聪颖 Vs 胜利

哈比情人节

2012-02-14T11:49:00.008+08:00

单数的寻觅

双数的甜蜜

爱主导自己

情人节哈比

《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary

2012-02-10T23:59:00.007+08:00

今晚我去看了《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary。

原本不是应节的电影，最后却变成了是应节的电影，情人节。

我不知道应不应该说这是一部新加坡电影。现在电影是哪个国家的作品，这个定义已经不清楚了。就以这部电影来说，制作公司，有新加坡的，也有马来西亚的。导演是马来西亚人，男女主角分别是马来西亚人和香港人，所以请问这部电影应该是哪个国家的作品呢？不重要，只是小小分析一下。

回到电影，故事其实很简单，一切就从结婚开始。结婚这件事就为男女主角制造了一些问题。电影也穿插了另外两条故事线，分别是男主角和父亲之间的关系和女主角的父母之间的关系。

虽然这两条故事线看起来似乎有点偏离主故事线，可是其实这两条故事线存要传达的是结婚只是一天的事，夫妻之间的爱才是最重要的。我认为或许这两条副故事线可能可以再紧凑一点，精彩一点，否则到了电影的后半部份，节奏开始慢了下来，略显一点点点点的沉闷。不过，其实两条副故事线还是有感人的成份在里面。至于主故事线，我觉得还不错，就带出了结婚这件事可能会浮现的一些问题。

男女主角的演出很不错。两人都很配，搭起来很适合。江若琳很漂亮，演出的角色很可爱。阿牛很不帅，可是也很可爱，也很有喜感。阿牛的画外音处理得很好，让电影的喜感增加不少，导演的功力不可忽略。

整体来说，这是一部很适合应节的小品。虽然故事的发展是预料之中的事，可是却还是一个不错的题材和故事。这是一部轻松浪漫的喜剧，让大家看了都能够感觉到幸福。
Rating: 3/5

be right back lol

2012-02-09T23:41:00.007+08:00

Hihi!

Okay, I have been quite busy these few days with Video Project 3. Only until yesterday, I was slightly more relaxed but busy days are ahead!

That's all for now, I will be back soon, with a movie review lol. I am going to watch 《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary tomorrow!

=)

《那个夏天》预告片

2012-02-04T19:15:00.006+08:00

最近，这部电影未演先轰动，新闻闹得沸沸腾腾的。

《那个夏天》Timeless Love

一切从这里开始：http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory201201301530-308072.html

之前，我也上传了一篇关于这部电影的文章：http://www.incoming88.blogspot.com/2012/01/timeless-love.html。

那时，我并不期待，也不看好这部电影。可是看了预告片之后，感觉上还不错，就不知道这部电影是不是值得看的一部电影了。

《那个夏天》预告片

你觉得呢？

《孩子不坏》We Not Naughty

2012-02-04T18:17:00.008+08:00

在电影上映后的第三个星期，我终于前去观看了。

《孩子不坏》We Not Naughty

别误会，并不是在想要不要看，而是在等时机等等，哈哈。梁智强的电影我是一定看的。

电影137分钟，我只能说，梁智强太贪心了，哈哈。

老实说，这部电影可以剖成两部来上映。电影的前半部份的故事比较段落式，而后半部份的故事比较连接式。

先说说前半部份吧，感觉上想交待和呈现的课题和问题太多了，小孩子讲骗话，青少年在网络里闯祸等。故事的呈现一段一段的，就像是短片。再来，前半部份感觉像是《小孩不笨》和《小孩不笨2》的总结。至于后半部份，我觉得这才是《孩子不坏》的故事重点。后半部份的情节比较有连接性，一幕接一幕是有连接的。

因为有太多想呈现的课题了，所以人物也就多了，情节也多了，才会导致电影那么长。我认为电影的前半部份因为有太多东西向交待了，所以显得有一些杂乱。幸好的是电影的后半部份的故事‘救’了电影。另外，因为有梁式幽默贯穿全片，所以整部电影并不会显得沉闷。

演员的演出相当精彩。李创锐和洪赐健的默契依然很好，两人的演出很精彩。陈晓东和夏如芝的演出则很可爱。新的小演员们或许因为是首次演戏，所以感觉有一点生疏于演戏，但大致上是不错的。饰演阿窿的黎沸挥和巫启贤，搞笑的很好笑，演坏人的坏得很坏。为大家鼓掌鼓掌！

电影里我最喜欢的一场戏就是李创锐和洪赐健跟陈晓东对峙的时候。三人的一来一往很精彩，而且很够劲。电影里最好笑的一场戏应该是夏如芝生产的那一场戏。那场戏的笑点和时间点都捕捉得很好。

不知道是投影机的关系还是后制的决定，电影的调色不够亮，不够抢眼，很不梁智强的风格。狄电影的主题也没有主轴，大概是想传达的东西真的太多了，“Think Positive”，“危机就是转机”等。另外，之前也说过了很多次，梁智强近年来的电影主题曲都不太起眼，如果能够有以前的电影主题曲的风格的话，那么一定会为电影加分不少。

还记得当初看到预告片时，我就觉得电影有潜力让票房大丰收（http://www.incoming88.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_26.html）。之后，陆陆续续读到一些报道，就感觉说《孩子不坏》会不会是在炒冷饭。昨天看了电影之后，的确，是有炒了一点点冷饭，可是也加了一些新的饭进去，只是米粒是老米，所以也就看到了一些相同的东西，有那么一点点换汤不换药的感觉。

我不能笃定地说，但这是我的观点，《孩子不坏》并不是梁智强最好的电影。可是我能够说的是，梁智强回来了。
Rating：3/5

目前票房还在攀升，最终的票房成绩应该不会太惊人，可是一定会是不错的成绩。加油了！

二月期待的电影

2012-02-01T22:49:00.006+08:00

时间过的真快！2012年的第一个月已经过去了。

二月，这一个浪漫的月份，应该期待什么呢？

当然是继续期待着电影啦！哈哈！

这几部是我期待着的电影：

《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary

新加坡公司制作，也有本地艺人参与的喜剧，原本去年去年11月份要上映，之后却延后，现在终于要上映啦！

《结婚那件事》2月9日上映！

再来是。。。

《高海拔之恋II》Romancing In Thin Air

就感觉想看的一部电影，也很适合情人节哦！

《高海拔之恋II》2月9日上映！

这部也是之前被延后上映的电影。

The Billionaire (Thai)

感觉很好看。是一部喜剧，应该也稍有励志的成份在里面。

The Billionaire (Thai) 2月9日上映！

我期待的（几部）台湾电影来啦！

《爱》Love

《艋舺》导演鈕承澤的最新电影作品，汇集了八大巨星（包括导演他自己），期待！

《爱》2月14日情人节特别预映，2月16日上映！

另一部台湾电影是。。。

《爱的面包魂》The Soul Of Bread

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》女主角陈妍希再度出击，搭配倪安东和陈汉典这部爱情喜剧电影应该会不错看哦！

《爱的面包魂》2月23日上映！

希望你也在期待我期待的电影！

《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》I Love Hong Kong 2012

2012-01-30T18:34:00.005+08:00

我今天去看了《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》I Love Hong Kong 2012。

我会去看这部电影的原因有两个：
第一，我是想要支持一下Clover Films所发行的电影。
第二，据说，这部电影恶搞了《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》这部电影，所以想去看看。

我没有看过香港系列型的贺岁电影，所以这一次想要看这部电影的其它原因包括了想看看香港的贺岁电影是怎么样的。

电影是喜剧，所以偶尔会有笑话的出现。可是对我来说，并不是哄堂大笑的那种笑话。我觉得会觉得好笑的观众朋友，应该多数是香港人，要不就是很熟悉香港娱乐圈的人（我不清楚电影有没有开香港艺人的玩笑）。这其实就像新加坡电影加入新加坡元素，新加坡人看了，明白，就会笑了。

除了那些我看不懂好笑的地方之外，其实其它部份还挺有趣的。例如，曾志伟在戏中的名字叫姚明，可谁不知道姚明的身高和曾志伟比较下来。。。另外，恶搞《那》的桥段也很好笑，当然，要看过《那》的观众才会明白为什么好笑。

故事方面，这部电影主打的是珍惜吧。因为世界末日的传言，大家要更珍惜身旁的人。电影的卫生，其实还算感人的。故事的结构还算完整，虽然说人物的发展不够，但话说回来，这是贺岁片，大家应该没有太在乎这一部份吧，当然，若有很好的人物发展，电影会更优秀。

上次我有说看了香港系列型的贺岁电影后，再来比较一下《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》和《龙众舞》，后者为一部我觉得有香港系列型贺岁电影的感觉。

两部电影都是应节电影，两部电影也都围绕着家庭的主题，两部电影也有不合理的情节，可是若要硬选出哪一部会比较好的话，《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》略胜一筹，可是也只是小赢。《龙众舞》的故事情节有点硬凑，使整部电影显得松散，《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》的故事情节则比较有连接性，看得出有一个故事的主奏。

总结来说，《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》是一部香港电影人为香港制作的一部贺岁片，就像《龙众舞》是新加坡电影人为新加坡人拍的一部贺岁片（虽然说新加坡的元素并不太多，也不太明显）。过年嘛，大家看一看，笑一笑，开心过年咯！
Rating: 3/5

希望我将来也能够创造出一个系列型的贺岁片，然后每年都拍，每年都跟大家过新年。

相信自己

2012-01-29T21:33:00.007+08:00

从我开始学习以来吧我并没有什么事情特别优秀

念书成绩中规中矩常常都在看人家拿优等
体育肯定不是我的强项也没有什么热忱
音乐有一个音很多人唱不到唯独我那个音是走音
游戏感觉别人都特别有天份我连基本都没天份

或许让我比较值得骄傲的是我的华文华语还算强还有说话

终于我找到我有热忱的事情了

电影
不知道为什么我就很想和电影搭上关系
虽然过程会很不容易可是我却能够享受在其中

我编写故事的能力不是很强
那天在写一个故事时

突然开始怀疑自己
我以后会是个好的制作人吗
我以后会是个好的导演吗
我以后会是个好的电影人吗

人最怕的其中一件事情
应该就是怀疑自己吧
怀疑自己的能力
把自己好好怀疑一遍
然后再把梦想都击退
最后剩下的
只是零

很可怕
为什么要怀疑自己
如果有能力怀疑
也就是有能力相信

相信自己吧
相信自己

《那个夏天〉Timeless Love

2012-01-28T15:58:00.008+08:00

昨天在《联合早报》读到报道说许振荣执起了导演筒，和林坤辉联导电影《那个夏天》Timeless Love。

新闻内容：http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory201201270515-307494.html

然后，昨天下午我就看到了院线发布了《那个夏天》的海报和一些细节。

看到这些细节时，我的反应是“什么?!!”。

我以为是还没有开拍，没想到已经拍完要上映了。

老实说，看了海报，给我的感觉是电影似乎有点要效仿《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》。或许因为后者的大大成功，所以电影也想朝着这个路线走，看看是否也能够引起共鸣。虽然说似乎有效仿《那》的感觉，可是这部电影的故事线则跟《那》截然不同。

另外，海报也给我的印象是这部电影可能会比较像电视电影。得等预告片发布后，再来评论了。

目前并不是很期待，可是还是会看。

《那个夏天》3月8日上映。

The Siaos 的新年快乐=)

2012-01-28T15:32:00.005+08:00

Yesterday was the last day of this block which means I am done with another two modules.

I really hope that I can get B for these two modules though getting a B for Creative Writing might be a little difficult, Production Planning & Management should be fine.

Next week will be a new block and one of the modules will be Video Project 3. Time passes by really fast and I guess before I know it, I will be doing my Final Year Project (FYP).

Okay, all the best to myself for the new modules.

Last night, The Siaos had our annual Chinese New Year (CNY) dinner. And finally, Cheng Kok is back to join us in our outings.

Yu Sheng, CNY dinner must-have!

Some of the dishes that we ordered.

希望我们The Siaos在龙年里能够龙腾飞舞！

新年快乐！

=)

新年快乐万事如意

2012-01-23T09:36:00.008+08:00

祝大家新年快乐！

在这龙年里，我只祈求并期许自己的龙体，家人和朋友们都能够健健康康。其余的，就靠自己的努力和一点点的运气来达成咯。

祝福大家！

Why? Why? Why?

2012-01-21T00:09:00.005+08:00

Hi Lui Tuck Tew,

Recently, two news articles came to my attention.

1. Travel concessions for poly students will cost transport operators S$28m
2. S$159m collected from ERP gantries for FY2010

I was just wondering, why can't the government help out the poly students by taking the money collected from the ERP gantries and pay the transport operators so that the poly students can enjoy travel concessions?

Since you said that "the gantries are tools to manage congestion and are not meant to generate revenue", why not make good use of this money and help the poly students out? I am sure Singaporeans would be more appreciative of this idea rather than the money collected from the ERP gantries going to don't-know-where-also.

Why can the request of giving travel concessions to poly students be brush off easily with a statement but the minsterial salary review needs 3 days of debate in parliament?

Why can money be collected so easily using the ERP gantries but taking out money to help poly students be so difficult?

Why can the government help the transport operators to increase fares so easily but not help the poly students put in a word with the transport operators?

Why? Why? Why?

Think about it, seriously!

With Regards,
a poly student

happy long weekend! =)

2012-01-20T23:43:00.009+08:00

Today is Friday, which means it is the end of the working week, and for this special week, it is also the start of a long weekend.

I am pretty busy this week. I attended two Gala Premieres on Monday and Tuesday, then on Wednesday, I was busy with my assignments and preparation for a test on Thursday. I was only freer yesterday. Then, I finally have some time to sort out the photos of the Gala Premieres and also blog.

Currently, I am in the 3rd week of my block. I am taking two modules, Creative Writing and Production Planning and Management. That day, I got back my assignment for Creative Writing and I got a low score. Then I started worrying that I might get a 'C' grade for this module.

Today, there was another test for Production Planning and Management. I am afraid I didn't do well enough. I do hope that I didn't do too badly.

A 'C' grade can pull my Grade Point Average (GPA) for this semester down, which will in turn pull my cumulative GPA down. The thought of it is so scary. Not trying to show off, but because I did pretty well for the last semester so a 'C' grade can really pull the GPA down.

There is one last assignment for Creative Writing which is 30% of the total grade. The assignment is to write a short story. Till now, I haven't even have an idea what am I going to write.

Since I enter Polytechnic, this is probably the first time I am worried that I might get a 'C' grade.

Okay, whatever it is, I guess I shall continue to do my best.

Chinese New Year is coming, and it is the Dragon year! STAGE HYALINE OF WORLD is releasing this STAGE DRAGON PARKA which I find it very cute lol.

cute right? =)

https://www.facebook.com/gohyingsheng#!/media/set/?set=a.352055298140987.94177.120151817998004&type=3

But it is very expensive, as usual, you know, it is STAGE, S$162.

