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‘Click’ Some Thoughts

Linora Low — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:21:52 +0000

Today was I having a rerun of some movies I got stored on my hard disk. And it just so happens that most of the movies i have are comedies with Adam Sandler starring in them. Which got me watching his movie ‘Click’ again. Adam Sandler is best known as the movie comedian. Hard to actually take most of his films seriously since they are always shown in a lighthearted manner. However i think that is the best thing about the stuff he’s done so far. Like ‘Click‘ and ‘You Don’t Mess With The Zohan‘, both touched on certain topics that left poignant thoughts in your head. What I just adored about ‘Click’, was despite all the goofy moments, words and actions. In the end there was a stronger message that Adam was hoping to share with it. Which was family comes first before your work or career. I think every one can relate to that problem. Do you pick your career or do you pick quality times with your family? Even more so when you don’t just have one family but you also have the family of a partner. Just too many things to consider – on that note anyway. How often do we just go through life not really enjoying it with your loved ones. Just watching it pass by because we are rushing to get to some bigshot promotion or whatever it is that one aims for. It’s a good thing for one to just sit back, take a breather and spend time with the things that matter.

‘Click’ touched me, like no comedy movie has done. And even though I’ve seen it easily 4-5 times now. It still makes me tear at the part where Adam’s character, Michael Newman, finds out that his father had passed away so he goes to the last moment he saw his dad. The last time he saw his dad it ended on a bad note because he was on ‘autopilot’ causing him to only be bothered about his work. That was also the last time he heard his father say he loved him. Another part of the movie that got me tearing again, was the very ending when he was trying to catch up with his grown up son who was about to leave the hospital. The shot and set up was fantastic. With him running in the rain to get to his son, Ben and when he ends up tripping over his feet. He has to squeeze every once of his energy to scream for Ben. Ben suddenly drops the umbrella and runs to Michael. That cracked and moved me. I feel this is his best work in terms of acting anyway. Sure may not be that different, but i just love movies that make you think about life. Topics that touch right here at the heart. It’s movies like – in my opinion – that stays close to home and makes a difference in lives. Click is a great for a laugh and also for some good loving thoughts on family.

Indiana Jones and The Crystal Skull

Linora Low — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:21:52 +0000

If some may remmeber I did a post just a few days ago on my. I have something to confess.. it didn’t really go as planned. Starting late was not the problem. Problem with the viewing of each movie was the concentration. The first movie, Indiana Jones: Raiders of The lost Ark…ok we were watching it and our attention was there. The second movie, attention was still there, but then it started to wane of a bit. So by the time Indy managed to get out of the Temple of Doom, we were just kinda talking to one another. Come the final movie, Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade… there was no concentration whatsoever towards the movie. lol. At best we were trying to catch up here and there, but we needed it mostly so that we could have background music while we talked with one another. But overall it was still a fun night… and no disrespect meant to the people of the movie, but we just weren’t in the mood at that point. Some great memories came out of the screening though.

Now on to my thoughts on Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was a nice laugh. However that’s all, honestly. They had a lot of crazy jokes and sections that were pretty lame in the movie. The script was not entirely fantastic because it was kinda lame too, with cliche words. THe other thing which I just don’t get about some of the latest movies, is how incredibly over the top they are. As in they are completely ‘unbelievable’ – not in the good sense here. Unbelievable how? Eg. Indy (Harrison Ford) was shot with machine and handguns while he was running through wooden beams that had gaps the length of half a meter give it. And he wasn’t hit even once? The he and a bunch of other people were riding in some submarine boat .. going over three waterfalls… THREE!! Not only for the first two did they survive, but the they were all still in the boat when they went over the waterfall… not possible! It was only till the third waterfall that they all finally got thrown off the boat. Did i mention that the waterfalls had rocks at the bottom? Shia LaBeouf was hunky, charming and all James Dean like as his character Mutt. Which was pretty cute and what I said before about not liking the lady in the first indy movie. I take it back. I think Karen Allen has aged really gracefully and I liked her in this movie. But I think the couple banters were soooo…. funnily lame. The movie have been bout Indy and his son, but the person who I think stole most of the show was Cate Blanchett. She played a marvelous character as the Russian military-want-to know-all lady. The accent and her features made it even more believable for her as a Russian. Overall I give it s 6/10. Sorry…Just my thoughts though.

