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movies, and a random thought
Oct. 16th, 2006 09:36 amRandom thought, which has been bouncing around in my head for ages now but I only just felt like expressing it now: When we're kids, we're taught that if we do something wrong, we should say sorry, which means we feel bad about having done the wrong thing and won't do it again. But really, when most people say sorry they're not sorry for what they did, they're sorry that what they did made you angry/upset, or at worst they're sorry that they have to apologise to you. When we say sorry there's always both an element of truth and untruth to it. By the time we say sorry we're always sorry for something but very rarely for what the other person wanted us to be sorry for.
ok, and now onto lighter things. Lately I have been seeing many many movies. Without further ado, a quick review:
Dead or Alive
Let me make one thing clear: If you go into this movie expecting it to be good, or to have anything other than a paper-thin plot, you will be sorely disappointed. If you go in expecting gratuitous shots of mostly naked hot girls and extremely unrealistic physics and plot devices, then this is the movie for you. I had a lot of fun in this one, despite being of the male-loving persuasion and there not being any hot guys in the movie.
Summary: If bad movies make you laugh you should see it
The Devil Wears Prada
I saw this one with Cecile and David and no doubt Cecile, with her costumer's sensibilities, got a lot more from this than I did. But despite my lack of fashion sense I still got hooked on the story of a budding journalist learning how to cope with a dragon lady for a boss. I thought the ending was a bit stupid, but otherwise it was all good.
Summary: Gorgeous clothing and feelgood plot
Step Up
The story of a punk kid who ends up partnering a girl at an elite dance school for her dance composition, and in the process learns that dance is what's important to him. And of course they fall in love too. Channing Tatum is hot as the lead guy, and the dance scenes are excellent. Unlike Centre Stage, this is actually a dance movie, not just a drama that happens to have dancing in it.
Summary: Watch it, and then sign up for a dance class!
Snakes on a (Motherfucking) Plane
I was kinda disappointed by this one actually. I went in expecting to laught at the stupidity of the movie, but found the gratuitous gore and 'ewwww' factor to be a bit much. There were places where I was just plain grossed out rather than laughing at the lack of realism. Overall though it was exactly what I expected it to be. And yes, I'm also sick of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.
Summary: holy motherfucking snakes, batman!
Thank You for Smoking
I loved every minute of this. The main guy is so cynical, everyone around him (except his son) is equally cynical, and yet they manage to produce this comedy which is hilarious and that simultaneously fails to take a stance on the issue of smoking, leaving it up to us to judge his morality or lack thereof. Interestingly enough, I don't think the movie featured a single scene where anyone was actually smoking.
Summary: Clever and kinda mean funny, but you can't help admiring it
Zatoichi
The story of a blind masseur who also just happens to be a master swordsman. Where he goes, violence always inevitably follows, even though he's never the one to start it. I found the plot to be somewhat artsy in places, veering into the silly and/or pointless occasionally. The actual combat scenes felt a bit gratuitous too, with way too much killing and the almost Tarantino-esque fountains of blood. I blame my friend Zhe for hyping this up too much for me, as it's a good movie but not an amazing one.
Summary: Good but weird and random in that way foreign films tend to be
She's the Man
Channing Tatum is hot once again. The rest is just chick flick and rehashing the tired old gender and identity-swapping plot. I've realised that the reason I tend not to like chick flicks is because they inevitably have the train-wreck scene, where the protagonist is set up for maximal awkwardness and embarrassment. I have too much empathy to watch those scenes and do anything but squirm in uncomfortable sympathy for the situation, even though I know that she'll get her happy ending eventually.
Summary: Watch it for Channing Tatum, nothing else is new.
ok, and now onto lighter things. Lately I have been seeing many many movies. Without further ado, a quick review:
Dead or Alive
Let me make one thing clear: If you go into this movie expecting it to be good, or to have anything other than a paper-thin plot, you will be sorely disappointed. If you go in expecting gratuitous shots of mostly naked hot girls and extremely unrealistic physics and plot devices, then this is the movie for you. I had a lot of fun in this one, despite being of the male-loving persuasion and there not being any hot guys in the movie.
Summary: If bad movies make you laugh you should see it
The Devil Wears Prada
I saw this one with Cecile and David and no doubt Cecile, with her costumer's sensibilities, got a lot more from this than I did. But despite my lack of fashion sense I still got hooked on the story of a budding journalist learning how to cope with a dragon lady for a boss. I thought the ending was a bit stupid, but otherwise it was all good.
Summary: Gorgeous clothing and feelgood plot
Step Up
The story of a punk kid who ends up partnering a girl at an elite dance school for her dance composition, and in the process learns that dance is what's important to him. And of course they fall in love too. Channing Tatum is hot as the lead guy, and the dance scenes are excellent. Unlike Centre Stage, this is actually a dance movie, not just a drama that happens to have dancing in it.
Summary: Watch it, and then sign up for a dance class!
Snakes on a (Motherfucking) Plane
I was kinda disappointed by this one actually. I went in expecting to laught at the stupidity of the movie, but found the gratuitous gore and 'ewwww' factor to be a bit much. There were places where I was just plain grossed out rather than laughing at the lack of realism. Overall though it was exactly what I expected it to be. And yes, I'm also sick of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.
Summary: holy motherfucking snakes, batman!
Thank You for Smoking
I loved every minute of this. The main guy is so cynical, everyone around him (except his son) is equally cynical, and yet they manage to produce this comedy which is hilarious and that simultaneously fails to take a stance on the issue of smoking, leaving it up to us to judge his morality or lack thereof. Interestingly enough, I don't think the movie featured a single scene where anyone was actually smoking.
Summary: Clever and kinda mean funny, but you can't help admiring it
Zatoichi
The story of a blind masseur who also just happens to be a master swordsman. Where he goes, violence always inevitably follows, even though he's never the one to start it. I found the plot to be somewhat artsy in places, veering into the silly and/or pointless occasionally. The actual combat scenes felt a bit gratuitous too, with way too much killing and the almost Tarantino-esque fountains of blood. I blame my friend Zhe for hyping this up too much for me, as it's a good movie but not an amazing one.
Summary: Good but weird and random in that way foreign films tend to be
She's the Man
Channing Tatum is hot once again. The rest is just chick flick and rehashing the tired old gender and identity-swapping plot. I've realised that the reason I tend not to like chick flicks is because they inevitably have the train-wreck scene, where the protagonist is set up for maximal awkwardness and embarrassment. I have too much empathy to watch those scenes and do anything but squirm in uncomfortable sympathy for the situation, even though I know that she'll get her happy ending eventually.
Summary: Watch it for Channing Tatum, nothing else is new.
