Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:40 AM
Well, allow me to direct you to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyyyy.
It's a collection of photos taken on my Canon 400D, which I'm willing to make public. I know I'm starting out, still amateurish and still learning so I really do appreciate your comments and feedback.
I want to portray something more than a picture, something like a story behind every picture.
Well, tell me what you think.
memories brings back happy moments
Friday, July 4, 2008 11:50 PM
What an irony it is that I was writing about movies in my previous entry.
I chanced upon "Plaint Truth"! Not the book, but the movie.
Well, I was just happily channel-surfing when I was attracted by the dialog going on. And considering that I had just finished the book one week ago, the lines were pretty fresh in my head.
Of course I was excited and eventually, that excitement evolved into disappointment.
Jodi Picoult is my favourite author. There's no word or phrase to explain the feeling when you see the books you love brought to life by people, background sets and music. But to have them do injustice to the story? Well, you'll burn with rage and then start screaming at the TV.
I felt that the character development was insufficient, that story development was too fast and little emotion details were left out. They could not bring out the emotional intensity both in the farmhouse and the courtroom. Relationships were left blurred as well. AND they did not have introduce Amish traditions at all!
The screenwriter tried to keep as close to the book by taking exact lines BUT I felt that he lost the kick. Jodi Picoult has a way of writing punchlines that end the section with such impact it lingers in your head chapters after you passed that page.
I was disappointed. Not in the production, but that the world who watched did not get a chance to be exposed to the excellent fiction world of Jodi Picoult.
Movies never do the books justice.
memories brings back happy moments
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:38 PM
I love watching movies.
Well, if it falls within my budget.
Yet as many of my friends will know, I am not easily satisfied with any so-called "blockbusters" acclaimed by newspapers, magazines or unreliable word-of-mouth. I judge and critic by my own standards rather than through the eyes of public opinion. Sometimes I get disappointed with my own choices, sometimes I shoot myself in the feet for not catching supposedly good movies, but most of the times, I stand by my own preferences.
Then again, I can be pretty predictable. Like the fact that I love history stories and will catch any historical war movies, especially if it involves World War II. Or the times I scrambled to catch Robbie Williams on the big screen ever since he fascinated me in "Dead Poets" Society". Or the times I anticipated those books-to-screen adaptations of the books I've loved since as a child.
I do realise that my taste in movies may not coincide with those of my friends' but I always rather pursue my individuality rather than blend into the crowd. Thank God that I do have certain people to turn to for satisfaction of my niche interests. It's the company and the after-movie discussion that always brings enlightenment as well as identification that you're not alone.
Of course, at the end of the day, it's the company that matters. Which explains why I willingly spent an jaw-dropping daylight robbery of $10 to watch a mediocre "Incrediable Hulk" with Geri and Leonard.
When the opinions of many overwrite the voice of one. Blah.
memories brings back happy moments
