Sunday & Movie

Went to collect Mayday free concert tickets with Ks and we got the tickets unexpectedly even though a staff earlier told us that almost all the concert tickets were given out. Went for some food and shopping next before meeting up with Stephen in the evening to watch movie.

We watched Lady Chatterley at The Cathay. Set in 1921, this is the story of an adulterous affair between Lady Constance Chatterley and the gamekeeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchair-bound husband.

I think most people will hate this movie as it is often slow moving and full of dialogue. I hated the start of movie (the entire 30 mins) which is really slow-going and snooze inducing. I thought that the movie was aimless and meandering in its storyline for its introduction. As the movie progresses, the story finally starts to pick up and i get the point why the introduction is so boring. The filmmaker wanted to depict Lady Chatterley trapped in an aristocratic hole where she is supposed to abide by the rules and continue living her rather aimless and boring life.

Everything changes when she starts an affair with the gamekeeper and they embark on a passionate romance bursting with sensuality between lovers of different status. Both of them release their long hidden inhibitions onto each other and they crave for each other day and night. The acting is rather good with Marina Hands as the sympathetic and loving wife with unfulfilled desires (as her husband is paralyzed from waist down), and Jean-Louis Coullo'ch as the gamekeeper who is attracted to Connie.

The film concentrates on the humans' wandering eye as well as social status and it succeeds to a certain extent. The drama within the movie is still a tad staid and perhaps following too closely to the book might not elevate the movie to cinematic success.

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