I watched a lot of films. And what I mean in 'a lot' is really a lot. Film genres from action to comedy, from horror to romance and sci-fi, I never missed any of these. Not even the crossovers. That's why I started to know which is a bad film and which is a watch-able film and which is a marvelous film after all these years ( to be exact, it's 6 years. Not too short and not too long).

Now, I seldom find movies so touching that it makes me wanna cry. ok fine, it's my problem, but can you please hang on.. This time, I found them...and they are films adapted from very, very, very successful books. Oh, and it's not Twilight, sorry. It's something much, much better than this.

Yes, please scroll down.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Okay, I admit: I didn't read the book. I only heard about the movie plus the book this year. It was already very popular (since the book was published in 2003) i.e. even before the film was out. Well, it does make sense, or else why is the story brought on screen?

Maybe some monster is slightly out-dated. But that's not the point. The point is, this is a science and romance fiction, which may look boring to you at the beginning but when you continue on, you won't be able to get your butt off the sofa. Point taken?


The movie is about Eric BanaHenry DeTamble with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably and randomly and his wife, the beautiful Rachel McAdams Clare who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences when he time travels.

The sci-fi part is: when saying time traveling, this film's time-traveling is very different. The time traveler vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, and he has no control over the destination and time of his traveling. And oh, it doesn't involve any machine. Cool isn't it?

And the romantic part is: The time traveler time travels to visit young Clare, and end up completely naked when he arrives at his destination(pro con of time traveling. You see, time travel can only travel the body) But he don't know when he is visiting her. So, he read the present-day Clare's diary to get a list of dates he visited her, so that she can be waiting for him with clothes. Aww, isn't this sweet~ They are destined to be together. And young Clare is jealous of her older-self when she knows that Henry is married. Can you believe that?!

Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler--cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting time line, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.



My Sister's Keeper


For book lovers, you surely have heard of this novel: My Sister's Keeper a 2004 novel written by Jodi Picoult. At 2 years back, I happened to be flipping through the pages once . And it bored me with those attorney thingy.

That's sad. For me of course.

So, I can't tell you much about the book, but the movie - it's superbly great!
I can almost relate to the movie, minus the leukemia part. The film tells the story of a family's struggle to cope with a serious disease(leukemia) of one of its members while presenting viewpoints from each family member.

This 13-year-old Anna, who sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is expected to donate a kidney to her sister Kate, who is dying from leukemia.



Oh, did I mention the mother IS Cameron Diaz? No. Ok, she's (finally) taking up the role of a mother, and it's excellent. It suits her just fine.