I feel that my life sucks right now. Yup, that's the word. I've lost all energy for anything else and everything else. Horrible, miserable life. Fat, ugly, miserable life.

And I'm certainly NOT looking forward to the camp that I am being forced to go to...

Anyway, on happier things, my brother recently rented Willow, that old old movie (1988, to be exact) with dwarf actors and a very young Val Kilmer. It's always an amusing feeling to be watching shows that once accompanied you through childhood, which you completely forgot as you grew up.

Willow boosts a wonderful soundtrack, with that signature music composed by none other than the wonderful James Horner (he composed my favourite Lagend of the Falls theme, music for the famous Titanic, and more recently for The New World, amongst others). Surprisingly, Ron Howard directed this one, and even more surprisingly, George Lucas wrote the story! Ok, now that I'm older and more 'experience', the fact that George Lucas wrote the story doesn't surprise me that much after I finished it. It was very Lucas-style storytelling packed with abruptness and corny lines and names. Look no further than that love peotry sprouted by Kilmer's Madmartigan towards Joanne Whalley's Sorsha. Frankly, Ron Howard's direction has been rather average, from Willow to his later works. Instead, I think he has been helped mainly by good scripts and actors to work with (ok, Willow is an exception in terms of a 'good' script). Of course I haven't seen Da Vinci Code so I won't comment on that one. Then again, maybe it's because I still like Ron Howard the actor as Richie Cunningham from Happy Days.

But what the heck. The end result was an 80's version of the Lord of the Rings which is still an amusing and stunning fantasy movie that has stuck as a classic.

My brother also rented Mr Deeds, a movie I previously never heard of. It's an average light-hearted romantic comedy but it does the job of lightening up my dark life, albiet only for that moment but still I like that moment. I have never actually seen Adam Sandler act even though I've heard of his movies, but I must say that his performance as the ernest, kind-hearted, dead-pan small-town boy in the big city tickled me. Seeing him also suddenly reminded me that I wanted to watch Spanglish the last time it was out in cinemas. How does he fare in a dramatic role, I wonder?

And didn't Adam Sandler sing that hilarious but sweet song "I Wanna Grow Old With You"? So he's a singer too?

(Pilot over the PA system, "Good afternoon everyone. We're flying at 26,000 feet, moving up to thirty thousand feet, and then we've got clear skies all the way to Las Vegas, and right now we're bringing you some in-flight entertainment. One of our first-class passengers would like to sing you a song inspired by one of our coach passenger, and since we let our first-class passengers do... pretty much whatever they want... here he is.")

Adam Sandler starts singing:
I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you.

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growin old with you.

I'll miss you, kiss you, give you my coat when you are cold.
Need you, feed you, I'll even let you hold the remote control.

So let me do the dishes in the kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink.
Oh I could be the man to grow old with you.
I wanna grow old with you.

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And boy I haven't seen Winona Ryder in ages! My impression of her is still stuck with Edwards Scissorshand. Very pretty actress who is looking prettier with age. And she acts well too.