电影《The curious case of Benjamin Button 》，是假期里看得一场电影。也是我近期来看得最好的一部。我很喜欢这部电影里诗意的味道，淡淡的，很随意的漫不经心，又有些像散文，琐碎缓慢地絮叨了一个人的一生，没什么大喜大悲大戏剧大冲突，却用情至深，不动声色的幽默，都恰到好处镶在背景里，如同素雅信笺纸里印着的一簇若有若无摇曳的竹叶。人可以很舒服地随着叙述画面走，又可细细回味，绵绵无尽萦绕不去。
补充一下，这部片子的故事改编自Scott Fitzgerald的短篇小说。 Fitzgerald被称为'one of the twentieth century's greatest writers'，他的代表作有'The Great Gatsby'。
如果没有这个寓意深刻的故事框架，它就是一部普通的制作精良的好莱坞电影。 当然PITT在这部戏里很出彩。
Do you like Fitzgerald's novel? I remember I had a hard time finishing his “The Great Gatsby”. Movie is much easier to digest, though I know a lot got lost in between.
Log: Do you like Fitzgerald's novel? I remember I had a hard time finishing his “The Great Gatsby”. Movie is much easier to digest, though I know a lot
Funny that it's said the movie actually obeyed the book religiously -- with few changes if any. I don't particularly like Fitzgerald, except the great Gatsby, and a couple short stories. He was more of a manly novelist (you should like him, for that matter ;-)).
ling3: Funny that it's said the movie actually obeyed the book religiously -- with few changes if any. I don't particularly like Fitzgerald, except the great
Talking about manly novelists, my favorite one is Nelson DeMille. The heroes in his novels are the type I like the most: tough but smart with a quick wit.
发表于 2009-3-30 22:49:10
虽然他现在不比当年。
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发表于 2009-4-2 14:29:30
原来还是Scott Fitzgerald的大作。看过Robert Redford出演的“The Great 
Who wouldn't want to have a chance to go back to certain time of his/her life and to do something differently?