【盲探】電影宣傳：新加坡站

踏入六月份，我就很期待鄭秀文與劉德華來新加坡宣傳他們的新電影《盲探》，一直看媒體有沒有update他們來新的日期。終于，看到朋友在臉書上說她得到首映禮的門票，我也想要！畢竟，我支持十多年的偶像難得來，好想目睹她的風采。可惜，門票已經分配給粉絲團的會員啦，我遲了一步。

幸好，他們會到 Plaza Singapura 會見粉絲！當我到達會場時，已經人山人海！正當我猶豫是否該上樓找個位置，我的朋友就撥電給我，幫我引進粉絲團的前排！我可萬萬都沒有想過可以站前面喔！記者還嘗試要訪問一些粉絲，還好我前面有人擋一擋，不需要上鏡頭！哈哈！

終于，我們等到鄭秀文與劉德華出場了！Sammi 今晚穿了紫色的褲裝，非常漂亮！她和華仔果然有明星的風範，一站出來就讓人眼前一亮，有一種發光發熱的魅力！好興奮哦！我用單眼相機拍，可是前面的粉絲和攝影記者卻一直擋住我。。。沒辦法，已經盡力拍了！在此，分享一些還可以的照片！

 

電影：《寒戰》ColdWar

已經快半年沒有踏入電影院了！現在的電影票價好貴呀！終于，有一部讓我心動不如行動的電影 《寒戰》上周上映。雖然說，我是絕對想看粵語版，可是新加坡這裡卻沒有這個選擇！如果戲院可以讓觀衆有雙語選擇不是很完美嗎?

繼當年的《無間道》后，已經很久沒有像《寒戰》那麽緊湊、有故事、有一班出色的演員的香港電影了。特別喜歡郭富城用眼神來帶出戯裏的角色。彭于晏再次沒有讓人失望，雖然只有幾場戯，但非常搶戯！我以前沒什麽注意彭于晏，但我看了他的舊作《聼說》后，再看了他的三部電影 ~ 覺得千萬別讓他俊俏的外形矇騙，而是要留意他的演技。我也喜歡電影裏的對白，最難忘的是劉德華說：“相信自己的判斷，非常時期，用非常的方法。”

這部戯一開場就已經鎖著觀衆的眼球，精心製作的動作場面也不能忽略。記得要看完片尾！導演已經留下了明示，下集的發展計劃！期待《寒戰2》，到時彭于晏會更有得發揮演技！可能，這部電影會變成trilogy?

【犀利人妻】電影宣傳

當我知道【犀利人妻：幸福男，不難】在臺灣上映后，我就很期待新加坡也可以快點看到這部片。前幾天，報章報道隨棠和溫升豪將會在今天來新，我好高興哦！一向都很喜歡他們演的偶像劇，真得像親眼目睹帥哥與美女！在Bugis Junction 等了許久，終于看到他們了。。。好多劇迷也和我一樣在那裏手握相機等著照相。我只帶了傻瓜相機，所以素質不是最棒的。在這分享幾張還ok的吧！（有一張我很滿意！）

帥氣+高貴！

棠棠甜美的笑容

最喜歡這張！

很可愛喔 ~ 謝安真！

義氣篇之《艋舺》。。。

剛和Ruby看完了我們期待已久的臺灣電影 《艋舺》，可能聼了朋友說這部電影平平，但報章的影評人卻都認同《艋舺》有看頭。。。我們就帶著平常心去看囉。正當我們要入場時，發生了一件令我們發怒的事件。Ruby 突然摔了一跤！我也嚇到了。。。然後，那個檢票員說是在我們前面的一群小伙子，刻意把淋上ketchup的薯條倒在地上的！接著，檢票員用對講機叫他的同事去抓他們！害我們差點錯過電影的開頭。。。還搞到有又粘又惡心的味道！發現，當下真得很多問題少年，吃飽沒事做，惹事生非！是時候，社會該關注這些問題。。。我還親眼目睹兩個男生，其中一個刻意起爭執，真無聊！大家下次在周末到Cathay Cineleisure真得要小心哦！

《艋舺》的開頭就很搞笑了，可惜我的福建話理解有限，得專注讀subtitles! 這部電影真的有很強的臺灣歷史背景，突出了在80年代的艋舺區。。。這是一個龍蛇虎雜的地方，有不同的幫派保護他們的專屬地區。導演通過5個乳臭未乾的青年來講臺灣黑社會的故事。記得在我讀書時，只聼過香港的《古惑仔》係列。。。哈哈！那個酷酷的E-Kin就是大家心目中的古惑仔！說真的，我從來沒有看完一整集，太多打打殺殺！

