SMASH

Starring Jaime Cepero, Megan Hilty, Christian Borle, Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee, Anjelica Huston, and Jack Davenport (from left to right)

Broadway musical theater lovers watch out! Smash is going to be a hit!

I gasped at first scene where Karen (American Idol 5th season runner up Katharine McPhee) singing "Over the rainbow" and totally immersed into the series when finish watching the pilot episode. This is so thrilled for able to watch a Broadway show every week, dance and songs playing, haven't mention its well-written story.

The story is about playwright Julia (Debra Messing) and Tom (Christian Borle) prepping to write for a new Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn, joined by Eileen (Anjelica Huston) the producer who desperately want the production to play forward, who later hired the talented but difficult choreography director Derek (Jack Davenport), and the battle for the Marilyn musical between Karen, head-to-head with Ivy (Megan Hilty) who have decade of experience in Broadway.

Dubbed "Glee for adults", a lot of viewer might compare this new musical series with Glee. In fact, the series are different from Glee in the mean of the music played in Smash mostly are originally composed, specifically made for the series. The emotional closer of pilot episode "let me be your star" is definitely a show-stopper!

Most exciting, there is one original song coming out in each episode. It is said that the song composers penned 15-17 original songs for Smash. (This made the musical drama seems so promising)

Who will going to play Marilyn Monroe and laugh till the end?

I was so worried for Desperate Housewives going to an end. Smash bring me such a relieve.

Behind the movie: Tony Award winner director Michael Mayer, original songs composer Tony Award and Grammy Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, pilot episode written by playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck, executive producer Steven Spielberg

Next episode star: Nick Jonas singing "Haven't met you yet"

Highly anticipated & Absolutely unmissable!

2011 Unexpected Movies List

2011 just passed like that, easily. To conclude the year, I have listed out my movie list in 2011. Below are my out of expectation movie list. Enjoy.

3 Idiots

The film is released in India on 2009. But I only watched it because it only released in China by this year. So does it considered an 2011 movie? Whatever. This is definitely a very entertaining and light-hearted story! The movie tells a story of three buddies who believes that life is not pursuing marks and grade but chasing your dream in an very entertaining way, which will absolutely touch your laugh nerve when you watch it. The most important is, this is a very happy movie, which I enjoy it, which my family enjoy it very much a well! Now we all know the golden spell "Aal izz well~~~~"

Warrior

This is an uplanned movie list. Thanks GOD we choose "Warrior" instead of watching "Doll House". At first, I was very anxious that it would be another boring movie (I even could hear someone's snoring from the back!) It turned out to be very entertaining when the tournament started, all the intense and emotions burst out that we happened to clapped and cheered with the audiences in the movie. Suprisingly, we couldn't laugh or cheers in the end of the film. Watch for details!

You are the Apple of My Eye

"You are the Apple of My Eye" based on a novel by popular writer Giddens, it tells a simple story about a group of high school boys who in love with the popular girl in their class. This is an high expected film. It should be as sweet as its title. And as friends around praise hard for the movie, the high anticipation turned out to be quite disappointing when it is not what I expected from it. Anyway, the story has a smooth storyline and a suprising sweet ending.

Super 8

A group of small town teenagers witnessed a train crash while making a super 8 movie which soon noticed that this is not a simple accident when strange events happened in their town. Well, I must say that LOVE the beginning part of the movie very much! Very passionate scene of the group of teenagers shooting their super 8 movie. Though scene start from the middle the story becoming an ordinary film, the super 9 movie shooting part definitely add extra marks for the film!

Paranormal Activity 3

I expect it to be scary, I expect it to be secret-revealed, I expect it to be at least something happened. All this expectation transformed into one word in the end. "SUCKS"! The story supposed to be explain the reason devil starting hunting this 2 sisters. Instead. it explains nothing. It even not scary at all! No more paranormal activity 4.

