Can you believe it??? I actually watched two movies in a day with Yuri a.k.a. R.D.D. You might want to ask her that those initials mean.
On a sidenote, something seems to be wrong with Blogspot. Can't seem to get the test to wrap around the pictures. Wonder what is going on. Anybody knows the answer?
It seems like there is not much activity going on here but I can assure you guys that I am pretty much alive, unlike the impression given by the number of posts, which are few & far in between. Watched a couple of movies lately courtesy of HSBC's Golden Village prepaid card promotions. SGD$75 for a card which entitles you to 10 tickets during all days & all sessions. It is most worthwhile to use it during the weekends & public holidays when tickets cost SGD$10 each. If I want to watch a movie, I would do so on Tuesday when they cost GV Club members SGD$6.50.
Anyway more on the movie. It is an adaption of another movie Cellular which was released in 2004. I though only Singapore TV program people (what exactly do you call them???) have no creativity or are bounded by so much red tape & censorship B.S. that we have no choice but to copy what other people have already successfully done. It turns out that our Hong Kong movie directors & scriptwriters are following the same trend too. They copied this movie & just used mostly Asian actors 7 the dialogue was mostly in mandarin. Okie, to be fair, the Ang Mohs have done the same thing too with Shuttle (there are Thai & English versions of the movie).
More about my virgin Gold Class experience in a while.
Ja neh!!!
Two girls, one dream. Little Papaya and Big Papaya grow up idolizing Chen Jin Lang, the King of Hokkien Getai, and dream of becoming Getai singers themselves. Their heart wrenching story is related by their introspective but highly sensitive friend and driver, Guan Yin.
Coached by their seamstress Ling Yi (Aunt Ling), the Papaya sisters struggle at first because they have no “feel” in their voices. As a last resort, they appeal to Aunt Ling’s estranged twin sister, the Goddess of Getai, for help. She grants them their wish, but warns them the price will be high, especially if they do not obey the rules of Getai. Rule number 5 states that they shall not love or be loved by any man.
The Papaya sisters hit the getai circuit and sing their hearts out with their newfound “feel”. Big Papaya is pursuing her dream in spite of strong parental objections. Little Papaya, being an orphan, is in a personal race against time to realize her potential. Like her deceased parents, Little Papaya suffers from cancer and has little time left. Through their perseverance, hard work and Aunt Ling’s amazing costumes, the Papayas become the most popular sister act in town. They use their fame to help raise funds to help Chen Jin Lang, who is suffering from cancer. But they are soon devastated by the death of their idol, Chen Jin Lang. While Little Papaya grieves, Big Papaya finds solace in the arms of Guan Yin.
Unknown to them, rival sister group Durian Sisters have become intensely jealous of the Papayas' success, and are determined to trip them up by messing up their schedule. With the help of their gangster Godfather, the Durians succeed in shutting the Papayas out of many getai. They are ruthless in their underhand attacks on the Papayas, using magical darts to hurt their rivals. Guan Yin cannot defend them, and even the Goddess is appalled by the tactics employed by the Durians. Although she grants the Papayas whatever celestial powers she can bestow, she warns them that there is a limit to what she can do.
At a confrontation, the Durians challenge the Papayas to a showdown. The stakes are high: whoever loses will leave the getai scene for good. The Papayas accept, and start preparing for the big day – new costumes, new songs, new dances. The movie climaxes with a dramatic musical battle. Both sides pull out all the stops to win over the audience, at first with their musical numbers. But as the fight becomes more intense, the Durians attack with their laser darts and the Papayas retaliate with their celestial powers. Who will triumph?
How many times have a seemingly well-meaning parent help us make decisions or insist we stick with their decision because they think they know what is best for us or they think they know it all & their knowledge is actually so out-dated, it would make the 30's seem like yesterday. Well, it has happened to everyone of us & it will continue to happen to our children for as long as time never stands still. Seems like we have this parental gene that makes us do silly things that we swore we would never do while we have not become parents ourselves. Those little ones sure can trigger a lot of hidden mechanisms inside us. There's the I'm-27-&-I'm-still-not married gene, the I-want-grandchild-right-now gene, etc. All these stem from the fact that parents have unsettled issues with themselves. Well, let us try not to make our problems become our children's problem.
That is basically what this movie is about. Mother with good intentions making life difficult for her daughter. Below is a summary of the plot.
Daphne Wilder is a mother whose love knows no bounds or boundaries. As a single parent, she has raised three fantastic girls--klutzy, adorable Milly, stable psychologist Maggie and sexy and irreverent Mae--to become the kind of women any mom would die to have. The only problem is they're about to strangle her. In order to prevent her youngest, Milly, from making the same romantic mistakes she did, Daphne decides to set her up with the perfect man. The one thing Daphne decides not to tell Milly, however, is that she placed an ad in the online personals to find him. If anyone knows exactly what her daughter does and doesn't need out of a long-term relationship (or clothes or her career), it's Daphne. Comic mayhem unfolds as the well-intended mom continues to do the wrong thing for the right reasons--all in the name of love for her beloved daughter. Is the man of Daphne's (er, um--Milly's) dreams the responsible architect Jason, or is he the free-spirited rocker Johnny? Daphne will continue to push, cajole, suggest and nudge her way into Milly's smallest of decisions until she rights the wrongs of her own life choices or drives her girl nuts. But once Johnny's own father, Joe, catches a buried spark within Daphne, things really start to heat up for the Wilder matriarch. Finally letting herself begin to fall, Daphne begins to wonder if she is just pushing her girls as a way of ignoring her own issues.
