15.12.05
Watch It !!
It seems that the entrepreneur-raconteur-adventurer is no stranger to theft, having that day lifted the only existing print of his most recent and unfinished film from under his studio executives’ noses when they threatened to pull his completion funds. Carl has until the end of the day to get his crew onboard the Singapore-bound tramp steamer, the S.S. Venture, in hopes of completing his travelogue/action film. With that, the showman is certain he will finally achieve the personal greatness he knows awaits him around the corner…and although the crew believe that corner to be Singapore, Denham actually hopes to find and capture on film the mysterious place of legend: Skull Island.
Unfortunately for Carl, his headlining actress has pulled out of his project, but his search for a size-four leading lady (the costumes have all been made) has, fatefully, led him to Ann. The struggling actress is reluctant to sign on with Denham, until she learns that the up-and-coming, socially relevant playwright Jack Driscoll (Oscar winner for The Pianist, Adrien Brody) is penning the screenplay -- the fees his friend Carl pays for potboiling adventure are a welcome supplement to Driscoll’s nominal income from his stage plays.
With his newly discovered star and coerced screenwriter reluctantly onboard, Denham’s “moving picture ship” heads out of New York Harbor ... and toward a destiny that none aboard could possibly foresee.
Joining Watts, Black and Brody is an accomplished ensemble cast from around the globe. German star Thomas Kretschmann (U-571) portrays Captain Englehorn, commander of the Venture, who allows Denham and his ever-increasing bribes to persuade him to endanger the lives of his crew by searching for Skull Island. Colin Hanks (Orange County) is Preston, Denham’s put-upon assistant and unwitting moral compass, who attempts to keep his boss in check and the production from spiraling out of control. Young actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) plays Jimmy, the youngest crew member, whose experiences onboard the Venture prove more fantastical than any old salt’s seafaring yarn. Evan Parke lends his talents to the role of first mate Hayes, keeping a watchful eye on young Jimmy and serving as Englehorn’s conscience. Kyle Chandler takes on the character of Bruce Baxter, a “B”-movie-level leading man cast opposite Ann Darrow in Denham’s adventure movie. Andy Serkis (who performed the role of the CGI character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) provides both on-set performance reference and motion-capture performance for the “Eighth Wonder of the World”…the title character of King Kong; he also appears onscreen as the eccentric sailor in charge of the Venture’s galley, Lumpy the Cook.
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(check out the website if you want, it is http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ ) the website is done quite nicely…
But during the movie hor, don’t why people still can’t remember to switch off their HP, so loud somemore, still can chat in the movie, very irritating lor… and sitting in the row in front of us is a family, the children keep going to the toilet, very annoying to keep seeing heads moving across the screen you know… then the parents keeping carrying / passing this little kid around, the mother also sit so straight, people short behind can’t see the screen, haha…
The row behind me leh, his legs like super long (cos it’s very spacious lor) or he must be in a practically sleeping position in his seat… his legs keep kicking against my chair lor, got impulse to turn and look into his eyes then say could you stop kicking my chair, you want to rest your legs can but don’t move around. Haha, of course I never say that lah, the keep smelling some weird smell, hard to describe, sour smell, abit of mixture of perspiration plus something else, haha, lucky is only light smell, imagine it to be super pungent think I will want to change seats ah… think basic courtesy in the movies are still lacking in some people habits, not all are like that but just a few black sheep is enough to dampen your mood… I just keep concentrating on the movie, refusing to acknowledge the irritating person behind I know I would feel better so I just heck care!!
Okok, got to go back to work le, so watch it if you don’t mind sad ending…
¶ 15.12.05 
Met up with George and Koon san yesterday at Lot1. Both of them so nice ah, stay up North but come down West to meet me. Had Dinner at this Halal Thai Cuisine at Level 3, food is not bad lah, we had the buffet (actually is ala-carte buffet, that means you order the food and they come in servings) Total bill comes to $68.95 (I just realised they never charge service charge, and I did not leave any tips in the tips box… Oops!!)
Hehe, then proceed to watch a movie at 845pm… It’s a show that I say I wanna watch and thought might not have a chance to watch lah, because most friends that I talk to about this show, give me the same expression, “Nice meh!”; sianED…
Guess Guess Guess leh… It's a story about a Tragic Story of a Beauty and a Beast...
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:: KING KONG ::
Haha, don’t think people would expect me to watch this right.. haha, actually is a remake version mah, and I really like the director (same as LOTR, Peter Jackson), because basically I don’t know who are the actor/s in the show.. Although it does not have a good ending, but It has some humour in it… My tears were brimming at the edges of my eyes at the last part where King Kong is dying… very (x10) sad ah.. Movie graphics is also nice… I shall buy the VCD when it’s out.. Hehe!!
-- :: Synopsis of the King Kong the Movie :: --
It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee for 21 Grams, Naomi Watts) has found herself -- like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression -- without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited options while aimlessly wandering the streets of Manhattan. When her hunger drives her to unsuccessfully try to steal an apple from a fruit vendor’s stall, she is rescued -- literally -- by filmmaker and multiple hyphenate Carl Denham (Jack Black of The School of Rock).
