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Post by cheatercock » Tue, 21 Feb 2006 9:08 pm

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Has anybody seen this movie? What is your review? Planning to see it. Is it worth seeing?

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Post by joop » Tue, 21 Feb 2006 9:12 pm

Yes, it is a nice movie. Expect the unexpected, especially towards the end of the show..basically a love movie...against all odds?

Enjoy. :)
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Post by Bonbon » Tue, 21 Feb 2006 9:46 pm

I enjoyed it too!

Though I think the book is much better, just like harry portter, Lord of rings. There are parts in the movie where you wonder what's the meaning of showing that..and the book would give you a great insight .

The girls are amazing!

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Post by babykasim » Wed, 22 Feb 2006 9:13 am

yes its quite a good movie..
but, is it still showing in the cinema?

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Post by madwolfie » Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:24 am

The showtimes for today: -

Today, Wed. February 22
Cathay Orchard
Showtimes: 10:30am 1:10pm

Golden Village Tiong Bahru
Showtimes: 9:20pm

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Post by cheatercock » Wed, 22 Feb 2006 3:05 pm

Thanks everybody for the info. I hope the experience will be good.

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Post by freakydove » Thu, 23 Feb 2006 4:09 pm

was planning to catch the movie too but guess it is no longer running in the cinemas :(

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Re: Memoirs of a Geisha

Post by cheatercock » Thu, 23 Feb 2006 4:37 pm

freakydove wrote:was planning to catch the movie too but guess it is no longer running in the cinemas :(
It is still showing in Cathay Orchard at selected times and at least it will run till this weekend.
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Post by Dianthus » Thu, 23 Feb 2006 5:23 pm

Overall, it was a good entertainment but was really "Hollywood" - too extravagant. The way they wore kimono wasn't good either but I guess unless you are Japanese, you wouldn't care this kind of stuff.

Many of my local friends said it would have been much better if it was played by Japanese actresses with subtitles because many of the actors seemed to have to put more focus on their pronunciation rather than acting.

Heard some scenes were cut in Singapore (as usual) too but it was still a good passtime.

Enjoy!

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Re: Memoirs of a Geisha

Post by freakydove » Fri, 24 Feb 2006 9:16 am

cheatercock wrote:
freakydove wrote:was planning to catch the movie too but guess it is no longer running in the cinemas :(
It is still showing in Cathay Orchard at selected times and at least it will run till this weekend.

Thanks Cheatercock. will probably catch it this weekend

Many of my friends too said that the book is far much better than the movie....

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Post by Siong2 » Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:42 am

Nice nice. :wink:

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too boring

Post by sene » Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:26 am

It was too slow moving for me. I felt asleep and my friend woke me up thrice!

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Post by k1w1 » Mon, 27 Feb 2006 8:30 pm

If you are hoping for a movie that is true to the book (like any are :roll: ), or really "Japanese", you will be disappointed. I thought it was pretty lame.

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Post by Mary Hatch Bailey » Mon, 27 Feb 2006 8:49 pm

k1w1 wrote:If you are hoping for a movie that is true to the book (like any are :roll: ), or really "Japanese", you will be disappointed. I thought it was pretty lame.
Me too! Glad I wasn't the only one...

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