Almost Buddhist - 戲‧論

★★★☆☆ As the title suggests, the event takes place in year 1917 during the period of the First World War, where two British soldiers are ordered to deliver a call-off-attack message to their front line forces to stop them from walking into a trap set by the German Army. The film's shot in seemingly one single long take, but I doubt it. There got to be some editing going on to make it up, but whether or not doesn't really matter. What's well done about it is, the one-long-take gimmick doesn't seem to distract viewers' attention to what's going on with the plotline and characters, even though the story's not strong enough to stand and move, and the characters are just paper thin! Compared with those one-take full length features that generally appear to be rather showy and nauseous, '1917' is relatively low profile with its camera work. Meaning it would not distract you from seeing what's going on there, but the problem is, what's goi...

★★★☆☆ 'T1' is a bomb. ' T2 ' is a nuclear bomb. And the rest are just like bullshit, except this one, which is considered the best thing to the franchise since 'T2', and yes, it is, in a way! Years later, 'Terminator: Dark Fate' finally gets Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, the real soul of the series, and James Cameron as the producer, and of course Arnie all back together to make this 'genuine sequel' happen. If you're a fan of action films or 'Terminators', 'Dark Fate' shouldn't be a miss. In fact, it's even a bit better than 'T1', I guess. Some said 'T2' basically destroys the series because it's damn too good to be surpassed for its successors. This is so true that you'd better put 'T2' aside if you wish to enjoy 'Dark Fate'! The formula stays much the same: machines sent from the future, one to protect, one to terminate the mother of the savior of mankind. That is...

★★★★☆ 'Knives Out' is an intriguing, entertaining film with a very good intention, which is to remind that as long as you follow your good heart and do what it tells you to, everything will turn out just fine even if it looks bleak! It may or may not be so true but a film like that is certainly comforting and encouraging in a time like this where good people usually don't seem to get what they deserve! The film's as ingenious as how Detective Benoit Blanc played by Daniel Craig interprets the case, 'a donut hole in the donut's hole, but look a little closer, it's not a donut hole at all but a smaller donut with its own hole and the donut is not whole at all.' I'm not smart enough to get what he's saying though, but the thing is, it gets you so focused on what the right hand is doing that you miss the left. And when you think you have it all figured out, something just doesn't add up. You feel very involved watching it play out and i...