Okay, have a great long weekend! =)

《龙众舞》首映礼 Dance Dance Dragon Gala Premiere

2012-01-17T23:42:00.011+08:00

今晚参加了《龙众舞》Dance Dance Dragon 的首映礼。

等着入场前，就围在红地毯旁看了看红地毯的节目。在演员们的入场前，红地毯上有一段舞龙表演。

表演之后，演员们就陆续走在红地毯上。

也有参与演出的黎明阿姨也出席了这场首映礼。

红地毯节目看到一半，我和我的朋友就先上楼到戏院去了，所以没有看到主要演员走在红地毯上。

《龙众舞》是由新传媒星霖电影制作发行的贺岁片。

电影是由《大世界》的原班人马呈现的。《龙众舞》若以福建话来念就是“全部都有”的意思。

预告片刚推出时，我看了，我的感觉是这部电影很像电视电影，并不太像电影。看了电影，应该算是给我‘测中’了，《龙众舞》的确比较像是电视电影。虽然成本比电视电影多，可是呈现出来的感觉和效果都比较电视电影。

故事很简单和直接，龙妈妈希望能够抱孙子，可是孩子们迟迟没结婚或是结婚了却没生小孩的计划。大年初一，龙家突然出现了一个宝宝。故事的想法其实还不错，可是接下来故事的发展就没有那么好了。故事偏离了原本的故事概念，然后不同的副故事线从四面八方凑了进来。另外，感觉很多情节是没有必要的。这些使整部电影似乎没有什么中心点。

虽然故事并不太佳，可是值得嘉奖的是演员们的表现。周崇庆以Aunty Lucy的身份演出，很精彩，看了他的表演，真的不得佩服他。黎明阿姨的表演也很搞笑，很可爱，演出的龙妈妈的角色也会让人感动。其余演员的演出没有大好也没有大不好，还算中等。电影中的小婴儿很可爱，很有趣，肯定是这部电影的一颗闪耀的星星。

我没看过香港系列型的贺岁电影如《我爱香港》系列和“囍事”系列。可是，我感觉《龙众舞》有点像是香港的系列型的贺岁电影。单凭看预告片，看得出香港的系列贺岁片也是恶搞剧情，也很无厘头。虽然《龙众舞》有香港贺岁片的感觉，可是我觉得剧情或许会比不上。或许等我看过了香港的贺岁片再来评论吧。

看完了电影，我在跟朋友讨论，《龙众舞》的票房上应该不会比去年的《大世界》来得好。除了故事不那么好之外，《龙众舞》并没有像《大世界》那样能够吸引年长的朋友们进戏院去观看。可是，若新传媒星霖电影跟去年一样，在自家电视以“轰炸”的方式为《大世界》打广告，那么《龙众舞》的票房就值得观察一下了。*其实，轰炸式的宣传似乎已经出现了。*

《龙众舞》是一部应节的电影。虽然故事不够强，可是是一部全家人可以一起轻轻松松去看，看了就笑着回家，新年快乐的电影。
Rating: 2.5/5

《逆战》新加坡首映礼 The Viral Factor Singapore Gala Premiere

2012-01-17T23:41:00.014+08:00

昨天，我很高兴能够参加《逆战》的电影首映礼。

《逆战》The Viral Factor

导演林超贤和男主角之一周杰伦也莅临了新加坡的这场首映礼。

我和我的朋友站到舞台的旁边的一个不错的位子。我还没有见过周杰伦本人，所以这是第一次看到他本人。可是多数时间，我是透过手机的屏幕看他的（在拍照啦），其余没拍照的时间，其实也没有把目光放在他身上，也不知道为什么，哈哈。

周杰伦昨晚的服装很好看，我很喜欢。

发行公司Clover Films也为周杰伦准备生日蛋糕，歌迷也一起为他庆生，并且预祝电影票房大卖。

红地毯的节目结束后，就是首映礼了。我也第一时间看到了这部电影。

看了海报和预告片，其实就可以感觉是一部很精彩的动作片。果然，不负众望，电影的动作场面精彩万分。不论是爆炸场面，追逐的戏码或是枪战，每一幕都很有肾上腺素的感觉。电影的开场就已经足以让你目不转睛了。

电影拉队到了约旦和马来西亚取景。电影所呈现出来的画面都很有约旦和马来西亚当地的感觉。在这也要给马来西亚的政府鼓掌，他们真的是全力的配合，让这部电影的动作场面都很成功。

故事要呈现的是兄弟情，重点情节是制造危害病毒。可是，我的感觉是电影的重点都不在这两个部份，而是动作戏。电影的重点几乎都放在动作戏了。不过，动作戏拍摄得很好，所以剧情并不会显得太弱。就像《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》一样，虽然不是一部技术或剧本都很佳的作品，可是最终呈现出来的感觉是对的，是能够引起观众的共鸣，这样也就很好了。

两位男主角的演技都很不错。我并没有太注意谢霆锋过去的戏，所以无从比较。他的演出算是精彩的了。周杰伦呢，感觉是有跳出他自己，又感觉很像没有似的。或许这样说吧，周杰伦很幸运的，从第一部戏到现在，似乎得到的角色，都并不太不像自己的风格，所以他的演出都还算不错。

整体看来，虽然有好几个情节都不太实际，可是毕竟是电影，所以英雄（主角啦）不太可能死得太快，也就造就了不实际的情节。可是，《逆战》真的很精彩，单是动作场面，就已经值回你的票价了。

Rating: 4/5

Next week is Chinese New Year=)

2012-01-15T17:29:00.005+08:00

Chinese New Year (CNY) is a week away, how is your preparations coming to?

For me, there isn't much preparations to be done. I feel like buying a shirt but I didn't really go shop around for it. For now, I have a new t-shirt for CNY.

School has been fine so far. It will be the 3rd week of the current block starting tomorrow. All the final assignments will start to look at me soon lol.

Next week will be a fun one too because lots of movies to look forward to and watch.

Have a great week ahead! =)

If there is no Jipaban...

2012-01-13T21:37:00.010+08:00

If there is no Jipaban, I will probably be missing out on all the well designed Graphic Tee on Jipaban that can decorate my Chinese New Year.

If there is no Jipaban, I will probably not be slipping into shoes that can bring me well and far.

If there is no Jipaban, I will have to spend time doing up my hair instead of putting on some stylish caps from Jipaban.

If there is no Jipaban, I will be staring out of the window on the bus to my relative's house instead of picking up a good read from Jipaban.

If there is no Jipaban, I will be switching channels on the TV during Chinese New Year instead of catching up movies on DVD from Jipaban.

If I were to receive a $100 Jipaban voucher, I would spend it to deck myself out in great looking tees, walk in shoes that can take me a step higher, put on a cap that defines myself, have a great read on the way to visit my relative and watch some movies that I have missed in the past year. This would make my Chinese New Year a fun one because Jipaban sweetened it for me, and the wonderful Online shopping just makes it better.

I'm checking out Jipaban.com for my CNY attire and more!

《大魔术师》The Great Magician

2012-01-12T21:27:00.006+08:00

今年的贺岁片有多达六部这么多，其中五部是由Clover Films发行的，还有一部是新传媒新霖电影制作发行的《龙众舞》Dance Dance Dragon。

今天，《大魔术师》为这一连串的贺岁片掀开序幕，在农历新年的前一周抢先上映。
《大魔术师》The Great Magician

《大魔术师》的演员阵容强大，这已经是这部电影的卖点之一了。我对梁朝伟的戏的印象并不太深刻。他在电影中酷酷的，演的角色感觉很大器，看了很舒服。我之前也并没有太注意周迅这位演员。直到最近，也忘了看了什么（应该是《龙门飞甲3D》），才觉得周迅很漂亮，很可爱。至于刘青云，他的演出很精彩，结合剧本，他的戏都很搞笑。其实，去年看了《夺命金》，就真正让我看到刘青云的演技真的很棒。

电影是改编自同名小说，故事还不错。电影的节奏抓得适当。电影名称是《大魔术师》，所以理所当然的，魔术是这部电影的主戏之一，也是卖点之一。以魔术为题材的电影之前并不多，所以这次的呈现算是相当新鲜的，魔术在这部电影中取代了斗争中该出现的兵器。电影中很多魔术都是一镜到底，虽然说有些魔术是以剪接来呈现的，可是出来的效果是逼真的。例如“冷火”，一开始，我就以为是真的。

《大魔术师》的幽默也让我想起了另一部电影，也就是《让子弹飞》。《大魔术师》就像是香港版的《让子弹飞》。

看了《大魔术师》，你应该会觉得自己看了一场精彩的魔术秀！
Rating: 3.5/5

争议 or 创意

2012-01-09T22:14:00.004+08:00

虽然会惹争议，可是却很有创意。

first week of 2012

2012-01-08T21:29:00.008+08:00

The first week of 2012 is ending soon, in about two and a half hours.

I started school and everything is fine, not much stress because everything is relatively not difficult, easy in another words lol.

I have not really dive into the want-to-do list for this year though I really hope to start on them soon. It will be a great achievement for me this year.

Chinese New Year is coming soon. I am looking forward to Chinese New Year because of...
Chinese New Year films! (taken from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150520484568703&set=a.229061328702.136954.223497103702&type=1&theater)

Yes! Chinese New Year films! I am going to watch three out of the five above for sure, the other two, I might just watch them too.

All the five films above are distributed by Clover Films and the first one to be released in cinemas will be 《大魔术师》The Great Magician. The movie will be released on 12th January 2012. I am looking forward to it, and also the other Chinese New Year films.

Okay, goodnight and have a great week ahead! =)

A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement)

2012-01-07T22:40:00.019+08:00

The first movie that I watched in 2012.

A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement)

This is a French film about a couple having a baby entering their life and what goes on.

A comedy, the film is indeed comedic enough. The dialouges and actions of the characters are funny and it makes the film lighthearted.

One element that I like about this film is the exquisite depiction of the emotions by the pregnant woman/first time mother. One can see and feel the kind of helplessness and frustrations of a woman in the different stages of pregnancy and being a first time mother. The right kind of emotions are well captured in the film.

Because of this well captured emotions, I thought one message sent to men through this film is show more care and concern for your wives when they are pregnant, and also help them out when the child is born, give your wives the attention that they need.

However, one thing that I feel could be better is the story. The story almost becomes stagnant, I feel, in the middle after the child was born. The topic that floats around and almost make the film stagnant is breastfeeding, and the topic sticks around for quite some time before the story moves on. Maybe more of how a first time mother manages her emotions and the baby can replace part of the breastfeeding part, making the film more in-depth but not to the extend that it becomes a documentary.

Another thing that I am curious about, I have yet to find out whether the stomach (with the child) of the female lead is real or fake, it should be fake though. However, it does look real.

French is a foreign language to me but somehow I feel, it seems like a very romantic language, just like how people always see Paris as a romantic place. The language somehow makes the film feels different and unique, not just this film, but other French films as well, maybe I am just stereotyping.

A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement) is worth watching, you can go through and experience how pregnant woman/first time mother feel.
Rating: 3/5

first day of school

2012-01-03T20:31:00.004+08:00

Today is the first day of school for me, just like the primary 1 children.

First day of school for me in 2012 lol. Same semester, new blocks and new modules. I am taking Production Planning and Management and Creative Writing this block.

This block is full of public holidays, starting with yesterday and the next one will be Chinese New Year.

Okay, to whoever is schooling, I hope you have a great school year ahead!

=)

Movies I am looking forward to in 2012

2012-01-02T10:57:00.016+08:00

I watched 62 movies last year, how many will I watch this year? Let me share the movies that I am looking forward to this year.

There are already 5 movies that I want to watch in the month of January.

First one is this:

The Billionaire (Thai), opening on 5th January.

*This movie has been re-scheduled for release. The new release date is 23rd February 2012.

This movie is based on a true story and it looks interesting. Thailand seems to be moving into movies of other genres besides horror ones, or maybe Singapore film distributors started to bring in other genres of movies from Thailand besides horror movies. Recent interesting movies from Thailand would includes Hello Stranger (2010) and Suckseed (2011).

Chinese New Year (CNY) will be here in 3 weeks time so as usual, there will be a whole list of movies often known as "CNY movies" slated for release during the CNY period.

Starting the ball rolling is 《大魔术师》The Great Magician, opening a week earlier ahead of the CNY period, on 12th January.

Next, opening on 19th January is 《逆战》The Viral Factor.

加入贺岁片战局的也包括了新加坡电影。梁智强担任导演的翻身作品《孩子不坏》We Not Naughty 也将在1月19日上映。

《大世界》的原班人马也将为大家呈现《龙众舞》Dance Dance Dragon，同样是在1月19日上映。

Moving on to February, where love starts to fill up the environment, feel the love with this two movies:

Left - 《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary, this movie was supposed to be released in November 2011 but the release date was pushed back to February 2012, which makes it a Valentine's Day movie.
Right - 《高海拔之恋II》Romancing In Thin Air, 故事很有趣，单单片名就很有趣了。“之所以叫《高海拔之恋2》，是片中古仔（古天乐）是个导演，他把自己的爱情故事拍出来，就叫《高海拔之恋》，所以我们这个就叫《高海拔之恋2》。”（http://baike.baidu.com/view/5195693.htm）

进入三月份，我期待的电影是《桃姐》A Simple Life。

这部电影在去年的台湾金马奖获得几个奖项。预告片看起来，我感觉应该会是一部不错的电影，而且应该会是感人的。

Next, we have Singapore films in the line-up.

《贪心鬼见鬼》Greedy Ghost，巫培双导演，李国煌监制。

《灵听》Ghost On Air

接下来，据说《塞德克。巴莱》Seediq Bale 也会上映。

就不知道发行商会上映两个半小时的国际版本，或是四个半小时的原版（是分上下集或是一次上映也在考虑范围之内）？

真的很希望新加坡片商能够把多一些台湾电影带到新加坡来，真的很想看。

Okay, I have listed the movies I am looking forward to in 2012, is any one of them in your want-to-watch list?

was your 2012 fulfilling?

2012-01-01T22:30:00.008+08:00

The last day of the year, once again, time really flies.

31st December 2012

What have you achieved this year?

Well, for me, it was a great year! A really great one!

I learnt that the key to fulfilling New Year's Resolutions is "Stop Procrastinating, Start Working!"

I managed to start and work on a few personal film projects, and eventually completed them. This is really one great achievement for the year.

Next was me sending these completed films for film festivals and competitions around the region. My dream of sending a film to Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - Golden Horse Awards was fulfilled. I am extremely happy about fulfilling this dream.

I really hope that these few films will take me places in the near future.

Into my 3rd year of studies at Temasek Polytechnic, I completed my internship in the second half of 2012. The internship was indeed a good learning experience. I hope I build up a good name for myself during the internship. I am going to graduate soon and I will be in the industry soon so having a good name for myself is pretty important.

Today is 31st December 2012, this means the world did not end on 21st December 2012. So people, stay positive, go after your dreams and live your life! No matter when is the end of the world, just make sure when that day arrives, you can be proud to say "I lived my life, I will live on to the end."

I lived my life in 2012, and I will continue to do so in 2013. All the best! =)

twenty eleven 二零一一

2011-12-31T17:05:00.011+08:00

31st December, a date that people always have mixed feelings about.

