[unfinished] Night at the Museum (2006)

In New York, the unemployed divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father that is gong to be evicted, and Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History as the substituted for three old security guards that have just retired to raise some money and pay his bills. In his first nightshift, Larry realizes that everything at the museum comes to life at night. The Museum transforms in a complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry, and he learns that since an old Egyptian stone came to the Museum in 1950, the was statues comes to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break in the Museum to stole the magic stone. Larry organizes the historic characters to help him to arrest the criminals and save the museum.

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*Tagline: When the lights go off, it's on.

The Holiday (2006)

Movie trailer editor, Amanda of Los Angeles, CA and journalist Iris of Surrey, England live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda having just broken up with her cheating boyfriend, Ethan and Iris having pined for her ex, Jasper, becoming engaged to the woman he left her for decide to take a vacation during Christmas. They come upon a website called home exchange and swap houses for two weeks both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives. But love ends up finding them anyways. Amanda starts a romance with Iris' older brother, Graham, a book editor and Iris starts a romance with a movie composer named Miles. With new found romance, both their lives change forever.

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*由於有作曲家的角色,片中穿插了不少電影配樂,辨識度高者如大白鯊和法櫃奇兵(這首我的反應就不如長官);當然也有超級無敵優美的The Mission (1986)音樂,由配樂大師Enrico Sabbatini所作~
*Dustin Hoffman也有客串演出,在百事達選片時,被Iris和Miles撞著了,下一個鏡頭,在男女主角間的DVD正是由Hoffman主演的Marathon Man (1976)~
*導演Nancy Meyers也是個蠻厲害的人物,從1998年執導第一部作品The Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan演雙胞胎)後,作品共四部: What Women Want (2000)和Something's Gotta Give (2003),劇情都是輕鬆的浪漫喜劇,常有很妙的對白~

Déjà Vu (2006)

After an explosion on a ferry kills over 500 people including a large group of party-going sailors, an ATF agent (Denzel Washington) investigates the crime. AN FBI agent (Val Kilmer) also joins the investigation. Impressed with the ATF agent's skills, the FBI agent invites him to join a new team that has a new program that uses satellite technology to look backwards in time for 4-1/2 days to try to capture the terrorist (Jim Cavaziel). Meanwhile a young woman (Paula Patton) who was burned washes up on shore. Meant to look like part of of the explosion, the body arrives at its location too soon, which leads the agents to believe her death is related to the explosion. As they use the new technology to study the woman, the ATF agent determines that this is not satellite imagery but somehow is using a time warp. From this point in the film, the movie moves from a crime film to a sci-fi time paradox film. Nonetheless, the action is non-stop and always captivating. The end of the film may be confusing to some people, but it is all laid out if one cares to look carefully. Contains some extreme violence that some may find disturbing, particularly during the explosion when many people are shown jumping off the boat in flames.

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*Tagline: If you thought it was just a trick of the mind, prepare yourself for the truth.
*又一部丹佐華盛頓主演的大場面警匪片,時間旅行一直是電影的素材,從古至今,歷久彌新~從前的回到未來就拍了三集;阿諾的魔鬼終結者也有三集;星際大戰好多集;也別忘了1980的似曾相識;近期有無聊到暴的蝴蠂效應;顫慄時空......數量多不勝數,電影給人的疑問和破綻也是如此~
*就拿"當時的丹佐"在死了五百多人的船爆事件後,前往女主角家中查訪時,吸鐵版上的"u can save her"來說吧,磁鐵肯定是"未來的丹佐"排的,既然如此,為何"未來的丹佐"沒有阻止爆炸的發生,仍然讓女主角遇害,五百多人犧牲?"未來的丹佐"又跑到哪去?或許可以用單一的時間線來解釋此現象,但是以片中的邏輯來看,時間線並非單一,時間線是可以有許多條,且各自有各自的發展和結果;因此,就讓我不禁為"未來的丹佐"設想了幾個"可能的遭遇",比方說,"未來的丹佐"在阻止歹徒時,被幹掉了,而且毀屍滅跡的非常徹底,讓"當時的丹佐"和其它的探員連屍體都找不到;或是"未來的丹佐"其實及時搭上了船上,但是拆除炸彈失敗,在非常靠近炸彈的情形之下,屍骨無存,連粉都不留...
*另一個有趣的地方是,"當時的丹佐"在看電視時,刻意的拿紅外線照螢幕,結果,女主角竟然看見且有反應!!!如果這麼簡單的就能把"東西"傳到過去,那丹佐只要把紙條往螢幕一丟,或是自己往螢幕一跳,就能回到過去了啊!何必大費周章的搞出一堆機器?
*Claire: What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew *Claire: they'd never believe you?
*Doug: I'd try.
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[unfinished] Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.

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*Tagline: Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Eragon (2006)

The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he sooner realizes that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom.

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*Tagline: One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure.

*Ian McKellen(Magneto)和Patrick Stewart(X Professor)當初亦受邀演退休的龍騎士(Brom),不過當時正在拍X-Men III,所以無緣加入啦;哦!之前沒注意,這兩位老先生都是英國人呢,給影迷的感覺便是充滿經驗的智者~
*哇塞,Eragon是Ed Speleers,處女作就擔綱男主角,太厲害了;不過,為了得到這個角色,在試鏡時,他已經先擊敗了18萬名競爭者...沒錯,18萬名...
*Brom: That's the spirit - one part brave, three parts fool. (勇氣十足,卻不自量力)
*Brom: I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission. (先斬後奏)
*又一部史詩般的鉅著,世界的組成族群和魔戒一樣複雜,除了已經出現的龍騎士,精靈,維登人外,還有矮人...在這集中,邪影者被幹掉,下一個目標該是國王了吧?但是,站著票房的立場和故事需要峰迴路轉的情節,第二集可能要先跟國王的軍隊廝殺一番;第三集,待Eragon的龍更為強壯時,再跟國王挑戰囉!(咦,那不就跟魔戒很像?沒差啦!哈利波特不也等了六集,才能跟佛地魔正面PK?)

[unfinished] Children of Men (2006)

World divisions, chaos and anarchy, these are the ways the world and the last remaining inhabitants are checking out. This P.D. James adaptation of the novel The Children of Men is as unforgiving as it is relentless, with no child being born for eighteen years, Human life and its moral self is eroding into extinction. Set in Britain in the year 2027, this is Theodore Faron (Clive Owen) finding his ghosts coming back to haunt his fruitless life, in the form of an underground band of rebels The Fishes. Unwittingly drawn into their plight, learning who can be trusted, who can be dependable, and how he must hold the most precious secret the Human race has been so longing to hear, the miracle that can change the course of Humanity; the first pregnant woman in eighteen years. On the run, he, Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey) and Miriam (Pam Ferris) must travel cross-country, on the run, terrified and helpless to the safe haven of the Human Project. With the help of aging hippie Jasper Palmer (Michael Caine) this horrific, dark, unconventional and uncompromising road movie is all that is left between the demise of the Human race and the birth of a new drawn.

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*Tagline: No children. No future. No hope.