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[280105] "A story like mine should never be told..."

Finally caught Memoirs of a Geisha, with Ben... 2nd movie in 2 days... burning a hole in my pocket man... wallet gonna be in ICU again... anyways... after being so hyped up over the movie... it was really nothing too spectacular nor was it very ordinary... was in between i guess... not a superb film yet it's above a decently average film as well...

The opening scenes in the movie really practically justified the $9.50 i paid... Suzuka Ohgo, the child actress playing the role of Chiyo totally blew me away... especially her eyes... her big, watery eyes... captures ur immediate attention.. i think she was wearing coloured contact lenses... girls with coloured contact lenses always has this attention captivating essence about them, guess eyes are really the windows to a person's soul... it seems so easy to get lost in those eyes.. haha..

anyways... Zhang Ziyi playing the grown up Chiyo or Sayuri as she was known later on in the film seemed to be kinnda far fetched to be the 15 years that she was playing... she hardly looked the part of being 15 years old... too old.. and both she and Gong Li along with Michelle Yeoh didnt really impress me as Japanese, maybe perhaps i know their nationalities but somehow they fail to make the cut... perhaps it is justififed to say that perhaps leading Japanese actresses should have been given the roles of the lead characters... i could name Matsushima Nanako who would make an ideal leading actress for the role of Hatsumono or Hameha while with the abundance of young Japanese starlets, it shouldnt be too hard to find someone closer to the actual age of 15 to portray Sayuri...

All in all, a decent film that makes me want to read the actual book... hmmm... a pretty good film... Suzuka Ohgo is definately gonna be a huge star in the future... haha.. and to think she's only 12.. she's like Kursten Durst... shot to stardom in Interview with a Vampire which she kissed Brad Pitt, she's been an A-list actress ever since...

Memoirs of a Geisha - 3.5 popcorns out of 5

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