Oxymoron In The Tropics

Very early this morning, I was in a cinema watching the Autobots and the Decepticons literally rampage their way across the screen. K E W L.  A W E S O M E. BLEW MY TINY MIND. The most 'beautiful' part of the movie was...naaah, not Megan Fox (tho' she provided just the right amount of eye candy!) It was the transforming of the aliens from car to robot or robot to car.  Or in the case of the Decepticons, plane, heli whatever. I don't know how those guys made every little mechanical part swish swing twist revolve rotate spin and lock into place but they did good. I wanna watch it about 20 more times.

I finally had the opportunity to watch Pride and Prejudice (Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen) last Monday.  Well, it was a holiday and Dylan was sound asleep at an unusually early time (thanks to his workout in the swimming pool!). The VCD was a bit jumpy (thanks to same little boy) and I had to polish it a bit on my jeans.  But when I managed to view the film in two stretches from start to finish, I was left marvelling all over again at how well Jane Austen can put a story of human relationship together.  Yes, I know... it wasn't her book.. it was a flashy movie garnished with beautifully dramatic characters and glorious scenery... but it was still her story.  Knightley gave a pretty good interpretation of Elizabeth Bennet's sense of independence and of course, Macfadyen gave just enough smoulder to his enigmatic and yet vulnerable Mr. Darcy.  I'm glad there was no hint of wimp.  Too many wimps in today's world... My favourite book of Jane Austen's g...