Went to watch "The Sun Also Rises" at Balestier last night. Was struggling whether to catch it. On one hand, it's soooo far away! On the other, its FREE! Yeah baby. In the end of course i went. Read up on the reviews to prepare myself. The reviews weren't good at all but nevermind lah. FREE. For those who haven't been to Shaw Plaza to watch a movie, keep it that way. It is comparable to empress, but not at the "discounted rates." Anyway so there i was with menses girl from sailing cos she lives nearby, finding a seat in the theatre. It was half full. Either there wasn't that many people taking part in the contest, or they gave up tickets since its soooo far.
Here's the review taken from imdb.
Don't expect to figure everything out, 16 September 2007
Author:
pvernezze from China
The movie basically revolves around two interconnecting stories. In the first story, the mother of an 18 year old boy in the countryside of revolutionary China 1976 begins acting strangely once she falls out of a tree trying to retrieve a pair of her shoes that a mysteriously appearing bird, which was repeating "I know, I know, I know," had stolen. In the second story a teacher at a university in Shanghai (same time, 1976) is falsely accused of groping a female doctor at a film (where he is chased down and beaten by a crowd). The final segment of the movie connects the two tales.I left the theater with several plot questions unanswered and was glad to find out the Chinese audience I watched it with (in Chengdu, China) were equally as puzzled but just as enraptured with the film. You will definitely leave asking questions that I would assert are not possible to answer from the information provided in the film. But you also soon discover that it is really o.k. and the unanswered questions leave you thinking and talking about the film long after you have seen the movie. The film has a magical quality to it, even though it takes place during that most unmagical of times, the Cultural Revolution, with everything except for one scene at the end being set in 1976. The director, Jiang Wen, has only made three films in 15 years, and this is the only one of his that I have seen. But it definitely makes me want to see his other films. Doesn't sound all that bad right?
Here's my review of it.
WHAT THE FUCK? This is the stupidest movie i have seen in my entire life. It has officially taken over "In the Bedroom," another Do Not Watch Ever movie. The stupid sun also rises is a 3 segment movie. It begins with a crazy mum running off to climb a tree, jump off of it and landing on her head. This repeats several times until she is miraculously sane again. No, i'm not joking. The second part is about a horny woman claiming that a man pinched her ass, so that she can marry him -_- The man then mysteriously dies and the movie provides no explaination whatsoever of why this happened. WTF. The third instalment is about another horny woman in her 40s sleeping with a 20 year old man, who i found out later is played my jacky chan's son. And he wonders why his acting skills were not comparable to Brad Pitt's in a previous award ceremony. Seriously, anyone who has seen that movie will agree that no acting skills were needed for his role. The grand finale is the most gao lat. Seriously. This pregnant lady on the train was damn pregnant. She got a little excited and distracted over some flying cloth and the next thing i know, she looks at her tummy and wa la! she just GAVE BIRTH unknowingly!!!!!!! The baby slipped through a hole in the carriage floor into a bed of roses, ON the tracks. AMAZING. I couldn't have thought of a better plot. This godlike show ends, with a soliloquy of the mother screaming nonsense for a full two minutes. It was a really painful performance. I could literally feel her pain in my ears. Damn convincing. I was in pain too.
So yes, i challenge you to watch this movie. If you dont think it's shit, i'll refund ya your ticket price. Seriously stupidest show ever.
After that i went with menses girl for some dinner. The drinks came and being the gentlemen that i am, i said "it's okay, i'll get that." Cool right. But somehow, that incident seemed to have transcribed and intepreted as "it's Okay, i'll get that. and that and that and that too." AHHAAHA wah that was quite funny expression. Anyway bak kut teh came and i got that. Ordered you teow and i got that too. Still unsure if drinking 3 bowls of the bak kut teh soup was wise. It made my wallet feel justified, but make my stomach pain =(
Bus and train fare to balestier and home - $3 Dinner and drinks - $ 13
Total damage, $16 for that crapass movie. HAI
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