我在2007年最深刻的10部影片，排名不分先后。

1. Ratatouille
蓝色小老鼠，鼠小志气大，和法国厨师的友情和向梦想迈进的毅力，大人小孩都觉得特别温馨。

2. The Bourne Ultimatum
麦戴蒙 (Matt Damon) 成为好莱坞最赚钱的明星，鼎好的票房保证不是乱盖的。精彩的追逐戏，和英雄的智慧为这续集划上美丽的句点。

3. Enchanted
久违的迪斯尼感觉回来了！逗趣的对白、夸张般的表演形式，和主角独特的魅力，让你 回味失去的童真。

4. 投名状
金奖大导陈可辛，加上国际级三大男偶像巨星李连杰、刘德华与金城武，从故事、剪辑、美术指导、演技到动作，很实在的《投名状》的确成功地拍出震撼。

5. 881
一人一半，感情不散。。。歌曲红了街头巷尾。陈子谦、杨雁雁、王欣、刘玲玲、伍家辉变得很红，对数年默默耕耘的演员来说算是咸鱼翻身。今年的福建歌和七月歌台更是受人瞩目。

6. Letters from Iwo Jima
名导克林特·伊斯特伍德 (Clint Eastwood)在《父辈的旗帜》(Flags of Our Father)后，拍了一部以日军角度看待战争的挣扎与残酷。简单的信件却刻划出历史的悲惨和意义。

7. Hairspray
舞台剧搬上大荧幕或多或少会失去原有的味道，依然拍出喜感，观众看了手舞足蹈。约翰·特拉沃尔塔(John Travolta)的胖妈角色，米切尔·菲佛尔(Michelle Pfieffer)卷土重来，尼基·布朗斯基(Nikki Blonsky)新人星光闪耀，告诉你胖也是一种美。

８．200 Pound Beauty
另外一部‘胖也是一种美’的影片，韩国票房冠军。虽然没有兄妹情，没有人死于癌症，Hanna 一心想改变生活的意愿，和动人的歌声，牵动人心，女观众依然热泪盈眶。　

９. Pan's Labyrinth
原来童话故事也能够如此恐怖！神奇的迷宫，吃人的恶魔，何更凶残的人类，让看片人走入另外一个世界。这部墨西哥片的确拍出了魔术。

10. The Simpsons Movie
《辛普森一家》是美国电视史上不可忽略的一条长青轴。没有3D动画没关系，无论是政治话题、色情笑话、家庭问题一一无所不谈，只有这样的影片，能够从头笑到尾。

Director: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Cast: Hugo Armstrong, Mariel Hemingway, Woody Harrelson, John Getz, Stephen Dorff
RunTime: 90 mins
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NC-16

你很难以平常心看《南京》。它不象其他影片精彩夺目，只是以简单平淡的讲述，叙说这一段不可磨灭的回忆。让你反复思考的真实画面，可能会触动心底最脆弱的那一处。

日军南京大屠杀的事件，我们都有机会在书本或照片中看过，但只是把它当成历史的一部分。过去的真的就过去了吗? 遗留的黑白画面，和生存者的访谈，细细记载了人性最丑恶和脆弱的一面。



被访的日本人抽着烟，淡淡地笑着，似乎没对虐行事件没有太大的愧疚，更让看片的人感到不舒服。

走进戏院之前最好做些心里准备， 感觉到戏院很沉重，很沉重。有人屏住呼吸，有人不忍哭泣，而我只能叹气，更珍惜我们现代人所拥有的一切。

" Tonight a truck passed in which there were eight or ten girls, and as it passed they called out Jiu ming! Jiu ming!" ~ Minnie Vautrin

Nanking isn't exactly the choice movie during a festive season, but definitely a necessary one to watch. We have read the stories, seen the pictures, but nothing beats listening and watching it yourself.

Though the skeptics would feel there is some kind of manipulation (using the documentary genre), its strong message would make it a relevant piece for today.

