Memoirs of a geisha
Yeah! The mid sem break has begun. After the break,i’m gonna have another 2 mid-sem exams, Microbiology and Engine Materials. Well,that is for later but for now lets ronggeng for at least 5 days. Another 5 days maybe i’ll start studying..(i said maybe..hehe)
Right after organic exam yesterday,we went to watch Memoirs of a Geisha at OU. Midvalley and KLCC was fully booked and most probably the ticket was sold out. Usually our movie outings consist like 5-6 person max. But yesterday, we went there by two cars, Khair’s and Lutfi’s. Thanks to the driver,we dont have to take public transport 
Our movie was at 8.45pm. We arrived at OU at 6.30pm,eat at the old wing food court (i had Ramen,Tempura and Tofu steak..err..tak sedap sgt 
), went for maghrib prayer, window shopping for 15 minutes at Union Bay,FOS and then went straight to gsc. Me and Ruru had been waiting for this movie since last year, so i was looking forward for its realease. I didn’t read the book because i dont want to have high expectations and then feel dissappointed if the film was not as good as the book. (thats the case usually,rite?) So,I wanna watch the movie first,then only i’ll read the book.
Our seat was 2nd row from the right. Not the best, but much better than the seatings when we watch Narnia and KingKong..arghh,sakit leher!
It was good!!! looovvve it. I rather not write the review, u better watch it yourself. But anyways, on a technical level, Memoirs of a Geisha is a success. The cinematography is as beautiful as the film’s leading ladies are. The costumes are also impressive, award-friendly dialogue ,and the musical..aaaa..excellent! Unfortunately,Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi are all talented and extremely beautiful actresses, but they are not convincing as Japanese women. The fact that Ziyi and Gong Li are Chinese and Michelle Yeoh is Malaysian might have something to do with that..haha! One more thing, after 144 minutes,I learn precious little, if anything, about them. The details of geisha life is examined all too briefly in the movie though, but then again it is actually about the heroine herself. So,its ok.
For those of you who does not know what Geisha really is, u might wanna watch the film. They are actually traditional Japanese artist/entertainer.Geisha were trained from young childhood. Geisha houses (okiya) sometimes took in young girls from poor families, and took responsibility for raising and training them. During their childhood, apprentice geisha, called maiko, worked first as maids, then as assistants to the house’s senior geisha as part of their training and to contribute to the costs of their upkeep and education. Strictly speaking, geisha are not prostitutes. Because they entertain men behind closed doors in an exclusive manner,i have no comment on that. Morally, i still strongly believe it is wrong, but it is actually a culture/historical thing in Japan, so…. Anyways, the confusion that surrounds this issue has been complicated by Japanese prostitutes who wish to co-opt the prestige of the geisha image, and by inaccurate depictions of geisha in Western popular culture. Although an individual geisha may choose to engage in sexual relations with one of her patrons outside of the context of her role as geisha, traditional and codified geisha engagements will never involve sexual activity. In the movie, it shows that a geisha may choose to take a danna (an old fashioned word for husband), which is typically a wealthy man who has the means to support a geisha as mistress. Although a geisha may fall in love with her danna, the affair is customarily contingent upon the danna’s ability to financially support the geisha’s lifestyle. The traditional conventions and values within such a relationship are very intricate and not well understood, even by many Japanese. Because of this, the true intimate role of the geisha remains the object of much speculation, and often misinterpretation, in Japan as well as abroad.
Ehmm..interesting facts,i think. Its more about learning Japanese culture in the 18-19th centuries. I’m not sure about modern geisha nowadays, do they still exist..haha..anyways,the movie was nice..I give it 4.3/5…hehehe
Ok,adios
