2006 Holiday Movie

(Gee, the title made it sound as if the year has ended already!)

I wouldn't call "The Holiday" my most favourite Christmas movie. But it was more than I thought it was. Some movie critic on the papers says that it's the usual chick flick. But after watching it, I thought the movie critic didn't do justic to the movie.

Maybe cos he's a man.

Anyway, one of the main reason why I love this movie is because it has a great soundtrack (WHICH unfortunately, will not be in till January next year). And it has little bits of the talk about the motion picture industry, mixed with soundtracks blend into the show. My kinda thing :D

I thought Cameron Diaz and Jude Law are a great match for screen couple. Why she settled for Justin Timberlake, I have no idea. Jack Black and Kate Winslet is a lil-try too hard, cos I still cannot change my perception of Jack Black after how he was casted in the previous movies. Kate Winslet is excellent though.

There were a few tug heartstrings moments for me when I was watching "The Holiday". But those moments were I've-been-there-moments nonetheless. Thanks to the consistantly shaking-the-chair Indian couple who also talked throughout the movie, I was unable to enjoy the movie in entirety. And I regretted not telling them to shut-up at the beginning of the show, having to bear with constant interjections of obvious "Oh-my-God" and "So sweet" and so on moments throughout the entire show :S

I'd give the show ****/*****, and I recommend it as THE holiday movie you should catch.

By the way, the show opened my eyes to the new idea of doing house exchanges. You exchange house with a stranger for a period. But I doubt it'd work in Singapore. But it'd be nice to exchange house with someone from another country. Live my life in an alternate way it could be in another country :)

Oh well. Just a thought.