Movies.......

I miss going out to the movies....

But it is lonely going out to movies alone.....
Even though in the cinema, you are basically all alone watching the movie, it still feels strange if you were to go alone. Going to the cinema is a social thing (I think so, but others might not think the same). After watching or before watching the movie, you will hang around and talk.

Post-movie conversation will vary, but typically it will hover around what you or the other person(s) think about the movie. Sometimes, you will both like it, other times, opinions will differ. This, I feel once again, is where the fun starts.

You might have a debate or a discussion with others as to the merits/demerits of the movie, or perhaps broaden the discussion into other side issues surrounding the movie, which the movie has perhaps fleshed out…

Or you could just say you like or hate the movie…

Perhaps I haven’t been out to the movies that much…..as I don’t have companions with me to do that here…..or even companions who would watch the various eclectic types of movies with me…

Another reason…..I don’t want to watch English movies dubbed into Chinese! Imagine Troy in mandarin……hehehehe
Brad Pitt speaking in fluent mandarin with a Beijing accent, I betcha…
Hehehe….imagine him saying…..instead of “Fight for Glory!”…..you’ll have “为名誉和伟大而打战”
And no English subtitles….
I will be so lost!

And can you imagine Shriek 2 in mandarin?!?!?
I can’t!
Hehe…

The reason why I raised these particular movies is because I did just watch them, all in a row with yijia in HK! Boy, were we lucky not to have accidentally bought tickets for the chinese ones (as we both didn’t realise that these movies are available in mandarin/Cantonese)! Perhaps Yijia might understand…..but I still have eons to go in my mandarin language abilities to understand Shriek 2 in mandarin!
But I do have to thank yijia for taking time to hang with me and watch those movies…..I did enjoy the movie session….it’s been awhile…

However don’t think I can’t watch art-house movies with yijia……
Don’t know whether she likes them…
I think she kinda likes fluffy meg-ryan type romantic movies….

I preferred Shriek 2 for its pop culture references but she preferred Troy for Brad Pitt and the theme!

Another movie which I have to recommend is “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”……..it’s by the director of “Being John Malkovich”, and I really enjoyed that movie!

Jim Carey wasn’t great but the theme of the movie is interesting….
“What if you could erase someone out of your mind?”

But the movie which I really really want to watch now!
Hehehe! The new Harry Potter!
It’s by the director of “Y Tu Mama Tambian” , so it should be more interesting than the previous two!
Though I don’t think we will have any ménage a trio scenes…..