Category: Movies
Pic of the Day
Sandcrawler in Singapore
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Woohoo!!!!!!! This is so cool !! Meet the new LucasArts Animation Office.
I’ve no frickin’ idea where it’s gonna be but I wanna go visit it already!
von Trier Destructo-Psyche attack, roll vs -8 to save
Melancholia is von Trier’s new film, and looks to follow Monsters back in 2010 in taking a mainstream Hollywood concept and relegating it to a basic background plot premise in order to focus on the characters. Of course, this is a v.Trier film, which means it’s going to veer hard right into demented territory. I don’t expect it to have the raw impact of Dogville and/or Antichrist though, unless that whole trailer throws us for a loop. This is the man who claimed that all of his films till now have had happy endings. He’s either a supreme troll, a subversive genius or a complete nut. Perhaps a little bit of all three. Still, if he’s bonkers, it’s the good kind of bonkery.
When did Korean girls transform from fuddy-duddy to smoking hot?
I don’t have the answer.
But I distinctly remembered that the Koreans girls were once seen as the poor cousins of Japanese girls. Japanese girls were the cute/sexy/hot ones while the Koreans girls were… well, motherly. In a Kim Jong Il manner.
Is it the Korean dramas that sport ridiculously looking gay dudes who sent girls swooning over some stupid sit-up scene? A nefarious soft power projection by the South Korea gov? The vast improvement in skillsets of the Korean plastic surgeons? All of the above?
Anyway, who cares? A couple of years down the road, I’ll be too old to be looking at teenage girls prancing on the stage without feeling like a dirty old bastard. Might as well enjoy the ride it last.
Random Korean girl group
R.I.P. John Barry
In the midst of all the insanity of football transfer news over last night, I actually didn’t realise the passing of the great composer, Mr John Barry.
You won’t find me blogging much about music news as I know nuts about this subject, but Mr Barry is kinda different. Probably best known for his works in the James Bond films, John Barry probably created what is best described as the “Bond Sound”.
Mixing a blend of horns, jazz, strings, brass (I’m not entirely sure what I’m listing here is even correct, so don’t get pissed if I got them wrong), his influence in the soundtrack of future Bond films which he does not even contribute can be felt. (Don’t believe me? Check out the Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace songs.)
I guess I would probably want to list down one of my favourite soundtracks of all time. One that I actually bought (in cassette tape, no less) because I had a thing for a-ha when I was a boy, but ended up loving for the rest of the instrumental tracks when I grew up.
The album, as you would have guessed correctly by now, is “The Living Daylights” (1987). The soundtrack would turn out to be Barry’s last contribution to the Bond franchise. Fusing a bit of disco, a bit of classical music and lots of that ‘Bond Sound’, this soundtrack when listened today brings a very retro-futuristic vibe to it.
I have included my favourite track of the movie’s soundtrack below, which I just found on youtube, which is I guess my way of honouring the passing of the great composer.
John Barry – The Ice Chase (from The Living Daylights OST)
JAMES BOND - ICE CHASE ( The Living Daylights )
Felt like digging a hole and jumping in? That’s the Office for yer.
Just to add some new developments to what golliz said here, the conservatives are now trying to use the “Look, that loveable Rush Limbaugh lookalike is laying it thick on those smug liburul Hollywood scum!” narrative after what happened. Ignoring what the man at the centre of this teacup tempest said, I’m sure since they’re so enamoured of Gervais, they should be happy to invite him to their own dinner events. Because like the last time that something like that happened, things just went SWIMMINGLY, with a gracious and good-natured crowd lapping things up.
Ricky Gervais, I worship thee …
It has always been said that the Golden Globes are literally just an excuse for the Hollywood Foreign Press throwing a star-studded lavish 4 hour party for Hollywood bigwigs to pat each other on the back.
Well, somebody sure didn’t remember to tell that to this year’s host, Ricky Gervais.
The visibly slimmer acid-tongued has lost none of his sting. Insulting presenters and Hollywood in general. The man was on fire. Sadly, most of the stars forgot to remove the stick wedged up their arses, and even starts rebutting at the host (which I must say is a first for me).
My big surprise was after Robert Downey Jr’s comeback at Ricky’s funny intro, he went on to suggest the nominees shoulda slept with him. So, I suppose making cracks at screwing an actress is OK, but being teased about your past convictions are a no-no?
I dunno.. but RDJ has always been a charming bastard and manages to pull off the risque little speech well.
On the whole, I thought Ricky managed to do the impossible.
He made the Golden Globes fun.
Thank God for Ricky, even if he doesn’t believe in one.
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Interesting notes :
Why is Mark Zuckerberg suddenly being revered whenever “The Social Network” wins anything? Did MZ threaten to remove their Facebook accounts or something?
Is Christian Bale channeling Johnny Depp or was he trying to look like Jesus?
Ain’t it great to see Trent Reznor win for Best Score? It’s so hip and non-conventional, and best of all, it already got dumped by the Academy (Oscars) cos it’s not ‘original enough’
Speaking of the Social Network… DAVID FINCHER. BEST DIRECTOR. WOOHOO!!
Why does a blonde Emma Stone look more like Lindsay Lohan than Gwen Stacy?
But last but not least. January Jones, the hands-down winner for Miss Golden Globes 2011.
Hey This Looks Familar…
Just happened to catch a teaser for American Idol Season 10 (view the AI Launch 1 video) on the local TV channel and the Jennifer Lopez caricature made me think… hey, I’ve seen this before.
And then it hit me, the depiction of Lakshmi in Sita Sings the Blues, of course.
Probably all a coincidence.
You can download or view the entire show on YouTube . Highly recommended. And then either donate or buy some merchandise to support the creator, Miss Nina Paley, who have so kindly given this work of art to us for free.
The Curious Case of the Missing Rambo Film
Has anyone ever noticed that there was an error in the sequence of Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo franchise?
John Rambo first appeared in 1982 in “First Blood”;
A 1985 sequel was made, titled “Rambo : First Blood Part II”
So, why the heck was the 1988 sequel after that named “Rambo III” instead of “First Blood Part III” ???
To make things more bizzare… 20 years on, Stallone returned to make a ‘prequel’ to Rambo III, titling the fourth installment… RAMBO. (which technically mean it is RAMBO 1?)
So, the question is… if they do make a FIFTH movie, should it be titled RAMBO II , or First Blood Part III?
As Alice would say, “Curiouser and Curiouser.”