我想很多女生和我們一樣，都想看倆位男主角 ~ 阮陘天（小天）和趙又廷的演出。。。帥哥哦，難以抵擋！keke! 雖然小天飾演的‘和尚’有點gay的含義，但看他和以往的電視劇比較，他的演技真的有進步。。。‘和尚’一角是個從小就聰明絕頂的人，IQ 和 EQ 都高。他和太子幫的志龍從小混到大，而志龍的父親就是一個有地位的江湖老大。趙又廷飾演的‘蚊子’，内向，在單親家庭長大，從小只有被欺負的份，被太子幫‘廂中’后，他有了歸屬感。外加倆個兄弟，他們結拜，不懂什麽叫意義，只懂‘講義氣’！

整部電影140分鐘，其實照顧到很多小細節，從場景到配樂，都似乎把觀衆帶到1987年。。。當時盛行的中，英和粵語歌都出現在電影裡。我想還是別説出結局，只能說我看到很感動！我想我也是‘義氣仔女’咯，都不懂為何在我的字典裡會有‘講義氣’這三個字？我真傻，曾經竟然為了‘講義氣’而讓自己‘遍體麟傷’。。。人生就是這樣，我想需要某些歷練，才會經一次，長一智！

抽空去看《艋舺》~ MONGA 吧！

在MONGA裡，最令我矚目的英文老歌 ~ Making Love Out of Nothing At All by Air Supply. 不過，我比較喜歡由李久哲演繹的電影原聲帶版本，聼聼吧！



經典台詞：
“風往哪裡吹，草就往哪裡倒，當初我以為自己是風，到頭來遍體鱗傷的時候，才發現其實我們都是草。” ~ 灰狼
“如果黑道是這樣，那我們混的不是黑道，是友情，是義氣。”~　蚊子
“她，我可以。”~ 蚊子
“我做的一切都是為了你。。。”~ 和尚
“因爲五根手指合在一起才會變成一個拳頭！”~ 和尚
“意義是三小，拎盃只聼過義氣，沒聼過意義啦！”（加入福建話）~ Geta 老大

Oscar's Best Foreign Lang Film: Departures (おくりびと)

By now, I guess many of you have caught the japanese movie ~ ''Departures'' in the theatres. I only get to watch it after 2 attempts to get tix! Wonder isit due to the fact that only selective GV theatres screening it?

Awarded the 2009 Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film, it certainly earned rave reviews from the media and online reviewers. Thanks to reading all these reviews, i felt that i muz definately catch it before it's gone!

Are you gg to spend $ to watch a movie about death? To be more precise, it's about the casketing processing. In Japanese term, the job is 'Nokanshi' where one helps to clean & 'beautify' the dead before the body is put into a coffin. It's a job that many people shirks and use weird looks to judge... The movie began with Daigo Kobayashi (acted by Masahiro Motoki) doing the nokanshi job as he narrated how he got into this trade. He was supposely a cello player with an orchestra but lost his job when the orchestra dissolved. He decided to return to his hometown with his wife (acted by Ryoko Hirosue). One day, Daigo saw a job ad stating 'departures', thinking that it's likely a tour agency job and went for the interview. By fate, he was hired on the spot and only then realised that it's a nokanshi job...

Daigo had no choice but to take up the job as he needed one...but he was cautious not to let his wife know. He followed his boss and started as an observer... the master was calm & peaceful while he carried out his duties. Daigo was won over in the process & grew to like his job. Death could hit anyone, as in the movie... from a child to the elderly. Behind every death, it carries a tale into the coffin...

I tink each of us will definately experience death of a dear one at least once in our life. Well, dun tink that this movie is a sob sob story, the director really takes effort to inject humour interpersed thru'out the movie. There was this part i like where the boss replied that their service is for all religions, be it buddhism, christanity or hindus... so true! I like how the japanese does movies, and this is an epitome of how fine details are taken care of.

Of course, besides showing the nokanshi procedures...this movie emphasise on family ties as well. As Daigo recounted how his dad made him learn the cello as a six year old boy and how they picked stones together... However his dad left him when he was a boy & his memory of his dad faded...till they met again at the end of the movie.

