random thoughts on movies, tv etc

Just finished watching The Painted Veil.
I remember this time last yr the film is showing in shanghai cinemas... and i looked at the poster and thought: whats that? looks like a ghost love story...? O.O
well its not a ghost love story. its a love story of 2 horrible ppl.

then early this yr i opportunistically watched Kingdom of Heaven... and started to have this massive obsession with the leprous king. LOL and found out that this memorable but faceless character was played by ed norton.
so beautiful.
hence I watched the Painted Veil... and drooled over ed norton.
the story itself is hmmm... thought provoking.
I just couldn't help thinking that walter fane is 10 times more horrible than soames forsyte, and yet... soames much more miserable.

then I found out the orginal story was by maugham. I liked his books, for a short while... but then i find him too in-your-face about his insights which can be very unpleasant at times.
but maybe I will try to get hold of a copy of The Painted Veil, and read, and think about ed norton and drool more. =D

on a side note I was so obsessed with Kingdom of Heaven that just a month of so ago I spent a whole nite out of the precious swot vac to hunt down a copy of Director's Cut KOH, which has almost become extinct in australia. In the end I found it. Now the 4 disc Director's Cut is sitting on my shelf which makes me happy. =D
I must say I liked King Baldwin from the cinema version better than from the director's cut one. In the latter he was made to appear like a 12th century rebel. O_O much more attractive when he spoke less and appeared to have more subtle strength in the cinema version.

2008 is coming. I am really looking forward to the shows I want to watch.
Taiga drama Atsu-Hime. - one of my fav periods of jap history, played by lots of beautiful ppl.
Nodame Cantabile SP - tamaki-sama...
Deer man(i think thats wat its called) - again beautiful tamaki-sama
KIDS the movie - more tamaki-sama, and the story is reali simple and touching.
Yogisha X no Kenshin - the love story of a mathematician. =) the most memorable fukuyama-sama, playing Yuka-sensei again.
so yes lots of pleasant things to look forward to, and to carry me thru job application times which I am sure will be miserable.

my dad told me that bhutto is dead.
if he doesn't say i won't even know. I am so otaku... -_-||||||
but i am sad. i used to like her in primary school, cos i thought she was really pretty and exotic.
i suddenly really miss the pleasant vulgarity of chinese newspapers. wen i go to kunming I will probably get the paper everyday if I can.
I have been downloading theme songs from very old taiwanese period dramas. they are so nice.

enough of randomness. =D