Almost Buddhist - 戲‧論

★★★★☆ The Green Book is sort of a guidebook for the African American, written by Victor Hugo Green who is also an African American, to help them find the accommodations and restaurants that would accept them back in the mid-20th century. Right, 'Green Book' is about the race issue in the 1960s when the black were still not allowed to dine and stay in certain motels and restaurants. So while I was viewing, I felt like from time to time that something dramatically violent and devastating might take place, and the film would turn into somewhat a tragedy, but it never happens as it's considered a comedy-drama inspired by a true story, which is surprisingly heart-warming, and certainly touching and encouraging to me. The formula is kind of simple and cliched but I'm okay with it as long as it's made inspiring and well developed and told. It takes two men of different races and backgrounds, one black, one white, get them in a car, send them down on a road trip t...

★★☆☆☆ ' Wreck It Ralph ' is a heart-warming, thought-provoking, surely exhilarating piece of animation that I appreciate quite much! But years later, 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' the highly anticipated sequel somehow feels like short of some climax that would make it as memorable and inspirational. Yea, the visualized Internet is cool and interesting to watch. The Disney Princesses treat is surprisingly fun! There're expected chases and sarcasm at times but overall it feels like nothing special! To me the most funny moment is ironically not in the film but after it ends and before the end credits roll, which, trust me, would really give you a good laugh. So just stay till the real end. This time it's not about good or bad. It looks like, as the title suggests, about the Internet but it doesn't get deep about it. The Internet thing is, as a matter of fact, just there as a backdrop. As it's getting to the end, you know it's about friendship th...