Questions like "What have I achieved?", "What can I do better?", "What's in store in the new year?" etc will surfaced and people will start finding answers to these questions and also start reviewing the year.

How was your 2011?

My 2011 was pretty normal I guess, nothing much outstanding.

Perhaps, one thing that is prominent would be me stepping out of the school curriculum and participating in things that would bring myself a step forward in my filmmaking dream.

Joining the Mission Easy film workshop organised by Edmund Chen would be one. The learning process was a great one and I did learn new things about filmmaking. Also, the workshop puts my name on the big screen for the first time ever. This experience is definitely a nice one.

Another one would be joining the ciNE65 competition. Although the school played a part in asking us to join, but this is another achievement outside the school curriculum. This is my first time joining a filmmaking competiton. My film was nominated for Best Screenplay in the competition. Although the film didn't won, but it was another good effort and experience.

Yes, this is one prominent experience for my 2011.

What about yours? I hope your 2011 was a good one.

2011年的最后一天了，你有怎么样的心情呢？

其实，应该有怎么样的心情呢？

开心吗？开心因为新的一年到来了。
感慨吗？感慨着一年又这样过去了。

什么心情都好吧，新的一年也会迎来新的心情，最重要的应该是，每天都要有美好的心情！

=)

2011 movie year

2011-12-31T15:13:00.009+08:00

2011 is definitely a movie year for me.

The movies that I watched this year.

The number of movies I watched this year is almost double of last year.

A little summary:
- I watched 62 + 4 movies this year. "+4" because I watched some movies more than once which adds to the total number of ticket stubs. So actual number of movies watched is 62.

Out of the 62 movies...
- 12 are Singapore/Singaporeans movies.
- 15 English movies, 36 Mandarin movies, 1 Malay movies and 10 foreign language movies.
- 21 films are Gala Premiere/Preview Screening
- I watched 11 movies alone.
- I watched my 2nd R21 movie - I Saw The Devil.
- I watched 32 movies at Golden Village (GV), 21 movies at Cathay, 7 movies at Shaw and 2 at FilmGarde.
- Visited the following cinemas for the first time:
GV Tampines, GV Katong, Shaw Lido (renovated), Shaw nex, Shaw Bugis, Shaw Balestier and FilmGarde, Iluma, Bugis
- Visited Shaw cinemas the most number of times ever in a year.
- Visited GV Yishun the most number of times, 19. This is followed by Cathay Orchard Cineleisure, 11 times.
- October and December are the months I watched the most number of movies, 8 each.

Here are some movies that I particularly liked or I think they are great movies, out of all that I watched:

Really a great comedy!

Yes, Johnny English Reborn is in again and have you noticed that all three of them are sequels?

All three of them here are light-hearted movies and they are really nice. Singapore movie 《笑着回家》Homecoming is also the best Singapore movie this year, I feel.

I didn't have a special category for Singapore movies this year because I think they should be put together with other movies from other countries. Also, I think there isn't much outstanding Singapore movies this year.

Once again, sequels are in the list. All the three movies are of high standards and definitely enjoyable.

Not to the extend of favourite for me, but is definitely a very good movie.

I also watched some movies at the 24th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF).
I have a part in one of the movies here, and that is Echoing Love.

What about your movie year 2011?

=)

Sigh!

2011-12-29T19:06:00.005+08:00

Holidays will be over real soon, not that I like holidays a lot, but it is just that I have things that I want to do but I don't have the time to do. Let's see:

Sigh! The slimming down plan failed totally.
Sigh! I wanted to read a few books but ended up reading none (for rhyming purpose, I did read some books lol).
Sigh! I plan to write the screenplays for some of my ideas but only managed to write one.

Okay, it is rather unproductive. Sometimes, plans are foiled by one word, sleep.

Holidays mean sleeping late, then it is followed by waking up late, then it means half a day gone. After lunch, it means feeling tired again so it is sleep again. By the time I wake up, it is evening time and by the time I am in the mood to do something, it is time to sleep again.

To cut the story short, I am lazy la.

现代诗人阿信

2011-12-28T20:38:00.007+08:00

之前有说过，我并不是五月天的粉丝，只是有在听他们的一些歌曲而已。

五月天最近发行了他们的新专辑。“這是世界上最後一張五月天專輯，除非2012不是世界末日”。

《第二人生》Second round （封面取自于https://www.facebook.com/imayday555）

专辑名称为《第二人生》，主唱阿信说道，“雖然整張專輯的背景是世界末日，但核心傳達的是，如果最後末日沒有到來，你就有機會選擇你的《第二人生》”（http://bin-music.com/tw/news514.html）

很有意思。专辑中的主打是《诺亚方舟》。
《诺亚方舟》，由玛莎作曲，阿信填词。

很喜欢这首歌曲的词，阿信把大家“幻想中的”末日形容得淋漓尽致。除此之外，歌词也描写到大家会想念的东西等等，最后，歌曲也带出了希望。整首曲让人听了很壮烈，整首词看了很感动，整首歌听了很到位。

阿信的词，一直以来写的很有意思。贴切，到位，能够引起大家的共鸣等等等。阿信简直可以被称为现代诗人。

现在，感动一下自己吧！《诺亚方舟》的词：

再見草莓甜甜圈街角咖啡店落下雨點
再見黑白老照片回憶電影院埋進地面

再見我們初識的那個公園那天是誰先吻了誰被誰遺忘的鞦韆
再見那麼多名車名錶名鞋最後我們只能帶走名為回憶的花園

如果要告別如果今夜就要和一切告別
如果你只能打一通電話你會撥給誰

晚安鸚鵡和孔雀花豹和人類望著海面
晚安底片和唱片沉浮在浪間就像詩篇

晚安自由女神漂到華爾街我們在甲板上摸到杜拜塔頂的塔尖
晚安海豚躍出西藏的屋簷原來幻想中的這天會比幻想更唯美

還是要告別還是放棄海拔以下的世界
你會裝進什麼回憶紀念在行李裡面

終於要告別終於沒有更多的明天要追
你有什麼遺憾依然殘缺還沒有完美

當彗星燃燒天邊隕石像雨點
當輻射比陽光還要熾烈
當愛變得濃烈當每段命運更加壯烈
當永遠變成一種遙遠當句點變成一種觀點
讓人類終於變成同類

勇敢的告別勇敢地向過去和未來告別
告別每段血緣身分地位聰明或愚昧

最後的告別最後一個心願是學會高飛
飛在不存在的高山草原星空和藍天

讓諾亞方舟航向了海平線
讓諾亞方舟航向了換日線
讓諾亞方舟航向了天際線
讓諾亞方舟航向了無限

《东成西就2011》East Meets West 2011

2011-12-27T21:27:00.006+08:00

今天去看了《东成西就2011》East Meets West 这部电影。

因为有赠票，所以就拉了几个朋友一起去看。

因为看错了时间，进场时已经错过了前面的十来分钟，也就不清楚故事的背景和开始。
随后，慢慢的，我就跟上了故事。故事应该就是天神在救人吧，老实说，我也看不太懂电影到底在搞些什么。

这里有一些电影的资料，或许能够加深这部电影的了解。

“影片为答谢新旧影迷而创作，以现代都市生活为背景，继承了93版“东成西就”喜剧精神，是一部融合了快乐与感动的群星贺岁大片。”

“1993年上映的《东成西就》，从幕后制作班底到幕前明星均是王家卫影片《东邪西毒》的人马。和《东邪西毒》一样，该片的人物均源自金庸的《射雕英雄传》，讲述了欧阳锋、洪七公等人年轻时荒诞无稽的故事。该片疯狂堆砌喜剧元素，很多经典桥段让80后记忆犹新，如“新一代开山怪”舞蹈，“情意绵绵刀”“眉来眼去剑”“干柴烈火掌”“腊肠嘴”等。”
（http://movie.mtime.com/142429/）

电影的娱乐性还好，好笑的地方也并不是很多。

我认为，除非你懂这部电影创作的背后的精神，否这比较难欣赏这部电影。
Rating: 2/5

梁智强重出江湖

2011-12-26T12:23:00.007+08:00

沉寂了快两年，梁智强要重出江湖了。

梁智强新作品：《孩子不坏》We Not Naughty

是的，梁智强的全新导演作品要上映了。

虽然说在过去的一年多他并没有离开电影圈，持续的以演员，编剧和监制的身份出现，但是相信他的影迷应该还是在期待着他的导演作品。而现在，他就为大家呈现这部春节电影《孩子不坏》。

看过预告片了吗？
《孩子不坏》预告片

我看了预告片，很开心。电影很有潜力让票房大丰收，梁氏的搞笑风格依旧。希望看了这部电影后不会失望。

《孩子不坏》1月19日正式上映！

身单解快乐

2011-12-25T20:56:00.007+08:00

好想收到你画的圣诞卡
那份随卡附送的温暖
我不认识你
我知道你是谁
我们的关系
2.5的关系
就仅仅2.5

希望有一天
2.5的关系
会进化成
。。。

身单解快乐！

Happy Belated Birthday to Wen Wei! Happy Birthday to Yoke Yong! =)

2011-12-25T11:38:00.011+08:00

Happy Belated Birthday to Wen Wei!

Happy Birthday to Yoke Yong!

The Siaos (least CK who is finally returning to Singapore next month) celebrated for both of them that day at Zhou's Kitchen at Far East Square.

At the start of the meal.

不是自恋，是自拍。

The restaurant has Ala Carte Buffet Dinner. The food is generally fine except for a few dishes which was rather tasteless or not as nice.

After the dinner, we stayed around the area for a while. We wanted to book a room at Teo Heng KTV but all rooms were taken up. We made a few calls hoping that there will be a room but none was available.

So after staying there for a while, we walked to the MRT station without any plans.
The umbrella show.

When we were about to reach Yishun, we made another call and this time, we were told that there was a room. Plans to rush down immediately was made and...

there we were!

Qing in the midst of action.

Some happening photos!

Now, draw me the seating plan for that night.

How about a group photo?

Merry Christmas! =)

Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T21:03:00.005+08:00

Today is Saturday, 24th December 2011, Christmas Eve.

Although it is a normal Saturday, but maybe due to today being sort of like a public holiday, the day feels weird. It always does whenever it is public holiday.

You know the kind of feeling, when the streets don't seem bustling with activities because it is public holiday, the kind of normal working feel on the streets is not there and it feels weird, or empty.

Anyway, I started my day late today. I only woke up at about 11am because I slept at about 3am last night after a birthday celebration for Wen Wei and Yoke Yong. I then went on to watch some variety shows, and also go about doing some other stuffs.

Okay, hope you had/have a good Christmas Eve and also have fun on Christmas Day! =)

《龙门飞甲3D》Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D

2011-12-21T22:31:00.009+08:00

继《阿凡达》3D 版的大大成功后，电影人就都开始跟风，拍摄和制作3D电影。

以下是几部华人制作拍摄的3D电影：
全球首部3D功夫电影《苏乞儿》True Legend
华人首部3D音乐电影《五月天追夢3DNA》Mayday 3DNA
华人首部3D恐怖电影《童眼》The Child's Eye
全球首部3D情色电影《3D肉蒲團之極樂寶鑑》3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecatasy

现在，华人电影又多了一部3D电影，也就是华人首部3D武侠电影《龙门飞甲》Flying Swords of Dragon Gate。

今晚，我去参加了这部电影的首映。

看了这部电影的预告片，我很期待看这部电影，而原因并非是电影的题材，而是3D。在预告片中，虽然预告片是2D的，可是给我的感觉是，这部电影的3D特效应该会很不错。

《龙门飞甲》预告片

今晚首映播放的版本，就是3D的。

我读到说，这部电影是跟1992年的《新龙门客栈》New Dragon Gate Inn 有些关系。我没看过《新龙门客栈》，所以看《龙门飞甲》对我来说是新鲜的。

或许是因为《龙门飞甲》跟《新龙门客栈》有关系，所以我感觉影片的某些部分如配乐似乎有1992年武侠电影的风格。其实，我也没什么看过1992年的武侠电影。

故事的开始，可能是介绍人事物的关系或是运用的语言太文言文，所以看到一半时，我有点搞不清楚谁是谁。过后，搞清楚了人物的目的后，一切就比较清楚了。故事最后的转折出现的很是时候，为故事锦上添花。

演员的演出还算精彩，配合着剧情，有些部分的笑点还不错。演员中最为突出的应该是桂纶镁，因为她很少，或许根本没有出现在这类型的电影中，所以她的参演会比较突出。

来到3D这个部份，并没有失望的地方，3D技术相当成熟。比较可惜的是，徐克导演应该好好利用3D的技术让整部电影更3D。比较突出的3D部份就是电影的前面的部份和接近结尾的部份，电影的其他部份则比较普通，不太3D。

关于《龙门飞甲》的3D部份，值得一提的是，电影的3D顾问与总监是新加坡的电影人刘加辉。

整体来说，电影还不错。一开始或许会感觉不那么有趣，但是到了电影的一半，节奏开始跟上，剧情也跟着精彩了。3D部份也是值得一看的。
Rating: 3.5/5

你会做什么？

2011-12-21T22:30:00.005+08:00

12月21日2011年

一年后的今天，就是谣言中的世界末日了。

到了那天，倘若其他国家开始出现末日的现象，而你在这个国家仍然平安，

如果你是学生，你是否会继续留在学校上课？
如果你是老师，你是否会继续教课？
如果你是巴士司机，你是否会继续把巴士开往目的地？
如果你是卖保险员，你是否会继续推荐不同的保单给顾客？
如果你是银行家，你是否会继续帮顾客把钱存入存款？
如果你是警察，你是否会继续坚守岗位？
如果你是小偷，你是否会继续偷东西？
如果你是家庭主妇，你是否会继续把家里打理好？
如果你是新闻播报员，你是否会继续播报新闻？
如果你是摄影师，你是否会继续拍下周围的人事物？
如果你是模特儿，你是否会继续摆着完美的姿势？
如果你是老夫老妻，你是否会继续在公园散步？

如果你是你，你会做什么？

Opening Gala of Golden Village (GV) Katong: We Bought A Zoo

2011-12-21T00:58:00.006+08:00

I am very lucky to win a pair of tickets to the Opening Gala of Golden Village (GV) Katong. The movie screened at the Opening Gala was We Bought A Zoo.

GV seems to have changed the paper stock for their tickets.

I hope they don't change the paper stock for the tickets because the new paper stock is softer and might not last long if it isn't well protected. I prefer the current one whereby it is more sturdy.

Guess what? I actually avoid going to Shaw or FilmGarde because the paper stock for their tickets are not as good as GV and Cathay. I do collect my ticket stubs so it is very important for the paper stock to be good.

They have door gift for the Opening Gala too.

Can you guess what is it?

I feel like taking a bite out of it but I can't because it is not candy or chocolate. It is magnets, nicely designed magnets.

Okay to the movie now.

We Bought A Zoo

I would describe the movie as a typical comedy family drama. The developments, the storyline (based on a true story), the ending is all typical and expected. However, being typical doesn't mean not good. I think the technical aspects of this movie make a typical movie stands out from others.

