Ella's Notebook

Life should be fun like Ice Age 2.
People play but they never hurt each other.
They keep their warmth and happiness all the time.

Something interesting you may like to know. My connection to Brad Pitt is not the same as most of you. His character in the movie ‘A river runs through it’ is mentoring my life.. The story depicts a traditional religious family in Montreal. Brad Pitt played the younger brother with a strongly rebellious personality in the family and his thoughts and acts formed an eccentric contrary to his brother, his family and the small town. In one screen that he went fishing with his father and his brother as their routine activity, he devoted all of himself to the action of catching a fish and totally expelled other things around him, so as when his brother gazed upon him, he couldn't help to say ‘This is art…’ And that is how fine art came back to my life after so many years of my living as a boring white-collar worker.

So, see how important Brad Pitt is to me? He is not just a hunk. He is my mentor.

http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/river.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105265/

I wonder why English movie titles always suit much more than translated Chinese ones given by the local dealers. Can our people one day understand more metaphysical conecpts ?
‘The Constant Gardener’ refers to the social contributors and the film would be meaningless after all without this binding concept. I am so fastidious about things like this.  

Ralph Fiennes (Justin) is placid and charming when Rachel Weisz (Tessa) performs excellently, no wonder she won an Oscar. Leave alone the soundtrack by Alberto Iglesias, I would like to buy the album as soon as possible. The cinematography is too beautiful to comfort the spirit and it smells of entertainment. However, the messages conveyed still come out.  

We couldn't all be fervent social contributors, but at least we can try to comprehend. The eclectics tend to admire those who truly pursue their dreams, so it's always good to see the constant gardeners.

Movie Review: ...the movie seems to slowly draw you in and hooks you as you go along with Justin. It challenges the viewer to see the poverty and forces you to face your own complacency in the world. So as Justin gains wisdom and is forced out of his complacency….. it is like Meireilles is turning the mirror towards the audience and asking them "Do you see what's happening in the world? What are you going to do about it?"

The Constant Gardener
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387131/ 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constant_gardener/trailers.php

'There is no shortcut to the success.'  says Ang Lee.

This is a story about a woman who repeatedly betrayed her lover in her youth for fortune and fame. Her devoted lover spent ten years to find her, however, betrayed her in return at the end.

Movie Review: Most musicals about love at least try to sell the emotion as an all-encompassing, grand feeling that all but defines life. Perhaps Love does not sell love as the ultimate empowerment, but instead portrays it realistically, as the complex, alluring, tortuous, and sometimes crippling emotion that it is.

My favorite lines:

'Would you love me if I was not a director?' says the director.

'Remember the person who loves you the most in the world is yourself.' the couple says to each other.

http://www.perhapslovemovie.com

I like people who say it's an artsy fartsy bohemian movie. And I love it when he says "We're not gonna pay rent, 'cause everything is rent."
No day but today. Viva La Vie Boheme!

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rent/psp
http://www.rentmoviesoundtrack.com
Jonathan Larson (Feb 4, 1960 - Jan. 25, 1996)

This is a story about an angry young man, who finally meets someone who refuses to be frightened away from him and is forced to come to grips with himself.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2453771

Denzel Washington's directorial debut involves the touching story of a sailor (Derek Luke) who, prone to violent outbursts, is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168786/
http://movies.about.com/od/antwonefisher/


I've often been moved by the movies that are based on true stories. This movie said something about how a person was affected by the memories of his childhood.  I like these two guys in the film very much because of thier genuineness, so true and warm. 

Gee...As time goes by, I increasingly understand Freud more.

在姊姊的催促下看了這部真實故事改編的電影, 劇情大致是描述四個被父母遺棄的孩子, 為了不被拆散而獨自在都市裡求生存, 他們生活在一間窄小的公寓房子裡, 到故事末了也從未被這個社會發現過, 即使是其中最小的妹妹在屋子裡摔死了也一樣, 孩子們默默地將她埋葬, 默默地接受了自己的命運. 據說在真實世界裡, 剩下的三個孩子最終因無法繼續求生也結束了自己的生命, 直到死後才讓人發現, 並由片中的女中學生把他們曾經如何存在過的故事告訴世人.

導演的拍攝手法很有禪意, 從頭到尾看不到孩子們的哭泣, 也見不到任何憤世忌俗的社會批判, 孩子們勾人的雙眸與無邪的微笑代替了一切, 那忽來的鋼琴配樂與孩子的歌聲雲淡風輕地帶過這讓人難以一笑置之的社會案件. 我彷彿看到現代版的螢火蟲之墓, 只是用更寫實卻又更詩意的方式呈現在我們的眼前.

說真的, 想哭, 我也哭不出來. 只要隔著一塊毛玻璃看著這個真實世界的殘忍, 一切就可以是如此幽幽淡淡的, 東方的哲思如焚香般在心中罩起一個防護的網, 不讓早已過於沉重的心靈陷入那駭人的深淵.

為那曾經存在過的四個天真而善良的靈魂, 致上最真切的祝福, 願你們安息.  

彷彿是趕流行一般, 一定要看一下 李安 導演的「斷背山」, 然而這部片子所觸及的卻其實是我這段日子裡極不想面對的人生課題之ㄧ, 發生在電影裡的故事永遠是唯美的, 但如果同樣的事情發生在你的周邊, 一切又將有所不同了. 我厭倦了以同情的眼神看待別人得不到的真愛, 我只願大家能多以開放的同理心彼此對待.  勇者無懼, 只願每一個人都能擁有更多的力量, 真誠地面對自己的人生. 加油！

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/brokebackmountain.php

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