[Casino Royale]《新鐵金剛智破皇家賭場》

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.

漏網之書

去年年尾稍為查看一下自己的閱讀記錄，發現了一本看了大半卻沒有完成的書《能言善道說巧話》，正值剛看完了鹿鼎記第四冊，還沒有借到第五冊之時，也就續看這未完的書，今天晚飯的時候便把它讀完了。

從書名已可得知此書是關於說話技巧的，其中並無深奧的道理，不過內容編排頗有條理，步驟清晰，易於閱讀，對話中普遍出現的對話困難情況都有所分析並提供對應的方案，閒時一讀無妨，然此書絕不是令你口才了得的天書。

這兩年來所買所閱讀過的書我都予以記錄，看來是種愚笨的行徑，不過還確是有用的，一來可以使我的閱讀計劃量化並持之以恆，二來讓來找尋漏網之魚，把它們讀完。

笋炒肉

在看鹿鼎記的過程中，總會學到一些新的詞彙，最近讀到的一個頗為特別，印象猷新，文中韋小寶在楊州跟母親的對話中出現「笋炒肉」，聽來是一道菜，實為北方語中責打兒子的說話，即用毛竹板打屁股是也，倒跟廣州話中的「藤條炆豬肉」相近，似乎從前母親多為炊婦，連教子的話語也要跟炊事相關。

《鹿鼎記》- 四冊了

原來這個閱讀長篇小說鹿鼎記的大計已實行了有三個多月了，剛看完了第四冊，四十回共一千五百多頁，還剩下一冊未讀吧，算是比想像中的快，下次到圖書館的時候定把第五冊借回來完成它。

打從心底裡佩服韋小寶的機敏，也就是讚嘆金庸的才智，一個接一個有趣的情節，再看著韋小寶巧妙的逐一解決，還時刻想著他是個目不識丁的小子，然而他的辦法卻不乏說服力，的確引人入勝。故事漸入尾聲，各路人馬開始不時碰面，韋小寶周旋其中必更有趣，亦更為難。

除了主角韋小寶，這天還看到有個角色也是別出心裁的，第三十九回中在楊州的布政司慕天顏的說話，就跟別個角色大不相同，是高明的官腔，看他如何拯救楊州禪智寺的芍藥圃，又如何譏諷知府吳之榮。他也是個聰明人，早已洞悉康熙派小寶到楊州的用意，真有意思，我就愛看有智謀的人。

Lucas Sets Indiana Jones Shoot Date

Oh Yeah!! Indiana Jones is on the way. No matter what it will be, it's the most anticipated movie to me for 10-some years.

For those who know me well enough will know the fact that I am so wholeheartedly charmed by Indiana Jones. It explains why you would sometimes somewhere see my name as Tony Jones. I did name myself after the movie.

About 20 years ago, I was filled with an adventurous heart inside. I encountered an arcade game which was a very addictive action game in an adventure theme. Shortly afterward, I realized the game was actually published in the same name of the movie, Indiana Jones' Raiders Of The Lost Ark. I missed watching it at cinema, because it was a rather expensive leisure to go cinemas. It was not too bad, as I was able to watch it on TV later. The movie deeply impressed me and it made great influence on me. Starting from that moment, I loved Steven Spielberg more, more than watching Jaws. Harrison Ford became a trademark as a hero to me. Relic hunting and acheology, whip and hat, and Nazi, all were concepts describing a world of thrilling adventures. Indiana Jones became my most favorite character ever. Not to mention there were also the remarkable theme music and the iconic orange-to-yellow-blending typeface.

In 1989, the featuring of Sean Connery as Ford's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade created a astonishing worldwide success and sealed the trilogy. My blood was hot and kept anticipating the possibility of the forth Indiana Jones movie.

The three key persons of this movie all became the most influential people in the Hollywood. George Lucas, the writer/producer, is the owner of one of the most valuable franchise, the Star Wars. Steven Spielberg, the director, created the most top selling movies and pushed movie industry a new generation after his Jurassic Park. Harrison Ford started his stardom since his appearance in the Star Wars trilogy. They are all busy celebrities. Planning a schedule for these three guys would be the most difficult problem in Hollywood. There had been ongoing rumors about the making of the 4th Indy movie, but nothing was officially announced. Until these few years in the 21st century, they finally mentioned publicly a solid plan. The most fantastic news today is to hear that its filming will be done in this year.