Never forgive, Never forget...Sweeney Todd
2nd day of CNY n yaay, i get to stay hm today, will onli venture out ltr to catch e movie Kungfu Slamdunk...is tt wad it's called? Dun even rem. CJ7 seems nt bad too, anything other den tt stupid crappy Jack Neo movie...
Had a most fun day with Juan on Monday, we spent an entire day tog n managed to convince her to watch Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street..haha, she cudn't look at a meat pau in the eye after e movie. Gosh, no wonder it's NC-18, it was abit too much blood n gore for me. Gothic films always fascinate me, though...n of cuz Johnny Depp. It was quite an interesting film, albeit one I wudn't catch a second time, i think...The cruel irony at the end was sorta befittin for a guy who chose a twisted path of self-destruction after the tragedy tt tore his family apart. I suppose Sweeney Todd wud hv been a veri meaty (no pun intended) case study for shrinks, he certainly comes across as being a tortured soul driven to perverse excesses because of his dark n tragic history. I was on his side throughout the entire movie, regardless of the numerous innocent throats he slitted...Bt tt final act of violence against a woman who loved him so much n stood by him all this while, was too much for me. That was when i felt he had gone over e edge for his thirst for revenge, there was also absolutely no justification for those innocent lives he claimed....i din see hw their deaths wud pave e way for his route to revenge, other den simply serving as substitute filling for Mrs Lovett's meat pies. I think i'm nvr gonna watch another movie musical, I squirm when these seeminly normal pple suddenly break out into singing, it's jus hard to keep a straight face. The thing abt e movie was also tt the songs ain't tt nice n they jus keep repeating the lyrics...I think I heard this particular line, "The worst pies in London" like 10 times alone in her song!! Nt too sure which era this movie was set in, Victorian or Elizabethan London, most prob the former, i guess....looking as dark n bleak as ever. (oh, i jus went to google, it was set in the 18th century) N Todd din just hail frm urban myth, he wasn't just an English bogeyman tt worried parents used to frighten their mischievous offspring into subservience.. he was real, albeit without tt tragic romantic background behind him. He was merely a bitter man belonging to the downtrodden lower class of Industrial England who bore a grudge against his betters and would kill to satisfy his lust for wealth. After the police swooped down upon Lovett's shop to arrest her, she was at tt moment serving a few of her customers who attempted to lynch her after making the horrific discovery tt the tasty morsels they had been much drawn to was actually human flesh. Lovett killed herself in her jail cell shortly after her arrest, making the prosecutor's job of nailing Todd down an uphill one. The short arm of London onli caught up with Todd after he slaughtered so many victims bt he was eventually hung and his body turned over to London's most expert barbers who went abt dissecting his body till he became a mass of flesh and bones like his victims... Fwah...all e ingredients for the most grisly urban legend can be found in this story...it's jus amazing..Ha, i just went to research e true story of Sweeney Todd, these kinda mass killer morbid story, particularly if it was set in a diff era, nvr fails to fascinate me. The dark side of a Scorpion, I suppose...nt tt i ever aspire to be a killer, of cuz. Bt the movie slogan, "Never forgive, Never forget" is seriously creepy bt extremely cool as well...
"There's a hole in the world
Like a great black pit
and the vermin of the world inhabit it
And its morals aren't worth
what a pig could spit
And it goes by the name of London."
Okie, movin on to other more cheerful movies, i guess...I watched 2 movies on telly last nite. ha, i like e 1st one cuz of the ooh so delicious Daniel Wu bt other den tt, it was a pretty normal HK love movie. The other was abit interesting n actually featured the Cantopop grp, Twins..ha, Gillian Chung looked reallie sweet n pretty in e movie bt i guess i wun ever be able to look at her in e same light animore. It was abt love n how the movie leads, Louis Koo and Gigi Leung had a tiff on Valentine's Day due to Leung complaining that Koo cud nt even be bothered to plan a romantic V day celebration for her n henceforth did not care enuff for her. The ending was quite gd..Much to my surprise, Koo decided to break up with Leung after their being temporarily separated for a few mths as he felt he cud nt gif her the happiness she deserved. He told her tt he had sought out his previous gfs to find out wad was wrong with himself. Some memorable quotes.. " There are always questions and answers in a failed relationship" "Relationships end but the experiences stay with us. Every romance lives on forever within our hearts." Hw true.. I think there are always questions surrounding a relationship, particularly after it has ended bt as to hw we arrive at e answers, do we seek them within ourselves, do we ask the other party or do we bury them deep within our hearts?