Firstly, the acting was fine. The emotions flow naturally. The actors who have to be comedic are funny in their scenes too.

Another good aspect is the pacing of the whole film is just nice. Although being a slightly over 2 hours film, but it didn't really feel like it is a 2 hours film. You can feel the duration of the film but you won't have a feel of it being draggy. The film is nicely paced.

Through this film, you can feel warmth, care, understanding, all these within a family.

There is this concept in the film that I thought is pretty true,

"Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage."

Isn't that true? Sometimes, we really need to do things on spur of a moment, then maybe we will really progress. "20 seconds of insane courage".
Rating: 3.5/5

《大英雄。小男人》Petaling Street Warriors

2011-12-20T17:04:00.005+08:00

昨晚参加了《大英雄。小男人》Petaling Street Warriors 的新加坡首映礼。

这部电影在马来西亚的票房很亮眼，目前已经过了百万的票房了。在新加坡的票房成绩会如何，我们就拭目以待。

整体来说，《大英雄。小男人》不错，娱乐性很高的一部电影。

故事的概念不错，只是电影的前半部份显得不太有趣，虽然还是很好笑。直到电影的一半，当一切的人事物被摊开来看后，接下来的剧情就变得很精彩了。剧情也包含了一些特别的笑点，可是这些笑点必须要有一些“背景知识”。

演员的演出也都很棒。李国煌的角色让他有了新鲜一些的演出。黄明志（Namewee）的表演也很好。特别客串的演员最出色的应该就是梁智强了，在这里卖个关子，要到戏院看才会知道为什么出色。他的客串加上他的台词笑话都很棒。

这部电影应该可以算是马来西亚首部这类型的电影。这部民初功夫喜剧当然少不了打的部份。武打的部分还算精彩，有点可惜的是，武打的镜头应该可以处理的比较好，否则会有点看不清楚整个武打过程。

电影目前在马来西亚上映，12月29日将会在新加坡上映。接下来，电影有望在其他国家上映。祝福《大英雄。小男人》能够在其他国家受欢迎。
Rating: 3/5

the "seriously consider" joke

2011-12-19T10:33:00.006+08:00

Last Friday, after the 5 hours MRT breakdown on the North-South Line on Thursday, SMRT CEO and President Saw Phaik Hwa held a press conference. During the press conference, her response to calls for her to resign was this,

"it is something I would seriously consider if there is a necessity to do so, but I think I will reserve comments at this moment."

There was a breakdown again on Saturday and last night, she told the media that she has no plans to step down over the disruptions.

Oh wow, how "seriously consider" is that? One day plus and another breakdown on Saturday, you call that "seriously consider"? I think what you said on Friday is just a smokescreen of what you wanted to say last night, isn't it?

She also said this,

Erm, no one calls themselves "good leader", it is a term for others to use on another person. Besides, on what basis do you think you are a "good leader"?

Next, the battle with you at the top is already lost, you don't have to stay, leave it to others to continue the battle without you.

I read in forum with questions like "what would you do if SMRT increases fares again?".

The replies?

"What can we do?".

Yes, what can we do? You know that Singaporeans have nothing that they can do. SMRT is taking commuters for granted, just like some political party taking voters for granted until they realised that taking voters for granted can cost them votes, then they started saying "sorry". But you should know that "sorry" don't work long term.

Fine, you are "staying put now to do my work, and put everything right" is it? Then finish the work up and leave. I don't see how your staying will contribute to your company which is a service company. A service company requires staffs that has the ability to put a smile on the customers' faces, I don't see how you as a staff of SMRT can put a smile on the commuters' faces.

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-18T20:46:00.006+08:00

That day, I was telling one of my classmates in school "See you next year".

Why?

Because it is the school holidays now and the next time we will see each other will be in the new year where we start lessons again.

Both Cinematography and Directing modules ended pretty fine and it is now the school holidays. Half a semester is over too, that is really fast.

I hope to achieve some things during this holidays, I really hope I will be able to achieve them lol. You see, being hardworking or lazy plays a part.

Okay, happy holidays to me!

=)

the "sorry" package

2011-12-17T10:35:00.006+08:00

As usual, and expected, the "sorry" package came along yesterday during a press conference by SMRT.

More "sorry" packages are on the way because as I am typing this, there is a service breakdown again. Read the news here: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1171888/1/.html

Like what I had said, "sorry" is worthless. Do we commuters pay millions of dollars to buy your "sorry" or do we pay to use your services?

We shall see what goes on next.

By the way, your "sorry" sounds so template too, do SMRT uses templates for a lot of things?

"sorry", but your trains will still break down.

2011-12-15T23:26:00.022+08:00

Seeing this logo, I am sure you know what I am going to talk about. The latest incident, everyone should have got news of it already, am I right?

Look at the logo, does it look like a joke to you?

Moving People - yes, moving away people's money, hard earned money.
Enhancing Lives - yes, enhancing whose lives?

Seriously, this kind of frequent (and serious) breakdowns are simply unacceptable. You are not moving people, you are not enhancing lives!

So what if you are fined? We pay!
So what if you say sorry? We pay!
So what if your trains break down? We still pay!

And if you realise, SMRT President and CEO Saw Phaik Hwa, your "sorry" is worthless! Try saying ten times "sorry" into the mirror, they are worthless! Because with every "sorry" from you, we commuters are almost guaranteed with another breakdown packaged with another "sorry".

Besides thinking before you pass insensitive comments next time, now think thrice before you say sorry! Think about how your "sorry" will dissolve into the air within seconds after the word is out of your mouth.

Now, Public Transport Council (PTC), you did a good job in deciding to increase the fares two months ago. Now, can you do a even better job by bringing down the fares since the transport operators didn't provide quality services?

"Chairman of the PTC Gerard Ee announced the 1 percent fare adjustment at a media briefing" (Photo taken from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/public-transport-council-approves-1-per-cent-fare-024419341.html)

Look at the picture. How many of them in the picture take public transport? I don't know, but to those who don't, think about how easy it is to say "okay, increase" when you are not the one in the trains or buses.

Transport minister Lui Tuck Yew, yes, you have been dilligently doing your job by being on the ground. Keep up the good job on this. However, are you going to let this kind of breakdowns to continue? Is reviewing all that you and the government can do? Review, fine, breakdown, review, fine, breakdown, review, fine, breakdown...

If you see this cycle repeating, then something is wrong. No, not the technical parts, is the attitude part. What is the attitude of the government towards transport operators when they apply to increase fares? What is the attidude of the management of the tranport operators when there are breakdowns?

I believe Singaporeans are waiting, waiting to get a responsible explanation from the operators, from PTC and from the government. By responsible, it doesn't mean issuing a statement and include the sentence "Sorry for any inconvenience caused" at the end of the statement.

Yes, while this kind of breakdowns has no relation to politics, people are still linking them together. True enough, no relation but if this kind of breakdowns are frequent, shouldn't the government steps in and do something about it (except issuing fine)?

Lastly, SMRT, is this responsible and sensible actions?

Don't push it to a poor guy working at the bottom. Even it is the guy at the bottom, whose fault?

Puss In Boots

2011-12-15T23:26:00.019+08:00

I had wanted to watch this movie after knowing of it. However, there isn't much 'push' factor to go and watch it and it turns into a can-watch-can-don't-watch movie for me.

Then today, an opportunity arises and I watched the movie.

Puss In Boots

Generally, it is nice. The entertainment value is there and there are some values that can be picked up.

The story is fine except for a few parts where it is more of like storytelling and it can get a little bored. The story incoporates characters from different stories that we used to hear when we were young. Characters in stories like Jack and the Beanstalk and Humpty Dumpty make their appearance in the movie. I feel that the story can have more well-defined ups and downs. Some parts may seem interesting but it is not that interesting. The exciting parts probably can be more exciting so that it is like a roller coaster ride.

The funny parts are fine but they are too little I feel, or at least not as many or as funny as those in the Shrek series. This movie is from the creators of Shrek so I expected the similar kind of funny scenes but there isn't much.

Overall, it is a good movie with entertainment value.
Rating: 3/5

7

2011-12-13T11:31:00.010+08:00

I am now into my 7th year of blogging.

Yes, 7 years of blogging, therefore a change in the blogskin to celebrate lol. Actually the blogskin is about the same, I just changed the colours for a refreshed look and changed the layout.

Seriously, who still uses Blogger nowadays? There are but not a lot I guess lol.

Thank you for reading my blog, be it right from the start, on and off, or you started reading midway of my blogging years.

Yes, I know, sometimes, my blog is turning into a movie blog lol. That is because I watched too many movies over a few days sometimes. And also, movies are what I wished to work on in future so it is my interest to talk about them. I hope you don't get bored of reading too much posts on movies from me lol. I will still blog others things besides movies though.

Thank you, thank you and thank you for reading! =)

林俊杰要发新专辑了！

2011-12-12T22:00:00.008+08:00

林俊杰要发新专辑了！

林俊杰的新专辑《学不会》Lost N Found

新专辑的首播主打歌是《学不会》，描述的就是我们都学不会的爱情。

《学不会》的MV及封面照则拉队到捷克布拉格、瑞士拍摄。“布拉格城市美景、瑞士阿爾卑斯山雪景都入鏡”。

《学不会》MV 照片

《学不会》MV“其中最後30秒，林俊傑在高山雪地歇斯底里痛哭”。

虽然只是MV，可是看到这照片，会心疼一下下。

《学不会》MV

这首歌很好听，其中有些歌词我很喜欢。

“不是學不會只是覺得愛太美
值得去沉醉流淚”

爱的确很美。

“拼命著想的事未必帶來感動或被感謝”
不论是爱情或是在日常生活中，这句歌词很贴切的形容了一些人事物。

《学不会》2011年12月31日发行！

Societe Generale Private Banking 1st Rendezvous With French Cinema: A Bout Portant (Point Blank)

2011-12-11T12:43:00.007+08:00

"Singapore launches the Societe Generale Private Banking 1st Rendezvous With French Cinema from 8 to 13 December 2011, a prestigious film festival that showcases the best of contemporary French Cinema." (http://www.rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.sg/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/First-MEDIA-RELEASE-for-RENDEVOUS-WITH-FRENCH-CINEMA-15-Nov-2011.pdf)

Currently, this film festival is going on and I was lucky to win a pair of tickets to one of the film screenings. These film screenings are open to the public as well, tickets to the screenings are for sale at the various box office.

The film that I won the tickets to watch is Point Blank.

A Bout Portant (Point Blank)

I totally didn't know much about this movie. I was just thinking of watching the movie if I have the tickets and I have it so I went to watch the movie.

An action thriller, I think the film is a good representation of this genre.

The story is good, not too uncommon though but nice twists in the story, unexpected happenings too.

The action and the thriller part is pretty well done. The chase sequences have good pacing. The only thing that I don't really like about the chase sequences is the handheld shots. Most of the handheld shots are okay except for some whereby the shots didn't really capture anything important even though there is a thrill factor in it.

Overall, I think it is a pretty good thriller film, a more unique story would make the film even better.
Rating: 3/5

《星空》Starry Starry Night

2011-12-05T22:03:00.009+08:00

在新加坡延后了一个月，《星空》终于上映了。

我看了！其实，我期待满久了。

之前，有读到这部电影的推荐。当时，还没看电影，觉得似乎形容得很贴切。现在看了电影，的确形容得很贴切。

傅天余導演推薦：不久前，好多女生陪男生去看"那些年"，然後回家聽他興高采烈說也說不完一堆青春往事，現在，該換這群男生陪女生去看"星空"了，如果你也想知道，那些藏在女孩記憶裡的成長心事。

影评人马来魔推薦：如果《那些年》是以男性觀點來呈現出豪邁的信念以及愛情的美好，那麼《星空》就是以女性觀點出發，訴說著成長心事，並且教我們盡力守護心中的思念，溫柔的去看待這個世界的不完美，因為「有陰影的地方，必定有光」。

可是，看了有一些小小的失望。主要让我失望的是故事，故事性不强，若故事较强一些，这部电影会很完美。

《星空》是改编自几米同名绘本。之前，我印象中是没有看过几米的绘本，当然，也没有在看这部电影之前去找《星空》来看，因为想保留新鲜感。

之前，在杂志里有读到一点点几米的经历，觉得值得花些时间去了解他。今天，我便去了图书馆，借了很多本他的作品。

回到电影，除了故事性比较不强，其余的部分我都很喜欢。

有一个字能够形容整部电影，那就是“美”。真的很美。画面都很美。从镜头的运用到动画的设计和加入，一切都很漂亮。我看过了制作特辑，大家都很用心地在完成这部电影。在电影中看到的布景等，美术部都很用心地在打造，让布景有绘本绘画的感觉。男女主角也不例外。女主角是当年（也没有很久）《长江7号》里的那位小“男孩”，现在变得很漂亮了。男主角也很清纯。

电影的节奏还不错，只是到后面，因为故事性不太强，所以显得有点慢。老实说，我觉得预告片比电影来的精彩一些。

电影的重点，也即讯息，在电影的最后一部分。很喜欢那段台词／文字。其实，电影中有好几句台词／文字，我都很喜欢。

电影主题曲《星空》由五月天演唱。主题曲也拥有自己的MV，MV男主角找了电影男主角林晖闵来演出，MV挺感人的。

电影有点像小品的感觉。之前没有接触过几米的作品，所以不太清楚这样的故事是不是他的风格。整体来说，虽然故事性不太强，可是电影还是一部值得欣赏的电影。
Rating: 3/5

preview: new blogskin

2011-12-04T13:39:00.005+08:00

I am going to enter the 7th year of blogging soon, which means I have been blogging for almost six years already.

To celebrate the six years of blogging, I am going to change the blogskin soon. Here is a preview:

How is it?

Coming Soon...

=)

what do you think this blog post is about?

2011-12-03T18:50:00.006+08:00

Okay, I better blog about something else before you think this blog has turn into a movie blog, maybe http://www.incoming88movies.blogspot.com/ lol.

2 weeks into this new block, 2 weeks to the end of this block and then it's holidays.

I am still doing well for these two modules. Cinematography is fine for now, it is just that I am still not very strong in my technical aspects. Directing class is fine too, and interesting. The lecturer got two actors to the class, and we get a chance to direct them based on a given script. I have a go at it, it was a good learning experience.

I am still going to talk a little about movies. This week was really a movie week, 3 movies for the whole week. All pretty average movies, or below average. Looking forward to the next movie that I am going to watch, 《星空》Starry Starry Night.

By the way, the box office takings for 《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》You Are The Apple Of My Eye has already reached 2.1million SGD and I believe it is still going strong. Incredible!

