Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

I didn't really care what was the story of the movie, it's Ewan, who cares! :)

Story:

A visionary sheik wanted to introduce salmon fishing to his home country, Yemen. This dream however sounded impossible, because Yemen is a desert, very non-fisheries friendly place. Sheik ordered his assistant, Harriet (Emily Blunt) to find the fisheries expert to make this project possible. Emily found Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor). It's a story of how people make the impossible possible.

It's a British produced film. Everybody spoke in the very heavy British accent, which was perfectly fine for me, I'm always drawn to men in British accent. There weren't many characters in the movie, since it's a simple story. But I really like the supporting actress, the President's press secretary, Maxwell. She was a strong opinion woman, in which provided quite a number of humorous scenes in the movie. To add, the sheik was a really handsome man.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was really a good relaxing movie for a Friday night. Simple love story, British humor (I know some people don't quite get it), good looking actors and actress. Not a fantastic movie, but definitely pleasant to watch.

The Flower of War 金陵十三釵

这是一部很沉重的电影。以南京大屠杀为背景的故事，当然不会是一部欢喜的电影。不过，我怎么也没想到，我竟也低估了电影所会带来的沉重。

电影是从严歌苓的小说改变而成的。张艺谋导演，陈其纲作曲电影原声带，Joshua Bell独奏小提琴。幕后都是大师级人物。幕前，就是无人不晓的蝙蝠侠Christian Bale主演。其实，单看幕前幕后的阵容，已是下了定心丸。

故事大纲：
我也就不提了。我从来都不爱在看电影之前，知道故事的来龙去脉，也更不想破坏大家看电影的乐趣。

观后感：
生活在非战争年代的我们，太幸福了。

生活在南京大屠杀的那个黑暗年代，基本上对人性会完全失去希望。战争原本就是残酷的，可是更残酷的是，人与人之间可以这么的丑陋，可以把他们所占领的人，当动物来看待，为所欲为。

夺取别人的性命原已是一种罪，折磨而拖延死亡的时间，更是一种不可理喻的行为。可是，这种行为在日本军占领南京时期，被视为英雄的作为。也不是高官没有把小兵士们管理好，而是由上到下，都抱着这种心态和态度，将黑暗蔓延整个南京城市。

如果当时在日本军队的蛮横霸道之下，你只有能力救成人与小孩，其一，你该怎么选择？小孩固然可怜，但难道成人就应该牺牲？左右不是人，救谁牺牲谁，没有一个选择会让你好过。每个人都有活下去的权利，谁该救？谁不改救？

只有对人性更为失望⋯⋯

评价：
所幸这部电影是张艺谋导演。若果这种故事，掉在好莱坞的手里，美国马上变英雄，大美国主义让人窒息。Made in China就没有这个问题。况且，在历史中，南京大屠杀期间确实有外国人伸出援手。Christian Bale的角色，也就不做作夸张。

电影里，以女人女孩居多。同张艺谋一贯的电影一样，不管是女人女孩，她们样子都是那么讨好。

值得一看。只要对电影的沉重有所心理准备就可以。



谢谢OMY的Preview Screening!