2008-10-23

悲伤的开始



CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,第九季,第一集。过去九年来最悲伤的一个开始,原来以为编剧会把Warrick的案子办的有声有色,甚至会覆盖整季,类似于‘模型杀手’那样,结果看来编剧们更想尽快有一个新的开始,所以Warrick的案子本集就结案了。同时,更多的着眼点都在角色身上,破案的过程没有得到太多重视,William Petersen在结尾葬礼的那场戏奉献了相当出色的表演。没什么可说,这一集就是用来和Warrick告别。

附上葬礼上Grissom的悼词:

As crime scene investigators, we meet people on the worst day of their lifes. They've just lost a family member, somebody they loved, often in a horrible way. A piece of their heart, is gone, will never be replaced. The phrase we trying to offer them, "I'm sorry for your loss", as we know now, doesn't offer much.

Warrick Brown was a young boy when his parents passed away, much too young to learn that life can be so tragically short. But I think it taught him how precious life is. And so he lived his life to his fullest, each day as if it was his last day. I was with Warrick on his last day.

All the qualities that defines him, his tenaciousness, his deep sense of loyalty, his courage to risk his life for what he knew was right, all those traits were with him on that last day.

Just before he died, we were all having breakfast together, our team, as friends, as family.And Warricak was, he was... I am going to miss him so much.

2008-10-05

九月盘点

九月一共看了25部电影(08184-08208)。

月初搞了一个香港电影周,看了老杜的几部电影和彭浩翔的《出埃及记》,都很不错,只是被捧得很高的《跟踪》在我看来很普通,特别是前后剧情的不平衡。《文雀》感觉是老杜非常精细的一部作品,和以往多产效率下的作品有所不同,花费4年才拍竣,应该是寄托了老杜很多感情。

后来弄了本年度第二个科恩兄弟电影周,连续看了四部科恩。最喜欢的是The Man Who Wasn't ThereO Brother, Where Art Thou,应该是科恩两类风格电影的极品,特别是前者,令我产生了其水准在No Country For Old Man之上的感觉。这对兄弟的电影小彩蛋太多,没有背景知识是难以体会其中乐趣的,这恐怕就是几年前的我不喜欢科恩的原因吧。

本月还看了新晋007导演Marc Forster的两部文艺片,Finding NeverlandStay,前一个太童话了,也许创造出Peter Pan的作者就应该这样童心未泯吧,后一个我很喜欢,一段弥留之际的想像力大爆发,一路的悬念迭生,到最后一个场景所有谜底一次揭晓,看起来非常过瘾。

好电影不少,就算电视电影Recount都很出色,本月最佳:
08186, Sparrow 文雀 (2008)
08195, The Man Who Wasn't There 缺席的人 (2001)
08196, L.A. Confidential 洛城机密 (1997)
08198, O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
08206, Dark City 移魂城市 (1998)