Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoir:

1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
2. An autobiography.
3. Often used in the plural.
4. A biography or biographical sketch.

I finally managed to watch a movie after what seems like ages.

One of the newspaper reviews gave it 2 out of 5. I really do not understand how the minds of these critics / reviwers (or whatever they call themselves) work. Yes, it was not a true reflection of Geisha. But we are talking about one person here, not the whole bunch. Granted that there may have been lots of things left out of the movie, but don't you think that if that wasn't the case, we would be able watch it in such a short time?

I overall liked the movie, though the somewhat happy ending put me off a bit. I would have preferred it being left hanging such that no one is certain of her life anymore. But like I mentioned before, it is 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and not 'Memoirs of Geisha'.

Oh well, maybe I'm biased because of the penchant I have for Zhang Ziyi *dream*

I especially liked it when Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) wonders, when Hatsumono (Gong Li) left the okiya, if she would end up the same way. Essentially, I think if Sayuri wasn't offered an Iced Lolly (or whatever it was) at the low point in her life, she may have ended up bitter as Hatsumono. Now why didn't anyone offer Hatsumono an Iced Lolly? *sigh* We would probably have her memoir instead then.

Anyhow, time to go to work. *dreams about Ziyi somemore* Ciao~