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My erupting wisdom teeth are getting on my nerves, literally. Everytime i eat something, i keep having this little spasms of pain at the back of my mouth which occasionally extends to my solar plexus. If that doesn't suck enough, each time i close my mouth i will end up biting my gums. During my last visit to the dentist he told me

"Wisdom teeth. Are they giving you any trouble? Any pain? No? Then just leave it. Come when they start giving you problems."

Now the problems are starting, god damn. Bout time i schedule another appointment.

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Anyway last week was the most productive holiday ever! In terms of movies watched (11), that is. Back in my hometown i discovered this whole stash of DVDs in my cousin's room and i nabbed some home.

First. My only movie seen in a cinema.

Secret! 不能说的.秘密. Quite a good movie, for a first-time director. It has an array of beautiful piano scores, especially the ones during the piano-duel during which Jay Chou's character challenges the "Piano Prince". Secret is, as wingie said, one of the rare movies that actually show the characters' whole bodies (face and hands at least) while they are performing on the piano. No doubles here. V. cool.

Next up:

British black comedy Keeping Mum. Very British. Very dark. Very entertaining. Love Maggie Smith's performance as the murderous Grace Hawkins, with her calm and polite shall-we-have-a-cup-of-tea demeanour while she pummels her victims dead with shovels. Rowan Atkinsin losses his insane Mr. Bean antics and assumes a more sombre role of a clueless, humourless and sexually incontinent vicar.

Another entertaining one would be Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, a film about Frank Abagnale Jr. Man, that guy is a real faker, and really good at it. He posed as a French teacher back in high school, then a co-pilot, a doctor, later an assistant prosecutor, forging cheques while he was at it and eventually stealing $4 million. An amazing feat, given the fact that he managed it before his 19th birthday. A cop-chasing-criminal movie but a good one.

Rewatched Disney Pixar's award-winning Monsters, Inc. It was fun watching the blue-purple haired Sulley scare the screams out of little children to power up the monster city, Monstropolis. Still worth watching after six years. :D

I also watched the 90% black and white Sin City, starring the sexxxy Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba. Apparently this is very film noir but i still don't get it. Sin City is somewhat gruesome (lots of blood and gore and severed heads) but Jessica Alba makes it worth the watch. Skinny little Nancy. Oh yeah. She filled out.

Next on my list was Anger Management starring Adam Sandler as the unfortunate man who got apprehended (and tasered) for allegedly "assaulting" a flight attendant and consequently sentenced to anger management sessions. Nicholson acts as his insane anger management therapist.

Hmm. What else?

The Bourne Identity. I've never seen it before, though i have read the book. Since Bourne Ultimatum is screening soon, i wanted to know the storyline. V. thrilling movie.


Here it is. The academy-award winning Crash. Ensemble-cast film about racism and social tension. The word 'fuck' was used like a 100 times in this show. Insightful movie depicting how unreasonable and stereotypical some people can be. Well, actually most of the characters in the movie are blatantly racist..

Iconico burnt Ocean's 11 for me. Featuring Danny Ocean and his 10 recruit's elaborate robbery of a high tech vault under 3 casinos in Las Vegas. I suppose such a plan would be abortive in real life since impeccable timing is needed. Hmm.

Finally, i watched the unconventionally titled Thank You For Smoking. Nick Naylor works at the Academy of Tobacco Studies whose purpose was to research "links" between smoking cigarettes and health. Nick's job was to inform the public of these "links" as well as to defend smoker's rights. Hell of a hate-drawing job, i must say. Nick is one of those circuitous people who can fend off hostile verbal confrontations and manipulate them in his favour. These are the dangerous people around.

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Those are the movies i watched during my holidays. I still have more than a dozen more: Babel, Hot Fuzz, Fight Club, Brokeback Mountain, Bourne Supremacy, Bridge to Terabithia and so on.