Jon and I are thinking what are our hobbies - worm farming, gardening, hiking (when the weather is not so hot), swimming, yogaing (that's me only, Jon thinks Yoga is purely waste of time), kite surfing (that's Jon only, he quit his London job migrated to Auckland in order to surf), roller-skating (um, I force Jon to do it) etc., etc. I think one thing we both enjoy is moving going. Our favorite cinema is the Movie Center in Yau Ma Tei - featuring all sorts of independent or foreign movies. That is very convenient because both of us do not have much appetite to Hollywood films.
The Hundred Year Old Man is a Swedish film - Allan's attitude to life and demeanor can be echoed from quite a few Swedish friends I have. I think they are very cool and serious about themselves, very difficult to relax to make fun of themselves in public. Practical, focusing on getting the solution to every question never waste time. Very driven for perfection and cannot tolerate deviation. Allan's life is composed of a series of co-incidents. He is not ambitious to become anything else - in the film, you almost do not sense he has any human desire (apart from wanting to have a drink all the time). He was "fixed" by a racial biologist in very early age, hence he didn't have desire for sex and thought it wasn't such a bad thing after all - (he obediently let the doctor chop his balls off, perhaps it is a Swedish joke or something). In some aspect, apart from being a nice person Allan is quite boring. His only passion is to blow things up, which started a series of events that made him to meet with all sorts of conductors and dictators in Europe around the WW2. Perhaps the film is not able to penetrate into Allan's personalities, we are all viewing him through a piece of colored glass.
Not a bad film, entertaining yet has a thread of sadness in it - perhaps it would be better if Allan still has his balls and can have his family later.
Monday, July 14, 2014
The Hundred Year Old Man
Jon and I are thinking what are our hobbies - worm farming, gardening, hiking (when the weather is not so hot), swimming, yogaing (that's me only, Jon thinks Yoga is purely waste of time), kite surfing (that's Jon only, he quit his London job migrated to Auckland in order to surf), roller-skating (um, I force Jon to do it) etc., etc. I think one thing we both enjoy is moving going. Our favorite cinema is the Movie Center in Yau Ma Tei - featuring all sorts of independent or foreign movies. That is very convenient because both of us do not have much appetite to Hollywood films.
The Hundred Year Old Man is a Swedish film - Allan's attitude to life and demeanor can be echoed from quite a few Swedish friends I have. I think they are very cool and serious about themselves, very difficult to relax to make fun of themselves in public. Practical, focusing on getting the solution to every question never waste time. Very driven for perfection and cannot tolerate deviation. Allan's life is composed of a series of co-incidents. He is not ambitious to become anything else - in the film, you almost do not sense he has any human desire (apart from wanting to have a drink all the time). He was "fixed" by a racial biologist in very early age, hence he didn't have desire for sex and thought it wasn't such a bad thing after all - (he obediently let the doctor chop his balls off, perhaps it is a Swedish joke or something). In some aspect, apart from being a nice person Allan is quite boring. His only passion is to blow things up, which started a series of events that made him to meet with all sorts of conductors and dictators in Europe around the WW2. Perhaps the film is not able to penetrate into Allan's personalities, we are all viewing him through a piece of colored glass.
Not a bad film, entertaining yet has a thread of sadness in it - perhaps it would be better if Allan still has his balls and can have his family later.
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