This week I watched 2 movies in the theatres, caught one on Channel 62 and heard about one from a most indignant SS.
The first was True Legend aka 苏乞儿, caught on Wednesday with Von and MT in Tampines. It was surprisingly good value for money, with fighting scenes for almost the entire 2 hours. We caught it because of Jay Chou obviously, and were waiting and waiting for 赵文卓's son to grow up into Jay Chou since none of us had any inkling of the plot and Jay seems to have thrived playing the sons of famous actors (Anthony Wong, Chow Yuen Fatt). Happily, Jay was cast as a super cool character, God of Wushu, which didn't require too great a range of emotions.
The second was supposed to be Percy and the Lightning Thief, but because I couldn't make it in time Wen and I caught Nine at The Cathay instead. During Tan's house party I recall somebody saying that it wasn't worth watching, but I thought it was excellent. The big-name actresses all put up commendable dance performances, and the one that made the deepest impression was undoubtedly Penelope Cruz's. Ideas for a pole choreo! Nicole Kidman's dress was beautiful, with a magnificent pleat at the ass to accentuate her slim waist and shapely bum. Can't find a picture of the back view, best view is of the side here.
The one on Channel 62 is this strange HK film called Trivial Matters, 破事兒. The best review I found online belongs to lovehkfilm.com, and it was most helpful in explaining the meaning of the film to me. Admittedly I gave the show a chance mainly because I saw Edison and Gillian listed both as leading characters, and was alittle disappointed to discover they appeared in separate segments of the film's 7 short stories. Still I'm glad I watched the super quirky film, and Edison's monologue about his Civism coincidentally is related to something I've wanted to blog about for ages. The lovehkfilm.com review states:
The shortest one involves Edison Chen and Stephanie Cheng, and seems to exist merely for its absurd gross-out factor.
In a nutshell, Edison's character is trying to chat a girl up at a bar. In his druken state, his idea of small talk is to brag that when he pees in public toilets, he makes a conscious effort to use his pee stream to wash away the excrement skid-marks left by previous users. This is his show of civic-mindedness, to toilet cleaners as well as to futures users. It is something that requires minimal effort on his part, yet shows consideration for fellow human beings. The girl is of course grossed out, and the segment ends quite abruptly.
(Something I found while googling skid-marks: A Facebook page for people who like to pee on skid-marks in the toilet :s I also found a fascinating German Poo-Shelf Toilet that I just had to share - it's a witty piece!)
In a related train of thoughts, I've always felt that it's only polite to clean after your own skid-marks in public/shared toilets. Paddy K has written an excellent piece on How to Use a Toilet, which is more suited for toilets in private residences, where a toilet brush is at hand to do away with incriminating evidence. What happens when you're in a public toilet, and no amount of flushing will wash away the skid-mark that you've just left behind? Clean up your own shit, people!! If the thought of reaching into the toilet bowl with a wad of toilet paper to wipe away your own skid-mark is gross, then why are you imposing this monstrosity on the poor toilet cleaner? Yes, he/she may have the equipment to deal with it more competently, but he/she has enough filth to deal with without having to deal with your shit too. Please consider!
Shit aside, SS told me that under no circumstance should I watch Hot Summer Days. It is apparently a crazy waste of time, and even the star-studded cast cannot save plot that is not going anywhere.
Looking forward to Percy and the Lightning Thief next.
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