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Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon Official Trailer

Taking about disaster, nuclear plant deformation is one, natural earthquake is another one, but making a movie with a quality as low as Transformer 2 was as disastrous as anything else.

Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg are trying to correct this with launching the next Transformer. One of the big correction is the dumping of Megan Fox. Pros and cons: perhaps some die hard fans of Fox would abandon the film because of her departure. However perhaps more die hard fans of Transformers would celebrate for this because the average scores of acting ability in this film would surely be pulled up.

The trailers are not as cool as the previous few. Perhaps we have seen it all, so the excitement is gone. Our enjoyment are ruined by our own expectation. The good news is, now it would work the other way round for you as well. Since you have seen them all and set your expectation to the floor, you might enjoy whatever you can get out from this film when they air it on July 11.

Levi’s Guy Walks Across America!

That’s the Google Map of where the guy (and his crew) has been:

If you watch the Behind the Scenes below, you’d find that in fact the guy didn’t really walk all the steps that you have seen in the video. But still, the cameraman did! Wah ha ha ha… …

This remind me the Johnny Walker’s ads that I have posted here earlier on. Equally amazing.

Who is Salt？

【警告！這不是影評，也沒有劇透！如有雷同，實屬斷估！】

想入場睇戲，但《Inception》（潛行凶間）下星期才上正場，《Toy Story 3》和《史力加大結局》又已睇左，咁點算？你有兩個選擇：一. 睇那套唔知點解仍未肯落畫既殭屍人狼愛情片（no comment）；二. 睇那套剛上畫的《Salt》（叛諜狂花）（highly recommended）。

我 Highly recommend，並不是因為我知道這套戲好看（我未，亦不打算入場睇，而只會等 DVD），而是因為有 Angelina Jolie。

據講這套戲本來由 Tom Cruise 擔正，但因為撞期所以改人，找 Jolie 頂上，並將主角由男轉女。Cruise 結果走了去與 Cameron Diaz 拍了另一套同樣都是做特工的戲《Knight and Day》。Cruise 另一個拒絕的原因是這角色太似他 Mission Impossilbe 裡的 Ethan Hunt，同樣都是神級特工被屈，都是一方面要為自己還清白之同時又要一方面對付壞蛋。不過，其實近年所有特工故事也如是：經典如 Matt Damon 的《Bourne》系列又或者 Cruise 自己的《Knight and Day》都是這樣的一條橋。

講返《Salt》，tagline 是《Who is Salt？》我們當然知道 Salt 就是 Jolie。但她是甚麼身份？或者更直接地問：究竟她是忠是奸？是 CIA 還是 KGB？

出動到陳年「KGB 橋」其實很老套。近年的間諜片早已將敵人改為中東或中國。但剛剛發生的俄羅斯間諜新聞卻出奇地合時：安插間諜潛伏英國、美國幾十年，為的就是要一朝走出來幹一件大事。主角 Evelyn Salt 就是被指是這樣的一個人。從 trailer 所見，導演曾嘗試將 Jolie 塑造成一個可潛伏於人群幾十年而不被留意的平凡女人 look 去切合這情景設計。這可以算是失敗的，因為她這樣的面貌裝扮要做一個平凡人其實並沒有甚麼說服力：Jolie 是做開 Lara Croft，Mrs Smith 和《Wanted》內的超瘦女殺手的嘛！

所以，她一早已被觀眾看穿並認定是一個特工（而且是一個不似真特工的特工）。問題只是她究竟屬於哪一方。又或者問得清楚一點：從她中段又染髮又刺殺的劇情來看，導演似乎要讓觀眾知道她表面上真的是個 KGB 派過來的雙重間諜。不過實際上究竟有沒有內情呢？她是否真心幫 KGB 的呢？

我沒有答案（據某些影評講，睇完也不會知答案，因為想博出續集）。不過如果要估，我會估佢係忠既（即是 CIA。荷里活電影嘛！）。點解？因為從 trailer 和 making-of 見到她當初「出事」後千方百計也要找回她老公，回到家取得物資後亦冒著風險將自己的小狗找鄰居小朋友托管，這樣的行徑只會是忠的角色才會做。同埋，我估我知道邊個先至真係奸既 ── 果個在佢身邊完全唔似係奸既通常最後就係最奸果個。而且，Liev Schreiber 多數都係做奸角多，咁樣估錯既機會較細。如果有人睇左呢套戲，請告訴我我估得岩唔岩。

唔知頭唔知路都可以估到劇情既戲都夠膽 highly recommend？！因為有 Angelina Jolie。

iPad ~ Will It Blend?

今天 iPad 於香港正式上市。唔知道有幾多人買 iPad 黎係用黎咁樣用既呢？

【Warning！Don’t try this at home without adults around or without a deep pocket avaialble！】

Other readings about iPad:
What is iPad?
Meet iPad
我唔會買 iPad！

Don’t Panic – Coldplay

The beginning song of the legendary debut album “Parachutes”. My all time favorite mid-night tunes, after this.