Thursday, December 18, 2008

Birth

Ok, so I'm here to avoid doing my stupid project. Seriously, why is it that you actually have to pay money to read the lab reports? Why are they so stingy and selfish? I thought scientists were supposed to share their discoveries and stuff. I bet Alexander Fleming would be weeping in his grave. Ok, I could actually go to the library, but to be honest, I have never looked up a textbook at the school library, so I don't really know where to look.

Anyway, rented this movie called Birth. It's supposed to be about this widow (Nicole Kidman) who meets a 10-year-old boy who claims to be her dead husband (who died 10 years ago). I rented the movie solely because the plotline sounds interesting.

Guess what? The movie seriously sucked eggs! I mean, it had soooooo much potential! Firstly, Birth is like those movies where conversations that could last for a minute end up being 5 minutes long because there would be a period of silence after every single sentence. Secondly, they made Nicole Kidman look horrible ala Rosemary's Baby. I mean, she looked so old and ugly! She looked so much better in The Hours, seriously. Thirdly, they had redundant scenes. There was a 2-minute scene where they just showed Nicole Kidman in a close-up scene while she's at the theatre. The only meaningful thing that we learnt from that scene was that when you are tearing up, you can see your own blood capillaries in your sclera. Also, the boy was this weird creepy kid who doesn't have emotions in his face. Kinda like a sociopath.

Also, they had this scene where the kid was staying with Nicole Kidman and her fiance and the kid pissed off the fiance. Then the fiance was like, dragging him around because he wanted to spank the kid. I mean, it sounds dramatic right? Did you hear screaming from Nicole Kidman or the rest of the women? No! Did you hear the kid screaming? No! I mean, how stupid was that scene?

And the most stupidest thing about the movie was the ending. Apparently, the kid found secret letters that the dead husband sent to the mistress and so he decided to just pretend to be the reincarnation. Like, WTF!!!! I mean, what a stupid stupid plotline!

Ok, back to projects. Sigh.