During the 130 minutes movie, it showed Diago playing the cello... yes, I am mesmerised by the nice tunes playing from the cello...really beautiful! All the more, when he played the cello in the open fields, it certainly makes u feel good. Finally, it's been such a long while since Ryoko Hirosue (广末凉子） appeared in any show! She could be best remembered for the jap drama serial 'Beach Boys'!

Below is a clip of the tune from the movie, enjoy!

《Suspect X》

Do you still remember ‘小哥’from the japanese drama Under the Same Roof (同在屋檐下）？If you have caught that show, also kinda reveals ur current age, hee! Well, juz wana share wif you a japanese movie i saw in the theatres last week ~ 'Suspect X'. The lead actor is none other but Masaharu Fukuyama (福山雅治）！It had been at least 10 yrs since 同在屋檐下 , but he still look juz as great & yes... more charismatic now! Wonder how he maintain it? haha!

If you enjoy reading dectective novels or comics, this could be the movie for you! At the beginning of the movie, the audience already know who's the killer...but the highlight of the movie is how 2 genius battle their wits. A mathematics genius & high sch teacher helped his neighbour to conceal a murder & worked out the perfect alibi that baffled the police. On the other hand, a brilliant physicist (acted by 福山雅治) assisted the police to track down the murderer. Both genius are college mates and were outstanding in their respective fields. It's unique as the case is not solved by the police but a physicist who's able to use logic (minus the 'chim' physics terms) to solve the case. There are also light-hearted moments in the movie which sends the audience laughing! (see the trailer & you will know)

The ending was brilliant and i think few people would ever guess it! Caught this movie as tix for 'Departures' ran out! But it's certainly worth to watch as i get to see the suave 福山雅治 again + a nicely paced story plot which kept my mind awake!

P.S: A search on youtube, i found that there's a drama serial version 'Galileo' which hv the same actor & probably have different cases each ep! How i wish our tv station can air it!

Here's the trailer! Catch it in the theatres before it's gone!

PoNyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖上の波妞) 。。。

Kawaii desu! ''PoNyo PoNyo''... kept hearing this song from its trailer on tv, keke! Months before this Jap anime by 宫崎峻大师 arrived in Singapore... i had read about it's rave review from the chinese papers. It took a long time for 宫崎峻 (Hayao Miyazaki) to painstakingly hand-draw the characters. With the flood of hollywood 3-D animation, i like the idea of going back to basics (2-D anime). It really tests the skills of the anime artist.

I am awed by 宫崎峻 imagination & how he's always able to lend a magic touch to the characters he created. ''Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea'' uses a palette of colours, especially like the pastel shades of the house perched on top of the cliff & it's surroundings. Whereas deep hues are used to depict the uncertainties in the deep waters...

The story teaches us about saving the environment, if humans continue to pollute the sea with all their garbage, many sea species will go into extinction & affect the life cycle chain. Well, aren't the raising sea levels & melting ice bergs our immediate concerns now? We also learnt a thing or two from the 5 yr old boy ~ Sosuke. His father is a sailor & always need to leave him & his young mom, Lisa to fan for themselves. Despite being young, Sosuke is a sensible, well-mannered & brave boy. He know how to cheer his mom up when dad is away by using morse code to signal to his dad. He also works his charm on the old folks at the seniors' home by making 'goldfish' origami for them.

One day, he found a fish trapped in a jar while he was playing at the bottom of the cliff. Sosuke reared the little fish he named Ponyo & before he realised that Ponyo is not the usual fish, Ponyo was caught by her father back to the deep sea! Ponyo wanted to turn into a little girl to be wif Sosuke! During her escape to return to land, Ponyo spilled her dad's magic caution & turn the sea into upheavals! Storms broke out & sea level rises to engulf the land... this is pretty endearing to watch as Lisa (Sosuke's mom) had to drive him home along the winding mountain road, while battling the storm!

The story develop when the fish turns into a girl wif short red curls & stuby arms & legs....ponyo's voice-over is really kawaii! She exuded innocent eyes & copied Sosuke in whatever he did, from drinking a hot beverage to cooking instant noodles, haha! Their adventure began when Sosuke had to navigate a boat to search for his missing mom.

Thou the ending was predictable ... it was nevertheless an easy feat to hand-draw all the fine details, coupled with a meaningful story & nice soundtrack.

