La Vie En Rose (2007)

I’m not really a fan of biographies, more so for eulogy. How is it fair to summarise one’s life, if they’ve lived for so many years of happiness and pain, to have it summarised into a book of five hundred odd pages or a movie of two and a half hours? How fair is it to be judged on one addiction, one climax, one eye-catching moment of your life, only to have the rest of it overlooked with casual opinions passed on from one medium to another? Or is it, in truth, we’re only living for that one moment?

Thanks to this movie, I got to know about the life story about Edith Piaf, probably one of the greatest popular french singer ever.

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Factory Girl (2006)

Suspect X (2008)

In Bruges (2008)

I like long weekends. Everyone seems happier on the day before the long weekend hits. I see only smiles and laughter on the streets.

Glorious weekend. There isn’t a need to make plans just because there’s a need for plans. =)

It’s a constant battle going on within, between ideals that you’ve picked up from here, from there, from everywhere. The one that wins, you try to believe it as if it’s your own. But really, there’s a whole bunch of other reasons how it won on that day.

very brilliant movie. seemingly simple but so much hidden between the lines. Woody Allen styled…maybe even better.

watching movies is a luxury of time. better than gold. movies i’ve watched the past week:

Garden State (2004)

Kento recommended this movie. I think it’s a good movie. Lighthearted and leaves some room for thought.

Okuribito (2008)

I think this movie won Best Foreign Film this year. Never mind the accolades, it’s a good movie, worthy of any award it garners. It’s heartwarming and provides a good insight into a profession most people shuns.

Bad Guy a.k.a Nabbeun Namja (2001)

Another Kim Ki-duk’s work. It’s my second movie by this director after Mijung’s recommendation. The first was Shi-gan and it left me feeling very sombre. This one, I felt surprisingly calm at the end of the movie, which is not necessarily a good thing. Perhaps there are certain cultural attributes that are lost when viewing this movie using English subtitles, wish I could understand Korean though. I guess, this isn’t really my style of movie.

Taken (2008)

Action-Thriller type of movie.

Zeitgeist (2007)

A free-to-distribute movie that questions Christianity, the 9/11 and the global economy. It’s a good docu-movie that attempts to give you the other side of the coin through its carefully chosen theories and explanations. In my opinion, it’s a dangerous movie to watch if you’re not opinionated enough to make your own judgement.

Tony Takitani (2004)

Based on Haruki Murakami’s short story, this movie is a delicate and intricately carved piece of art. It’s calm, it’s tranquil. He attempts to paint the world of loneliness that Haruki Murakami fabricates, and how beautifully he managed it. Love it or hate it.

寂寞不是因为身边没有很多人

寂寞是当你在这么多人当中找不到某种共鸣与默契

The first time i got to know about this movie was when i saw the colorful movie poster hanging on the plainest of walls in adm. it’s loud and looks interesting. Despite my disdain for death metal and visual kei, this movie is a treat. It’s hilarious, it’s lively and that’s good enough for today.