stupid idiots

"elephant" is depressing and unnerving. it makes me sad just writing about it. i don't like watching sad things. don't get me wrong, it's an amaazing film. i won't go into detail for this one because it sort of left me speechless, and therefore my thoughts are kinda jumbled up and i don't really know what to say. i feel like anything i say about the film will put its beauty to shame.
but i will try my best.

1. it's artistic.
   the ever changing clouds against the phthalo turquoise sky, the lovely autumn scenery and the golden sunlight that always illuminates everything mark the brilliance of life that will never again be seen or appreciated by those who died.
   the slow motion scenes frame the precious moments in life that are often overlooked and untreasured.
   the achingly beautiful moonlight sonata is playing in the background as the carefree footballers have their last play. it makes the audience pity them, knowing what would become of them.
   i wonder, as alex gently plays fur elise on the piano, how a sensitive boy like him could manage to murder his teachers and peers in cold blood without a bleeding conscience.
   the sounds are very gripping and suspenseful. or rather, the lack of sound. it's so quiet around the characters sometimes, that it seems we can hear their deepest, most private thoughts.
   
   
2. it's emotional.
   the camera closely follows each character through their routines. we see the world through their eyes, we feel what they feel - excitement, loneliness, jealousy, affection, frustration, humiliation, freedom, scorn. we know what they lose as they die, one by one.
   
   
3. it's powerful.
   perhaps too powerful, words are hard to describe. all i can see is the nonchalance on the killers' faces as they slowly make their way around the school, shooting and hunting. all i can hear are the sounds of loud gunshots faintly echoing down the long halls and bodies hitting the floor. in dull "thud"s.

i would've loved "elephant" very much if it wasn't so painful for me to watch.

ahh...the beauty of forever... and ever and ever...

i realllly enjoyed watching "groundhog day"! it was simple yet beautiful. this was my third viewing, but the first complete one. the film was so funny and warm, i think i was smiling throughout the whole thing.

although the film isn't super fancy with special effects, it is special in itself. it starts out with a cynical and sarcastic news person (phil), who doesn't appreciate anything and always looks dead and wears a frown on his face as if he's suffering from perpetual boredom, is living groundhog day over and over and over for who knows how many times.

at first, he was confused, but after he figured out what was going on, he was just pissed, and that annoying frown never came off his face. for a few days he continued to live like this. but after a while, he started to use the situation to his advantage (for selfish reasons) like sleeping with a girl he knew from high school. when he got bored with it, he tried to kill himself in so many ways but failed each time. then after the unsuccessful suicides, he started to see life in a new light. he seemed happier and started pursuing the woman he wanted, and learning and living life to the fullest.

what was lovely about the film was the transformation that phil went through. he was a completely different person by the end of the film. no longer was he ignorant and sarcastic, but he was helping and saving and loving the people around him.

i wonder what happened to the others while phil lived the same day over and over. did time stand still for them? were their lives like clocks constantly rewinding to hour one? or were they revolving around phil like the earth revolves around the sun?

where's the boy? bring him to me and i shall make him suffer, muahaha!

"witness" is not your average thriller. not only does it have action, it also has some humor and (awkward) romance.

the movie's about a little boy named samuel (he's sooo adorable with his huge eyes and ears) who witnessed a murder, and a brave cop, john book, who tries to protect the boy in order for him to testify against the murderers. what made the movie more interesting is that the murderers were actually cops (oo0...)
i liked the movie a lot, partly because i enjoy crime movies and novels, but also because it's different from other suspense films. it's not all dramatically dark with intense music with a lot of gunshots and scary looking people, and it appeals to our feelings.

"witness" seems quite realistic. i can picture it happening here in real life.

melted gold is sticky and it smells funny

"goldfinger" is a cool film. there's a lot of action. the only things i'm not crazy about are how bond met a highly attractive woman every 5 minutes (seems very unnatural), and the fighting scenes were kind of slow. my heart wasn't beating at 100 m/hr. the film is like the grandpa of modern action movies.

even though it's an old film, it does not lack humor and livelihood. it was funny how odd job's hat was like a killer frisbee. it sliced the statue's head off clean and simple in a second. i want something like that. not for cutting off someone's head. i prefer watermelons.

another interesting about the movie was goldfinger's choice of clothing. the colors of almost everything he wore resembled gold. most villains are dark and scary. instead, goldfinger reminds me of dog droppings (because of his brown jacket) and cheese, thanks to that yellow sweater he wore when he was playing gulf.
i don't like cheese. and goldfinger is so vain.