February 2009
9 posts
The Reader
Date watched: 6 February 2009
I’ve been wanting to watch this movie, because it intrigued me in ways more than one, for the fact that it portrayed Nazi officers as human too, the fact that it contained the story of a much older woman who had an affair with a very young boy, the fact that it co-starred the handsome Ralph Fiennes.
Yet, it wasn’t Ralph Fiennes who intrigued me in this...
Rachel Getting Married
Date watched: 4 February 2009
One of the worst movies I’ve watched of late (Although The Wedding Game still takes the cake), Rachel Getting Married is a dark, yet aimless, plotless movie, starring Anne Hathaway. What a huge let down it was, after Bride Wars the previous day.
Anne Hathaway, to be fair, did give a pretty good performance as a drug addict who was in rehabilitation, who had...
Bride Wars
Date watched: 3 February 2009
I watched this with friends, Lu Yee and Hendri, and it really surprised me. A fun and funny movie, this show really takes a dig at girls who take weddings a tad too seriously. I am not the type of girl who wants a big, lavish wedding (when my time comes), nor am I the type who wants to try to outdo every other girl in the area of details of the wedding ceremony and...
Doubt
Date watched: 2 February 2009
Recommended by my colleague, Alex, who is a movie buff, I went in to the cinema with very high expectations already. Yet another movie that I watched alone.
With Meryl Streep leading the cast, I had no less than stellar expectations, I suppose. But the rest of the cast, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, just completely blew me away too. Hell, even the...
The Wedding Game
Date watched: 1 February 2009
A local Singaporean production by a Thai director, this movie stars popular celebrity couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee. It’s quite a blah story, about a pair of celebrities who cannot stand each other, but have to stage a romance for the sake of dispelling rumours and increasing their popularity.
What pissed me off about this movie was that the actors...
Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson
Date read: 26 January 2009
I rarely read romance novels, but this book attracted me because of it’s strange storyline, involving an “imaginary friend” and his ward. Apparently, being an imaginary friend is a career, to some. I guess this part of the book requires some acceptance of magic and fantasy.
The imaginary friend leaves the girl when she is 9, and promises her that she...
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Date read: 25-26 January 2009
This book is about a girl who was conceived by her parents (with the help of a geneticist), purely for the sake of her leukemia-ridden sister, who needed her cells, blood, and bone marrow (and later kidney) to survive.
It sparked off many thoughts in my mind -
How can the parents do this, and claim that they love both children equally?
Would you do this for your...
Ip Man
Date watched: 12 January 2009
One of the best Kungfu movies I’ve watched in a long long time. I caught this movie alone, I think.
The story was good, the action was great. What’s not to like?
While the movie was like many other kungfu action movies I’ve watched in the past, this carries a story of national pride, importance of family, and also much humour. I guess it’s...
Watch, Read, and Log
Have been toying with the idea of writing a bit about the movies I watch, and the books I read, since I’ve been doing so much of both, recently (maybe more movies than books) Haha.
Perhaps someone will find this useful. :)
If any one wants to catch a movie together, I’ll most likely be up for it. Just drop me a message! ;) Let me know of any interesting books too!