so i've watched all 3 Infernal Affairs movies in the past two days and my asian cinema obsession continues.

the first one was really good, the second one was okay, the third one was just way too confusing. i also didn't get the buddhist quotes (?) at the end of each movie. but anything with Tony Leung in, i'll take. it's rather sad that the younger generation HK stars really cannot compare to their predecessors. Tony Leung will not live forever, unfortunately. the future of HK cinema looks bleak.

i also watched Chungking Express. i have mixed feelings about this film. maybe partly because my mother was talking to me almost the whole way through for the first half (something i really cannot stand. please don't talk to me during movies! unless it's something like Legally Blonde). i think i'll have to rewatch it because it seems to be the type of movie which requires utmost concentration. there were some very piercing ideas brought about by the film, but it seemed largely disjointed. anyway, Tony Leung Chiu Wai is brilliant brilliant brilliant. i have never felt so much admiration for an actor before. Tony Leung > Johnny Depp > Jake Gyllenhaal. he OWNS them.

i need to rent more movies again. i finally stepped into a cinema yesterday (haven't since i watched Be With Me) to watch Harry Potter. it was okay, i think i enjoyed it more than most because i haven't read the book and possibly never will. it's an exciting movie to watch i suppose. though i still don't agree with certain plot contrivances, i think the acting is well done. i really found myself feeling for Harry's character. katie leung can't really act though - she was rather painful to watch and not because i'm all nuts about the 'she doesn't look like cho chang' thing (i don't read the book, i have no idea what cho chang should look like).

pride and prejudice is slated to come out soon. i think i might just give it a miss because i don't want to end up being disappointed - Colin Firth is Mr Darcy forever and ever and ever and no one else can even try to come close.

i really need to write something substantial. and i really need to DO MY COLLEGE APPS. i should also start trying to do something about my sleep cycle. sleeping at 5 AM every night isn't very ... normal. finding someone to talk to from 3-5 am is even more warped. but it's nice to know i'm not alone in my insomnia sometimes.

went to Botanic Gardens yesterday. i decided to drop by it on my way home after watching Harry with kai. it was nice to just look out at the lake and look at the kids playing happily. i met my scgs Physics teacher there (oh, Physics, my sworn enemy), he was with his mother (or mother-in-law) and wife. well it was a little awkward. we didn't talk, but we smiled at each other. i wouldn't have had much to say anyway, i never was very enthusiastic during physics lessons. it's nice that he's still going about in the same way, taking photos of nature (in this case, the swans) and being interested in the world. i stayed there for a good half hour, just looking at things. i saw a tree that had leaves that looked like feathers and have come to the conclusion that trees are very very very amazingly beautiful living things.

+ posted by M @ 7:08 PM