Movie Synopses

Here's a collection of the (shortest ever) movie synopsis in case you have missed out these great films in the last month or so.

- Letters of Iwo Jima
An account of the clash between the japs and yankees on the island of Iwo Jima. The entire film - directed by Clint Eastwood - conversed in Nihongo, and its interesting to note the pictures were mostly shot in monochrome to enhance the effects of yesterday. You witness the traditional japanese believes of pride and loyalty for their country, negatively demonstrated leading to perhaps, an earlier defeat.

- Hannibal Rising
As the title suggest, a prelude to the fictional trilogy of man eater - Hannibal Lector. Born and raised in a rich and wealthy family, a chain of tragedy and events which drew him to violence and eventual cannibalism. Having watched the film, perhaps you might not enjoy eating fish heads like you used to.

- 300
Attack might not be the best form of defence, as portrayed in the film. 300 skimpily clad spartans (with abs to die for) fight against a massive Persian army. A rather straight forward storyline with Sin City like effects, but you'll be awed by the theatrical fighting sequences and love making scene.

- Little Children
Films on adultery never fails to capture my enthusiasm. With some close association to the movie "Closer", depicts an unconventional relationship involving 2 partners whom already had families of their own. Its a realistic, yet mind wreaking account of how adults portray themselves in an infantile manner .. especially evident in the closing scene.

- Babel
I did a tiny research on the origins of The Towel of Babel: In an attempt to prevent ancient men (whom used a common language) to build a towel reaching to the heavens, God casts a spell upon them to confuse their language thus hindering their progress to work together. With relation to that, a bullet fired off (pun intended) a sequence of misfortunes which occur in the opposite ends of the earth. All of which are linked by a common error - Miscommunication.

- Mr Bean's Holiday
A warm and heartening comedy to commemorate the final appearance of our fav english comedian as Mr Bean. With the majority of the settings filmed in france, the story tells of how Bean makes his bizarre journey to the beaches in Cannes. Though the jokes doesn't appear to be adequately humorous for the common adult, look beyond his naive actions and you could spot a some precious lessons in life.