They came back...and boy was I glad when they left!

X and I couldn't wait to catch the movie screenings for the 2006 French film festival. X decided on Les Revenants, aka They Came Back, as it was classified as a horror movie which tantalised her tastebuds.

The movie opened with a stream of walking corpses with deadpan expressions streaming into a small town in France. Mind you, this isn't your typical zombie-eat-man movie. The "zombies" looked every bit human, but were characterised by their blank expressions and languid movements. These zombies came, stayed and left again, creating psychological and sociological havoc in the lives of the living. It focused on how 3 families re-united with their supposedly-dead loved ones struggled to accept and live with their anomalies. It was intelligent, thought-provoking and had the makings of an excellent movie. However, there just wasn't enough punch in its execution. It came out slow, dreary and yawn-inducing. Definitely a no-no for Friday night entertainment.

Not to fret though, plenty of good movies in the pipeline. My To-Watch list consists of:

1. The Departed (starring favourite man Jack Nicholson (oopss!!), Matt Damon I mean, and the sexy Leonardo diCaprio)
2. The Scoop (with babelicious Scarlett Johansson and hunky-dory Hugh Jackman)
3. The Black Dahlia (with real-life sizzling-hot couple Scarlett & Hartnett)
   

Anyone interested? Better still, if you have free tickets, please think of me...aren't I your best friend? :)