i've watched a couple of them recently.
1. the soloist
so so. story was interesting but in the end wasn't really engaging. acting was pretty great. cello/violin playing was quite exquisite but 1 dimensional and not particularly rewarding.
2. almost famous
i've shared a curious relationship with one of my sergeants who has just ord-ed this past week. we both listened to some similar stuff, and talked about music often. i still remember a morning after a restless ops vl night in the vehicle in the deserted changi airshow area, he was playing reckoner and house of cards off his phone, and my morning didn't feel so fucking horrible anymore. heh. thanks 3sg suhardi and happy ord.
so anyway on my last tuesday in camp before leaving for weymouth here, he'd brought 'almost famous' for us to watch. or for me, re-watch. but i remember having liked it, and in particular i remember the kid's sister's quote, something about listening to rock n roll records with the light's off and a candle burning.
rewatching i realised that the sister was actually zooey deschanel. and i spotted the reference to pink floyd when the 'dark side of the moon' cover appeared momentarily on the windscreen of penny's car. heh.
i like the movie. the music's cool. the quotes are cool.
william: I'm glad you were home.
lester: I'm always home. I'm uncool.
w: Me too!
l: The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool.
penny: I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.
[Finally getting his interview with Russell Hammond]
william: So Russell... what do you love about music?
russell: To begin with, everything.
anita: It's unfair that we can't listen to our music!
elaine: That's because it's music about drugs and promiscuous sex.
a: Simon and Garfunkel is poetry!
e: Yes it's poetry. It's poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Honey, they're on pot.
and that quote i was talking about.
Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you'll see your entire future. -anita miller
3. the boat that rocked
damn cool movie la. and damn cool music. referred to jimi hendrix as 'this little kid who's pretty good at guitar'.
patrick watson is playing live at the esplanade 19 january!
ok i'll get off the internet now and hope that someone will let me into the house cuz it's getting late.
1. the soloist
so so. story was interesting but in the end wasn't really engaging. acting was pretty great. cello/violin playing was quite exquisite but 1 dimensional and not particularly rewarding.
2. almost famous
i've shared a curious relationship with one of my sergeants who has just ord-ed this past week. we both listened to some similar stuff, and talked about music often. i still remember a morning after a restless ops vl night in the vehicle in the deserted changi airshow area, he was playing reckoner and house of cards off his phone, and my morning didn't feel so fucking horrible anymore. heh. thanks 3sg suhardi and happy ord.
so anyway on my last tuesday in camp before leaving for weymouth here, he'd brought 'almost famous' for us to watch. or for me, re-watch. but i remember having liked it, and in particular i remember the kid's sister's quote, something about listening to rock n roll records with the light's off and a candle burning.
rewatching i realised that the sister was actually zooey deschanel. and i spotted the reference to pink floyd when the 'dark side of the moon' cover appeared momentarily on the windscreen of penny's car. heh.
i like the movie. the music's cool. the quotes are cool.
william: I'm glad you were home.
lester: I'm always home. I'm uncool.
w: Me too!
l: The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool.
penny: I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.
[Finally getting his interview with Russell Hammond]
william: So Russell... what do you love about music?
russell: To begin with, everything.
anita: It's unfair that we can't listen to our music!
elaine: That's because it's music about drugs and promiscuous sex.
a: Simon and Garfunkel is poetry!
e: Yes it's poetry. It's poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Honey, they're on pot.
and that quote i was talking about.
Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you'll see your entire future. -anita miller
3. the boat that rocked
damn cool movie la. and damn cool music. referred to jimi hendrix as 'this little kid who's pretty good at guitar'.
patrick watson is playing live at the esplanade 19 january!
ok i'll get off the internet now and hope that someone will let me into the house cuz it's getting late.
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