Of the Frozen Bones
Alright,so i did bathe after i typed that last entry.Since Krishna and his sister's room were connected by the toilet,i was afraid that she might just burst in through the door in the middle of the night while i am bathing.After all,the only form of protection was the see through glass penal.The bath was confortable,and it felt like a mini spa treatment.Came out of the bathroom,and they were still snoring away.Fine,so i took out the "21 Grams" Dvd and watched it myself(The review will be posted).I watched the movie till 5am,and by that time Samuel already woke up.He went to bath in the bathroom while i curled up on Krishna's bed for a nap.Pathetically,Krishn'a huge bed had only one blanket.The air conditioning was amazingly cold,and i was quivering in the bed like a shrimp.All i had was a pillow and a bolster.Krishna on the other hand,hogged the pillows,the bolster and the blanket and was snoring his head off.I froze my bones off,and my teeth clattered as i tried to fall asleep.In the end,i did.I guess i fell asleep due to brain damage from the cold.It was really cold by the time i woke up at 7am.Samuel was in the livingroom watching "21 Grams",and it was already in its last hour.Krishna woke up at 8 oclock,after his long and comfortable nap in his warm blankets.I complained to him about it,and it the end we just laughed it all off.Haha.We headed out to the McDonald's for breakfast.The problem with Krishna's house was that it is located in the middle of nowhere.Nowhere.The nearest place for food is a whooping ten minutes walk away.The McDonald's was a twenty minute walk.Anyway,i was hungry and desperate,and we walked the distance.It is supposingly the biggest McDonald's outlet in Singapore,and as the big fan of their breakfast i ate their Big Meal.Awesome.

Breakfast ended with a wonderful chocolate topped Sundae and a hot cup of tea.We headed back to Krishna's house,and there we watched movies and played Scrabble.My luck was low on Scrabble,and i recieved letters like "R","L","Y" and "D".What kind of word can i form with letters like that i wonder.In the end,Samuel was the Scrabble king.You Greek!(Because the Greeks won Czech Republic cause of luck as well.What a shocker.)Anyway,to be honest Krishna,the lunch your maid prepared wasnt particularly my favourite sort of food.Cold prawns and all.Haha.We watched "Friends",and had a great laugh.Krishna has almost the whole collection of "Friends" Vcds.Being a big fan of the sitcom,he was familiar with every disc in the collection.I watched "Spirited Away" on his computer,but i couldnt take the weariness that overwhelmed me,and fell asleep on his couch.When i woke up,i found Krishna and Samuel laughing their heads off at "Love Actually".Haha.Damn,i missed it.Seems like a good show.I'll borrow it next time.We left after that movie,and i borrowed a bunch of Dvds from him.Namely "Magnolia","Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World","Mystic River","Spirited Away" and "Good Will Hunting".Haha.Cant wait for my movie marathon!But i am tired,so i shall only review movies today.:)Special thanks to Samuel and his father whom offered me a lift back home.It was a great chat with you about soccer Mr Ong.Haha.

Review of 21 Grams


They say we all lose 21 grams
At the exact moment of our death...
Everyone.
The weight of a stack of five nickels...
The weight of a chocolate bar...
The weight of a hummingbird...
21 Grams...

21 Grams is an amazing story with a powerful overlook on life.Especially the leeward side of it.The darker side of it.This film projects onto the screen some of the most powerful storylines ever.It is hard to give a review of the storyline without spoiling the story really,but i shall try my best.

21 Grams talks about three seemingly unrelated people being pulled together by fate after a fatal car accident killed Christine Park's(Naomi Watts)husband,as well as both her daughters.Christine instantly fell into a state of darkness.She struggles to free herself from the grip of grief.She felt paralyzed,and stuck without the misery of the lost of her husband.Even a mere task of entering her daughters' room became a chore.Her life stopped,and it crawled,and she reached the trought of her life.Paul(Sean Penn)is a math professor with a bad heart,literally.He had heart problems,and needed to breath through a tube and drag an oxygen tank around his house to sustain himself.While he awaits his heart transplant,he deals with the return of his wife after a doomed marriage,Mary(Charlotte Gainsbourg),and she wants to have a child with Paul through artificial insemination.Jack (Benicio Del Toro) is an ex-con who has reformed his life through devotion to Jesus. But there are times, especially in his home life, when glimpses of his past personality shine through.

The movie was shot in the fashion similar to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Momento",in the sense that it does not follow a linear storyline.It jumps back and forth between the past,the present and the future,and between characters as well.The beginning of the movie was the most confusing,with the first twenty minute a twist and mix of different scenes of different characters and time zones.As the story progresses backwards and forwards throughout the movie,the confusing storyline unfolds and flattens out into a smooth running suspence thriller that keeps the audience guessing and exclaim in wonder.Director Alejandro Gonz醠ez I襻rritu successfully edited the film this way,without spoiling the surprise for the audience by going backwards.To be honest,the quality of the movie wouldnt have been different if it was edited in a tradition linear method.However,the editing of this movie gave it the edge,and supports the already compelling storyline.As the film progresses,the audience would have to piece pieces of a puzzle together into the correct time slots.After which,it is pure entertainment.The movie had a few sex scenes,with the very first shot of the film being a nude scene.Therefore viewers should make the kids stay away from the movie.

