Since I retired from work in January 2005, watching movies in the cinema has been one of my favourite time-killers. This blog contains brief information and some comments of the movies I have seen.
The film tells a biography of famous country star Johny Cash (1932-2003) during his early years, which focuses on love relationship between him and his wife, June Carter Cash (1929-2003). Outstanding acting and musical performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, the movie is entertaining with a lot of great country songs.
Starring Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock, Brandan Fraser
A number of American people with different races, class and status crash with each other in L.A. The film deals boldly with racism, terrorism and prejudices. Excellent scriptwriting and film editing.
Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway
This is one of the greatest and most romantic love stories. Beautifully shot and best performed by Ledger and Gyllenhaal, the movie tells the story of forbidden love of two gay cowboys -- heartbreaking, deeply moving, and tragic. If you have no bias against homosexual, you will find that this drama movie opens and breaks your heart and stays with you even after it ends. Apart from Sense and Sensibility, this is Ang Lee's best film and he deserves the Oscar Award.
Below are some of the most romantic scenes in the movie that I like.
A true story about the aftereffects of the Palestinian terrorist attacks on the Israeli athletic team during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. This is a serious, tense, violent and action-packed drama. Spielberg deserves credit for his courage to make this thought-provoking movie although he got heavily criticised for this controversial moral issue.
Starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg
The trailer leads us to think that this is a romantic comedy movie with Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman taking leading roles. In fact, this is a serious love movie which focuses on the relationship between a 37-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man. The problem is the scriptwriting, which is dull and boring.
Starring Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe
Based on a bestseller novel by Arthur Golden, this is a story of a Japanese girl, Sayuri, who became a geisha in 1929. The film is enjoyable with happy ending. It is however quite shallow and doesn't tell much about the real life of geishas. All Chinese actresses deliver fine performances, but I think the film would be much better if it uses Japanese casts who speak Japanese with English subtitle.
