This week I decided to draw some titles from our current IMC movie display, Martial Arts. I grabbed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon because I had heard so much about it but had never watched it. I also grabbed Million Dollar Baby, which I had remembered coming out, but had never had an opportunity to watch it.
I ended up enjoying Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It was slightly disappointed because it was dubbed and I would have preferred to watch it in the original Mandarin, but it became easier to ignore as the movie plot progressed. The music and cinematography was incredible and you found yourself becoming immersed in the movie. I found out after the fact that many of the cello solos were performed by Yo Yo Ma, which definitely sold the movie score to me.
My second movie was Million Dollar Baby, a movie about a girl who wants to learn boxing properly. It was an incredible story, but very sad at the end (a warning to those emotional viewers out there). It was hard not to get attached to the characters, and all the actors did a wonderful job in their portrayals. Watching this movie, it was easy to see why it won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
As always, feel free to follow along here: https://letterboxd.com/peterstanley/list/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die/by/release/ . In addition, check out the upcoming IMC movie display “First Films”, coming September 11th!
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