Killing and being messed up...
"I thought you were a cool guy..."
"I am a cool guy..."
Finally got the chance to meet up with Adeline and Siya for a movie. :)
We were not very sure of what to catch partly because there aren't many nice movies out at the moment and the ones that i want to catch are not going to be out for another 2 to 3 weeks. Siya wanted to watch 'Catwoman' but according to Adeline, who has already watched the show, is sucks big time. What to do? Spend cash on some other movie lor...so we decided to watch 'Collateral'. Got Tom Cruise mah~
The whole story is very cat and mouse-ish.
Max, played by Jamie Foxx, the taxi-driver is the best American cabby i have ever seen in any recent movie. I bet Singaporen taxi uncles could learn a thing or two about helping their clients save money when they are in a rush or not. He is the so called good guy of the film. Its a nice turn to see him doing some serious acting. I've read that he acted in 'Ali' but i have not had the chance to catch that movie. A few years back, Ch5 showed his comedy, sadly i due to my frequent watching of that show in the past, i was kinda stuck wondering whether and when he was going to crack a joke. I give him props for making that transition from trying to make people laugh to making people think.
Vincent, the resident killer cum bad guy, is portrayed by who else but Tom Cruise. The last time i watched him turn on the evil stuff was in 'Interview with a Vamnpire'. Boy was he good that time! The only thing that turned me off Lestat was his eyes...totally gave me the creeps....Haha. Thankfully this time round Tom has short hair and his eyes are a normal colour...not exactly drool worthy but he still is good looking. Anyway, Vincent is a killer who has done some very deep thinking about how significant we are in the whole web of society. He kills in the blink of a eye, ok maybe three blinks, whether it be with his trusty silencer or in hand to hand combat. I found it really cool when he killed that particular guy in that particular club. His fighting and running style is not all that bad for a guy old enough to be my father. He is still in good shape as is Brad Pitt :)... Adeline, Siya and I all agreed that his butt is very nice to look at especially when he was running...but why is he so short?! Then again what do i care if he is a tripod?! Haaha...i digress...Vincent strikes me as a rather sad individual because he has made a career of killing people he has never met before. I guess it a good thing that he is contracted to kill people he does not know because he does not have to deal with the emotional espect. Put yourself in his shoes, how would you like to kill someone whom you have know for , say, the past 2 years? He did make a point when he chided Max for freaking out after the death of the first guy. Why should he care about a guy dying when hundreds die everyday in some remote country? I asked myself the same question. Weellll, honestly i don't think i would be bothered by the deaths of so many people because i do not know them. I have a feeling that if i did not see the news about deaths i would never know a thing. How about you?
The two major scenes of the show were successful in bringing in the tension and suspense, however there were times where i was very confused with what was going on and wondering where the characters were in the whole get-up. Other than that i must say that the method of character deveopment and plot direction was well done. For a person as blur as i to know what was going on in the small and large pictures, i believe that the director deserves a big round of a applause.
All in all, i would not consider this particular movie a mega hit but it would rank as one of the movies that made me want to make more of my life. I might buy the VCD when it comes out but i would have to see how much cash i have saved and make that choice again when it hits the stores.... -.-; On the hand, i am so going to buy the Troy VCD!!!! Hee heee...
Before i sign off, here's a serious thing that has me messed up and very pissed to the extreme.
Imagine yourself in this situation and tell me what you would do.
*You are studying for a particular subject and need a certain book for extra reading.
*You don't wish to spend money on the text because you are short of cash and don't want to bother your parents with the extra burden of paying for texts since they arae already going to be forking out 24 grand for your education.
*You have toyed with the idea of borrowing the book from the library to photocopy the pages you need but you can't seem to find the book anywhere in the bloody library coz everyone else has already borrowed it.
*You find that very text underneath the table your sitting at during a lecture.
*It is brand new and has no name or marks linking it to anyone except the writer and publisher.
Would you ...
