When was the last time you and your friends or partner caught a show spontaneously? It is certainly not often for me. I always plan it half a day or a day in advance. But you know in life, there are just moments when you feel … just do it – however rare these moments are. In fact, I can even recall when Cynthia and I caught a show spontaneously – Nicolas Cage’s 8MM (1997) at Malacca, Malaysia and Sarah Jessica Parker’s Failure to Launch (2006) at Suntech, Singapore.
Last Sunday at AMK Hub, we wanted to check out the spanking new Cathay cineplex and all of a sudden, both of us wanted to catch a show despite the fact that we have just watched “Shoot ‘Em Up” the day before. You know what a craving for movie is like.
Looking back, I had no idea why we chose “The Nanny Diaries”. The show started in 10 minutes’ time was one. Scarlett *ahem* Johansson was another. For me at least. Strangely, or rather coincidentally, Paul Giamatti played as the jerk ass husband who seldom gave time to his family (hence the nanny came into the picture) and he also played “Shoot ‘Em Up” as the jerk ass husband who kept promising his wife on the phone that he would be back soon (hence the non-stop bullets in “Shoot ‘Em Up”). What a strong sense of deja vu.
To be fair, Cynthia did enjoy watching “The Nanny Diaries”. It is definitely heartwarming to watch a storyline of self-discovery and how one can be life changing to others. I think for those who are either fresh out of school and still ponder upon which career path to take (not me), or those whose mothers always wanted them to choose a different career (a rock star perhaps but nah), or those who are brought up by nannies because their parents were too busy at work (not me either), or those who are mothers or mother-wannabes (definitely not). In short, I personally cannot quite relate to the storyline. But I can imagine some others may.
I wish that “The Nanny Diaries” could give me more in terms of scripts and acting. It is a heartwarming movie no doubt.
On a side note, I tried very hard to recall which movie Scarlett Johansson has acted in. Somehow that video of her and Justin Timberlake (“What Goes Around Comes Around”) got stuck in my mind big time. She does have quite a number of movies under her belt, including my favorite “The Prestige”. Now I remember.
4 replies on “The Nanny Diaries – Heartwarming Though Nothing Exceptional”
Wah! ngak Cynthia hoi Malacca, lei kei koo wat wor. hehehe…. hope you still remember your Cantonese ar.
Hi wilf! *waves*
Although i don’t comment as often now, i just wanna tell you that i still read your blog – blame it on the lazy fingers 😛
i love your movie reviews and they are making me homesick! i have not watched a movie since i came here and i will probably try to arrange something this weekend. they are showing Rush Hour 3 here – still quite a bit behind Singapore 😛
Hope to be able to read some of your reviews about some of the fiction books you have been reading – so i can get someone to buy them for me and read them here too!
Take care.
ECL – Ha ha ha … I *think* I understand what you said. Took me a while to translate though :p
Hi G! *wave back*
Not a single movie since you settled down?! How can?! Have you thought of importing the DVDs into wherever you are at? 🙂
These days I usually read non-fiction books. But yes, I shall start to pick up the fiction books again and hopefully write a book review on that. Thanks for the inspiration!