Oh yeah! This is another easy one by Nuffnang. I heart Nuffnang so much. They offer bloggers so much, that it encourages me to keep on blogging!

Just have to find this hidden image within 2 bloggers' blog. So so simple. Now I just hope I'll get the invites.



SHERLOCK HOLMES
In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “Sherlock Holmes” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.

The action-adventure mystery “Sherlock Holmes” is helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie, for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life, and Jude Law stars as Holmes’ trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective. Mark Strong stars as their mysterious new adversary, Blackwood. Kelly Reilly plays Watson’s love interest, Mary.

Synopsis courtesy of Nuffnang.

I know I'm going to enjoy this movie because I absolutely adore the cast! Especially Rachel McAdams and oh boy isn't Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr a delicious combo?

Dear friends, if you want to get a chance to watch this awesome movie with me. Wish me luck! Cheers!

Yes! I've finally watched the movie after it began showing 2 weeks ago. I watched it with my mom and we brought a big pack of tissue with us. We always need that for soppy movies.

We enjoyed the movie, it was funny and sad all at the same time. We cried a lot when Henry died. The storyline of the movie was different from the book. Some characters and important settings were omitted. I shall not go into details, there's too many and I'm too lazy.

The movie is quite light, not as depressing as the book. In the book, Clare practically waits for Henry her entire life, until she turns old. In the movie, Clare managed to see Henry one last time and he asked her to 'stop waiting'. It gives viewer a sense of contentment and the 'happy ending'. But I prefer the book's version, as it is somewhat more tragic, sad and it reminds readers that people can't control fate. And I like it that way.

What I love about the movie is the beginning. I think they chose the perfect scene to start the story - where the Henry's mother dies and he time traveles for the first time. What I don't like was this major prop continuation error that was so obvious, you just can't miss it. It happens after Henry's vasectomy, he was at Clare's studio telling her what he had done. Clare was doing her work and that's where you can see the major continuation error on her workstation. If you missed it, you must be blinded by Rachel McAdams pretty face (and I think I can forgive you for that).

Overall, this movie is worth watching. It's great to see how they translate everything onto the big scree. The movie gives you a different feeling from the book, not that I'm complaining. I also adore Rachel McAdams (from The Notebook). So I rank it 7/10. If you haven't read the book, please go read it. You don't know what you're missing out on.

The band at the wedding that was playing during Clare and Henry's first dance was awful. Wrong song for such a beautiful occasion. Minus 1 point!

I didn't see this scene in the movie! I rank 3/10 for TGV Sunway Pyramid.

The end bit - suspense.

This is how the book look like, just in case you are interested in buying it!

(500) Days of Summer will be placed way up there with What Dreams May Come. The movie is so fantastic, it's beyond words. I'm not just talking about the storyline (not that shallow). The cinematography is good and the acting is good. It's the best movie I've watched this year. The Soundtrack is out of this world too!

Here is a little snip-it - my favourite part!


I can't wait to get the DVD. (hint: Christmas is 2 months away). Enjoy!

I know I said I'm on a 'laptop ban' session, because I wanted to focus on doing well for my finals. But, I have other commitments, like my beloved blogshop customers. I have to submit their orders, confirm orders with supplier, check for bags status, etc. Hence, me - online - blogging!

I went to watch The Final Destination on Monday after Corp Comm exam to release stress. That is what Dan and I like to call it, instead of 'curi tulang'. The tagline of the movie itself was already a big hinter - that the movie is just another 3D money-making gimmick and it does not display any form of aestheticism. 'Death saved the best for 3D'? DUH! The movie was not true to the Final Destination series (bits and pieces of clues of the way the next person is going to die via premonition? OMG) , all the death scenes looked horribly fake and the acting was bad. Not to mention that the poster visual and the second tagline - 'Rest in Pieces' was really catchy but irrelevant. It was a waste of our youth (as quoted from Mira) and money. Another factor why I didn't enjoy it at all was because I didn't watch it in 3D. After watching UP in 3D, I swore not to watch anymore 3D movies in the cinema. I had a terrible migraine throughout the movie, must be due to that stupid and heavy glasses.

Final Destination 3 remains the best of the 4 series, never trust the reviews from Maxis (they claimed the final installment was the best, bullshit I say). So please, to those who have taste in gory and creepy movies, stay away from this one. I had to watch it because I was a fan. After watching it, I wish I never did. A total insult to my all time favourite movie series.

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I went to watch this movie 2 days ago with Dan at TGV Times Square. I wasn't very keen on watching it as a couple of my friends said it was pure action and had no storyline, a typical boys' movie. I still went ahead and watched it anyway, because fortunately, Dan is a typical boy at times.

