Movie Review: Salt

I am not so excited to see this movie because I thought it would be too violent for me. You see I want to relax while watching a movie so I tend to choose feel-good movies. I watch it because I got curios about it. Have heard some rave reviews and an officemate said that it was indeed very good. It reminded me of another Angelina Jolie movie that I have seen and like which is “Wanted”.

So I went to watch Salt in my laptop (yeah another officemate was able to download it in the net lol). My expectations are low but I find it interesting the instant it starts. There is no dull moment in the film and the story is clear, simple and compelling. I think it would be good for people who want a break from a movie like Inception which is mind-boggling.

In the movie, Jolie plays the character of Evelyn Salt who is a Russian spy but is working for the CIA. She was raised to be a terrorist and she would be hunted by the authorities all throughout the movie. The movie is action-packed but it has a heart. The scene when Jolie jumped from a bridge and landed on a running truck shocked me while I was moved by the scene where Angelina looked down at her dead husband. This movie is highly recommended. And in the end, all I can say is that Angelina Jolie is drop-dead gorgeous and is a very good actress

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Movie Review: Inception

When I came home from work one night, my sister told me that she saw the trailer of Inception and was really excited to see it because it seems to be such a good movie. I was intrigued so when my husband and I got a chance to watch a movie (yeah it’s so hard to find a time to go out these days), I suggested that we watch Inception. My husband wants to see Tekken but I got my way and was able to convince him to watch this Leonardo Dicaprio movie instead.

Well at first, I find it a little hard to understand the plot, probably because of the fact that I am really clueless about the story of the movie in the first place. When I finally got hold of the story, I was fascinated with the idea of the movie.

The story talks about how powerful one’s subconscious mind is and how active it is when one is dreaming. Of course almost all of the memorable scenes in the movie happened while the main characters are dreaming. The character of Leonardo and his team used Inception to enter the dream of a very powerful man and plant an idea in his mind. As they say in the movie, ideas are like virus so once it forms in one’s mind, it growth is unstoppable.

I find the story idea so unique and it made me remember philosophers such as Sigmund Freud. I really enjoyed it but you know what, my husband slept in the cinema and my sister who suggested it to me actually find the movie confusing. So this movie is probably not for everyone. It really is confusing; there are some scenes and characters in the movie I don’t quite get.  Actually, I did not understand the ending. Maybe I would appreciate it more if I can watch it again.

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