It's Finally Over

Thank You J.K Rowling and also all those who involved in the film - actors, directors, crews..etc.. It was a great journey both in the books and also the movies. I have immensely enjoy everything and for sure going to miss it! Tsk tsk tsk

Thank You For Smoking

Yay. Found the movie accidentally while surfing the internet. Been trying to remember the title of that movie. I watched it when I was still in campus. It's quite an interesting movie and I had a good time watching it. You guys should watch this. Especially if you are the smoking type. Hahaha..kidding. Anyone can watch this no problem.



I'm thinking of buying the book. Hmmm.

Voldy's gone moldy?

I'm an ardent fan of Harry Potter. I admit that. So, my overly excited feelings for the Part 1 of the final movie is totally understandable.

Jom p tgk wayang! Wohooo!

I'll leave you with this quote from Hogwarts' Headmaster:-

"Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living. Above all, pity those who live without love. - Albus Dumbledore"

And you can watch the trailer here:-

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows/mainsite/index.html

Peace. Love. Empathy.

After reading Mel's post about death, I can't help but feel a sensation of apprehension deep in my chest thinking about those things that I'm putting aside whether because I don't really know what to do about them or if it's because there's nothing I can do to make it the way it should be. Either way, there should be something, small as it may be that I can do to make a little difference but I'm just not sure.

I have been trying to live my life without ever taking anything or anyone for granted. I may not always like that but I tried and still trying. Everything I own now, they may be gone tomorrow. The nice little earring I bought the other day may be lost while I'm busy looking for things and it get stuck among the rubbish and I may accidentally throw it away.

People that I love, how sure am I that I can have them next to me forever? I can't. I know.

It would have been so much easier if everyone really mean what they say and learn to listen with empathy. I did not do that every time but I wanted to. I want to call my sister now and tell her I'm sorry that things turn out this way and that all mom and I want is for us to be happy. That if we may have failed her in any way, we never meant it to be that way.

But even when I'm going to say that with nothing but honest intention, I can't be sure that she'll listen to the sincerity of those words. It easier to play the blame game and keep on doing what you simply feel like doing regardless of whether it's the right thing or not.

And there are those matters that's still not settled. Friends. Enemy. Loved ones. Relatives. Haters. Admirers.

But then they said there's just some things that's better left unsaid.

Hmm.


On not so different matter, there's this movie titled Mr. Nobody starring Jared Leto which show us the many different lives one person can live, depending on the choices he makes every step of the way.

The possibilities is just endless and it makes us see life in an interesting way. There are good or bad choices in life and each choice will create another life for you. It makes me think that maybe there's a very good reason behind all these uncertainty and unknown possibilities. Because when you know everything, then what's the point?

In the movie, the angel missed the marking on him when he was...I guess that was in heaven so he knows everything. He know the sort of life he'll live if he make certain choice. And at the final scene, because he knows, he can't bring himself to pick which life he wants. So he ran away.

And I guess by running away, it is also another one of those different life. No?

It's a very interesting movie and if you have decided to watch it, then I hope you will enjoy watching it.

Leaving it to you to define it.

'...pure unashamed passion. Without definable restrictions.'
'I'm sorry to say I have a few issues with that.'
'Why?'
'Because, some have there to suggest. That even poetry have rules.'
'Or you make your own.'
'Right there, that's the part I never bought into.'
'Because?'
'Because if everybody runs around making their own rules, how can you... find what's true? There's nothing to rely on.'
'Maybe what's true is in front of us and we're moving toward it without even knowing it's there. Once you think you've got it all solved, what's left?'

- Edward Norton & Keri Russell in the movie Leaves of Grass based on book of poetry by Walt Whitman .

I'll leave you with the OST from the movie. Enjoy.

Jay Baruchel a 5? Come on!

I think he's at least 7.

He's the kind of guy that makes you laugh for real and he's funny even when he's being honest. He really did play the part well.

I was talking about She's Out of My League. I seriously didn't think that I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. The story line may be a bit kind of familiar but the script is fresh and I kind of dig it. Yeah. Haha

 You're probably looking at the right side. Nope. Left side. Nice!

