Saturday, January 31, 2004
'lost in translation'
once again, this is another movie with the title revealing it all.
the screenplay was lost in its translation onto the big screen.
yet, it has 'Received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Sofia Coppola), Best Screenplay (Coppola, who won the Golden Globe) and Best Actor (Bill Murray, also a Globe winner). Won the Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). Named best picture of 2003 by the Toronto Film Critics Association and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. One of the AFI's 10 best films of 2003.'
fuck lah.
Sofia Coppola.
Sofia Coppola.
Sofia Coppola.
the girl who directed the highly acclaimed 'the virgin sucides' .
i never did like that show.
(yesyes, i know many of u r lisbon fans but ull have to agree w me that the bk was so much better than the movie.)
seeing that she is the director of 'lost in translation' made me think twice abt catching that movie.
but i knew i had to, as it had garnered too many rave reviews.
n i knew, i had to give her a 2nd chance
(everyone needs a 2nd chance, even daughters of famous directors)
ive given it.
she blew it.
so......
im gonna boycott all Sofia Coppola's films from now on.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
rain rain rain
was on my way to work when i saw 4 boys huddled under an umbrella waiting for the change in traffic lights.
standing slightly off side, shivering in the rain, was a girl.
*smiles.
apparently one of the boys under the brolly was her bf.
*smiles.
n she was wearing a translucent white top.
*smiles.
on the first day of CNY, my fren, CL, stepped out of her hostel only to c a coffin blocking her way. being highly superstitious, she was afraid that it wld mean bad luck thruout the yr for her. she panicked n shey told her to take a shower with pomelo leaves to wash the bad luck away. alas, it being UK, they only sold pomelo fruits. the desperate CL had no choice but to buy it. shey suggested that she takes a shower with the skin instead as it was the closest substitute. shey then followed with a whole long list of instructions which she forced CL to execute.
n this is how CL looked once shey was done.
i suspect shey did that for revenge.
but y rat, y not monkey?
all the better to usher in the yr of the mischievous monkey.
Sunday, January 25, 2004
puck to trent --
no, my dad aint cultured.
its just that he loves his only daughter too much, catching the movies she wants, watching the plays she enjoys, listening to her sappy love songs in his car, remembering the countries he's been to that shes going, silently wishing that she wld cut her hair short like his, remembering every single little ingredient she loves in her yong dao fu so that he wld never get her orders wrong, knowing that she is the only person in the world who dares to b rude n downright cheeky to him, who needs a kiss from him before either flies off, linking arms with her as they walk down the streets so that she can lean comfortably onto his side, talking calmly to her as she barks back with a deep scrowl across her forehead, that the only suit she wld buy him wld b the one he wears to his deathbed, n unknown to him, she wants to b all that he is.
----joraffe----
