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It’s end of the year, time to relax a bit, and so, time to watch some trailers on Apple trailers and see which movies catches my attention.

Especially since I’ll be heading back to KL and cinemas in KL are cheap cheap cheap heeheehee. Of course, only if they happen to show any of the stuff I like. Cinema listing in KL really sucks sometimes. All you get is the big blockbuster, no brainer shows, plus the occasional stuff like Pontianak Menjerit or something. :S

So here goes. Movies that I’m looking forward to:

Babel - because the trailer was good — Brad Pitt does one heck of a voice-over narration. Plus, I like that it’s 3 separate stories about failed communications and attempts at reconnecting. The kind of stories that I like. And, there is a part set in Japan. hehe. Don’t ask me why I find that appealing. It just does.

The Good German - because it’s in black and white, and because there’s George Cloony, and Cate Blanchett. And it sounds like an interesting take on the other side of the war story.

Fur – because images of Nicole Kidman are always good to look at. She can look haunting, beautiful, sad, all at the same time.

Borat — because it’s funny!

Notes On A Scandal — because it looks like it could be a very gripping story, with a very intriguing character played by Judi Dench. And there’s also Cate Blanchett (hmm, she’s appeared 3 times on my list already (+ Babel), though I never had special preference for her performance. Busy year for her, must be).

Letters from Iwo Jima — because the music on its official site sounds beautiful. Serene, yet a sadness underlying it. (haha yes, lame reason, but music matters). Also, intriguing to watch Clint Eastwood direct something acted mostly by Japanese. And this time, unlike other American movies, foreign language remains as foreign language. Japanese seems to be the main language in this film, or at least judging so from the trailer. I absolutely don’t like movies about Asia made by Americans where everyone in the story speaks English, albeit in a funny accent (first example that comes to mind, Memoirs of A Geisha. How annoying can it get?) I don’t normally go for war stories, but maybe I’ll make an exception for this one.

300 — because it looks like a moving graphic novel!! (mainly because it is inspired from one). The visuals are stunning (as far as I can tell from the trailer of course). Must watch! Hm, though I must say the rain of arrows shot reminds me a lot of a similar one in Hero (英雄).

Confession of Pain (伤城) — well, I first decided that I wanna watch this when I saw the production stills in a magazine. Looked too beautiful to give it a miss. Plus, got Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro. No need further explanation. *side note: I saw their behind-the-scenes featurettes, and eee, so nice, all the stuff they could do with all the equipment and all! I want i want!*

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer — Ok, it looks like a freaky twisted murder story — not my usual kind of thing. But somehow the trailer worked for me. Maybe it’s the topic. I’ve always liked how a scent and a smell can evoke a lot of feelings or memories. Like how when you catch a whiff of something, and it suddenly brings you back to something from long ago. So the opening images from the trailer really caught that. Ok, although the story isn’t really about that (it’s about a guy with a talent for scents who kills women) but yeah, intriguing all the same.

And just so I can relax and do nothing, here are a couple of fun stuff that I think I might watch: A Night At The Museum (cos got Ben Stiller, and he’s usually funny). And Charlotte’s Web (cos sometimes you need some fun kiddie show to watch).

Ok, so I’m writing all these down so that I won’t forget what it is that I wanna catch. Now just pray some of these stuff actually gets shown here soon.