略带同志性质,不好者请自觉绕路。

BTW:艋(meng3)舺(xia3)

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每日一片21:打擂台 (2010)

动作片+最佳电影,期待值很高的我看完后一脸茫然,完全搞不懂这部片为何能拿奖,难道香港没货了?还是我没法参透个中精华?结尾一句台词点醒了众生“你懂不懂,再过几十年你就懂了”。幸好里面的功夫还是硬桥硬马可以一看,没到要打瞌睡的地步。片中那个瘦骨嶙峋的四眼的演出简直是欠揍型啊,完全可以忽视,倒是伪女主角长得还可以,就是出场率太低了。

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每日一片20:Inglourious Basterds (2009)

无视历史的拍摄不能阻碍其成为一部好看的电影。影片中我印象最深的不是Brad Pitt,而是拥有“Jews Hunter”绰号的一个德军头目,80%的时间他的表演实在是精彩,不过最后导演竟然要他倒戈,而且还倒戈得并不合理,个人感觉真是影片一大败笔啊!另外可能影片改名为《犹太人的复仇》会更贴切,没看出Brad Pitt带领的Basterds小分队是主旋律,也可能是哪个犹太女孩的光芒实在太耀眼了,Brad Pitt也要靠边站了。

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

每日一片19:B+侦探(2011)

不明白!为何豆瓣上B+侦探比C+侦探要低分?难道我的口味已经开始偏离大众了?明显感觉这部比第一部要好看多了,至少剧情紧张了不少,可能是配音乱入情况太严重,导致大家纷纷扔鸡蛋吧。下一部的A+侦探可能就是城城侦探系列的一个收官之作,值得期待一下。

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

每日一片18:Saw (2004)

终于有机会一睹这部被誉为美国恐怖片的一大突破,现在被不少人奉为恐怖经典的系列作品。(另外的经典老美恐怖系列应该要数猛鬼街了) 看完第一部后我没有任何的失望感,果然对得起我的高期待,最后为续集铺垫的结局给我很深的印象,奠定了其迈入我必看列表的结实一步。我一定会找机会拉上老婆一起继续完成这部经典的!

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每日一片17:The Negotiator (1998)

我一向对影视明星没什么印象,但看完这部片之后,我终于可以记得的一个名字了 -- 塞缪尔・杰克逊。其它不用说,光是这片可以使老婆把天涯上的帅哥暂时抛开合上电脑join me一起看完,就知道这片是实力派的片了。(要知道片中可是完全没有帅哥美女的)整部片的进程都很紧凑,两个negotiators的精彩博弈令人过目不忘,美中不足的就是最后的结局和我的猜想的100%吻合,没有给到我一丝惊喜感。结局后更是上演了一段‘狗尾续貂’的拖沓情节。但不管怎样,这部10年前的片是绝对值得大家去细细品味的。

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Game Wrecks Marriage

Happened to lay my eyes on a piece of news about how gaming kills marriage. Fifteen percent of British wives filing for divorce believe that gaming is the major bane in their marital life. This is quite a big warning for people in China, as online game is crazily prevalent among 80s and 90s. These generations literally grew by games, if I may say so.

As a post-80s, I played game since my childhood. From arcades to client games, from MMOGs to web-based games, I played a lot, to the point that my study has been greatly affected, if not wrecked. I could not attend a good school due to my over-indulgence into playing 'then-fantastic-in-my-eyes, now-meaningless-in-my-eyes' games.

Now I have grown up, and I have quit games for some time. But I have realized over-gaming is nothing less than narcotics in terms of its damage on people. Never put game before your wives, parents and friends, or you will be all alone for the rest of your life.