Blind

Korean thriller "Blind" centered on a young blind woman who is guilty of her younger brother's death became a witnesses for police of a serial murder cases. This is no doubt a successful blockbuster. Although the story is in expectation, some scenes in the movie are still very nerve thrilling which will definitely entertaining the audiences (include me of course!). This is the best Korean movie I watched so far in the year, never expect it is a thriller.

Lot of movies yet that I couldn't stated it here one by one. I would like to watch New Year's Eve for welcoming the year 2012. Seems like there will be a lot of nice movie coming soon in the coming new year. I'm so thrill looking forward!

Happy New Year~!

我可能不会爱你

因为拥有是失去的开始。。。

我想，我真的不是一个容易被取悦的人。

拿电视剧来说，一部电视剧想取悦我，最关键在于它能令我感到心动 。

太奢华的 、太悲情的、太幼稚的、太偶像的，就算身边的人再怎么推荐，评价再怎么好，没能让我有怦然的感觉，都无法使我有持久追看的恒心。

而能令我心动 的元素 ， 往往 并不单一。有可能是一句感人的台词、主角间迸发的火花、似曾相识的 情节、甚至是一部剧里占不到百分之一的一段小小的戏，只要成功让我动心，就能让我有继续追看下去的理由。

于是，看剧的模式辗转在从一开始的香港连续剧、简短精湛的日剧、紧凑的美剧、台湾偶像剧、到后期大热的韩剧、再回到最初的港美日剧 ，而如今又回到了久违的偶像剧。

去年年尾的一部《秘密花园》，让我度过了一个很温暖的年末。

而今年依然暖心，因为遇到了《我可能不会爱你》。

《我可能不会爱你》像一部被拉长了的电影，清新、 美好。在缓缓地、慢慢地、娓娓地道出一个 永恒都被讨论的故事。

男女之间到底存在纯友谊吗？

又青的倔强骄傲、大仁的温厚深情 、两人间如此矛盾又合适的关系，随着并不特别张扬的剧情沉稳地发酵，一如他们之间聊天时候的气氛，温馨却不平淡。

偶尔一个峰会路转吵起来，高手过招似的你一言我一语互不相让，火花四溢。虽吵得激动，但彼此心里间知道是因为珍惜对方，真心为对方好。

我为他们如此契合的感情开心着，但同时又为他们如此不断的错过扼腕感叹着。

有时候，一些太似曾相识的片段和情感忽然蹦出来，总会让我忍不住心里狠狠被抽一下。

而我最喜欢的，无非是他们在尴尬解除后在喷水池旁偶然遇上时，阳光照在两人脸上时绽开的灿烂笑颜，舒服轻柔的语调、会意的眼神、后释然地会心一笑。那种默契，如此了然于心。

他们彼此了解，熟悉对方的优点、缺点、喜好 、家人、感情生活、所有的糗事好事等等。如此合拍的他们，却没法成为一对。他们给自己设定了一道不能跨越的围墙，安适于“最好的朋友”的角色。因为，友情比爱情隽永。

舍不得失去，还是错过了的moment，错过了爱情的友情，注定就只能是友情？

尽管，难过的时候想找他聊一聊、想喝杯小酒的时候想到的是他、有难题的时候想找他商量、遇到挫折的时候想得到他的鼓励安慰、身边的伴侣要能忍受他们之间特别的友谊种种，十四年前的一句我不可能会爱你，太熟悉的彼此却让他们之间一句我爱你变得太艰难。

世事通常并不遂人愿。有些事情，愈压抑反而愈浓烈，爱情如是。

当“我不可能爱你”的面具被撕开后， 他们又如何面对深藏了十数年，一直不愿意明白的感情？

早晚在一起，或早晚不再联络？

我相信，结局会是美好的。因为友情如此美好，又青和大仁之间，由深厚友情升华的爱情更将显得如此珍贵又细水长流。

我可能不会爱你，我很可能会爱你，我努力地不爱你，

我不可能会爱你，我怎么可能不会爱你。

p/s: 又青得知大仁爱她的事后情绪抓得很恰到。当一切的伪装防备崩溃后，当“他爱她”“她努力不爱他”的问题终于坦荡荡的摊在眼前被迫去面对，无法制止的汹涌情感，掩饰不住的心疼终于导致崩塌的眼泪和止不住的咳嗽。如果是我，一定会像大仁一样伤心到吐。

2AM Show "Live" in 3D Review

You are gonna enjoy this if you are fans. But if you are not, my advise for you is to not step into the cinema.

