OK, we admit we also buy illegal stuff. Last weekend, we happened to stop by at Ambassador and before we knew it, we paid supercheap for Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha, and King Kong dvds. (Well, there were more, but let's not list them all here -- we don't want to sound so cheap).
Memoirs is excellent. Well, I expected the rising Ziyi to shine the most. In fact it is Gong Li who should have been praised more. Yeoh is so-so. The entire scenes are beautiful. If there's one that we regret, it is the Hollywood sausage: how Rob Marshall pictures the love dynamics between Sayuri and the "Chairman". It's kind of corny.
As for Brokeback Mountain. Our recommendation? Avoid this. It's nothing but a parade of Marlboro ads with two dudes kissing each other! And, eeww, with those cowboy hats and country music...
King Kong, later.
1 comment:
agree with the opinion on brokeback mountain... too slow, even my granny do not have that kind of patience... we turned it off (yes, watch it on the superduper cheap dvd) after 10 minutes of malboro scenery... love is just a force of nature...
memoirs of geisha: love the book more... but Gong Li is brilliant ever!
my suggestion: DERAILED... absolutely twisted... make you think twice to make a pass on beautiful stranger :D
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