JH is a big guy who has ORDed, awaiting to start school in NUS~
Anime/Shows currently watching: Lazy to list
Games playing: Kawaks, Kakuro, Sudoku, Guild Wars, Minesweeper, etc.
Want-to-do-list: MUCH LONGER list than my watch list.
Current video project: TBA sometime in the future
Well well, what do you know? This makes the 3rd consecutive movie I will review that Raintree Productions has a part in. Nah, I’m not exactly a fan of Raintree Productions, just so happened the past 3 movies I watched are all their works. Lol. Supposed to have Ghost Rider’s review but it got postponed so you should be seeing a review on that in the near future~
Certainly as some reviews by the media have mentioned, this movie touches on the drug issue “more in-depth”, at least for a HK/Asia production. Should be the best (in terms portraying drugs and its effects) for the (commercial) movies I’ve watched before. In some sense, the message may be put across to more (receptive) people since it isn’t another (boring) educational video that certain organisations like to show to discourage drug abuse.
The acting is quite good imo, especially the drug addicts. They had that kind of addiction look on their faces, and the “high” that they get from injecting drugs into their bodies. Louis Koo for one, had the role of an addict. From the impression I get, roles of such nature is kinda rare for him, so I think he’s done quite a good decent job. Must have done quite a bit of their own “research” before they actually started the actual filming. But of course, I dont personally know of any addict much less seen one in “action” injecting drugs and stuff, so I dont know how close it is to the real thing. Nonetheless, I’m sure all those scenes will convince those who aren’t on drugs even more that they should never try it.
Another note-worthy part of the movie is that they do show a bit of how drug dealers work. A layman like me will probably know how it actually is done, but the trading part was pretty convincing, showing how drug dealers are actually quite ‘tactical” and careful people when it comes to selling of drugs into the mainstream population. Though the part about how drugs are being “diluted” for suitable human consumption isn’t something new. I certainly recall watching some movie (can’t remember what) that featured similar content for that portion. But good effort anyways in stringing everything together.
Not forgetting the movie also provided some figures and statistics about drugs around the world, it shows that the “old school” of injecting drugs such as heroin with the use of needles is indeed phasing out as it is more convenient to take pills and such. I mean, it is definitely a pain (literally and figuratively) to do an injection every time you wanna take drugs. Not only it leaves behind needle marks but also a lot of work needs to be done to ensure you dont get air embolism (sp) or infection. Though it wasn’t touched on much, the movie also showed that drug addiction isn’t merely restricted to heroin and such. Even medicine like cough mixture (or so that’s what i think it looks like) can be abused and we all know that is very true.
And of course, it also showed how drugs affect the people around the addict. In this case, a cute & innocent little girl is chosen as the victim whose Mother (and Father) are drug addicts. All the implications can be clearly seen from the movie and in fact I believe we do know most of them. in theory anyways.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that Raintree is part of this production that Singapore has to somehow be featured in the movie. It was really very very short duration of the movie. 戚玉武 got a cameo appearance, appearing for seconds (yeah you dont even it in minutes) and his name was 2nd last in the cast’s list. Then again, it could be used to portray how strict Singapore is with regards to drugs as it is a death penalty liable offence. Maybe it’s to warn people not to try to smuggle drugs into SG (but we all know there is still such problem), or maybe it’s to imply that some countries need to be more strigent and make drug trafficking more punishable by law. (Comparing HK’s 20-30 years’ jail according to the movie and SG’s death sentence)
Rating: 3.5/5
Duration: 111 minutes
Now showing
Oh i want to add that the man who sat behind me in the cinema TALKS TOO DAMN MUCH. Yes i know the little girl is quite cute and all, but he said it over a dozen times (didn’t expect him to say so often so i didn’t count from the start). And that’s among other comments he made. It was almost as good as watching a soccer match with half of a commentator’s talking… Gosh… at some point in time i really wanted to turn around and tell him off but i decided not to… Oh wells~ suay lor. Oh yah, i think SG censored (or cut away) a small portion of the movie… ~_~ (if you know what it is, please dont come scolding me. haha.)
Once again, thanks for your time in reading all that not-very-organised stuff (as usual) above. Wow, the review turned out much longer than I had expected. -_- I think i write too much nonsensical stuff… haha…
I should be posting more combo video news as I had aimed to… Will get to it soon… Perhaps later today or tmr. =) Then again, I’m kinda lazy to make screenshots. Lol. Oh well, we shall see. XP
For those who thought i’d blog on V day, then sorry to disappoint you =P But a day after another lonely V day, i’m here to give my $0.02 worth on this latest movie by Jack Neo.
This movie is targeted at bureaucracy and the public sector of sg. It did not focus so much on “niao-ing” the government as i had expected, but still pointed out certain issues very blatantly. I can even relate to some of the scenarios portrayed thanks to my previous experiences.
There’s many phrases/sentences that are funny but makes a lot of sense. Shant put them here in case i spoil the show for some. I think it’s enjoyable the way it’s being put into the movie. Be expected to have a good laugh while watching this movie. Oh also expect some “spoofs” of government logos in the movie as well. Haha.
Though the thing about fann and gurmit exchanging their souls is quite lame, i think the story would have been very different if that’s the case. Probably gave up on thinking of an alternative that could bring across the messages intended for the show. Lol. And of course, certain actions in the movie i think are quite illogical at times but oh well, watching such a movie you should be looking at the messages rather than picking on the smaller details bah?
Picking on smaller details: such as visual effects were just… disappointing. the special effects were totally obvious and fake. doesnt even look a tad convincing other than the fact that u know what it’s supposed to do.
Overall, it’s a movie with local flavour/touch something you do not see every day (luckily). Go catch it if u’ve exhausted your movies (like ghost rider, protege and what have u…)
Rating: 3/5
Showtime: 112 minutes
Opens today (15th Feb ‘07)
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve last blogged anything here. Something like 3 weeks? Heh. Been too lazy to blog lah. Nothing much to blog about anyway. Didnt catch any movie during these few weeks, neither have I found a job (yet). And most importantly, nothing much eventful (enough) to warrant a blog entry about it.
Havent been doing much anyways, as some of you might already know. Haha. Not much in getting a suitable job from those agencies either. Maybe I should go look for a job on my own but currently I’m just too lazy. Heh.
Went to Ben’s place a couple of days ago. Had a little gathering for his ORD/pre-departure to Australia. Mostly guys from office though he had some other friends from bmt/other places. Didn’t really do much there, mainly eat, eat, eat and talking with the people there. At least it’s something different from what I’ve been doing over the past few weeks. He’ll be leaving for Australia soon for his studies and I do hope he does well there =)
Something just cropped up and spoilt my mood for blogging. Bye.
Just for the fun of it.
Kakuro: 1m13s (14 Dec 06/19 Jan 07)
Sudoku:
Easy: 1m38s (25 Jun 06)
Medium: 2m19s (29 Jan 06) *new*
Hard: 4m50s (26 Jan 07) *new*
Evil: 5m43s (31 May 06)
Diabolical (from su-doku.net): 7m37s (11 Nov 06)
Minesweeper:
Easy: 4s (25/12/06)
Intermediate: 31s (27/11/06)
Expert: 84s (23/12/06)
Warning Forever:
Normal: 27,000,000
Custom: 81,325,100, stage 30, 29 deaths, 29m34s09
Winterbells: 16,814,662,355,140 (16 trillion)
