2026.10.2
I headed down to the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday to catch My Fair Lady. I thought it was fantastic—the staging was impressive, the performances were spot-on, and the music was just brilliant.I really could’ve done with subtitles. I had a tough time keeping up with what they were on about. But all in all, it was a wonderful show and totally worth it.
2026.9.28
I honestly don’t even know what I’ve been doing with myself lately. My eating habits have been completely out of whack. After breakfast, I’m never keen on lunch, but then without fail, I end up starving by around 3 or 4 in the arvo. So I go hunting for a snack, and by the time dinner rolls around, I’m stuffed. I just can’t seem to sort it out.
On top of that, I’m off to Fiji in October and I feel totally underprepared. Should I be reaching out to contacts beforehand? Getting stuck into some research?
I’m struggling to properly focus on work, and taking care of myself has taken a back seat. I’d love to say I’ve been working flat out on my English, but honestly, it feels a bit rich to even say that out loud.
2026.9.17
I got the work car sorted yesterday. Like I said, someone had left the cabin light on, which flattened the battery. I took it down to the mechanic, and the guy suggested giving it a thorough once-over just to keep it in good nick. Afterwards, I was just mindlessly scrolling through Google Maps and decided on a whim to drive out to a lookout in the middle of nowhere—I can't even remember the name of it. When I got there, the wind was howling; the car was literally rocking in the car park. I stepped out intending to go for a stroll, but out of nowhere, I got hit with this sudden wave of dread. There was not a soul around—just the endless ocean, some telecom tower, and the roaring gale. In that moment, I felt completely isolated and genuinely terrified by raw nature. After maybe a sixty-second walk, I bolted straight back to the car and headed home, safe and sound.
2026.9.15
Tuesday kicked off with our usual catch-up at the Milsons Point office. Beforehand, I was meant to get a pink slip done for the work car, but the battery carked it again and it wouldn’t tick over. I had to ring roadside assistance to give it a jump. To sort it out properly, I took it straight to the local mechanic for a thorough once-over to get to the bottom of it. Blows my mind, but the bloody thing was flat just because someone left the cabin light on. You couldn't make it up!
2026.9.14
Sometimes I just feel a bit down. Time just slips away before I even realise it. I feel pretty disappointed with basically everything I've done lately. To be honest, I’ve got this massive to-do list in my head, and top of the list is working on my English. But all I ever manage to do is memorise a few words on an app each day. Other stuff like writing or speaking practice never ends up happening on time. I keep telling myself I need to hit the sack early and get up early, but I always just end up doomscrolling on my phone in bed, wasting two solid hours. Today I sat in front of my Mac trying to get stuck into work, but I kept getting distracted by random, unimportant things. It’s been two years and my English still sucks. Any advice on what I should do?
2026.9.9
I’ve just realised that lately, everything’s been pissing me off out of nowhere—I’m just getting angry so easily. On top of that, I can't get anything done at work; I’m just playing games, doomscrolling, and thinking about literally anything except my job. I’ve even lost my temper at an AI agent. I can't stick to my plans, my memory's completely shot, and English words just aren't sticking. I've been really battling to pull myself out of this rut, but I feel like I've failed.
2026.9.6
Yesterday I headed out to Cherrybrook Metro station to get some photos of the cherry blossoms, but it clouded over by the time I got there. I ended up just wandering around the area for a bit before heading back into the city.
I had a movie lined up, so after killing some time in Cherrybrook, I caught the train to Town Hall. I still had about two hours to kill before the session started, so I just knocked around town.
The film was Terminator 2: Judgment Day—absolute classic. It was my first time seeing it on the big screen, and I was genuinely surprised by how well-behaved the crowd was. Not a single person on their phone, nobody talking.
Today, I checked out Sydney Contemporary. I only ended up going because I stumbled across a post about it on social media. The exhibition was incredible—it felt like literally everyone there was an artist. I was too shy to actually go up and chat with any of them, though.
After getting back home, I spent the rest of the day playing Resident Evil from broad daylight right through to the evening. Totally lost track of time.
2026.9.4
Out of the blue, I’ve recently gotten really into cooking Western food, so I popped down to the supermarket today to grab some ingredients. Honestly, I’m hopeless at spotting things. I did my best to track down everything on the recipe, but I had no luck and just kept walking straight past them. In the end, I gave up and used the app to pinpoint the exact aisles, and the whole grocery run ended up taking me nearly an hour.
