Golden Compass

一早就睇過下面呢封早幾個月周圍流傳o既信, 不過我當時未睇過齣戲, 所以冇 comment. 但係尋日終於有機會睇o左, 所以可以o係度講下齣戲, 同埋 d 教會反應.

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這封 email 是空中英語教室的彭蒙惠老師(Doris)所發出, 要告知大家下個月即將上映的一部電影叫「黃金羅盤」Golden Compass. 該書作者是無神論者, 他接受媒體訪問時, 甚至大談其作品內容主要為消滅神,撒但要從神和教會的手中將人奪回, 得著自由. 令美國教會界最擔心的是, 三本小說在與電影同步上市時,出版社更運用一些行銷手法將該書推入校園, 所產生的結果, 可想而知將對孩子們造成嚴重的信仰衝擊與心靈影響。

如果大家有注意, 近年來, 怪力亂神的電影越來越多, 我認為教會應在此儆醒, 幫助我們的下一代學習分辨來自惡者是是而非錯誤的價值觀與光怪離奇的世俗潮流。請大家告訴大家, 並為此事儆醒禱告, 不讓撒旦有可趁之機. 求神賜教會與家長們屬天的智慧,教導與保護我們的孩子們!!

親愛的同工：
電影「黃金羅盤」12月7日將於全球同步上映，這是一部無神論、敵基督的電影，它的故事是從Thomas Pullman的系列書中衍生出來的，故事裡將神描述得又老、又健忘、又冷漠，而在系列中的第三部曲裡，神最後被殺身亡。
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第一次睇呢封信就覺得奇怪. 既然齣戲有神呢個角色, 又邊可能係"無神論"? 最多只可以話佢係"衰神論" je. 仲有, 子不語怪力亂神係中國自古已有o既思想, 我冇乜好反對, 但係寫信呢個人又知唔知, 聖經本身亦係充滿怪力亂神o既故事, 所以我就真係唔明"怪力亂神的電影越來越多"有乜問題. 咪即係反人又反己?

同埋作為基督徒, 我最唔鍾意就係教會有你講冇人講o既態度. 何解 Narnia 殺入校園就振臂高呼; Northern Lights 殺入校園就披麻戴孝呢? 咁o既做法同態度, 咁我就覺得 Golden Compass 入面o個個邪教 magisterium 同現今教會幾相似喎. 真係俾故事個作者批到應一應. 其實當我睇齣戲o個時, 都唔覺有乜咁反教會, 如果教會唔係自己身痕對號入座的話, 其實故事中o既 magisterium 同教會冇乜相似o既地方. 不過而家睇返教會點樣以保護無知兒童為名去逼害呢齣電影, 又覺得真係有幾分相似喎.

唉, 講返齣戲. 簡單講, 我覺得幾好睇喎. 我一向都唔鍾意睇哈利波特 d 電影, 冇一集鍾意, 所以睇之前都不抱期望, 點知由頭到尾都唔覺悶, 有 d 對白 (e.g., 同北極熊皇帝會面) 甚至有 d 小聰明. 而令我最有驚喜o既係個女仔. 我一向好怕睇細路仔做主角o既電影, 一係就太低 b, 扮 cute, 再唔係就太老積, 扮成熟. 但係呢個細路女冇俾我呢 d 感覺, 而係一個勇敢, 唔老積, 又唔白痴o既少女. 睇得舒服.

非常期待下集.

Motherhood ～Me & My Mom～

之前睇電視版 Tokyo Tower, 有首歌好好聽, 夾埋 d 劇情, 幾次俾佢搞喊. 頭先剛剛發覺原來首歌有名, 就叫 motherhood, o係 OST 入面都有收錄. 好正.



Every moment without you
Seems like eternity
I'm begging you begging you come back to me

Hard to say goodbye
I can't smile with you anymore
I want to know
Where did we lose our way?

