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Despite my recent grrrr moment with friendster blogs, I’m fearless enough to post again! Okay, not totally fearless, but hopeful enough that none of my posts will be deleted again *sniff* yeah, I’m a crybaby! So what?? I really liked that post of mine! And also J! Teehee! *see below* And I know I couldn’t reconstruct it the way it was originally made but I’ll try.. Coz it was part 1 of a 3-part series ("the 11-7shift") and I’m actually done with the 2nd & 3rd parts! But what good will posting the last 2 parts when there’s no part 1?? Argghhh! So useless crying and yakking over this! MUST. GET. BACK. TO. WORK.
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!
Most of you probably watched Jet Li’s last martial arts film FEARLESS already and was touched (!!) by it. As for me, I was certainly moved.. to tears! Hehe! Yeah, I’m a crybaby lagi! Get over it :p The movie is now on it’s 3rd week here in Davao (still showing in Gaisano Mall, anywhere else guys?) which just proves how popular it is. I think the story was fitting enough to be Jet Li’s last martial art’s movie. There’s nothing really new with the fight scenes (well, except probably for the one held atop his province’s "skyline" against the bully who beat him up so bad during his childhood) but the essence of the movie was sooooo touching and worth remembering. For me, the movie was actually a LOVE STORY. There’s the undying love between friends (I hope I’ll have a rich bestfriend who will sell his business to finance my dreams, hahaha!), parents, family.. A love story involving a beautiful blind woman so skillful in cooking (yum!!), love for country and its native sport/art (wushu!!), and the greatest love of all — loving yourself back again after you realized how baaad, eviiil, selfish, sinful and revengeful you have been in the past. Hhmm, now that I’m writing this, I’ve realized the movie is also about redemption.
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I’m not really a big fan of martial arts film and thus, it was my first time to see Jet Li as an antihero (at least until the middle part of the movie) and the "bad guy". Was he ever a bad guy before? It was also my first time to see him DIE!! Did he ever die before? Man, I was like wtf?? He’s dying! Martial arts movie heroes don’t die! At least until they vanquished the mortal enemy or enemies. But in this movie, there’s no typical enemy bent on world domination or some lofty evil dream. The mother of Jet Li’s character said it well that our greatest enemy lies within ourselves. It is within our power when to use restraint, violence, forgiveness, etc, etc. Thus, we can only conquer our greatest enemy when we are humble enough, when we are able to emphatize, etc, etc. The movie sounds like a psychological mumbo-jumbo but it works for me. There are great fighting scenes, touching scenes, some pretty sceneries, and best of all wabsie & me learned a lot. D ba labs?? Hapit man diay kahilak, hehe! :p
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Yes, this is a food blog and no, I’m not digressing from my theme. This is not a movie review! Really, this is not. Hehe! In fact, this post has everything to do with food. If only Jet Li’s character listened to his Japanese opponent during their wonderful tete-a-tete, he would not have died. WHY? If you saw the movie, you’d know! :p His Japanese opponent-turned-friend tried to teach him the
intricacies of the Japanese Tea ceremony and the different flavors of teas. But his character disregarded the idea saying it was unfair to judge the tea (same as comparing different fighting styles) as they have different redeeming values. Thus, his tongue does not know the intricate characters of each tea. His tongue is unable to distinguish different teas, all teas are the same for him. Thus when he was being poisoned through tea, he was totally unaware. IDIOT!! Thus the ultimate lesson of Fearless is KNOW YOUR TEA!! or.else.u.will.die.a.yucky.death.vomiting.and.all.ughh!! Told ya this is a food blog! Teehee!
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