1. Keep the book?
2. Pass it to the school office?
3. Burn it?
4. Give it away to someone who needs it more than you do? aka bless someone with the text...
5. Sell it? It would get you cash from practically nothing except maybe your scruples...
6. Listen to your father who tells you that you have to do the right thing because his children are to follow the morals they were brought up with, on the the other hand, you bloody well that someone else would probably never do the same thing if you had been the one to lose the text. And you have a very strong feeling that passing the book to the office would mean that the library would get another text FOC.And no one would ever know that you spent hours trying to make up up your mind about whether doing the 'right' thing. Yet you know that assing the book to the office is the only thing that is 'correct'.
Fuck the concept of people knowing! You know darn fucking well that others would never give up 50 bucks worth of texts if they needed it and found it...but you know that you are different from other people and are programmed to listen to your parents.
Now, put yourself on the flip-side...
*You've just bought the book.
*You realise that your brain does not like you when you realise that you left the text in the LT after the morning lecture.
*You have that sinking feeling that the person who was fortunate enought to find your new book will most likely not return the book because that is what any critical thinking person in the kiasu society of Singapore would do.
*You resign yourself to the fact that you hve to go spend another 50 odd on that same text and blame yourself for being so muddle headed. Meaning that extra cash is your punishment for having a fucked-up memory.
*You don't bother trying at the office coz you know that no person in their right mind would return the book.
Pop quiz hot shot! What would you do?! WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would love to have an answer to this situation. Does anyone have any idea what to do?
Here's mine.
I found the book and am now in that big huge mess of deciding if i should do the ethical thing when i know that doing it would make me feel like a fool for being the good girl. I also know that i could never lie to my dad and tell him that i returned the book when i actually kept it. Small lie, white lie, black lie, its still a sin.
i know that after all this bitching, i will still do whatever my dad tells me to do and return that blasted book when i go back to school.
So why do i still feel so fucking lousy when i am supposed to be elated that i am going to do what is ethically right?!
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME !
Cussing is bad, i know, but can you blame me?
ok, i am sorry for the cussing. I'll try not to do it again.
I'll try.
"I am a cool guy..."
Finally got the chance to meet up with Adeline and Siya for a movie. :)
We were not very sure of what to catch partly because there aren't many nice movies out at the moment and the ones that i want to catch are not going to be out for another 2 to 3 weeks. Siya wanted to watch 'Catwoman' but according to Adeline, who has already watched the show, is sucks big time. What to do? Spend cash on some other movie lor...so we decided to watch 'Collateral'. Got Tom Cruise mah~
The whole story is very cat and mouse-ish.
Max, played by Jamie Foxx, the taxi-driver is the best American cabby i have ever seen in any recent movie. I bet Singaporen taxi uncles could learn a thing or two about helping their clients save money when they are in a rush or not. He is the so called good guy of the film. Its a nice turn to see him doing some serious acting. I've read that he acted in 'Ali' but i have not had the chance to catch that movie. A few years back, Ch5 showed his comedy, sadly i due to my frequent watching of that show in the past, i was kinda stuck wondering whether and when he was going to crack a joke. I give him props for making that transition from trying to make people laugh to making people think.
Vincent, the resident killer cum bad guy, is portrayed by who else but Tom Cruise. The last time i watched him turn on the evil stuff was in 'Interview with a Vamnpire'. Boy was he good that time! The only thing that turned me off Lestat was his eyes...totally gave me the creeps....Haha. Thankfully this time round Tom has short hair and his eyes are a normal colour...not exactly drool worthy but he still is good looking. Anyway, Vincent is a killer who has done some very deep thinking about how significant we are in the whole web of society. He kills in the blink of a eye, ok maybe three blinks, whether it be with his trusty silencer or in hand to hand combat. I found it really cool when he killed that particular guy in that particular club. His fighting and running style is not all that bad for a guy old enough to be my father. He is still in good shape as is Brad Pitt :)... Adeline, Siya and I all agreed that his butt is very nice to look at especially when he was running...but why is he so short?! Then again what do i care if he is a tripod?! Haaha...i digress...Vincent strikes me as a rather sad individual because he has made a career of killing people he has never met before. I guess it a good thing that he is contracted to kill people he does not know because he does not have to deal with the emotional espect. Put yourself in his shoes, how would you like to kill someone whom you have know for , say, the past 2 years? He did make a point when he chided Max for freaking out after the death of the first guy. Why should he care about a guy dying when hundreds die everyday in some remote country? I asked myself the same question. Weellll, honestly i don't think i would be bothered by the deaths of so many people because i do not know them. I have a feeling that if i did not see the news about deaths i would never know a thing. How about you?
