By now you should know that I am an ABBA fan... Why? Well, despite not having watch much movies lately, I still managed (actually make the effort) to watch the latest movie based on a musical which in turn was produced using 20plus songs from ABBA. That was also with a forewarning that some songs could be manged by some actor as he clearly can't sing!!!! (Got a short snip of it off Amazon's page of the Soundtrack album)
So how was it... Well... I would love to go to Greece - someone commented that it's a huge Greece tourism board advertisement, and I guess I would agree to it... :P The songs are there, lovely as it is, there were a lot of stuff to keep us laughing (Ok, I know me and my companions were laughing, not sure about the rest, we were too busy laughing away to take note)... Apparently there were changes from the musical in terms of songs, they took out "Knowing You, Knowing Me", "One Of Us", "The Name of The Game" as well as "Under Attack". in replacement, they had Pierce Brosnan singing "When All Is Said and Done"! You can read all kind of stuff on the movie and the musical on wiki!!! One thing to add... Colin firth is still Colin Firth, how is that they keep placing him in quite similar role (and him accepting it) is beyond my comprehension...
*No, I don't know about all these information till I read it off wiki. I do know that there were some changes in the movie, but could not say what... Anyway I was too busy looking at Greece locations to take notices of anything else, along with the song and all. I cringe a little when someone sang... and to think he had, what, 3 songs to sing!?!??! :O *
So, would I recommend it? Well, if you are ABBA fan, I guess sure why not, if you tolerate some wobbly singing... Others, if you want to leave your brain at the door, this is a nice, beautiful sceneries movie with some laughs and jokes (if you get it), why not? If however, you wanted a little more in depth and relevant movies to pour your brains on... Better not!
Hey, it's only about 2 hours of it, and if you don't mind it at all, you should... Maybe you would go back and listen to all the ABBA's recordings again, if you had bought their albums...
Oh I forgot to add, it was very close, not entirely since the change of some sequence and songs, to the musical... They even added the last section where the gals (and then the guys) sang Dancing Queen as well as Waterloo while the credits were rolling! (It was hilarious, seriously when you see them dressing up in costumes that were similar to ABBA 70's colourful costumes).
Now, the question I have is... Would I be getting the DVD!?! Hmmm... Probably yes, but well, we will have to wait till it is out, then we can talk about it... Maybe in Blue-ray instead of the standard DVD... Hmmm... More decisions when it comes... Till then...
* Oh yeah, it seems to bomb with a lot of reviewers, but the people seems to love it... Based on what is read in the internet...*
Monday, September 22, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
After a while...
I think I am in a rather "low" feeling lately that I seems to be "binging" on Jap food... For 2 weeks in a row I have been going to Tomo (Hokkaido Sushi in M Hotel, which is a different focus is open by Thomas as well, and the next one, coming up in Nov, at The Sail, and focus is on cafe style-like food - sandwiches, etc) for Friday dinners. Maybe it's also because my usual Friday dinner partner is busy these 2 weeks - work activities and building castles (or dry swimming as some would put it)...
With all the issues at work - which leads to no enthusiasm for work, and since I tend to pamper myself a lot when I am not happy... by eating! (yes, I noticed that it's a habit - Not happy, eat; Happy, eat; Nothing to do, eat!) Isn't it a wonder that the weight is creeping up the scale and don't seems to be heading downwards?!?!? However, I have to say this - The Uni I had there is simply the best I ever had so far in my journey of Japanese Food - creamy and sweet, unlike those you get in the chain stores like Sakai Sushi/Sushi Teh. I have heard about the great food (including Uni) my friends/relatives had when they are over in Japan, but I have not got that chance of getting there to taste it. So, I guess I have to be contended with the food I get here. One more to log down into the travel wish list...
