Yesterday I was having a presentation of my life. Yes! the 1st thesis review. It went quite well. However, I came up jumping in a conclusion too soon. So an excuse? I was saving myself, hall of fame is one of the idea I might include it on my design.
My next work is consulting with Aj. Mike. But before that, I have to decide what I should discuss about, and my next move will be.
Today is the day of my rest. I decided it is ok to work on weekends, as long as you have a day in a week to rest.
So what did I do today? sleep alot, have meals, went to a bank but end up paying nothing. And I exercised.....go back to my normal routines. I realized just how much I miss exercising because my fitness level has been down after a week of not exercising at all.
Then I watched a much anticipated movie, the count of monte cristo, for a 2nd time. The last time I watched it, I think it was when the protagonist was not best known for protraying Jesus yet, or the movie just hadn't come out. What I remembered from that time was the plot and fun I had watching it, but I didn't remember the details. Partly because I was watching it without subtitles in order to practice my English as well.
So the second time, I do the same, hoping I could grasp some more story because my English has improved so much since I began college.
The result of watching the movie made me realize that my listening skills still need improvement. I still grasp some of the dialogue, but very few when compare to recent movies I watch such as Angel Eyes, or even Salt. I don't want to blame the skittish French-English accent, but I'm just not good enough, that's all.
Maybe that's the reason why I own so many DVDs because I can easily watch the movie the second time around just to hone my skills. I still plan on owning more DVDs, but I should finish watching the ones I haven't watched first. And part of my collection will definately include Angel Eyes and Count of Monte Cristo as well.
Now, back to the movie, I thought it was great. Although it was long(131 min.), it doesn't feel as long as Inception whose duration is definitely longer. However, watching this movie makes me hungry for the novel, because I need more details!!!! But the truth is probably because my English was so bad I couldn't quite catch it up. I mean, it could have a better ending, (the following lines contain spoil!!!!!!) I wish Mondego could had kill himself instead of dying on Dantes' sward, even though it looked like Edmond didn't mean to. And Edmond may end up alone instead of reuniting with his family. But this is a way of Hollywood telling the story, they changed a great novel for a screenplay a lot so that the movie can be finished within 2.30 hours. I feel like there are more stories to be told, I can feel his revenge, but I want more!!!
BTW, I think I had a greater time watching it the first time around, probably because I don't know the background story of The Count of Monte Cristo at all.
Last but not least, I think Jim Caviezel is hot!!!, great performance, very memorable!!(anything other than Jesus of course.) He's a perfect Edmond Dantes. Guy Pearce is a great villain, no wonder why he turn down the lead role in the first place, he just enjoyed playing the bad guy too much. I still remember him in Factory Girl, his portrayal of Andy Warhol still creeps me out after all these years.
A highly recommended movie for those who love a real good revenge story!
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