When I was a freshman in college I watched the film Gua Sha Treatment for the first time, now I am a junior student and I come back to review the movie from a multicultural aspect, I have many different feelings after watching the film again.
At the beginning of the film, XuDatong is given an award and later he delivers a speech. What makes me impressed most is in his speech he says “one day I will become one of you, a truly successful American, today this award proved that America is a true land of opportunity and I am the living proof of that.” At that moment Xu thinks he has realized his American Dream totally with his lovingly wife and adorable son. However, I think it is ironical that to make a speech like that and I assume it is made on purpose to hind a clue for the story's development. How many non—American people have such a beautiful American dream? One of my classmate studies in American now and before he went aboard he told me his American dream is he can stand at the top of the New York. To be honest, I also dream that one day I can get the Green Card living there happily and successfully maybe working at the Wall Street. When Xu gets the award he thinks he entirely melted in the melting pot neglecting the multicultural obstruct, later the plot goes against the way he thinks. And later Quinlan asked Xu'why you be the scapegoat of your father?' Xu answers 'because he is Chinese.' Then maybe Xu knows that there is always a wide gap between Chinese and American cultures.
The second scene is Xu hit his son Denis because Denis hit the son of xu's boss, at the middle of the film xu tells his boss that he hit his own son is only to show his respect to his boss John Quinlan, that time Quinlan feels puzzled “what a Chinese logic”,yes, American can never understand such a logic full of Chinese characteristic, because they respect everyone including the children, they won't beat a child to please the boss, and there is no such a conception of degree between employee and employer, they feel everyone is equal, which is quite different from china.
Connected to the second scene, the third difference I want to analyze is the care for the children. In America, people pay more attention to the right of children which can be seen from the law—leaving children alone at home is illegal, while in China it is so common that almost everyone may experience such loneliness. And Children Welfare Agency does work in America which shows the importance Americans attach to children's right. What's more, I remember a line 'No one won the case, especially the child.' In my opinion, it also manifests the universal concern from the American public to the children.
The fourth aspect is following the procedure, in the film, more than there times, the people focus on the rule, the law, the procedure. At the Christmas Eve Xu wants to return back to his home pretending as a Santa Claus, what a pity, the security recognizes him and persuades 'you are always a good tenement, never causes troubles for me.' And another scene is at the end of the film , the judge says 'I have to follow the procedure.' However, in China people always have to ask for a favor to do something, and later you have to pay back the favor,for myself, I prefer the American style, strict to the procedure.
The fifth and the last point is the humors, Quinlan says 'you can't fall, your health security is the company paid.' 'Datong, welcome home, maybe next time, you can come from the front door.' 'dady, why you come from the window' ' because we don't have a chimney.' I really adore this distinguished American humor, especially in dangerous situations, which is quite rare in China.
That's my whole reaction to Gua Sha Treatment.
2009年,我在《人民文学》杂志看到一篇小说的后半部分,这本小说叫《一句顶一万句》,这部分的名称,叫:回延津记。那时所有人都在备战高考,我却无所事事,整天看课外书。我是一口气看完杂志连载的小说的。看完以后,大呼过瘾,心想:肏,小说还可以这样写!
