Book of Eli

This movie tells the story of a guy who possesses the last bible on earth after the apocalypse. For strange reasons, all the bad guys want to rob him of the bible because they believe that the bible will help conquering the world (something like that).

The movie is OK, but I do feel bad for Eli that he risked so much to protect and came to memorize a King James Bible, which is textually inferior to most other translations of the bible out there. And I love how the movie made a big deal of how Eli recited the entire bible starting from Genesis, while one shot of the movie showed that the last library on earth had a copy of the Tanakh--the Hebrew Bible... Eli could have started from the New Testament, that would have saved him a lot of effort.

Chloe

I was surprised that I actually liked this movie. Though very much predictable, I found it quite engaging throughout till the last scene. The main characters offer solid performances. The young "Chloe" has done equally well as Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson, which came as a surprise. I think I've seen the girl in other movies, but she looks very different in the role of Chloe. All of a sudden, she looks very pretty, sexy, and seductive, extremely convincing in this role and makes the story work. The image of her huge green eyes staring at the camera still lingers in my mind.

The erotic scene between the two female characters shocked me too. I never expected Julianne Moore to appear in such a scene, much less with a much younger actress.

妖獸都市

I read about this anime movie on magazines so many times when I was in elementary school. But never got a chance to watch it (a rated R movie, not suitable for a grade 4 student), and finally did this afternoon while I was preparing for next week's class in the Old Testament. Yes, I often prepare sermons and classes while listening to angry music or watching rated R movies.

It is surprisingly good. I liked it a lot. The drawing isn't exactly stellar, but it has its style that fits the overall mood of the anime. The violence and sex are stunning, both help in drawing the viewer into the story. The plot doesn't really make sense, but the universe that it creates is quite interesting. Worth watching. I can see why it's a classic.

呼籲影音使團承認"挪亞方舟 驚世啟示"是超錯