The Terminal
Caught this movie and I think its a cool movie. I am impressed with the artificial terminal that was build just for this movie. Anyway, this movie is about Viktor Navorski, who has travelled to New York for a purpose. However, when he landed, his home country was in war and the US does not recognise his passport hence he cannot enter to the US. He can’t get back to his country either as all flights as been suspended. As such, he was strained at the airport for the longest time, waiting for his chance to get into the US. His arch enemy is the airport’s security chief who lacks human compassion and tries to get him depoted or at least sent to another place.
Along the way, Viktor managed to make friends with most of the people at the airport with his adventures and personality. On the days when he had no money, he squeezed mustard, ketchup and mayo onto 3 biscuits to make a small deck for a meal. I think some people can relate to this.
He managed to get what he wanted at the end. All in all, this is quite a nice movie. You should watch it.
One thing I cannot believe is the fact that he can get a new Hugo Boss suit for US$150 at the airport! I think the material itself is already not that cheap.
I can sort of relate to Viktor in some ways. About 10 years ago, I was rejected entry into Singapore. I was about to start on a new job and I had not done my employment pass yet. I was technically still on social visit pass and I go across the causeway to JB to renew the stamp every two weeks. The first two times were alright, but on the third time, the custom officer told me that I can’t go in till a month later. I had to walk back to JB on the cause way (3rd time that day) and contact my mom.
I didn’t know anyone in JB then so I was sort of lost as I don’t really know how to speak malay too. My mom told me to wait for a while and she contacted one of her friends who managed to let me stay over at her place. My mom came over to JB to get my passport and went back to Singapore. The next day, she went to the immigration to get a special entry visa for me coz I was supposed to start work while processing the visa. Luckily, the people at the immigration office issued that special visa for me on the day and I managed to get back into Singapore.
All in all, it pretty sucks to get stuck at a strange place where you don’t know the language.
i got lost in foreign countries many times since I was a kid. I don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of as long as one has some pennies in the pocket.
What I liked about the movie was that it was more than him being stuck in the airport. His survival skills, friendships formed and love interest made a beautiful storyline. I felt it was a bit too long winded towards the end, but I still liked it a lot.
Wrt to your JB story, poor you. The closest I’ve come to that was thinking I’d lost my passport.
It sucks to loose a passport, especially a Malaysian one. Its hell to make a new one.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is still as gorgeous as ever. Her face has this effect of making the light shine around her eyes, but keep the other area of her face darker. If you had watched Mask of Zorro, you know what I mean. There is another Zorro film coming up though.
I really liked the movie. I personally think I could live in an airport like that!
yeah, he makes living at an airport looks cool.. heh..
Why, what language didn’t you speak back then ?
What do you mean? Malay? Coz I didn’t pick up the language when I was a kid. I took Mandarin instead.
Well you wrote it sucks to be stuck in a strange place and not speak the language. I was living in this dreamworld where I thought all you people magically are bi-or trilingual in malay, chinese and english. I still know so little things about Singapore..bad bad.
Heh, Aneki, most of us are bi-lingual, although some are trilingual. I am bilingual in the sense that I know Mandarin and English. Some knows how to listen to their mother tongue, but doesn’t know how to write nor read it.