Had a most fun day with Juan on Monday, we spent an entire day tog n managed to convince her to watch Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street..haha, she cudn't look at a meat pau in the eye after e movie. Gosh, no wonder it's NC-18, it was abit too much blood n gore for me. Gothic films always fascinate me, though...n of cuz Johnny Depp. It was quite an interesting film, albeit one I wudn't catch a second time, i think...The cruel irony at the end was sorta befittin for a guy who chose a twisted path of self-destruction after the tragedy tt tore his family apart. I suppose Sweeney Todd wud hv been a veri meaty (no pun intended) case study for shrinks, he certainly comes across as being a tortured soul driven to perverse excesses because of his dark n tragic history. I was on his side throughout the entire movie, regardless of the numerous innocent throats he slitted...Bt tt final act of violence against a woman who loved him so much n stood by him all this while, was too much for me. That was when i felt he had gone over e edge for his thirst for revenge, there was also absolutely no justification for those innocent lives he claimed....i din see hw their deaths wud pave e way for his route to revenge, other den simply serving as substitute filling for Mrs Lovett's meat pies. I think i'm nvr gonna watch another movie musical, I squirm when these seeminly normal pple suddenly break out into singing, it's jus hard to keep a straight face. The thing abt e movie was also tt the songs ain't tt nice n they jus keep repeating the lyrics...I think I heard this particular line, "The worst pies in London" like 10 times alone in her song!! Nt too sure which era this movie was set in, Victorian or Elizabethan London, most prob the former, i guess....looking as dark n bleak as ever. (oh, i jus went to google, it was set in the 18th century) N Todd din just hail frm urban myth, he wasn't just an English bogeyman tt worried parents used to frighten their mischievous offspring into subservience.. he was real, albeit without tt tragic romantic background behind him. He was merely a bitter man belonging to the downtrodden lower class of Industrial England who bore a grudge against his betters and would kill to satisfy his lust for wealth. After the police swooped down upon Lovett's shop to arrest her, she was at tt moment serving a few of her customers who attempted to lynch her after making the horrific discovery tt the tasty morsels they had been much drawn to was actually human flesh. Lovett killed herself in her jail cell shortly after her arrest, making the prosecutor's job of nailing Todd down an uphill one. The short arm of London onli caught up with Todd after he slaughtered so many victims bt he was eventually hung and his body turned over to London's most expert barbers who went abt dissecting his body till he became a mass of flesh and bones like his victims... Fwah...all e ingredients for the most grisly urban legend can be found in this story...it's jus amazing..Ha, i just went to research e true story of Sweeney Todd, these kinda mass killer morbid story, particularly if it was set in a diff era, nvr fails to fascinate me. The dark side of a Scorpion, I suppose...nt tt i ever aspire to be a killer, of cuz. Bt the movie slogan, "Never forgive, Never forget" is seriously creepy bt extremely cool as well...
"There's a hole in the world
Like a great black pit
and the vermin of the world inhabit it
And its morals aren't worth
what a pig could spit
And it goes by the name of London."
Okie, movin on to other more cheerful movies, i guess...I watched 2 movies on telly last nite. ha, i like e 1st one cuz of the ooh so delicious Daniel Wu bt other den tt, it was a pretty normal HK love movie. The other was abit interesting n actually featured the Cantopop grp, Twins..ha, Gillian Chung looked reallie sweet n pretty in e movie bt i guess i wun ever be able to look at her in e same light animore. It was abt love n how the movie leads, Louis Koo and Gigi Leung had a tiff on Valentine's Day due to Leung complaining that Koo cud nt even be bothered to plan a romantic V day celebration for her n henceforth did not care enuff for her. The ending was quite gd..Much to my surprise, Koo decided to break up with Leung after their being temporarily separated for a few mths as he felt he cud nt gif her the happiness she deserved. He told her tt he had sought out his previous gfs to find out wad was wrong with himself. Some memorable quotes.. " There are always questions and answers in a failed relationship" "Relationships end but the experiences stay with us. Every romance lives on forever within our hearts." Hw true.. I think there are always questions surrounding a relationship, particularly after it has ended bt as to hw we arrive at e answers, do we seek them within ourselves, do we ask the other party or do we bury them deep within our hearts?
posted by Witchy at 9:34 AM
3 Comments:
Happy Chinese New Year!
I guess many things turn out to be contradicting, and expectations are always meant to be broken.
I guess the most important is from all the experience, you know a bit more about how you handle all sorts of things, from your special half to how you deal with problems.
Enuff said, don't brood over things for too long yah?
Anyways, CJ7 is quite dumb, but can move some people to tears. Dunk (or dung) is lame too, but nice acting by Eric Tseng. If you're a Jay fan you probably would glee over it.
You should watch a comedy or two to get over the darkness brooding over CNY. It should be joyous, not dark!
Enjoy yourself :D
Hi, do i noe u?
ha, i'm nt brooding at all, actually...if I'm brooding, I'm actually brooding over Sweeney Todd more den anythin else..
Hey ger, hapy CNY to ya:)
didnt know that the bloody movie we've watched might be a true story after all.. eek..
anyway, see ya soon for our date with 'P.S. I Love You..' hope the movie wun disappoint :)
meanwhile, keep ur stomach healthy!
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