Maybe it's also that 2 months of traveling, especially the last month where it was Alor Setar which basically means you eat to survive rather than you live to eat, as well, there isn't much variety there for you to chose... It was either KFC, Pizza Hut, Kenny Rogers or Peranakan food; and we had Peranakan food from the same shop for the whole entire week for lunch!!! Dinner was no better as it was either the same Peranakan food shop, Thai food or Seafood (which we had to drive to the next town - Jitra)... The only good part is that of the seafood at Jitra - good food at very affordable pricing... A meal for 9 people, which includes 9 totally deep-fried catfishes (fish bones can be eaten as well! Very yummy!), crab tang hoon, soft shell crab, steam fish, toufu, vegetables and another 2 more dishes which I cannot remember, and drinks (coconuts, ambulah with sour prunes, cans of coke for some; and sometimes 2 drinks per person) - all comes up to only RM100-110!
Ok... With the current economy situation... Maybe it's time to tighten the belt a bit... Especially if I want to travel again!!! My Mar-Apr holidays seems like a decade away despite it being only, what, less than half a year ago? There is still more out there to go.... Canadian Rocky Mountains; Eastern Europe; Other parts of Western Europe which I have not been to, and still a lot to go; Turkey; Egypt (The rest of Middle East is on back burner); Israel; New Zealand; Hawaii, and many other parts of US, including Alaska; Bhutan (although I am not certain if I could take the altitude - I seems to have issues with altitude); Silk Road; All of South America; come to think of it, most of Central America; Iceland (are they part of Western Europe?!?!?); Antartica (if there is such chance!); Uluru in NT, Australia; Safari in Africa (Not sure where as yet); Not forgetting Japan for the food!!! So many places, so little time/money!!!!
Let's see if I will get a chance to see Lake Titsee in Nov... No news as yet...
With all the issues at work - which leads to no enthusiasm for work, and since I tend to pamper myself a lot when I am not happy... by eating! (yes, I noticed that it's a habit - Not happy, eat; Happy, eat; Nothing to do, eat!) Isn't it a wonder that the weight is creeping up the scale and don't seems to be heading downwards?!?!? However, I have to say this - The Uni I had there is simply the best I ever had so far in my journey of Japanese Food - creamy and sweet, unlike those you get in the chain stores like Sakai Sushi/Sushi Teh. I have heard about the great food (including Uni) my friends/relatives had when they are over in Japan, but I have not got that chance of getting there to taste it. So, I guess I have to be contended with the food I get here. One more to log down into the travel wish list...
Maybe it's also that 2 months of traveling, especially the last month where it was Alor Setar which basically means you eat to survive rather than you live to eat, as well, there isn't much variety there for you to chose... It was either KFC, Pizza Hut, Kenny Rogers or Peranakan food; and we had Peranakan food from the same shop for the whole entire week for lunch!!! Dinner was no better as it was either the same Peranakan food shop, Thai food or Seafood (which we had to drive to the next town - Jitra)... The only good part is that of the seafood at Jitra - good food at very affordable pricing... A meal for 9 people, which includes 9 totally deep-fried catfishes (fish bones can be eaten as well! Very yummy!), crab tang hoon, soft shell crab, steam fish, toufu, vegetables and another 2 more dishes which I cannot remember, and drinks (coconuts, ambulah with sour prunes, cans of coke for some; and sometimes 2 drinks per person) - all comes up to only RM100-110!
Ok... With the current economy situation... Maybe it's time to tighten the belt a bit... Especially if I want to travel again!!! My Mar-Apr holidays seems like a decade away despite it being only, what, less than half a year ago? There is still more out there to go.... Canadian Rocky Mountains; Eastern Europe; Other parts of Western Europe which I have not been to, and still a lot to go; Turkey; Egypt (The rest of Middle East is on back burner); Israel; New Zealand; Hawaii, and many other parts of US, including Alaska; Bhutan (although I am not certain if I could take the altitude - I seems to have issues with altitude); Silk Road; All of South America; come to think of it, most of Central America; Iceland (are they part of Western Europe?!?!?); Antartica (if there is such chance!); Uluru in NT, Australia; Safari in Africa (Not sure where as yet); Not forgetting Japan for the food!!! So many places, so little time/money!!!!
Let's see if I will get a chance to see Lake Titsee in Nov... No news as yet...
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