《海角七号》。。。

在还没看这部电影 《海角七号》 前，阅读了不少关于它的评述。。。回响都不错。 对于中文电影，我都会很选择性观看。台湾电影吗。。。我个人偏爱张爱嘉导演的。 近日来，电台也不间断播放由范逸臣为《海角七号》 唱的歌 《无乐不作》 + 《国境之南》。 我被歌曲吸引了！

利用7 封情书，跨越 60 年的爱情故事。。。来到现代，发生在台湾南部的小镇 ~ 恒春，也有一对恋人的爱情等待着。围绕在‘爱’的主题。。。穿插抒情的配乐，还有一把很好听的旁述 ~ 将那 7 封日文的情书诉说给观众听。。。这就是 《海角七号》 想表达的。《海角七号》 是部很有台湾‘乡村’味道的电影，几乎整部戏都是用闽南语，加华语和日语带出小市民的故事。

在电影里，来至日本的友子必须为日本巨星到恒春开唱，在几天内组一个乐团。在时间的约束下，友子在恒春发掘到会玩音乐的人来至各行各业，有在教会里弹钢琴的小妹妹，玩吉他的交通警察，打bass是个卖米酒的家伙。。。当然还有主音是男主角范逸臣咯! 所以，你可想像这个‘破铜兰铁’的乐团吗？

小人物们的角色与对白都很逗趣！小妹妹~ ‘大大’的声音可爱，有性格！卖米酒的咪咪眼家伙对工作的热诚令人敬佩。。。 连上台表演都不放过推销他卖的米酒，haha! 那个一辈子只会玩月琴的伯伯，只想上台表演一次。 修车的鼓手，平时就爱敲击乐。。。也大胆地追求爱情。 当交警的吉他手对太太的爱与思念。 范逸臣是个放弃音乐的吉他手兼主音，却被这群人与爱情重新激发他对音乐的热诚！

整体来说，《海角七号》 也有不完美的地方。。。就是60 年前的那段爱情故事。。。虽然 7 封信用了诗情画意的话语，完结的却有遐思。现代的那段恋情可以再加强，才能感动大家。 满怀期待地去观看《海角七号》， 希望它能深深地感动我。。。却没有。 反而，领悟到的是对生命与爱的热诚。。。如果你遇到了爱，就要珍惜。。。如果还没，就必须大胆地追寻！


《无乐不作》 ~ 范逸臣 Live 版

《国境之南》 ~ 范逸臣 Live 版

Kung Fu Panda + Trailers ...

Thanks to my Co's social committee, I got to enjoy the latest animation film ~ Kung Fu Panda for free! Our Co allowed us to purchase the 2nd tix at corp rate & i bought my buddy, ruby along. Bef the start of the movie at GV Max, Vivo City, there's even refreshments served. We arrived at 5.4o as the movie tix stated 6pm. Got some snacks as i'm afraid i be hungry, hehe! While i Q for the snacks, ruby went to Q for our popcorn & drinks. At 6pm, we went into the theatre & i was impressed by the size & extremely spacious leg-room! It's pretty cold thou'... The movie finally started at 6.30pm.

The whole theatre roared wif laughter fr the beginning till the end. This Dreamworks production had famous celebrities for the characters' voice-overs. Jack Black is the voice of Po, the Panda ~ a noodle shop apprentice who always dream abt kung fu & idolise the top 5 kung fu masters in China. By chance of fate, he was chosen to be the ''Dragon Warrior'' to fight the evil Tai Lung. Knowing nuts about kung fu, Shifu had a big headache on how to train this new disciple. Besides Po, Shifu had trained 5 kung fu masters ~ namely Monkey, Viper, Mantis, Tigeress & Crane. The training regime was a hilarious watch as Shifu realised that he would need an 'unusual' way to train Po, which was to use food to motivate him! waahaaa!

In a nutshell, the moral of the story is to believe in oneself... with determination, nothing proves to be difficult. Let's enjoy the trailer for Kung Fu Panda! Do take some time off to catch this movie! Having a good laugh is certainly a stress-buster!

Alvin!!! (and the Chipmunks) ... ooH aH Ah!

Oh Boy! I luv Alvin and the Chipmunks movie!!! The furry chipmunks ~ Simon, Alvin & Theodore are so adorable & cutez that i really wish to cuddle them off the big screen! Talking chipmunks?? Waaahaaa! Remember watching them since i was a kid... but memory had faded over time since our station had stopped broadcasting the cartoons.

Geez! the movie version is even better cos the chipmunks r Sooo real & 3-D. There's many funny scenes thru'out & it sure does bring the theatre's crowd roaring wif laughter! Ruby & me caught the movie yesterday at The Cathay & we were veri much entertained by the hippie songs + the chipmunks' voices.