2026.9.3
The sun was out today, but I had a pretty rough night’s sleep.
Woke up at seven and ended up just lying there until eight.
Honestly couldn’t tell you why I couldn't get my act together—the hour just completely slipped away.
Breakfast was nothing to write home about, the coffee was just average, just a totally run-of-the-mill morning.
Work was pretty chill, too. I knocked out an outline for my new story, prepped a few interview questions, and even found some downtime to read through what I bought yesterday.
Decided to head down to Hoyts for a movie. Saw a newly released crime flick called By Any Means. To be honest, I didn't really get the gist of it, mainly because I struggled to pick up a lot of the dialogue. I always backed my listening skills, but clearly I was kidding myself today, which left me feeling pretty deflated.
2026.9.2
I woke up around 7:00 AM today, but ended up lying in bed doomscrolling for over an hour before finally getting up at 8:21. For breakfast, I kept it simple with Greek yoghurt topped with crackers—pretty decent start to the day. Once that was sorted, I brewed myself a long black. Absolute non-negotiable for me; I can't function without coffee.
Realising I’ve been cooped up inside far too much lately, I decided to head out for a walk and get some fresh air.
My first stop was The Galeries to pick up a click-and-collect order for a classic: Lawrence of Arabia. While handing it over, the staff member mentioned how brilliant the film is. I laughed and told her the real clincher was finally scoring a ten-dollar discount on it.
From there, I popped into Kinokuniya upstairs. Out of nowhere, I’ve had this sudden urge to get into cooking—specifically Western food—so I picked up a solid recipe book, along with a comic I’ve been keen on, Batman: White Knight.
While browsing, I also stumbled across the screenplay for The Odyssey. When I took it to the counter, the cashier mentioned she’d caught the film down at Darling Harbour. She said that while it wasn’t quite the ultimate version the director intended, it was still a great watch. I told her I’d already seen it twice, including the 70mm screening over at the Hayden Orpheum.
She knew the cinema straight away. I mentioned I’d also been to the new IMAX at Darling Harbour, which looked incredible, but because the audio mix made half the dialogue impossible to catch, I figured I’d grab the script to finally dissect what everyone was actually saying. She had a laugh and agreed—classic Christopher Nolan territory, where the soundtrack is so blaring you can barely make out a word the characters say.
