I hate to admit it but I was very tempted to type "My Love-Hate relationship with War Movies" on the title bar.

Two nights ago I came back from a very yawning screening of blood, guts, gory and brotherhood.

I think the only time a movie ever gets to start later than stipulated is at premieres, and gosh, it is ridiculous, the movie started 45 minutes late!!!! Pardon me, being very low-key and neutral to movies, I have never attended a premiere before. Gosh... Mingli was half way through our MEDIUM size tub of popcorn even before the movie... sheesh.

Well, we walked to our seats, fourth row from the front which isn't exactly much to cheer about cuz it was so near the screen, and so near the edge that I could feel the creepsss... but anyway, being a very sua-ku person who hasn't been to premieres before, they actually gave out a notebook with their poster on the cover!!!!!! Whoa!!! And it was on every single seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehe... And you know what, there were 2 empty seats beside ours... that means, we could take the 2 notebooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argh. but guess what, we wanted to do so when the cinema dimmed and the show started so it was less obvious but... STUPID THE STUPID SHAW USHER CAME AND TOOK THE TWO BOOKS AWAY!!!!!!!!!! DAMN PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't even let me have one more piece of Won Bin... Beep you.

Well, ok, to get back to the part on love-hate relationship with war movies... Let's recall those I have watched. As far back as I can remember, they are:

(In no sense of chronology)

1) Forrest Gump (Partly, he was in the Vietnam War)
2) The Trench (B-list, shot totally in the trench) not sure of it's real
3) Troy (Ancient War movie)
4) The Devil's Arithmetic (starring Kirsten Dunst, about the Holocaust)

There are a few telling signs from my list... First, it's short, meaning I don't really watch that much movies. Secondly, it's short, meaning I don't really watch war movies. In a bid to help trigger my memories, I actually searched war movies on yahoo, and gosh, to my horror, there are actually websites set up by war movie fans and they do categorise it into what kind of war is depicted from WWI, WWII, Even the Battle of Gettysburg. WHOA. For one thing, I didn't know that Top Gun was a War Movie! haha

A simple reason why I absolutely hate war movies is, there cannot be any difference in plot, color, actors or scenes.

Plot -> ends up the same way
Colour -> Coloured the same way (grey)
Actors -> Tragic in the same way
Scenes -> Gory in the same way

They always remind me how bad war is, and make me lament brutality, innocence and you know, what is all these fighting for?

I hate war movies. They set me asking questions that I never have answers to.
I hate war movies. All the Blood and Gore.

Well, I wasn't there to watch Taekugki anyway, it was like another war movie. Grey, Gory and Bloody. There are even maggots. But I do like a few parts where the director directs the movie... like towards the end, where it is the same location, and same action, but different time, different actor... somewhat juxtaposition and mirroring but not exactly these terms... the back part was nice. I liked it...

Apart from that, there were guts and grey matter flying even towards the camera and blair witch effect shaking during the bombing and everything, well.. I think all these would be better if I had a better and more central view of the screen.

Anyways, I might just watch it again.... :) For Won Bin.

My Love-hate relationship with Taekugki.