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Vito 2022-03-21 09:01:29
old movie rewatch
It was probably a movie I watched in junior high school, one of the Oscar-winning movies. I was obsessed with "Treasure Island" and the Age of Navigation. Naturally, I would not miss this movie. I was still young at the time, and it can be said that it was difficult to understand what the plot of...
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Pat 2022-03-22 09:01:25
Raging Seas
In order to give us a better and profound understanding of business management and the knowledge in it, our teacher played a movie "Fighting in the Furious" for us in class. It is one of the top ten inspirational films selected by CCTV, in which we can deeply feel the shadow of a powerful manager...
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World quotes
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: [examining some sheet music on the floor below deck in the Acheron. A French sailor, whom Aubrey thought was dead, suddenly leaps at him. Aubrey stops the sailors' dagger just in time. Aubrey puts his cutlass to the sailors' head. Asks suspiciously] Le Capitaine?
[the Captain?]
French sailor: [strained] L'infirmerie.
[the infirmary]
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[Dinner in the officers' mess. The captain is inebriated, but asks apparently seriously]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you see those two weevils doctor?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: I do.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Which would you choose?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: [sighs annoyed] Neither; there is not a scrap a difference between them. They are the same species of Curculio.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there was no other response...
Dr. Stephen Maturin: [Exasperated] Well then if you are going to *push* me...
[the doctor studies the weevils briefly]
Dr. Stephen Maturin: ...I would choose the right hand weevil; it has... significant advantage in both length and breadth.
[the captain thumps his fist in the table]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: There, I have you! You're completely dished! Do you not know that in the service...
[pauses]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: ...one must always choose the lesser of two weevils.
[the officers burst out in laughter]
