JAYDABEST

Okay i feel like blogging about recent (or not so recent) movies i’ve watched!!! actually feels like a lot a lot but when i recall one by one it’s quite few. don’t know if i left out any also. nvm, then less for me to ramble on:D i think it begins from 2009. i’ve also decided to act pro and give stars!!!  So in no significant order:

1) Changeling ***

thought it was just okay! didn’t leave much of an impact on me. anyway it’s so long ago, i think i forgot how i felt exactly already. so this is quite pointless. haha.

2) Slumdog Millionaire *****

yay i loved it. initially i didn’t like the sequence of the scenes, the flashbacks and all. but the plot was really nice and full of action and had a pretty happy ending even though i felt sorry for the Brother Salim. although it’s not exactly easy to follow his development because he just rocks back and forth between hero and villain. i don’t like that feeling because i don’t like (too much) ambiguity in perceiving people. and 2 days ago i just downloaded the Jai Ho song after watching the video on KennySia!!! unlike some others i was not brutally struck by how poor and pitiful rural India is or what. okay should i feel guilty about that. hmm. guess i am a typical uncaring Singaporean… But anyway i loved the show.

3) Benjamin Button *****

okay i think this was what, some ten million years ago. but despite it being extremely draggy and slow, especially when you’re nursing a bursting bladder, I LOVED IT. crap Brat Pit is damn hot and handsome cannot stand it man. shit i am a horrible reviewer i don’t know what to say already. the plot was damn well-written (or maybe like many of the movies it’s adapted from novels hahaha reminds me of my A levels GP essay). anyway the screenplay was still lovely and the music and atmosphere and all fitted rosily. the ending was so freaking sad and touching man really. if it wasn’t so time-consuming i would watch it again.

4) He’s Just Not That Into You (Reminds me of the David Archuleta song) ***.5

okay it was funny and quite relaxing but like all chick flicks/lit, it’s just nice for some stress-free entertainment. maybe it’s the boy in me but the lack of a climax and sufficient action make for a pretty meaningless concoction. that said, slapstick and brainless humour do appeal to me in their own way (: okay la at least this is a different genre from what i usually watch. shopaholic’s next if i have time HAHA.

5) Watchmen **

in all honesty, quite a waste of my money. the action was okay but i thought the plot was pretty rubbish. can’t even recall much of it now. i like tear-jerking endings but this show had none. oh, plus they overdid the flashbacks. very very confusing. and the superheroes were quite noob, no superpowers one. and don’t know what’s with the cold war context. the war scene with the big blue man was damn comical though.

6) DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION HAHA ****

didn’t even want to watch this at first. but as a favour to hazel i ended up accompanying him. this show lasted for an hour and fifteen minutes, seriously not value for money. but other than that it was quite nice to watch. the plot was really simple. like some pokemon/digimon/power rangers episode. but i don’t really mind such shows la (: too bad they didn’t show more of the school scenes, i loved those. one extra star for the female lead Chi Chi!!! played by Jamie Chung who was serious eye candy. damn cute. proof:

(the face, not anywhere else )

actually the other girl quite pretty also. some emmy rossum, who’s also among the cast.

7) Gran Torino *****

okay back to business. i just watched this a few days ago! and it left a huge impression on me. especially with reference to all my comments above, i thought this was a damn good mix of action and sentimentality. i seriously didn’t expect the ending, i thought it would be another of those good-triumph-over-evil kinda shows. so i really felt crazy sad. clint eastwood is <3333

I shall refrain from peppering this post with excessive expletives by talking about the Hong Kong ‘horror’ hazel and i watched at my house so aptly titled “吓死你!”. walao eh we really dieded at the complete… idiocy??? of the plot and attempts to scare us to death. okay this is like severe understatement. credits to the spooky-looking cover which managed to cheat us into selecting it.

okay that’s all for this post. it took damn long sia. haha okay BYEBYE.