Yes, this is 2AM Show in 3D. Just like what it is call in the name, it is a show from the Korean ballad group 2AM. In a more specifically way, the live concert performance of 2AM by its four members- leader Jo Kwon, main vocalist Changmin, vocalist Seulong and maknae Jinwoon.

If you missed their concert, perhaps this movie could help to ease your disappointment

The movie, which I prefer to call it as a show, capturing the charming performances of 2AM including their early hits such as "This Song", "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die" also their latest hit song like "You Wouldn't Answer My Calls" and so on.

Not to forget their behind the scene footages and some of their special interviews which shot in 3D. It is quite fun to watch them dig up dirt and making fun on each other too.

One thing I was not satisfied with the show is that it contains the guest appearance of 8eight and Lim Jeonghee, which actually take up almost 10 minutes out of 1hour and 7 minutes the show actually is. Well, the audience pay for 2AM, not the guests, and I heard complaints from the other audiences too.

Whatever it is, it is cute to see this lovely guys in the cinema after all. You will not gonna miss the show if you are a fans. 2AM daebak!

媒人帮

虽说《媒人帮》是最大阵仗、最乡土、最爆笑的贺岁电视电影，但我觉得情人节也很适合看！

故事讲述红娘（蔡佩璇）被派遣回故乡巴西不南邦村当教师，从中发现29来感情生活枯燥乏味的原因来之于20前与邻居小朋友被骗到村里的月老庙结拜并发誓在30前至少要撮合一对有情人，否则会陷入孤独终老一世无依的惨况。

还有30天就满30岁的红娘虽保持乐观，但渴望爱情的她担心咒语成真，于是一一找来当年一起结

拜的朱德豹（谢佳见）、李天仙（杨雁雁）、苗晓晓（林静苗）和张国荣（蔡珂立）等，竟发现众人一样过着孤独乏味的感情生活。于是众人决定重拾媒人衣缽，努力在30岁前撮合一对情侣，以便早日破除咒语。而众人的第一个案件，就是村里最棘手，相传是hamsap佬的阿甘（辛伟廉）。在这期间红娘竟又阴差阳错地让阿甘喜欢上了自己，其余人于是决定瞒着红娘想办法撮合他们在一起。。。

片里最感到温馨熟悉的莫过于那“大马华语”+方言，充满大马本土风味的精彩对白，尤其是谢佳见饰演的啦啦仔时不时抛出一句“做么？做么？”，或是“Steady啦！”、“我hood你啊”、“肥到sot料”，滑稽又简单的大马华语对白让人捧腹大笑之余又忍不住跟着学。还有巴西不南邦村熟悉的街景，边看边想大叫我去过那里！

令人拍掌大笑的绝对包括仙姑等人为了要帮助阿甘追红娘学人家电台弄个hotline帮人家解决感情问题，节目还取名字叫什么《还我情真》，仙姑做dj唤仙夫人，实在天才到~~~有创意到~~~~笑爆我肚子！！

辛伟廉饰演的阿甘同样精彩，害羞腼腆的表情配上认真的语气说着“我...好像paktor 料",超级让人喷饭，笑到不能顶！还有阿甘被红娘拒绝后打电话给仙夫人哭着说 “我失恋料...”，仙姑晓晓大炮国荣边哭边唱歌边安慰阿甘那段，虽然感觉阿甘很可怜但同时又忍不住觉得好笑，实在是又哭又笑无奈地看完。

总得来说，《媒人帮》搞笑之余又温馨感动，好看又好笑，很steady下咯！大马电影boleh！

大力推荐！！！

p/s:愿天下有情人都能过个甜甜蜜蜜的情人节，情人节快乐！♥

Black Swan

Genre: Psychological thriller

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey

Rating: 5/5 ♥

Black Swan totally blew me away!

