I finally finished Johnny Got His Gun today! I learnt how to type SOS in the morse code! I guess it was very much a book about going into the head of someone so badly affected by the destruction of war and it really leaves you bummed about it. It kinda makes you think "hell yeah, what Joe (the main character) says is really true". No one in the right miond should go to war. And what do the people go to war for? To fight for democracy? What kind of democracy? Democracy for me? For you? Everyone's got a different take on democracy. And what is democracy? It's not like a chicken or a fish or a balloon. It's not something you can see. It's an idea. Someone's idea. Not yours. It really probes you to re-evaluate why war is taking place cause in the end, people always die for nothing. Like the famous saying goes "War doesn't determine who is right. It determines who is left."

Anyways, here is a list of movies I want to watch (either for the first time or again) after the As (or maybe before if I have time) :

1. Parent Trap

Even though I've watched it like fifty times before, I NEVER get sick of it. It's actually stupid to watch the movie again when you know what's coming up next, hell, I even know what the characters will say next, word for word, but this movie never fails to bore me. It's one of those classic Disney feel-good-movies! (:

2. Spice World!

HEH. This one's Sharon's request. We were in the car the other night and Too Much was playing on the radio and she casually mentioned that she wanted to watch Spice World again and I said "I"VE GOT THE VCD!" HAHAHA. Yeah. My favourite spice girl was Sporty Spice! She was like the coolest one around. She wasn't too busy trying to get through boot camp in heels (Posh) or too busy licking lollipops (Baby) or too busy trying to be sexy (Ginge) or being scary (Scary, DUH)

3. Keeping the Faith

This one's nice! It stars Edward Norton, Ben Stiller and that woman from Dharma and Greg. And it's a typical love trangle story, only, it involves best friends! I can't really remember the ending, that's why I want to watch it again!

4. Ten Things I Hate About You

This one's to honour Heath Ledger. He was like the most typical arsehole-turned-romantic guy in this movie and the ending, though entirely cliche was soooo sweet! (: I love the part when Julia Stiles recites the poem and she gets so emotional and she actually did her homework (which was writing the poem) and when she finished reading it, the teacher said "You playing with me again? GET OUT! Principal's Office NOW!"

5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

It looks sooo horny especially with that long hair dude whose shirt is unbuttoned all the way to his chest! But I think I'll laugh all the way through this one!

6. Sleepless In Seattle

Love Story. I have no idea what happens in it but it's like one of those highly-raved about movies that I haven't caught!

7. When Harry Met Sally

Ditto the above. Plus, it teaches you that once a man and a woman go from friends to lovers, they can NEVER go back to being friends again. That's why I don't believe in the whole "Still Friends?" after breakups.

8. Forest Gump

Tom Hanks in his critically-acclaimed movie. Need I say more? To me, Tom Hanks is like the movie star version of Bono. As in they both are so widely recognised and respected and they are like the pioneers in their respective fields. And this was THE Tom Hanks show to watch.

9. Mamma Mia

I caught the making-of of it yesterday. And it looks interesting. I think it stars the bimbo from Mean Girls, the one whose boob can "predict" the weather? THAT ONE. And she actually sings pretty well! And it's full of huge casts dancing, very hollywood's bollywood!

10. Johnny Got His Gun

Both the old and new version. Just because it was such an emotional struggle for Joe and I want to see how they iterpreted it into a movie. The old one should be good cuz the author of the book was involved in the screenplay. The new one starring Benjamin McKenzie is shot in a different concept so I wanna see this new approach too.


But most of all, I want people to make a movie out of The Seven Ancient Wonders! I know it will be utterly disappointing (like the Da Vinci Code), especially for this one cuz it simply has too much details to fit into a 2 hour movie but I do wanna see who they choose to star as Captain Jack West! Zhiling said she had Brendan Frasier in her mind the whole time she read it. I had someone like Matthew McConaughey in mind except a bit leaner. HAH. And little Zoe would be sooo cute. I have a feeling it will be Abigail Breslin! Oh wait, nope, that won't do. Zoe is an African kid. Someone different then, but someone as cute I hope!


Cheers to movies! HAH