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He's a Woman, She's a Man

Posted 2002-08-24 (土) 午前1:46 by terra

Just watched the 1994 Hong Kong film “He’s a Woman, She’s a Man” (HK title: Gam Gee Yuk Yip; Chinese Title: Jing Zhi Yu Ye) on TV starring Anita Yuen, Leslie Cheung and Carina Lau. Excellent show and great acting. The story delves into the delicate issue of homosexuality, weaving comic elements into tense drama.

The story: A straight man finds himself falling in love with another man who, unbenownst to him, is really a woman in disguise. Homosexuality is taboo in Hong Kong society and the man is conflicted as he understands that the love he has is illicit according to the moral principles that have been embedded into his mind. What choice will this man make? To follow his heart’s desire and embrace the forbidden, or deny this love and conform to his principles.

Interesting isn’t it?

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: film, homosexuality, Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung, taboo

"Suspend" + "Belief"

Posted 2002-05-30 (木) 午前12:53 by terra

I just watched Star Wars II for the second time. It was a free screening from my mom’s bank. HELL it’s so much better for me the second time around. The first time I was too focused on the wrong thing: the dialogue. So it kind of ruined the experience for me, though the Yoda part was really funny and the audience was great that time. This time, I decided to ignore the bad dialogue and certain inconceivable parts in the love story — the keywords are “Suspend” & “Belief” — and… WOW.

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: Star Wars, Yoda

Spidey Wins!

Posted 2002-05-06 (月) 午後10:32 by terra

Spider Man reaps US$114 million over the three day weekend! Pretty cool huh!

Went out with my choir friends after my yoga class today as exactly as planned yesterday. Had lunch and dinner together. In between we went browsing DVDs though I never bought any in the end. Watched Spider Man again.and my feelings for the film are pretty much the same as the first time I saw it. Though, I find that I can better appreciate the jokes this time because in retrospect, the first time’s enjoyment was more like “I’M FINALLY WATCHING SPIDEY”. The audience today was more appreciative (different cinema) than the first time around and it helped.

BTW, it appears that today’s my ‘hiccuping’ day. I hiccuped 4 times earlier and now I’m doing it again as I type =(

Tomorrow I will be going to extract my wisdom tooth at the left corner of my lower jaw. Arrrgh. I’m kind of worried. I’m kind of scared of those injection needles they use to numb your gums. I underwent this sort of injection when I was about 6 if I recalll correctly.

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: choir, dentist, DVD, hiccups, needles, Spider Man, teeth, yoga

Spidey!

Posted 2002-05-01 (水) 午後9:19 by terra

I just watched Spiderman today. Was supposed to be Saturday after my exams but we (family) just couldn’t wait. After all it is Labour Day and since the ‘sneak previews’ are screening from 2PM to 9PM in cinemas island-wide (what an irony), it is a pretty good excuse. Anyway, how did I like the film? I say I love it. It’s a huge bonus that Tobey Maguire is in it (my sis likes Kristen Dunst). Tobey Maguire has been one of my favourite Hollywood actors (others include Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and Natalie Portman) ever since I watched Pleasantville (I think that was the first Maguire film I watched), and was my top choice for the web-slinger role in a film that I’ve been following in its developmental process since the 90s. I’m definitely going to watch it again on cinema after my exams are done.

Speaking of exams, I’ve got one on Friday and I’ve barely begun studying for it.Shit… I don’t have the motivation to either. Maybe I’ll go to Mcdonalds tomorrow to concentrate properly =( arrrrgh…

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: cinema, examination, Perth, Spider Man, Tobey Maguire

Seisouhen

Posted 2002-03-21 (木) 午後9:35 by terra

I just watched the second part of the Kenshin Seisouhen OVA today. It took me days to get a complete copy. the default server for WinMX was kind of frustrating, so many connection and download problems… until I discovered this website Anime Fantasia. Through their OpenNap server, I had no problems locating and downloading the file quickly. It occurs to me that the people using the server are all anime fans who are willing to file share and will not disconnect you just because you have nothing that they want to trade from you.

Kenshin and Kaoru

Anyways, about the OVA? All I can say is…. WHHHHYYYYY? I watched the first half of Seisouhen (that I got from Ketsugi and could already guess what was going to happen. But still…WHY IT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY?!

That’s the irrational bit of me acting up I guess.

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: anime, Kenshin 剣心