Elizabethtown (2005)

i'm back! :D (i'd die suffocated from the platypus nags if i don't make an entry here.. hehehehe..! but i still adore u hun ;P )

anyway, lets get back to business. i found out bout the movie from an ex-colleague who had been asking me like zillions of times as to whether Malaysia actually released this movie. I didn't know back then and i still don't know now (sorry dude... ) but it doesn't matter coz i've always have my *Movie Recycle Centre* to lean on :D

Orlando Bloom (and man! he really bloomed..! :P ) and Kirsten Dunst (i just love her in this flick!) starred in this movie. Oukay... imagine this... you screwed up big time with a wayyyyyyyy established, multi zillion sport related company (think Nike, or was it Adidas? :P) and you got fired. on your way out of the building, you bumped into your girlfriend and you asked her "do you love me?" and she replied "Yes" (with a *i think i love you* face) like with 5 minutes delay. and when you reached home, your sister called to inform you that "Dad has passed away". Three unlucky strikes in a row. In one day. Consecutively. I'd go insane for an unknown duration of time if it was me. Though probably that would happen in reality to most of us, but the movie shows you sometimes we should take things one at a time, rationally.

Essentially, the movie is about how people exert with what life has to offer as well as enduring the death of someone loved by everybody, and coping with the imprinted tragedy. There are also threads of heart warming gestures that soften the unmelodious tunes, with a touch of sweet originality craziness :)

What i love most about this movie is the scripts/lines/quotes. i think they are refreshing, original and captivating. Lines like "I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember", "You shouldn't be the substitute for anybody" or even "Is there such a thing as partial cremation?" (oh, i literally rolling on the floor, laughing because of this ;) ) and dozens others.

Here's the trailer :



Rating : 9/10

Ginger snaps

Another steaming pile of dung I watched for this blog. Yeuuuchhh ! bad crap this. Picture Beverly Hills 90210 + Slither + a-lot-of-other-cliched-horror movies is what this movie really amounts to. It's the story about sisters Ginger and Brigitte journey into adulthood. This show was supposedly well received by critics and it's really a mystery to me why. The teenage angst, brooding teenager without a care angle has been done to death and should have really been left where it was lying -> six feet under ! Ginger might be overflowing with teenage angst but she sure ain't no Shannon.

Somehow director's John Fawcett's ploy of using lycantrophy as a metaphor for puberty failed to register with me to. All in all, it could have been done so much more elegantly. Lots of plot lines were left hanging and actors felt like cardboard stand ins than humans. What happened to the parents ? Heck there are so many "what happened to"s I am not even going to waste your time or mine here. In the end what you end up with is a feeling of disenchantment and I was there grumbling looking at the time I just poured into this piece of crap wishing that ginger would die her inevitable death (yes you could see it 10 miles coming) and shut her trap already !!

Score : 3/10

Trailer :

The aviator 2004

This show had two things going against it from the start :

1. I don't really dig into auto biographies. Too depressing to see someone great reduced to the shell of a person from where they started for me.

2. I don't really dig Leo Caprio.

Well, well, well I was pleasantly surprised by this offering from Sorcese. The close to two hours of this show just flew by and the life story of a certain mr Howard Hughes was told from an interesting perspective from his victories to the demons that haunt him. Two performances that stand out here for me are Leo's Howard Hughes ( surprise again ! ) and the ever lovely Cate Blanchette's uncanny portrayal of Katherine Hepburn. They really brought life to their characters and the whole show is left on their able shoulders. Kudos !

For me a biography succeeds if the movie makes you at least curious to find out about the protagonist featured and sparks an interest in his passions and motivation, if that is the case then The Aviator succeeds with flying ( pun intended ) colors here !

8.5/10

Trailer :



Check out this interview with Leo regarding his role :