Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Film: Michael Clayton
I realized that I haven't been watching intellectual movies for a darn long time. It's sure good to watch something more substantial once again (for a change).
I felt really stupid for about 3/4 of the movie but then I suppose it is more the intention of the movie to unfold things ever so slowly as opposed to my intellectual capability to grasp the seemingly un-graspable.
Everything was however clear come the last 5 minutes of the film and my friend and I walked away saying 'this is really really good.'
I particularly loved the cinematography. Specific-focused, suave focus-pulls, the blurs of the street lights, warm-cool tones...
This is writer/director Tony Gilroy's directorial debut and I felt like giving him a standing ovation even before I knew he was a first 0time director.
I felt really stupid for about 3/4 of the movie but then I suppose it is more the intention of the movie to unfold things ever so slowly as opposed to my intellectual capability to grasp the seemingly un-graspable.
Everything was however clear come the last 5 minutes of the film and my friend and I walked away saying 'this is really really good.'
I particularly loved the cinematography. Specific-focused, suave focus-pulls, the blurs of the street lights, warm-cool tones...
This is writer/director Tony Gilroy's directorial debut and I felt like giving him a standing ovation even before I knew he was a first 0time director.
mesmerized, in every sense of the word
ahhh, the weekend again! i can just sit here all day sound tripping.
======== Events Past and Up & Coming ========
weather forecast: rainy - and from the looks of it, it's gonna be like such ALL weekend
The Past: Miss Saigon, Balmain
Had dinner at the infamous Miss Saigon, owned by Doms dad. Doms was working that night and we decided to say hi and give them some business. We love food as it is so it ain't a problem. We were pretty sure we'll be happy with whatever brand of Viet nosh they serve and we weren't disappointed.
We were a happy group of nine. Post dinner, we walked up and down Darling Street (the main road) in search for a coffee place. To our disappointment, all of them were closed. We happened to ask a couple of Italian middle aged men and they told us to go home cos there's nothing open. Ended up having gelato. And then eventually got kicked out cos they were closing. Alas, Balmain is such a day time suburb.
I used to work there and I believe all the charm it holds belongs to the community of people. I was lucky enough to have interacted with a bunch of those people my first two years in Sydney.
We walked past the Starbucks where I onced worked and they were closed at 7pm! It's just weird.
Up & Coming...
Saturday:
Lunch somewhere with a colleague / friend. I normally draw a line between work friends and friends friends but this is one exception.
Might catch a flick later or just hang around. It is still rainy...
Dinner (or should I say pig-out) with a friend from UTS, Heading to Cafe 22, an all-time favorite. This is perhaps going to be my big big meal before I launch into the 2-week low iodine diet where I can hardly eat anything. Think detox, Ivannah!
Sunday:
Yum Cha with a couple of high school friends. It's so cool how there's three of us here now. One's making her way from the Blue Mountains.
Sunday arvo will be dedicated to ironing and cooking lunch for the next day.
Such is life.
And the cycle just goes 'round and 'round.
======== Events Past and Up & Coming ========
weather forecast: rainy - and from the looks of it, it's gonna be like such ALL weekend
The Past: Miss Saigon, Balmain
Had dinner at the infamous Miss Saigon, owned by Doms dad. Doms was working that night and we decided to say hi and give them some business. We love food as it is so it ain't a problem. We were pretty sure we'll be happy with whatever brand of Viet nosh they serve and we weren't disappointed.
We were a happy group of nine. Post dinner, we walked up and down Darling Street (the main road) in search for a coffee place. To our disappointment, all of them were closed. We happened to ask a couple of Italian middle aged men and they told us to go home cos there's nothing open. Ended up having gelato. And then eventually got kicked out cos they were closing. Alas, Balmain is such a day time suburb.
I used to work there and I believe all the charm it holds belongs to the community of people. I was lucky enough to have interacted with a bunch of those people my first two years in Sydney.
We walked past the Starbucks where I onced worked and they were closed at 7pm! It's just weird.
Up & Coming...
Saturday:
Lunch somewhere with a colleague / friend. I normally draw a line between work friends and friends friends but this is one exception.
Might catch a flick later or just hang around. It is still rainy...
Dinner (or should I say pig-out) with a friend from UTS, Heading to Cafe 22, an all-time favorite. This is perhaps going to be my big big meal before I launch into the 2-week low iodine diet where I can hardly eat anything. Think detox, Ivannah!
Sunday:
Yum Cha with a couple of high school friends. It's so cool how there's three of us here now. One's making her way from the Blue Mountains.
Sunday arvo will be dedicated to ironing and cooking lunch for the next day.
Such is life.
And the cycle just goes 'round and 'round.
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