adventures in neverland

you never know what to expect from a baz luhrmann movie - you can be dazzled, electrified, enthralled and infatuated like a naive young lover; or you will be bored to death that death itself is a better alternative than watching the tedious ruckus and hocus pocus on the big screen. %%%%%%% the first time i watched a baz luhrmann movie, i was ecstatic. i was also pleasantly surprised. the film was romeo and juliet, a modern adaptation of shakespeare's beloved obra about two tragic young lovers from warring families. it starred the then gorgeous and best actor of his generation leonardo dicaprio (before he became a supernova via titanic and became obsessed with winning an oscar for best actor) and the lovable claire danes (i will always love her even when she was declared a persona non grata by the city of manille after she spoke the truth about the city's cockroaches, filth and bad smell). i don't normally read movie reviews before watching a film. so i was s...

just watched steve mcqueen's shame and i luv it. like totally. not because the gorgeous michael fassbender (i luv his last name..you can make up a lot of nice words from it..like fastbender...) is always naked and showed his dick so many times. ok, ok, who am i kidding. of course i luv the film because of michael's nude scenes. and sex scenes. plently. the three sum is simply awsum! but the film is more than sex. it has a soul. it's also about the luv between an older brother and a younger sister. of lost souls. it's also about success and how it changes us. creates another us. about using sex to ease our pain, to forget the sadness of everyday life. forget about the burden of a dark past, of an even darker present and perhaps, future. the scene showing the ravishing and talented carey mulligan (luv her in an education and never let me go. she loooks lyk another favorite young actress michelle williams. they should make a movie together) singing new york,...