jeux d'enfants and osama

i guess i had set a pretty high expectation for love me if you dare (jeux d'enfants), primarily because ive been watching excellent movies for the past few weeks. turned out this fell below what i expected. i really hate to say this, but i think i found taxi 3 more interesting than this. once again, what kept me from just stopping to watch altogether was the main actress, whom i found vaguely familiar, only to realize she is the girl from taxi 3. she is pretty, i give you that.

it was supposed to be a romantic tale, im not sure if it was because of my lack of romanticism (is there such a word?) or what, but i didnt see anything that was romantic, other than the two continuing to game eachother. sure, the way they ended back together was original, but i just didnt feel it. but it was pretty interesting, especially the way they showed the flashback of their moments. that was probably the only part i liked.

im such a sucker for brunettes right now, well, i guess i always have been.

and then i just watched the afghan movie titled 'osama.'

i think it was pretty captivating, and i probably shouldnt have seen it, coz it made me feel real sad to think that it still happens. its about a girl, whose father was killed in the war, trying to make a living under the taliban regime, and as everyone know, girls were not allowed to learn, nor work. so having no choice, she pretends she's a boy and tries to work, gets forced to go to the islamic school and suffers from all sorts of humiliation, torture, etc. it was very hard to watch for me, and even though the taliban has effectively been overruled, i still think that the things they showed takes place at this very moment.

i hate it when islam is portrayed like such a radical religion. im in no defense, since it is like that, and it makes me more determined i will never be so absorbed or ruled by religion like that. never. i cannot describe how sickening it is, since im at no position to speak about it, due to my lack of understanding of the religion, but its sad that its these extremists that make the religion look so harmful around the world.

this movie was pretty serious, and it opened up my eyes to a whole new situation, one that is of pretty shocking content. but im glad that i watched this, just at a wrong time, now im feeling so angry and sad, im at a loss of words to express how i feel right now.