eat pray love - the movie

there's something about julia roberts that makes you fall in love with her in every movie she makes..and how she would somehow someway made a movie watchable by her gestures and mannerism and it would just mesmerise you and made you stay put and watch the movie till the end...



even if the movie was two hours and a half long and i was kinda sleepy and it was kinda slow...



such is the case of eat love pray - the movie



ok pros;

i love the setting of the movie, the location of it, italy has always been gorgeous and so is bali, never been to india but the book will surely make u wanna go (notice i said the book, not the movie), julia roberts is gorgeous and funny and heartwarming and so cute and lovelyand perfect for this role, felipe - WOW. enough said haha. there are moments in the movie actually made us cry, when richard told liz his story, when she tried to make sense of her sadness, beautifully done, there are some wonderful moments when she met ketut, when she tried to pray but wasnt able to concentrate, when she flawlessly ordered in italian. these moments makes the movie worth watching :)



cons;

the first part wasnt clearly defined. it showed liz as a self centered person suddenly whining to get a divorce, but no clear indication of why. and this was clear in the book. one of the part that i thought they shud include was the part when liz was very sad that her husband refuses to sign the divorce papers, and she was talking to her friend in the car about it, and they suddenly started a petition to God about it, and started to get everyone including imaginary people like oprah and michael jackson to sign it. and by the next day, the husband did. and i think this scene was crucially important to show how she started to have faith in the powers of prayers and such. another thing is the scenes in italy, i love love love rome. but the movie somehow did not play up the gorgeous sceneries in rome. yeah, it was there, but to me not enough to potray italy. they did it quite well for bali. and also, not enough on the "EAT" part of the movie. one pasta and a pizza and ice cream scene each, dats it? the friendship with wayan wasnt also clearly given. she met her twice and suddenly she started a donation thing for her? why? the emotional connection, the love and the friendship they had should have been given more thought. there are other parts that i was looking foward to see in the movie but it didnt happen as well, but i guess that's expected, they couldnt show everything right, but there are somethings that MAKES the book that should have been there so that it can MAKE the movie..u know what i mean?



okey, the above are in short, my two cents worth. you should go see the movie. with your girlfriends. leave the boys at home :)



as for me, final words,



i love this movie because i love the book..



and i love julia roberts..



hehehe


ps : i miss my honey. he is in poland. he better get me a gorgeous snow globe. (^_^)