First in line: The Simpsons
Totally wacky. I mean, whoever goes to watch this movie hoping for a very strong storyline must have some coconut juice in the head. It was absolutely hilarious, just as expected. And it was a fun ride.
The movie starts with an "Itchy & Scratchy" movie, which the Simpsons family is watching. And Homer stands up and complains, "This is stupid! Who would want to watch the same thing you can get on television, in a Cinema??!?"
like. lol.
Then he turns and addresses the audience making us feel really silly for a moment. Then comes the real movie, the thrill ride.
The unforgettable part is the song which never really goes away...it even plays while the credits are running.
"Spider Pig, Spider Pig
Does whatever the Spider Pig does.
Can he swing, from a web?
No he can't. He's a pig.
LOOK OUT!
Here comes a Spider Pig!"
Transformers
Well I watched it a few days before Clarisse's family left. I wanted to watch it, but put it off due to placing most of my free time with her family. So one day she came home from work, beaming at me, then pulled out 2 tix from her wallet. *surprise!!*
And so, she went with me to watch e movie.
While the CG animation of the live action movie, is kind of Japanese Anime-ish, it's still loosely attached to the robots in disguise in our childhood. Nevertheless, it was cool all over again, to have a ride which would transform into a robot. Such reminiscence.
Made me feel like a child all over again.
I guess what got me first interested in mechanical stuff was Transformers, marvelling at how by simple mechanics, those robots could transform between humanoid and vehicular forms.
This was brought further by Gundam, which I was introduced to at the age of 9. It brought me into a world of mechanical wonder, where I always dream of one day being the old scientists in the Gundam animations, one of the creators of a gigantic humanoid robot. To me, I was drawn by the exciting new possibilities which came along - it was like the next stage of evolution to me.
So anyway, this movie made my imagination run wild, just as when I was a kid.
Which links to the next movie.
Paprika.
The movie's plot revolves around dreams, as a safe haven from the madness of the world. Then reality pervading into dreams, merger of dreams, overpowering delusions, and ultimately the fantastical trespassing of a universal delusion into reality.
A really powerful allegorical piece.
"Live your dreams" they say. The main antagonist is a stereotypical uptight President of a company, who hasn't lived his dreams, thus his suppressed dreams become an obsessive delusion.
But I particularly like the sub-story of the police officer.
He is the first person to appear in the movie besides Paprika, the main antagonist.
He has lived an entire life suppressing certain memories, which by the end of the movie, he reconciles with.
Facts slowly get revealed along the way. He starts with an unusual avoidance of the topic of movies.
Eventually, it is revealed that as a teenager at the age of 17, he had a pal whom he had worked together to produce a short film, where he played a cop and his pal played the thief. Before they finished the film, he lost confidence and dropped out of the project.
Eventually, his friend got admitted into a film art college, but passed away before he could attend. That friend had an incurable illness, but never told him about it. Since then, he had blamed himself for having never finished the filming.
Near the end of the movie, he sees an apparition of his friend. The friend tells him, it was never his fault, and that he has already done a lot more than he needed to; he had lived out their movie, carrying the torch of their dream, and become a cop himself. And at this point, he became reconciled with this memory of his.
This is only a sub-storyline, and the main story is just as deep as this is, and when events are interwoven, it forms a really artistic piece.
Now, speaking of cops, brings me to the final movie.
Invisible Target.
Nicholas Tse has broken through a barrier, and shed the bad boy image. Now much more mature, he adds a certain depth to his character, to be precise, his pain is so greatly portrayed that one can feel it off the screen.
Shawn Yue doesn't seem to be much different from his previous roles, but it is still a great performance nonetheless; he's already accustomed us to watching him in action sequences. Somehow, his character reminds me of the roles Nic Tse used to act in, angry, bad-boy and all.
Jaycee Chan is probably gonna jump-start his career with this movie, as one of the main characters of the movie. Comparing to his previous roles in the Twins Effect and some others, this time he has done really well.
The single-minded policeman who kept to his principles to his last breath, despite the devilish lure of revenge for his brother.
And yes, the "cameo" of Aaron as his brother. I wouldn't call it a real cameo, as he had only appeared in photographs. But somehow, the character was developed rather strongly through conversations between the thieves and cops. Apparently, Jaycee's character was said to bear strong resemblance to him, who was killed by the thieves when they found out that he was an undercover cop.
"We are cops, our job is to catch you, not to kill you."
The normally cliche phrase, when placed in such a well-developed storyline, was no longer cliche but completely fitting.
Oh yes, and a secret! (I'm saying it here cos Clarisse only reads my blog like once a month)
I've bought tix for Secret for tomorrow night...shhh! it's a secret!
COMPLETELY RANDOM STUFF
A blog post will be incomplete without brainless random stuff!
Now this is a sign in a Taiwanese Zoo. I don't even need to elaborate.
The MJ addicts.
(Clockwise from left) Clarisse with her new hairdo,
Wanz, Sky and Luke
(Clockwise from left) Clarisse with her new hairdo,
Wanz, Sky and Luke
Actually, i'm one of the addicts as well. Just that I can't exactly take a photo of myself, so I took when Clarisse took my place for awhile. Lol.
Meanwhile, sheen was sleeping on the sofa beside. She was sick that day, so she was sleeping most of the night. Not like us nocturnal freaks.
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