cinema cinema cinema

hee hee... i've watched, like, four movies in the last 12 hours. =) haha...

i think it was probably not a good thing that i discovered the joys of my laptop's dvd player =b heh heh... but i'm not complaining... yet.

here's what i watched

5pm, 31 dec 2004: the bourne supremacy

i had to stop halfway cos my laptop ran out of batt =( but i was at my grandma's house, and my aunt announced that she just bought a whole stack of vcds. =) so we watched The Incredibles!!!

so... 8pm, 31 dec 2004 (after dinner): The Incredibles!!!

so funny! i just love jack jack and dash. and the whole family scenario is just so familiar... haha, the squabbles, little tensions, love, etc... i think it's a very 'real' cartoon in that sense.

then... went for watchnight service...

1am, 1 jan 2004 (back home): finished watching the bourne supremacy. i really like the acting, but the plot's a bit fuzzy to me. esp the ending... like a bit abrupt. but the action was cool =)

then 2am: two weeks' notice

that was great. i just love sandra bullock shows. =) she's my favourite actress i think, followed closely or tied wif meg ryan of you've got mail fame. and i just love her character for the way she doesn't bow to society's expectations or change the way she is to fit into her environment. =) and i love happy endings...

then i went to zzz...woke up 8 hours later...

1pm: pay check

wow. i didn't expect to like a ben affleck show, but i didn't see any other interesting titles at video ez. but it sure was a surprise! i really really liked the show a lot! everything - from the plot, to the actors, to the sequencing of scenes... i think the way the movie was directed, with all those flashbacks and fast-forwards, was really good, makes me wish i had some video background...

and i really liked the underlying message that there's no point in seeing the future, because that ultimately means there IS no future. because when everything is known, everything is predictable - life is meaningless. sure, you can try to change the future. and that means there's no room to grow, to innovate, for people to change, because, knowing what you will become or what will happen can be a self-fulfilling prophecy and support wrong motives and actions. like knowing about impending wars being used to justify the launching of the first missile.

maybe i'm not making sense... but anyway... i was really impacted by that message. cos we always ask that God will reveal His will to us, and want to know the future. so many little details... but maybe why he doens't tell us, or reveals it to us bit by bit is so that we can have the chance to really live this life -meaningfully.

yup. so in order of most liked to least liked (i didn't hate any of them):

*drumroll*

1. paycheck

2. the incredibles

3. two weeks' notice

4. the bourne supremacy