Movies

At Santa Monica, there lives a hot girl and her horrendous looking best friend. It doesn’t take a brain larger than a peanut to guess who the hottie is.

Sigh.

Paris Hilton is one of the executive producers of this show and I seriously don’t know what’s on her mind. No wonder Grandpa Hilton decided not to give her a single penny.

60% of the show featured how gorgeous Paris is. Now imagine, “Paris jogging along the beach with her ponytail and boobs bouncing.” Or “Paris, wearing sexy bikini, posing on a boat.”

The other 35% shows how horrible her friend looks. Rotten toenails and teeth, untamed hair, oversized granny pants and more.

The only decent part was the 5% shown during the last few scenes. When the guy realized that he is in love with Nottie (who turned out looking really pretty after some cosmetic procedures) instead of Hottie. The sudden realization is the only scene worth looking at.

Rating: 1/5 (All for the 5% and the effort that Nottie put in to play her part.)

Caught Harold and Kumar. It was hilarious. A “boy-flick” for sure. So guy-ish and so explicit.

I’ve not watched the first one and I always wonder what it was about since all the guys around me were talking about it. Now I can totally understand why they loved it. Sex. Babe. Boobs. Pxxxs. Drugs. Slapstick jokes. Guys.

I hereby declare; “I love French movies!”

This show was rather intense. You can really feel how torn Marie-Jo was when she had to make a choice between 2 loves of her life.

Her husband, Daniel, is one who shared her past and life with. They created a stable family and a beautiful and smart daughter. He is the man who is deeply in loved with her and was not angry with her when he found out about her affair with another man. He was depressed, devastated and confused. He even tried to share his wife because he wanted her to stay.

Marco, a very charismatic guy and Marie-Jo was very happy when she was with him. Marco made her feels young again. Rejuvenated, happy and in loved.

Both men loved Marie-Jo a lot and so did Marie-Jo. You can feel how sad she was to make that decision. I can feel her pain.

To cut the story short, I’m going to reveal the ending here.

Marie-Jo went out on a boat trip with Daniel. Daniel accidentally slipped and hit himself on the head. He then fell into the sea in a semiconscious state. Marie-Jo tried saving him but to no avail. She then decided to die with Daniel, hugging and holding his hand and drown herself too. Both of them died.

Sigh, I hate sad ending.

Overall, the music was good, the acting was intense and the scene was beautiful. Just that the ending is way too tragic and I hate sad endings. Otherwise, it’s still a good show to watch.

Ratings: 3.75/5

Note: It is strange that it is rated as PG in Singapore! There were numerous sex and nudity scene involved! It should have been M18 or something! I’m glad I’ve watched it with one of my girl-friend to save me from feeling awkward and all.

Synopsis:
Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will’s best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a “PG” version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, he apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it’s definitely never too late to go back…and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.

Comment: This movie is supposed to be a romantic comedy. Please take note that I used the word, SUPPOSED.

I love chick flick generally. I love watching a brainless movie and not having to use any of my precious and limited brain cells that are left up there after a whole day of mugging.

But this movie was not THAT romantic and the funny parts probably lasted a total of 27 seconds. (Ok, I am being mean here. Yikes.) It is not at all brainy but instead of watching the movie in a peaceful affect state. I was highly irritated. The movie progresses very slowly and it is definitely not for people like me who is always looking forward to how things end.

The saving grace in this movie was the adorable girl who is incredibly lovable. The happy ending left me feeling slightly pleased too. Will plucked up his courage after Maya’s encouragement to pursuit the love of his life that he once missed. This is how the ending should be like for a romantic movie.

Ratings: 2.5 / 5

To side track, I saw a show that said one shouldn’t say that his/her relationship is having a “happy ending” as this is sort of an oxymoron. Like alone together, pretty ugly etc. So one should say, our relationship is off to a “happy start”.

No one wants to watch that French movie with me. Blah.

I am confused with what I want in life. Hmm, I know this sounds random, but being in a confused state makes people random too?

I saw this on 8 days, a French film (with English Subtitles) playing this Tuesday at 8pm. But I can’t find anyone to go with me! It’s at Sarkies Road, which is very near Newton MRT station. I read its synopsis and I am curious about the choice that Marie-Jo made.

Hey babes and guys (people that I know), anyone interested to go? Do sms/call me by Sunday and I’ll try to book it at Sistic if it is still available.

Here’s the synopsis.
Marie-Jo is a middle-aged woman living an ordinary life with her husband Daniel, and her daughter, Julie. Daniel runs a small construction business in which Marie-Jo helps. She also works at the local hospital. Outwardly their marriage is loving. But Marie-Ho has been in love with another man for more than a year. Marco works as a harbour pilot and is deeply in love with Marie-Jo Learning that loving two men is impossible, Marie-Jo is forced to make a choice.

Watched Step Up 2: The Streets yesterday with my sister and it was a random and sudden decision. I text her in the afternoon and she agreed. Haha. Thanks sis!

Hmmm, there isn’t much of a plot in the movie. If you are into great music, amazing dance moves and hot chicks/hunks then you won’t be disappointed. My sister said the first one was much better, better plot, hotter hunk and all. Haha.

But there is something else which is more exciting! Mama Mia is coming up on the big screen! How cool! I watched it at Broadway a year ago and it was great! Love musicals!

Caught the movie “The Leap Years” with Cat, Val, Tabi and Harry today and to my surprise it was actually kind of nice. Even though it is painful to watch 2 persons who are extremely in love to keep waiting for each other (mind you, it’s meeting once in four years!), the plot and the way the movie was film was kind of romantic and “arty”.

The tradition of leap years was indeed romantic, where it is believed that in 5th century Ireland when St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about women having to wait for so long for a man to propose. According to legend, St. Patrick said the yearning females could propose on this one day in February during the leap year. And in Scotland, they passed a law that allowed women to propose to the man of their choice on that day and any man who declined a proposal would have to pay a fine.

So yearning (and courageous) women out there do make your proposal tomorrow! Good luck!