Must Love Dogs

I really loved the dogs.

Grins.

John Cusack movies always seem to sit down well with me. Its half the way he seems to be able to totally absorb himself into the character, while pretty much retaining much of himself in the process, and half the way he delivers his lines. Interestingly enough, the other great movie I totally adored that he starred in, Serendipity, the character that was his love interest was also known as Sarah. Hehz...

Serendipity. Ironic, in a pretty lame way. Nevertheless, there you go.

=)

The movie itself was bland in some ways... with very little in terms of plot development. The script was obviously trying to go for something that was more 'real' than 'hopelessly romantic', something which sat down really well with me. Wasn't really in the mood for a dose of perfect woman falling for perfect man and having conditions work out perfectly for them to be together and live happily ever after. And lots of stuff in the show was absolutely hilarious. I dun think I stopped laughing for more than 3 mins at any given time in the movie. Sadly, as usual, the minute the humour wasn't exactly overtly in-your-face, the audience were sadly oblivious to what was going on, sitting in deathly silence. As far as they were concerned, it might as well have been a funeral scene.

Of course, being a film about people recovering from a broken relationships, I naturally had a bias towards the film. But Stockard Channing turned in a great little performance, showing the mellowed-with-age and therefore more dignified, but just as lonely search for her own love story. I always thought she was a very versatile actress, and she was a great addition to the movie here. In fact, where the script itself was a little bland, the actors and actresses more than made up for it. There was nothing particularly soppy or emotional about the whole show, but the characters each had their moments of honesty abt the rarity of really finding true love. Kindda like what I've been whining inccessantly about in all my previous blog entries, the show also touched upon the issue of true love versus finding someone you could settle for. Yet another thing that went down well with me. Grins.

They also had some very good dialogue, showcasing the different questions men and women asked and discussed abt when they're with their buddies/girlfriends. I thought that was pretty cool.

Oh, and did I mention how I loved the dogs? Grins.

Ok, enough gushing abt the show now...

Today's been a good day. Met Yenn Chuen in the morning, and had a great time with him. Then met Serene, followed by Weimin. Settled some stuff, then cut my hair. Read up some things for my essay, then had dinner and the movie with Syl. In between chatted with Ruth since its her birthday today.

You know how people say if they had 100 million bucks, they'd travel the world? I think I'd spend it travelling around Singapore, meeting up with people instead. Hehz...

Think that's stupid?