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Crouching Tiger, Flying Daggers

I don't usually go to church on Saturday nights. Yesterday was an exception cuz I was going for a midnight movie and I didn't want to go to church on Sunday morning feeling all tired and drowsy and not paying attention to Pastor D's sermon.

I guess we (me and tots) didn't realise that since church ended at 10:30pm, we had a full hour to waste before picking William up for the movie. So what do we do? Like all typical M'sians we or rather he decided to fill his tummy. I, on the other hand am on a diet ;) Anyway, he drove to SS 2, saw Sugar Bun and said "Let's try this new place. It's very famous in Sarawak". So we went in, he ordered while I nicely seated myself down watching MTV. *all smiles* Hey, it's been awhile.

He's done eating but we are still seating there. It's like 11 something already and I'm sure the staffs are waiting for us to get our lazy arses up and going so that they can pack and go home. But nooo.. Tots thinks that it's still early to get William. So what do we do? Continue watching Beastie Boys in action with me feeling embarrassed and Tots oblivious to his surroundings.

Yay, and we are off.. finally !!
We picked William, drove to BU, looked for parking and met the others outside the cineplex.

I usually don't bother getting popcorn and all that stuff not because I'm on diet but I'm just too lazy to queue up behind a long line of homo sapiens. Tonight though, I needed to quench my thirst. I hopped in line waiting to get to the counter. A minute later I couldn't believe my eyes when this Malay couple decided to play 'cut queue'. They were about to nicely place their bodies in between me and the person standing in front of me. How dare they !! I gave the Malay guy the 'DJ stare' (so says Tots) and closed the gap. He looked at me, clearly not bothered to be civil and stood right behind me. It would be ok if I was last in line but there were about 3 people behind me !! I was so pissed. I looked at the guy who was supposedly behind me and then at the Malay guy. I was actually doing this back and forth and back and forth without realising it. Hahahah.. What was actually running in my head was "Why in the world are you (look at the guy) keeping quiet and letting this shorty (look at the Malay guy) cut your queue?". I soo wanted to say something but then I decided to keep my mouth shut.
Why? I guess the guy could speak for himself if he wanted to. I would speak up if the Malay fella was standing in front of me. So I let it go, got 2 bottled waters and met the others.

Ooo I can't wait to see Takeshi. Isn't that why I went? I didn't think much of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I mean if all they were going to do was fly around and do flying stunts, why not watch the good looking guy do it. Boy, was I wrong. I guess I unintentionally associated Crouching Tiger with Flying Daggers thanks to Zhang Ziyi. Then I found out the same director directed Hero. Ooo ok. I've not watched that one yet.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie, in an artistic kinda way.
I love the way the director played with the colours, how he colour contrasted the character's clothes with the background scenery. So beautiful.
I love the fighting scenes. As if they were dancing. The timing was right, they moved in sync, all perfectly choreographed. I especially like the bamboo fighting scene - first Zhang Ziyi alone with the general's soldiers, then she and Takeshi with the soldiers.
Although there were flying scenes (very little - 3 the most), they flew more realistic compared to the other flying movie.
The twist was good. They are not who they say they are and it's quite unexpected when all is revealed.

Nearing the end however (yes there always is a 'however'), it started to become corny. It started when Takeshi and Andy Lau fought with each other in this huge field filled with wild daisies. They were 'clinging' and 'clanging' their swords from autumn.. till winter. What nonsense !! I guess he was trying to play with colours again. He should make it more real la.

As if that's not bad enough, Zhang Ziyi had to wake up 3 or 4 times after she has supposedly died. The first time, everyone paid attention to what she was saying to her lover, Takeshi. After that the cinema was filled with laughter every time she opened her eyes. The loudest was when she got up to her feet !!

*sigh* it was all good until the director guy had to go mess it up. The plot isn't so good either. Don't let the title fool you (if you actually know what it means) cuz it's basically a love story. When you think about it though, it has been awhile since a love story was screened.

I found out that I do not enjoy romantic movies. Surprise, surprise.. But I never really took myself for the lovey dovey kinda girl anyway.

Well, I can't say I was disappointed cuz Takeshi Kaneshiro is gorgeousness. And although I don't think Zhang Ziyi is all that, she depicts a rare beauty in the movie. Eeerr.. Andy Lau is a little old for me.