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看了《女人不坏》，更加懂得愛。。。

January 20, 2009October 4, 2010 dixonthum

真的好累。昨晚去看了《女人不坏》，讓我有了對女人的另一种看法。這故事的情節我就免得講了。我想講一下每一位女主角的角色和特性。故事裏頭有三位各有各精彩的女人：

第一位 – 周迅

原來周迅真的那麽有天分。她不但拍文藝片好，她拍戲劇也那麽出色。她在戯裏的打扮很出眾。戯開始的時候，她的頭髮好像"林阿珍"，眼眶大大的。又丑又難看。但是勝在搞笑。她演的角色很desperate。常常渴望有男人愛。但卻得不到，直到她遇見了馮德倫。我在想，在我們日常生活中，這樣的人應該都蠻多的。渴望大，心機重，但若遇到自己喜歡的，就會付出她們的一切！

第二位 – 張雨琦

看了整套戯，都不知道她是誰。一直以爲她是新人。只是覺得她很美，有一點像梁洛詩和宋慧喬。剛才上網才發現，原來她就是拍《長江七號》的女老師。在戯裏，她演個女強人，一位很想證明自己是靠自己本事而不是美貌來成功的女強人。她一直相信她自己的能力。她相信女人是不用靠男人都可以成功和開心的。。。直到她遇見了方中信。很好奇，會不會現實中的女強人都是這樣想的呢？

第三位 – 桂綸美

重以前的《藍色大門》就很欣賞她。覺得《不能說的秘密》幫了這位才女很大的忙。在戯裏面，她的角色和她以往的角色有很大的差別。沒看過那麽粗魯，豪放的桂綸美。但是覺得她在這部戯的故事和戯份不夠突出。她演一個常常幻想自己和一個大明星拍拖，我覺得她有一點變態的跡象，但是很搞笑。我看在現實生活中真的會有這一种人，會常常幻想自己的愛人就是自己喜歡的偶像。

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A Tribute to TC

January 6, 2009November 11, 2010 dixonthum

I watched Oprah on the last day of 2008 and it was on Tom Cruise 25 Years, a tribute to him on his hardwork and achievements in films since 1983. Frankly speaking, TC has been an inspiring man to myself since I was young as he is someone whom we can look up to as a person and a movie star. He is born with some kind of magic which can attract people effortlessly (Well, at least to me he is…).

As the tribute went along, there were a lot of stars giving their best wishes to TC on his celebration of his career like Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, Renee Zellwegger, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Jamie Foxx and Dakota Fanning. Suddenly, something strucked my mind. I noticed that most of the people whom TC worked with are great actors and actresses. Most of them have won an Oscar themselves be it co-starring with TC or not.

Did some “research” on the Net (Thanks to www.imdb.com and www.tomcruise.com), and found out the list of Oscar-winning actors/actresses whom have acted with TC before (from 1981 until 2007).

Presenting the filmography list of TC. The list below may not be accurate but I have tried my best to compile them… Enjoy!

Year : 1981

Movie : Taps

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

George C. Scott – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1971 for Patton

Sean Penn – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2004 for Mystic River

Year : 1983

Movie : Outsiders

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1983

Movie : Risky Business

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1983

Movie : All the Right Moves

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1985

Movie : Legend

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1986

Movie : Top Gun

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Tim Robbins – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2004 for Mystic River

Year : 1986

Movie : The Color of Money

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Paul Newman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1987 for this movie

Year : 1988

Movie : Cocktail

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1988

Movie : Rain Man

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Dustin Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1989 for this movie

Year : 1989

Movie : Born in the Fourth of July

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role 1990 for this movie

Year : 1990

Movie : Days of Thunder

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Robert Duvall – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1984 for Tender Mercies

Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours

Year : 1992

Movie : Far and Away

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours

Year : 1992

Movie : A Few Good Men

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Jack Nicholson – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1976 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Best Actor in Supporting Role 1984 for Terms of Endearment, Best Actor in a Leading Role 1998 for As Good As It Gets

Year : 1993

Movie : The Firm

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Gene Hackman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1972 for The French Connection, Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1993 for Unforgiven

Holly Hunter – Best Actress in a Leading Role 1994 for The Piano

Year : 1994

Movie : Interview with the Vampire

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 1996

Movie : Mission:Impossible

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Jon Voight – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1979 for Coming Home

Year : 1996

Movie : Jerry Maguire

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Cuba Gooding Jr. – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1997 for this movie

Renee Zellwegger – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2004 for Cold Mountain