I was drawn into the movie from the moment I started watching it till the end, it was absolutely an intriguing and breathtaking piece from the director Darren Aronofsky, and of course the lead Natalie Portman who plays Nina Sayers the ballerina who obsessed for perfection.

Natalie Portman done well in presenting us a timid, naive, innocent Nina . Nina is afraid of everything and she's working hard on controlling herself so that she could be perfect in other's eyes. However Thomas (Cassel) the show director expects more from Nina, besides playing the pure and naive White Swan, he was worried with Nina incapable of handling the dangerous and seductive Black Swan. Nina is his first choice of playing the Swan Queen, but not the only choice.

I seriously think that Vincent Cassel delivers Thomas's character very well. Those eyes, desires, strong, complex feeling he have for Nina, the way he cultivate her, and how cherish he was when Nina complete the show perfectly. I must say, Vincent Cassel is really doing very good! I love his sexy accent!

Not to mention Nina's controlling mother Erica. Under the repression of Erica, who gave up her ballet career and put her whole efforts on educating her daughter, Nina begins to experiences some hallucinations, causing by her obsession and pushing herself too much to perfecting the role.

Well, some part of the "hallucinations" left me wandering whether it is real or simply hallucinations. Some moments are pretty "painful" to watch, in another word---"terrifying". Certainly not a movie that I would like to watch repeatedly. (Doesn't mean it is not good, the movie is beautiful!)

I would say Black Swan is a horror movie to me rather than calling it as the psychological triller. Watch it and you'll know what I mean.

Obsession leads to perfection? or destruction?

Nina finally transform into the Swan Queen that she longs to, she wons applause and praise of the audiences at the end of the show. She did it, and she paid the price of perfection and beauty in return.

It is breathless to watch the climax part, so beautiful yet so cruel. The spinning and the transformation is so stirring and despair, Nina dance like she never was. She embraces the Black Swan.

Overall, the movie is a beautiful and gorgeous piece. Like Nina says, it was perfect.

Highly recommended.

The Kids Moviesssss

There are such movies that I call them as the kids movies. But first, don't get me wrong, I'm still not fond of those children, I just simply adore kids movies!

Let's start with the oldest one.

The Little Rascals

Rating: 4/5 ♥

Genre: Kids, Comedy

Quote: "You are so beautiful to me~~~ You are so beautiful to me~~~ Can’t you see"

OiOi says: This is probably the first kids movie I've seen (when I was really really young) and I remembered, also the first time I heard You Are So Beautiful from. I remembered cute Alfalfa sang to little Darla on the boat with his high-pitch note, it's just simply cute! Love!

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

Rating: 3.5/5 ♥

Genre: Comedy, Family

Quote: “The only reason I agreed to write in this thing is because when I’m rich and famous I’ll have better things to do than answer people’s stupid questions all day long”

OiOi says: Nice! But whoever read the books before might think the book (I mean the journal) is nicer! Yeah it may be boring and you might find some part pointless, but who cares! Schooling and handling with relationships is always a battle. This movie may remind you of those myths that spread in your school compound, those old days how you wish to become famous among your peers...

Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Rating: 6/5 ♥

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

Quote: "Everything happens for a reason"

OiOi says: I LOVEEEE this movie freakingly! I love the plot, I love the scene, I love the atmosphere, I love the costumes, I love the castings, I love the courage of the protagonists, I love inventive Violet, I love smart Klaus, I love brave little Sunny, I love everything in the movie! >.<>

Little Manhattan

Rating: 3.5/5 ♥

Genre: Romance, Family, Comedy

Quote: "Love isn’t about ridiculous little words. Love is about grand gestures. Love is about airplanes pulling banners over stadiums, proposals on jumbo-trons, giant words in sky writing. Love is about going that extra mile even if it hurts, letting it all hang out there. Love is about finding courage inside of you that you didn’t even know was there."

