滾逐青春 Whip It
Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It, is a formulaic coming of age
story. Despite Ellen Page's charming performance, well choreographed roller
skating scenes and the colorful images, I'm disappointed by the paper-thin
characters and the rather weak delivery of the message. 3 / 5
花落花開 Seraphine
I do appreciate the director’s effort to bring to the big screen a not-so-well-known story about a talented artist’s life and it is well acted. However, it is so slow-paced and quiet in the first
half of the movie that viewers may be bored. The ending does not make me think much either. 3 / 5
whip it 都有少少興趣~
回覆刪除how abot the box? did u watch that???
[版主回覆01/17/2010 01:17:00]OK ge... but not a must see. The reviews of The Box are generally negative, so I will skip it. ^^
兩套也是可看可不看的！
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/18/2010 18:43:00]Agree! Dunno why Seraphine can get some many awards?
"whip it" 的最大話題肯定是 drew barrymorre. 我覺得她表現算不過不失，下半部拍得幾爽朗。最失手的地方是小兩口子的一段情掌握得不好，不夠浪漫之餘最後亦 「唔知佢哋想點」。青春片，拍好一段情可是關鍵啊！
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/18/2010 18:47:00]1. I'm afraid 最大話題 in Hong Kong is Ellen Page. Of course, movie maniacs would love to see Drew Ba rrymore. Her performance is OK, but indeed she does not have much to act. 2. Agree that the relationship is not developed. In fact, other relationships are not too. Her relationship with her mum and Dad can be further described... not bad, but just not good enough.
我期待看《花落花開》，你看了《愛在黃昏》嗎﹖
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/18/2010 18:47:00]花落花開 is slow paced. Be prepared. I guess I will skip 愛在黃昏. Somehow I don't have much faith in the movies because of the director.
我說最大話題是 drew barrymore 不是因為她的演出，而是 directorial debut.
回覆刪除ellen page 演得用心，但她滾軸的姿勢卻不是很優美呢。
另外， juliette lewis 原來真的如戲中講已 36 歲，眨眼間 " from dust till dawn" 都已是 13 年前的事了。
[版主回覆01/18/2010 23:37:00]Oh I see haha!!! ... I mean, in Hong Kong, the mainstream audience only pays attention to Ellen Page. Most of them probably don't know it is her directorial debut. It is a pity, isn't it? Time flies. I keep sighing after watching Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.
"Before Sunrise" is one of my favourite love stories. But, "Before Sunset" makes me feel disappointed.
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/19/2010 20:21:00]I prefer Sunrise to Sunset, but Sunset does not disappoint me. Middle aged people may prefer Sunset. ^^
have u seen "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus"?
回覆刪除seems interesting anf the cast is attrative~
[版主回覆01/20/2010 20:23:00]HAHA... I have been struggling for a few days. Um... my final decision is NO for the time being until there are more positive local reviews. The foreign reviews are above average, but not great. Interested in the cast and images, but I do not have much faith in the director.
我看了《花落花開》女主角演得非常好，她帶我進入了角色的生命中﹗我很喜歡這電影，風景很美(因為我喜歡樹)﹗初時感到結局有點悲涼，宗教可以令她不能自拔，但後來又覺得她可能到另一種解脫，心靈在大自然中重獲自由﹗
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/27/2010 23:35:00]Good analysis! Trees without flowers can be soothing too.