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21 Adar/7 March, 2010
Mar. 7th, 2010 11:00 pm“The Painted Veil” with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts – one amazing movie and a very lovely if unusual love story. I randomly watched it but I just adore it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a love story quite like this – two people who marry but don’t really know each other; she marries to get away from her mother, he loves her but he doesn’t really know her. They only fall in love later, after her affair and his anger at her for it, as they actually get to know each other and learn to forgive. The movie, like the book, does not have the happily ever after ending, but the acting and emotions the actors evoke are wonderful. The story takes place in 1920s China and the background is beautiful as well. This is a movie that is staying in my mind. The plot definitely doesn’t fit a standard Hollywood love story and it feels all more real and interesting because of it. Highly recommend it.
Oscars rule. This is my favorite award show of the year and I watch it religiously, at least for the last fifteen years. I’ve seen every movie that won a best picture Oscar (it was a really long project that took many years since this was before Netflix and having to track down all movies on VHS at a local library). So I was looking forward to the show. And it was awesome. Here are some reactions as I watched (and followed EW blog too – yes, I’m a nerd):
Neil Patrick Harris – unexpected awesomeness; Martin and Baldwin succeed as hosts much better than I expected – lots of funny jokes from them; great speeches from many award winners, much more interesting speeches this year too; Go “Hurt Locker” – I had this on Neflix queue for the last two month but it is still on Long Wait for me; SYTYCD dancers in a great tribute to movie scores of this year – I recognized Kayla and Russell but I wish I could recognize others – you couldn’t see that well; Kathryn Bigelow looks so shaky – she is really in shock, but good for women directors; good thing that “Avatar” did not dominate. Overall, I had a good time watching it and managed to tape it for Yeva too. Yes, I still have a VCR.
Oscars rule. This is my favorite award show of the year and I watch it religiously, at least for the last fifteen years. I’ve seen every movie that won a best picture Oscar (it was a really long project that took many years since this was before Netflix and having to track down all movies on VHS at a local library). So I was looking forward to the show. And it was awesome. Here are some reactions as I watched (and followed EW blog too – yes, I’m a nerd):
Neil Patrick Harris – unexpected awesomeness; Martin and Baldwin succeed as hosts much better than I expected – lots of funny jokes from them; great speeches from many award winners, much more interesting speeches this year too; Go “Hurt Locker” – I had this on Neflix queue for the last two month but it is still on Long Wait for me; SYTYCD dancers in a great tribute to movie scores of this year – I recognized Kayla and Russell but I wish I could recognize others – you couldn’t see that well; Kathryn Bigelow looks so shaky – she is really in shock, but good for women directors; good thing that “Avatar” did not dominate. Overall, I had a good time watching it and managed to tape it for Yeva too. Yes, I still have a VCR.