2026.7.19
我就是想做一个好梦
我喜欢电影，现实的生活有太多的无能为力，有太多的浮想联翩，所以我喜欢看电影，正了八经的做梦，开开心心的忘掉琐事。
那为什么不能去找一张舒服的床垫呢，所以我一直在寻找那个最极致的体验。
奥德赛16日上映以后先刷了GT，然后又看了70mm IMAX胶片，紧接着后一天又去看了一次70mm普通胶片。
很幸运这是唯一一次自己居住的城市有这些版本可以让我去选择，这次不做选择，全要。
我记得我之前在影博看黑暗骑士的崛起，在台湾美丽华看星际穿越，在科技馆看IMAX科教片。70mm IMAX的放映效果给我带来了无比的震撼，清晰、明亮，振聋发聩，流光溢彩。
所以这次奥德赛因为是全片IMAX摄影机拍摄，所以我对此有无限的幻想。
电影有太多的手持镜头，快速移动镜头和浅焦摄影，我三刷了这部片，越来越觉得，这样的拍法浪费了中画幅的大尺寸底片。
首先，太多虚焦的镜头了，人物的前后移动，剧烈动作，这些虚焦在全画幅底片上或许不明显，但是中画幅，而且又是在那么大的银幕上去放映，真的很灾难。而且，更要命的是，全景镜头也使用了大光圈拍摄，有的时候我都找不到焦点，我应该看哪，70mm IMAX 的银幕太大了，我没有坐在银幕的中心，所以我有的时候看到一大片糊了吧唧的人群，我以为咋了，结果发现画面的焦点在画面另一侧。
快速移动加上上浅景深，配合24帧的放映帧率，你想吧，我发誓我看不到一个完全实的内容。
此外就是亮度，从亮度上说，gt完全碾压了70mm，别的不说，在电影放映前影院用gt系统放了沙丘三的预告片，紧接着又放映了70mm沙丘三的4分钟独家片段，对比是显而易见的，首先在切换系统的时候，肉眼可见的亮度暗了一档，原本gt放映时锐利的定版字幕在70mm放映时也有一种独特的光晕感。
普通70mm的放映亮度反而给足了，在70mm IMAX放映时看不到的暗部细节，在普通70mm放映中看的非常清楚。而且，这种亮度上的光感和gr的亮度光感还不一样，gt给人一种科技美学，黑确实黑，亮确实亮，空间层次拉出来了，更像是我们在生活中对于光感的经验。但后来我意识到，这并不是胶片原本的呈现，这是hdr后的科技狠活。
普通70mm的亮度最高，高到暗部都有些发灰，但这反而给人了一种介质被照亮的感觉，不是看电视，不是看投影，而是光线透过赛璐珞投射到银幕上那种强烈的任何数字手段都很难去复制的光晕开的梦幻感受。
这是一种真实存在的厚重感。
说回亮度，对于奥德赛正片，夜戏在70mm IMAX的放映中简直是一团模糊，很多时候都看不清暗部细节和人物的表情。这就导致在低光场景我的视觉重心都产生了偏倚，有情节信息点的动作和表演竟然被忽略了。
高光场景，胶片那种独特的柔和感是唯一让人觉得舒服的地方，色彩艳丽而不扎眼，淡淡的光晕感是数字设备无法复原的观影体验。
我个人感觉，胶片版中如果没有特效镜头，应该没有使用di流程，因为很明显，有的时候一场戏每个镜头的亮度反差甚至色偏都不一样。甚至，因为普通70mm有画幅裁切，画面信息少了，好几场戏内部的反差和色彩差异更加明显。
很难说到底70mm胶片有没有清晰度的优势，我本身近视眼，我个人觉得很多远景镜头在gt观看时没有那么清楚的，70mm胶片同样不是很清楚。
人物特写镜头我在70mm IMAX的版本中看到了很多面部细节，但是我不确定这些在我第一次看的时候有没有也存在，只是我当时注意了别的地方。
声音上我不是专业的，三个放映系统我个人听感上，响度最低的是gt，高频有些爆，但是声音层次更突出，70 mm IMAX的还声突出也很夯，看到最后的时候整个人也听high了，而且由于画面亮度低，夜戏的时候主要还得靠音效来撑着。普通70mm的声音系统就主打一个量大管饱，低频开的足够低，我甚至有几个地方被震的气短。
有的时候在想，一部电影3个小时，再加上路途的世界，我图什么，对电影的热爱吗，对诺兰的热爱吗？
可能就是不服气吧，不服气科技的进步可以让我们放弃胶片，放弃胶片放映。我一直觉得电影应该像音乐的黑胶一样，有一种物理介质去承载，拿在手里是有重量的，不是那种随便点开随便暂停的短视频。
我不是说不拥抱科技的发展，通过这三场奥德赛之旅，我也完成了自己的奥德赛，科技的进步可以让观众获得更好的观影感受，更多的确定性，更少的人力消耗，以及更低的成本。
可能，奥德赛会成为胶片放映最后的狂欢吧，随着这些放映设备越来越老，也许我小时候看的70mm确实比现在的效果好，光源老化加上设备不可逆的磨损。稳定高效的激光放映设备，虽然不愿承认，但确实能呈现出更多的细节，并提供了更好的观影感受。
我喜欢胶片，胶片的笨重和复杂，可能就是对于辛勤劳动的电影创作者的一种对等尊重，我期待电影院里没有手机亮屏，没有屏摄的那一天。
我是不想忘记，不想忘记对一部电影长达一年的那种期待的心情，不想忘记那个拍电影需要专业和思考，放电影需要技术与经验，看电影需要尊重和情怀的那个时代。
大家坐在电影院里，是一种观众、影院和电影本身的一种共同营造出来的乌托邦。
我并不后悔我花了大量的的时间和金钱去完成了这次有些疯狂的奥德赛之旅，我期待未来的我也能像今天的我一样喜欢电影，也能像今天的我一样永不妥协，找到那最美的梦。
今天在我最后一场普通70mm的电影开始前，影院特地准备了10分钟的管风琴表演，大家鼓掌欢呼，气氛烘托到了极致，接着大幕拉开、银幕亮起，突然之间整个世界就安静了，
甚至你能听到后面来自放映室里，那放映机哒哒哒哒的运转声。
