Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Award-winning movies

The Iron Lady
(Winner of Best Actress & Best Make-up @ Oscar 2012)
I needed to watch this movie to tell me if Meryl Streep really deserve the award more than Viola Davis in The Help. And needless to say, I think Viola Davis was good but Meryl Streep truly deserves the award.
The opening of the movie already says a lot, really. Meryl Streep playing the older Margaret Thatcher with Dementia was so precise it made you feels so bad for her. She then portrayed the character so so well... The young, tough and passionate young lady, as well as the older version who keeps on imagining her husband is still around. Meryl Streep is truly amazing!
Storyline wise, however, isn't so fantastic. It's just a very normal flow, with a few parts which bored me a lot when it talks about complicated economics and political stuff. Duh... But honestly, I like how the movie was made without focusing too much on the political stuff. Most part of it talks about Margaret Thatcher and her funny husband Dennis and their unique and lovely love story. I was crying so bad when I saw the ending where she has to finally accept the fact that the husband is dead and decided to send him (the imaginary him) away but suddenly realised she doesn't really want him to go... Man can you imagine that happening to any of us when we lose our loved ones??? :'(
It is quite a beautiful movie, although I would love to skip all the political stuff if given an option. By the way, I thought the Best Actress and Best Make-Up awards won was well deserved. *clap clap~~~*

那些年,我们追过的女孩 You are the Apple of my Eyes
(Winner of Best New Artist at Taiwan Golden Horse Awards 2011)
比大家迟了好多才看这部电影,原因是我完全不确定自己是否需要到电影院去看一部我觉得自己不会喜欢的爱情小品。
好吧,就带着一般心情去看它,不要让任何好评影响我。
故事虽然有少许像中学时期的我们,但某些部分还是太夸张了、太不切实际了。当然,里头甜蜜的爱情故事,还是让我会心一笑,但是却没有大家说得那么感人!老实说,我觉得最有感触的其实是最后女主角要嫁人了,曾经暗恋过她的男生们出席婚礼的那一幕。虽然自己还没机会经历那种场面,但是可以想像那种感觉一定是怪怪的!或许我也会像他们一样,一心只希望她能幸福?
可能是年纪的问题,看过这部电影后一点也没被男、女主角“电”到。更不觉得他们的演出有多好,真不懂“大多数”人的眼光到底怎么了?
我给50分吧!

2 comments:

LayJinG said...

Where to watch the Iron Lady? hehe.. so outdated nowadays! Well, I haven't watch 那些年。。。not in that mood!

ShiRLeXia said...

Haha... Illegally lar... I don't really think it will be up in Malaysian cinemas...

For 那些年I really just watched out of curiosity!