Nanking - Go prepared, for a heavy heart, for teary eyes

Director: Peter Chan
Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei
RunTime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Period Drama

感觉上近期的古装片可以用‘大’来形容: 大导演、大卡式和大场面，却不能获得影评的赏识。 《黄金甲》、《夜宴》和《无极》个个大制作，场景华丽炫目，故事内容却平平，只能称得上是照顾到西方市场的影片。

陈可辛大导演几乎每一部作品都是品质保证。《投名状》没有《甜蜜蜜》、《金枝玉叶》和《如果爱》细腻的感情戏，却多了一份很‘真’，很‘实’的武打场面和兄弟情。

一开始的两军相战就能看到很精彩的千人战争场面，声势浩大，却不失扎实的武打。全片画面修理从开始的灰暗到后半步的辉煌颜色，就能带出电影要表达各期间的感觉。

导演说李连杰的千万天价片酬是物超所值的。可是我们也不能忘记刘德华和金城武有血有泪的演出。从雄壮的武打到情感的拿捏，能见识到两人的进步。

"天大地大，兄弟最大" ，港片似乎离不开兄弟情。可能角色刻画稍微薄弱，女主角徐静蕾太平凡，观众似乎感觉不到他们的浓厚的情感。毕竟要在武戏和文戏之间取得平衡非易事，过人之处在于导演两者间，处理得很微妙。

陈可辛对票房过3亿很有信心。从故事、剪辑、美术指导、演技到动作，《投名状》的确成功地拍出震撼。

The Warlords - No play of colours, no ample bosoms, no flying dragons... It's realness makes it the best Chinese period drama in recent times

(Special thanks to Patrick for your contribution again!)

Being a fan of SMAP’s Takuya Kimura since the early years, it’s definitely great to see the actor taking on the lead role once again in a feature film (since Kimura has contributed more to dramas than to films in his acting career).

“Hero” indeed brings back the good, old days, where Takuya has ruled the J-pop drama scene with titles such as “Love Generation” [1997] and “Long Vacation” [1996]. Although the actor never leaves the drama scene (think Hero [2001]“, Pride” [2004], “Engine”[2005] etc. in recent years), it’s classics like “Love Generation” that shot him to fame. And I figure he will always be the idol in the hearts of his fans because of this. But this is just one of the reasons why you should watch this film.

A better reason will be the pairing up of Takuya Kimura with Takako Matsu. For long-time fans of Japanese dramas such as myself, it will definitely evoke a sense of nostalgia when the fans see the on-screen couple once again (Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu are an onscreen couple in “Love Generation”).

Takako Matsu is also in “Long Vacation” starring opposite Takuya Kimura but for this drama, it’s actress Yamaguchi Tomoko who stands out. Nevertheless, it’s always good to see the two leads together once again. Both have aged quite a bit since then (well, it’s been a decade) but their on-screen chemistry and charismatic antics are still there after all these years. There’s one thing to note though. Fans of Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-Hun will be terribly disappointed since he has only about 5-15 minutes of screen time.

“Hero” is a film on legal tussles. Director Masayuki Suzuki’s concoction of legal suspense and humour is strategically balanced and the film is on the whole, well-paced. The story is linear and humour is nicely embedded in the witty dialogues of the cast. Especially noteworthy is the director’s artistic cinematography, often using direct and straight shots for most scenes. While the shots are conventional, they are appropriate since it suits the confrontational approach in the film, symbolic of lawyers enmeshed in legal battles.

Repeated overhead shots of the legal office to induce humour are also insightful and interesting. More prominently shown are the repeated shots of the statue of justice, somewhat metaphoric with his eyes blindfolded and his hands holding a balanced scale, as if to signify that nothing is what it seems on the surface.

All in all, watch “Hero” for its message of impartially pursuing the truth at all costs.

And of course, the pairing of Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu is remarkable. Their onscreen chemistry still sizzles after all these years.