A Good Year

Has been watching several movies by Russell Crowe... <Cinderella Man>, <The Insider>, <A Beautiful Mind> and it seems that most of them are biographies. However there was a particular movie which I liked most and it is <A Good Year>.

A very interesting movie with unique direction by Ridley Scott. This movie brings out the simple romantic beauty of France. France is indeed one of the loveliest country I've been to, although its usually overcrowded with commuters and tourists, there is some exceptionally attractive attributes that makes the country extraordinary. Wow, I really missed Sacre Coeur in Paris. Of cos this movie was not filmed in the big cities.

Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard acting in this movie is amazing... together with the beautiful picturesque chateau and vineyard, plus tinge of humour mingled with lofty romance, there hasn't been a movie after Jerry Maguire that caught my attention.

Other than the interesting casts and sceneries... I loved the way French conversation were added in the movie. There was this particular line that was totally awesome:

'Pardonne mes lèvres. Elles trouvent la joie dans les endroits les plus inhabituels' Translation: 'Forgive my lips, they find joy in the most unusual places'...

I was like... 'Wow'! Its such a romantic phrase especially in french (it sounds awfully corny in english). My company has offered to let the staffs attend French courses and I'm definitely going to take this chance to brush up my basics and perhaps go for advanced French lessons.

Another thing that I loved about this movie was its soundtrack... and one of them particularly caught my attention. It was the song played when Russell Crowe went back to the old chateau where he recalled the days he was with his uncle. The song is called 'How Can I Be Sure Of You' by Harry Nilsson. Sharing the song here with anyone who is interested. (:

Singer: Harry Nilsson

Title: How Can I Be Sure Of You

The other day a friend of mine said

He said the sun's not really yellow

He said, he said the sun is really red

I said, my friend what do you mean

You read that in some magazine

Next thing you'll say the earth's not green

How can I be sure of you, when you know

The world's always changing, rearranging

Always changing, changing

I said my friend how do you do

And what you're saying isn't true

The next thing you'll say the earth is blue

He said my friend you're in a dream

And things are never what they seem

Oh things are never what they seem

How can I be sure anymore

When the world's always changing, rearranging

Changing...