一口氣看了<<非誠勿擾>>的第一和第二部,或許是其聲名太盛,又或是港生期望太高,總覺得沒有想像中好看,但馮小剛的小品劇,還是有一定水準的。
葛優和舒淇都是好戲之人。故事嘛,明顯是故意寫得荒旦惹笑,不少情節和對白都令人莞爾,然而,嘻笑中卻又不忘文以載道。
令港生印象特別深刻的是第二部片末,香山的女兒川川在父親臨終前的人生告別會上送他的詩,那是扎西拉姆‧多多所作的<<班扎古魯白瑪的沉默>>:
沒有璀燦、沒有喧鬧、沒有炫耀,靜靜的,世界就只有你和我。
Justin提到明報在報導嘉禾大廈大火兩個消防員殉職時引了Ladder 49的對白,那句話出自主角之一的Captain Mike Kennedy (John Travolta飾)在另一主角Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix飾)的喪禮上的悼辭。
It's never an easy thing, saying goodbye to a brother firefighter, it's not. And this time, particularly is difficult for me because I watched Jack grow into a, well, into one of the finest firefighters I've ever known. He joined this department because he wanted to help people, who knows how many homes are still standing because Jack was there or how many lives were spared. He gave his life for that cause. We'll never forget you Jack. And we're better for having known you. But I make you this one promise, tomorrow when that bell rings, we will be back on the truck, because you were the bravest of the brave. People are always asking me, how is it that firefighters run into a burning building when everyone else is running out? Well, Jack, you answered that question by saving another man's life. Your courage is the answer. And today we will be as brave as you, by not mourning you, but by celebrating your life. So I'd like everyone to stand up and celebrate the life of Jack Morrison.戲如人生,人生如戲。這齣現實中的戲,沒有明星擔綱,有的只是兩位消防員用生命換來的耀眼花火。
港生在星期六晚上,扭開電視,剛巧正播著亞記的新聞。映入眼簾是一個激動的病人親屬,有點兒歇斯底里地大呼"係瑪嘉烈醫院害死我阿媽"。
事緣一名74歲的女病人,因為糖尿病入院,留院期間由病床墮地,右股骨折,接受手術後情況突然惡化,最終逝世。病人家屬指控醫院失當,令病人在疏忽照顧下失救死亡,院方回應指現階段無員工需要停職,但會成立獨立小組調查。
孰是孰非,或許要等調查結果死因研訊才知道,又或許,永遠都不會知道。
近月,"醫療失誤"彷彿又成為了傳媒熱炒的主題,上網查查Wisenews,"醫療失誤"四字便有上百篇的報道(當中包括新鮮滾熱辣壹仔為星屑醫生做的一篇專訪)。
香港的醫院、醫生、護士真的是那麼不濟嗎?
或許是港生幸運吧,港生在大學期間因為打Lacrosse斷了十字韌帶和碎了半月板要入住QMH,當時接觸過的醫生和護士都很盡責細心---雖然排期時間極長,斷腳到完成手術,足足等了八個月---這是另一醫療問題,同所謂公私營醫療失衡、公私營醫療如何分流和應否設立強制性醫療保險制度有關,按下不表。
以事論事,港生認為,部分香港傳媒有時為了吸引大眾的眼球,在描述有關報道時難免會加鹽加醋或是有特別取向,就以港生所看的新聞為例,家屬激動嚎哭vs醫管局高層官腔,兩者誰合港人口味,看倌定必心中有數,所以真相如何,或許只有當事人清楚,身為讀者真的要加點批判性思考,不可全盤接收。
不過,如果看倌想乘"醫療失誤"風火上加油,令自己對醫院恐懼,從而更加注重身體健康、多做運動的話,港生誠意向大家推薦以下的一部電影: "Sublime" (2007)。