Aurora

This one is something i've always heard of but never watched not until 2024. I decided to watch it the other day and I did not expect it to be a very emotional and sentimental movie. I thought it was like chic flick happy-go-lucky all over vibe but it resonated to me so much that i didn't expect. Dakota Fanning's character Ray here obviously have obsessive compulsive disorder while Brittany Murphy's character Molly have some sort of dissociation from society. I've never felt so much called-out as I also have OCD and a bunch of issues. Molly has an issue with hygiene and tidying her home and has a lot of scraps hoarded or just stuck in her high-end apartment which is to me can also be symptoms of OCD. Both of the protagonists clearly has a common ground or bond with one another and that may be cringe to some but their relationship is really wholesome and beautiful. Murphy here is so astonishing. I don't know but I kept on crying seeing her in the film. It's like her character resonated so much to her personality as a bright ball of sunshine and I don't even know her much as an actress. Murphy's role Molly is depicted as spoiled, flirty, and the typical rich wasted character but she's so kind. Despite her lack of sense of exposure to reality and to society, it amazes me how she actually upholds kindness and etiquette like hitting someone is bad (when she scolded Ray for physically fighting against someone) and how she knows exactly how to discipline a kid. So much is needed to be said about Molly and Ray's characters but not dwelling to much on that, the movie "Uptown Girls" is also very realistic with its characters and life events like how death is inevitable; Ray's mother lacking when it comes to parenting Ray (some parent/s are just like that in reality but the possibilities can be endless she could be also having a hard time coping with her husband's state which adversely affected her relationship with her own daughter); Neal (male love interest for Molly) being such a douchebag making bad decisions and mistakes but still possible to have a good ending with Molly; Friendships in the movie; etc. Overall, I just think the movie is not perfect together with its flawed/broken characters but in the end it's a very beautiful pieced-out movie and I cried a lot! It adds to faith that this movie was released August 15, 2003 and I was born August 17, 2002. In some countries ticket sales were actually made during my 1st birthday for this movie and the fact I could rlly relate with the mental struggles, emotional trauma, and whatnot in this movie just makes me believe more that this movie might be fated for me to watch. better late than never. Great acting Brittany, rest in peace.

It's not easy keeping a film interesting without breaking that momentum with a movie without much substance so this film is rlly a masterpiece. Most ppl consider it of without substance because it doesn't rlly have the kind of plot most movies like the mainstream ones have. When you watch Chungking Express you are just basically having that glimpse of moment watching someone's life in a specific point of these character's lifetime. Incomplete as it seems yes but the feeling is there. The feeling is in what you see, hear, and understand from all throughout the film. And that feeling just automatically makes you internalize naturally the events, the monologues, the dialogues, and even the unusual flow of events and scenes. The feeling fills in the gap but as what is the movie inflicting to us watchers, even if we did understood sufficiently the main characters, every unclear end or cut leaves us with a feeling of voidness. Idk maybe this is all just to me but this film is very special. I love the vibes sm. The striking lights and LSD-like preview as well as the unusual motion and camera angles everywhere are supposed to trigger my motion sensitivity issue but instead I feel warm and at-home. One more thing, the first story about the cop who can't get over over May is also soo good despite the shortness when compared to the second story. Overall, the characters all had that magical chemistry that just shocks you on how they all make it work despite the overall weirdness of the movie. I definitely love and respect this film. ^^