MOST DESIRABLE ACTORS OF 2008

This is my comment in Jesse's blog (with some photos added):
http://memoriesofthefuture.wordpress.com/

In your top ten list, I have seen only THE LAST MISTRESS and TWILIGHT. I haven’t heard of WERE THE WORLD MINE (Tom Gustafson) and GUEST OF CINDY SHERMAN before, but they sound very interesting.

Glad you are able to see LULLABYE BEFORE I WAKE (2007, Nate Pantumsinchai, A-). I think it is a small film with modest ambition. I like that the film is not trying to be “too romantic”, and I think it pays real attention to the feelings of its characters, and makes the characters and their feelings more believable than most Thai films. (Contrary to LULLABYE BEFORE I WAKE, some Thai romantic films pay too much attention to the stories, the gimmicks, the laughs, and forced emotions.)

I’m very glad you like MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. I even prefer it to 2046. I think MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS is like a small and simple house, but 2046 is like a department store which is too big for me.

What I like very much in MILK is that Gus Van Sant doesn’t try to make us cry at the end of the film, though actually I don’t mind if he tried it. I remembered that PRIEST (1994, Antonia Bird) made me cry a lot, and the story of MILK has the same potential to make me cry, too. But Van Sant ends the film in another way.

I’m very impressed with the word “swoon-worthy”. Can I use this word, too?

Your list of swoon-worthy boys inspires me to make my own list:

TEN MOST DESIRABLE ACTORS OF 2008

(in alphabetical order)

1.Alexander Fehling -- AND ALONG CAME TOURISTS (2007, Robert Thalheim, Germany
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3326070124_dfdd6ae24f_o.jpg

2.Cam Gigandet -- NEVER BACK DOWN (2008, Jeff Wadlow, USA)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3326070114_5fc7220afe_o.jpg

3.Chantawit Thanasewee – COMING SOON (2008, Sopon Sakdapisit, Thailand)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/3326070116_91fb913cda_o.jpg

4.Javier van de Couter – A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE (2005, Anahi Berneri, Argentina)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3326070126_df59ea3a31_o.jpg

5.Kei Tanaka – THE BANDAGE CLUB (2007, Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Japan)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3326070134_f49e13a216_o.jpg

6.Kim Gang-woo – LE GRAND CHEF (2007, Jeon Yun-su, South Korea)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3326070136_3c1ef00f78_o.jpg

7.Peter Davis – SELL OUT! (2008, Yeo Joon Han, Malaysia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj006yCvel8

8.Rifat Sungar – THREE MONKEYS (2008, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3326073370_f8af6e27f2_o.jpg

9.Sid Lucero – DRUMBEAT (2007, Adolfo Alix Jr., Philippines)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3326073392_f17b12cbcd_o.jpg

10.Xavier Lafitte – IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (2007, Jose Luis Guerin, Spain)

A Thai female filmmaker said that she wants to make a film in which she will stalk Xavier Lafitte all through the film and then say to him, "My name is Sylvia." I think I share her feeling.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3326073358_6679ffe40d_o.jpg


FILM WISH LIST

MARINE BOY (2008, Yoon Jong-seok), starring Kim Gang-woo
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Marine_Boy.php

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