| Right, so now I’m back for more updates! No worries, this time round it’s going to be in English. I’m going to be talking about the movie “Love Happens” again, including a synopsis of the movie itself so that it could probably tempt you, the reader, to go catch it (and since I was still unable to do such description fluently in Japanese yet….)! Basically, when we went to purchase the tix, none of us knew what the movie was about. The only thought was that it was probably just the usual sweet, romantic kinda movie. It is still a very sweet movie in my opinion but I felt that the underlying plot was really more profound than what was on the surface. The story was about Burke Ray (Aaron Eckhart), a man who became famous after he published a self-help book titled “A-Okay!”. In that book, he talked about how to cope with the loss of a loved one, based on his own experience – his wife passed away 3 years ago in a car accident. He never really expected that his book would become such a huge hit and before he knew it, he was in Seattle to conduct a seminar and workshop on how to cope with grief. During this few days, he helped many people, especially Walter, who lost his 12 year old son, overcome their own grief. Unknown to these people was the fact that, Burke had been putting up a front. After 3 years, he had not gotten over his own grief. His father-in-law, called him a hypocrite. Then came along El-louise (Jennifer Aniston), who actually helped him to slowly open up and confront his own issues. It is truly a very touching and meaningful movie, one which was very close to the hearts of Dearie and I (close friends would know why). Even relating the plot to my mum got me tearing all over again (oh and my mum shed tears too). Yea so guys, if you think it’s just a normal romantic comedy, think again. Do watch it, especially if you’ve actually experienced the loss of a loved one before. This movie will hopefully, help you in some ways, as it did me and Dearie. 5 out of 5 popcorns for this one! Now for the next movie review... I seem to be watching a lot of movies lately. I feel so deprived because of the workload, I’m just waiting for the month of November to be over! I caught the movie “Poker King” starring Leo Ku and Lau Ching Wan with Dearie today. Hmm.. I don’t have much to say about this movie actually. It wasn’t just a comedy as there was some underlying morals (“the moral of the story” kind of thing) as well. But, somehow it didn’t struck me as deeply as “Love Happens”. Anyway, those of you who know my “kantang-ness” will probably realize I only ever watch English movies or Japanese/Korean ones and hardly Mandarin ones. So… that could probably explain why I can’t seem to comment more on the movie. Okay maybe I do have a few brainless comments… hmmm
1) I love the Leo Ku/Lau Ching Wan chemistry! They make an excellent pair in movies. I’ve always remembered them in that bra show LOL.
2) Leo Ku is really damn cute. 3) His girlfriend in the movie is also so sweet and adorable!
4) I love to watch people gamble somehow. Could have been because of the fad during the period of time when Singapore had our own version of the show “双天至尊” haha. Anyway, errr 3.5 out of 5 popcorns. Watch it for the humour and the gambling! Ok that’s all for now! Shall try to head to bed. Will be back for more updates when the graduation cum family photos are out!  |