Ja neh!!!
I have seen this movie another time. At 0220hrs in the morning, Orchard Cineleisure. I want to be with a Spartan woman, because only Spartan women give birth to real man. Do you fit the bill? Are you up to the challenge?
Hu hu hu!!!
Went to watch a movie with Mana123 & Chameleon at Orchard Cineleisure. It has been quite a while since I last been to this place at such a late hour & memories front the not-so-distant past came flooding back as soon as I set my eyes on the building. Below is a short write up on what this movie is all about, & of course, adapted from one of my favorite websites.
Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy. The film brings Miller's (Sin City) acclaimed graphic novel to life by combining live action with virtual backgrounds that capture his distinct vision of this ancient historic tale.
This movie has gotten me to think a lot about the implicit messages that lies within the script & also the thoughts & actions of the characters in the movie. Examples would be like the question the Sparta King asked his Queen: "What should I do when it seems like the whole world is against me (in my own words)". The Queen replied: "Do not do what a King should do, or a citizen should do, or what a Man should do, or a Husband, or a Father. Do what a free man should do" (in my own words again)"
I realize one thing. Even a King needs a capable & wise woman to be by his side, to be his Queen. I believe that such a woman is rare but a significant asset to a man's kingdom (career) & his family. The question I pose to you is, does she exist in my world?
In the starting scenes, there are some nudity & tastefully done sex scenes, & there was violence & brutality throughout, but what kept me at the edge of the seat was how the King of Sparta & his best warriors fought so bravely & how strong their belief was. They were not afraid to fail & they know that is they give up, they also give up their kingdom, their family, their way of life. More than often, we are faced with odds stacked against us so high, there seems no end. We should always do what a free man should do. A man free from financial commitments, career commitments, time commitments.
Work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is watching, love like you have never been hurt, etc.
Go & watch the movie. It left me breatheless, recharged & ready for war. It will have the same impact on you too. My personal guarantee.
Do you want to be the finest warriors this world has ever seen? Or be the commoner that aimlessly walks the earth.
Ja neh!!!
The movie is set in a government statutory board called Work Allocation Singapore (WAS). Lim Teng Zui (Gurmit Singh) is the technician and his boss is a high-ranking snooty scholar - Tanya Chew (Fann Wong). Lim has low IQ but high EQ while Tanya is the exact opposite.
During an official visit to the company, the Minister suffered a fall due to Lim’s incompetence and shabby work attitude. As a result, Lim’s bonus was reduced and he had a confrontation with Tanya. In a fit of anger, both of them were involved in a car accident and exchanged souls.
With the ‘new’ Tanya performing badly at work after the accident, other Department Heads in the company began to plot against Tanya, to sabotage her Event& Promotions (E&P) department.
Through living each other’s lives, both Lim and Tanya realized what had been missing in their lives.
This film uses a satirical approach and pokes fun at the rigidity of people’s mindsets at abiding by the rules instead of being flexible and thinking out-of-the-box. It makes a joke out of office politics and uses witty Hokkien lines that will have you breaking into laughter.
With believable and engaging performances from Fann and Gurmit, Just Follow Law is a delightful and charming local film worthy of our support.
Information is from this website.
What you see is actually the second time I'm doing up this entry because the NTU network has given up on me temporarily. Sigh, all my "hard work" is gone. Anyway, this is the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the first being The curse of the Black Pearl. After the movie ended, I had the feeling i was left hanging in midair, but do appreciate the great acting by Johnny Depp, the same guy who acted as the "garderner" in Edward Scissorhands.
Read more about the movie here.
Another sequel movie, the third in the Fast & Furious series, it reviewed by many of my friends as not living up to expectations. I, on the other hand, find it platable as it had all the elements of a movie which i enjoy. Lots of action (fighting, racing, etc), a simple (or even shallow storyline) so that even I can understand what is going on, & lots of beautiful people (who does not like to look at beautiful things? Especially SYTs aka Sweet Young Things). I mean no offence to the fairer sex, but if you do take offence, you are probably just ugly or fat or just gross, muahahahahaha!!! Kidding lah.
Read more about it here.
This is the most recent movie I have seen & I do have a liking for such animated movies. Other examples would include Robots, etc. Heartwarming as well as motivational. Do not let anybody bully you!!!
Read more about it here.
Please ask me out to watch movies hor!!!
Ja neh!!!