OiOi says: Undeniably this is a entertaining piece. Sweet and delight. I was laughing through the whole things when I was watching, somehow I feel sad to realise that-Sometimes when we are growing up, we lost the ability to tell out words hidden inside our heart. Love is to show! Not to hide! =P

Flipped

Rating: 5/5 ♥

Genre: Romance, Family, Drama

Quote: “Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss. But every once in a while, you find someone who is iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.”

OiOi says: This is a beautiful, charming piece! I enjoyed watching this he-says she-says romantic story very much. I want to rate this 6, but I deducted that 1 mark because I don't like the ending! This is too short! I want a longer one! I must say that: I have been smitten!

PONYO PONYO

Miyazaki’s Ponyo is a lot more cuter than I imagined!

PONYO is telling about a goldfish princess who longs to become a human, after she met with a 5-years-old little boy Sosuke.

Surprisingly found out that the tone of Ponyo is light and lively than animations like the previous Spirited Away or Howl’s Moving Castle. We have younger and cuter protagonists in Ponyo, telling a simple, romantic, emotional, and affectionate story.

Ponyo is running on the giant fish-like wave! Go go Ponyo!

Some parts in Ponyo reminds me of Totoro,eg: the siblings of Ponyo.

Tunnel which appear in Spirited Away is in Ponyo too

Don’t they look like the 2^nd version of 煤炭屎？

Adorable!

Miyazaki’s anime is always comes with strong environmental friendly message. This time we have Tsunami.

Sasuke’s house became an sealife aquarium

Boat sailing on the road

The whole town is drowning by water. Fishes swimming on the top of the roof… The underwater world is so astonishing!

Sosuke’s house that build on the cliff. When light is on in the night, it gives direction and hopes for those who is sailing on the sea.

Koichi apologized to Lisa with 'I love you' secret code by on the light of the whole boat when he failed to fulfill his promise to rush home for dinner with family. Sweet~

If you wish to watch an easy and happy animation, Ponyo certainly is your greatest choice that can promise to smile you till the end.

p/s: Once again, Joe Hisaishi's theme songs for Ponyo works! They are fantastic!

《剑雨》--- 侠骨柔肠

这是一部关于爱与宽恕的情感故事。

《剑雨》将我们带回了传统的、充满奇幻色彩的武侠世界。在《剑雨》里，高人不再隐身于深山里不食人间烟火、没有花俏夸张中看不实际的动作招式，他们就像平凡百姓一样过着普通人的生活，有头家有妻有子，同样为柴米油盐烦恼。

电影里还出现了用自己的生命感化细雨放下屠刀的憎侣、像笑傲江湖里武功高强东方不败却潜伏皇宫里当个小信差的太监、将天下男人视为玩物玩弄于股掌之中的荡妇，热爱面条疼爱家中妻子无奈却人在江湖身不由己的面店老板、痴迷于变戏法神通广大的魔术师等。这一个个活灵活现、性格鲜明的角色，生动地活脱脱就像是从武侠小说中跳出来的人物。

《剑雨》电影中千回百转、复杂纠缠的儿女情仇，过程固然少不了刀光剑影、腥风血雨，但它最终讲述的，也最动人的却是那一份细腻、深厚、浪漫唯美的爱情故事。

我愿化身石桥，受五百年风吹、五百年日晒、五百年雨打。每逢下雨就碰面的两人

女主角细雨在最初的女魔头---冷血、杀人无数、没有亲人没有爱人、也不懂得爱，到后来改头换面变成曾静、她得到了第二次人生可以重来的机会、过平凡人的日子、全心全意的爱着并保护着她的丈夫江阿生。

