Looks like these days I have plenty of free time. Cynthia and I did not plan to watch “Failure to Launch” and we bought the tickets out of spontaneousness. Have you ever watched a show that you enjoy while you are inside the cinema and totally have no recollection on plots or actings or whatsoever when you left the cinema? Ya, this is the kind of show.
“Crash” is an Oscar winning film and though Cynthia and my friend found the show so-so, I enjoyed it thoroughly. “Crash” painted the many facets of racial discrimination and delivered a plot that has many resolutions within the sub-stories while leaving many open-ended. To me, this movie is a rare gem.
“V for Vendetta” is a commercial film based on a short comic series. Cynthia, my friend, and I enjoyed it a lot. The script shines the most. The idea though conceptualized many years ago is still valid looking at the current affair of terrorism and the “authority”. Natalie Portman’s acting is good. And I especially like Hugo Weaving’s acting as V (Agent Smith from the Matrix, remember him?).
What “Ice Age 2” lacks of are an engaging plot and character development. The only thing that saved the movie from no star to perhaps 1 star is the small animal that is crazy over nuts.
Cynthia wanted to watch “Brokeback Mountain” and thanks to my friend from the office, I have borrowed the DVD that saved me from taking her to the cinema (and dragging my movie buddy along as well). To be fair, the movie is more than a gay cowboy show. But I can understand why many men may find it disgusting to see two men kissing and screwing each other on the screen (sorry, can’t use the word “love making”). Nevertheless, it is an Oscar winning film (I think) and if you can look beyond the intimacy between two men, it does have storyline on how these two men having their own normal love life – marriage and kids – and yet find time to spend with each other over 20 years. It is a love story that is nicely filmed. Too bad, I can’t relate to that.
“Tristan and Isolde” is an epic love story set in the Medieval Age when the Roman Empire just collapsed and Europe has fallen into the Dark Age. Tristan was from England and Isolde was from Ireland. I am more intrigued by the story itself rather than the acting and filming. Acting-wise, it is substandard. Filming-wise, well, I have seen much better ones like King Arthur and Troy. Sophia Myles played Isolde and she is just so adorable in the movie.