True enough, the movie was all action. Even though it's a pure action movie, not much violence was involved. I wouldn't say the movie does not comprise any storyline, but the plot was rather flat and without climax or intensity. The special effects is too 'special' for me to bear. At certain points, I felt like I was watching a cartoon. Probably I'll be more interested if it was a cartoon. Yet again, if it was a cartoon, I might not even watch it to begin with. Seeing that they put so much effort in the special effects and I wasn't wow-ed by it even for a minute - quite saddening. The other thing that annoyed me during this movie was the slow motions. They used it so often that it becomes plain corny.

The only character that I found interesting was Ripcord (Marlon Wayans). I don't like Marlon Wayans because of his choices of movies like all the Scary Movies. But I have to say, he was the perfect man for Ripcord and he really made me laughed. Channing Tatum was just stoned face as usual, Sienna Miller looked great in black hair and there wasn't much of Dennis Quad, which is a waste.

The movie ended with another typical super-cool-action-heroes-good-triumphed-over-evil scene. Where all the main 'Joes' were lined up in one horizontal line, walking towards the camera, wind is blowing and it was in slow motion (yes, again). Slow-mo ended by Ripcord saying 'Damn, we look good'. Well, I have to agree.

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Film director Yasmin Ahmad in hospital (Update 6)

KUALA LUMPUR: Critically-acclaimed movie and TV commercial director Yasmin Ahmad underwent emergency surgery at a hospital here after suffering a stroke at about 4:30pm on Thursday.

She was at Sri Pentas at TV3 for a meeting with pop diva Datuk Siti Nurhaliza and her husband Datuk Khalid Jiwa when she reportedly felt unwell and had difficulty breathing.

Siti, who was an ambassador for the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, immediately administered CPR, together with a TV3 panel doctor.

Film director Yasmin Ahmad

When they could not revive her, they immediately sent to the Intensive Care Unit at the Damansara Specialist Centre. Doctors there administered CPR and stabilised her before performing surgery at about 6pm to reduce the swelling in her brain.

Doctors said she was in stable but critical condition.

A host of Malaysian personalities were at the hospital, including Siti and Khalid, Suria FM’s Engku Emran, TV3 CEO Farid Jamaluddin, and indie filmmakers James Lee, Pete Teo, Liew Seng Tat.

According to former journalist and actress Fatimah Abu Bakar, Yasmin’s parents caught the 7pm flight from Langkawi to be at her side.

Datuk Dr Zakaria Zahari, Yasmin’s brother-in-law, said that her condition was stable but critical and will be monitored.

He requested that the media present at the hospital respect the family’s wishes and leave the premises to pray for Yasmin’s recovery.

Yasmin, 51, the director of Sepet, is particularly well known for the community message commercials she directed for Petronas.

She began her career in advertising as a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather, eventually rising to creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur.

Her movies have won many international awards and have been screened at the Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore and Cannes international film festivals.

Last November, she was inducted into the inaugural Malaysian Advertising Hall of Fame by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia.

Article taken from The Star online at 8.21 pm, 23 July 2009.
Today is the day where the first Malaysian-Yasmin Ahmad was on the top of Twitter's Trending Topics. Let's all pray for her and hope that she gets well. I read her blog often enough to tell that she is kind, humble and down to earth. Even though she is a celebrity, she will reply comments personally and talks to everyone equally.

Dear Kak Yasmin,

Your movies and commercials have always touched our hearts and reminded us how proud we should be to be Malaysians. Today, you brought to us together again. You were the top of Twitter's Trending Topics. This just proves how Malaysians can unite. I really hope you will recover and see this for yourself. You will definitely be moved by all the things people are saying now, they are praying that you will be fine. Please be well.

Love,
Tammy

Updated 26 July 2009.
Yasmin Ahmad passed away at about 11.25 pm last night. She's the great storyteller who brought us beautiful movies and advertisements. I wish I had the chance to get to know her personally. You're a legend and we will always remember you. Rest in Peace. We'll miss you.

I LOVE THE HARRY POTTER SERIES! So it's no surprise, that I bought the Premier tickets 3 days before the premier. Me and my cousins have been going on and on about it and we were so excited. On the 16th July 2009, we went to One Utama (muggles' shopping mall) TGV (muggles' cinema) to watch HP6. Before we apparated to O.U., me and Nadia decided we should get ourselves wands that were imported from Ollivander.

Mine is made out of Willow and Phoenix tail feather and Nadia's is made out of Vine Wood and Unicorn hair. Aren't they pretty?

When we apparated to O.U., none of us vomited, even though it was our first time (we're as tough as Harry!).

Nadia the Death Eater! Aurors! Get her!



Best part about magic? With the flick of your wand, food just magically appears!