她懂了爱，懂了平凡生活的美好，她的爱让她得到了一个好丈夫。她用尽心力得爱着，却也因为她的爱让她惹来了昔日同伴的追杀、正当她全神贯注地对付敌人时却遭到了始料未及的背叛。为此她伤心欲绝，肝肠寸断。最终，却也因为她的爱，她得到了爱人的宽恕，她的爱，救活了她，也成全了陆竹对细雨的爱。

这样一个吃重且感情丰富的角色，杨紫琼演来既内敛又沉稳。平凡时但见她低眉柔顺，面对敌人时又眼神凌厉、杀气腾腾。虽然年纪不小了但动作戏还是一样的身手敏捷，一举剑一抬眼充满了侠女风范！

面对文戏，当她得悉江阿生从头到尾都知道，她柔肠万断、委屈、痛苦、红着眼眶泪水在眼里打转，最终瓦解崩溃流泪，感动程度比之十年前的《卧虎藏龙》与李慕白诀别而哭得肝肠寸断的哭戏有过之而无不及。

细雨的辟水剑，软身的剑能从各个意想不到的角度攻击敌人，让人措手不及

江阿生的参差剑超酷！右手长剑挥、左手短剑插，又杀了一个，干净利落！

转轮王的剑让我想起刘德华在《狄仁杰》中用的武器，轮子一转，与对方的武器一碰就测得到对方武器的破绽。莫非两者之间有异曲同工之妙？

片中让我觉得最新奇的非彩戏师莫属！就像小叮当一样从他五颜六色的斗篷中能变出各种各样千奇百怪的武器来

曾静与转轮王的打戏是片尾的最高潮，武打动作设计得实在漂亮！紧凑！刺激！痛快！看的人过瘾！酣畅淋漓！

于是因为杨紫琼，我们有幸观赏了这一部具备了侠义情怀、侠骨柔肠、温馨感人的《剑雨》。

期待，她的下一部美好的武侠电影，不会让我们久等。

Who is Salt?

We have been waiting long for Angie's action movie. We are excited to see Lara Croft on screen AGAIN!

Opps…. No no, it’s SALT!!

No doubt, it's thrilling, nerve-stimulating, actions is Wow, Angie also play a great role on carrying character Evelyn Salt. However, some details are really...

1) no.1: Russian spy assassinating Russian president. Haha! You are JOKING!

2) no.2: Why would the boss want to reveal her true identity? As if she continue her life as the CIA agent she would have more chances to complete her mission, rather than when she have to escape from hundreds of enemies?

3) no.3: We believe that you love your husband. Are you?

The story plot indeed has some serious problems and left with numerous of unsolved mysteries. But who cares??! We LOVE Angie’s action movie!

A sequel Salt? Definitely YES!

听说 Hear Me

愛情跟夢想都是很奇妙的事情，不用聽不用說也不用被翻譯，就能感受到它。
听说，没有声音的爱情。
天阔，总是忽略自己的女孩，她唯一的梦想是，帮助小朋完成拿到残奥运会的金牌梦想。
天阔，乐观的大男孩，他的梦想是，娶个老婆，生两个小孩，一男一女。
很单纯的述说着一个美好的故事，在比手划脚中很安静的流淌。

喜欢天阔为了向秧秧赔罪扮成大树站在她家门口那一幕：
“地球上的熱帶雨林目前正以每秒鐘1公頃，相當於2個美式足球場的速度消失，造成每天有137個品種的動植物從地球上消失。以這種情況來看，水鳥有一天也可能會絕種，所以為了避免妳絕種，你要趕緊把妳眼前的這棵樹搬回家養。” （简讯）

喜欢天阔在向作街头表演的秧秧表白那一幕：
我一直有话想跟你说，可是我们相处得时间好短，我常常还来不及讲你就不见了。我从来没看过有人像你这样，开口闭口都是小朋，却从来没提过自己。就因为你从来不想你自己，反而害我很想你，回家之后还一直想着你，很想跟你讲话，一点都不觉得比手语是一件很累的事。(手语)

