Half Day at San Pedro

Aiming to tour the USS Abraham Lincoln during Navy Week, and we got scared away by the large crowds of visitors. Instead, we conducted a pleasant sightseeing along the shore, marina, and strolling European style houses in the quiet neighborhood.

Tron: Legacy(Tron 2) (2010, Movie)

I never saw the first one, or even really knew the storyline, but they did an exceptional job of catching you up. Even on DVD, without all the 3D, it's an awesome film. Nice special effects, although it is pretty obvious that the young Jeff Bridges is animated.

The Pursuit of Happyness (Movie, 2006)

We've all seen this story before: the struggle and sacrifices to achieve a goal. But this is done in such a real and heartfelt way, that the film brings us viewers right into the lives of the Gardner family. I loved the performances of real life father and son, Will and Jaden Smith.

密勒日巴大師傳 (作者：西藏瘋行者 譯者：張澄基)

西藏最偉大的禪修大師密勒日巴（Milarepa），是十一世紀末西藏西部的瑜伽士。密勒日巴生於富貴之家；父親死後，眼看著家產被野心勃勃的叔叔霸佔掠奪，為了要為這不公不義復仇，他精修黑幻術，暗殺了他叔叔全家和親友。然而，密勒日巴隨即為自己的殘酷感到極度悔恨，而踏上了消除惡業的旅程。經由馬爾巴（Marpa）這位靈性導師的引導，密勒日巴承受了許多為了淨化他業障所權設的肉體痛苦和心智考驗。最後，經歷一連串嚴格的巖洞閉關，密勒日巴終於獲得靈性上的證悟。旋即，求法弟子群集而至，請求尊者賜予教導。密勒日巴成為偉大的上師，一位善於分享智慧和洞見的大師，同時也以不尋常的法門和苦行的生活方式而著稱。


傳記中提到密勒日巴的性情，報仇造黑業後的不安、懺悔求上師馬爾巴授法的身口意百分百供養、不顧一切求法的熱情，上師馬爾巴為了幫助密勒日巴消黑業，不斷地在精神肉體上折磨密勒日巴，這個殺世間看起來冰冷無情無人性，其實內含出世間的大慈悲大智慧，絕非無明黑暗殺，能遇馬爾巴這種上師，是極大的福報！

不顧生命、與敵相鬥是多麼無知啊！
所謂怨敵，不過是脆弱空花

了無意義、虛度人生是何等愚蠢啊！
既然珍貴人身是一種稀有贈禮……

～密勒日巴：雪山之歌

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I(Harry Potter 7: Part I, 2010, Movie)

This Part 1 movie delivers no dramatic payoff, no resolution and not much fun. Every two minutes the action whooshes sideways to someone somewhere else. Boring and meandering.

一輪明月（弘一大師傳, 電影）

整部片在講的就是弘一法師的一生，從他四歲～圓寂所經歷的種種。中國話劇的開拓者之一。在音樂、書法、繪畫和戲劇方面，都頗有造詣。從日本留學歸國後，擔任過教師、編輯之職，後剃度為僧，法號弘一。生於舊封建體制社會與新民主潮流的矛盾衝突時期，胸懷憂國憂民的大志，怎奈壯志未酬，三十九歲隱入空門，令人唏噓！ 


這部片大體來說分成二個階段，一是他尚未出家，還以李叔同之名遊歷紅塵之時；一是出家後，以弘一之法號宣揚佛法之時。

影片最後，與開頭首尾呼應，整個場景彷彿回到弘一小時候一般，一樣叫三郎的小孩，一樣在打陀螺。

陀螺應是代表輪迴，人生就如同一個圓，不停的轉動、不停的改變...但卻也從沒改變。唯一不變的，就是變啊！

弘一法師傳奇的一生，便在此畫下句點。


這部影片，無論是對於啟發普通人深入思考事業與愛情、人生與生命的真諦，還是對於佛門修行人高度認識戒律價值、正確認識自度度人的關係等方面，都有很大意義。

True Grit (Movie, 2010)

It is based more on the book instead of remaking the 1969 John Wayne film. U.S Marshall Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) is hired by Mattie Ross ( a powerful performance by newcomer Halee Steinfeld) to find her father's killer. She is 14 but smart, determined and wants the man dead. She thinks she has it all together but the onslaught of killings are disturbing and will change her for life. The violence is sudden and brutal. The humor is often very dark. And the film looks and sounds amazing. This should easily take its place among the classics of the western genre.