I don’t think it has anything to do with aging (I hope). It was a pretty hectic week at work. In some instances, you can almost measure how overloaded one is by observing the number of mistakes one begins to make. I read the showtime of 17:30 as 7.30pm, which was obviously wrong. Saturday traffic near Orchard area was horrendous. We have so many cars in town. Perhaps all we need is a second Orchard area to split the crowd. This weekend, we are confined to our areas nearby. Japanese sushi and sake on a Friday night, Nonya food on a Saturday afternoon and a home-cooked cod fish meal for dinner, takeaway Yong Tau Foo for lunch after Sunday Mass and yet another home-cooked meal for dinner. All within the proximity of our home.
Back to our previous weekend, by the time we reached the cinema, we were 10 minutes late (actually, we were 2 hours and 10 minutes late). Cynthia was starving and TK was not feeling 100% either. So, in retrospect, it was a blessing in disguise. We had a relaxing dinner and the cinema was kind enough to print another set of tickets for us. Same movie, same time, but on the next day.
“Friends With Benefits” is so much better than “No Strings Attached“. Some parts of “Friends” are a bit uncomfortable to watch. But not as bad as “Strings”. I do not know many celebrities who publicly admit that they play World of Warcraft. Mila Kunis has played WoW once upon a time. That is a good enough reason for me to be her fan. For most part of the movie, she is irresistibly adorable. It is the dialog and the way she carries it more than anything else. As for Justin Timberlake, I did not have high expectation on his acting ability. There seems to be chemistry between the two on screen. That too is good enough for me.
Movies like these often have little takeaways. The story seems to conclude that with girls, it is not just sex, however casual the relationship is. I thought that we have well passed the era of sexual stereotype after all these years.