_saving face_

before i go on talking about the film, let me just clarify that i've also been working hard! my days aren't just spent on watching films! i am sending ann an essay this thurs and it's already half way thru now. (though have to admit that i've been more relaxed recently)

ok, so that was just my little comforting myself and getting away from the uneasiness of watching too much movie. first, thank vanessa for lending me this dvd and thank my lovely laptop which showed me this movie for the past one hour, forty-four minutes and twenty-eight seconds (why do i spell out all the numbers?) and thank the tasty salmon cheese plus egg sandwich i'd just made. . . XD

. . . anyway. _saving face_ is an interesting film, not as cliche as i'd thought. Michelle Krusiec (born in taiwan!) deserves a big hand for her acting. joan chen also did a nice job. she's such a character full of conflicts. joan's part is really caught in between the two distinct generations- the first generation chinese emigrants and the third generation who are the so-called abc.

the kind of chinese community depicted in queens was horrifying though- they were so unbelievably out of it. but the part of constantly watching soap opera with her mom as if that would solve all the problems in the world _is_ realistic to me. whenever i go home, i always have to watch soap opera with my mom. she doesn't really talk about her feelings and things with me. she watches the tv. and so by watching the same thing with her, it's as if we communicated.

and i have to say the soy sauce part is so hilarious! so is the part of falling without hurting yourself.