Winter breeze hurts gently my heart
I know I don't need to be alone
Can we go back to the precious days when our love was strong?
Can you tell me how?
And when a perfect love goes wrong
Somebody tell me how you get things back

Every time I was holding you,
Seems like eternity
I'm asking you asking you comeback to me
Hard to say goodbye
But I'll take sweet memories
I want to show everything I've got from you

Someday sun will shine
And I will walk by myself
Cuz I'm able to feel you even though I'm away from you
Tears are not in vain when I cry
If you're smiling somewhere
I realized some parts of your tenderness

Every moment without you
Seems like eternity
I'm begging you begging you come back to me

Hard to say goodbye
I can't smile with you anymore
I want to know
Where did we lose our way?

Winter breeze hurts gently my heart
I know I don't need to be alone
Can we go back to the precious days when our love was strong?
Can you tell me how?
And when a perfect love goes wrong
Somebody tell me how you get things back

Every time I was holding you,
Seems like eternity
I'm asking you asking you comeback to me
Time to say goodbye
But I'll retain sweet memories
I want to show everything I've got from you

Oxford Conference in the Synoptic Problem: 7–10 April 2008

四月七日至十日o係牛津會有一個講對觀福音o既研討會, 呢條 link 有參加呢個研討會o既學者o既 papers 睇. 有興趣o既人應該一睇, 因為望落都有不少名人, 可以第一時間睇到呢班人o既最新研究.

希望將來呢個研討會o既 papers 會集成出書, 因為有 d 題目我都覺得幾有趣.

Cloverfield

本來對呢齣怪獸片就不抱期望, 因為搞得太多 gimmick o野, 可幸結果亦冇乜失望, 我覺得成績唔錯, 娛樂性 ok. 好多人投訴話o係戲院睇到頭暈, 但係我o係屋企睇就冇呢個問題, 可以接受. 呢齣戲作為怪獸片算唔錯, 特技做得出色, 並唔會用個搖搖下o既鏡頭又或者黑媽媽o既燈光o黎含糊過關, 有幾場 d 特技的確清楚可觀, 如過大橋同炸怪獸.

缺點就在於文戲. 齣戲用開始二十分鐘, 幾乎三分一o既片長講主角之間o既關係, 但係講得膚淺, 我就唔覺得有特別關心幾個主角o既下場, 其中講男女關係o既情節亦見無聊. 花咁多時間o黎鋪排, 而又不起作用, 算係非常失敗. 同埋用呢種 Blairwitch 式鏡頭o黎拍, 我覺得相當無謂, 令人睇到頭暈係預期中o既大缺點, 但係我又睇唔到有乜大優點去平衡返, 所以講到尾, 只係一個無聊 gimmick. 同 Blairwitch 唔同, 當年我睇完 Blairwitch 真係有心寒感覺. 但係怪獸出現o係曼克頓市中心本來就一 d 都唔真實, 而家又想用呢 d 鏡頭o黎扮晒有真實感, 根本就係矛盾.

內衣賊

話說兩日前, 拎 d 衫落樓下洗, 點知去收衫o既時候, 其中一部有我地 d 衫o既洗衣機係空o既. 我唔相信有人咁無聊會去專登偷人 d 衫, 有可能係唔覺意收錯衫, 以為係佢o既衫. 我地通知o左樓下管理員, 但係已經兩日, 超過四十八小時, 如果唔見o既係人, 可以算係失蹤人口, 冇可能仲未發覺收錯人地 d 衫. 一係就真係有鋪偷衫癮, 一係就雖然知道收錯但係懶得還返 d 衫俾人. 不論係前者後者, 呢條粉腸都可被列入"內衣賊"之流, 冇屈枉佢.

...辣塊媽媽.

Dale C. Allison Jr.: 2008 Kenneth W. Clark Lectures Online

Dale Allison 係我最鍾意o既耶穌專家之一, 佢o既書好好睇. 呢條 link 有佢最近o既一個 lecture, 講 Historical Jesus. 條 link 會幫你開 iTunes, o係o個度仲會睇到其他 lectures, 包括有 Joel Marcus 講復活, Richard Hays 講達文西密碼, 全部都係正o野.

