Monday, January 17, 2005 |
02:57
Ooh! Finding Neverland was so good! I highly recommend it to everyone. It doesn't really matter if you've actually read the actual novel "Peter Pan" by James Matthew Barrie or watched the Disney adaptation version of the book. Though it really helps that you know the actual story of Peter Pan and not just the sterilized version that Disney created it to be so. Just go watch it when you get the chance to.
It's very rare that I get teary eyed during a movie but this one had me nearly crying towards the end. I didn't bawl my eyes out of course which would be terribly embarrassing but I did get tearful and had to wipe them away a bit. Sigh.
I applaud Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, and Freddie Highmore's performances. Freddie Highmore plays the actual Peter who sort of inspired the whole story for Barrie to write. I can't give away too much but oh such a wonderful performance. I hardly ever rave about anyone else's acting skills apart from Depp, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Edward Norton.
But it is true that sometimes we do grow up way too fast for our own good. Why can't we ever just enjoy a simple afternoon nap or snack without having to worry about the consequences that might befall our work or destroy our strict and colourless diet. I've been a victim and sometimes act all stressful of sorts over the very same things. Though I really wish I didn't.
My mom always abhor the way I enjoy watching cartoons and all that silly stuff on the telly. I know I am nearing the last year of my teenage life but I still can't stop myself from being immersed in simple and fun cartoons like the Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, the Fairly Odd Parents, Rugrats, the Simpsons, and of course the occasional Disney movie as well. Sometimes I find cartoons much more fun and entertaining than some of the junk that most of us watch on the television. Though cartoons may more than often be very unrealistic and preposterous but so can TV drama series and soaps. Sometimes even more so, I think. At least cartoons portray the more innocent, naive, uncomplicated, and rare emotions that we never see in TV nowadays. Simple and uncomplex. That's how I like my plot and stories to be. Not all dramatic and plastic like the Bold and the Beautiful, which has got to be the worst soap ever. (Not that I watch them of course. God no.) I still don't see how anyone with a sane mind can watch such garbage. I like cartoons and as long as they keep making it I'll keep watching them.
At the same time, I'm not encouraging the fact that I should remain all childish like and a child forever. Just that we should let loose and not restrain oneself to being so serious and mature all the time. I can watch serious films. Definitely. Not many teenagers I know can truly claim that they actually watched "Mystic River" and liked it. I did and I did like it very much. It's because of this film that I can professly say that Sean Penn and Tim Robbins really deserve their Oscar awards they rightfully received last year. Even my parents haven't seen it. That's got to be saying something now.
I just had to get that off my chest. That whole cartoon thing was being such a weight and I feel loads better getting that out. Sometimes I truly wish I could be nine again. Nine is such a lovely age where you're not too ignorant to be fooled nor mature enough to understand everything around you and get sucked in it all. I'd hate to be pulled in stupidly into buying into everything that the next big franchise is shoving into the people's mouths and ears. So there.
This whole post doesn't really make much sense to me. I must've switched on my child persona there. I'll be off now to continue imagining the world of Narnia and of all its inhabitants. Yay for all children's books and its authors for creating them and continuing to do so for many more generations of children to come. And may fairies never drop dead as long as a baby's first laugh forever rings of joy and wonder.
hiez!
oh gosh... i was awake when you blogged. lolz... because i could've sworn i didn't see this entry before shutting my notebook down.
i LURVE kids movie as well! it takes ur mind of heavier topics. a relaxing stuff. no worries about watching cartoons. i never laugh at you because i simply love watching them too! *ngekz* *ngekz*
psst... i changed my layout again. have you popped by? :o)
ok. you're probably asleep now. i'm bit sleepy now. its 8am and i've been awake since 2am. my stupid biological clock. *blekz*
bye bye...
~ni-c~
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had this to say at 17 January, 2005 06:17
oh gosh... i was awake when you blogged. lolz... because i could've sworn i didn't see this entry before shutting my notebook down.
i LURVE kids movie as well! it takes ur mind of heavier topics. a relaxing stuff. no worries about watching cartoons. i never laugh at you because i simply love watching them too! *ngekz* *ngekz*
psst... i changed my layout again. have you popped by? :o)
ok. you're probably asleep now. i'm bit sleepy now. its 8am and i've been awake since 2am. my stupid biological clock. *blekz*
bye bye...
~ni-c~