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每日一片16:Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)

昨晚陪老婆回顾经典动画功夫熊猫。第2次看还是觉得很正点(也要多得蓝光碟的power),纯娱乐片,为的就是欣赏里面的动画景色、配音和笑料。稍显不足的是熊猫的动画效果还没有furious 5侠的动画效果来的细腻。另外这部电影的熊猫配音很赞,成功的塑造出一个非常有个性的熊猫 -- who cannot even see his own toes。XD

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Monday, May 30, 2011

每日一片15:神探 (2007)

港片少有的好货!和我喜欢的致命ID有一拼。刘青云的表现足以让你竖起大拇指!整部片无论声和色都能给我非常high的感受,最后的结局也够发人心醒。

港片中另我印象深刻的除了周星驰的电影,就只有那么几部了,神探绝对是其中一部。

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每日一片14:C+侦探 (2007)

城城拍的侦探类影片,虽然城城贵为我少年时的无敌偶像(也就是因为这个原因而看这部片),但我也不得不狠批一下。

城城完全没有侦探feel,拿着个数码相机去作案现场,整天露出失魂落魄的神情,这样的表现还能算得上侦探?还是我期望太高,人家本来就是C+级而已。相比之下刘青云拍的《神探》就强多了。(豆瓣的同学也这样认为)

最后的谜底揭开时竟然一点惊讶的感觉都无法给我,这感觉如同ML两个小时后还没有一点点高潮的感觉,这叫人哭笑不得啊。

不过听说这部片有分阉割版和完整版,不知我看的是哪个版。。。所以有可能冤枉了这部片也不定。

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每日一片13:The Prestige (2006)

光看影片标题你是不会知道这是一部关于魔术的电影!2个魔术师从头pk到尾,从一开始简单有迹可循的魔术到后来超越理解的魔术,让你目不转睛地盯着屏幕是完全没有问题的。可能我看这部片的时候有些走神,某些细节漏过了,所以导致最后被surprise到了。

如果忽略最后那个完全科学无法解释的魔术的话。。。可能这部片会更经典。

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

每日一片12:Training Day (2001)

看之前以为这是一部普通的黑人英雄主义警匪片。对我这种不折不扣的黑人控,光看到影片的封面就已经肾上腺素激增了。影片前大半部份印证了我的期待,就是一部黑人耍酷片,但是后面竟然出现了我完全无法预料的结局。这种结局颠覆了绝大部分警匪片,甚至我还真搞不清导演真正想传达的信息!

实在不想剧透!在这部动作和枪战并不出彩的电影里,剧情才是最大的亮点,我可不想损坏各位看官的观影快感!

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每日一片11:Shutter Island (2010)

莱昂纳多主演的片,不看也对不起我这个铁达尼克号的忠实粉丝啊。片子的配乐非常棒,诡异得让人感到毛骨悚然。影片貌似是一个开放式的结局,对剧情的不同理解会有不同的结局。看来导演也想观众也一同感受一下片中主角经历的那种分裂现象。

惊悚+悬疑粉必追的一部片,5星级!不过这类片子很容易看完后还一直在脑子里面旋绕,满脑子牛角尖,到处找漏洞。还是算了吧,何必执着追求那所谓的perfect?正所谓一切皆演戏。

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每日一片10:Machete (2010)

我勒个去,发现这部电影竟然在豆瓣被封禁了。不过搜了一下在百度视频还是可以看得到(不知能维持多久,要看趁早)。纯种的暴力电影,砍首、肢解、内脏、裸女这些元素一样不缺。整部戏就一潇洒倜傥玉树临风的墨西哥大汉拿着N把弯刀遇神杀神遇鬼杀鬼,好不威风!

看完这部片后觉得以前看的古惑仔系列里面的砍人都是小儿科了。Amen.

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每日一片9:Black Swan (2010)

导演牛B!可以把一部文艺片拍成惊悚片,跳芭蕾都可以跳出人格分裂!

