movie weekend

yeah!! i finally managed to find the opportunity to go to the cinema and catch 2 movies on saturday. it had been a while since i last watched a proper movie ( i dun count animation as a movie...the last time i went to the cinema was to watch 'flushed away').
i watched eragon and curse of the golden flower...
i enjoyed eragon very much. please do not compare it with the lord of the rings...you will not enjoy eragon as it is if you have LOTR at the back of your mind all the time. one of the better dragon movies out there i will say. and putting ed speelers as the main protagonist is a breath of fresh air. jeremy irons as the mentor was great. he is the man!! although the movie was rather short (90 mins), it was an enjoyable journey as there was no time to get bored. i love their british accented english. nothing beats those clipped pronunciation of words. there is definitely a sequel coming but i hope read the book first as bro is planning to get hold of that book. good old bro. the book is said to be quite dull compared to the movie version, but my dragon fantasies have been ignited once again. nothing beats a one-part-brave, 3- part-fool rider on a magnificent dragon. move over knights in shining armour!!!
on the other hand, the curse of the golden flower was.....aaaaaahhhh....a curse to sit through! the movie was BIG in its setting and customes, not to mention voluminous in the bosom department, but MINUTE in its acting and plot. mr Chow is always seen with the same expression and gong li's acting was nothing to shout about as well. surprisingly (ok...i can never imagine myself praising this fellow, but here i am doing it....deep breath now...) jay chou did a better than decent job portraying one of the princes. (exhale...aaaa...) the setting and customes were really out of this world; elaborate, intricate, pompous, and glittery to the extend of blinding. and the amount of flesh shown in the bosom department is a distraction...well, i was distracted. (dun tell me you actually sit through the movie without noticing any cleavage ok!) a guy friend mentioned that the corsets worn were not even half cup! hah...see i told you, these things are noticeable. yeah, so watch the movie and drown yourself in esctasy. haha! the battle scenes were very well choreographed. and dun forget those dead pan one liners which made everyone chuckled. man, the script writer was something. the dialogues were supposed to be dead serious, but you had the audience in stitches. go wonder.
oh, and i finally caught the devil wears prada on dvd (thanks kwei). meryl streep was really in her elements as the vicious miranda. ooh, the mere mention of her name made everyone shiver with fear and awe. but i was glad i read the book first. some of the dialogues were lost in miranda's deep voice and the film makers seemed to assume that everyone who watched the movie would have read the book. it was a feast for fashionistas eyes watching the movie. the clothes! the shoes! the accessories! they are to die for. and yes, andy you have the job a million girls would die for. (i am one of them!!!)

so what's next? i have dvd of 'the holiday' staring cameron diaz and kate winslet waiting. so that will be the next on the list.