Stupefy!

Stupefy me again and I shall use the Cruciatus Curse on you!

Move and I will use the Sectumsempra spell on you!

A war has taken place in O.U.! Watch out muggles!

No it wasn't a coincidence, I purposely dressed like Hermione Granger. Isn't that cool?!

Nadia wishes this was Harry instead...

One family portrait. (P/S: If you don't see us moving in the picture, this means you're just an ordinary being, there isn't a single trace of magic in you.)


Now, let's save this precious piece of memory in the Pensieve.

Review:
The movie was not that good. There was more focus on love triangles, snogging and relationships. I didn't cry when Albus Dumbledore died, that scene from the movie just didn't come across as powerful as from the book. A lot of scenes, characters and details were omitted. Any HP fan will be disappointed. I hope that the last episode will be better. It should be the best episode among all, it should end with a big Bang!

Till we me meet again...

Let's just all not think about the lack of an intelligible plot and originality, a typical-replica-of-the-first-movie sequel and some deja vus from Terminator Salvation.

Focus on the awesome special effects, good sense of humour, funny sexual innuendos, cool robots fighting scenes and hottie eye candy Megan Fox.

Just enjoy the frigging big budget sci-fi-action blockbuster people!

Well, we enjoyed it!



Some REAL reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

I didn't have the urge to watch a horror movie in a long time. But somehow when I saw the trailer for Drag Me to Hell and knew Justin Long was starring in this movie, I was dying to watch it. So I checked Twitter and saw what others have to say and most people mentioned it was scary. Subsequently, I went to watch this movie with the aim to be scared till I jump out of my seat, scream and be afraid to sleep alone for the next few nights. I got more than what I bargained for.

The truth is Drag Me to Hell is not a typical horror film, it is a many times funny and startling horror movie. I should have checked Rotten Tomatoes reviews before watching this movie (darn twitterers).

When the movie just begun, there were already many signs. The typical old fashioned typography for the title of the movie, the overused lurking creepy hand shadows, and the corny lines. There were wrestling, pointless events, dancing, cool visual effects, obviously fake visual effects, romance, somethings that doesn't make sense, startling scenes, scary music, more corny lines and cast shadows, buzzing hell-flies, eyeball, goo, maggots, and last but not least a talking goat.

Throughout the movie, I laughed and I screamed. Drag Me to Hell is in a totally new genre, which I like to call Corror/Homedy/Horredy, a mixture of Horror and Comedy. If this was what Sam Raimi intended to do, then he definitely did an excellent job.

On a personal note, if the cursed object is not the necklace. Your poster shouldn't show that the hell-hand is pulling the girl by the necklace.

What would you do if you get a second shot at life? I think anyone that's smart enough would say nothing and the movie just proves this point. 17 Again is sweet, sentimental and funny. An extremely enjoyable teen comedy.

Let me clarify something first, I am not a big fan of Zac Efron because I am not a big fan of the HSM trilogy and I think he was dorky in Hairspray, even though it was a good movie. But I've got to admit that he did a pretty good job in this movie and he looked extremely delicious. Director Burr Steers somehow manages to capture all the good sides of Zac Efron on camera. Zac Efron looks handsome from every angle and mesmerizing no matter what he's doing on screen (even crying)! I think this movie should be called Zac Efron Again instead! Did I mention he looks extremely delicious, mesmerizing and good looking?

I also have to say kudos to Thomas Lennon for doing a great job as Ned Gold - the dorky high school best friend which turns out to be a cool, funny and interesting fella. He nearly made me LMAO.

For more information on 17 Again, check out IMDB.
For more reviews on 17 Again, check out Rotten Tomatoes.

Our MD suggested we should organize an in house movie night instead of going to the cinemas. For the in house movie night, we will take turns to bring our favorite movie and share it with the rest. The first one to share was Saad and he's favorite movie is Cinema Paradiso.

Cinema Paradiso begins with a flashback. It tells the story of a young boy (Salvatore / Toto) and his friendship with an old man (Alfredo) who was the projectionist at their native Sicilian Village cinema. Alfredo serves as a wise father figure to Toto, as Toto's father never returned from war. The film intertwines sentimentality with comedy. It explores issues of youth, coming of age, and reflections (in adulthood) about the past. Cinema Paradiso is also a celebration of films.

For more information on Cinema Paradiso, click here. We will be having another Chicken Movie Night this coming Thursday night and I'll be sharing my favorite movie - What Dreams May Come.

Angels & Demons was another one of my most anticipated movie of the year and again it did not meet my expectations. Like all blockbuster sequels and book adaptation movies, they are always not as good as the first movie or the book. For those who plan to watch Angels & Demons, you can continue reading. I promise I will not go into details of the storyline.