Blog Dates – Part #1

Linora Low — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:50:15 +0000

This post is way outdated, but it was planned to be that way. A whole bunch of us bloggers had met up yesterday to watch the movie “Definitely, Maybe” starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz , Kevin Kline and Abigail Breslin. It’s a romance comedy with Ryan acting as the dad of Maya played by Abigail who is intent on learning how her parents came to be when she learned about sex education at school one day. Her dad takes her on a long ride to tell her, that love is not so easy, but terribly complicated as we see. A very touching and moving story, especially on the part of the Abigail (who made me cry!) Love is really complicated and while I wished on one hand that it was as simple as Abigail or any fairytale would be told.. it’s not.. Anyway that’s another story You can read on how the movie thing came about here. We all met at Cinemaleisure at around 12 plus. Some came early some came late and so since my point of contact was dahling Pammie. and she wasn’t there yet, so I took a walk around the Curve’s Bazaar. I saw the cutest little T-shirts, you know the one with statements on them and this is going to be a new hobby. Hope to find more of these around. After Pam and I had a good time soaking in the sun and burning our pockets with Tees, we headed on yo Cineleisure to meet up with the group at McDonald’s for lunch and boy were we hungry. But i have to say the McD’s downstairs is ridiculously small! That was until I found out they had another spot upstairs.. And thus begins the tale of the “Definitely, Maybe – Blogger Date” ^_^ These are the people who managed to turn up for the outing, in alphabetical order ^_^

http://picasaweb.google.com/Aronil/DefinitelyMaybeBloggerDates Oh remember the movie I told you the girls are starring in, and did I mention Yap Thomas is in it too ^_^ Here ya go: Kudos to Nigelais for doing this.

I had a real great time guys.. now look out for part two of Blog Dates!!

The Emperor Trailer

Linora Low — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:54:54 +0000

I am seriously so proud to say that my friend did this video. Her cinematography is really something to look forward to and brings in a different flavour to our local film scene. I am promoting it even more so because a number of the casts are friends of mine and I’m also in it. Albeit very very small. It was fun doing the shoot which you can . The main cast are Alfred Loh, Adrian Lai and Sean Yap whom I want to thank again for being so supportive to the platform performance last night. Adrian I’m so jealous of you, you always look good bleh ^_P hehehe. Other friends in the cast are Min Li, Sani, Grace (who is confirmed on Broadway Parodies Again Lah – congrats girl!!!), Victor and Kid. Forgive me if I get anything wrong… :aya: Anyways, don’t let me bore you have a look at the Emperor Trailer directed and written by Juliane Block.

MenipuLATE the Movie

Linora Low — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:27:56 +0000

What I hold in my hand is one of the most exciting things in my life. It’s not just any book, it’s not just any piece of flapping yellow paper with some white content…

It’s a script for a new movie….

After those two weeks of shoot, it was nice to meet up with another group to confirm the roles for a movie that will be shot in April. The audition went really well, although I think I could’ve done better, but glad to know that at least me and two other friends will be involved with this little project for the next few months to come.

I’ve got completely no idea what Sani the guy behind me was doing hahha.

On sat we had all met up at the directors house, Ariff Aris (who was also involved with the production of Ciplak [it's on IMDB MAN!!!] done by Khairil Mokhzani Bahar) to get to know the confirmed cast and crew as well as the shooting dates. It was more of a hanging out over dinner.

We were surprised with the audition tapes..ooops The movie we will be acting in is called “MenipuLATE” which is about relationships, and how sometimes we who are searching for that other person can sometimes be taken on a long ride, which ends up in crash. In short it’s like this:

“menipuLATE” the movie is a Bi-Lingual Movie in English & Bahasa Malaysia. “menipuLATE” the movie is based on a true relationship story on how men lie (menipu) & how women manipulate and it all creates a chain reaction where what 1 persons action could determine his fate. This movie brings the meaning to “what goes around, comes around…” – MenipuLate Facebook Group

I’m really excited about the movie, for it sounds like a real promising film. Other than the fact that me and my friends are in it of course ^_P. It should be done and ready for showing come 2009. If all goes well, hopefully this will be screened at GSC cinemas… or whichever cinema… woohoo!!! So yeah get prepared people, I’ll definitely be putting up more stuff on behind the scenes of the making of Menipulate. For now join in the group to catch up on more latest news. Below are links to know more about the film. I’ll update you guys more later on ^_^ Menipulate - Temporary site for now. Facebook group

Spiderwick Chronicles

Linora Low — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:20:13 +0000

No I didn’t watch Golden Compass, so I can’t really compare, but I will say i was not disappointed with this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed The Spiderwick Chronicles base on the novel series Spiderwick. Albeit I find it quite interesting how most fantasy’s for children seem to be getting darker these days in a sense. Hmmm I wonder if the writers have like some pent up frustration that they had a child, hence you get stories such as these.. it’s not the same as the days when I use to read Enid Blyton ok!

