倫敦達人 The Explorer

剛看完了曹瑞原的『好遠又好近』，電影結束後有一點失望的感覺。可能是因為李安的飲食男女電影讓我印象深刻、感動。我對曹瑞原的第二集有相當多的期待。我不會浪費口舌重新介紹整部電影的劇情，讀者可以自己進電影院觀賞或者是租DVD回家看。

If a movie cast top British actors like Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith, this is bound to tell a good story.  Each one of the actors cast appear in the movie franchises like Daniel Craig's Bond 007 (Judi Dench), Love Actually & Pirates of Caribbean (Bill Nighy), Batman Begins & Mission Impossible 4 (Tom Wilkinson) and Harry Porter's franchise (Maggie Smith).  They are all the best actors you can find today in the British and Hollywood film industry.  I don't think they do this movie for monies, but to take part in this firm to tell auidence a good story.  This movie will last for many decades. 

我沒有辦法描述這一次我去的地方有多美、多神聖，無論我說的有多詳細、多仔細，除非你真的親自到訪，這些落落長的句子與段落都是沒有意義的。這一次去參觀約旦，沒想到我們所到的每一寸土地、每一座城市，都曾被詳細紀載在聖經上。約旦的南端就是紅海，跨過紅海就是埃及。當年耶和華的僕人摩西帶著以色列人出埃及，走過紅海之後，步行至耶路撒冷，但處處遭到刁難（約旦境內的王室），被迫在矌野繞行了四十年，得以到這『尼波山』山頂上，遠遠地眺望那一生所期待的應許之地。

IMDb only gave it 4.5 out of 10, that's a bit harsh <- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763831/

I don't usually follow movie teasers for Bond's on YOUTUBE. In saying that, if there is a new Bond movie, my brain has an auto-pilot system that takes me into a movie theatre, sit down and watch it.  This movie going pattern of me is almost as preditable as the Bond's adventure formula <- Bond, 2x Bond girls, bad guys, world domination, nice BMWs, fancy Omega and Judi Dench (as M).  Straight entertainment, no brainer storyline with well written, edgy & funny dialogues, scenes with nudity & explosions, and nicely linked plots & fine editing <- I wouldn't expect anything less.  Would you? 

I'm a skeptic on this upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man" movie in 2012.  Before I tell you why I'm a skeptic, let me give you a lesson in modern economics here,

This is certainly my MOST anticipated movie of 2012, not Prometheus, not the Avengers, nor Wrath of the Titans.  Christopher Nolan is simply a genius, turning tables, converting the terrible fantasy Batman franchises into solid God.  I'm not saying the Batman movies by Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney were all bad, but movies based on fantasy cities were just not relevant to what we do, see, feel and touch in the everyday life.  

雖然我沒有任何的攝影技術或興趣，也不太會取景，但是買相機的週邊配備卻是讓我熱血奔騰。當我買上癮了之後，還會一個接著一個買。我是這樣想的，當我從柏林到巴黎的路上，需要一款背包能夠同時容納我的寶貝相機與手提電腦。但是到了重點城市之後，我就從大行李箱內取出一款簡易的斜背相機背包，以便看到美景時，快速抽取相機拍照。所以左看、右看，我選擇了Lowepro Sling Shot 100AW（2008年款）。