Yup yup yup!!! You guessed right!!! Mei mei treat us to movies again. This time it's the latest animation by Pixar & Disney, Cars. How was the movie? Only one word. Wicked!!! This is for everyone, children, adults, courting couples, bored people, busybodies, everybody.
(Picture taken from Golden Village website hor!!!)
In a nutshell, bad boy meets nice girl & grows up into a mature & sensible "car". Sometimes talent gets to our heads, & when we have a little success, we burned down the bridges that we crossed & think we do not ever need a bridge (friends in the case) ever again. Personally, I know someone who fits perfectly into the bridge-burning category.
Bring some tissue if your tap opens easily & your muscus flows freely, because it has drama, suspense, romance & moral-of-the-story in this storyline. It's pretty long for an amimation (120mins vs normal 90mins). If I was a movie critic, I would give it 8.5 stars out of 10 stars for depth, excellent technical expertise, storyline, etc etc. My mum even asked me if I could "download" it. Gasp!!! Mum, we must "support" original DVDs!!! Yah, correct hor? Remember people, do the right thing!!!
Hmmm, that sounds familiar.
Anyway, do catch it if you don't know what movie to catch. I will not guarantee your money back, but chances are you won't be disappointed.
Ja neh!!!
My sister was so nice to treat me to a movie. Actually in the end, Mum paid by OCBC card because she wanted 10 times more "reward points". Personally I feel that those points are utterly useless because you might need to spend the equilavent of 10000sgd before you have enough points to redeem a stewpig OCBC mug, for example. Only when you spend millions of dollars on theur credit cards will you get sometimes substantial, like maybe a pair of free movie tickets. Oh well. We can't really live without credit cars, & those stuff really are just a bonous.
Anyway It was a crowded Saturday evening as I had my dinner at Pasta Mania (Tampines Mall). Creamy chicken, with lots of chilli flakes. Just the way I like it. It turned out to be a little too spicy & due to the huge human traffic & the door linking the indoor sitting area to the outdoor sitting area won't stay close, I was perspiring.
Finally it's time for wait for entry into the cinema. Golden Village must really be cutting back costs to increase their already sky-high profit margins. Only 1 poor butch, i mean active, I mean sexually confused person was at the entrance, checking the tickets & directing patrons to their respective cinemas. Finally another girl came out from Cinema 3 to help. I asked her when can we enter because it was already 2125hrs & our show is supposed to start at 2130hrs. At almost the same time, another woman asked her if she could help her retrive her bag of "food bought from outside". The extremely rude girl mumbered under her breathe not too softly "bu yao cao wo lah". %$#@&*^^%@%#
So horrible service right? Freaking pissed off at such service given to us patrons when we watch orginal films in cinemas, pay so much for their bloody tickets & farked up popcorn & this is how they train their stuff. I really advocate piracy if this is going to be the case. If you download the movie from the various Bittorrent sites, it might take a little longer, but the cost is really next to nothing, except the electricity bill leaving the computer switched on. After that, it's movies on demand. You can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, in the comfort of your own home. If you need to go to the bathroom, just pause & I'm sure your friends & family will not mind taking a break too. Drinking alcohol during such a movie will not seem weird now. Smoking is possible too. No more GV staff to spoil your movie experience. There is a reason why such piracy still exists despite lawsuits being filed all the time. Why must we help movie starts buy another multi-million dollar home when we are stuggling with our own cost of living. It's not like we know the movie stars personally & it's always nice to help a friend or relative. I support piracy, because that is how the law of economics work.
Why pay for something when you can get it free? All that crap about piracy is stealing might be true, but when it comes to making my money, you better work doubly hard. Remember that anti-piracy advertisment where they keep saying you wouldn't steal a car or a cd, so don't engage in piracy because it's the same thing? Well, getting caught for stealing a cd is way easier, so I don't do it. And I don't really know how to steal a car unless the doors are unlocked & the key is in the ignition.
Ooops I deviated too far away from my original topic, the movie. Basically I give it 5 out of 10 stars. It is scary but the ending is like End of Worlds. You will scratch your head & say &%$#@(*&&!!!
Erm, if you want to know what the movie is all about, click on the picture to enlarge it. I print screen GV's website because I can't find any nice presentations of the information I wanted. Maybe those people at GV might say I'm stealing from their website. Sigh. I'm just going to say to these people, FUCK YOU BITCH!!!
Ja neh!!!
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are deported from London to the house of an eccentric professor during World War II. They find life in the house extremely dull, until Lucy discovers a wardrobe that leads to a magical world called Narnia, where animals can talk and all are ruled over by the wise and benevolent lion Aslan. The others don't believe her at first, but soon all of them go through the wardrobe and discover all is not well in Narnia. The land is being kept in a perpetual winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis, who turns anyone who doesn't obey her into stone. The children join Aslan and the animals loyal to him in an attempt to vanquish Jadis.
Find out more about the cast from the following website:
http://www.narniaweb.com/casting.asp
More about the author of the series of books
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/narnia-lewis.html
Some trailers of the movie I found on the WWW.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/thechroniclesofnarnia/
Ja neh!!!