Okay, that's all for now. What movie (s) are you watching next? =)

《一泡而红》Already Famous

2011-12-03T12:41:00.009+08:00

昨晚去看了庄米雪的第一部电影作品，也是她自编自导自演的电影。

《一泡而红》Already Famous

看这部电影之前，我就觉得应该是一部典型的新加坡电影。

《一泡而红》算是庄米雪在圆梦，但是很可惜的是，电影就止于圆梦而已，因为作品不太理想。
故事很清楚，来自马来西亚永平的李巧娇要到新加坡圆梦当明星，间中碰见各种人事物，当中当然也碰见了这部电影的男主角阿成（黄鸿升饰）。故事很简单，可是呈现出来，似乎也点拖得太长了，导致电影有点沉闷。电影好多部分其实可以浓缩或减掉，然后再连接起来，使故事更紧。例如开场的几场戏，虽然是要成立李巧娇的世界，可是编写得太长了。总的来说，故事不够精简。

另外，故事虽然是要写出娱乐圈的种种事情，可是似乎有点太多所谓的“内部消息”。故事用了很多真实生活中的艺人的新闻，这一点并不理想，因为在新加坡和马来西亚可能还会奏效，可是要是到了其他地方上映，这些“内部消息”对观众们就是一头雾水。故事的结尾则跳太多了，中间一点小交待都没有。虽然说是简单利落，可是小小的交待应该要有的。

再来，谈谈男主角黄鸿升（小鬼）的表现。虽然说是男主角，可是很可惜的，他并不像男主角。感觉上，他跟其他配角的重视程度是一样的。除了出镜的时间少，或许因为是剧种和角色的关系，小鬼并没有什么发挥到演技。虽然我并不太清楚小鬼的演技可以到什么程度，可是感觉的出来他并没有什么发挥的空间。请到了小鬼当男主角，却无法让他有男主角的印象，这是非常可惜的。

相信庄米雪在演艺圈的朋友很多，很多人都来客串了这部电影。虽然这些客串让电影更精彩，可是似乎有点把故事的重点移走了。有时，这些客串的精彩程度超过主角们的精彩程度。庄米雪相信也想要回报这些艺人朋友，所以在他们出场时，把他们的名字和头衔都放上大荧幕。虽然说是意气相挺，可是这个做法或许有点多余。

技术方面，这部电影是喜剧，可是画面呈现出来的颜色却是暗沉的。整部影片的颜色都是暗沉的，似乎无法带出喜剧和想追逐梦想的那种精神。

好的部分，其实大家的演技都很不赖，庄米雪自己的演技也没失水准。我觉得问题出在剧本上，有必要在修改，故事才会更精彩。

有朋友跟我说，电影好笑的部分其实都剪进预告里了。的确，这导致电影剩下的笑点不多了。而且，很多笑料其实不够好。之前我有说过，新加坡电影要让观众觉得好笑，就要跟梁智强的一样好笑，要不就要比他的好笑。

电影中有一句台词是这样说的：“哪有人一炮而红的啊？当然是要慢慢泡才会红啊！”。庄米雪已经有在构思她的第二部电影了。庄米雪，这只是你的第一部电影，继续努力加油，慢慢泡，有一天，你的电影就会红了！加油！
Rating：2/5

《一泡而红》的票房在预映期间已经开出红盘。上个周末的其中四天预映，以15个拷贝取得了S$170,000。成绩算是相当不错，一开始，我看到了成绩，觉得还好因为上个周末多个场次都满座，所以我以为会取得更高的票房。可是，在分析之后，的确是很棒的成绩。

《杨门女将之军令如山》Legendary Amazons

2011-11-30T23:25:00.008+08:00

有赠票，看了这部电影：

《杨门女将之军令如山》Legendary Amazons

看这部电影之前，我有瞄到这部电影的影评，不好的影评。所以我在看这部电影时，心态似乎是我要挑看这部电影有什么毛病。毛病果然很多。

电影从镜头的处理手法到剪接感觉都很不妥。

先从故事说起，故事的起伏不大，一直处在很“壮烈”，很“高昂”的气氛中。虽然说电影是关于杨家的战役精神，可是毕竟这是故事，氛围应该要有高低起伏。故事中的转折，尤其是第一个转折，感觉很突然，看了也有点好笑。

故事的节奏也没有掌握的很好。这除了是剧本的问题，也是剪接的问题。剪接的节奏使故事的节奏变得每一场戏都很赶的感觉。剪接上，我也看到了一些不该出现的小时刻如演员在听到导演喊“Action”后的反应时间。这些都是剪接上的瑕疵。

另外，镜头的处理手法似乎也不太适合。有好几个镜头使用了轨道运镜，运用这个手法并不是问题，问题在于运镜的速度过于快，对于那几场戏，看起来有点奇怪。镜头的选择很重要。

电影中也运用了特效和绿背景来做电脑特效。很可惜的，出来的效果并不佳，而且有一点点粗糙。

演员方面，唯一比较想挑出来评的是张柏芝。她不论演笑演哭，脸部表情始终如一。就算是内心戏，也没有任何说服力。因为故事的关系，其他演员的演技也普普通通。

看到一则影评这样说道：“Quite possibly the most unintentionally hilarious movie you’ll see this year” （http://www.moviexclusive.com/detail.php?c=63&desc=L&p=1103&t=legendary-amazons-2011_1103)。的确，是还挺好笑的。
Rating: 1/5

《猛鬼爱情故事》Hong Kong Ghost Stories

2011-11-29T23:03:00.005+08:00

今晚看了这部电影的预映。

《猛鬼爱情故事》Hong Kong Ghost Stories

其实，我看到电影海报和预告时，大概可以感觉到应该会是一部很“无聊”的电影。我指的“无聊”并不是无趣的“无聊”，而是乱乱来，说拍就拍的电影。海报上的标语“香港好久没鬼片”就给了我这种感觉，感觉电影是拍好玩的。

两个故事，两个导演。第一个故事的悬疑性还不错。第二个故事的悬疑不比第一个的来得好，可是故事的转折还不错。两个故事的恐怖指数并不大，吓人指数却是有的，只是使用的手法有点过于方便，也即使用音效。

第一个故事因为有不错的悬疑性，所以还不错看。第二个则是因为好笑，所以也算及格。第二个故事比较可以归类于梁智强所创的“hormedy”的片种。

不太精彩的一部电影，也有一点“无聊”。如果你真的想看电影又找不到电影看，可以随便进场看一看这部电影吧。
Rating: 2.5/5

想

2011-11-28T22:14:00.007+08:00

星期一早上

没事做

翻了翻电话里的简讯

看到我和你的寒暄问暖

你好吗？

别来无恙？

想

你现在在做什么？

生活作息和习惯是怎样？

好想聊聊了解

好久不见

你和我脑海中的你还一样吗？

没什么

就在想想

没有零距离

我们有的是握手的距离

吧？

这个世界因为有了这部电影而有一点点的不一样

2011-11-27T00:13:00.016+08:00

十二点十三分

看完了第三次的《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

虽然之前说还可以看多十次

但是真的不能再看了

还是很喜欢电影

只是害怕再看多几次会觉得腻了

变成不那么喜欢这部电影了

我不要不喜欢这部电影

因为真的很喜欢

还是可以再看

只是害怕感觉会变少了

看了第三次

感觉真的变少了

我读中学时虽然也有喜欢的对

可是并没有变成我的沈佳宜

所以电影与我的共鸣并不大

只是电影给我的感觉真的是太好了

所以才那么喜欢

会想去看第三次

是因为想跟朋友一起看

是因为一直说支持而想向票房做一点贡献

是因为电影真的值得再看

这个世界

因为有了这部电影

而有一点点的不一样

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

十二点三十三

一种感触

2011-11-26T14:07:00.006+08:00

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

之前，我从图书馆借了原版的小说。

之后，我在图书馆找到了新版的小说。

今天，我终于把小说看完了（因为到期了，无法进行更新，已经有别人预定这本小说了，所以得把书还了）。

看到了最后，小说文字结合这我脑中电影的画面，我不禁流下眼泪了。

感伤？感动？

我不知道。

我只知道，小说和电影给我的，

是一种感触。

一种很棒的感触。

《一泡而红》Already Famous

2011-11-24T21:31:00.007+08:00

This movie is supposed to be released officially today.

《一泡而红》Already Famous

However, now the movie is having its sneak preview week instead.

Few days before today, there was news announcing the delay of the release of the movie until next Thursday, 1st December 2011, and this week up till next Wednesday will be the sneak preview week.

The reason for the delay is because of two big movies that are being released today, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Puss In Boots. Therefore, it would be better to 'avoid' them so that the box office have a chance of faring better for 《一泡而红》Already Famous.

My guess, as the film is distributed by Scorpio East Pictures and Cathay-Keris Films, Cathay has already planned the time slots for release for this Thursday, plus there are promotional events for the movie involving the buying of tickets to this movie, therefore the already planned time slots end up as the sneak preview time slots.

Cathay Cineplexes' schedule for the movie 《一泡而红》Already Famous.

Seriously, where got sneak preview have time slots everyday, and so many time slots each day? I really think it is because it has already being planned, therefore they are keeping the planning but changing the week to a sneak preview week.

But of course, this can be a good thing. Whoever watches the movie this week (up till next Wednesday) and find it nice, they will recommend it to others and when the movie opens officially next Thursday, it will probably have a good faring at the box office.

Due to the promotional event involving the buying of tickets to the movie, some sessions today are sold out (of course there are those who just want to watch the movie). Will the movie continue to sell well in the sneak preview week and have a good opening week next week?

We shall see. All the best! =)

*Additional posting on 27th November.*
我观察，以目前预映的上座率，感觉这部电影的票房会不错。

现在，今年本地电影的排行榜是：
1. 《大世界》It's A Big Big World
2. 《23:59》23:59
3. 《笑着回家》Homecoming

最近，《23:59》取得150万的票房，攻下了亚军的位置。现在，我觉得《一泡而红》可能有机会把《23:59》挤下，排在今年本地卖座电影的第二名。

Nasi Lemak 2.0《辣死你妈》

2011-11-22T23:28:00.008+08:00

I attended the preview screening of Nasi Lemak 2.0《辣死你妈》 just now.

interesting Chinese movie title.

I don't know which language should I write this review in because the movie uses more than one language, 2, 3, 4...lol.

Seriously, if you want to see this as a film, I think it can pretty well get a low rating. I feel, it doesn't really feel like a film because it is like 《搞笑行动》 put together to be a film.

However, seeing it from another perpective, Nasi Lemak 2.0 is special and unique in its own way, which makes it an unique kind of film.

Firstly, quoted from the movie information on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_Lemak_2.0), "This is the very first film in Malaysia that portrays all its 3 major races in an ensemble manner". This makes it unique already. The film includes the different culture of the different races which allows the audience to feel the different culture.

Next, musical is blended into the film. The film have musical elements now and then. This is interesting, especially when the songs are so special. Here is an example:
Curry Neh

剧情也包括很多无厘头的事情。这些无厘头都让电影很好笑。

I knew the film have some controversial issues. However, as I didn't follow the news in Malaysia, I didn't really know which parts are the ones that have links to news maybe. But I feel, the film at the end did sort of bring across the message cohesiveness.

Overall, the film is entertaining enough for you to laugh and laugh.
Rating: 3/5 (it's nonsensical enough to laugh)

《行医》 - 哇哇映画出品

2011-11-21T23:04:00.007+08:00

我很少看电视剧会感动或感伤到哭。可是，今年他们的两部戏剧作品都让我哭了。

哇哇映画 Wawa Pictures

刚看完《行医》，还蛮喜欢的。

延续了上一部作品，李明顺和刘子绚再次演出《行医》。

哇哇映画的上一部作品《拍。卖》

一直以来，哇哇映画的戏剧作品都很出色。第一，题材新鲜。第二，处理手法（无论在剧情上或技术上）有别于新传媒电视的戏剧作品。

那天，有朋友说哇哇映画的戏剧作品一看就看的出有不同。之后，我就和同学小讨论一下。

我总结出这个说法：
新传媒电视的戏剧作品和哇哇映画的戏剧作品都可以用 'gan' 来总结。

新传媒电视的戏剧作品：
‘赶’。一直都是在赶。他们似乎在量不在质。

哇哇映画的戏剧作品：
‘感’，感动的‘感’。哇哇映画在质不在量。

当然你可以说新传媒是电视台，所以必须制作多一些剧集，导致戏剧质感不好，而哇哇映画一年就一两部，所以可以花比较多时间来制作。可是这样的说法是不对的，制作本来就是要有心意，出来的成品才能够感动人。

希望新传媒能够向制作公司多多学习。希望哇哇映画继续为大家带来更好更棒的戏剧作品！

周杰伦《惊叹号》！！！

2011-11-20T20:59:00.012+08:00

I am listening to Jay Chou's new album 《惊叹号》 as I am typing this.

Yes, I have bought the album for almost a week but I don't really have the time and feel (lol) to sit down and listen to the whole album.

I have watched Show Luo's concert DVD 《生命之舞LIVE TOUR DVD (生之戰預購限定盤)》though.

The first block of Semester 2.1 ended on Friday. The new block will start tomorrow. New modules on the way, Cinematography and Directing. I am looking forward to both modules.

Okay! Hapy Monday!

=)

Now playing: Mine Mine
正在播放：《Mine Mine》

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》新加坡票房报捷！

2011-11-18T10:52:00.017+08:00

是的！这里你看到几张海报，我就可以看几次的《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》。我已经在期待这部电影的DVD了！

这部电影在台湾香港的票房都报捷，新加坡也不例外。

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》在11月初办了两次预映（两个周末），总预映票房18万。

11月10日正式上映，首个周末也卖了49万。“票房截至前天是90万5218元”（取至2011年11月18日《联合早报》）。

这个周末应该就是过100万的时刻了。电影应该也会持续卖座。

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》会那么卖座，其一原因我相信是，这部电影让人看了还想再看，所以部分看过的人会再买票进场再看。

我期待着这部电影在本地的总票房。

*如果你在找人陪你看这部电影，如果你不介意请我看，我不介意陪你看。请几次，看几次啦！哈哈！*

ciNE65 Awards Ceremony

2011-11-16T23:06:00.006+08:00

Today is the awards ceremony for the ciNE65 competition.

The awards ceremony was held at Golden Village (GV) Grand.

The door gift is pretty nice.

Highlighters in a clapperboard design box.

My team's short film was nominated for Best Screenplay (Jury's Choice) and Favourite Actress (Audience's choice). We didn't get any of the awards.

Disappointed? Yes, definitely. This is my first time participating in a film competition and I do hope to win, though I didn't really have confidence.

However, this is just the beginning...

加油！

=)

Happy Monday! =)

2011-11-14T23:08:00.016+08:00

Happy Monday!

Still remember yesterday's post, where I say I am looking forward to a few things this week?

Firstly, I got my copy of Jay Chou's new album.

周杰伦《惊叹号》（平装版）

Next, Show Luo's concert DVD arrived earlier than the original collection date which was Wednesday initially. The staff from HMV gave me a call to tell me that it has arrived and I went down to collect it immediately after school lol.

《生命之舞LIVE TOUR DVD (生之戰預購限定盤)》

I thought the packaging looks pretty normal from the outside. However, once I opened it up, part of the packaging design is nice but it can be better as a whole.

Okay, I shall find time to listen to Jay Chou's album and watch Show Luo's concert DVD this weekend, when I have more time.

I forgot to mention in yesterday's post two other things that I am looking forward to.

One of them is the arrival of this package:

Guess what is inside?

A laptop sleeve.

