fearless

i find myself unable to pay attention for more than 30 minutes. i get agitated...restless...moody...bored...sometimes even hungry. i'd watch a movie and before i'm halfway through i'd turn it off and start flipping channels. that is just not what i do. anyone can tell you that i sit through a movie...even if i haven't slept for 72 hours and its a 3 hours long terrible drama about the life of a sloth. not because i like the torture but because i just had to know how it ends and whether it can get any worse than it already is. so basically...i haven't watched a full movie in more than a week.

but today i watched fearless...and i sat through it. probably because i was in a cinema and there wasn't anywhere i could run to and no way i could flip channels. by the way...it seemed as if they locked all the exits during the movie. people were getting up and trying to find their way to the loo but they ended up having to suck it in. it's funny to see people walking up and down frantically trying to open every door...only to be disappointed.

so fearless wasn't exactly a great movie. yes...i know it's jet li's supposed final martial arts movie. i'm wondering where he'll go from here. he can't do anything other than martial arts. i can't imagine him in a romantic comedy or a biographical drama. the movie was a bit too slow for me. i have to admit that i would've enjoyed it more if it was in english. yes....i'm biased towards chinese movies. not because i don't understand the language but also because 9 out of 10 chinese movies contain terrible acting and lousy storylines. this movie had an interesting storyline...mediocre performances from the cast...and a lack of subtitles/intepretation. it wasn't enough to keep me interested. but i do have to say that the action scenes were impressive. and what's with the dubbing? jet li didn't sound like jet li...the lip movement wasn't in sync with the audio...it was all wrong. i must say that i was pretty impressed with the soundtrack though. will see if i can get a copy.