I downloaded the newest Feng Xiaogang movie
"A World Without Thieves" (天下无贼) off and on over 3 days and finally finished downloading this morning, I watched it with my mom and we enjoyed it greatly. The plot was pretty unpredictable (one of the most important things I look for in books, movies, plays, etc.) and the background music is quite subtle and soothing. I loved it.
After watching it, I was thinking about how parents should teach their children in the future. Seemingly the inculcation of being a righteous person can't stand alone without any preconditions anymore, because there're incidents in China of which when a 'good' person sees unjustice and tries to help, this person is hurt badly by the villain and the spectators are all afraid of doing something to help, because they are afraid of being hurt. Also, nowadays in China, nearly no one can survive (in the sense of the least valuable goals of getting some money and support a family) without bribery or connections, does that mean that the parents should teach their children the refined 'art of bribery'? Even if they are reluctant on teaching this, they seem compelled to; five thousands years of Confucian teaching is being trampled on. Perhaps China needs another revolution, when they reach the limit of corruption and emotional callus they'll realize money isn't the only thing they need and crave for.
It doesn't seem like an appropriate topic to write about on the last day of 2004, but I guess every day is just another day and it doesn't matter what significance it represents, it's always an ordinary day just like what has passed and what will come. I'm going to see the movie Darkness at 8p.m. and then go to Nathan Phillips Square for the count down. I hope the melting snow won't drench my shoes or my socks... it feels utterly uncomfortable.
Happy last-day of 2004 everyone, thanks for the cyber support throughout the whole year, and from
The Sorrows of Young Werther: "God bless you, my dear friends, and may he grant you the happiness which he denies to me!" - hehe, I'm not that hopeless, but you get the idea. Wish you all a very gratifying new year. =)