Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
December 27th, 2005 . by JillyOver this holiday weekend, Jason and I watched 3 Asian movies (not on purpose).
Friday night we went out for sushi and watched House of Flying Daggers. I thought this was a very good movie. Action-packed with a nice love story. If you liked Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon or Hero, then this would be right up your alley with the vivid colors and beautifully choreographed fight scenes.
Saturday night we saw the Mystery of Rampo. The main character, Edogawa Rampo, is an author who has just been censored by the government. After burning copies of his drafts, his assistant shows him an article in the newspaper that is identical to one of his stories. Reality and fantasy get intermingled. Rampo seeks out the lady from the newspaper article, that’s suspected of murder, and she’s just as he imagined her. This movie was weird, the ending was weak, but the overall story was very interesting. The opening scene is Rampo’s story told in an animated form, which was a nice touch. If you’re looking for something different, than this is worth checking out.
Monday afternoon, Jason and I saw Memoirs of a Geisha. I had read the book and was excited to see the movie version, which kept true to the story. This is a coming of age story. This is a good-looking movie - beautiful women, gorgeous silk kimonos, and complicated hair-do’s. There’s a scene where they’re walking through the blossoming cherry trees that is breathtaking. They try to say that a geisha is not a prostitute, but more like a classy escort. I think that’s splitting hairs. The woman are sold into a form of slavery, they can’t leave their geisha house. The wealthy, powerful men choose geishas as company instead of their wives. Its kind of sad, but overall a pretty good movie.
After the movie Jason and I played a game of Go, which I’m just learning.
damn. I don’t think ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ comes out till later next year over here in Australia. I’m still waiting for the Johnny Cash movie in February.
I always wanted to learn ‘Go’, too.
Quantas:
Walk the Line was really good. You’ll love it. I think Reese Witherspoon did an awesome job as June. People say that Reese and Joaquin will probably be nominated for Oscars.
Jason downloaded ‘Go’ onto his cell phone, so we can play little games on it. After you’re done it shows you what’s your territory and your opponent’s. If you want to learn it, then after we get better we could play you on the internet.
Take care yo.
Yeah, I’m bummed that Memoirs doesn’t come out here till mid-January. Oh well, that’s still before Walk the Line!
Its the same thing here in iceland… we still haven’t had them out yet!!