Climate change is real
This graphic comes from the
Taiwan News, 16 January 2007. It shows very clearly the rapid increase in global temperatures, particularly since 1980.
Labels: climate change, environment
Movies seen in 2006
Below is a list of movies I saw at the cinema in 2006. I watched a lot more on DVD too, but I didn't write them all down.
- Brokeback Mountain
- Walk the Line
- Munich
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- A History of Violence
- Inside Man
- Riding Alone for 1,000 Miles
- Fearless
- Syriana
- Azumi 2
- The Sentinel
- Just My Luck
- The Lake House
- A Scanner Darkly
- The Banquet
- The Departed
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Eternal Summer
- The Prestige
- The Road in the Air
- A Battle of Wits
- Perfume
- Babel
I won't give them ratings or rank them all, but I will note a few of the movies which I thought were special.
I loved the Johnny Cash biopic
Walk the Line. The music and superb acting performances from Reese Witherspoon and Joaquim Pheonix made this movie great.
What can I say that hasn't already been said about
Brokeback Mountain. Stunning in every respect.
A
History of Violence was a surprising and challenging film. I loved seeing Philip K Dick's novel
A Scanner Darkly translated into film complete with rotoscoping. It might be true that Al Gore's documentary
An Inconvenient Truth was little more than a PowerPoint presentation, but it was an important message at a critical time.
I love many of the recent Chinese historical dramas and kung-fu films. Of the few I saw this year I loved
A Battle of Wits. It had a well developed and thought provoking plot carried by a great acting performance from Andy Lau.
The Departed had an all star cast and I thought Leonardo DiCaprio proved himself to be a fine actor. The last movie I saw for the year,
Babel, was also brilliant.
I look forward to seeing some more great movies in 2007.
Labels: movies
