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Friday, January 27, 2006
  Can Also Be Titled - March of the Kambing Bebiri.
Akhirnya, malam tadi aku berjaya jugak nonton filem ni, sambil menghabiskan seminggu punya laundry. Ikmal dah tido (lepas aku bacakan buku How Did It Really Happen?, ttg Marco Polo, Jimmy Hoffa, dan ttg galaksi dsb, sampai dia keletihan dan tertido atas dada aku.)
Ngantuknye… ( I slept at 4 am last nite)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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1. Sekarang aku tak berapa terkilan sbb Jake G tak dpt pencalonan utk Best Supporting Male Actor, sbb Heath lebih shine dalam filem ni. Beliau membawakan watak Ennis, si pendiam, dgn begitu baik (complete with the good ole southern accent), aku terlupa yg dia tu mamat Aussie (I have a thing for actors that can carry out their roles flawlessly).

2. Filem Ang Lee yg bertemakan gay kedua yg aku tonton (the first one is Wedding Banquet, lepas SPM, remember Coy?)

3. The scene stealer for me, other than the two leads, is Michelle Williams, yg membawakan watak Alma. Aku semacam dpt merasakan kesedihan/ frustration dia, bila Ennis semakin lama, semakin melupakan tanggungjawabnya sbg seorang ayah (refer babak Ennis dgn selambanya menghantar anak2 perempuan kpd Alma, yg pada masa tu tgh bekerja di pasaraya ).

4. Cassie, lakonan Linda Cardellini (last seen as Velma dalam Scooby Doo). I don’t recall her from the short story by E Annie Proulx. Ada ke minah ni?

5. Mia Thermopolis has grown up!!! Aku suka babak ketika Lureen menceritakan ttg kematian Jack kpd Ennis melalui telefon…

6. … dan katanya, Jack mati kerana tayarnya meletup, sedangkan pd hakikatnya dia mati dibelasah sekumpulan gay bashers. Dan ketika ini, aku fikir Ennis pasti teringat semula memorinya ketika berusia 9 tahun, di mana bapanya make sure yg dia melihat mayat seorang lelaki gay yg mati dibelasah.

7. With all the baked beans, those guys must’ve farted a lot…

8. Paling sedih ialah kambing bebiri yg menjadi mangsa serigala ketika koboi2 tu tgh sibuk berasmaradana.

Now you’ll have to excuse me. I’ve got some fishing to do.

Related posts : http://mamaikmal.blogspot.com/2005/12/why-why-why.html, serta reviu yg lebih mendalam dari Fadz's tontonfilem (linknya di sebelah sana tu).

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
  Cannot Tahan...Must Watch...

The New World (2006)

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Apasal aku tak nampak pun Christian Bale? Adakah dia menyorok di balik lalang yg sama lebat dgn facial hair Colin Farrell? Apa pun, I would definitely watch it for Bale. Walaupun cuma tinggal kulit dan tulang jek mcm Trevor Reznik. (dia buat lagi daaa… utk filem Rescue Dawn).* geleng kepala 18 kali *.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Ada kuda, kambing bebiri, gunung, jeep, sungai, batu.Tapi takde Jake and Heath making out. Sucks.Oh ya, aku dah ada DVD BBM, tapi masih belum sempat nonton lagi.

BloodRayne (2006)

Filem arahan Uwe Boll (nama manjanya Kubrick of Krap), sering menampilkan nama2 yg agak terkenal, walaupun filem2 sering mendapat rating yg rendah. Judging from the trailer, aku rasa filem ni mcm one of the lost episode of Xena:Warrior Princess (idola aku suatu ketika dulu). Hampeh. Terlalu clichéd.

Castello (2005)

One advice utk pembikin trailer filem Melayu, lain kali, jgn le letak spoiler dalam trailer ! Notice the scene yg mana Sepet (lakonan Que Haidar) yg ditembak oleh Rosyam Nor, yg mana pada pendapat aku, kira menceritakan ending filem tersebut, dan bermakna, mungkin lepas ni filem ni tak boleh difranchais-kan seperti siri Mami Tanjung dan anak2nya. Unless ada villain baru yg lebih jahat kot. (Apsal la villain filem Melayu biasanya perogol? (see KL Menjerit 1, Embun) Adakah itu jek yg paling evil you can come out with ? What? LPF? Oooo patutlah…)

Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) (2006)

Sekuel filem Night Watch, arahan Timur Bekmambetov, yg baru ditayang di Rusia. (Sekuel ketiga bertajuk Dusk Watch yg masih dalam peringkat pre-production). Seperti biasa, hero kita, Anton, lakonan Konstantin Khabensky, akan muncul semula, begitu juga Olga (yg kali lebih mengancam!!!) Filem kedua ni aku nampak lebih colorful berbanding yg pertama, tapi menjanjikan aksi2 vampire yg (aku harap) lebih best dari yg pertama. And yes, please, no more Nescafe…

X-Men 3 (2006)

*cough * Angel, * cough * with wings. Can’t breath. Must watch * cough*. Haha, takyah tengok trailer pun aku pasti tonton di layar besar.

