mercoledì, ottobre 20, 2004
:: chicago - a review ::finally, i watched chicago, starring the sizzling hot catherine zeta jones, the equally chilli padi-hot renée zellweger and a sexy (but very old) richard gere. i really would have preferred this to be a musical rather than a movie-broadway mix. the songs are all quite nice, and the dance movements are exquisite. sometimes when i watch these shows... or watch people dancing (especially like tango and salsa) i get a very tiny little wisp of inspiration and desire to dance like they do. muahaha... in other words, to take up dancing lessons... erm but i'm quite paiseh to do that... hehe will put this thought into my long list of KIVs. what i've learnt from chicago is: the power of the media is limitless and that fame is a very very fickle lady.
:: amores perrros - a review ::
also finally, i watched this show... loosely translated, it means 'dog lovers'... erm but there isn't really much about dogs and lovin' going on in the movie... it's about how three stories (that have got dogs in them) and how they are intertwined by a motor accident. this movie won a major award... but i am really not too good at appreciating it. the director shows a myriad of emotions, of how love leads to pain and suffering and from within, a certain sort of enlightenment. the movie's a tad too long... at 2h40min... of nothingmuch going on.
here's a closer take: the first is the story of a teenager (who has a kid) trapped in an abusive marriage. her husband is a burglar and beats her up periodically. meanwhile, her brother-in-law, who takes care of the family dog, loves her and keeps asking her to : vete conmigo (go away with me). in an attempt to raise money, he brings his dog to dogfights... and soon, cofi (the dog) is winning him loads of money (enough to buy a car!). the second story revolves around a man who divorces his wife and abandons his children to be with his mistress, the 'most beautiful model in iberia' (northern spain) at that time. the third is the story of an ex-guerilla, now homeless and drifting in the streets, occasionally 'off-ing' someone off for some money. his only companions are the wild dogs.
ok... then... bam! the accident happened while the brother-in-law was fleeing from a dog fight with his friend, because the opponent had unfairly shot his beloved dog... and he had retaliated by gutting their leader... the model is also involved in the accident... (her dog was in the car too) she becomes seriously injured, and her leg eventually had to amputated! the ex-guerilla's trash cart was a bit smashed up as well. after the ambulance rescued all the people in the accident, he brought cofi home. eventually, the model is discharged and returns to her new home, having to cope with the devastating news... and to top it off, her dog falls into his hole in the parquet... cofi soon recovers and one day, after the ex-guerilla came home, realised that he had killed ALL his other strays!!!!! meanwhile, the brother-in-law discovers that his sister-in-law and abusive husband had taken off with all his money! finally, the ex-guerilla realised how wrong he was in abandoning his family for his 'quest' and calls up to apologise to the daughter he had never spoken to before. and instead of killing the man he was asked to off, he detained him in his home and soon was glad that he didn't kill him, cuz the man who actually claimed that his man was his associate is actually his half-brother...
anyway...
now that everyone's very confused (me included) the credits finally start to roll...
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