Talking about the performance,it is top notch.Sean Penn and Naomi Watts were nominated for this year's Academy Awards for their roles in this movie,and Beniciro Del Toro is already a winner of an Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Traffic".Sean Penn nails both his performance in 21 Grams and Mystic River,with two totally different roles.In this movie,Sean's character is filled with guilt.And the very first scene you see him in,makes your heart sinks.Just watch out for his eyes in the hospital scene with tubes everywhere.Expressionless,yet all so powerful and emotional.Throughout the movie,his face never had much expressions.But those emotionlessness amazingly displayed Paul's emotional turmoil.

Naomi Watt's role as the desperate widow for revenge and redemption was brilliantly played out on screen.The saddest part of the movie was when she recieved news of her daughters' death,and she breaks down and cry.That scene was so powerful,i found myself reaching for Kleenex at 4am.She repeated the voicemail her husband left for her over and over again on her handphone,and that was painful to watch.Yet,everything was so real.Naomi Watts truly deserved her nomination in this movie,and was the perfect candidate to challenge Charlize Theron.

Beniciro Del Toro was nothing short of brilliance.He himself had a lot of powerful scenes.One of them involved himself committing suicide in the prison.He tried to hang himself on a pipe,and the pipe broke and he was stuck to the rope.A cellmate saved him,and after he was rescued he started crying in his arms.He questioned god,and felt that he was betrayed.In his mind,he went through hell and guilt pierced his brains like a thousand darts.He's lost in faith was vividly played out,when he burns a knife with his lighter and attempts to cut the tattoo of a cross on his arm off.It was disturbing yet,powerful to the extend that you question your own beliefs.

The movie on the whole has a depressing mood,with slow paced and moody music throughout the movie to accompany the great script.This movie is beyond amazing.Visually, the film is dark and grainy, with a desaturated palette of colors.Despite its multiple tragedies, 21 Grams is fundamentally more optimistic, because the characters are sympathetic. They're certainly not all saints, but we feel for them.This film gets you thinking,and haunts you at night.Its haunting,and it is real.Disturbingly real.It is amazing.At the end of the movie,you think about what you have really gained from everything you've done.Love,redemption,anger and other emotions.What have you really gained in life after you've accomplished whatever you set out to achieve in life.At the end of everything,your life is still a mere 21 grams.Nothing more,and nothing less.They They say that at the exact time of death we lose 21 grams of bodily weight.And that is true.Just how much does every aspect of your lives weigh?How heavy and how important?Before i saw this movie,i had an entry on 21 Grams of life.It can be found here:

Sundary,22 February 2004.Entry #2

It is scary how so many of my thoughts were identical to the messages in the movie.It is too similar and it is scary.Haha.Interesting.

Highly recommended for audiences interested in mind blowing movies,and films that brings you too close to reality it is scary.This movie frightens you.

Ratings:10/10

Quotes of the Day:
Christina Peck,"Whoever looks for the truth deserves punishment for finding it."

Christina Peck,"You know what I thought when mom died? I couldn't understand how you could talk to people again, how you could laugh... again. I couldn't understand how you could play with us. And no, no that's a lie, life does not just go on."

[After waking up in the emergency room]
Paul Rivers,"So this is death's waiting room.'

Jack Jordan,"God knows when a single hair moves on your head."

Paul Rivers,"The earth turn to bring us closer,it turn on itself and in us,until it finally brought us together in this dream."

Christina Peck,"Katie could have lived. She'd be alive right now but that bastard left her there. Laying in the street. He left the three of them like animals. He didn't care. She could be here with me. That son of a bitch is walking the streets, and I can't even go into their room. I wanna kill him. I'm gonna kill Jack Jordan. I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch."
Paul Rivers,"Slow down, just slow down."
Christina Peck,"Slow down. Slow down. While I what, huh? While I what?"
Paul Rivers,"Take it easy."
Christina Peck,"Take it easy? My husband and my little girls are dead, and I'm supposed to take it fucking easy? I can't just go on with my life! I am paralyzed here! I am a fucking amputee! Do you see that? Who are you? You owe it to Michael. No, you've got his heart. You're in house fucking his wife! And sitting in his chair! We have to kill him!"
Paul Rivers,"Not like this."
Christina Peck,"Then how? Tell me how! Katie died with red shoelaces on. She hated red shoelaces. And she kept asking me to get her some blue ones. And I never got her the blue ones. She was wearing those fucking red shoelaces when she was killed..."

Paul Rivers,"They say that at the exact time of death we lose 21 grams of bodily weight.The weight of a stack of five nickels.The weight of a chocolate bar.The weight of a hummingbird.But how many lives do we live? how many times do we die? How much can fit into 21 grams?"
---"21 Grams"(2003)

Song of the Moment---Bright Lights by MatchBox Twenty