300. whatever you've heard about the movie is pretty much true. Great graphics, a little bit of a mystical/fantasy aura to it, very nicely done, and tons of half naked guys with six-packs running around everywhere, woot! it's no wonder that iranians are mad about it though. the movie's portrayal of the persians was just plain freaky.
Anyways, i'm itching to type, so thought i'd post a commentary about the 10 movies that I think are great. i'm definitely not a movie buff, there are tons of movies i should watch but haven't, and i'm not particularly good at analysing plots or performances or whatnot. but still, just wanted to mention some movies that are pleasurable to watch. the type of movies yang no matter how many times they show it on astro, you'd still watch them over and over again. let's see if we have any in common, yeah?
in no particular order:
1.My Little Bride
Back in school, i had caught on to the korean movie fever(thanx to sal, aiman, anna, chim and the rest,heh). i don't keep up with korean movies anymore, but back then i came across this movie, and bought the vcd. one word to describe it. SWEET!(as in the cutesy-girlie sweet, not the sweet like how ashton kutcher said it in 'dude, where's my car?). I just find it such a charming(if a bit illogical) movie. Moon Geun-yeong was the epitome of cute.
2.Finding Nemo
I defy anyone not to like this movie. How can you NOT like it? it's hilarious. Finding nemo, in my opinion may be one of the best childrens' movie EVER(is this too strong a statement?).
3.The Italian Job
I've never watched the original one, the one starring michael caine made in the sixties tu, so i can't really compare and determine which one is better. But either way, i think the movie is fun. i guess it's just average in terms of plot, nothing specacular about it ke ape, but i enjoy it immensely. i find it tons more entertaining than other movies that are similar, like ocean's twelve, for example.
4.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
One of those rare movies where jim carrey acts normal. The soundtrack rocks. i like this one because honestly, who wouldn't want to forget someone and erase them out of their life at some point?
5.Alice in Wonderland
'"The time has come", the walrus said, "to talk of many things. of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings"...(the last part i forgot/couldn't understand). There are a few adaptations of the story, but i like the disney animation best. I like how there are biscuits and sweets that can make you really tall or really small. plus, a sly fat purple-striped tabby is always interesting.
6.Pride and Prejudice
This movie appeals to my secret, deeply hidden, rarely seen(or so i'd like to think) jiwang side, heh :p Besides the fact that everyone's accent is lovely, i guess it's interesting because it manages to give a prim and proper yet touching portrayal of the classic tale of falling in love surprisingly with the person you thought you hated. sountrack is brilliant.
7.Dracula:Dead and Loving It
funny,funny,funny! Watch it, if you've yet to do so. Full of obvious and blatant humour(what else can you expect from Leslie Nielson?), this one memang rocks my socks off.
funny scenes:
1.Renfield: [running after Dracula]Master!MASTER!......I mean, mister,mister!
2.Jonathan Harker:[talking about Lucy, who got bitten by Dracula] She's alive??'
Van Helsing: She is Nosferatu.
Jonathan Harker: She's Italian??
Heh. maybe only those who have watched the movie will get why it's funny.
8.Amelie
Kakak's favourite movie, kalau tak silap. i haven't watched it in quite a while, so i've forgotten a chunk of scenes, but the movie really is lovely. Audrey Tautou plays her part superbly, and Mathieu kassovitz is cute. i completely encourage anyone who hasn't watched it yet to do so. It's poignant!
9. Back to the Future(all three installations)
Christopher lloyd and Michael J Fox are the perfect combination. Don't need words to describe it.
10.Monsters, Inc.
The other best kids' movie besides finding nemo. I dig the originality of the movie(in terms of the whole monster-in-the-cupboard adjoined to a whole monster city concept and using screams as an energy source, etc). Billy crystal was fab.
Mike Wazowski: Roz, my tender oozing blossom, you're looking fabulous today. Is that a new haircut? tell me it's a new haircut. It's got to be a new haircut. New makeup? you had a lift? You had a tuck? You had something? Something has been inserted in you that makes you look like a....listen, i need a favor.
So there you go. Movies i would very much like to watch but haven't had the chance to do so:
1. The Breakfast Club
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Kill Bill
4. Lost in Translation
5. The Godfather
Any other movie that should be added to the list?
9 comments:
ateqss.... i LOOOOOOOOVE THIS POST. you dont know how crazy i am about movies. i mean, i practically would watch all movies in the world ( okay bukan sume la) if had the time and chance. its my father's lah. he influenced me. heheh
i miss the korean fanatic days back in semashur. i dunno wether you were there or not, but there was one time most of our batch girls line up at the bilik tv and we watched my tutor friend. and it was hilarious! i can still feel the moment of laughter and everything right now. haha
you nak tgk breakfast club ke? car yg tercepat n tersenang is ko tgk kat library sunway. they have the copy of breakfast. in fact, i tgk it there and it was cool. okay la fine x selesa but yeah, this is an option. (see how crazy i am about movies, library pun akoo tgk movie). hehe
you shud wtch the inside man. i think that is pretty good. i think la. and the holiday pun best. but ateqs, though akoo sker gak tgk citer jiwang2 nih, akoo x sker tgk pride and prejudice. maybe because of cerite tu lambat sangat or maybe its the pirated cd. oh well. hehee
sorry la panjang sgt. movie rocks my socks!! (hihi)
too late anna,I saw the embarassment.ehehe.
yay i love movies too!!And you should watch the breakfast club.Its an honest movie.
