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我小時也跟父親看很多「尊榮」(John Wayne的香港譯名真有型)的電影。
因為還不懂得很多字，沒法看字幕，只是覺得動作場面多，很好看。
年紀大了，知道這些美國「牛仔片」，原來把被霸佔了土地受壓迫的「紅番」描寫成姦淫擄掠的壞人，白人才是英雄。
尊榮晚年還拍了一部「越南戰火」Green Berets，把美國人描寫成打救越南的救世主。

I saw this movie recently on TV here in the US as part of a John Wayne "movie marathon". These movies were a product of their time and I don't think judging them with today's standard will be fair. John Wayne is still well-remembered in the US....you can fly into John Wayne International Airport here in California and Jackie Chan has a name just like "John Wayne" in his "Shanghai ______" movies.

Robert Mitchum is a movie tough guy. In real life, he went to jail for illegal drugs during his early career. Robert Mitchum is more famous for his "film noir" detective characters. In many ways, he's like Charles Bronson, but from an earlier time.

As for the age of the actors, there's a big cultural difference between HK and the US. In the US, if you're not old enough, people will not take you seriously. Tom Cruise was forever labelled as "too young". Only now when Tom Cruise is in his 40s will he be considered for more serious dramas.

Dear Chris,

在我過往的經驗中﹐許多Legend 都是因為他們的大名原故﹐吸引我去接觸的﹐當中Billie Holiday﹑Louis Armstrong就是了﹐我常常認為這些人能夠鼎鼎大名﹐家傳戶曉﹐總有他的道理的﹐故此雖然我不喜歡看動作片﹐還是因為久慕“尊榮”這大名﹐而買這VCD的﹐不過還是等了幾年才看。



Dear Soundboy,

我不是刻意用現在的眼光來評價這電影﹐只是我確遲了幾十年才看這動作片﹐就有這感覺了。謝謝你解釋美國觀眾對這些經典人物的看法﹐不過我最近有些對“老”的想法﹐就如近年傳媒還依然拍下多個懷念陳百強﹑羅文﹑張國榮﹑梅艷芳的特輯﹐我覺得多過幾年還有幾多人會懷念他們﹐畢竟時代已不同了﹐步伐太快了﹐來也匆匆﹐去也匆匆。

幾天前去剪髮﹐因此有機會看看八卦週刊﹐當中有報導劉美君的演唱會﹐內容都是懷舊﹑OUTDATE等負面的形容﹐我在想她有那麼差嗎﹖我相信論唱功﹐比現在的所謂歌手好不知多少倍﹐而且人家的嗓子有過人特色﹐可是就是因為出道於80年代﹐就換來這樣子的形容﹐是那記者太年輕呢﹖還是劉美君才40幾﹐就太老了﹖有時會有點奇想﹐當陳百強﹑羅文﹑張國榮﹑梅艷芳這些還是 Big Name的﹐可能只是我們這些老鬼而已吧~