The two major scenes of the show were successful in bringing in the tension and suspense, however there were times where i was very confused with what was going on and wondering where the characters were in the whole get-up. Other than that i must say that the method of character deveopment and plot direction was well done. For a person as blur as i to know what was going on in the small and large pictures, i believe that the director deserves a big round of a applause.
All in all, i would not consider this particular movie a mega hit but it would rank as one of the movies that made me want to make more of my life. I might buy the VCD when it comes out but i would have to see how much cash i have saved and make that choice again when it hits the stores.... -.-; On the hand, i am so going to buy the Troy VCD!!!! Hee heee...
Before i sign off, here's a serious thing that has me messed up and very pissed to the extreme.
Imagine yourself in this situation and tell me what you would do.
*You are studying for a particular subject and need a certain book for extra reading.
*You don't wish to spend money on the text because you are short of cash and don't want to bother your parents with the extra burden of paying for texts since they arae already going to be forking out 24 grand for your education.
*You have toyed with the idea of borrowing the book from the library to photocopy the pages you need but you can't seem to find the book anywhere in the bloody library coz everyone else has already borrowed it.
*You find that very text underneath the table your sitting at during a lecture.
*It is brand new and has no name or marks linking it to anyone except the writer and publisher.
Would you ...
1. Keep the book?
2. Pass it to the school office?
3. Burn it?
4. Give it away to someone who needs it more than you do? aka bless someone with the text...
5. Sell it? It would get you cash from practically nothing except maybe your scruples...
6. Listen to your father who tells you that you have to do the right thing because his children are to follow the morals they were brought up with, on the the other hand, you bloody well that someone else would probably never do the same thing if you had been the one to lose the text. And you have a very strong feeling that passing the book to the office would mean that the library would get another text FOC.And no one would ever know that you spent hours trying to make up up your mind about whether doing the 'right' thing. Yet you know that assing the book to the office is the only thing that is 'correct'.
Fuck the concept of people knowing! You know darn fucking well that others would never give up 50 bucks worth of texts if they needed it and found it...but you know that you are different from other people and are programmed to listen to your parents.
Now, put yourself on the flip-side...
*You've just bought the book.
*You realise that your brain does not like you when you realise that you left the text in the LT after the morning lecture.
*You have that sinking feeling that the person who was fortunate enought to find your new book will most likely not return the book because that is what any critical thinking person in the kiasu society of Singapore would do.
*You resign yourself to the fact that you hve to go spend another 50 odd on that same text and blame yourself for being so muddle headed. Meaning that extra cash is your punishment for having a fucked-up memory.
*You don't bother trying at the office coz you know that no person in their right mind would return the book.
Pop quiz hot shot! What would you do?! WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would love to have an answer to this situation. Does anyone have any idea what to do?
Here's mine.
I found the book and am now in that big huge mess of deciding if i should do the ethical thing when i know that doing it would make me feel like a fool for being the good girl. I also know that i could never lie to my dad and tell him that i returned the book when i actually kept it. Small lie, white lie, black lie, its still a sin.
i know that after all this bitching, i will still do whatever my dad tells me to do and return that blasted book when i go back to school.
So why do i still feel so fucking lousy when i am supposed to be elated that i am going to do what is ethically right?!
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME !
Cussing is bad, i know, but can you blame me?
ok, i am sorry for the cussing. I'll try not to do it again.
I'll try.
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