Roman holiday (1953, USA, Black and white)

How many legends are there in this movie?
Audrey Hepburn, of course Audrey Hepburn.
Gregory Peck, the real gentleman both in the movie and the real life.
William Wyler, the director, 6 years later, made another millstone movie: Ben-Hur: the tale of the Christ---which inspired lots of movies gurus, for instance George Lucas.
Dalton Trumbo, the writer, a member of American Communist Party, the most talented writer in Hollywood, with more than 30 years struggling, he eventually made his novel Johnny Got His Gun into a movie which I think it is the best anti-war movie.
Edith Head, the costume design, 8 Oscars winner, never had professional training in fashion design.
……….
Above all of those, I can’t forget the lovely Italian and the splendid Rome.


Because of this movie, I believe black and white can compose the most complicate pictures above all of colors.
Because of this movie, I believe Roman is the most beautiful city full of stories.
Because of this movie, I believe even without furry wings and shine aurora, the angel is still a angel; without stunning outfit and diamond tiara, the real princess is still a princess; without perfect ending, the true love is still a love and it will be forever.

Every frame of this movie can be a very classic poster.



Beautiful princess is working on her permanent job in her childlike elegant way.


Escaped from the Palace on the way to her day-for-fun trip.


In her sleeping walking, walked into handsome US report Joe whom she fell in love with in 10 hours.

She is naive, innocent and trusty, he is sly, charming and tried to dig royal gold mine. Both of them were playing game to each other. Look at Joe's funny and cunning face, in the contrast of Anja's serious obviously pretending expression.

Princess wanted to be a normal girl. Did she know how many girls who bought Tiffany want to be a princess. Hair-cut scene, very classic.

Spanish stairs, childlike pretty girl with new hair cut, eating gelato. what a beautiful moment.

Foxy Joe pretended to run into Princess, started his crafty scheme.

historic background, lovely couple with never out of fashion costumes. another classic moment.

Fun trip started. The scooter became famous too.

Fun ride.

Beautiful Rome always has beautiful stories going on

The mouth of the truth. what is true and what is lying?

A hug, the classic sign of love.

Lovely Italian common people made everyone laugh.

The drama was going to happen. The last time you can laugh during the movie.

He let her know his truth, and also let her know his heart. 2 hours movie, we laugh and smile for 1 hour and 50 minutes. The last 10 minutes make our eyes wet, heart warm, and made the earlier 1 hour 50 minutes more precious.

A real gentle man with a big heart.

Photos shot outside the movie. They are beautiful.

Audrey Hepburn

In my mind, Audrey Hepburn is always the most beautiful woman in the world no matter she was alive or passed away, with or without Tiffany, long waved hair or short-cut, young or aged, being nun or princess. She is always, always an angel for me with natural beauty and elegant spirit.

written for Audrey Hepburn being away 15 years

I am legend (2007, USA)

This movie should be renamed as "We are legend"!!! They totally ignored the SAM dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I refuse rating this movie.
Will Smith is as hot as usual. So is Sam. What else in this movie? Who cares!

My Life Without Me (2003, Canada, English)

My life without me, but with my dreams.

Ann, 23 years old, lives a modest life with her two kids and her husband in a trailer in her mother's garden. Her life takes a dramatic turn, when her doctor tells her that she has uterine cancer and only two months to live. She compiles a list of things to do before she dies, arranges her family life and falls in love to a lonely man she met in a Laundromat. In the end, it didn’t show she is dead, but one of the possible her life without her, of course, in an extremely wonderful way.

This is a real movie: beautifully cinematographed shooting the Vancouver’s black-white-like winter in the beginning and vivid life in the end, breeze-like music just like Antarctic winter humid wind scratching your face, Sarah Polley spontaneous performance, Mark Ruffalo’s down-to-earth characters (BTW it is sad to see him in Hollywood’s silly movies like Just Like Heaven, Suddenly 30), the clear structure of the movie taking you to the last dramatic journey of Ann’s life. This movie reminds us how many possibilities are in our life and how beautiful our lives are.

When Ann found out she only had 2 months left, she just wrote down:
THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE.

1. Tell my daughters I love them several times.

2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like.

3. Record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they're 18.

4. Go to Whalebay Beach together and have a big picnic.

5. Smoke and drink as much as I want.

6. Say what I'm thinking.

7. Make love with other men to see what it's like.

8. Make someone fall in love with me.

9. Go and see Dad in Jail.

10. Get false nails. And do something with my hair.

She got it done one by one: She started to learn Chinese; she went to hairdresser and manicure; she sit inside the car to record her word to her daughters on each of their birthday with tears; finally before she met Lee (Mark Ruffalo), she was so tired from all night working and fell into sleep; thank director and screenplay writer to let Lee see her and fall in love with her.

From the beginning to the end, I was holding my tear to see Ann go through the tough time. Except her doctor who gave her candy every time, no one actually helped her, shared her suffering, or gave her any support. Facing to the lose of her life, she was like a kid who lost her toys, complaining life wasn’t fair to her, tearing to her beloved doctor. When the movie is going on, we found she wasn’t just little dying woman with all the girly wishes, she had a big heart for her love: loving her husband and daughters, loving her mum and dad even though he was in jail, loving her friend, and above all she was loving her life even it is not wonderful, not successful, not wealthy, not decent (her family were living in the caravan). That was all her got, that was her life, and she loved it as gift from the heaven. Between giving and receiving, she chose both—she asked for love and also gave a lot of love.

She is real and beautiful woman, maybe weak to the death and difficulty, maybe selfish when desire and lust came to her, she doesn’t have a decent education, a good job, a livable home, a stylish dress and hair. But she has a warm heart, she knows how to love, and she is so real and so beautiful.