Some Movies

In a bid to keep myself from dangerous pursuits (drugs, alcohol and self-harm), I took to renting DVDs over the last two weeks. To that end, I have seen the following:

• Beautiful Boxer (Thai)

I liked this one - a slightly romanticised version the true story of a champion Muay Thai fighter and transvestite. It was recent and won either honorable mention at some poncy film festival or an actual award.

I liked it more before I realized that a paucity of dialogue may lull one into the false impression that everyone featured is profound.

Still, Muay Thai is beautiful and I have a soft spot for alternative lifestyle choices.

• Y Tu Mama Tambien (Spanish)

This film had an alarming amount of sex and full-frontal male nudity (good grief, why?). It was funny in a strange, pointless kind of way. I loved the narration which broke in every now and then with a depressing tidbit - past and present.

I was horrified to discover that the famed Gael Garcia Bernal has the same profile as one Gregory L. Paulson, my former fiance. I imagine he doesn't look quite so Greg-ish in all films but the similarities here were alarming. It made some of the sexual content hard to reconcile.

This film actually had substance, and allowed some guilt-free voyeurism. Not quite sure why it was such a big deal when it came out but it was good nonetheless.

• Kandahar (Urdu/ Pashtun?)

Another lauded film. It begs the question: are these accolades truly deserved or handed out to people the judging commitee pities or finds sufficiently topical?

There were beautiful scenes here... which were drawn out for several minutes too many.

The plot was flimsy and, frankly, stupid.

The doctor character was a great inclusion though. Probably the film's only saving grace.... that and the fact that it was short.

• Gen X Cops (badly dubbed English. Probably Cantonese to begin with)

I love a good HK gangster flick.

This was just terrible, not helped by the lack of genuine Chinese spoken on the copy I watched. Terrible. Yucky yucky.

The Gen X Cops were alright-looking. As one expects HK pretty boys to be, all streaked hair and poses. The story was shit though. I tried for 3 hours but couldn't stay awake for the while thing.

It was 1:20pm.

If that's not telling, I don't know what is.

...In other news... hmmm. I don't think there's other news.

Tick tock.

Acb returns to Perth sometime this weekend. I'm not sure how this will actuallywork out. It seems a lifetime since last we were together. And in that time, I've filled the void with work.

Sweet work.