the meaning behind the name and cinema! cinema! cinema!

Why goldenoro?

Well, because my first and last name can mean gold in different languages, not going by the way they are spelt, though, but how they sound.

I was considering goldgold but thought it didn't quite roll off the tongue like goldenoro did.

Today there was a bomb scare at the shopping centre we were all wandering around in. We stayed away from the shop the bomb was supposedly in, but I got a little wired and decided to get teh car out of the parking lot and wait for hubby boo outside on the road. Hey, it's Christmas, and there are some out there who think they have a point to prove. Then I thought, what about all the other malls with heavier traffic? But nothing happened and we all got home safe.

My eldest is down with the flu. Her little heart-shaped face is flushed and her eyes are oily red. My youngest is trying hard to imitate being sick so that she can get some TLC too - but she is way too active (and melodramatic) to feign anykind of sickness.

Now they're both sleeping well and it occurred to me that a Best of Seven movie list would be fun to do too.

My Best of Seven Movie List:

1
Cinema Paradiso
Because it makes me cry, and because I'm too old to care if I do. Because I can, dammit! Catch the teenage Toto in other indie goodies such as Like Water For Chocolate and Once Upon A Time In Mexico. He's a native-born Australian by the way.

2
Fletch
From a batch of fantastic comedy action flicks that came out of the 80s - Man With THe One Red Shoe, Beverly Hills Cop, F/X, etc. This one, with Chevy Chase delivering the dry and banal Fletch with such finesse and wit, was in my view the best.

3
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Beats the other two for simply being the orgasmic ending to prolonged and feverish anticipation of the cinematic release of the first of three... And for the nine of the fellowship who brought us all the dream.

4
Buli
For being a film that opened my eyes to the potential of Malay cinema and storytelling. For all the layers of meaning and the depth of perception of the Malaysian psyche. Afdlin Shauki is a master storyteller trying to shift the poverty of mainstream Malay cinema and the dire perception of the producers, of what makes a good story and what the audience wants...

5
Sepet
For sentiment, spirit and love that shines from the screen, and for the bravery of presenting a tiny story with such largesse of spirit.

6
Subway
For Jean Reno, Christophe Lambert, Jean-Hugues Anglade and Luc Besson. Also for the wonderful soundtrack by Eric Serra, who features as a down and out bass player in the film. This movie gives you such a sense of space and place, and is mostly set in the underground Paris metro. Actually, I first saw the English-dubbed version and although the voices have dubious accents and intonation, the dialogue seems funnier in english than the original french! Look out for a heart-stopping action sequence when Lambert runs from the cops to the sound of a rocking soundtrack. It's the Highlander in a trenchcoat - swoon!

7
Hercules Returns
An Australian flick by two comedians who used to tour cinemas and do live dubbing over b-grade movies, totally changing the story line and ripping the movie apart with scandalous flippancy and total delight! Although Herc Rets does suffer a little for the bracketing story they put around the actual fun part (the old italian b-grade story of hercules and samson), the rest of it is side-splittingly funny and features Ozzie actors who have gone on to better things.


Hmmm.. no Scorsese or Eastwood, but these are my favourite movies and the heavyweight serious ones don't really count right now.

Having fun...

Christina