Gathering!

Yup, today is the annual Uni friends gathering. Well, just the four of us, Yan mention that she is amazed that we still bond together after 1 project. Amazing isnt it?

We seen the Memoirs of a Geisha today.

Here is an official poster.

The tempo is a bit slow to me. I have been fidgeting around. The whole show lasted 145mins. The overall feeling to me is that is it about the sad life of Geishas. Like what we have in the old China dynasties. They cannot choose who is their first man. They cannot be full-fledged wife of a man. They can only have Danna. They cannot choose their own love or destiny.
It is like a mark has been cast on them, torturing them for life since young.
Superb acting from Gong Li, the renowned actress from China. She is can be nasty while staying at her best. Her fanatical eyes.......Her whirlwind temper...her poisoned words.....A good actress who can immerse into the role and give us the best that she had.
As for Zhang Ziyi, another Chinese Actress, her acting skills has improved since the Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. She can be innocent and sweet at one time and turn to her enemy at the next moment. Love her unique contact lenses. And oh, love the little girl (Suzuka Ohyo) who acted as the young Chiyo (Zhang's character).
Michelle Yeoh maintains what she is good at. A rational and responsible character. Like the character in CTHD.
A special note to the guy who plays the Chairman, Ken Watanabe. Great charisma onscreen. Quoting Qin, that guy is just like Oriental Version of Richard Gere!
The music is quite fantastic, so is the dance choreography and the shots and close-up taken. Memorable scene include the debut of a drama by Zhang where she has to do a lot of difficult movements, the part where Zhang was nearly raped by the Baron, the part where Zhang allow The Colonel to do disgusting things to her, the part where Gong's caught by the Mama after having sex(Mama used her fingers to touch her lower parts), the part where Gong was heart-broken that she lost everything, the part where Zhang's character is heartbroken and how she make herself devoid of feelings to anyone.
Quite good show I guess. But there is something missing which I am not sure what is it that make me feel a bit disappointed after watching the show. hmmmmm.....
I got a lot of questions.
1) Is it true to the original story written by Arthur Golden?
2) What will happen to Natsumomo?
3) A question asked by many before, how does the author knows so much?
4) Why does the main lead have the eye's colour like mixed blood kid when she is supposed to be Japanese? Dun tell me just to emphasise on her watery nature??


Then we had our dinner at Jack's place. We share our jokes and fun. Later, Gwen n Yan went on shopping spree.. So Qin and I just tagged along. We din buy anything as we already bought them. hehe.....So nice to be with close friends. haha