Me & my Movies
Saturday, March 11, 2006
♥ Saturday, March 11, 2006
This blog's written while my brother is watching Moulin Rouge. Man, Ewan Mcgregor is super talented. I do not remember the composer of the songs sung to be of any high popularity, as compared to Hans Zimmer (remember Deliver Us in Prince Of Egypt? Or Face Off? Or Broken Arrow? Or Batman Begins? Those were by him. Hans Zimmer somehow has an amazing flair to bring out the power in a movie. Soundtrack of Last Samurai...remember
that?) but i loved the Elephant Love Medley, and 'Your Song', the 'remix'.
Today, i am headed to Hong Kong. I guess it doesnt feel as spectacular when you;ve just been to a foreign country a week ago. Hmm..this week's quite a slack one. ok, if anyone's asking whats with the face, basically i fell. Nuff said. Whats on my mind, however are the Oscars.
I'll try to put this to the best of how my memory serves me, so dont take offense to any erm...discrepancies.
I think what actually got me thinking was not so much that it was the season of the Oscars, but just movies in general. There is a certain fascination about movies: i believe there are truths to themes, to the captivation, to the charisma of the actor or actress..etc etc. There are so many things in movies that the term "entertainment" just dont do justice to. I shant bring up movies mentioned in my previous posts la, otherwise not very interesting also.
ok, check out Training Day! Denzel Washington won an Oscar( cant remmeber which year) for Best Actor, in his first 'villain' role. I don exactly know what are the criterion for being a "best actor", but Denzel Washington's character was by far one of the most intense i have ever seen. John Travolta, on the other hand, is un-rivalled as the most charismatic portrayal of evil. Though that is in my perspectives, i doubt many would beg to differ. Check out John Woo's 'Face Off' and 'Broken Arrow'. Check out 'Swordfish'. He is so sexily ruthless, you'd actually want the bad guy to win! haha.
Tom Hanks, Best Actor, Forrest Gump. Also nuff said. No one plays a retard better. Wait a minute, check out the irony! Tom hanks is also playing Robert Langdon in the Da vinci Code!:) Nevertheless, i found Forrest Gump highly thought provoking in a life giving sorta way. It was ' Castaway', ' Green Mile' ( both starring Tom Hanks by the way, and i think Green Mile got him another academy award) in a nutshell- it speaks of life that could have been ordinary but didnt. The miracles of life, in the choices, in our innocence, in our ignorance, in our
all and the beauty of it is like a 'box of chocolates'. There is a certain spirituality to the movie. Not that it deals with God. But that it deals with humanity. Humanity in microcosm, hmm..again, im entitled to my own opinion.
Last year, Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for Ray. Ok, to speak the truth, i did not completely enjoy the movie. However, what i DID enjoy, was his role in Collateral. Starring Tom Cruise as 'bad guy' assasin, and he playing timid taxi driver. For many, Jamie Foxx is supposed to play comedic roles. When i watched this, it seemed that Foxx's role was just about perfect supporting Cruise's role. But its not really easy putting this down in words. Like the Matrix's catch phrase- " nobody can be told what the matrix is,
you have to see it on your own"
Jada Pinkett Smith also acted in the movie, as a lawyer, targeted by Cruise's Assasin. In case anyone dont recognise her, she's 'Niobe' in Matrix reloaded? She also happens to be the wife of Will Smith. Speaking of Will smith, the Fresh Prince of Bel-air won Best Actor for his role in Ali. And nope, i din watch that movie.
This actor isnt exactly famous. But he sure did movies that captured controversy, and erm..my attention?? Jim Caviezel played 'Jesus' in the Passion of Christ. I think in my own prayer life, i take Mel Gibson's Passion as the closest, or exact depiction of what exactly happened..and there's a certain force in doing so. Its strange how relationships develop over mere images right? I mean, i believe the billions who believe in a God have to have a projected image of someone or something. Any agnostic, or atheist sees that as almost an infallible argument of the mind's power over man. Man, i sound like a premature Dan Brown ardy. Oops. And if anyone's asking, im catholic. Strictly. Haha, ok hear this: Samuel Lim told me that Jim Caviezel was chosen in his role of ' Jesus', not only for his acting talents, but for his initials too. JC..ring a bell? haha..i wonder why Mel Gibson din choose Jim Carey then!
i'd love to carry on with Jerry Bruckheimer and his movies, Nicolas Cage and his role in Face Off, a little on Lord of the Rings, Tim Burton's Batman movies, and then Christopher Nolan's fantastic Batman Begins..but we'd have to wait. I've got a flight at one, and now's 11. Probably in Hong Kong..when more inspiration pops up. i htink the good thing about blogs is that it constantly reminds you that in the monotony, when you actually
have to pen down somehting, you'd realise that life is really really like a 'box of chocolates' You'll never know what you getting until you open it. But whatever is in, you'd know that it sure is GOOD.
