If I told you that we belong together…

…would you take my hand and frolick? (Hey! Where you going? hahahaha!) (yeah, where are you going?)

Hi All and Good Morning Everyone!

Coming to you live from another beautiful Spring day and still hot from the last post everything is looking alright. And we have a question: have you ever looked outside right before a storm at night? What color is the sky? For those not in the know, orange is a beautiful color: a deep orange, as if the sun never left and is still lingering during the pitch of night. And thanks to Uncle Ray, we all know a little something about the nighttime:

You know the night time, darling (night and day)
Is the right time (night and day)
To be (night and day)
With the one you love, now (night and day)
Say now oh baby (night and day)
When I come home baby, now (night and day)
I wanna be with the one I love, now (night and day)
You know what I’m thinking of (night and day)

Having just spent hours reminiscing about the beautiful people that comprise silver-screen actors. It’s only natural  to expand from the idea of one and think of two. So who’s In the Mood for Love? A really good actor can carry a movie without anyone else involved. But everything gets better when a second actor is present: a person to return the banter; one who takes and gives jokes; one who catches when another falls; one who laughs when the other falls. Character is defined by our interactions with others. So it is only fair that we do things in pairs. That is not to say that everything should be done in pairs, but the results are generally good when said is done, right? We don’t know, but since movies were mentioned, I, your host Penny P., my blog-partner-in-crime, the Hands of this affair, who was a one time administrator turned author (what do you mean ‘author’? I’m Admin 1, if you forgot), Wash Your Hands and Bawarchi will list our memorable movie couples and dynamic duos.

Let’s get it together
We belong together
Let’s stay it together
We belong together

Together, forever, together
Dedicate my life you see
This is what you mean to me,
Together, forever, together
Just as close two is to three
I want you that close to me

Penny’s Peas in a Pod (in no particular order):

1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Holly Golightly & Paul Varjak – One avoids, the other not so much. Classic. “You know what’s wrong with you, Miss Whoever-You-Are? You’re chicken, you’ve got no guts. You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say, “Okay, life’s a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you’re terrified somebody’s going to stick you in a cage. Well, baby, you’re already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it’s not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somaliland. It’s wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”
2. In the Mood for Love: Su Li-zhen & Chow Mo-wan – brought together by infidelity, the couple that was never meant to be. “It’s me. If there’s an extra ticket… would you go with me?“
3. Wall-E: EVE & Wall-E – even robots get stupid when they fall in love.
4. Balls of Fury: Maggie Wong & Randy Daytona – I wish Maggie could train me at playing ping-pong. “I’m trying to sacrifice my life for our love. Stop being such a dick!“
5. 2046: Bai Ling & Chow Mo-wan – a torrid affair granted, but Chow Mo-wan leaving Bai Ling, he’s stupid and she’s smokin’! (hahaha…XOXO) “Why can’t it be like before? Please don’t go. Stay with me tonight. Let me borrow you.“
6. The Other Guys: Allen Gamble & Terry Hoitz – no shoes, one wooden gun and big-boy pants. “Let’s do another fresh start because I just want to punch you in the face. Last one.“
7. Shaun of the Dead: Shaun & Ed – Nothing can get between friends…not even zombie-ism. “I’ll stop doing it when you stop laughing!“
8. The Fifth Element: Leeloo and Korben Dallas – together they save the world and she wears bandages for a good 30 minutes. “I don’t know love. I was built to protect not to love, so there is no use for me other than this.“
9. Coming to America: Lisa McDowell & Prince Akeem – he goes to Queens to find a Queen who works in a McDonald’s rip. I love this movie. “Is it just me, or does every woman in New York have a severe emotional problem?“
10. Man on Fire: Creasy & Pita – the man is an artist, honed at his craft. Breaking up this duo created an awesome onslaught of revenge. “I got all the time in the world. *You* don’t, but I do.“

Wash Your Hand’s List of two:

1. Secret (不能說的秘密)–  Lu Xiaoyu & Ye Xianglun– draws question mark“?”
2. Elizabethtown- Claire Colburn & Drew Baylor- “You know, You’re always trying to break up with me, and we’re not even together. ” “I know… We’re not?” 
3. (500) Days of Summer– Summer  & Tom.  “I woke up one morning and I just knew.”  “Knew what?”  “What I was never sure of with you.“
4. Lilo & Stitch– They’re a duo alright.