Hehe, then proceed to watch a movie at 845pm… It’s a show that I say I wanna watch and thought might not have a chance to watch lah, because most friends that I talk to about this show, give me the same expression, “Nice meh!”; sianED…
Guess Guess Guess leh… It's a story about a Tragic Story of a Beauty and a Beast...
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*
*
*
-- Drum rolls --
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*
*
*
:: KING KONG ::
Haha, don’t think people would expect me to watch this right.. haha, actually is a remake version mah, and I really like the director (same as LOTR, Peter Jackson), because basically I don’t know who are the actor/s in the show.. Although it does not have a good ending, but It has some humour in it… My tears were brimming at the edges of my eyes at the last part where King Kong is dying… very (x10) sad ah.. Movie graphics is also nice… I shall buy the VCD when it’s out.. Hehe!!
-- :: Synopsis of the King Kong the Movie :: --
It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee for 21 Grams, Naomi Watts) has found herself -- like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression -- without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited options while aimlessly wandering the streets of Manhattan. When her hunger drives her to unsuccessfully try to steal an apple from a fruit vendor’s stall, she is rescued -- literally -- by filmmaker and multiple hyphenate Carl Denham (Jack Black of The School of Rock).
It seems that the entrepreneur-raconteur-adventurer is no stranger to theft, having that day lifted the only existing print of his most recent and unfinished film from under his studio executives’ noses when they threatened to pull his completion funds. Carl has until the end of the day to get his crew onboard the Singapore-bound tramp steamer, the S.S. Venture, in hopes of completing his travelogue/action film. With that, the showman is certain he will finally achieve the personal greatness he knows awaits him around the corner…and although the crew believe that corner to be Singapore, Denham actually hopes to find and capture on film the mysterious place of legend: Skull Island.
Unfortunately for Carl, his headlining actress has pulled out of his project, but his search for a size-four leading lady (the costumes have all been made) has, fatefully, led him to Ann. The struggling actress is reluctant to sign on with Denham, until she learns that the up-and-coming, socially relevant playwright Jack Driscoll (Oscar winner for The Pianist, Adrien Brody) is penning the screenplay -- the fees his friend Carl pays for potboiling adventure are a welcome supplement to Driscoll’s nominal income from his stage plays.
With his newly discovered star and coerced screenwriter reluctantly onboard, Denham’s “moving picture ship” heads out of New York Harbor ... and toward a destiny that none aboard could possibly foresee.
Joining Watts, Black and Brody is an accomplished ensemble cast from around the globe. German star Thomas Kretschmann (U-571) portrays Captain Englehorn, commander of the Venture, who allows Denham and his ever-increasing bribes to persuade him to endanger the lives of his crew by searching for Skull Island. Colin Hanks (Orange County) is Preston, Denham’s put-upon assistant and unwitting moral compass, who attempts to keep his boss in check and the production from spiraling out of control. Young actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) plays Jimmy, the youngest crew member, whose experiences onboard the Venture prove more fantastical than any old salt’s seafaring yarn. Evan Parke lends his talents to the role of first mate Hayes, keeping a watchful eye on young Jimmy and serving as Englehorn’s conscience. Kyle Chandler takes on the character of Bruce Baxter, a “B”-movie-level leading man cast opposite Ann Darrow in Denham’s adventure movie. Andy Serkis (who performed the role of the CGI character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) provides both on-set performance reference and motion-capture performance for the “Eighth Wonder of the World”…the title character of King Kong; he also appears onscreen as the eccentric sailor in charge of the Venture’s galley, Lumpy the Cook.
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(check out the website if you want, it is http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ ) the website is done quite nicely…
But during the movie hor, don’t why people still can’t remember to switch off their HP, so loud somemore, still can chat in the movie, very irritating lor… and sitting in the row in front of us is a family, the children keep going to the toilet, very annoying to keep seeing heads moving across the screen you know… then the parents keeping carrying / passing this little kid around, the mother also sit so straight, people short behind can’t see the screen, haha…
The row behind me leh, his legs like super long (cos it’s very spacious lor) or he must be in a practically sleeping position in his seat… his legs keep kicking against my chair lor, got impulse to turn and look into his eyes then say could you stop kicking my chair, you want to rest your legs can but don’t move around. Haha, of course I never say that lah, the keep smelling some weird smell, hard to describe, sour smell, abit of mixture of perspiration plus something else, haha, lucky is only light smell, imagine it to be super pungent think I will want to change seats ah… think basic courtesy in the movies are still lacking in some people habits, not all are like that but just a few black sheep is enough to dampen your mood… I just keep concentrating on the movie, refusing to acknowledge the irritating person behind I know I would feel better so I just heck care!!
Okok, got to go back to work le, so watch it if you don’t mind sad ending…
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