頭先聽o左少少, Allison 口才一流, 我大力推薦.

這裡發現愛

最近每個星期都勁追一齣台劇叫"這裡發現愛", 每睇完一集就開始期待睇七日後o個一集, 好吊癮. 呢齣o野本身就幾好睇, 有時會有 d 都幾聰明o既對白出現, 寫得比想像中好, 亦拍得 d 風景好靚, 同埋做女主角潘能賢o個個女仔雖然唔係靚, 但係好得意, 好鍾意佢. 而最突出o既係每個星期都會出現o既預告, 次次都搞得好靚, 精彩過劇集本身. 唯一差勁o既係預告開始前o個句: "請收看我在這裡發現愛", 把聲好難聽, 直插耳膜.

呢個就係上個星期o既預告, 搞到我成個禮拜o係度等聽日o個集. 不過已經等到囉.

Persona

嘩, 成個月冇寫過 blog 咁滯, 因為我一向都當 blog 係我自己日記, 但係呢成個月我日日都做份 proposal, 而家得返三個星期就要交, 但係都仲未搞掂, 所以緊張到冇心情做其他事情. 最多就係睇電視 (劇集 or 電影), 因為可以一邊睇, 一邊做o野.

繼上次 Virgin Spring 之後, 上個星期因為返學所需, 睇o左 Ingmar Bergman 另一齣戲, 叫 Persona, 下面係呢齣戲有名o既開場. 故事大概係講有個女演員, 突然之間啞o左, 唔知係病定係佢自己唔想再講o野, 有個女看護就同佢去一間渡假屋休息, 其間個佢地兩個變得越o黎越 close, 個女看護亦開始同個女演員講出一 d 佢自己都覺得羞恥o既秘密. 當個看護知道個女演員其實可以講o野, 同埋個女演員其實係 study 緊佢之後, 佢地o既關係就開始發生變化. 故事去到呢度係呢齣戲o既中間, 亦由呢度開始變到好怪. 我就一 d 都唔明佢想做乜. 不過呢齣戲拍得好靚, 黑白, 但係 d 鏡頭好靚. TVB 最近o個齣膠劇"最美麗的第七天"懶夢幻咁拍到濛查查咁, 自以為好型, 學下o野啦.

o係呢齣戲入面, persona 就係每個人過每日生活時戴上o既面具. 一向都聽人講面具唔係好o野, "真我"先係好. 但係呢個故事就講, 當除去面具後, 一段本來平和o既友情可以立時變得暴力, 出現裂痕. 所以對朋友o既背景產生興趣係正常表現, 想去八朋友o既秘密亦無可厚非, 但係亦要知道, 面具亦可能係君子之交o既重要工具.

耶穌是...

頭先o係 Ben Witherington 個 blog 度睇到有段真係令我笑o左一陣o既文章. 我最鍾意最後o個兩段:

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There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into his father's business.
2. He lived at home until he was 33
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands
2. He had wine with His meals
3. He used olive oil

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair
2. He walked around barefoot all the time
3. He started a new religion

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature
2. He ate a lot of fish
3. He talked about the Great Spirit

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3 . He didn't get a fair trial

But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was virtually no food
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do.
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Awake

呢齣戲我大力推薦！本來睇見兩位男女主角, 己經不抱任何期望, Anakin Skywalker 加 Sue Storm, 你o吾怪得我會歧視佢. 點知個故事好過癮. 如果事前無睇過影評, 其實故事甚至會 surprise 到觀眾, 而且合理. 就呢個角度, 係一齣成功o既 thriller.

我甚至o吾應該 summarize 個故事大綱, 因為故事就正是呢齣戲個賣點. 唯一可講就係呢齣戲好睇, 近來我最鍾意o既 thriller, 算係大驚喜.