movies roundup

over the past couple of days, ive caught 'to end all wars,' 'le papillon,' 'antwone fisher' and 'girl with a pearl earrings.'

i wonder if i missed out any that i watched, but didnt list it here.

to end all wars was a pretty gripping drama which is based on a real story about a scottish soldier surviving as a P.O.W. during the world war ii, building the death railway and such. they filmed the the way the victims suffered and gritted through the whole ordeal pretty well. a very good film.

le papillon was interesting too, but like with jeux d'enfants, i didnt really see a big deal about it. its pleasant, thank goodness it lasted for only about 80 minutes.

on the other hand, antwone fisher would probably be listed in one of the best movies ive seen category. though the movie moves very slowly, i think denzel washington did a superb job in slowly uncovering a totally unknown character, into such a inspiring story. and to think that it was based on a true story, its just amazing.

just finished watching girl with a pearl earrings, it was too artistic for my liking, much like 'swimming pool', so i didnt actually appreciate it that well, but i thought that the way they concentrated on little details and facial expression was very well done.

ive got two more german films 'the experiment' and 'as far as my feet will carry me.' after watching that, i really have to watch the three movies ive delayed watching because these big name movies tempted me to watch them more.

was out with rachel and hafez yesterday. i had to go get a CD bag to get all my CDs. i had a hard time choosing between a big one, which holds 144 CDs and another compact one, which carries 120, but more expensive. in the end, i got the 144 one, since at my last count, i had about 100++, and soon enough, i knew it'd fill up. true enough, after slotting everything, i had 128 CDs. as i was arranging all the albums i own in alphabetical order, i realized i owned CDs i am so ashamed of owning. i guess i wasnt really thinking back in those days, like scatman jones, aqua and the spice girls... god.. how could i be owning them... 

on sunday, it was just another day, as i said. even though it was my birthday, i went through the usual sunday routine, going to the wet market and help my mom get vegetables and meat, and then the grocery after lunch. but dinner was great, at angus house at taka, its a usual birthday dinner ive had for past couple of years. its always kinda embarrassing when the staff presents a cake while the automated piano plays the birthday tune.

one more week til i leave... jeez, i seriously gotta start packing.