Tsotsi

The conseus after the last movie club was that Tsosti (that's pronounced sot-see) was quite slow moving; "didn't grab me by the testicales" as Mr Ford delicately stated. But Presley Chweneyagae's (Tsotsi) performance was stunning and Terry Pheto (Mirium) was a hottie so those two qualities made up for the pace. Personally being the ignorant and uncultured Australian I am I was interested just to see the metropolis of Johannesberg...they have train stations there you know...once again I laughed inappropriately. There are a multitude of massive billboards that read: "We Are All Affected By Aids" (perhaps it was effected), in the trainstations and in the back ground. i laughed not because its funny that everyone in Johannesberg is affected by HIV but just the massive-ness and yellow-ness of the sign with a group of smiling faces bearing down from on high, boarded on the ridiculous...imagine getting off the train in the morning on your way to work and having that bellowing at you. Weird.

big grand voice:"We Are All Affected By Aids"

Businessman walking to work: Ah yes! of course! right. Thanks. Forgot for a moment that we are all affected. Glad we're not infected by Aids. That would be reallly weird. Thanks for reminding me though. My dad recently past away due to HIV so its always a good reminder of the truth!. Isn't it grand that we live in a semi third world country. We are all afffected by aids yippee...Thanks big grand voice and smiling faces, I was close to happiness for a moment there!

Anyway Tsotsi was a gritty social realist film, it had its moments and we can all see why it one the oscar. But despite the fact that it came from South Africa it was actaully quite a lovely film. And Yes! I cried at the end.