2011年,我在书店把这本书买下来,看了上部回延津记,又看了一遍下部。再后来,我又用手机读了一遍上部。算起来,我读了两遍这本书。
我为什么喜欢这本书呢?原因很简单:这本书好。文法好,立意好,内容好。我的文风的转变,和刘震云,汪曾祺等作家有一定关系。我以前写文字,爱显露才华,觉得怎样华丽就怎样写,写得绕,写得空。后来领悟文字的本意是真诚,于是写得越来越直白。
刘震云的小说就是超级写实的。直截了当。有时候不加工生活,直接搬运过来,让人忍俊不禁。我喜欢这种不故意显露的幽默。
《一句顶一万句》讲的是说话。每个人都想倾诉,找个能说话的人,但这样的人并不好找,你的家人未必是这样的人,爱人未必是这样的人。说得着的能在一块儿相处,说不着的,就成了陌路;说得着的,一句顶一万句,说不着的,一万句不顶一句。有些人,你以为你们说得着,但其实并不在一条线上;有些人,你以为你们说不着,但其实有共同话题。有些人这时候和你说得着,在那时候又说不着了;有些人现在和你说不着,过段时间居然说得着了。我们要不说话,就憋得慌。等一张口,满嘴都是胡话空话废话。人的交流有百分之九十是废话,但若没有这些废话,人该多么无聊多么孤独啊。芸芸众生承受不了这样的孤独。
刘震云牛逼之处,在于他不是去写那些孤芳自赏的边缘人物,而是去写贩夫走卒,写的是如你如我一般的普通人。小说跨度上百年,把大众的孤独拉长成了民族性的孤独。这孤独,在一个个鲜活的人物里彰显出来,有点无奈,有点残酷。我们这些张三李四,王二麻子,说到底,都是一样的。
小说的结构不是严格的叙事结构。事情很少,话多。一会儿这个回忆一段,一会儿那个回忆一段。我一直想,这小说是绝对不可能拍成电影的;同时又期待,要是能拍成电影就好了。但刘震云往往给人惊喜。其实我们早该想到,他既然能把纪实文学《温故一九四二》改编成电影,就一定能把《一句顶一万句》改编成电影的。我们早该想到的。
果不其然,这不就拍成电影,并且还上映了吗?导影是他女儿,编剧是他自己,他自己还在里面客串了一个相亲对象。这是他们父女合作的电影。
电影取巧。人物很少:牛爱国、牛爱国老婆庞丽娜、女儿牛百慧、姐姐牛爱香、姐夫宋解放、战友杜青海、情敌蒋九、蒋九老婆赵欣婷、同学章楚红。情节很少,只有牛爱国两口子闹离婚,牛爱香张罗着要结婚。故事围绕着这群人说得着说不着展开。
牛爱国和庞丽娜十年前因为说得着而结婚:一句话,还没说,对方全知道了。十年后,因为说不着而闹矛盾,进而还到了闹离婚甚至差点闹出人命的地步。庞丽娜十年前和牛爱国说得着,十年后说不着了;她和牛爱国说不着了,和婚纱摄影店老板蒋九却说得着;因说得着,二人就在一起了。牛爱国发现了蒋九和庞丽娜的奸情,没当场揭发,而是告诉蒋九老婆赵欣婷。原以为赵欣婷会和蒋九闹,没想到她会直接喝农药。喝了农药没死,蒋九回心转意,两口子和好如初。这时庞丽娜要离婚,牛爱国却不离了。为的是让庞丽娜先逼蒋九离婚,他才离:目的当然是让大家鱼死网破。后来因他不离,庞丽娜和蒋九就私奔了。老婆跑了,他就得假装去找,不然面子上过不去。他没找到老婆,却偶遇同学章楚红。二人一见如故,说得着。章楚红对他说:日子是过以后,不是过以前,你是别着心了。
故事还有其他线索。如牛爱香原以为和宋解放说得着而和他结婚,没想到结婚后二人说不着了。宋解放和老婆说不着,和牛爱国女儿牛百慧却说得着;因二人说得着,宋解放觉得和牛百慧姑姑这婚结得值。
故事简单,比起小说略显单薄,但也算得上是好电影。比较小众,但懂的人会喜欢。
另,刘震云有个朋友叫王朔,又有一个朋友叫马原。刘震云说这二人是真懂小说的人。他们几个说得着。说得着,因想法能套在一块儿。前日看一篇马云的小说,《虚构》,里面除了讲人生的荒诞,也说了人的孤独。有个段落是这样的,摘录如下:
“她们都不会说话吗?”“都说话。她们很少说话,没有什么可说。”“还有,楼上两个人也都不说话。”“矮的想说说不出,高的能说不想说。”
《猩球崛起》这部电影,是讲述人类在动物身上进行药物试验的故事。
在剧中,有一个庞大的药物公司,这个公司为了发明好的药物推销给人们,拿猩猩做实验。
有一次,工作人员要拿一只母猩猩做实验,而母猩猩以为工作人员要伤害自己的孩子,所以到处乱逃,结果被保安人员用枪打死了。
但小猩猩还是保住了,它受母亲遗传,所以很聪明,因为它的母亲受过“GFL-112”药物的试验,这种药物可以让猩猩变得聪明,可会让人类死亡。
在这里工作的男主角,他是要务公司的“明星”。他把猩猩带回家抚养,渐渐地,猩猩长大了。男主角给他它起了一个名字叫凯撒。后来,凯撒被迫送到了猩猩禁闭所那里的管理员对猩猩们很不好,但后来凯撒逃了出来,偷到了“GFL-112”,然后它又回到禁闭所,打开了“GFL-112”,让所有猩猩变得聪明,竟然还说出了话!后来它们向管理员复仇!与警察抗争,有一只巨猿扑向了直升机,救了大家,牺牲了自己,是伙伴们回到了红山森林。
这部电影,使我感到了:人类为了自己的利益,而去伤害性猩猩,拿猩猩做实验,猩猩也有生命,它们也要自由。同时,我也感到了母爱很伟大,母猩猩为了救小猩猩,逃了出来,而且出来时它捂住肚子,而子弹却无情的穿透了它的胸膛。许多猩猩为了就自己的伙伴而牺牲自己,那只巨猿就是这样做的。当我介绍到这,你应该有所了解什么叫“猩球崛起”了吧?这种崛起,就是整个猩族觉醒了,它告诉人们,当受欺负时,不能懦弱,要想自由前进!