天阔带秧秧见爸爸妈妈那一幕也很有趣：
天闊媽媽：（天闊爸爸翻牌子）我們天闊跟你一樣，跟你一樣跟你一樣，很努力、很樂觀。你快一點嘛。很可愛。再來再來。很活潑。你快快快。很孝順、很親切、很善良、對姐姐很好。天闊有姐姐嗎？
天闊爸爸：好像沒有。
天闊媽媽：你寫姐姐作什麼啦。他寫錯。
天闊爸爸：不好意思。
天闊爸爸、天闊媽媽：對父母很好。

看完以后，觉得不用说话也能体会对方心意的那种感觉，很温暖很窝心，感觉真好。

p/s: 我想学骂人的手语 XP

The Men Who Stare At Goats review

Umm... what to say about this movie?
It's good, but not as good as I set my hopes for, but it is still a good movie after all.
Yeah, the trailer did show all of the funniest part of the movie.
The story tell about Bob(Ewan McGregor)a journalist, his life changed when met Lyn(George Clooney)who claims himself a former US Army's New Earth Army, who trained to be a physcic spies during the Vietnam War. These army were trained to develop a range of skills such as remote viewing, walking through walls, killing with a glance and so on.
Acting of Ewan, my opinion is nothing special,maybe because his character is not set as a funny person? And for Clooney, as good as always!Expecting for his next movie!
If anyone has some knowledge about the US Army, you would found that this movie is really funny- for being so sarcastic, sneer at the US Army and government.
I'm actually watching this movie by viewing it as a comedy like Burn After Reading was, keep comparing the movie with Burn After Reading. It did have some scenes that as 'fei' as BAF, which can make the audiences哭笑不得. Eg: when the army show their 'superpower'... So hilarious!!
And also the ending showing the punishment to the Iraqi pows, forcing them to listen to Barney's I love you song for 24 hours non-stop. Those who alert will understand that this is really happened in actual life, maybe not Barney's song, but it did happened, it is not a joke.
What I'm really impress and salute to the America is they are really liberal enough for letting their people to express their feelings and opinions in different ways, thus result to the production of The Men Who Stare At Goats. Real Cool~
If there are 5 stars rating, this movie worth 3 stars.

p/s: Hy, fast fast go watch!

Alice in Wonderland review

Ok, firstly, have to say that this movie is definitely not for children, although it is a so called 'fairy tale'.
I re-watched the cartoon version of Alice in the Wonderland which produced by Disney few months ago before I watch this movie. And I was very excited when I first heard Tim Burton will direct the movie version for Alice, looking for the day released from last year.
Have to clarify here that I am never a Alice fans, not when I was young, not now, and never in the future. I always think that Alice is a creepy 'fairy tale', all the characters in the story are so crazy and 'evil', it's scary sometimes, especially the cat Chessur, open it's mouth laughing without voice, can made u have bad dream at night.
The director has modify the story plot, which made the story have a more complete storyline. Unlike in the cartoon version, the story is like not a complete story, cannot predict and you wouldn't know what they are going to do, you even wouldn't understand what and why are they doing so, everything is like a mess. The story of the original Alice is more like a bedtime story told by a unprepared father, simply create a character with crazy personality, just to satisfy his child, comfort his child to going to sleep.
The beginning part of the movie is a bit boring, which describe how Alice grow into a big girl, how she was proposed and how she back to the wonderland but forgetting everything she's been to the wonderland when she was young.
Designing of the famous character in Alice is very successful, the Red Queen with a huge globe on her neck- which the face will turn red when she is angry, big contrast with her 'kind-hearted' sister White Queen, who is really 'white', u can get very 'eye pain' whenever she appear on the screen. And of course our beloved Johnny Depp who act as the Mad Hatter, those scary green eye- which will turn colors whenever he getting emo.
However, very sorry for those who watch the movie just because of Johnny, cause the main actor will not be him. After you watch the movie, there will not be Mad Hatter in your memory. Yes! After all it is Alice's movie.
I found it very interesting with the changing of costume of Alice. 6 times she changing her outfit, her dresses are really elastic, follow her size whether to shrink or turn large.
The ending is a bit hilarious, I don't understand that, is Alice turning to be a business woman??? I don't know...
For those who going to watch this movie, I suggest that you can purchase the normal ticket (not the 3d version), which a friend of mine suggested me, which I think the same, the normal ticket is already good enough.

