07/06/2018 – Movie & Reading Notes – 观影读书札记

西南联大有一位历史系的教授,——听说是雷海宗先生,他开的一门课因为讲授多年,已经背得很熟,上课前无需准备;下课了,讲到哪里算哪里,他自己也不记得。每回上课,都要先问学生:“我上次讲到哪里了?”然后就滔滔不绝地接着讲下去。班上有个女同学,笔记记得最详细,一句不落。雷先生有一次问她:“我上一课最后说的是什么?”这位女同学打开笔记夹,看了看,说:“您上次最后说:‘现在已经有空袭警报,我们下课。’”

——汪曾祺『跑警报』

摘录这么一大段汪曾祺写下的轶事,倒也不是偷懒,其实是因为近日忙碌的事情大约完成,得空观看了一部国产电影『无问西东』,又因此关注到二本书,『南渡北归』和『战争与革命中的西南联大』,这些个作品都与汪曾祺所写“趣”事有关——西南联大,一所传奇学校,自然也在其中发生了许多有意思的事情。这篇日志虽然标明6月7日,但并非一日所写,毕竟目前只看完了电影和『南渡北归』的一小段,此篇权当一个札记,记录下一些想法。

Journal – 14/09/2015 – Review of ‘Mission Impossible V’ – 「碟中谍5」观后感

(English version follows Chinese Part)

前一周实在忙的不可开交,缺了一次周记,着实可惜。事情忙过,看了一场电影来放松,写写完全个人且主观的观后感,凑篇周记。权当娱乐,请勿认真: )

声明,这里没有剧透。

先放一张电影结束时拍的,好证明我确实去电影院付费看了正版,以示支持导演和演职员的劳动(图1)。

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图.1(Fig.1)

显然,是迟了许久才上映的碟中谍5。

阿汤哥毕竟是五十多的人了,现实中又是奶爸,着装、气质自然都走熟男路线。我真正熟识阿汤哥并不是因为「碟中谍」系列,而是源于观看「壮志凌云」,作为航空爱好者,这是部必看的作品。之后才补看了「碟中谍」各部。

「碟5」故事架构上并没有什么惊讶的地方。前半的伏笔,后面的着墨,前作的梗,自嘲的台词,角色立的flag……甚至有些都能预料到。看「碟5」,就是老友再会,无须严肃认真,依旧相谈甚欢。

自然,特工们的科技又上一层楼,在现在流行的设备上添加些酷炫的功能,好似中现实没有这么犀利的设备,却又好像即将能够触及。

我最喜欢的地方是延续了「碟4」以来加入的西蒙·佩吉。「碟1」到「碟3」多少算是硬汉和技术特工结合的动作电影,总感觉和马达的「谍影」还有「007」系列有些扎堆。佩吉的表演,加上编剧的创造,让「碟4」「碟5」都带上了笑料元素,动作喜剧,也挺不错。颇有些成龙「尖峰」系列的即视感,我喜欢。

听说阿汤哥要拍「壮志凌云2」,我看好你哦!


 

So many works last week and such a pity that missed a journal. I watched a movie for taking easy after those work, how about a movie review for this week journal. Totally personal and subjective, just for relax, don’t be serious : )

First of all, no spoiler here.

Show a pic took at the end of movie to prove that I’ve spent money  for authorized movie in cinema, to support director and those fellows contribute to it.(Fig.1)

Obviously, it’s ‘Mission Impossible V’.

After all, Tom is 50+ years old and acting a dad, dressing and temperament of him could not leave ‘Mature Man’ so far. Where I really knew this tough man was not ‘MI’ series but the famous one ‘Top Gun’. As a aviation fan, I could not miss it. Then I turn to watch the ‘MI’ series.

‘MI5’ showed not much surprise. Foreshadowing, climax, punchline of previous MI, self-mockery etc. Sometime you can even predict what is gonna happen! Watching ‘MI5’ is like chatting with old friend, don’t be serious and just fine.

Definitely, tech equipment coming better than past, again. Adding something WOW~! into devices we have today, then you have WOW~! future tech.

I enjoy most was Simon Pegg taking part in again after ‘MI4’. Fisrt three MIs are some kind of tough man movies which already have The Bourne Identity series and 007 series. Simon Pegg brought laughingstock into MIs. Comedy action movie, little sense of Jackie Chan ‘Rush Hour’ series, I like it.

Hearing about that Tom preparing for ‘Top Gun 2’, looking forward!