Disappointment creeps in while I was watching the movie at Lido 2 on Fri, unfortunately. (Avoided the mad crowd flocking into theatres for the past 2 weeks, since cineplexs made a bad arrangement of screening Coco at smaller halls. S'porean cineplex chain are still having the stigma that all French movies are nothing but arthouse except Yamakasi, Taxi and District 13(Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita was considered as a arthouse than action in S'pore, sad to say.). Unsurprisingly, Coco tailors her dresses and held the fashion show at tiny halls under such circumstances, which did not fail to draw a big big crowd. You have to kill to catch a glimpse of the fashion.)
Utter disappointment. Audrey Tautou was wasted in Coco Avant Chanel. Rather than a bio-epic about how Gabrielle Chanel aka Coco Chanel rise to fame through the skills of sewing and cutting, which created a new wave of fashion which dominates France's fashion industry, it was more of a love story between Coco and the two men in her life: Etienne Balsan, a French rich playboy, and Arthur 'Boy' Capel, an English friend of Etienne. If you are expecting to see what inspires her to create a unique wave of fashion during the pre WWII period, you get a little and no more.
Was enjoying some nice chocolate and cream cheese donut puff purchased from Sun Moulin bakery during the movie. Yes, the puffs are nice and big, but the show just drowns my disappointment into it. Somehow I had a habit of buying French pastries and a cup of hot chocolate when watching a movie from Audrey Tautou in Lido. Personal preference, I believe.
What I believe to kickstart a good weekend: go catch a European movie in town on a Fri night, be it Lido, Cine Orchard or The Picturehouse. Some decent independent production at The Picturehouse is not a bad choice too. Too bad, Cathay decided to release some movies that has gone straight into DVD release before making a big screen apperance at The Picturehouse, making it senseless to pay $10 per person to watch a movie where you can enjoy at the comfort of your home, with (homemade popcorn/fries/pasta/lazagne/pizza/tiramisu/any TV dinner recommended or taught by Nigella Lawson), all for less than $10.
Does making a delay release in Picturehouse means watching a movie in 35mm prints is always better than watching a movie on DVD?
Some food for thought.