the godfather (1972). directed by francis ford coppola.

i think i have watched this movie more than 10 times. and each new viewing just makes me want to find out more. it is such a gem to savour. especially after my brain is tired after watching stupidity shot with big bucks. it is a story of a king with three sons - each of them inherited something from the patriarch - the first his aggression  the second his child like wonder, the third his unscrupulous intelligence. the old man built the an empire for his children, the same intentions discontinued in the hands of his children. 

hysteria (2011). directed by tanya wexler.

so so. we watched this right after a dangerous method (2011) so it was a bit of a let down. predictable laughs without breaking new ground. or may be i've seen the characters or the story somewhere, before. 

a good day to die hard (2013). directed john moore.

not very clever isn't it? that it gets me wondering about watching live free or die hard (2007) and how good timothy olyphant looked with his washboard stomach. the action is just over the top, there is no room to breathe let alone character development (yeah what the heck is that?!) to hide the fact that the story was totally forgettable. 

which i did. and, what, it takes them 6 years to come up with this crap!

celeste & jesse forever (2012). directed by lee toland krieger.

this wasn't so bad. i slightly enjoyed it as opposed to the regular rom-coms that usually are just not funny. 

moonrise kingdom (2012). directed by wes anderson.

wes anderson and his delightfully sad movie about..imperfect people. or just people. the colours is 60's, was it 70's? two children fell in love and decided to run away from their lives - one of them is an orphan who yearn for parents, the other has parents and just could not get along. the children seems to know what they want and what to do - unlike the adults, lost in their dreary lives, not knowing why they exist. they exist for responsibilities that no longer gives meaning let alone joy. the children ran away into the unknown - free from everything - albeit knowing they can only pull this off for a short while. 

it's depressing being children knowing that some day you will lose that sense of endless possibility, and it is equally depressing being adults knowing some day there is no possibility at all. 

brave (2012). directed by mark andrews, brenda chapman & steve purcell.

i am not big on animated films and haven't watch many of them. this one has its charms despite roger ebert's comment that it didn't break new grounds. i like the plot of the story that involves changing the queen to a real bear, and eventually acts like a real bear. the overall story is cute, however i feel it is sort of heavy for children. 

i must be lagging way behind in the animation world.