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Just Watched: Confessions of a Shopaholic

I have wanted to watch this since I have seen its trailer in Hong Kong and it’s not finally on in Melbourne’s theatre – two weeks ago… and today I finally caught it with Irene and Christine! I miss you gals sooo much!

Overall, the movie has lived up to my expectation which… there isn’t much. But you don’t go watch a chick flick and have high expectations, right? All in all, I think it’s good for a laugh. I was not particularly impressed by Isla Fisher’s performance. But her boss (portrayed by Hugh Dancy who is smoking hot with the accent) and her best friend Suze’s (played by Krysten Ritter) performance definitely caught my eye.

My favourite scene of the movie was which Rebecca lied about being fluent in Finnish (because no one checks up on Finland…!) and when the Finnish guy spoke Finnish to her and she pretended that she understood and slapped him right at his face. (It’s not Swedish at all, but it definitely reminded me some of the good times going ‘huh?!’ in Finland.)

Lastly, a bone to pick with the movie – I am not agreeing with the fashion of the movie, especially for a movie that is set in New York AND theme Shopaholic.

Just Watched: The Secret Life of Bees

I bawled my eye out when I watched this on the flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.

The movie is based on a best-seller novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Lily (played by Dakota Fanning) had a rough childhood because of her estranged parents and she blamed herself for accidentally killed her mother. She was brought up by Miss Rosaleen (played by Jennifer Hudson) who got discriminated and abused in town because of her colour which later led to a flee out of town.

What I have loved so much of this movie is the plot its own, Lily blamed herself for all the mishaps happening around her when she has done nothing wrong – accidentally murdering her mother, her black-friend got taken away because they watched a movie in public together and May committing suicide because of that. It’s very bittersweet and makes you want to hug her and reassure her that it will all be okay.

The background of the story itself also adds a more complicated dimension to the movie – the Civil Right Bills had just passed then – however, people are still acting like it’s just a piece of paper that didn’t mean anything. So for the entire movie it’s been quite a struggle between the colours which made it an even more engaging movie to watch.

Once

The romantic movie I have loved most for that it didn’t end with happily ever after. Plus it reminded me about all the good times in Dublin :)