I ordered this laptop sleeve from an online store. I couldn't find a laptop sleeve for my 15.6" laptop here in Singapore. Most of them are for 14" and 15". So I went to an online store to find it and I managed to find this.

It looks nice, except that they folded it and send it. Now the sleeve have the marks from folding. The sleeve costs about S$13+, not too expensive.

Another thing I am looking forward to:

Golden Village (GV) Gift Card

I won this in a contest by ConnexionSG (https://www.facebook.com/#!/ConnexionSG). I was looking forward to seeing this in the mailbox after they have asked for my home address and I got it today.

Okay, the next thing I am looking forward to this week will be the awards ceremony of the ciNE65 competition that will be held this coming Wednesday.

Happy Tuesday! =)

looking forward to next week=)

2011-11-13T23:20:00.008+08:00

Sunday night, how are you?

Next week will be the last week of my first block in Semester 2.2.

There are a few things I am looking forward to.

Firstly, Jay Chou's new album 《惊叹号》.

The USB version and the Deluxe version is delayed till Friday. The economic no-frills version is out already. Actually I am getting the economic no-frills version so I can actually buy it already. I saw quite a number of copies in Laser Flair yesterday but I want to get it from Popular and I didn't saw any copies yesterday when I went to one of their outlets. So I am going to get it from another outlet tomorrow.

Secondly, also an album.

罗志祥《生命之舞LIVE TOUR DVD》

I pre-ordered the DVD (the pre-order version is called 《生命之舞LIVE TOUR DVD (生之戰預購限定盤)》. The DVD was released on Friday but it will be released in Singapore next Wednesday. I am looking forward to collecting it.

Thirdly, next Wednesday will be the awards ceremony of the ciNE65 competition.

http://www.cine65.sg/

The awards ceremony will be held at Golden Village (GV) Grand. I am looking forward to attending it. Wish me the best of luck! Thanks!

Okay, have a great week ahead everyone! Happy Monday! =)

shut up!

2011-11-13T12:00:00.007+08:00

This is an article in The Sunday Times today.

The article is about the MRT overcrowding issue and some solutions and suggestions of what can be done to solve the problem.

There is one solution to reduce the frustrations of commuters and that is,

to have the CEO of SMRT to shut up and stop giving insensitive comments and remarks.

Thank you.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

2011-11-13T01:26:00.008+08:00

I watched this movie on Saturday.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

I saw the trailer to this film some time ago. The trailer looks pretty good. However, I didn't really have the must watch kind of feeling. It's more like a can-watch-can-don't-watch film for me. Then, the can-watch chance arises and I watched it lol.

Some information before I write the review:
This film is directed by Steven Spielberg. I have no idea who he is and what films he directed before. I have only heard of his name and can roughly know that he is a famous director.

This film is a motion capture film. I don't really know what is that, I only know it looks animated. I have not read comics about Tintin or watch cartoons about Tintin before.

Okay, now to the review.

After watching the trailer, I thought that the picture looks great. Indeed, the picture is great! It looks realistic and it is beautiful.

Next, I realised the cinematography is different from most animated films. Is it because I paid special attention to the cinematography for this film and not other animated films, or is it because the film is directed by Steven Spielberg who usually do filming on real life acting and he applies the normal cinematography on this film thus making the cinematography different from most animated films?

The cinematography was quite close to those films that is real life acting. With the kind of cinematography seen and the beautiful picture, the film looks pretty different. The transitions between scenes are nicely designed as well.

The story was okay, funny at some parts but in the middle and towards the end, it gets a little flat with lots of telling of back story. I don't know what is the characteristics and personalities of Tintin but somehow, I feel that he is too clever, such that it makes everyone else look stupid. How old is Tintin by the way?

As a whole, I think the film is enjoyable and the picture is really beautiful.
Rating: 3.5/5

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (Japanese)

2011-11-13T00:25:00.008+08:00

On Friday, I attended the Gala Premiere of Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler.

The lead actor, Tatsuya Fujiwara was in Singapore to promote the movie and of course, he attended the Gala Premiere.

Qing and me managed to win 6 tickets so we got the rest of The Siaos (least CK who is still overseas) to attend the Gala Premiere. However, we were split into 2 and 4 because we were assigned to different halls.

My seat (along with the other 3) was in the second row. Though it was pretty in front, it was an advantage in another way, we managed to take clear videos and photos of Tatsuya Fujiwara when he entered our hall for a short interview before the screening of the movie. Here is the interview video that I took:

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler was about one and a half year ago. The film probably did well to have this second one.

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler, I must say, I really admire the Japanese writers (or rather the artists who drew the comic since this film is an adaptation). The Japanese writers can always have a surprise twist (or twists) for the audience right till the very end. The twist is never expected or any that you could think of and this is what makes their stories interesting and great to watch.

In Kaiji 2, similarly, there are great twists and creative writing and thinking that went into it. However, towards the end, the twist seems repeatitive.

The set was great, as lavish as it can gets, or as what the scene requires, the set fulfills the right mood.

Story wise, I would say that Kaiji is better than Kaiji 2. The first one has more games for the lead than the second one. The games in the first one builds up slowly to the final one, and each one is very exciting. However, for Kaiji 2, the game played was not a lot and the build up is not as good. Also, towards the end, it seems like the leads are only banking on one game with the same story flow. Kaiji definitely is better in terms of story.

As for the acting, Tatsuya did a nice performance. However, somehow I feel that his acting seems similar to other films that he acted in. Either is roles in all the films that he acted in were more or less the same, or his acting is pretty limited to the style that we are seeing on screen.

Overall, it is still an exciting movie to watch.
Rating: 3.5/5 (I did a check on what rating I gave to Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler and I gave 3.5/5. So if I compare both movies, I will give 3/5 to Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler as the first one is definitely better I feel.)

this is SUPER ENCOURAGING!

2011-11-08T20:26:00.005+08:00

23:59 topped the local box office chart over the long weekend!

From 4th to 7th November, the film collected S$742,000 at the box office. Including the takings from sneak preview, the total takings as of 7th November is S$870,000.

This is the best opening weekend result for a local movie since 《笑着回家》Homecoming's SGD $753,000 opening during Chinese New Year earlier this year!

My guess is way off lol.

Anyway, this is SUPER ENCOURAGING results. Based on the good box office results for the film and good response, it will probably continue to do well at the box office.

Way to go, 23:59! =)

*Information taken from http://www.moviexclusive.com/detail.php?c=32&desc=News&p=1242&t=update-2359-tops-the-weekend-box-office-_1242*

box office takings of 23:59

2011-11-06T16:56:00.012+08:00

23:59 is now showing in cinemas.

Previously, I am thinking whether the short running time and the story will affect the box office takings or not. Now, it looks like it won't.

Over the last weekend, the movie took in S$110,000 during its sneak preview sessions.

On the first day of opening on Thursday, the movie took in a total of S$76,000, becoming the number one movie for that day. From observations, the movie continues to have full hall attendance for quite a number of sessions on Friday, Saturday and today. The long weekend will be helpful to the box office as well. My guess, over these 4 to 5 days of screening, the box office takings should be hitting S$300,000 (exlcuding sneak preview takings).

The response for the movie after the sneak preview wasn't too bad and I guess it helps towards the box office. Word of mouth, as I mentioned before, is very important to whether a movie sells or not.

23:59 story isn't very strong but it is not that bad so it is still acceptable. Unlike 《撞鬼》Twisted, 23:59 has a much better, properly told story. Therefore, positive word of mouth got out, and people starts going to the cinemas for the movie. If the story was better and more complete, I think the movie will sell even better.

All the best, 23:59!

通过我读到一些电影人的说法，和自己的观察，新加坡电影要卖，以下几点可以注意一下：
1。喜剧电影要跟梁智强的一样好笑，要不就比他好笑。
2。故事好很重要，否则再强的卡司也没有用。（虽然偶尔还是会失手）

Dream House

2011-11-01T23:44:00.005+08:00

I didn't had any intentions to catch this movie but because I have a complimentary ticket so I went ahead and watched it.

Dream House

The poster is pretty well designed.

Dream House has a decent plot. There is also twist in the story that makes you go "Why is it like this?". However, with the revealing of twist, the story is a little unclear making you questioning. Overall, the story is pretty fine.

The editing must be not that easy because of the switch between the two timespace. It is nicely edited to tell the story back and fro the timespace.

The story genre is thriller but it wasn't thrilling enough. There are only a few areas with cheap thrills. Initially, I thought the genre of the film is horror but apparently it is not, even though there are ghosts in the movie.
Rating: 3/5

“入围已经是一种肯定了，得不得奖没关系。”

2011-10-31T00:01:00.007+08:00

老实说，有多少艺人在说这句话时是真的这么认为的？

能够入围的确是一种肯定，可是谁不想得奖啊？

得奖的话，就会是双倍的肯定啊！

除非那位艺人对奖项真的不在乎，那么以上这句话就能够在那位艺人的身上成立了。

对我来说，至少在这个阶段，如果入围什么奖项的话，入围的确是肯定，而得奖我更觉得有关系！如我之前所说的，得奖就是得到双倍的肯定。

或许等我到达另一个阶段，那么以上这句话就可以在我身上成立了。

《竞雄女侠 - 秋瑾》The Woman Knight Of Mirror Lake

2011-10-30T19:39:00.006+08:00

下午去看了《竞雄女侠 - 秋瑾》The Woman Knight Of Mirror Lake。

第一次看到这部电影的预告是在看《1911》之前，电影院所播的预告。然后接着，《1911》开始后，秋瑾这位竞雄女侠也（稍稍的）出现在电影里。

本来没有想看这部电影，可是最后想看是因为想拼凑一下历史。看之前，我以为电影是关于秋瑾在孙中山革命期，也即1911年，革命的故事。看了之后，才知道不是。秋瑾是在1911年之前就参与革命的活动，起义却失败，遭到斩首的命运。电影也就是叙述她从小到大的各段故事，和她参与革命的故事。

电影通过秋瑾被捕后，在牢房里回忆起过去的‘成长史’。现今（被捕后）和过去的故事穿插着，一开始，我还觉得有点干扰，看到后面，我倒觉得这样的故事说法还挺适合的。过去的故事慢慢拼凑至现今的状况，让我们很能够了解秋瑾经历过的事情。或许在过去和现今的剪接点可以设计一些镜头让过去和现今的衔接会更顺，而不要单单使用淡入和淡出的剪接。

一开场后的不久就出现的武打的场面，很精彩，可是，有些部分处理的有点太夸张了。其他的打斗场面还算编排得不错。

电影呈现了一位女侠的故事。总结来说，处理的不错。故事中也穿插了一些秋瑾的诗，让大家看到了文武双全的秋瑾。一直追求男女平等，为国为民的秋瑾，电影呈现得很不错。
Rating: 3/5

之前看了《1911》，今天看了《竞雄女侠 - 秋瑾》，看完后，我也去网上搜寻了一些辛亥革命的资料。之前也在看了《建国大业》的光碟，我也慢慢的拼凑了起来辛亥革命前后的历史故事。这也加深了我在初级学院华文文学课学到的知识的了解。这段历史，还有很多值得一看的。

lots of writing

2011-10-30T15:14:00.007+08:00

Today is the end of first week of the first block of the semester, actually Friday is.

Anyway, lots of writing for this semester. Screenwriting is writing, Film Language is writing and more writing for other modules to come.

Just some interesting thoughts:
每次开学后都要找节奏
节奏找到后懒惰找上我
懒惰赶不走只好陪堕落

Happy Sunday and Happy Monday and Happy Everyday!

=)

《夺命金》Life Without Principle

2011-10-28T23:26:00.006+08:00

今天去看了《夺命金》Life Without Principle。

这是杜琪峰导演的作品。其实，我对杜导演并没有很大的研究。今年看了他导的《单生男女》Don't Go Breaking My Heart，很喜欢。我也看了他担任监制的《报应》Punished，这一部就还好。

《夺命金》看起来很《窃听风云》，可是并不是“窃听风云”的电影。《窃听风云》通过了紧张刺激的情节来探讨人性而《夺命金》运用了慢节奏的情节和深沉的情绪来探讨人性。人在碰到了困难时，而解决困难的方法却违反了做人的原则，那么会出现什么状况呢？

故事的叙述方法很不一般，几条故事线穿插在一起，说出了《夺命金》的这个故事。演员的演出还算不错，尤其是刘青云，他把角色附上了个性和人格，把人物演出来了。

关于这部片名，我读到了这则：
“片名不仅跟本片剧情有关，还直接借用了杜导1980年的首部电影《碧水寒山奪命金》。杜琪峰说，取名《夺命金》是为了让他回想过去30年来走过的路，更希望可以重新出发。。。”
Rating: 3/5

22 + 1

2011-10-25T22:51:00.006+08:00

23岁
你也许还没到这个阶段
你可能处在这个时期
你或许已经过了这个数字
你的23岁跟我很不同
你的23岁也跟我很一样
但是
我的23岁有我自己的期许
我的23岁要往无边无际美好的
草原奔跑
大海畅游
天空飞翔
我的23

3 wishes I have on my birthday,

I wish for the best of health for my family and friends.
I wish for a small start for my career in the film industry.
I wish for ...

生日快乐！

=)

new semester! =)

2011-10-23T23:46:00.006+08:00

11.46pm, 23rd October 2011, Sunday.

The new semester starts tomorrow.

Though I am not a fan of holidays (which I had said many times), but I am enjoying the lifestyle of the holidays which includes staying up late, waking up late, slacking and sleeping as and when I want, and more chances of attending preview screenings of new movies lol.

Luckily, my lessons for the first block start at 12pm, which means I still can stay up late and wake up late. However, lessons end at 6pm which means I will have to squeeze in with the evening crowd.

Anyway, I am looking forward to the new semester with exciting modules on my way. The first two modules are Screenwriting and Film Language. I hope it will be interesting.

Happy new semester! =)

new laptop

2011-10-23T23:30:00.013+08:00

I got myself a new laptop.

HP Pavilion dv6-6170tx Entertainment Notebook PC

After much research, 'consultations' with friends and on-location trips, I decided to get this model for its good specifications and reasonable pricing.

Now I am blogging from my new laptop. I am still trying to get used to the keyboard as it includes the number as well so more keys, though it is actually about the same. I am trying to not touch the laptop too much as it is still new, thus making some typo errors along the way lol.

Okay, hello, new laptop! =)

my 23rd birthday celebration=)

2011-10-23T00:05:00.003+08:00

On Friday, The Siaos (least ChengKok who is on overseas exchange) celebrated my upcoming 23rd birthday for me.

The very cute Angry Bird cake.

Though I am not a fan of Angry Bird but this cake is so so cute!

The nice big fan at the shop, nice backdrop!

I think we should take more photos during our outings.

And my hair is really long lol.

Thank you to The Siaos! =)

timetable

2011-10-22T23:49:00.009+08:00

My timetable for the upcoming semester is out that day. It looks pretty normal.

New modules in the new semester, exciting ones.

I am looking forward to the semester.