My brother says lost in translation is a cool movie.Bill murray with scarlett johanasson kalau x silap.I havent watched it yet too.
There is this one particular movie which i like so much.The miracle worker.i watched it on disney years ago.Nice.
signs.
i like the fact they combine suspense with comedy.a bit of humour is necessary in times of crisis.
how about cite melayu ateqs? and hindustan?and chinese?
tgkla my choice, but not in particular order of preference, more like category-wise.
english;
horror:the it? my wife is an axe murderer(cite lama lupe title)
comedy:night at the museum
thriller/suspense:signs
animation: nemo
romance: notting hill( must be the accent)
muzical: sound of music,drumline(nh kire ke?)
fantasy:lady in the water
drama:catch me if you can,the bourne identity
18SG:kill bill,300( baru masuk)
malay
drama:spinning gasing?( even tho its singaporean, but ellie suriaty's in it so kirelah)
comedy:buli balik,gile-gile pengantin remaja( serious, tak tipu).
jiwang: toll gate girl
hindustan
dil to pagal hai for madhuri dixit.
mohabbatein for the songs.
kuch kuch hota hai,fanaa, mujhse dosti karoge for the storyline.
korean
daisy
chinese
-i need you ( andy lau and sammy cheng), fly me to polaris
-the drunken master,police story,infernal affairs I.
-rob-b-hood
FORREST GUMP.
lupe nak tambah.
one inch above signs in the ranking.
i like citer "i need you" tu. ive been watching it for like 100 times pun x boring. btw i think yg citer horror yg nani maksudkan tu is "My Wife is an Axe Murderer". They show it here last week.
ateqs biler ko nak delete double comment akoo? huuuu
anna:wakaka, sorry it took so long, but i had no idea how to remove a comment!rupenye ur just supposed to click the little tong sampah at the bottom of the comment. i went and go to 'edit posts',heh. sorry,my bad.
anna the movie freak!yeah,man. ahah, i wasn't there when you guys watched my tutor friend kat bilik tv, but there was this time during spm, during raye season, cikgu nik and ustaz poji buat open house kat rumah dieorg, and while we ate 'my tutor friend' was showing on tv. i liked it so much, i got the vcd for that too!i love the part when the teacher tu baru nak start the first class, she was waitig for the guy to come home. so when she overheard him arguing with his mom about having tuition, she leaned towards the door to listen. skali the guy pegi bukak pintu and bumped her in the head.WAKAKA!I thought that was so funny, terus pegi beli vcd :p
ooh,sunway has the breakfast club yeah? awesome. hey anna, tahu tak skarang allow students to borrow and bring home dvds too? i must check out their selections sometime, i've yet to do so.
ooh, inside man,the one with clive owen?clive owen is HOT!heh. thanx for the recommendation. ko tak suke pride and prejudice anna?!*gasps*.how could u not?!nah, just kidding. i guess it's not a movie for everyone. byk sgt ckp, too little action,maybe,wakaka.
'i need you'? andy lau ah? hmm. must take a look.
aijud:embarassment?mane ade?takde pon ape2 yang mengembarasskan anna kat sini?(heh, nak try cover)
yea la aijud, i really want to watch the breakfast club too. there's this guy whose blog i read, he absolutely adores it. siap beli movie poster and everything.
yup, bill murray and scarlet johanssen. lost in translation earned an oscar nomination for best director for sofia ford coppola, did u noe? apparently she was the first white female director to be nominated or something. aisy. must watch. someday.
nani: signs?the mel gibson alien flick,right?. oklah,oklah, m. night shaymalan's films scare me, but i'll watch it if it shows on astro again.
i don't like horror movies, so i will abaikan the movie recommended there :p notting hill was nice, but not so memorable for me. i think 'you've got mail' was better. but still,hugh grant is always likeable. drumline was intresting, of course it's like most of those other movies that are based on some sort of talent(e.g.:dance, ballet,etc).plot was weak(in my opinion),but still entertaining when it came to the performance/competition parts!
ooh,i've never watched catch me if you can or the bourne identitiy. good ah? julia stiles is also in it kan? or was that just for the bourne supremacy?
spinning gasing, terlupe that movie. it's quite good, i may say, one of the better local movies. the soundtrack was great!!aisy, i bought last time in cassette but dah rosak. i've been hoping i'd find it again ever since.
hindustan movies are ok, quite enjoyable if ur not the cynical, pessimistic, scoffs-at-all-that-are-illogical kind. kabhi kushi kabhi gham made me cry buckets. blek.
mujhe dosti karoge is which one ah? sounds so familiar.
forrest gump! u noe i was just thinking that day, the last time i watched it, i wasn't matang enough to appreciate the movie properly. must watch again and digest it better.
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