ah it has been a long long time. a couple of weeks really which ended up being some kind of movie fiesta during the random couple of hours we are spared in between activities - bookout before dinner or nights out. was somewhat disappointed by the movies, had expected much more but as usual was provided with excellent company. haha.

le grand chef was somewhat interesting (in a korean+palace them way), but had a rather thin/predictable plot. the girls behind me were sobbing at a scene, and somehow i found that funnier. interesting i suppose because this is my first korean movie haha - it has never been my kind of thing but i liked how they did the dishes. haha.

i had expected more from 27 dresses too. i mean ok fine i went into it not knowing exactly what to expect and what the show is about (except that it's about some perpetual bridesmaid thing) but the publicity for the show was pretty good so it ended up as something that i wanted to watch. hence when kf and zh asked me i was like ok great. in the end it proved to be rather predictable, like all other chick flicks. it was a lil funny i guess, i especially liked the quick comebacks. but in the end i guess, what do you expect from a romantic comedy?

i really liked kite runner - as in the book. so i was really looking forward to the release of the movie, esp given how the reviews for the movie were not that bad. it was lauded for giving it a natural touch and for the excellent acting. but somehow despite the natural touch, i wasnt really convinced by the acting, especially from the supporting cast. i suppose the problem with movies based on books is that the makers of the movie tend to cut out parts they consider unimportant. and unfortunately for the kite runner, that didnt quite work for me because many of the parts they decided to cut out were rather important and in fact very interesting to me. in fact i found it weird that they decided to cut out the really really emotive parts in fact. which ended up making the entire movie a lil messy and choppy. but i thought it was a good choice of location - the scenery was good and so were the kite-flying scenes! most upsetting especially was the lack of "for you a thousand times over" JUST TWO! not enough not enough. i mean that's my favourite line from the book! but overall i guess it's ok, i mean it's an alright-ok movie generally. it's just that i have read the book and enjoyed the book more.

cny dinner today was somewhat interesting, at least it was an opportunity to unwind. although the food sucked. and variety was somewhat lacking. but i like the atmosphere cos everyone was like happy and high. haha. even diamond challenge this morning wasnt toooo bad. haha.but yea the drinking game was quite funnily interesting, so was camwhoring and i still hate beer and cannot drink.

o yes and happy birthday mr calvin tay.

cny's coming soon and i really want the long break.

junyi! posted at 11:08 pm.