《23:59》23:59

2011-10-20T23:40:00.011+08:00

今晚我去看了《23:59》的预映（是比首映还早的放映会哦）。

海报设计得不错！

之前，我就有读到媒体报道说，这部电影走纯恐怖路线，不搞笑，也不打明星牌。的确，除了一些好笑的台词和李国煌（唯一比较有知名度的演员）出现的镜头（毕竟是谐星）好笑之外，其余的真的是走恐怖路线。

说到恐怖路线，电影有些部分有成功的营造恐怖氛围，但是，有些部分则没有。关键在于时间点和节奏，若这两个部分能够更精准的捕捉到，那么会更恐怖一些。

故事性不强，有些部分没有解释的很清楚，尤其是鬼在那里出现的地方。电影能够让观众继续想看的地方就是那点悬疑性。

演员们的演出还好，感觉上有一点生硬，不太成熟。配角的表现有比主角来得好。有一点感觉怪怪的是，主角的华语说得有点太标准了李国煌虽然没有搞笑的表演，可是他的台词再加上他本身是搞笑演员，所以变得好笑。

技术上的处理方式，有一场戏，感觉有点像是舞台剧的演出。灯亮在一个地方，演员们在聚光灯下演戏。这或许也跟剪接有关系。

总结来说，并不会太失望的一部戏。近期期待的本地电影，有些看了很失望，这部还不赖，虽然说可以更好。
Rating: 3/5

当过兵的男生应该注意的是，故事发生在1983年，所以岛上还有其他人住，而不是像现今的岛，完全属于国防部的。

之前，我提说这部电影才78分钟。这也是我看过在商业戏院（即将）上映最短的一部新加坡电影。我也跟永清讨论过这部电影太短的可能原因是什么。

现在看过电影了，我认为78分钟是因为故事的发挥空间也不太大，所以若要硬撑成90分钟的电影，那么或许会导致电影显得略长。所以，一，的确是没必要托，若能在78分钟内说完故事，那就在78分钟内说完，否则电影会显得略长而沉闷。二，这个故事也真是没办法写得太长，否则，同样的，故事会变得沉闷。

接下来，就是观察票房了。观众会否因为电影太短觉得不值得而不去支持吗（因为毕竟大家都习惯至少90分钟的电影）？剧情故事会否受大家的青睐呢？这些都有待电影上映后才能得知了。

78mins

2011-10-19T11:00:00.007+08:00

78mins...

I was pretty surprised that this was the running time of the movie 23:59.

Usually, the norm running time of a movie released in a mainstream cinema is 90mins and above.

I was discussing with Qing on this last night. I was saying 78mins can be seen in a way that if a story can be told in 78mins and can be well completed in 78mins, why not, instead of dragging it longer and ended up making it seems draggy.

WAWA PICTURES 娃娃映画, the company behind well-received drama like 《一切完美》and 《拍。卖》 mentioned before if a story can be told in 13 episodes, why not complete it in 13 episodes instead of 20 episodes (which is the norm for drama series).

Qing was saying it might be the writer not knowing what to write anymore which is why it is only 78mins. True enough, this story might not have much to expand on.

Just a little information sharing, 60mins is considered a feature film, which I see is a norm for film festivals submissions.

Back to the 78mins, if 23:59 has a good story and good word-of-mouth but the box office doesn't proves it, one of the reasons for it, I guess might be related to the short running time. Cinema-goers might not be used to short running time or they might think that it is not worth it to pay for a 78mins movie. However, all these are my guess.

I shall comment again, after I have catch the preview of the movie tomorrow.

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

2011-10-19T10:52:00.006+08:00

很幸运的，我看了两次《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》的预映。

上星期是第一次，昨晚是第二次。

看了两次，还是很喜欢。电影很清新，很简单的“我喜欢你”，很怀念的青春时期。

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

laptop change new time

2011-10-19T10:32:00.008+08:00

My laptop decided to give way that day.

I did a check that day, so this laptop has been with me for almost 3 years. All along, I thought it was about closing to 2 years only.

那天电脑坏掉时，还很有一点乱了阵脚。

Time for a new one, I guess.

my crazy idea

2011-10-16T23:00:00.007+08:00

I have a crazy idea a while ago.

These few days, I have been thinking whether or not to materialise the idea. Then, I started to write the proposal 9very slowly because I am lazy). I am still preparing the proposal.

Then, I took the official first step today. Let's see how the idea will go from here.

All the best, Ying Sheng!

"MUST support local films!"

2011-10-15T19:28:00.011+08:00

Recently, I have been seeing comments like 'must support local films' (or something along this line) on the Facebook pages of upcoming local films.

I sincerely hope that these people who posted the comments really did support local films in the past, are supporting local films now and will continue to support local films in the future. I hope they are not saying it now just because they want to support/watch that particular local film, but have been putting down local films in the past.

However, if you are just beginning to support local films, please continue to do so.

Thank you.

voting for ciNE65

2011-10-15T18:50:00.005+08:00

Hihi! Voting for the ciNE65 competiton has started! Some background information first:
http://incoming88.blogspot.com/2011/10/cine65.html

The winner for the Favourite Actress will be decided by voting so please help my team and I to vote for our actress.

Here is the link together with the way to vote:
http://cine65.sg/blog/audience-s-choice/322

Look under Favourite Actress and the film title "Project Home", or simply look for "Chin Shiying (Si Ling, the sister) - Project Home".

*You might have to register for an account, or you can try logging in with your Facebook account but I am not sure whether it will work.*

Thank you for your vote.

=)

sometimes...

2011-10-12T15:09:00.004+08:00

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/-%E3%83%84-Adored-%E1%83%A6/191777737516178

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》You Are The Apple Of My Eye

2011-10-11T23:47:00.007+08:00

今晚去看了《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》You Are The Apple Of My Eye 的特别预映。

这部电影终于要在新加坡上映了。在台湾，这部电影在8月份上映时就一直在创票房纪录。

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》就是海报上所写的：

热血 X 欢笑 X 心跳 X 青春 X 初恋 X 感动

这就是在电影里可以感受到的。

之前，我没什么看过九把刀的小说作品（若有的话，应该也只是一小部分）。从我旁听到的九把刀，我应该可以说这部电影很九把刀，风格很强烈。九把刀把大家的青春和青春时的感觉都呈现出来了。

或许是因为改编自小说，电影由男主角叙述着故事，有时会觉得电影变得一段一段的。可是，这也算是九把刀从小说想要呈现的。电影就像一本小说被翻阅着。故事相信看过小说的人应该都喜欢吧，很多情节很限制级（所以NC16啊），可是也很好笑，很逗趣。电影也用了很多独特的镜位，拍出了很漂亮的画面。电影中的一些话（也是来自于小说）也说得很有意义。

有些部分我是觉得可以更好，例如剧本的段落式的呈现法。不过，我觉得这部电影最重要的部分在于整体感觉。整体感觉对了，一切就很棒了。

电影帮观众回忆青春，例如，每个男孩心中都有一个（绑马尾）的沈佳宜。

陈研希把沈佳宜演得太好了。

电影最后一部分让我好想好好用力的哭，那一份遗憾美。。。

是的，青春过了就没了，也只能回味了。

“青春是一場大雨。即使感冒了，還盼望回頭再淋它一次。”
Rating: 3.5/5

Documentaries of Morgan Spurlock

2011-10-09T19:47:00.006+08:00

This movie is showing now at Golden Village:

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

It is a documentary. I watched the trailer and got interested in it.

I can't remember how, I did a search on the catalouge of National Library Board (NLB) and found the DVD of this movie.

I also did a search on the works of this director and managed to find and borrow all of it.

His documentaries are pretty interesting to watch, especially Super Size Me, where he eats only Macdonald's food for 30 days straight.

I didn't mention this before, Video Project 2 whereby I have to work on a documentary was completed last month. I said, this documentary will be my first one, and also last one. LOL. Yes, doing documentary is not really my cup of tea. However, after watching the documentaries of Morgan Spurlock, I feel like working on a documentary again lol.

Okay, I said I 'feel', I didn't say I want to lol.

我的灵感集

2011-10-09T19:13:00.007+08:00

偶尔会有一些灵感，把它们写成了文字，PO在脸书上，今天把今年的一些灵感集合在这里，分享一下！

热忱是再累也要为梦想坚持下去。

或许由始至最终
我只是一名观众
心碎和心痛
只有我一厢情愿的懂

总是找很多借口来掩饰我制造的伤口
你说你说过爱我别伤我
我懂我总说我懂
最后却还是借口的结果

忙了一天走在路边
没人知道你又瘦了一圈
想找人陪发现身边
只有自己的影子在相随

我不想一个人变老
我相信有一个人在等我分享美好
或许遇见不在于你我的寻找
而是缘份始终还没到

把寂寞转成文字
把开心转给别人
把空虚转进自己
把自己转回自己

ciNE65

2011-10-08T17:51:00.006+08:00

Back in July, I blog about my project pitching module. Here is it(http://incoming88.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-pitching-and-professional.html):

Then, there is assignment 2 where we have to pitch an idea for ciNE65, a competiton (http://cine65.sg/). The lecturers used the competiton as a pitching assignment for us. We have to pitch an idea and eventually, selected ideas will be filmed and entered for the competition. The lecturers will also ask the organisers to come down to listen to our pitch, and decide who has the best idea among us all.

My concept was chosen that time and eventually filmed. Although it was not voted the best among other groups of my classmates, I am pretty satisfied with the film. It was then sent for the competition and yesterday, I received this email (part):

Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your film "Project Home" has been shortlisted as one of our nominated films for the following award:

Best Screenplay
Favourite Actress (Chin Shiying - as Si Ling, the sister)

This is great news! The first award will be determined by a panel of judges. The second award will be determined by voting. I hope my team and I will be able to clinch both awards.

Here is the video for your viewing:
http://cine65.sg/film/project-home/101

=)

台湾电影

2011-10-06T20:48:00.024+08:00

近几年，台湾电影业随着《海角七号》的大大成功后，就蓬勃了起来。台湾电影接二连三地在当地上映，票房也颇为惊人。

很可惜的是，新加坡片商很少把卖座的台湾电影卖进我国。可能的原因大概就是票房不那么理想。

十一月份，终于吧，暌违许久（若没错的话，上一部在我国上映的台湾电影是《第四张画》The Fourth Portrait），我们要看到卖座的台湾电影上映了。

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》You Are The Apple Of My Eye

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》预告片

相信预告片已经说明一切了，这会是一部很青春，很热血的电影，要夺回青春！

电影主题曲也很好听！

演唱：胡夏／作曲：木村充利／作詞：九把刀

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》，11月10日新加坡上映。

另一部会在本地上映的台湾电影是《星空》Starry Starry Night。
电影改编自几米的作品。11月3日在新加坡上映。

当然，目前台湾还有好几部卖座的电影，其中一部就是《赛德克。巴莱》Seediq Bale。

电影分上下两集上映，左为上集 - 《赛德克。巴莱：太阳旗》，右为下集 - 《赛德克。巴莱：彩虹桥》。

电影是关于台湾历史，虽然我并不太了解，可是这部电影是台湾的大制作，所以我想观摩观摩。据报道说，目前已有本地片商在洽谈，把电影带到这里来上映。希望能够成功，虽然我觉得票房可能不会太好。

另一部我相信也很值得看的电影是这一部：

《翻滚吧！阿信》Jump Ashin!

真的很希望本地片商能够把多几部台湾电影买到新加坡来上映。

《一泡儿红》Already Famous

2011-10-06T20:12:00.011+08:00

庄米雪自编自导自演的电影《一泡而红》Already Famous 即将上映。

《一泡而红》Already Famous (poster taken from www.cathay.com.sg on 6 October 2011)

预告片最近也发布了。

《一泡而红》从开拍至今，其实已经有两班一定的支持者。

庄米雪凭着她的努力和耕耘，在娱乐圈创下了许多独特的表演，让很多观众影响深刻。她的表演为她赢得了很多支持者。而这些支持者就是《一泡而红》的第一班支持者。

第二版支持者则是《一泡而红》男主角小鬼黄鸿升的支持者。无论在本地或海外都有一定的支持者，找他当男主角也就是让电影未演先造势，当然也会为电影赢来一班一定的支持者。

谈谈两班支持者。小鬼的支持者都很很很热情。预告片一发布，留言就出现了大概两万三千六百七十一则“好期待！”，“好可爱！”等留言。因为预告片里也出现了小鬼的新歌，留言里也就再出现了两万一千六百则“是新歌！”，“新歌好好听哦！”。没办法，毕竟是歌迷/影迷/小鬼迷。我看到了一则类似说新加坡人要支持本地电影和她爱小鬼。希望这位支持者是真的怎么认为，认为新加坡人应该支持本地电影，而不是因为小鬼有演，所以才这么说的。

庄米雪的支持者，《一泡而红》对她的影迷来说应该算是一份成绩单。电影感觉是把庄米雪的才艺和经验集于在一起，然后呈现出来给大家。希望这会是一份漂亮的成绩单。

期待这部电影咯！希望票房能够‘一泡而红’！

Results for Semester 2.1=)

2011-10-06T19:24:00.006+08:00

My results are out! My results are out!

=)

Here are the results with my predictions (http://incoming88.blogspot.com/2011/09/predictions.html) in brackets:

A for Professional Communication for Design (A/B+)
Within expectation, I did my assignments pretty well I feel. It is a small pity that I didn't managed to get a Distinction for this module but A is okay for the standard of my assignments.

A for Appreciating Local Cinema (A/B+)
Another within expectation grade, I am happy that I got this grade though it is also a pity that I didn't get Distinction.

B+ for Scriptwriting Essentials (B+/B)
Once again, within expectation lol. Yes, I know roughly the standard of my work and what grades I can possibly get. I think I did pretty fine for scriptwriting class.

B+ for Audio 2 (C+/C)
This one really surprised me. I knew I didn't do well for my test, and for my practical assignment, I didn't perform my best so B+ is really a surprise.

Distinction for Project Pitching (A/B+)
I am very happy for the Distinction. I did pretty fine for all the assignments, except for the first which I feel myself that I didn't do that well though it was fine (assured by the lecturer too). My second and third assignments was pretty well done so I am happy with the Distinction.

B for Advanced Editing (B+/B)
A grade that is within expectation. Though all my different aspects of the one assignment was done quite finely, but I know I am quite average for this module.

A for Video Project 2 (A/B+)
Same thing, within expectation. I won't dare to ask for Distinction for this module because I don't really deserve a Distinction. An A grade is good enough.

Pass for Applied Principles for Effective Living 2 (Pass)
Seriously, how to fail this module? LOL.

Grade Point Average (GPA) for this semester is 3.75, an increase of 0.12 from 3.63 of Semester 1.2.
Cumulative GPA is now 3.5, an increase of 0.13 from 3.37 at the end of Semester 1.2.

I am very happy with my results. I was initially slightly worried that my GPA might drop a little because I did 'too well' in Semester 1.2 lol. But it didn't because I have more As and no Cs.

Time to unlock and challenge Semester 2.2! =)

this is not a movie blog lol

2011-10-05T22:58:00.007+08:00

I should start blogging about something else already, if not, after 5 consecutive movie reviews, you might think that this blog has turned into a movie blog lol.

