Summing up.

The Skeleton Key

I realised my tongue tied at the word 'skeleton'.Must be the gum ache that I am having that day (EXCUSE) Nevertheless I got my tickets and the ticketing crew didn't give me a hard time either (laugh weakly)

The movie pacing is slow and somehow if you watch enough of movies of that nature, you can smell clues far away and gloat over "I know that!!!And it was midway through the movie!".
Trailer made it look terrifying but actually it's more eerie and creepy rather than cheap shlock.

Suggest cinema,rental or HBO/Cinemax. Tv with advert wouldn't do it justice.

For the pre-show 15-20mins of trailer, we got more of horror trailers. So I didn't think I will see that Chicken Little "Put your Handphone silent" message.

Yet it did. Much to my annoyance and Yuki was awfully delighted about seeing it.


Rapid Culture

Went over because I just want to play 'draw lots' (LoL).
Inuran asked me "where I die to." citing "thought I died".
(That's a topic for later.)
Not really angry with her althought I don't really think we are that close enough for her to be qualified to say that .
(Althought I admit I feel that we do have affinity between us. As in friends lah lest stray minds.)

Anyway I got Auel for the Petite Stage and Heine for EF3.

What Auel reads to me : "You are at a confused stage. Soft of at cross roads of some kind. You dumb yourself to avoid confrontation"
What Heine reads to me : "Ought to treat people. Like being friendlier"

Both reads: "Think before act. Look before you charge. Horrible death awaits due to Impulsive behaviour".

Oh well. Screw that. It's just an excuse to buy figurines for silly photo shoots.


SRW Alpha the 2nd

Sunday is raining badly so I just played SRW to do away time (oddly I remember playing Original SRW Aplha on rainy days too)

So far it's quite chicken feet stuff. The platoon system still boogles me. I just heck it and just pick n mix for amusement
rather for maximium effiency.

Devilman

Another Japanese animanga movie. Devilman is considered a poorer effort compare to Casshern in the area of story telling or
SFX.

The fight scenes are very very videogame cutscene. Graphics and dynamic is comparable to Advent Children but very short and brief

There are many instances which dropped Devilman to Camp rather than Cult.

Like the mutant gal who turned into a butterfly and suddenly she was in striking pink underneath her coat O(which I thought to be something dull because she that kind of dull girl who just lumbers around in her school life. From no where she got a katana and chop-shtick bang bang her opponents.

Or Akira in his manga getup (casual wear). Yellow Tee with leather pants and big A. LoL.

Or Devil-Akira posing with a hand by the front like a guarding posture whenever he appears as per to manga. It's lame when you don't find it necessary.

While trying to a similar message as per to Casshern (both released about the same time), Devilman turns out to be a B-grade movie with a manga story rather than a animeseque movie (deep profound messages, artsy fartsy). Makes great popcorn video which you can watched during a gathering with friends as they read magazines, chit-chat and play poker cards.

There and Back Again (part 2)

I finished the book.

In short, Sean Astin is nothing like Sam less (who is my favourite character in RoTK).
Sean is a just talented actor who is buried among among the cast of heroes playing a noble Everyman. He doesn't get as many scenes or given action scenes which people can remember.
Yet he is given the best lines to strike a chord with the Everyman in us and he did very well in it,
However other than emphasising what we already know, Astin shows us the Hollywood side of himself with all the rantings, what an Everyman would. He hoped to be memorise and to mesmerise. And he show how gullible he was in regard to the Followship tattoo incident.


GSD - The End?

I just finished the last 2 episodes of GSD. Man. What a conclusion.
It pretty much wrapped up everything.
However there's no climatic battle or built-up.
It pretty much like someone said something but he told it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter indeed. Except he got it rich meanwhile.

FF VII : AC Quiz

What FF7: Advent Children Character Are You?


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I dare say it's not really great or awesome. I mean WTF does Gundam Wing had to do with FF VII AC?

Just summing it up....

Corpse Bride

After the movie, as usual, i walked from simei to home. Along the way i saw Selena walked pass me. I wasn't quite surprise about her living in the east. It's just that i expected to see her in kino bugis rather than anywhere else.

Huh love in the air?Nope. It's just that she was the 2nd girl that i actually checked what's written on her name tag.(the first was Kaori Zhu who i believe is one of those goth loli cosplayers....and who i mistaken her to be 'kaoru zhu'...ok my bad)Why i checked her nametag? Bcos i expected something japanesque, Turn outs to be selena (thus i didn't notice if there's a surname.Was I disappointed?I am not sure if I am. LOL)

Anyway back to Corpse Bride
Hey.....it's the 1st time i watched a movie with someone and not really finished with the popcorns. LoL.

Yuki thinks it is because we ate before we went but the truth is that i got too engross while watching.Haha a fine amount of popcorn is wasted at the end. The finale is really well executed. This is the kind of cinematic experience that will impress you,no matter what kind of unkind reviews it got from snobbish film-goer.

The storyline wasn't too filled up althought I find that it's alright because there isn't a need for a killer tonne of back story. In a sense, Corpse Bride is a simple story that didn't want to go too complicating.You just want to watch Corpse Bride because it features a corpse bride, it's the right movie. There are minimal details to distract, just enough material to keep it going. I find that a good thing because nowadays, all i get are some oddity material that does nothing but to gain a sequel or a spin-off.


Casshern
Japanese makes beautiful pictures. Especially ani-manga film features.Absolutely fascinating. Casshern is an anti-war movie that disguised as a manga-sque action film.Fights are breath-taking.The CGI meticulously made to the fine details almost like demostrating that cinema is the NEXT EVOLUTION of animangasque that Hollywood can never offer.

Except it got a ridiculous ending that spirals down to nothing that matches to the begining.It's the kind of movie that makes you go WTF!!!! when the credit starts.


There & Back Again
Sometime back, I gave this book to someone as a birthday present. In an odd twist of FATE, it's THERE & BACK AGAIN!!!

When I bought it, it's 10% off the usual price. (Oh so sorry, if the truth hurts you. Yes. I am a cheapskate)
Now I somehow used the 10% I saved to buy the book.

Wasn't it surprising? And I didn't meant to browse!I was there to pick up cotton bud to do some clean up! And there it was! Exposed amount the heap of assorted books like it was waiting for me! Darn! Was there something that FATE wanted me to tell me through the book???? And so I begin reading...nope I am not finished yet.

On one fine Saturday Noon
Oh ya the other day, Joyce brought her newly acquired Boyfriend to show off. Not the best of temper And not enough sleep, I just go and on ridiculing her & her boyfriend. I don't really care how they felt about me. I just want to make clear to her that between me & her, I can take all her nonsense. If there's someone else, she ought to know her limits. if not she had to take "your problem not mine" for an answer later on if there's any over the board jokes.

Cold Bed & a Slightly Warm PS2
What's warming the PS2????DBZ Budokai 3. This is one game that brings the DBZ out of the box. Pity it's a game that had a damage system that can be easily abused but definately suitable for the average Everyman (me).