To refresh your memory ~ Simon is the brainy boy; whereas Alvin is impulsive, charming & musical... last but not least is Theodore ~ shy, innocent and trusting. Their daddy is David Seville (Dave for short), a composer whose patience & love is veri much tested with his 3 hyperactive ''kids''.

From the movie, I find Theodore the cutest of all, especially when he had a nightmare & wish to share the same bed wif Dave. In the end, he snuggled up close to Dave's neck & face while sleeping soundly. The 3 of them simply luv oven-baked waffles & in an attempt to make breakfast, the house was turned into a big mess, haahaa! Theodore luv to eat most, his chubby built & cheeks make me feel like 'pinching' him, kekeke!

Only upon reading abt the chipmunks' history, i realised it's created 4 decades ago! Ross Bagdasarian was the creator of the rap song 'Witch Doctor' at his most broke moment, using a tape recorder to 'speed up' the sound - that's how the chipmunk sound came about. Followed on, ''The Chipmunk Song'' (released in 1958) was inspired by his own kids who wished that Christmas could arrive earlier. To add a character to the song, he was inspired by a little chipmunk tt stop his car in the midst of road!! I find tt hilarious (^o^). Btw, the 3 Chipmunks r named aft the recording Co's execs, haha! Never did Ross dreamt that his records would become top hits & won him Grammy Awards. The cartoon versions were launched in 1961.

Let's enjoy their 2 Hit Songs!

The Pursuit of HappYness

As far as i can recall, Will Smith had not appeared on the big screen for some time. Finally, a movie titled ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' is starring Will Smith with his real-life son acting out a story based on a real person ~ Chris Gardner.

One of the few inspiring tales in the commercial movie world. It depicts Chris Gardner's (Will Smith) determination to thrive on for the sake of him & his son's future. Simply because he holds a strong belief...he believe that Happiness is meant to be pursue, to seek & it will not just appear in front of you. A down & out salesman, laden with unpaid bills & taxes...his wife walked out of him. Leaving him as a single dad with a young five year old son. They lived in the poor chinatown area, probably in New York... where the wall outside his son's day-care ctr had the word 'Happyness' scribbled on. A place where people can't even spell 'happiness'?

One day, he discovered the way to get out of poverty, was to get a more stable job with better pay. With some luck, wits & lots of determination, he got shortlisted for a trainee broker position at one of the prestigious brokerage firm. When he realised that the job had no basic pay, he wanted to give up. However, he stayed on and endured a tough period. During the initial 6 months of training, he & his son had to seek refuge from place to place, even to the extend of staying overnight at a subway toilet. Despite these, he was still a loving father and his son was his pillar of strength.

There was a very powerful quote from the movie. When his son was playing basketball, he tried to pour cold-water on his young son. Thereafter, his son stopped playing & kept away his fav basketball. This was when Chris told him, ''Don't ever allow someone to tell you what you can't do. If you have a dream, then you need to protect it. Many a times, when people couldn't achieve something, they will tell you, you can't. So, if you know what you want, you need to fight for it.'' In short, you need to believe in your own dreams!

Of course, Chris Gardner eventually was awarded a permanent job with the brokerage firm. He went on to form his own brokerage company and sold part of his shares to become a millionaire in 2006.

Being a 120 minutes movie, it's a bit slowing moving at intervals. But it was also very real as the narration was done like a bibliograpy style. Not too bad, to inspire one to pursue his true happYness! =)

推荐电影 - 异种 The Host

今天，首次到戏院看韩国电影。我与朋友相约去看刚上映的 “异种”, The Host。报章的评语很不错。。。大力推荐这部韩国电影票房冠军。 它动用了Lord Of The Rings 电脑特技效果的制作群，使用 CGI 来刻画 “异种”。 这部电影的确可以与好来乌电影相比，不过它保留了韩国的味道，还不忘加入亲情和家庭的元素。

故事讲的是在 “汉江” -- 首尔中心的长河。。。住了一只怪兽，称为 ‘异种’。 在江边住了一户人家，靠小杂货店为生。 有一天，‘异种’从河里冒出来，夺走了许多人命。 这家人的小女孩也在混乱中被怪兽拐走了。 他的父亲与家人不顾危险也要去救小女孩。。。 而她也很勇敢地令自己活着。。。

120 分钟，故事紧凑，制作认真。 值回票价！