女主角的表演的确很给力,贯穿整片的神秘自残事件被渲染得非常好,以致给我带来了无比的压迫感。事后得知原来此片女主角凭借其饰演的双面天鹅一举获得奥斯卡最佳女主角。

又一部人性分裂genre的电影,发现不少人性分裂片都很不错,如致命ID,禁闭岛等,都是必看级的电影。

纵观整篇我其实只能领悟到一句话 -- 最大的敌人是自己!或许导演还有传递其他信息,但本人道行不深实在无法get到了。

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每日一片8:127 Hours (2010)

影片改自真人真事,这就为这部电影注入了更深刻的意义。

本片讲述的是一个独来独往牛逼哄哄的冒险爱好者在一次意外中被石头卡住,导致有了127个小时让他忏悔过去的种种。主人公的向上精神非常值得学习,在最困难的时刻还记得用DV帮自己拍一个讽刺的clip。(可惜因无网络而无法上传到youtube,否则准红)

另外主角在生命垂危是还不忘告诫大家千万不要买made-in-China的toolkit(这真的是事实?),如果在有中国人在美国电影院看这部电影的话,应该感觉挺尴尬吧?这可是一个赤裸裸的讽刺啊。

总的来说没有坊间传言的那么好看,豆瓣的8.1分高分可能大部分是给主人公那种打不死的小强精神的。(毕竟人家主角都用到自产自喝的招数来拉票了!)

For me, it is just a kill-time movie。

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

每日一片7:Underworld (2003)

导演真是厉害啊,把一部吸血鬼vs狼人的片子拍成香港警匪搏火枪战片!我说这些非人类战斗时也不用这么贴近时代吧,动不动就拿AK47和沙漠飞鹰手枪出来对射。本来很期待你们有什么出彩的格斗的,怎么知道导演您这么缺乏想象力,肿么可以酱紫啊!

老土的情节,缺乏想象力的战斗,平胸的女人我都可以忍了,最让我‘销魂’的是还要被山寨翻译强奸,把vampire翻译成僵尸的是哪位大哥啊,你真以为观众是sb硬要意译才能明白么,真看得直吐血啊。

豆瓣这部片竟然有7.4分,至于是不是都是冲着里面某个明星打的分,我就无从推敲了。

第2部是否还要看呢。。。。。。

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每日一片6:Tropa de Elite (2007)

巴西最卖座影片之一,中译为精锐部队,我是怀着极强的期望来看这部电影的,一是某人的推荐和豆瓣的高评分,题材也是很热血的特种部队。但看下来比预期差了些,最大原因应该是因为听不懂(葡萄牙语),而且配的是山寨翻译,极大地影响观感。

片子前半部分没什么特别,就是揭露了巴西警匪沆瀣一气,腐败至极。

当2大主角决定加入精锐部队后,剧情开始变得紧张刺激,且越到尾声越精彩。警察、平民、毒贩,这几种人之间的关系都很微妙,一直在社会系统里‘和谐’地活着,只有精锐部队才可以有能力打破这个腹心内烂的系统,可惜他们大多数时间是有心无力,人单力薄。

一部英雄主义 + 好人vs坏人的片,但揭示的却是令人痛心的现实。

据说片子里发生的都是真实事情,巴西的贫民区真的这么恐怖么。

续集是一定会看的了,sooner or later!

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每日一片5:The Butterfly Effect (2004)

好片,第一次看到这种故事情节,一个人回到过去改变一些小事从而导致一个截然不同的未来。片子剧情紧凑,环环相扣,少有的非动作、非惊悚类电影却又能给我breathe-taking的感觉。

该片似要告诫我们一切冥冥中已注定,你的每一个决定都引导你的人生发展方向。

如果我有这种能力,我会改变哪一件事?我也不知道,因为我没想到过去的某件事可以使未来产生质的变化。(除非能改变投胎的地点?)

人生,还是一步一脚印向前走吧,永远不要后悔自己做过的事就好了。

Don't cry over spilled milk mate!

