"There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to think that the reason it matters to care so passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size." (The Movie - Adaptation)
I want to be like Ed (from tv series, Northern Exposure), to always listen intently and learn, and know just about everything to do with movies. :)
To be like Chris (from the same show), to have his wisdom and knowledge (esp. of books and music), to be as broadly educated in the ways of the world.
And finally, I want to be a little crazy like Yossarian (from the book Catch-22). Or if you look at it in another way- to remain the sane one in this crazy, crazy world.
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," Yossarian observed. "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed." - Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Happened to watch the "frame-skipped" version of the movie Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy. It was supposed to be in H.264 or some weird format. Apparently my comp wasn't beefy enough to process the info. So I got a clearer picture, just not the complete picture.
Anyway, it had me comparing with another movie, Lost in Translation, which worked on pretty much the same premise- Two lonely strangers/souls met in a foreign land and the resulting friendship.
So, what made each of those movies tick? Which would I prefer? I could say Lost in Translation, but why? I found both to be pretty good. It's not like a Cat vs Dog or Beatles vs Elvis Presley thing (Tarantino's Pulp Fiction) where you could only choose one. (Dog and Beatles for me btw). I'd expect a friend Warren to choose Elvis. Don't ask me why? Maybe it's in the way he walks lol.
I like both enough I guess, just Lost in Translation a lot more. =)
Julie Delpy was brilliant, in a very real, intelligent and thoughtful girl way. Scarlett Johanssan was more or less the same, but in a sorta more regal, faraway princess-in-a-castle way. Bill Murray owned Ethan Hawke hands down of course. I think p'haps Ethan Hawke was trying too hard to put across that dumb-vocal-American thing or maybe the script required him to do so. He became quite annoying early in the movie.
Many ideas were raised in Before Sunrise vocally (through conversations) and many of them I found kinda interesting. "Sometimes I'm sick of being around me all the time. I want to go to a place that I'm not there." Lost in Translation, on the other hand, weaved a sort of silent magic. It told its story through nuances and music. The last parting scene had Bill Murray whisper something to Johanssan (the content of which the audience were never told).
林雨宣 (Lin Yu Xuan of Xin Guang Bang 3)
Often criticised for lack of power in her voice. I thought she's charming. Love her voice, nuances in her voice. As one of the judges commented, she's loads of emotions, but lacks technique. All the songs she chose happened to be songs that I like, which is a bonus of course. =) Really like this following song btw:
Christopher Walken's Pocket-watch
Sometimes I feel like that small kid in the now popular Chris Walken (as Captain Koons) pocketwatch scene in Pulp Fiction. Someone left me in front of that box (TV) and forgot to carry me away since. The captain-koons--of-this-world would then continually try to interrupt you from watching your TV, to have you listen to their captain-koons-of-this-world-speeches. It is very sad. Lol.