The movie began oh so gradually, it started with a 5 minutes long narration. Continued with a 10 minutes long scene where dialogues were in Italian, without subtitles. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) didn't appear on screen till afterwards. What made this movie even less captivating for me was because I was unfamiliar with the elements mentioned in this movie. Unlike The Da Vinci Code, even without reading the book, I knew of The Last Supper, Mona Lisa Smile, etc. My interest and understanding level of the movie was relatively high. For Angels & Demons, I just wish I had read the book first.

Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in Angels & Demons has a sense of humour, was expressive and at certain points comical. Robert Langdon was suppose to be somewhat like Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) in C.S.I. New York - cool and intelligent. Tom Hanks did a great job in the Da Vinci Code, but this time he just lost his cool factor. It was also weird to see heartthrob Ewan McGregor playing Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (a priest). Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) looked really gorgeous, but she was just another-pretty-face-pointless character in this movie.

The good part of this movie is the setting. You get to see most of Rome. The storyline is a fast-paced thrill ride that will get you at the edge of your seat. It is also not as controversial as the The Da Vinci Code.

In a nutshell, I prefer The Da Vinci Code. I am still glad that I went to watch Angels & Demons during the premier. It might not be as good as I expected it to be. But hey, you don't always get what you want and is the experience that counts. Right?

For more information on Angels & Demons, you can visit Angels & Demons Homepage or Angels & Demons on IMDB. Here are what the critics have to say about this movie on Rotten Tomatoes.

It is custom for interns at Creative Juice\Sil to plan and organize a movie night (thanks to Joshua). I was no exemption to that custom, so I started planning about a month and a half ago (for extra credits!). We decided on watching Wolverine because it was the most anticipated movie at that time.

Here are the details of the Chicken Movie Night:
Date: 30th April 2009
Time: 8.30pm
Venue: GSC, One Utama (New Wing)
Tickets: Purchased online using my mom's credit card
Tickets were sponsored by Lai Keat.

At first there were 23 people participating the Chicken Movie Night, but 2 days before the movie night, only 13 people could make it. Have I failed my internship already (*sobs*)? A lot couldn't make it because the next day was Labour Day and they were heading back hometown the night before or had other plans.

We had dinner at Burger King before the movie.

Mujib and Mira (our very own Paris Hilton!).


Azeril, Sin May, Amanda, Alice and Jennifer.


Me, Nadz and Mujib.


Mira enjoying her Mozzarella Cheese Sticks in her very own way. It was really weird~


And last but not least, the BFF! OMG!

Wolverine was not what we expected it to be, seeming that it was one of the most anticipated movie of the year and it's suppose to be a blockbuster. Several shots from the movie looked really fake and the ending was abrupt. Mira still enjoyed it though because she claims that there were a lot of hot guys in the movie such as Wolverine/Logan/James/Hugh Jackman (I totally agree!) and Gambit (I am speechless for this one).

Wasted we didn't take a group picture. I hope everyone had fun and hopefully we can do this again before I leave.

I now officially handover the responsibility of organizing the next movie night to Suresh - the new Intern. Muahahaha

After dinner at Coconut Flower last saturday, my cousins from my father's side called me up and 'uninvited' me to watch the movie called The Uninvited.


Yes, it is the horror movie starring Emily Browning. You can read the full synopsis here.

At first I said NO because I really hate horror movies. I love watching gory, bloody and violent thrillers, but definitely not movies that's got to do with ghost. As I hung up the phone, a gush of guilt rushed over me and with my mom's and dan's constatn encouragement for me to go and hang out with my cousins. I soon found myself dialing my cousin's number, saying 'I'll go for it'. We met up at TGV Sunway Pyramid for the 9.30pm show.


My wacky cousins - Sha Sha, Syikin, Dik Nor and Nadia.

The movie was OK, not the scariest of all the horror movies, just a few spooks here and there. The way the movie was plotted reminded me of one of my use-to-be favourite Horror Movies (those were the days when I was brave) - A Tale of the Two Sisters.


The highlight of this movie was Arielle Kebbel, she starred as Alex (Anna/Emily Browning's sister). She spent most of her on screen time in a bikini and babydoll dresses. So so hot, leaving us so so envious.


What really freaked me out was my cousins! They were scarier than the movie! They tried to frighten me and they succeded a few times. We spent most of the time giggling at each other or during the after-spooks. After the movie, we went to McDonald's for supper. We talked and laughed a lot. Nothing beats spending the evening with my beloved wacky cousins. Here are some of the pictures of us doing what we do best - cam whoring.




Can't wait till we do this again, next time I get to choose the movie!

A special thanks to Dan for not holding a grudge for me because I always abondaned him and go seek my own agenda.