Sunday, February 08, 2009
3 Movies in A Row and Primary Sch days
Benjamin Button got me thinking, what if my life is like him? That is, I grow younger by the minute and die as a baby? I wouldn't have mind actually. At least the hard part of aging is over first. And you know, u can get more energy by the minute to do the stuff u want in the future. And dying as a baby is pretty! At least u die with good skin =) But then again, I won't want to fall in love with someone who has normal aging process. It is painful to know that u only have a period of time whereby u are compatible to your partner and each one of u are heading to different directions in life. I won't want to be Daisy (Cate Blanchett). The movie is extremely sad at the end lah, whereby u see Daisy hugging a baby, knowing that the baby has forgotten who she was and that u guys will never be the same again.
Too bad I think they sort of skim through the last years of Benjamin's life. But then again, Jul and I were already sitting in the theatre for more than 3 hrs that our butts hurt and probably it is not a good idea to NOT skim through those last years.
Btw, Cate Blanchett has really amazing flawless skin. Hmm, SKII really helps her huh? Not that she is not a beauty..... I think she has this timeless beauty aura in her that the more she ages, the more beautiful she looks.
The Reader arouses totally different emotions in me. I feel so sad for Hannah. She was ashamed of a secret, and she was willing to pay her whole life to keep that secret. And the affair affected Michael deeply... the second part of the movie aches me immersely, with all the emotions flying around the movie, I was close to tears when Hannah died. I totally feel for Kate Winslet, and I really hope she gets the award that she rightfully deserves.
Not to mention Ralph Finnes, the adult Michael, who lived his life in pain and yet having to put a strong face to living his life. He was actually acting as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter films, so I never realised that he can be such a good actor =)
**Actually, on a random note, I really REALLY hope Heath is going to win the Best Supporting Actor for Oscars because the last time I checked, he pretty much won every award (He won the Screen Actors' Guild or SAG btw, which is also a huge award. Left with Bafta which is happening later today) and has the loudest cry for award from the public =D
Btw, just to make clear of something. I am doing this blog entry not because I am trying to showcase I am a great movie critic, or show that I have better taste in movies or whatsoever ideas that u may have that indirectly means that I am hao lian or arrogant. I am doing this blog entry because I am really affected by these movies (in particular The Reader) and have many thoughts running through my head. I am really interested in these shows and is not trying to make myself sound more artistic.
Well, being the Oscars month this month, there are simply too many shows to watch. My list to watch was:
1. Milk (missed it)
3. Changeling (think I missed it too)
5. The Wrestler (maybe)
6. Revolutionary Road
8. Slumdog Millionaire (maybe)
9. Frost/ Nixon (maybe)
Pretty much I am less than halfway there.... normally this is the month I really go broke (the other month is june, for the summer blockbusters) due to the numerous number of shows that is MUST WATCH. Definitely the one movie I have to watch is Revolutionary Road, with the 2 actors I really want to see them together. And I am extremely curious with what's the hype with Slumdog Millionaire!
Anyway, I realised that Revolutionary Road is really totally snubbed from Oscars and I really don't understand why. I think I have to watch the show first before understanding the reason behind it.
And maybe I can do a little "My faves" in the category... they are in yellow
Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader (for obvious reasons)
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk (He won the SAG, and honestly speaking, I think he's the better actor than Brad)
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (He is really good lah.)
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Doubt (I actually like her. She's cool! And she was the actress in Enchanted... haha! What is difference!)
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
And yah btw, this years' Oscars is going to be host be Hugh Jackman! Haha, it's going to be interesting...
Alright, tml's the grammys. Will wake up early for it.
Btw, yesterday while Zoe, Jul and I were at Vivo, we went to try out Estee's new vibrating mascara (thanks viv)... haha it is not bad and it's onl $50 bucks, which is not expensive if u consider carefully. The girl who did my lashes was very nice... haha. She was telling us how her colleagues and her were 'playing and fooling' around with it when they have gotten the sample but weren't due to be released yet. The wand is rather interesting. It starts vibrating when you twist it open, unlike the Lancome one which I am sure that there is a button on the handle for u to press to activate the vibration. I would personally prefer the button method because at least I have the choice of not having the vibration when I want to. But anyway, the effect is quite nice. No matter how perfect your lashes are, I guess a mascara that does better than your previous one is always nice =) I am not going to complain about having 'too perfect' lashes even if I am happy with what I have.
By the way, for Zoe's sake, I checked out the mascara with a ball tip le. It is from Givenchy, and it's rather interesting actually. And the effect, according to the show, is actually quite good. But the wand really looks like a weapon. (And ok, I am going to stop talking about mascaras now if I can help it. I kinda feel like these 2 entries make me sound like a bimbo....)
And yesterday we talked about certain things (such as the kind of people we hate), trying to understand some other issues that we couldn't understand, Zoe's hate on roses on V day (haha, I prefer gerberas anytime) and then we were thinking about primary school days and were laughing so hard on the train back... Talking about people such as Alan and his 'brother', Raymond, Vivian (a guy classmate), Eng Hwee and his elephant apple, Suat Suat, Eng Keong, Rainer, Darius (the ah kua ah kua one), Fu Zhi Qi (I still remember his full name), Colin (I used to call him dictionary and I remembered he used to love Hanson), Ruifen, Huifen/ Weiyun, An Qi, Edwin, Yan Leng (the last time he saw me he almost fell off a step... wahahhaha) and last but not least, ARJUN!!! And his red macdonald lunchbox who want to go to RI.... almakz! Haha! What good memories we had. =D
Cheerios! It's the great film season! And a good "thinking back" season!
**Btw, thanks to jul for the sleeping mask and the other masks u bought! =D
