The entertainment so far...

I feel I ought to be writing some paragraphs on the movie's I've seen recently. But most people have seen most of them and already know what it's all about. So perhaps this is more a list to keep track of what I've viewed:

Movies in the theater
- Whale Rider (this was quite a while ago. Two months. But I'm still remembering the strange sounds of the sea when Paikea lives up to her name as the whale rider.)

- American Wedding (since LK and I saw the first two American Pie movies, it would be apt to watch the third. ahem.)

- Pirates of the Carribean (how could anyone not watch this. heh.)

- Lara Croft: Cradle of Life (I play the games, might as well watch the movies.)

- S.W.A.T. (we'd just seen Phone Booth and The Recruit on DVD so it was a Colin Farrell marathon.)

- The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (watched this show one and a half times, due to inconvenient blackout.)

- The Medallion (not so good. Sorry, Jackie.)

- My Boss's Daughter (we watched about fifteen minutes of this and it was more than we could stomach.)

- The Italian Job (fun chase movie. Made me almost wish I were leaving the theater in a new Mini Cooper S instead of a Golf GTI. But my white rabbit is a good car. Like I said, almost wished.)

Movies on DVD
- The Colin Farrell marathon: The Recruit, Phone Booth

- Talk To Her (terrific film. Just terrific.)

- Bringing Down The House (this was good, fun comedy.)

- The Hunted (I'd watch most Benicio Del Toro movies. Go Benny of the bull!)

- When Harry Met Sally (got this at a good price in the Virgin store in NYC.)

- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (will not gush, will not gush.)

- Bowling For Columbine (we liked this. Made you sit up. Made me think of all the fellows in Singapore. Great gun control in the country, but almost every guy and a number of women know how to work an M-16. They know it but they don't yearn for it.)

- One Hour Photo (very good show. Cleverly and tastefully done.)

- Tadpole (watched this with Jenny who's recovering from shoulder surgery. Great movie. Loved the soundtrack, which was never made available. French songs and Adam Cohen singing Charles Aznavour's "She" in French. And I've discovered the British group Everything But The Girl at last. Anyone got good recommendations on their discography? I recall Van Tan once remarking how the name "Everything But The Girl" suggests the kind of emotion and expression you'll find in their music.)

Movies I would like to see
- Le Divorce (I like Paris. not a fan of Kate Hudson, but I like Paris and French music.)

- Under The Tuscan Sun (read the book, might as well see the movie. It's also starring Diane Lane, who was in The Outsiders, The Perfect Storm, A Walk On The Moon and Unfaithful. Oh, and this film is also about Italy. Italy.)

Note: There are several more movies I marked down in my Entertainment Weekly issue, the one with the fall movie preview. But it's sitting in my bedroom, and I'm lazy to go get it.

Movies I want to see but won't get to
- Turn left, turn right (starriing Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung, based on a lovely little Chinese book that I read over the summer. Thank you to my colleague Susan who gave me the soundtrack inspired by the book, which inspired me to pick up the book; and thank you to Desiree, who shares my enthusiasm for the book, the movie and Takeshi, and who'll get to see it this month in Singapore and who'll, I'm sure, tell me all about the movie I am missing.)

For anyone interested in reading about the author Jimmy, go here to his website (it's in Mandarin). His books have great water-colors, themes and lovely words (or at least, from what I make them out to be, they sound lovely).

And for those interested in the film itself, here's a website to visit (you have to wait a long time for it to load up. Thanks for this, Des!).

Posted by Monoceros at September 6, 2003 11:29 AM