從前認為要我去讀一本長篇小說是一件妙想天開的事情，怎生能發生在我的身上，直至五個月前決定讀金庸的《鹿鼎記》，那時還在懷疑要多久才可以讀完，甚至想到能否真的把它讀完一遍，如今已讀過了八九成，書癮正濃，今天一口氣讀了百多頁，趣味盎然。
這股閱書興致並不限於鹿鼎記一書，當我還未借到第五冊書的那個多星期也書癮發作，一時停不了又先找來另一本書來看，直到我把書借到手已把另一本談夢的書讀了一半，然暫且讓路，還先看完鹿鼎記才回頭看那書。讓自己培養出這閱讀的習慣與興趣真是件美事，我誠意鼓勵年青多閱讀，並早養成閱讀習慣，最好的更是中英文書刋也看一番，開卷真確是有益的的。
重播的《齊天大聖孫悟空》剛巧今晚播完了，不提劇情，我倒想說我喜愛此劇的片尾曲《至情至聖》，跟個人經歷無關，只是其典詞風格真能顯出大情大性的感覺，不像是現代的流行曲。別人未必會認同，我卻欣賞它對感情留彌之痴狂。
Infernal Affairs is one of my favorite movies featuring the best casting. The state-of-the-art story with tense and interlocked plots about cover-ups and double-identities caught high attention from the Hollywood big stakeholders. The Departed has its script adapted into a set with a Boston Police and a gangster. I wish I had watched The Departed to make better comments about the adaptation. It sounds to be a great movie despite Hong Kong would hold a prejudice. Now, Martin Scorsese's The Departed has been selected by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to receive its best picture Critics Choice award. The award arouses more my motives to watch this movie when I will get the DVD.
I bought the book "Secrets of Dreams" when I visited the university bookstore last month. I have read half of the book in 2 weeks. Friends asked me about the dream interpretations. However, the first half of the book covered the history about the study of dreams, and how dream worked. The book was not difficult to read and it contained no jargons. It taught you about dreams from many aspects and from simple to depth, and in a very digestible way.
Human learnt so little about dreams. Several major schools of thoughts have been developed, in quite opposite directions. The true face of dreams have not been revealed. The book, however, gave me very inspirational insights about the possible power of dreams. I had no idea why but I had very few dreams in the past decade, only dreamt once or twice a year. This week, on the other hand, I followed the tips from the book and managed to make dreams every night. It's sort of a miracle. Just telling yourself to prepare dreaming before your bedtime would be all you needed to do. I enjoyed dreaming. Dreams gave me extra dimension about life.
What a shame to a movie lover who goes to the cinema so infrequently. For some reasons, I get far less often to go movies. From another aspect, there are fewer must-watch movies produced these few years. Today I got my nerves up and paid a visit to the cinema alone to Casino Royale. I am much a James Bond fan in heart, and do not wanna miss movies from this decades lasting series.
Casion Royale is also codenamed as "James Bond 21" because its the 21st James Bond movie. Daniel Craig was named after Pierce Brosnan. This casting have become a hot topic in the community questioning the qualification for this Bond. After enjoying the 2 hours full of story plots, I would say Daniel Craig did the job right. He's not impressive nor stardom at the moment as James Bond, but he shows no flaws at the same time. I would expect a better appearance and performance from him in the next Bond movie.
Returning to the movie, the stunts and the directorship are all excellent. The free-runner scene at the beginning of the movie is particularly impressive. A typical demostration of high pressure without use of computer graphics. The love plot line and the several fatal threats make Bond a real human, with flesh and heart but not gadgets. The plot of poker tournament in private casino is intriguing, and which well explains the ability of observe and comprehension. Worth to mention, Eve Green the Bond girl plays an outstanding role. She demostrates good charm with cold-outside-but-warm-inside, which good enough to set James Bond up with the bitter threat at the end.
Thank Martin Campell, the director, to bring us this brand new James Bond movie, good weaving of plotlines and excellent camera shooting. I would recommend Casino Royale even if you are not a hardcore Bond fan.
