Departed

I watched the movie Departed just now,its a remake of the immensely succesful HK movie Infernal Affairs and like all remakes..it just can't beat the original..one comment by my friend really struck me..the incredulous tone that my friend said to another friend who didn't watch the original movie," the plot was adopted from a chinese scriptwriter,k"..I can sense the pride yet this pride is built(from my beliefs) on the subconscious acknowledgement that Asian movies, HK,Japanese or even Bollywood still have some way to go before matching Hollywood's standards. I hate to admit it but having been fed the American culture since I was young, this 'white man's superiority' in the soft power sense does exist..however..we seriously need to break out of this pseudo belief, there are really a lot of good Asian movies, Brotherhood and My Sassy Gal/Windstruck are among my favorite movies and they are Korean movies, Be with Me,a local movie also stole some of my tears..

Anyway,back to the movie,despite some superficial changes,the storyline remains to a large extent similar to the original,however..there's a subplot that made me really uncomfortable with the movie, the Hollywood version depicted Matt Damon's girlfriend as cheating on him(despite loving him at the same time) and actually had a 'relationship'(sex included of cos) with Leo. When Leo went to find the girlfriend for comfort at some stage in the show, the girlfriend actually told Leo, "I'm sorry,but I can't be your friend again." @#$^*#@..The girlfriend's actions,the cheating on Matt turns me off to the core..the thought of seeing someone cheating on the person she love really sucks to the core. How could she be so fucking selfish..yah yah..sell me the crap that one can't help but develop feelings for another even when loving someone else..with a bit of self control..the feelings would not lead to the cheating lah..sighz..

Sometimes, I wonder is it inevitable that lust will overpower love at some stage in life? Do I have to admit that love can conquer all,a theory I guard so jealously is just a figment of senseless fairytale-like belief? I don't know..maybe I'm naive,maybe I'm idealistic but I prefer to keep this small part of me intact..