JUNKFILM

So, going on a suggestion of my friend, Junk, I decided to watch
Infernal Affairs (not, I found out, to be confused with Internal
Affairs, with that one guy. Which actually might have been an okay
film… it had Richard Gere in it and also Jackie, from “Roseanne.” I
love that show… it’s on a few times a week and it’s getting to the
end, I’m very excited about that.) Anyway… as you’ll all find out I
have a stigma about foreign films. I’m not a huge fan of reading
subtitles, because I’m constantly paying attention to the little white
words (or yellow sometimes) on the bottom of the screen instead of to
what’s happening on the screen. I just need more practice at it, I
suppose. Especially in Japanese and Chinese films, when all of
the voices seem to be too similar and the names are unpronounceable (by me)…

The movie started out very interesting, although 20 minutes in or so,
I knew the plot line that was coming. I’ve seen it before in other
movies… or at least heard of it in other movies. Some movies have
extremely cookie-cutter, safe plots, like Slumdog Millionaire. (That’s
another story for another day.) So there’s this good cop that turns
out to be a bad cop and an undercover cop that still has a soul after
10 years in the gang life. Some lives are lost shots are fired and
text messages are sent in Chinese. I was a bit bored through out the
main part of the movie, so I flipped on the dubs and did some
Photoshop work on my laptop. I usually do a few things at once and can
pay attention to more than one thing at a time, but the second half of
the movie got very good and deserved more attention. Oh, and there’s a
comfortable chair! Well, not one that I have. One that Yan sleeps in.
Oh, and somewhere in the middle of the movie enters a woman we’ve
never heard from, never been introduced to… but it’s a bit sad.

My opinions? The music was very well done… very fitting. The English
dubs aren’t terrible. The characters were memorable, the acting was
great and the dialog was smart. I can’t say I’d watch it again,
because I’m not such a big fan of cop dramas (except for Dexter, which
is completely awesome. Not like Burn Notice, that everyone says is
different, but really isn’t. It’s exactly the same. Except with Bruce
Campbell. He has such a huge chin, but he’s still pretty good looking.
Jay Leno has a huge chin, too, but he’s not that attractive.) Oh, and
didn’t that main guy look just like Joseph Gordon - Levitt? I think
so. He’s really good in 10 Things I Hate About You. And Third Rock
From the Sun. And probably more, but I don’t seek him out when
choosing a movie, so I wouldn’t know what else he’s in.

Either way, good movie, enjoyable. But for me, not rewatchable. Is that a word?