I figured that it had to be remotely interesting since my dad actually managed to stay awake in the movies. He usually dozes off somewhere just before the middle of the movie, only to come out and give an opinion on it. Maybe I shouldn’t take his point into account since, he snoozed more than he watched . The main actor, little Freddie Highmore who acted as Jared and Simon Grace. Was absolutely marvelous. Firstly for sucha young boy I thought he had a very challenging roll that he pulled off. Firstly, he plays a pair of twins in the movie. The other person that i remmeber doing that quite well was ,emphasis on the was, Lindsay Lohan. Both twins had quite different characteristics, one being a hot tempered person and another a docile peacemaker. Even more challenging is the fact that he is a Brit boy, but he managed to keep to an American accent, despite the different characters. Wow!

Sarah Bolger acted as Mallory Grace, whom I loved with her trying to fight sword fighting tactics. And Mary-Louise Parker as Helen Grace the children’s mom. It was very nice to see Thimbletack acted by Martin Short, whom i feel has been missing for a while on screen. I’ve always loved his comedic roles and this was just as funny. I would recommend this movie, for it did hold me glued to my seat for most of the way, maybe the only thing I wasn’t too satisfied with, was how Mulgarath the ogre and his minions died. Go watch it I won’t spoil it, but their death was a tad bit silly. lol The graphics for the movie were also nothing short of amazing. Do stay on through the beginning of the credits, the after effects of the graphical movement was gorgeous. It really felt very fantasy like, imagine a bit of the Grimm Brothers kind of feel but set in modern times.

Plus how often do you actually get to call a griffin as your pet!

BTW do check out the website, I just love this raw and vintage/ancient feel that they have. Ooo I feel another bit of inspiration hitting on . I personally like the one where I get to send a card of my face in sprite mode. Like so:

Don’t I look cute as a sprite?

The Dark Knight Trailer

Linora Low — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:25:41 +0000

I happen to come across the Dark Knight Trailer on someone’s blog and I have to say. It is intense! Batman has never been so sinisterly freaky. And can I dare provoke you to wonder why?Check out the trailer…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIR9dAZRR0

and this poster….

This is the official one.

It looks like something out of a Stephen King. Remember the movie “IT” which has till today traumatised a lot of in our childhood days. Hahaha. To be honest I didn’t like Christian Bale that much, or maybe it was just his movies that he picked. But I have to say after watching The Prestige… I have come to admire him as an actor. He does know how to pull of his characters in a very different manner. I use to also mistake him with Tom Cruise, cause they have slightly similar bone structure… to me! I find that I enjoy Bale’s performances more than I do with Cruise’s, albeit that of course they are well established actors. But Bale has some thing… almost mysterious and dark, that he brings to the characters he plays. Which is perfect for Batman. Batman from my understanding and from what I’ve read, is that Batman has a much darker plot than the movies portray to be.

Our ever so cool Bruce Wayne.

And our Dark Knight.. As for the Joker in Batman. You shall never believe who plays this psychotic man! It is brilliant played out by the looks of the trailer.If you really want me to spoil it…. The Joker in the new Batman movie is played by Heath Ledger! Yeap our pretty boy from Brokeback Mountain and Don Juan Casanova… is the killer joker. Mad laughter and all..

Interrogation time with Batman.

Whoaaaa.. can you see Heath Ledger’s heavily made up face? Another thing I want to mention is the promotion that was done for this movie somewhere I think either last year or early this year. The viral marketing scheme was brilliant.. Simple and brilliant. I’ve shared this many time with other friends but I think i need to share it again. This was how it was played out. First Warner Bros. had sent out this site to some hardcore Batman fans to this page.

From there you would think it leads to a typical movie website.. nope.. instead leads to yet another picture.

Which leads to yet another picture but a defaced Harvey Dent.

Now by now the people would be thinking there is another picture on the following page. But wait! There’s a catch. You can’t view the next image. Rather you need some help to view it. One the following click from the defaced Harvey, you remove one pixel from the image. But that’s it. You can’t do anything else to see what is underneath the Harvey Dent image. What can be done is to email all your friends and ask them to help you in the process of revealing the picture hidden underneath.

The email looks something like so

And this brillian. Why? Because not only is the email going to spread about like wild fire, but everyone will now know about the upcoming movie. I don’t know if this viral ever hit our shores but it was a hit overseas in the US. Because finally everyone sent out their email bit by bit like a water ripple. This is the end result.

Well it’s not the actual picture but that was the picture underneath. Pretty cool eh.