Okay, no more bullshit talking about how my life has been okay and not okay (I am okay btw..). Let's get down to businezz:
1. The One I Love
This movie is categorised as Romantic Comedy but it is more like a sci-fi, slightly creepy, romantic one. It is about a married couple, Sophie and Ethan trying to save their marriage by going on a get-away trip in a beautiful house, according to their therapist "I know a place you will love, all couples come back happy". The first night there, they cook dinner and have a really nice time together. After dinner, Sophie walks to the guest house and to her surprise Ethan is there. The couple talk and drink wine and have sex for the first time in a long time. Later Sophie comes back to the main house to take some clothes but she finds Ethan sleeping on the couch, when she wakes him up he seems to remember nothing that has just happened in the guest house. They then fight, which makes Ethan come to sleep in the guest house.
The next morning, Ethan wakes up while Sophie is making breakfast, who seems to be not irritated at all about what has happened last night. When Ethan tries to ask her, she changes the subject. But when Ethan comes back to the main house, he meets Sophie again, still furious about their fight. That's when they start to figure out something very, veryyyy strange is going in the house.
There is a lot more going on with the movie of course, interesting twists and all. Overall it is a good movie, the type that you would like to discuss a little bit more after it afterwards. So yeah, give it a watch, I would rate it 3 or 3.5 out of 5 uhmmmm.
2. Short Term 12
For me this is absolutely a must-watch. The movie takes place in a group home of troubled teenagers (suffer from abusive households, cutting problem, ...) and revolves around Grace, a young supervisor of the house, and her relationship with everyone in the house. No that's not right. It is not about Grace or her life, it is much much more than that. It is hard to explain, but one thing I know for sure that this movie is full of love, from a human being to other when they are trying to mend the broken pieces of their own hearts. Best movies I have watched for a while.
3. Begin Again
You probably have heard of this, or at least listened to its hit soundtrack "Lost Stars" that so many people post on Facebook (to the point if you are some hypocrite like me, you will vow to never touch that mainstream romantic thing; "the song is not even good ugh"). Oh well, big news, I love it. Have been listening to Lost Stars in many versions since I watched it.. Do you know the type of song that sounds really bad when you first listen to it, but turn really good after you listen to it in a movie? This is it. But aside from that, Begin Again is genuinely better than I expected, not too cheesy, not too overromantic; it is just a very nice, happy, uplifting movie to watch. And the last scenes with Adam Levine singing with his little beautiful broken heart is just, ugh, yeah, you know, ugh.
4. Dracula: Untold
With the aim to escape mundane routine human life, I went to watch a movie with my best friend (hear the sarcasm in my voice? hear it?). Weeks ago Alex showed me the trailer for this movie and he was (way too) excited about it, and uhm, not gonna lie, the trailer looks pretty promising. From the trailer, you know that it is about the back story of Dracula, why does he chose that life, how does he fight for it and all. I really like stories about the beginning point of something, or someone that people considered villains; the reasons behind their cruel, cold-blood acts. So I decided to give this movie a go. But the problem is, it is just that, you watch the trailer, you got the movie already. Nothing surprising, nothing really amaze you, and a lot of holes in the plot. A little bit disappointing, they could have just improved the plot a little bit for it to be good.
5. Lucy
Again, what is with Hollywood scheme of having really good trailer for a bad movie? Or maybe it is exactly what they want to do.. I don't know, but Lucy is one of those thing. Just bad, unlogic and lots of holes, yadah yadah yadah.
Next movies I want to watch: Boyhood, Gone Girl (too many good reviews already)... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If the children don’t grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms
It is strange to find myself back in the blog, typing whatever in my mind right now. To be honest, for the past month, I have considered quitting the blog. Not that the blog is something big and significant and fun to read for anyone to be even "considered" quitting, I just don't feel like I can continue writing nonsense anymore. You know, you started something, thinking you will be really good at it, and then realise you are just shit. Yet here I am, still writing. For all I know I will just stop putting the link to my CV or Facebook or whatever social medias to gain viewers. This is for me, to document something great, something trivial, something fun in my ever-going life.
It is 12:00 am now. Since months ago whenever I check the time I always unconsciously add 3 (or now 4) more hours to know what time it is in Melbourne, where Alex lives. This past 10 days are the first time in months we are together in the same time zone. For the first time I could talk to him at night, for the first time he could drive me home and let me hug him when it got colder, for the first time I could stop kissing the laptop screen but his lips instead. It has never been honey and rose for us, arguments happened, fights happened, tears happened, same old same old. Yet I have never feel so right, and have never had that urge in my chest to share my life and work towards a goal with a human being, a wonderful one even. It gets scary sometimes to think about the future, but I am learning slowly to stay more in the "now" and let things take its course. Be simple, think simple, happy thoughts. We will live this life anyway, why not be happy instead?
10 days ran fast. Now I am back to the days of frustrating internet connection and scheduled Skype calls. I hate saying cliche things like "Love will win" or whatever it is, like "love" itself is a power force you are born with and just have a strong/weak mode. To be honest, no love can be said as strong or weak, it is all about making choices. And we chose to try our best, doesn't sound very romantic, but well for me that's all that matter.
Put a girl in a relationship and she won't shut up about it haha. My last semester has just started and I found myself struggle to escape procrastination already.. Anyways, how are you? Yes YOU you fabulous imaginary person, haha jk but whoever reads my blog must be pretty insane. Hit me up on ask.fm or any means of your choice, I would love to get some update from you x
