Sunday, November 2, 2008

For what is a man? What has he got?

Yesterday, I watched a horror movie: 4biaIn my opinion, this is the best horror movie of the year.
So all horror fans, this is a must-see.
It is composed of 4 differrent but related stories.
This is not the main point as I personally find the link between them quite superfluous.
Apart from that, it has fantastic sound and visual effects (one of the most important elements required for horror movie), brilliant camera shooting angles and marvelous storyline.
Additionally, the director is very good at cost-cutting.
For the first story, a girl, a room and a phone, done!
For the second story, it has the best camera maneuvers. The film is elegant with digital effects.
For the third story, four men, a tent and a river, done. Best plot with a shocking twist.
For the four story, sorry to say that this is the least appealing to me perhaps due to high expectations that have built in me by the previous 3 stories. Nevertheless, it has a few scary moments. Oh ya, not to mention, just a plane was used for this story and obviously they do not really need a real plane and fly them in the air.

Next, the day before yesterday, I watched Cellular.
If you ask me, what makes a man?
I will tell you that the main character in this movie is the answer!
The movie started with the portrayal of this guy who is dumped by his girlfriend due to his levity.
To prove himself, he took on a simple task suggested by his girlfiriend.
Suddenly, while was halfway doing his task, he received a random call from a kidnapped woman asking for help using a shattered phone and he happened to be her only source of help.
Also, he must do everything to ensure that the line is not disconnected, otherwise the woman might not be able to get back to anybody for help.
It took him some time to put down his task on hand and decided to help the woman.
He then got involved, committed and finally determined to save the woman and her entire family.
He risked everything just to save the family even tough he was scared at times.
And what more can a victim like the woman ask for?
He is her only hope.
What did the man do in details, why was the woman kidnapped and what's the ending.
I am not going to spoil you, so go and watch yourself.
Actually, there is a remake of this movie in Chinese version this year: Connected
Comments so far is that the Chinese version is better.
I think they probably expanded on the emotion component if I am not wrong.
For that's the only thing that I can think of changing.
No worries if you haven't get a chance to watch Connected as I think watching cellular is already good enough.
The most memorable scene in the movie to me is the part where he was negotiating with the culprits whether to release the family first or to surrender them what they want first.
And this guy, trying to act smart, telling them that they lose and cut off the line as they refused to release the family first.
He was so worried that he had made the wrong choice and that they would not call back and straight away kill the family.
Fortunately, it was worth risking, they called him back as the thing they wanted is really very important to them.
I like the way he acted out the emotions while he was waiting for them to call back, or rather hoping that they will call back. It's so real and funny.
And you just can't wait to say "nice one" because that's indeed not a bad tactic to use.

OKay, lastly, I would like to recommend a song: 我还想她 - 林俊杰
It's a song in his latest album, JJ陆 Sixology

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