p/s: sorry to Tim Burton, I have to say that you disappoint me once again.

Black Fantasy

Theme: Cre...e..py......

And yes! Today we will talk about these 'not for children' fairy tale. I think they are not suppose to be call as 'fairy tale', but nevermind...

No.1 - Corpse Bride


Tim's Burton's works, a very gothic style anime. And of course it is very Tim Burton's style- creepy yet full of imagination.
The story is about a young man- Victor who is timid, chicken-hearted, ruins his wedding's rehearsal and run away into a woods which near to a graveyard. In the woods, he rehearse the vows that he has to speak out in his tomorrow's wedding (something like...with this hand I will relieve your sorrow; your cup will never empty, for I will be your wine...with this ring, I ask you to be my wife....) And then he accidentally put on the ring he has prepares for his bride on a hand-alike twig. Without his expectation the 'twig' is actually hand of a beautiful corpse bride (Emily), and since he has ask her to be 'his wife', the bride say yes and so they're married.
And so he is brought to the underground (of course since his 'wife' is already not alive), he try to back to the upperworld by cheating to his 'wife', but then he figure out Emily's past.....
Have to mention that in the movie, the upperworld (place where the alive living) is portray in grey color, while the underground (where all the skeletons moving around) is colorful and harmony. Hmmm....sarcastic right?
Oh yeah, the movie stars the voice of Johnny Depp as Victor~

No.2 - Coraline



Another nice fantasy that I watched few months ago.
It's begins with a little girl- Coraline who is brave and curious about everything move into her new house which subdivided into 3 flats with her parents. Her parents are busy and pay little attention to Coraline. As no one play with her, she goes off to explore and she met her new friend- a boy who love to talk (I forgot his name adi), her new neighbours and a black cat who also can see the Other world.
One day Coraline found a locked door in a room, the next day she open the door by the key she stole from her mother and finds a dark long corridor leading to a house identical to her own. In the Other world, she met her replicas Other mother and Other father, which she think is far more better than her real parents in the real world, as they treats her well, care for her, made her great meal for dinner....except they have buttons for eyes. And she also see the cat, which can speak there. The Other world is perfect to Coraline, as everything is what she dream of. eg: she always think that her friend (the boy that I forgot his name) is noisy and annoying, so in the Other world, his mouth get sewed up.
At the day's end, the Other mother offers her a chance to stay there forever if Coraline will let her sew buttons over her eyes. Coraline is terrified and run back to home. But it is not end yet, she finds her parents are missing in the real world.....
Compare with the Corpse Bride, I think Coraline is much more creepy and freakish, especially the doll with the buttons eyes, yucks! I get a little horrified by the movie's atmosphere when I watch it alone at the night. Imagine your mom look at you with her buttons eyes....(Yaya, ghost stories can't scare me but I easily get frighten by those creepy movies eg: the X-file, Lost....very Excited to watch this kind of movie!!)

Yup! you're right! These stories are certainly not for children! I bet children can get nightmare after they watch the buttons eyes or the corpse with blue skin that crawl out from grave. But afterall, they are great movies which worth to watch! A little adventure, a little betrayal and hatred, a little horrified, till a heart-warming and touching ends, made a perfect movie...

Some music in the end:
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah~~~