Spring Waltz Eps 10-11-12

Spring Waltz entered the "OTP loving eachother and starting a relationship but everyone around them is against it" stage. Jae Ha announced that the girl he loves is Eun Young and Ina & Phillip seemed shocked by this. Ina stupid woman, you can't marry a guy just because you love him and his mother thinks you are the ideal mate for him.

Not to mention the fact that Jae Ha is actually Soo Ho and has met his brother without either knowing that they are brothers. Meanwhile the evil dad is alive and still makes his child work while he indulges in alchohol and gambling.

Somekind of Wonderful, The Skin I Live In, Meet The Parents 3, Sprin Waltz Eps 1-9

Somekind of Wonderful Of all the films written by John Hughes this is the one I liked best. I do like Eric Stolz and the other two female leads were very good in their parts. It is no wonder that I actually cried in this one.

The Skin I Live In This is one of those films I was glad that I stayed away from spoilers. It was so good the first time but as with almost all Almodovar films this one is a keeper anyway. And I usually do not care for soundtracks of the films but this one shot right at my heart. Full of strings and I plan on seeking it out.

Meet The Parents 3 The only parts that actually made me laugh were the ones with Owen Wilson.

Meanwhile My Cousin Rachel is simply excellent. I think I may even like it better than Rebecca. Daphe Du Maurier is great at conveying sinister in her prose.

The real viewing highlight of my weekend though is Spring Waltz, the last of the season series. And so far it is my favorite. God I forgot how the visual sensibilities of this PD appeal to me and how I do like a slow paced melodrama. This one is even better because the children version is usually integrated into the adult version episodes. The leads are all good. Now Daniel Henney is a fine looking man, not really a good actor but this role is tailor made (and I suspect it literally was) for him. The secondary girl is normal looking but suitably jelaous with a hint of mental. The main lead is broody and moody but with a smile that lights up the screen - I even like his hair do!. Main girl is the angel type who is innocent, good and kind also had a serious illness in the past. At the end of episode 9 they hint at future parental disappoval too. All the season clichés I know and love. And how I missed them! But more importantly the visuals are so so good. The best in the season series so far and the soundtrack is adorable (it helps if you like American folk song Clementine, I do). All in all this is like seeing a cherished friend who was away for a long time.

Moonlight Mile - End, You are My Pet, My Cousin Rachel

Moonlight Mile ended and I didn't feel like leaving the book yet. Dennis Lehane I love you.

I also love Daphne Du Maurier. Started My Cousin Rachel this morning at the staff shuttle bus and didn't want to drop it. Started so nicely and going on very very well so far.

I also watched You are My Pet last night and it was such a bad film that even I who tends to go easy on bad rom-coms regretted watching it. Well since I truly like Jang Geun Seuk and his speaking voice I have watched it till the end but it didn't get any better. It is a weird plot made worse by a truly bad script and silly direction. Seriously. Well I could have felt some satisfaction if only there was a modicum of chemistry between the lead but no. They looked and felt like brother and sister. Safely skip it even if you like any of the actors (and I like both), do not even come near this one, you may be contaminated.

Sitcoms and Moonlight Mile

The last two nights I was alone in the house (my mother and sister went to visit my aunt) so I had the sole control over what to watch. I ended up watching reruns of Big Bang Theory and new season of Happy Endings (which is not really that good but I kind of like watching it and thinking how not really good it is). Meanwhile Moonlight Mile is yet another excellent Dennis Lehane read. I'm most definitely impressed with this writer. Whatever he is telling comes alive with his prose and I do understand the eagerness of making films out of his novels and how these films pale in comparison (well I have only watched two). Mystic River - directed by one of my favorite directors Clint Eastwood - had some scenes exactly the same but the same magic is not there. Mr.Lehane's brilliant prose is missed. Even in Shutter Island (a more successful adaptation imho) - directed by another one of my favorite directors Martin Scorsese- still was nowhere near the tense suspensful feel of the novel.

Bedevilled, Fifty Shades of Grey - End, Moonlight Mile

Bedevilled is a film that would make it hard to watch again. Both emotionally and physically very violent. Koreans do not do classic horror well but they have a knack for this type of film (I Saw The Devil, The Chaser) and this one was no exception.

I have finally finished Fifty Shades of Grey and started reading Moonlight Mile written by Dennis Lehane. I like this writer, his novels are so good but they do not translate to film as well. Even Clint while making it exactly like the book, the way the characters talk and gestured etc. couldn't make it as good as the book. Anyway this one is a follow up to Gone Baby Gone (they made a film out of that one too) and even though I have not read GBG there is a decent little summary of the book and I don't feel like being left out. So far Moonlight Mile is reallly good.

Black & White - End

Black & White is completed on weekend and despite its numerous and obvious flaws I ended up liking this one - probably more than I should have. I even ended up crying hard in Episode 22. Also everything wrapped up nicely in the end. Vic Zhou is not bad and the other guy is also kind of good. I liked him here much much better than I liked him in Monga.

Now it is a high possibility that there will not be any withdrawal syndromes and I sort of feel lighter now that I have finished it. Like when one finishes up a homework or something like that. This is not the way I was supposed to feel no? Well that's it for Taiwanese dramas for me. It is not likely that I'll be eager to watch one soon. (I still like Meteor Garden better than Hana Yori Dango though).

And I'm very close to finishing Fifty Shades of Grey and I have realised that during a temporary insanity at the airport - that made me cause to purchase this stupid book- I had also purchased Fifty Shades Darker (well this sounds promising since maybe there will be some R rated scenes in that one) but I don't feel like reading about the stupid heroine of the novel. I need a break from all the shallowness and self love (she not only has an inner goddess but also a subconscious who pops up sometimes in reading glasses etc.).

No Black & White for the Past Two Days

The day before yesterday I took a day off from work and went to a shopping mall - I arrived there at 10:15 and it was past 19:30 when I left. Reached home at about 20:40 and after showing my family what I bought (a small haul, nothing really big) I went to bed. I was truly tired.

Yesterday a friend of mine visited me and stayed until 22:00 and again I went to bed right after because I knew that if I started watching I would have kept watching and be zombie again at work.

Now I'm not real keen on this drama but I also want to watch it soemtime and finish it!!!!