蝴蝶效应还有2部后作,但都是不同的故事线,与第一部没任何瓜葛。老婆说对后作没兴趣,找个时间我还是会看看滴,不过优先级不会高。

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每日一片4:Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

继承了以往的份量,2小时50分的长度,可惜我选择的观影时间比较晚,导致前面剧情铺垫部分迷迷糊糊地过去了。

但,这并不影响。

因为影片的高潮是最后黑珍珠号大战飞行荷兰人号,近30分钟的炮轰,剑击,肉搏,空中杂耍,这些都是前两部没有呈现的,印象很深。虽然当时我已经很困了,但还是唤醒了我的集中力一气呵成地看完这段高潮。

不能不说的就是那个从片头开始就一直期待的女海神。。。我勒个去,简直是偷工减料的制作,真是愧对这个名号了,还不如章鱼胡须男的宠物威武,虽然那货的塑料质感是如此的强,但至少也有点小看头。尼玛的女海神,就是一个变大的黑妞,说得过去吗。

最后把续集的主线也交待清楚了 -- 不老泉,待偶今天就去电影院看个明白!

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Friday, May 27, 2011

每日一片3:Unthinkable (2010)

败给了翻译,unthinkable翻译成了战略特勤组,到最后看完也还是不明白这个翻译代表什么。

里面的人物塑造得很好!对FBI美女和黑人谈判专家印象很深,当中的心理转变是一大亮点。影片向我们展示了美国对待恐怖分子的‘满清十大酷刑’,有些真的看着揪心。看完就知道为何恐怖分子这么厉害,因为不管是来软是来硬都无法让他们屈服。

节奏是很紧凑的,基本没什么冷场。

值得一看的好片。

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每日一片2:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

续集的翻译叫“聚魂棺”,比较奇怪的翻译,因为明明棺里面放的是一个心脏而不是魂魄啊,又玩错误引导?(已经给Unthinkable玩了一次了!)

3年后的加勒比海盗续集,很好的延续了第一部的塑胶特效。。。那个海底怪物非常的“逼真”,逼真得就像是一个坨塑胶!真应该请队好点的特效team。。。不过老实说那帮海底怪物的效果还是可圈可点的,特别是八爪鱼船长。

电影情节还是很不错的!故事慢慢展开,人物比第一部多了不少,也各有特色。

其中在土著岛逃命的一段戏挺不错!Jack、铁匠和commander在一个滚动的水车上、中、下争夺打开宝箱的钥匙,最后Jack又靠他那张过了油的嘴骗到了钥匙,真的是靠嘴吃饭的人啊!

最后让我们知道第一部的Boss复活!非常期待第3集大家去救Jack!

特效差没事,剧情和人物补救,经典!

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每日一片1:Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

百无聊赖的一晚,两小无猜在家中商讨着生财之道,在毫无头绪的情况下突然Zoe蹦出一句“我们每晚看一部电影,坚持2年吧”。

就这样,我们就开始进入每日一片的时代。

用加勒比海盗这部大片作为头炮绝对算开了一个好头。

接下来的2年,不管好片烂片,不管是否喜欢的类型,我们都要面对,一步一脚印,一起走完幸福的观影2年。

好,说了一大堆,回来说说我们的头炮。

第一感觉,特技好差!2003年的电影也不算是老电影了,怎么那些骷髅都像是用塑胶做的一样。

打斗也不精彩,用剑刺来刺去毫无感觉。看惯了中国式的武术再看这些“剑击杂耍”简直是笑话啊。

最后杀死Boss的情节有点牵强。

但是!这并不能阻止我把这部电影归类为经典。

为什么?

因为看完第一部后我很想看续集!Jack Sparrow的确很有个人魅力的(一开始我竟然以为他不是主角!)

我要看看这个有点猥琐,充满睿智的Jack Sparrow大叔在续集会有什么表现!

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

自省

最近读了一些韩寒的书,思想上发生了不少变化。

一个高考用7盏红灯为自己未来开路的人,取得现在的成绩,说明了什么?