The feeling is almost like watching The Proposal which is very original and funny in my opinion of that movie. Except that it's not really the same so you can't really compare between these two. Each is entertaining in their own way.

I'm so going to watch it the second time.

Next, he won't be around at the airport checking metals that set off alarms. He's going to do the coolest job ever. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Awesome!

Watch out!

For a moment there I thought I was getting quite enough of chick-flick and love story and ready to push the stop button. Somewhere along Leap Year, I was thinking 'cheesy', 'duh.so predictable' and stuff like that while rolling my eyes at the same time. I was like 'can you believe that?can you seriously gonna buy that?'.

Anyway, luckily I still have the 'aww' moment at the happy-ending final scene amidst the unbelievable cliches going around. And at least it's confirm now that my next destination to travel is Ireland. I almost forgot how beautiful that country is since the last time I watched P.S I Love You not so long ago.

What I've been feeling lately is that, these stories are getting typical and awfully predictable day by day. And as much as I love Gerard Butler, I didn't even pick Bounty Hunter among Shrek and Robin Hood when my friend ask me to toss between these three now showing movie to watch tonight. Well, to be fair at least maybe because I've seen Robin Hood last week and no one would agree to not want to watch Donkey and Puss, hence the rejection...no? Or maybe it's because I'm not a fan of Jennifer Aniston. Yeah. Part of the reason.

Ok la. Pigi la bah tingu kalau kamurang mau. I am just venting out. I'm not even sure why I feel like this now. I've always love these kind of stories. Wouldn't miss it for the world. But I guess, too much of something is never good right?

Happy weekend people. As for me, going to watch Antonio's fat ass tonight. :-D

Leap Year

Tattooed Girl

I know it has been a while since the last time I updated this blog. Been staring too long at the stone basin looking for a lost memory. 

It was when the leprechaun came and told me that the tattooed girl is coming back soon that I pulled back into reality and began to breath fresh air again.

I wish it was that fancy. It's not. But at least the excuse is creative. 

What triggered me to finally make an entry was because I heard that a new Hollywood remake of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' which was initially done in Swedish is on the way and that they are looking for a girl to play Lisbeth Salander. Not that I dream of auditioning. I am just interested in who will play the girl diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and a genius hacker blessed with a photographic memory in that new film.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first book of the Millennium Trilogy and the most interesting-page-turning book to me personally. Well, actually to be honest I have only read up until the second book - The Girl Who Played With Fire and looking forward to reading the third one - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest. I have yet to make a review on that one. The author, Stieg Larsson died at the age of 50 on 2004 and the first book was published a year later.

The initial movie in Swedish was played by Noomi Rapace as Salander and Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomkvist. And it failed to meet my expectations. As usual, I was anticipating an exciting and thrilling movie since the book was damn good but it was really a let down. The acting didn't manage to impress me and Rapace was just not how I imagined Salander to be in real person. There are many interesting scene that can be extracted from the book but somehow I was so bored I watch it halfway and went to sleep.

So I am ready to not expecting too much on this Hollywood remake. At least, I hope it would be bearable to watch until the end.

Now the exciting part is to see who's going to take the role of Lisbeth Salander this time. It was reported on the news that Kristen Stewart of Twilight is auditioning for the role. I hope it's not her. She's pretty and everything but I don't think she'll do Salander the justice she deserve.

Ellen Page who starred Juno was also on the poll of who'll be the tattooed girl and I think she's very good in acting but she's just...too cute.

I prefer Katherine Moennig in terms of the face and attitude but I'm not so sure about her acting as I only saw her briefly in Everyone's Fine.  

Natalie Portman? Too pretty for my image of Salander in my head. The girl should be extremely skinny and plain enough to play someone who's lacking social skill but at the same time should have the vibe of being mysterious.

Cote de Pablo  is just okay. Nothing much I can say because I'm not familiar with her work.

The one who will be playing Lisbeth Slander should be in her mid 20s, very 'emo' type of girl, around 150cm height and extremely skinny. Whoever win that role, I hope she will do a good job at it. It really is the main character.

Well, that's the name I saw popping up on the web. Who do you think should be the girl?

