December 11, 2003
New Section!
Yo yo yo :) 
I'm getting good at this!
Introducing "Now Screening..." - movies that I've watched in the recent past. Links are on the RHS.
Up first, Love Actually: a (mostly) feel-good holiday movie with 10 interweaving stories (though I only counted 6...).
I watched it with my sister, and I think it's definitely a chick flick. Having said that, we exited the cinema with smiles on our faces so it couldn't have been that bad!
Most of the stories were predictable, but I think the sappiness wasn't overdone. My favourite stories were that of the writer who falls for his Portuguese domestic help, and the shy girl carrying a torch for her (extremely!!) hunky colleague... hm, sound like anyone you know? And as always, you can depend on Hugh Grant to deliver some (at times bittersweet) laughs.
The only problem was that with so many stories and characters running around, it was difficult to develop all of them fully. I would have enjoyed learning more about the middle-aged woman who tries to deal with the discovery of her husband's infidelity, and I definitely wanted to see more of the Laura Linney-Rodrigo Santoro story. Not just because he's the eye candy but because their story was the most moving.
All in all, it was an enjoyable way to spend a quiet Tuesday night. As for the mushiness, well, 'tis the season, ain't it?