*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role 1997 for this movie

Year : 1999

Movie : Eyes Wide Shut

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours

Year : 1999

Movie : Magnolia

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2006 for Capote

Jason Robards – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1977 for All the President’s Men, Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1978 for Julia

*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2000 for this movie

Year : 2000

Movie : Mission:Impossible II

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 2001

Movie : Vanilla Sky

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Tilda Swinton – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2008 for Michael Clayton

Year : 2002

Movie : Minority Report

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 2003

Movie : The Last Samurai

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 2004

Movie : Collateral

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Jamie Foxx – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2005 for Ray

Javier Bardem – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2008 for No Country for Old Men

Year : 2005

Movie : War of the Worlds

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

None

Year : 2006

Movie : Mission:Impossible III

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2006 for Capote

Year : 2007

Movie : Lions for Lambs

Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :

Robert Redford – Honorary Award

Meryl Streep – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer, Best Actress in a Leading Role 1983 for Sophie’s Choice

What I’ve learnt from the list is that we can see TC is someone who has worked extremely hard throughout his 25 years in the film industry and it is something everyone should look up to. But I feel that he’s not as lucky as his other companions who have earned Oscars for their effort and performance… or maybe, he’s just not as hardworking as they are! Haha! No offense!

TC, keep up the great performance and many more years to come!!! Peace!

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我講天邊一朵云和黑眼圈

December 5, 2008October 4, 2010 dixonthum

最近看了兩部蔡明亮的作品 – 天邊一朵云和黑眼圈。感覺如何？Well, 本人覺得這兩部藝術品給我很不一樣的看法。

天邊一朵云

評語:

兩個字 – 好"色"…

第一個"色"是因爲導演用了很多顔色在裏頭。每一幕都有很重的顔色配搭。尤其是在那五個唱歌的鏡頭。本人很喜歡 "我沒有錢" 的顔色配搭和演員表情。顔色雖然暗了一點, 但卻可以表達到劇本的訊息。

第二個"色", 沒錯! 就是性。都蠻多的啦。但每一幕都是很不一樣的感覺。最後一場就很明顯得表露了男主角對女主角的感受和感情 (還沒看得朋友, 別以為這一男一女是在一起做哦!), 可展出他對她從心散發出來所累積的愛。

講真的啦, 本人不是很明白導演想表達些什麽。

不明白的地方:

1，那行李箱是zomok的？

2，台灣是否曾經有這一場缺水問題嗎？

3，為什麽是西瓜？

4，為什麽是一條水龍？

最喜歡的地方:

1，男女主角的放！

2，陈湘琪的演技。請留意她裝孕婦的那一幕。

3，配角的配合度。

星星:

黑眼圈

評語:

兩個字 – 好"熟"

好熟悉的臉。(對! 都有那兩位男女主角的演出)

好熟悉的背景。很多幕都可以看到我讀書時候所經過的地方比如Pudu Jail, Plaza Rakyat, Petaling Street & etc. 可參考不良人勞改營的部落。

好熟悉的靜。可以說這部是連啞巴都可以演的一部戯，但本人喜歡!

不明白的地方:

1，沒有。本人可了解到兩個男主角深深的友和愛情。

最喜歡的地方:

1，簡單的劇情但隱藏了一個複雜的現代故事。

2，第一次拍戲的出色大膽演員。

3，可清楚看到每一幕熟悉的四周圍和kelefe的一舉一動。

星星:

P/S:這是我第一次用中文寫review。如果有什麽不滿，請多多包涵。歡迎一切留言和討論。

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Stardust – a must watch!

October 28, 2007November 11, 2010 dixonthum

Mein and I attended the preview of “Stardust” in KLCC last Wednesday and I found out that it is a very good movie! Well, at least for its kind of genre. It’s very different from Narnia, the-ever-dragging Lord of the Ring trilogy or the-ever-boring Harry Porter never-ending-logy.

It was an event to preview of Jimmy Choo “Stardust” Limited Edition shoe. To me, it’s just another socializing kind of event for the not-so-rich-but-rich and not-so-famous-but-famous group of people.

Well, Mein & I indeed enjoyed the movie very much. We loved the starting, the ending, the whole story line and the love story between Tristan and Yvaine, the star, the eagerness of the magical witches to capture the star and the funny Captain Shakespeare who is so keen to keep Tristan and Yvaine safe. It’s a “must watch” movie for everyone.

Oh, for your information the ending will end like this… “And they lived happily ever after…”