If you haven't read the book, here's the link for you to buy one. :)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage)

How Much Does Your Life Weigh?

I watched this movie ' Up In The Air' starring George Clooney while I was having dinner.

I am not really good at movie review or any kind of review for that matter and I don't remember either when was the last time I had my descriptive and summary writing. I believe it was around 90s. Yeah. That long.

But I'll try my best this time. Firstly of course I really think it's a good movie and there's a lot you get from it. Things that makes you think and ponder about. Especially when it hits home. Just made me remember how last year has been a real sucker to me and I believe it's the same with everyone. The down sizing, the pay cut and all those shit.

Apart from that, there's also the bit about the 'empty back pack' thing. Love the idea and philosophy behind it. Makes me want to think of my own back pack and how much it weigh and if it has slowed me down or stopped me from moving. Motivational thing usually work best to me on moving visual rather than words on papers. I am what you call the visual combined with auditory types of person.

I know so far that this has not been a very good review but more like a personal reflection. I guess you just have to watch it yourself and then you can tell me what do you think about it and instead of a single review we can do something like a short stories and do forum based on what we think. Or maybe not.

So let me ask you this.

What's in your back pack?

The Ugly Truth

Gerard Butler.

He really does get mentioned more than any other actor in this blog. Lucky him. The Ugly Truth will only be shown in Malaysia on September this year, that's about a month more to wait.

I literally fell in love with him in 300 & from that moment on, everything-he-touched-turned-to-gold kind of experience for me whenever he's a cast in a movie. You should really watch him in 300, P/S I Love You, Nim's Island, Lara Croft and so on. His Scottish accent and the sexy vibe, not to forget that when he opens his mouth and sing, everything melts. [grin]

Men and their effect on me. sigh~ [still grinning]

He's Just Not That Into You

"Hello miss. What movie would you like to watch?"
"Erm, He's Just Not That Into You."
"Okay. 7.10pm. Two tickets miss?"
"Sorry? Err, no. Just one. Thank you."

Is it so strange going to watch movie alone? I mean, instead of assuming for two, why didn't he asked for how many instead?

Anyway, i really love the movie. Before watching it, there are many not-so-good reviews about it on the net. Like they want it to be more realistic & not just another Cinderella movie with a bunch of A-list stars just to draw people's attention in.

But i still love it. :)


Every relationship scenario experienced by the female characters in the film, from being cheated on, to getting overly fixated on someone they just met, to misreading "let's be friends" signals as "I love you" -- is a situation that I've known to apply to just as many men as women.


I love Ben Affleck's lines about why people don't have to get married. Some would have to get married before settling down with their partner because of religious requirement. And some just did it because it was what everybody has been doing for as long as they can remember. But they are also some people who does not believe in marriage. That just because other people are doing it doesn't mean you have to do it too. When we have a very strong feelings like we care or love someone, we can just spend the rest of our life with the person, be in a committed relationship & it does not matter if you are married or not because it does not guarantee that it will last forever. Getting married is like, you are feeling insecure with the relationship & there's a need to tie it down. But you love your friends too, & you don't go making some kind of signed-for-life ceremony for Best Friend Forever or something.

However, having said that, i still want to get married. :) Not because other people are doing it or because i have to for the sake of religion but because when i decide that i want to marry that person, it's because i really love him & that i'm ready to be his & his alone. Marriage is special. And different. That's why it does not happen to BFF but only between a lover.

There are still so many things i want to share about this movie but it's late & i'm sleepy. Besides, i don't want to spoil anything for those who have not watch it. ;)

Btw, i love Bradly Cooper. He's so so so hottt! I'm so going to sleep with him... (in my dream) haha

drools..... sigh..... ;)

Hamlet 2

I watched this movie last night. Well, it was quite interesting, funny, unique & a bit weird...hahaha I'm not sure what to expect before i watch it so it's a bit of strange-but-fascinating sort of feeling after that.

Go and watch it yourself. I'm not going to spoil anything. ;)


"Well, this play is gonna bitch-slap Broadway like a cheap hooker at a gangbang. - Cricket Feldstein"


p/s i thought it feels south-park-ish...the director is a co-writer of South Park? lol