But still, it is about movies first. I have watched 3 movies this week, two of them are premiere screenings. Reviews are up on my blog in previous few posts, do read them if you are interested to.

I am so looking forward to tomorrow, 2pm. The reason is because the results of Semester 2.1 will be out! I want to know how well I have done lol. I am joking, I hope I did do well. It might be slightly 'lousier' than Semester 1.2 because I did too well in Semester 1.2, so GPA might drop in Semester 2.1. But who knows, I might do equally well or even better than Semester 1.2. We shall see tomorrow.

Now, a round of applause for Johnny English Reborn.

Johnny English Reborn is the #1 movie in Singapore for 3 consecutive weeks. Seriously, applause for 'Mr Bean', he is really great. Anyone who have not watch the movie, I don't mind watching it again with you, but it's your treat lol.

One day, seriously, if I have the chance, I would love to work with Rowan Atkinson and Jim Carrey.

Two wonderful comedians, I would really love to work with them. Another round of applause to them! =)

我在昨天的《联合晚报》的《留言非语》看到了这一则留言：

我想说的是，刘先生，请问您有常看本地电影吗？若有的话，您应该知道在近几年，本地电影已经不只有梁智强，李国煌等。实际上，其实还有好多部不是梁智强，李国煌的本地电影，不知道您有没有留意到呢？

Okay, that is all for now. More updates tomorrow. Goodnight!

=)

I Saw The Devil (Korean)

2011-10-05T22:20:00.012+08:00

Finally, I watched this movie:

I Saw The Devil (Korean)

Before I write the review, just a small note, notice the word "DEVIL" on the poster, the four letters in the word "DEVIL" highlighted in red spells 'EVIL'. Nice little creativity there.

I didn't really read the synopsis but I have a rough idea what the story is about. My main reason for wanting to watch this movie is because, the original cut of the movie is screened here uncut with a R21 rating. However, this original cut was banned in Korea and had to undergo seven cuts before being allowed for a theatrical release. If not, the original cut would be given a 'Restricted' rating in Korea and it won't be allowed for release in any form. And that is why I want to watch this movie, I want to see how 'special' this movie is.

I Saw The Devil is a horror/thriller film. The movie is rated R21 here, with an advisory of strong violence. Indeed, there are a lot of violence, bloody scenes, and cruel if you want to describe it so.

The film started off nicely, with nice settings. Soon, it moves into the horror and thrilling aspects. The story is pretty well written except for the portion where it leads up to the two main leads meeting, that portion seems to take a little longer. Then after that, it is quite well planned. Many a times, you might wonder how are things going to proceed and the writer presents you with something different. The ending is nice too, again, another possibility that I didn't think of while watching the film.

The director did a nice job in catching the pacing and the emotions from the characters. He catches timing well for pauses to be put into the characters' reactions. This help enhances the emotions of a scene.

In order for the film to look good, the special make-up team also put in a lot of efforts. The bloody scenes look realistic. That is pretty well done too.

At the end of the day, we see someone turning devil because he wants to deal with the devil. On the production notes of the film, there is this quote:

“He who fights with monsters should look to it
that he himself does not become a monster.
When you gaze into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

And that is what the film is trying to express, I guess.
Rating: 4/5

《白蛇传说》The Sorcerer and the White Snake

2011-10-04T22:54:00.018+08:00

今晚是《白蛇传说》The Sorcerer and the White Snake 的首映。

看过了预告片，觉得应该会是一部不错的电影，尤其是特效方面，似乎做得很好。

的确，特效部分很好。据说，总共有1500+个镜头，有九成都有特效。特效很精彩，可是感觉上，也未免太多了吧，多到甚至会觉得这部电影是在展览特效团队的功力。当然，特校是有为电影加分不少。电影中的几只小动物也很可爱。

故事方面，重点放在人和妖之间的恋情上。剧情并没有大起大落。从开始到高潮的部分有一点脱太久了，间中虽然有武打的场面，可是都不是过瘾的，而且也似乎没有循序渐进的到高潮的部分。

李连杰说这部电影是他十年来大最狠的电影。可是，很多情节，他并没有真正大打出手，感觉上，都是在chut power，也就是都是过后特效补上去的。的确，有些部分他又真打，可是似乎并没有很多真打的部分。

最后，很少这类型的电影到最后，其一的领悟是人和妖可以相爱。这也就是法海（李连杰饰）的领悟。这个领悟还挺新鲜的。

电影由程小东（不是唱歌的陈晓东）指导。我并不知道程小东有指导电影，一直以为他只是动作指导。电影有一点点部分并没有做得很好，不知道是剪接的问题还是摄影指导的问题。

之前就有听说过李连杰这位演员，也知道他是武打巨星。可是之前似乎没看过他的武打电影。唯一一部他有参演而且我有完全看到完的电影是《海洋天堂》Ocean Heaven。在那部戏里，他完全没打，演的是文戏。可能文戏比较有的表现演技，我觉他在《海洋天堂》里演的不错。《建国大业》他也有演，我最近才看完，可是印象中没有看到他，可能是我没留意。

《白蛇传说》多部分的剧情是白蛇和人的情爱。最后的领悟也比较独特，有别于一般类似的电影。
Rating: 3/5（分数跟《画壁》一样。若要跟《画壁》相比，《白蛇传说》赢在特效，而《画壁》赢在娱乐性高。）

接下来，《白蛇传说》和《画壁》The Mural 会接连在本地上映。两部类型相同，故事概念相同的电影接连上映，哪一部会是你的选择呢？

想要看特效的，《白蛇传说》你就应该去看。想要看美女，看电影来轻松一笑的，那你就应该去看《画壁》。

两部之间，我比较喜欢的是《画壁》，娱乐性会比较高。

《画壁》The Mural

2011-10-03T23:44:00.020+08:00

今天去看了《画壁》The Mural 首映。

《画壁》The Mural

《画壁》是陈嘉上继《画皮》之后的另一中国魔幻片。

既然说是魔幻片了，所以看着一壁画就进入仙境并不是什么稀奇的事。只是到最后，是仙境或是凡间，是幻想还是真实出现在仙境，似乎就有点不清楚了。

仙境的场景打造得很漂亮，很大器，很有仙女们该出现的地方的感觉。仙女们也都很漂亮有气质。

这一类型的故事脱离不了在仙界里不能谈及情爱这回事的故事概念，《画壁》也是如此。故事普通，发展的还不错，只是到了中间有些情爱的部分有那么一点点脱长了的感觉，不过还好。最后几幕我都很喜欢，尤其是那一场哭戏，哭得很好！

电影中时不时会有好笑的情节/段落。书生的书童傻傻的，多数笑料都从他身上出现。曾志伟的客串也为电影增添了一些笑点。他出现的镜头都会引人发笑，可是并不是笑料的笑，可能是他的喜感吧。

预告片里打着“《变形金刚3》特效团队再度出手打造中国传世经典”，的确，电脑特效做得不错，有些地方很好看。可是，有些部分的特效似乎就没有那么好了。再来，电影中的一些怪兽的设计，感觉上不太适合这部电影。那些怪兽的设计似乎有一点像电动里才会出现的，而不像是聊斋系列会出现的。再配上音乐，有些战斗场面还真不太符合聊斋故事。

是一部能够娱乐消遣的电影！
Rating: 3/5

姑姑，我能不能选翠竹当我老婆啊，因为他很漂亮，又很可爱，长得又有点像Hebe。
http://www.facebook.com/#!/MURALmovie

Tatsumi (Japanese)

2011-10-02T20:25:00.007+08:00

I just watched a film production by a Singaporean.

Tatsumi (Japanese) by Eric Khoo

"Tatsumi celebrates the life and work of Japanese comics artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi." (http://www.facebook.com/#!/tatsumi.film?sk=info)

The film was presented in a way like manga, chapter by chapter. This is because there are a few short stories that are being presented to the audience.

Initially, I thought it was all about the life of Yoshihiro Tatsumi. But it isn't, it is about the short stories that he wrote and drew.

I have the strongest impression of the first story, maybe because it is the first and I have the strongest concentration.

A still from the first short story, HELL.

Subsequently into the film, I was a little drifting away. Nope, don't be mistaken that the film is too arthouse (don't think so just because it is Eric Khoo lol), it's because I am not too sure of the structure of the film (not knowing it is made up of a few stories).

Now thinking back, the other stories are pretty fine. In fact, one similarity which I shall talked about it later. Here is another still from the film:
From short story, BELOVED MONKEY.

This part of the story makes me feel the sadness of the scene, which is also that one similarity which I am talking about. The whole film feels so sad and dark. This feeling can be felt throughout the whole film. Here is another description of the film:

"In post-war occupied Japan, young Tatsumi’s passion for comics eventually becomes a means of supporting his poor family. Already published as a teenager, talented Tatsumi finds even greater inspiration after meeting his idol, famous Disneyesque animator Osamu Tezuka. Despite his steady success, Tatsumi begins to ques...tion why Japanese comics should cater to children with cute and whimsical tales and drawings. In 1957, Tatsumi coins the term gekiga (dramatic pictures) and redefines the manga landscape by encouraging an alternative genre for adults. Realistic and disquieting, Tatsumi’s work begins to grapple with the darker aspects of life." (http://www.facebook.com/#!/tatsumi.film?sk=info)

Indeed, the stories reflect darkness of life.

The voice directing was well done as well. The music was pretty suitable for the sadness and darkness of the stories.

Overall, a nice piece of work, only if I knew the structure of how the film will go, it might look even nicer.
Rating: 3.5/5

Johnny English Reborn

2011-10-01T14:05:00.006+08:00

Hi Johnny English,

I first heard of you, if I remember correctly, it was in year 2003 when your first movie came out.

However, I didn't took much notice back then. I was only thinking "what English? Language?".

Recently, one day, I suddenly feel like seeing the performance of Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson). Then I thought why not watch Johnny English. I saw the trailer of Johnny English Reborn and found it quite funny and so, I borrowed the DVD of Johnny English from my school and watched it.

Johnny English

After watching it, I decided that I will watch Johnny English Reborn and I knew for sure, it will be great!

Indeed, I wasn't disappointed! I went to watch Johnny English Reborn last night.

My friends and I enjoyed the movie totally!

The moment you appeared on screen, the audience started laughing away. It is no wonder why Johnny English Reborn can be the #1 movie for 2 weeks, grossing over S$4million (figures from Box Office Mojo) at the box office.

Many a times, I wanted to clap for the performance you gave on screen. It was simply splendid! The comedy level is so high and your performance totally enhanced the comedy factor.

Definitely a big budget production with you driving a helicopter, a cable car exploding in mid-air etc, these are all worth it I suppose. The amount of effort that went into the planning of shots, jokes and gadgets are totally applaudable! Your co-actors/actresses also put up a great performance.

The storyline of you going to Hong Kong is a good idea too. Seeing you in an Asian country is refreshing. Maybe when you make your third movie, you can consider dropping by Singapore too.

The storyline/plot is simple, which I heard many saying. True enough, but a simple storyline/plot with a huge comedy factor, it's still a wow movie.
Rating: 4.5/5 (a great comedy)

Johnny English, thanks for the great movie!

With Regards,
Ying Sheng

Shaw cinemas

2011-09-29T12:36:00.006+08:00

I seldom patronise Shaw cinemas, maybe because Golden Village and Cathay are more convenient to me.

I went to Shaw Lido once, before it was renovated and that was my first time to a Shaw cinema. I was there for the Gala Premiere of 《鬼啊！鬼啊！》Men In White by Kelvin Tong.
As usual, I won the invitation lol.

Then after that, I didn't went to Shaw cinemas again. But recently, I have been to Shaw cinema (Lido) more than ever lol.

Shaw Lido was one of the venues for the 24th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF). I watched a few films that were screened there and therefore, I was there for a number of times.

And on Tuesday, I was at a Shaw cinema again, this time the one at Bugis.

I won a pair of complimentary passes to 《大武生》My Kingdom and it has to be utilised at Shaw cinemas.

Seriously, if not necessary, I probably won't patronise Shaw cinemas because their tickets are printed on normal paper and to me who collects ticket stubs, this kind of ticket stubs cannot be kept for long and yet stays 'new'. Although tickets from other cinemas still will have the wordings fade off from the tickets, but the ticket stubs still look as new.

Anyway, I guess only Shaw Lido and Shaw Nex are worth patronising because they are newly renovated/built and they have leather seats. The other Shaw cinemas (I have been to Bugis one only though), I guess are pretty old. Just a note, Bugis one was renovated whereby they bring their box office to level 4, but their theatres wasn't renovated.

Popcorn from Shaw cinemas looks nice though.

by OpenNet...

2011-09-28T12:47:00.004+08:00

...the optic fibre point.

聪颖 Vs 胜利

哈比情人节

《结婚那件事》The Wedding Diary

be right back lol

《那个夏天》预告片

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二月期待的电影

《2012 我爱香港 喜上加囍》I Love Hong Kong 2012

相信 自己

《那个夏天〉Timeless Love

The Siaos 的新年快乐=)

新年快乐 万事如意

Why? Why? Why?

happy long weekend! =)

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《逆战》新加坡首映礼 The Viral Factor Singapore Gala Premiere

Next week is Chinese New Year=)

If there is no Jipaban...

《大魔术师》The Great Magician

争议 or 创意

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A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement)

first day of school

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was your 2012 fulfilling?

twenty eleven 二 零 一 一

2011 movie year

Sigh!

现代诗人 阿信

《东成西就2011》East Meets West 2011

梁智强重出江湖

身单解 快乐

Happy Belated Birthday to Wen Wei! Happy Birthday to Yoke Yong! =)

Christmas Eve

《龙门飞甲3D》Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D

你会做什么？

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《大英雄。小男人》Petaling Street Warriors

the "seriously consider" joke

Happy Holidays!

the "sorry" package

"sorry", but your trains will still break down.

Puss In Boots

7

林俊杰要发新专辑了！

Societe Generale Private Banking 1st Rendezvous With French Cinema: A Bout Portant (Point Blank)

《星空》Starry Starry Night

preview: new blogskin

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《一泡而红》Already Famous

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想

这个世界 因为有了这部电影 而有一点点的不一样

一种感触

《一泡而红》Already Famous

Nasi Lemak 2.0《辣死你妈》

《行医》 - 哇哇映画 出品

周杰伦《惊叹号》！！！

《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》新加坡票房报捷！

ciNE65 Awards Ceremony

Happy Monday! =)

looking forward to next week=)

shut up!

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (Japanese)

this is SUPER ENCOURAGING!

box office takings of 23:59

Dream House

“入围已经是一种肯定了，得不得奖没关系。”

《竞雄女侠 - 秋瑾》The Woman Knight Of Mirror Lake

lots of writing

《夺命金》Life Without Principle

22 + 1

new semester! =)

new laptop

my 23rd birthday celebration=)

timetable

《23:59》23:59

78mins

《2012 我爱香港喜上加囍》I Love Hong Kong 2012

相信自己

新年快乐万事如意

twenty eleven 二零一一

现代诗人阿信

身单解快乐

这个世界因为有了这部电影而有一点点的不一样

《行医》 - 哇哇映画出品