兴趣果然是天下最厉害的武功。只要有兴趣,我想应该没有什么不能战胜了吧。

发现自己开始爱上博大精深的中文了。看着别人洋洋洒洒的文章,心里真叫痒。

以前是多么幼稚,竟然主动摒弃汉语而奔向洋语言,现在可好了,心中的“悔”字是那个大啊。

还好,我还是有时间。

希望有一天,我能写出一些让自己满意的文字。

不求别人欣赏,只希望能填上心底那条20多年的裂缝。

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

这种感觉

最近有种感觉摩挲着我的心,且越来越烈。是疲惫?还是厌倦?是迷茫?还是无助?可能这种无法形容的感觉对于每一个城市人来说都是无法避免的。日出而作日落而息,机器般的运作,程式般的重复。喧闹的人群,拥挤的车厢,这是每天必经的考验。木讷地坐在电脑前看着0和1组成的各种缤纷元素,突然间这种感觉更加强烈了。

每个人都有烦恼,每个人都需要找到自己的way out。

在这个moment,这句话最适合我:Way漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求solution。

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Enthusiastic Colleague

Well, fortunately or unfortunately, I have one colleague who works very hard and also has a firm willing to expand her knowledge on a daily basis. She is always the last person to leave our office, and more than that, she recently starts a new blog to record her marketing career. I often wonder why she has energies to do so much while I always rave about tiredness and laziness. I got a painful back ache this week. The ache cuts my remaining momentum and renders me to a dead pool. Comparison is terrible. When you have someone who is enthusiastic you will definitely feel a lot of pressure, most of it from yourself. I gotta find a way out of all of these soon or I will face a real career crisis that I had never met during the past 5 employed years. Good luck to myself!

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Monday, March 28, 2011

How You Can Install Everything in A Pack

Hey dude. Still busy with browsing internet for everything you want to download and install? Take a break and visit http://ninite.com/, where you can find everything, ranging from web browser to security tools, in a minute. Just tick what you want and then you will get a pack with all you need for you PC. Really a time saver. =)

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Friday, March 25, 2011

明天会更好

听完了明天会更好,我觉得内心沸腾了。很多很多事想做,但老是一直自己找借口。不想再这样了,我对自己说,这样的生活已经够了。过去的已经过去了,再不堪回首的经历,也已经画上了一个句点。我已经浪费了很多,错过了很多,失去了很多。越是长大,越接近井口,越发现自己病入膏肓。30岁的我,还有这样的认识实是不易。再这样继续下去,我的人生可能也就这样了 -- 终身劳劳碌碌,营营役役而不见成功。

但就算有了这样的认识,我还是很拖沓,迟迟没有迈出改变的步伐。至于这是为什么,我还没找到答案。就像冥冥中我还缺某些元素,协助我翻过这个难关。我不知到这篇博文能否为我吹响改变的号角。希望这一切一切,都是一个好的开始。

毕竟,明天会更好。

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Is AV Indispensable?

It is bold to bring up this topic on my blog. However, I think Chinese people are now more open than the past.

I always have the opinion of that AV is part of our life. And I think most of the male audience would agree. There is an old saying that you never find a boy/man whose hard disk is clean of AV, which is a good testimony for the strong demand posted by us.

For one, AV enthuses us by showing various exotic scenes/behaviors totally beyond our barest imagination. It satisfies some parts of our needs - the needs for what we cannot get. We can have a voluptuous view on things we can never have or try.

And now, it seems gal start to have an interest for AV too. I feels kinda baffling at the start of the idea of 'gals want AV' but now I have accepted wholeheartedly that we should not limit AV to male audience, as there is also huge demand among gals too. Enthusiasm for AV is shown clearly in my partner, due to her 'never-exposure to AV in the past 20 plus years, according to her own testimonies!

Life is colourful and always catch me off guard, doesn't it?

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Make or Break?

New year is here but I feel sorry to my blog. I have been in a hibernant state since my last scribbling on this blog. At this point I don't know if I have the momentum and perseverance to run it further. The laziness has somehow gotton deep into my skin and spread throughout my veins. They say you can persevere only when you really love something. That's the point. Maybe I don't like writing very much, or don't like it enough to keep it running like a routine. Be it either way, I think it's a make or break moment for my blog.

Now, let's cross fingers and say amen.

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