Thursday, January 12, 2006

Lazy

I think i mentioned before that i will be doing two movie reviews, namely Schindler's List and Chronicles of Narnia. I decided not to do it le... out of pure laziness.

Anyway, my short comments on the movies...

Schindler's List is something that comes along once in a while. Schindler's List is in a league of its own and hardly any movie can join it, save for some like King Kong. Some who barely make it to the league include Se7en and 12 monkeys(surprisingly, they both are released in 1995). They show the people what is called a real movie and what distinguish them from mindless love and action flicks that have been flooding the cinemas. These movies can withstand the test of time and people generations later will still talk about them and had nothing but praises for them. Do catch it if you can. But do be prepared.

About Chronicles of Narnia, well, everyone knows that the only thing that sells other than sex is fantasy. I remember my GP lessons with my GP tutor and we were discussing about fantasy and why it sells. One reason i could recall is that it provide an escape from reality. Reality is cruel and everyone knows that. So we like any thing that can bring us out of it, even though it may be temporary. That is why over the years, we saw a lot of fantasy movies. Stars Wars, Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia is the latest in line. The above mentioned movies are those that really captures the imagination of people and bring them to another level beyond any imagination. This is what makes them so largely successful.

Chronicles of Narnia is a purely kiddish fantasy. I mean, there are no big twists here and there. The plot is straightforward and fairly easy to understand. However, i am quite disturbed when my friend told me beneath this simple plot lies a deep Christian meaning. I prefer not to know it and indulge myself in the fantasy that the movie has to offer. Sometimes, ignorance is a bliss. Haha