Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia
As many times as I saw the trailer, I said I wouldn't watch this movie. Because. It looked really stupid and boring. Kh and I changed our minds after reading many favourable reviews about it. Prince of Persia is more deep than I thought- despite the unrealistic plot. The actions scenes were exciting- they constantly keep you on your toes. It was a midnight movie for us, and I was getting really tired. Was trying to take mini naps during commercials. I'm pleased to say that the movie kept me well awake throughout. You know how most movies have only 1 climax and that's it? This movie climbs quickly to a climax from the start and pretty much stays there. Excellent.

4 stars  

Unthinkable

Unthinkable
This movie is about how the United States is put in a dilemma when faced with a terrorist threat-- to be exact, 3 nukes at 3 different undisclosed locations. To "face his enemies" in this "holy war" the terrorist behind all this deliberately let himself be caught by the FBI, obviously all prepared for a full-on interrogation. And you know how terrorists being terrorists, they are extremely hard to break, hence the need to bring in specialist interrogator, H (Samuel L. Jackson).

6 days was all they had to meet his demands, and H increased the intensity of his interrogation (aka torture) with each passing day. Still the terrorist refused to break. Finally, at the last 3 hours, H says,"What I'm about to do is.... UNTHINKABLE." (hence the title) I think I kind of laughed at that bit. Oh please. After 8 seasons of 24, I would consider these torture tactics mild and weak. After 6 days, all you can think of is to bring in his family for torture? Jack Bauer would've shot his wife's leg at the very beginning WITHOUT HESITATION. Mix some stupid cops with "high moral values" in -rather save his 2 children then save 20million people in America- you have a nuke all ready to explode. Obviously, these cops aren't very good in math as well.

Pretty weak twist- quite predictable, pretty boring as well- long movie revolving around something so trivial, don't waste your time.

2.5 stars

Ezlink Ad

I think this is an extremely creative ad. Puts a smile on my face everytime I watch it. Hahaha!

The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter
Extremely predictable storyline but I love it nonetheless. This is one of Jennifer Aniston's better movies. Her pairing up with Gerard Butler turns out to be less awkward than I thought. On the other hand, this is not one of Butler's better movies but he is proving himself to be quite versatile. Moderately interesting storyline, pretty good acting, 2 ageing but still attractive leads, some pretty fun funny lines... This film deserves more than an average.

3.5 stars

Rude CSO

Never met a CSO this rude before! Well okay not really. But I'm pissed.

From JETSTAR by the way. Really disappointing service by an Australian woman.

CSO: It takes 4-5 working days to get the voucher. This is only 2.
Me: But that customer service officer told me it takes 3 days. He didn't even say 3 working days. He just said 3 days.
CSO: That was Marcus who served you. He's a guy.
Me: Yes.
CSO: But you said SHE.
Me: No I didn't.
CSO: NO, you said SHE. But anyway...

Me: (wth)...

I can't believe she's arguing with me over a pronoun. Like that even matters at all? From her tone, it is as though I'm lying or something. And I could so totally feel her rolling her eyes at me.

These angmohs should stop dishing asians about being uncourteous. Pot calling kettle black? Pfftt.

The Losers

The Losers
Kh and I caught this movie in Kuching. Wanted to watch a movie before we catch our flight back to SG. At that time, the cinema in Kuching didn't even have advertising posters so we didn't know what this movie is about at all. We thought maybe it's a stupid movie like Dumb and Dumber. Who would have expect it to turn out this good? These losers aren't losers at all. They're professional marksmen fighting against the corrupted CIA. No famous name in the movie but they're all pretty good actors. I especially like the one who looks like Johnny Depp. The oh-so-cool sniper. Loved the plot, loved the action scenes.

4 stars 

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2
Seriously this is so not interesting that I couldn't be bothered to blog about it until now. Iron Man 1 was okay, somewhat interesting as it builds up the story. Iron Man 2 is pure boredom. Very little substance in the story. Maybe they try to impress with some nice graphics and all, but that's about it. How unfortunate cos' now everyone will remember it for being bad. Stay tune for the closing credits. According to Kh, it is a trailer for the Thor Hammer movie.

3 stars

Rants

POPULARITY =/= number of friends on Facebook

SUCCESS =/= how much you earn, what kind of education you have, what kind of job you have, what kind of car you drive... blah blah

WEALTH =/= how much your parents earn


People should stop being so shallow and wake up your idea.

Live life simply. Appreciate the little things in life. The world is too beautiful to get caught up in this damn rat race.

Happy 7th Anniversary!

7 years. Wow time really flies.

This year, we wanna keep things simple. Less focus on the cost of the celebration, more focus on the quality of the celebration. What better than a nice picnic by the beach? =)

Lunch (prepared by me):
Shrimp Cocktail
Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
Smoked Salmon Sandwich w/ Foccacia Bread
Domremy Sparkling Grape Juice

Actually I was gonna bake carrot cake w/ cream cheese for dessert but my house is currently under renovation and the oven is being kept away. zz.

Found a lovely spot where we could have our nice picnic... =)

Kh surprised me with a new Benro C-0691EX Carbon Fibre TravelAngel tripod. This is even more expensive than the one on my wishlist ($370) as it is from the TravelAngel series. Only 600grams and it is as solid as a rock! I can't believe how compact and light it is. So compact that I didn't even know that Kh had a tripod in his bag! It was a wonderful surprise. Thanks dear! =D 

This tripod can also be detached on one side to become a monopod. =)

 

someone's catch

dinner @ Cabana 

Sambal stingray + bbq prawns + bbq sotong = YUM!

Followed by Iron Man 2 movie...
Coincidentally, we watched Iron Man in Gold Class on our 5th Anniversary.