这部电影震撼了我的心,让我的心情久久不能平息!
9月28号,终于等来了盼望已久的这个学期的第一次电影课了。听说要看《驯龙高手》这部电影的时候,我更兴奋了,嗯,至少是部动画片。
当电影一开始,它一说到“维京人”的时候,我就觉得特别耳熟。原来,“维京人”就是北欧海盗,敢大胆地抢劫当时海上第一大国西班牙的商船。看完这个电影,更觉得他们大胆了,他们居然敢跟龙接触。这个电影讲的就是海盗首领的儿子小嗝嗝和一条号称龙里面最凶猛的夜煞接触,然后一起找到龙总是抢劫的原因,最后和海盗、一些龙一起打败不给它食物就要吃龙的巨龙。
我觉得这部电影的亮点有两处。一是各式各样的.龙,二是主人公和夜煞合作击败巨龙那一段。我一直都挺喜欢龙的,觉得它们挺好玩儿的,看这个电影刚好满足了我的愿望。这里面的龙不是那种普通的全都长成一个样子的,有两个脑袋的、超级无敌大脑袋的、能自己着火、没有肉、全身都是骨头、尾巴上带着锤子的……
这部电影就是借龙来说明,当你看到一个有丑恶一面的可怕的东西时,要想到这并不一定是它的本性,你要找到它变得凶猛的原因,你也许就会发现它纯真、善良的本性。好多电影都是想说明这样的道理,你不要轻易地给某种事物定性,而是要找到解决问题的办法。
今天我们去音乐厅观看了电影《驭龙高手》。
它是讲很久以前龙的部落和维京海盗部落经常互相攻打。一天,一个维京小男孩在林子里发现了一只龙,他本来想刺死它,但是他发现龙受了伤不能飞了,这可怎么办呢?于是他用纸制作了一个东西安装在了他的尾巴上,结果龙飞了起来。后来,小男孩驯服了那条龙,并把那条龙起名叫无牙。他们齐心协力打败了残暴的龙大王,维京人也和龙成了好朋友,那个男孩成了大英雄,他就是小嗝嗝。
我觉得小嗝嗝很勇敢、很善良。他用他的.善良之心把凶猛的夜煞驯服成温顺的龙,并帮助了维京人。要是没有残暴的龙大王,人是可以和龙做朋友的,是可以和平共处的。
不管是人还是动物只要有善良之心,就不会有战争存在。
The manner in which TV series in the UK are aired can be highly frustrating at times. Sometimes you only get three episodes of a show and then nothing else for a couple of years.
英剧的播出方式偶尔会令人心情跌到谷底,有时只只播出前,之后便沉寂数年。
While waiting for more episodes is frustrating, it does allow a lot of interesting ideas to make it onto TV screens, thus always offering audiences something exciting to watch.
虽然追剧是件令人抓狂的事,但这样一来,也为荧幕上的一些奇思妙想提供了沃土,从而不断为观众带来惊喜。
One such exciting idea is the mini-series Black Mirror. Aired on Channel 4 in the UK, it’s a series of three unrelated one-hour short movies that all offer a twisted commentary on technology.
迷你剧《黑镜子》便是这样一部令人欣喜的作品。这部在英国第四频道播出的剧集由三个时长一小时的独立短片构成,全部反映出对于科技的一种几近扭曲的注释。
For those not familiar with the series, let’s take a look at some of the intriguing yet strange topics of the previous episodes so that you can get an idea.
有人可能还不熟悉该剧,我们来“科普”一下前几集里妙趣横生,而又匪夷所思的主题。
In one story, an unknown person kidnaps a British princess and posts a ransom video on YT. The video says that the princess will be set free if the British prime minister performs an indecent act with a pig on live TV.
其中一集中,匿名人士绑架了英国公主,接着在视频网站YT上发布勒索视频。视频中,绑匪要求英国首相公开在电视上与一只猪进行一段不雅表演以换取公主的平安归来。
Another story is set in a future where people must pedal bikes in order to generate power for the world and earn money that they can spend only on food, skipping TV ads, other entertainment and to change their online avatar.
另一个故事架构于未来世界,在那里人们必须通过骑车发电来维持世界的运转,同时为自己赚取消费点数。这些“货币”只能用来够买食物、跳过电视广告、参加其他一些文娱活动以及更换自己的虚拟形象。
In the third and final episode of season two, which aired on Feb 27, a computer-generated character from a TV show is jokingly put forward to become a member of Parliament.
作为本季的收官之作,《黑镜子》第二季的第三集于2月27日播出。在这集中,一档电视节目中的'虚拟人物仿佛开玩笑般地提出要竞选国会议员。
One of the joys of watching Black Mirror is that as an anthology series it changes its setting, characters and theme in each episode, always leaving viewers unsure about what to expect in the next installment.
观看《黑镜子》的乐趣之一就在于:像这样一部多段式剧集故事集,每集都会有着不同的故事背景、人物以及主题,观众永远不知道下一集会是什么内容。
But the series presents a world in which anything is possible thanks to technology — a hard, cold fact that is less joyous to digest.
而该剧却为人们呈现出一个“科技无所不能”的世界,这个严酷而不争的事实一时令人难以接受。
The stories, often through extreme situations, explore the human anxieties that surround technology: when we enjoy science but ignore morality, will we suffer a disaster?
这些故事往往通过极端的状况来探寻被科技包围的人们内心的焦虑:当我们享受科技而忽视道德时,我们是否在自掘坟墓?
Charlie Brooker, creator of the series, described Black Mirror as being about “the way we live now — and the way we might be living in 10 minutes’ time if we’re clumsy”.
该剧的编剧查理布鲁克称《黑镜子》展现的就是“我们现在的生活方式——或者如果我们还是这样继续冥顽不灵的话,这将是我们十分钟后的生活方式。”
I’ve always enjoyed TV series and movies that make people think. Black Mirror is undoubtedly a thought-provoking experiment and a refreshing change from other programs on the schedule.
我一直很对这种发人深省的影视剧情有独钟。《黑镜子》无疑是一次引人深思的尝试,不同于同档的其他一些节目,令观众耳目一新!
尔冬升执导的《三少爷的剑》(以下简称为“新版”,距离古龙的同名武侠小说上一次被搬上大银幕,已经过去了将近四十年。在1977年由楚原导演的电影中(以下简称为“楚原版”,时年不足二十岁的“小宝”尔冬升挑大梁出演主角“三少爷”谢晓峰,一举成名。尽管这一情意结未必会是尔冬升决定翻拍该影片的最主要因素,而尔冬升本人在接受访谈时也有所澄清,但其对这一题材的看重则毫无疑问。
楚原版《三少年的剑》中,尔冬升饰演三少爷。
新版影片从有拍摄意向算起,筹备十数年。徐克监制,徐克、尔冬升、秦天南(《七剑》、《投名状》、《十月围城》等三人联合编剧,元彬、林迪安提供动作指导,金培达(《十月围城》、《剑雨》、《武侠》等负责原声音乐,摄影、剪辑、美术指导等环节,也同样由丰富的业内人士担任。
尽管大量启用年轻演员,电影选角也并不是纯为讨好粉丝,而尔冬升过去也以善于培育和发掘演员特性与潜力著称,如《新不了情》中的袁咏仪、《色情男女》中的舒淇等。
这一原本可让人放心的制作阵容,最后成品的质量却多少有些尴尬:影片在豆瓣网上的评分只有5.6分(截至12月5日,远低于楚原版(7.2分。而如果观众看过新旧两版《三少爷的剑》,大约就更能到何为“没有对比就没有伤害”,尽管两部影片也可说是各擅胜场和各有所失。
新版在视觉呈现上,体现出成熟与流畅的电影工业技艺;在“服化道”(服装、化妆、道具上的新尝试,也颇有想法。最大的失误还是在剧本和台词上:既无法做到彻底忠实于原著,又无勇气和能力做颠覆式的改写,首鼠两端,吃力不讨好。演员们拍戏拍得辛苦,观众却看得莫名其妙,甚至不时笑场,可惜了影片在制作上面下的一番苦功。
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