Tuesday 14 February 2012

Star Wars Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace


Well, I am definitely not a Star Wars fan, believe me, I never watch Star Wars before and I do not know a single thing about Star Wars. My impression on Star Wars was just a black masked man and the laser sword.

This is a 1999 film, they made it 3D and re-screen again. The plot is very interesting, and I am amazed by the director's imagination in creating those futuric spaceships,weapons and transportation. He is creating a different world, a high-tech world and Homo Sapiens are just one of the intelligent living things. On top of that, humans are not dominant in that world, not like on earth we think we overrule everything.

However, you still can see that the world in Star Wars is based on our world. It does not go too far from what we have in our mind. What I mean is the different world is not different enough.For example, the apparel in the film, they dress like ninjas and samurais, or like those Chinese you watch in old drama.

One more thing is the transition styles added between two separate scenes are annoying. Since it is a film produced in 1999, they still have those transitions like fade in, fade out, diagonal pull out and etc.

The 3D effect in this film is not quite nice. I think it is because the original film is not for 3D, so there are less scenes on hitting-you-right-in-front. I took off my 3D glasses in the middle and it showed no difference at all, just the subtitles were blurred. Maybe 3D effect is only added to some part of the film, not all. My friend said it was because our seats were too high, sitting in the middle would be just nice. I wonder is it true.

Over all it is a nice film to enjoy, the story line is good although it is a little bit lengthy. The plot, the cool modern gadgets, the characters and the battles between Jedi and Robots in the universe, are why so many people craze for Star Wars.

告白序

那天震杰说,当你还是单身,会很想要谈个恋爱;有了女朋友,又很想念单身的自由。

每件事情都有正反两面吧,这两面都没有绝对的好与坏,就像世界末日也只有那么一天,也应该像平常一样充实地过。

这一篇本来不想写的,因为写出来会太伊莫,不符合我“正常”的形象。如果我一边播放《那些年》,一边在夜深人静时开着桌灯含着泪写,真的会害怕写出来的东西让人在网路疯传,登上八度空间华语新闻和CNN。我会害臊的。

后来有人鼓励说应该把它完成,因为它是我的心声是吧?

我真的不想让别人误会我无病呻吟咧。写就写吧。

对了,今天好像是情人节。

没有女朋友不代表没有情人,有情人不代表一定要告白。

之前你们应该知道有多少人怂恿我向她告白,说不要错过那场大雨;也有不少人劝我放下吧,时间会冲淡一切。也有人说我都为了她做那么多,她对我有意思,只是她不懂爱情(来,大家一起“哇!!”,说这话的人没有师奶级也有师姐级了吧。)。我不会被这些言论影响自己的判断,如果告白也要看风向标,那告白的意义在哪里?

有一段时期我很想告白,下了很大的决心,几乎有舟我就沉,有斧我就破的那种境界。然而,却什么都没准备。我想大概不需要吧,我需要的只是单独的十秒钟。推销员都很清楚,在面对大众时,他们只有大概三十秒的时间引起人们的兴趣。而我,十秒钟的告白已绰绰有余。十秒种的分配是这样的:两秒深呼吸,两秒看着她,两秒做战前准备,三秒做最后内心挣扎,克服恐惧,最后神圣的一秒以迅雷不及掩耳之势告白(最好她来不及听到我就说完)。这般的轰轰烈烈,很棒对吧?

但是,迟迟等不到时机,也寻不到机会。所以我的士气就像华尔街的股票一样,上上下下。过后,又狠狠地决定不理睬妳了,却被他们奚落。对,我有点累。电话几天没有动静真的很省电。我知道,手机再震一次,只要一次就够,我的防线就会彻底被摧毁。

慧文问为什么我喜欢妳。不好意思,我当时答不出来。从来没有去想过这个问题。是逃避,还是我知道自己没有答案?

我陷入盲目狂恋的宽容?

好,就现在想。我喜欢上妳哪里了。

对我来说,妳也太单纯可爱了吧。妳就是单纯到什么都不懂,接近白痴的那种,成绩却又偏偏比我好,做起事来有点可爱。妳好像也很糊涂,并有种英国人享受阳光下午茶时的慵懒。其实妳也蛮豁达的,一副无忧无虑,事不关己的模样。不过,妳突然表现出的成熟让我真的确定我自己非常幼稚。

我太复杂了吧,所以喜欢单纯。在宽柔就读时,老师给我的评语是“思考周密”,所以我常常想很多。我在少年军警里头挣扎了几年,常常陷入《宫心计》般的斗争,我不会说我没有心机,但我不会利用心机来害人。

喜欢妳,我一度气势如虹。妳却让我觉得我的斗争没有意义。等待是行动的一部分,这句话好像很经典,其实在等什么呢?等待被拒绝才甘愿么。

我知道妳受不起别人告白的惊慌。有个很明显的例子了。妳把他闪得远远的。向妳告白,需要冒着成为你的陌生人的危险。我,也舍不得伤害妳。

说真的,告白的目的是什么,是让妳知道我喜欢妳吧。我喜欢妳,妳是非常清楚知道了解的。

在没有选择的情况下,无法轰轰烈烈地告白,只好默默地退场,渐渐消失在妳的视线范围。说不想伤害妳,其实更像给自己的心一个机会-自由。这并不是说明我投降了,只是不再主动地追求(我好像没有开始追),就让一切顺其自然吧。

或许,这也是一种等待。

我,还喜欢妳呢。


对了,情人节快乐快乐。