Bawarchi’s List:

1. Titanic :  Jack Dawson and Rose Dawson..probably one of the best looking on-screen couple
2. Beauty and the Beast: Belle and Beast- what a love story!!!
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:  Joel Barish and  Clementine Kruczynski- the most romantic movie and one of the most real couple in the most unreal situations.
4. Starsky and Hutch: David Starsky and Ken Hutchinson “In Bay City, when you cross the line, your nuts are mine.” What more is there to say and love!!!
5. Anchorman: Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone
6. Shawshank Redemption: Andy Dufresne and Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding-Most inspiring movie followed by a lot of thinking and further followed by hope…if you show the poster of the movie to the middle America they would not take time in saying “GAY”…having said that while watching movie you don’t feel an Oz of that thought
7. Toy Story: Woody and Buzz “lightyear”…”classic”
8. Wall-E: Wall E and Eva-“Robots in love” it can’t get more romantic than this
9. Mary and Max: Mary Daisy Dinkle and Max Jerry Horowitz-“True gem”
10. Garden State: Andrew Largeman and Sam-“you have to lose everything to find that one thing which keeps you going”

That would be all! Until next time! Keep watching!

Oh…The Things You’ll See

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome back to another rendition of untitledincandide. Living up to our reputation, our movie-nights have been going on every Saturday (and one Thursday) for approximately 2 months now. Here is an overview of what we have viewed:

1. Tropic Thunder – Robert Downey Jr. steals the show; proving the point that black is beautiful…wait can we say that in this case (I better call somebody)? All I know is “weren’t no cell phones in ’69, man. I’m head-to-toe legitimate.”
2. Ringu – Apparently, a daughter killing her father is not scary to some folks.
3. Shaun of the Dead – “Purple Rain?  No. Sign o’ the Times? Definitely not. The Batman soundtrack? Throw it.”
4. Shawshank Redemption – “The funny thing is, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.”
5. Metropolis (anime) – Who am I?
6. Spirited Away – A Miyazaki classic.
7. Thir13en Ghosts – HA! He was cut in half. Genius…cinematic genius.
8. In the Mood for Love – Beautifully shot. I’ve been telling secrets in trees ever since.
9. The Prestige – “Now you’re looking for the secret. But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.”
10. 2046 – The loose sequel to In the Mood for Love. Bravo to Zhang Ziyi (XOXO).
11. The Shining – A Kubrick classic.
12. Ratatoullie – “Anyone can cook.” We had to watch this!
13. Wall-E – There’s nothing wrong with two robots falling in love…computer love, digital love.
14. Fanboys – “Rush is variety. Rule number 1…in my van it’s all Rush, all the time.”
15. Paprika – “Light and dark, reality and dream, man and woman. The missing ingredient? Paprika? Exactly.”
16. The Incredibles – Super-family fun. “Make it a close 2nd.”
17. Up – That is going to be me in about 5 years.
18. Raising Arizona – “I also got a package of balloons. They blow up into funny shapes and all? No, just circular.”

Lastly, for today’s movie-night, we watched Yi Yi; the critically acclaimed Taiwanese film about the life of a Taiwanese family living in Taipei. The film may seem a bit long and ponderous at times, but the dialogue is so brilliant and emotionally-packing, length and dullness can be ignored. The concluding oration by Jonathan Chang (Yang Yang) is something worth listening to. In fact, every scene with the kid is a good one too. (True that, double true!)

And the second movie viewed was Miyazaki’s film adaptation of his manga of the same name, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. One of his earliest films; a masterpiece nonetheless. Nature versus man. (Wo)Man trying to help create balance between both to eventually save nature, while nature saves humanity. The girl can glide and kick-ass. Watch it!