Sunday, March 18, 2007

Way back into Love



Way back into Love
Haley Bennett & Hugh Grant

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need em again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
Oh oh oh

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not just somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end

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好久沒有遇到在看電影前先聽到原聲帶的情形了,即使這部電影本來對我的吸引力並不大。畢竟,Hugh Grant和Drew Barrymore的銀幕組合實在不讓我有太大的共鳴感。以這挺順耳的歌曲,是該找機會看看這部電影("Music and Lyrics")。

By the way, 其實我比較喜歡Hugh Grant和Drew Barrymore的版本。對於電影原聲帶,我似乎一向都比較喜歡穿插劇情的版本。

Friday, March 16, 2007

The Queen


Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_(film)

雖然,本屆最佳女主角的入圍名單裡,
我只看了其中的兩部,(另一部當然是"Prada"...)
不過,對於最後的得獎者,
在看過"The Queen"之後,卻是無庸置疑的了,
Helen Mirren的表現真是太棒了...
整部電影完全就靠著她卓越的演出,
完全讓觀眾情緒隨之起伏。

劇情架構的其實滿簡單的啦...
主軸便是討論黛妃之死,對皇室的影響。
藉由英國女皇伊麗莎白二世和首相東尼布萊爾的互動,
也可以讓我們窺見,民主思想的發源地--英國,
在君主憲政之下,王室和政府之間的巧妙關係。
(不過,我無意討論政體... 在台灣,這話題總讓人惱火。:P)

總之,這是一部非常精彩的電影,
如果你喜歡劇情片,也喜歡在電影中欣賞演技的話...

我想本片最佳的推薦詞莫過於Helen Mirren的當選感言:
"Now you know for 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained herdignity, her sense of duty, and her hairstyle. She's had her feet plantedfirmly on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and she'sweathered many, many storms, and I salute her courage and her consistency.And I thank her because if it wasn't for her, I most, most certainly wouldnot be here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Queen."

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Word of the movie: dignity [n.] 尊嚴; 品格; 高貴

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Paris, Je T'aime


Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_je_t

真把這片當成"Love Actually"去看的話,
保證你會吐血...
110分鐘/18個情節,
我想每個演員的片酬都可以以秒計費了...
但是,我不是說這部片不好看唷,
只是要有心理準備就是了...
(不過,某位知名華人導演的那段,我真的覺得很糟糕...:P)

本片的演員,在「以秒計費」的情況下,
雖然,有演技的演員即使在時間有限之下,也可以展露光芒,
不過,劇情安排的還是非常大的限制了...
叫Juliette Binoche去演那個杜可風那段也會一樣難看...
(啊... 我說出名字了是嗎?)

真要說演員的話,
hmm... Natalie Portman真是大美女,
她是我會一開始想看這片的原因...:P
(這樣是不是挺膚淺的啊...
沒辦法,我就是覺得Audrey Hepburn是最美的女星...)

說真的,我是挺喜歡這部電影的,有很多段小故事都很有韻味...
尤其是如果對演員沒有預先知道的話,還有挺多驚喜的...

推薦一個網路上看到的影評,
作者對18個小故事都做了排名,
基本上和我的順序還挺相近的... (所以我可以偷懶不用寫:P)http://www.wretch.cc/blog/toysrus&article_id=5709252
(不過,還是看過電影之後,在看影評比較好...
畢竟,這是劇情地雷炸得亂七八糟的影評...)

最後,本片片尾曲是一首聽了很舒服的歌,
Feist的"La Même Histoire"和其英文版"We're All in the Dance"...
(聽不懂法文的情況下,無法判斷比較喜歡哪一個版本...)

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Stranger than Fiction


Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Than_Fiction_(film)

如果你需要一部喜劇,單純的喜劇,
不胡鬧、不搞笑、有一點點的諷刺,
在電影看完的時候,還想要稍微有一點迴響的話,
那麼"Stranger than Fiction"是一個不錯的選擇。

其實,這部片在第一次看到預告片的時候,就覺得非看不可。
畢竟如果一個小說人物可以聽見作者的旁白,
知道自己即將死去,那是一件多麼「有趣」的事情。
而且這個小說人物居然還是真實的存在...

除了劇情以外,這部電影的演員也是非常令人驚喜的...
很喜歡的演技派老演員Emma Thompson和Dustin Hoffman...
(「理性與感性」「畢業生」都很好看唷!)
Maggie Gyllenhaal也是非常棒的女演員...
(她好像挺常演非主流的電影...
"Happy Ending"裡她唱的"Just The Way You Are"真是超級好聽的...)
至於主角Will Ferrell,他其實演過一大堆我不喜歡的美式搞笑片。
不過,在79th Oscar他和Jack Black還有John C. Reilly的表現,
讓我比較改觀了....

總之,如果有空閒,又沒打算花時間在特效上的話,
這部電影還挺舒服的。

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從無名BBS的實驗室版,轉來自己的無劇情洩漏的電影推薦...
以後乾脆兩邊(BBS和Blog)都放好了...
畢竟兩者都處於缺水狀態...

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Rocky Balboa


Image source: http://www.rocky.com/

"The world ain't all sunshines and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place
and I don't care how tough you are,
it'll beat you to your knees
and keep it there permanently if you let it.
You, me and nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain't about how hard you hit.
It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward,
and how much you can take and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done."
- Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa