Movies under the Stars

Stella Artois has organised Starlight Movies 2004 at the Fort Canning from 17 Jun to 17 Jul. Spent $16 to lie under the stars and watch Finding Nemo and Whale Rider on Saturday.

We arrived at 7pm and got a reasonably good spot to spread out our mat. Crowd was alright, not as many irritating SPGs or college students like 2 yrs ago when I was there. I was expecting more people but it's better to have more space around the mat then have someone's feet next to your face. It was a breezy night and that's the best weather to have! Most of the families left after Finding Nemo. And we got to enjoy the next movie "WhaleRider" after the chatterboxes shuddup. (They had to be shh-ed to realise. *REB*)

Whale Rider is a highly acclaimed New Zealander production about the Maori tradition. The movie started off with muffled sound system (and chatterboxes), so I couldn't figure out what they are talking about. As the movie progresses, the plot thicken and the climax build up (and the audiences were really quiet!). It is about a young maori girl trying to prove to her chief-grandad that she's the next successor. As it is never the tradition to pass on the title to a girl, the grandad got mad at her for trying to break the tradition and being disrespectful to the tradition. There's a very touching scene where I belive most of the female at the Fort were trying to fight back their tears - me too. (*sob sob*) I must say, the actors were really good! Esp the little girl. No wonder she won the best actress award.

It is a very enjoyable and good movie, with subtitles. NZ accent is a little over-whelming. It's worth 5/5!

If you are interested in going for the Starlight Movies, and it's your first time, here are something you should take note.
1. Fill in the qtnaire and grab the goody bag. There's a copy of "Stuff". In it (other then 'nice pix') there's a coupon that admits 2 to Starlight movies on wkdays (Tues-Thurs and Sun, Mon close).
2. They have food stalls.. limited unless nachos, cheezy dogs, ice creams, evian and stella artois are good enough for you.
3. Bring cushions or pillows if you can afford it. It'll relieve your hands to support your head when you lie down to watch the movie.
4. Great event to bring pets and kids.

Where is everyone?

Just realised that postings are dwindling here besides Rachel's weekly movie reviews (thanks for that by the way).

So is everyone busy somewhere else? Anyone spoken to Uncle Leong lately?

Well, on my part I've been settling into the new job and now trying to plan my exit strategy. Seems a bit fast but somehow just can't seem to get used to this environment.

Oh yah.. got a new gmail account as well... 2 weeks ago I was busy clearing up my yahoo email and suddenly I get 100mb free from them and annuder 1gb from gmail. Anyway if anyone wants one I still have a few invitations left. Just let me know.

Announcement

Announcing the arrival of Lutfil Hadi Bin Mohd. Remy on 19 June 2004. Congratulation to Remy and Yati! Great job Yati!! Baby boy looks big and healthy! When will the circumsion ceremony be?? *u^

Harry Porter 3: The Prisoner of Azkaban

Oh how much they have grown! It's about time to replace them. Hahaha. The kids look more like 15, 16 then 13 years old.

At some point of the movie, it was really fast pace, at some other points, the conversations are too draggy. If you haven't read the book, you might not beable to follow. Even if you had, you might need to refer to them again. If you are not a fan of fantasy or Harry Porter stories, you might not enjoy this movie.

I enjoyed the movie, it was fun and thrilling. However, it was more fun reading the book then watching it. Guess the script writers didn't do such a good job. In comparison, the first instalment is better. Especially the Quidditch match!

How many stars is it worth? 3/5 because I'm bias, I'm a fan of Harry Porter!!

The day after tomorrow, where will you be?

I read a critic about the movie "The Day after Tomorrow" that the scientific facts or hypothesis presented in the movie were incorrect or absurb. So I was a little influenced by that comment when I watched the movie yesterday night at GV Plaza.

Well, it is interesting to use the weather as the basic of the story. However, among the disaster movies such as Deep Impact, Armaggadon, The Core, this one has become so expected. There's always a dog involved, a divorced family (to protray the American culture?), a president, a bad guy who learned his mistakes, foolish people who dont heed advices, a young hero who save his love and they kiss and make out, an older expert sacrificing.. and so on. Plot is too predictable. Special effects are not bad, but not good enough. I'd wish they will focus more on the greatness of the disaster, and protray the fear and how scary they are. I didn't feel anything. There some climaxes but it didn't get me too excited. Really, if its a story about the weather, show more of the hurricanes, storms and tsunamis, how they form, why and how scary they can be. Instead, they could only manage computer simulation used by the meteorologist.

Either acting isn't too convincing or the director fail to deliver the emotions. This deserves 2/5 stars.

Have you heard?

Who are the judges for the Singapore Idol (SI)? I heard there's 4 of them. (y do we need 4?? can't decide who to invite?) Dick Lee (guessed it!), Douglas Olivero (cool! think he need stock up on his foundation liao.), Florence Lian (she's still around?! :O) and some Hype Record director-talent scout who discovered Jeanette Aw, Phyillis Quek and Michelle Saram. (does he know music? director so free one ah?)

Of the lot, Florence Lian looked questionable. Can a former DJ know much about being a singer? I wonder how will SI turn out. The host already turns me off but I'll be curious to find out who are the people competing and are they any good.

One thing for sure, I won't have the courage to audition when I know my own standard. Hahaha. :P