Thursday, November 02, 2006

Watched 15 just now and so many things just appear in my mind. I watch the FULL version and not the 20 over minutes version. But before anything, I want to wish all my A level friends all the best for the final lap. The last 100 meter. I will be praying for all of you. Lets enter Army together.

Royston Tan is such a good director. I love his movie. It is not like other movies in the market where it is just about the action and the script. It includes the feeling of individual and the emotions of the actors that we are seeing. I can connect to the movie and the feeling that Royston is portraying.

In the movie, the is no fancy props involve. It is just about friendship and what it is. 15 consist of 3 short parts and is about the same group of friends. Some remain close while some just turned bad. There is just so many common ideas I can connect with. "our friendship is as good as it lasts." "there is no eternal friends and foes." "life's greatest enemy, ourselves." There is also a few scene that is so touching. The one where Vynn, Melvin and shaun sit around talking. The one where Shaun help to clean vynn's wound and when they sleep together. The one where Vynn help to celebrate Melvin's birthday. The one where Armani come to the rescue. Etc

The show is totally focusing on friendship and the essence of it. Even with betrayal. How friends should be like and not with tinted spectacle. Sharing through thick and thin even diseases. Helping friends without any returns and to the extend beyond themselves. I really envy this kind of friendship. From what I see of everyone, I don't think it is possible to achieve this level of friendship. Is it just limited to the Ah bengs who can really experience this kind of friendship? I can only see this extend of friends in the delinquent marked by society. The "brotherhood" that is so overwhelming.

Seeking for the same in the world. people think that christians are bonded, but I think otherwise. There may not be true friendship even in a church. Weill it is just about human and the base of society. The self-interest at work. Searching....