--Ngee Ann City Atrium--
E.W & I were still early for our movie, so we walked over to N.A.C to check out the Mooncake Bazaar. I wanna check out the durian mooncakes available there la...hehe! Anyway, the atrium was jam-packed with ppl! Wah~very hard to move about. Tried out various flavours of mooncakes from the stalls. Home's Favourite's D24 mooncake was damn nice! However, I think I wld buy Goodwood Park's durian mooncake la. (Hopefully~~) Will be looking forward to the snowskin lotus paste mooncakes made by Aunt Jo too~ hehe!
--Cineleisure--
"Thirst" had a very interesting plot, though some scenes did not seem to connect or flow very well. It's not a horror movie to me, but there's lots of blood gushing out scenes. (The most "memorable" bloody scene was when Sang Hyun (Song Kang Ho) puked up blood when he's playing the recorder...the blood just gushed out from the recorder sia...omg!) Haha! The plot was not too bad, and I thought the ending was simple & nice. (rather sad though...) Song Kang Ho's performance was still gd as usual, but Kim Ok Bin stole his limelight. Seriously, Ms. Kim was not a big A-lister in Korea yet, but her acting was great. I liked Tae Joo's character, she seemed to be a submissive/helpless woman who led an unhappy life. However, just like what Tae Joo said to Sang Hyun, she's not a shy person, and that was proven during their first make out scene. After she became a vampire, she basically went on a killing spree, without any sense of guilt. Sang Hyun, on the other hand, was always struggling with his new identity, mainly because he was a priest. Thus, as compared to Tae Joo, Sang Hyun was more "controlled" by his beliefs, thus he tried not to kill anybody. Song Kang Ho's character was great too, but the development for Sang Hyun was rather predictable. Shin Ha Kyun's role as Tae Joo's husband was a support role, but his performance was great too. Sadly, his role Kang Woo was killed for something he has not done. (Tae Joo was really scheming here~)
Actually, the morale of the story was probably about greed, and how ppl tried to satisfy their desires by any means. If Sang Hyun did not save Tae Joo by letting her sucked his blood, then Tae Joo would not have turned into a horrible fella. (Perhaps letting one go is better in this situation).
Director Park Chan Wook did not disappoint me la, though I wished that he cld have cut down on the gory scenes. Haha! There were still some comedic dialogues/actions in the movie, like Sang Hyun told Tae Joo about going to hell because they were sinned for having a relationship, but Tae Joo replied she did not have a religion, so she would not go to hell. Ha! Interesting ya?
