The New World.

This show is currently only screened at the Cathay (the newly renovated cathay cinema at Handy road). I went to watch it today. The mall part at the cathay is still under construction so can't talk much about it. But the cinema sections are done, and well it feels new but at the same time still so familiar. The ambience is almost the same as the one in orchard cineleisure, just that perhaps slightly classier. Inside the theater: the seats are the same as cineleisure, the screen is bigger and the distance from the first row to the screen is quite far apart, and the screen is lower too compared to other cinemas. And, the screen is slightly tilted, so if you are sitting in the first row, I guess your neck won't break after the show. I don't know whether really there is such service, but when I already settled down, there was someone delivering order to the people sitting behind me. Cool eh, food delivery. Hahaha. Unfortunately, I got a theater that is average size. The biggest theater is called "the Grand Cathay"...and it really looks big.

Well, moving on to the show. It was a pocahontas tale being told in human form. The movie is slow, serious, artsy, literaturish, slightly romantic, confusing, making your mind wonder. I did not understand the show, perhaps due to the changing of scene and big chunk of silence. There were several times when you thought the movie was going to be over, but well it continued. To me, it takes someone of great intelligence to decipher the movie properly. But, well the good things about the movie was at least it didn't put me to sleep. And, the sceneries. It was breathtaking, awesome. The pictures taken were beautiful. Perhaps, that worth two thumbs up. No wonder, it was nominated for Oscar under arts and sciences for best cinematography. I recommend this movie to those who love nature, sceneries, visual arts, and literature. The movie is like a mixture of documentary plus mime plus literary works.

But, at least, that kept me company for the evening.