The Fountain (2006) (Teaser trailer)

Woah. Hugh Jackman dan Rachel Weisz dalam 3 persona yg berbeza, searching for immortality ?. Walaupun aku bukan fanboy Darren Aronofsky (mcm Nazim Masnawi), tapi filem ni pastinya masuk one of the films to watch in 2006.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
  Will somebody hand me a tissue !!
Take the quiz:
Which Horror Movie Are You?

The Blair Witch Project
You feel lost, and like you have no one to talk to. You know there are people there, you know you can get help, but you are too fearful of the outside world to the point of letting noone in. You might have a couple of close friends, but you push them away because your own fears overtake all feelings and emotions you might have. You aren't worrying about a specific thing, just life in general.

Quizzes by myYearbook.com-the World's Biggest Yearbook!

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Monday, January 23, 2006
  Oh serious, serious, serious...
Aku terjerit ‘Cillian !’ ketika beliau muncul selama lebih kurang 5 saat ketika namanya dicalonkan utk Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik utk kategori filem Muzikal/ Komedi semasa Anugerah Golden Globe tempoh hari.. That smile! Lupa lak Abah Ikmal ada kat belakang…

Filem pertama Cilly yg aku tonton ialah 28 Days Later. Kemudian dia muncul sbg watak villain Scarecrow dalam Batman Begins. Ramai berpendapat filem2 ni bukanlah filem terbaik Cilly, dan berpendapat beliau lebih menyerlah dalam filem2 terdahulu spt. On The Edge (2001) dan Disco Pigs (2001). Damn, aku dah pegang CD OTE masa Speedy Berjaya buat clearance sales hari tuh, tapi aku tak beli pun (instead aku beli Spongebob Squarepants utk Ikmal).

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

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‘If I take something serious, I might start crying and never stop’

Cillian ke tu? Sangat cantik, kerana aku hampir tak kenal wataknya sebagai Patrick ‘Kitten’ Braden. Set dalam era 60-70-an di Ireland, ia mengisahkan seorang pemuda transvestite yg cuba mencari ibu kandungnya yg meninggalkannya di luar pintu seorang paderi (lakonan berkesan Liam Neeson) ketika masih bayi. Berdasarkan novel tulisan Patrick McCabe.

Babak best:
Ketika Kitten di-hipnotise oleh Stephen Rea (aku lupa nama wataknya), dan dia berlari2 ke sana ke mari, kerana menyangka org tersebut adalah ibu kandungnya, it’s really heart-wrenching.

Kitten di peep club. Di atas buaian. Ketika berbicara dgn Liam Neeson. Excellent.

* spoiler * Ketika Kitten bertemu dgn ibu kandungnya (dia menyamar sbg wanita yg membuat survey), that brings me really close to tears. Walaupun dia tak bagitau perempuan tersebut yg dia adalah anaknya, man, that really reminds me of Ho Yuhang’s Min. So close, yet so far away…

Aku juga suka fantasi2nya, eg ketika bermain football dgn gaun yg bergemerlapan, menyamar sebagai perisik yg bersenjatakan minyak wangi, hmmm…

I’d gladly give it *****/*****.
Excellent, and I would definitely watch it again. And again.

Red Eye (2005)

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Cilly & McAdams dalam babak faveret aku.

Whatever female-based, emotion-driven dilemma you may be dealing with right now, I sympathize with you. But right now, we need to break this down into male-based, fact-driven logic.’
Jackson Rippner

Bad, bad boy, Cilly.

In a nutshell : A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician. (From imdb.com)

What else can I say? I bought this DVD solely for the purpose of watching Cilly. So, screw the plots, storyline, etc, walaupun diarahkan oleh salah sorang film-maker horror faveret aku, Wes Craven.

Me gives : ****/*****.

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  Sejuknya...
In 24 hours
they'll be laying flowers on my life,
it's over tonight

I'm not messing no I
need your blessing
and your promise to live free
please do it for me..

24 by Jem (as heard in the teaser trailer)
Which gives me a tingling sensation
Dan membuat (film)mojo aku naik by 78%
Phoar!

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Leeloo, Alice, now Ultraviolet!

Filem terbaru dari Kurt Wimmer, the same guy that brings us Equilibrium, yg menampilkan Bale-ster sebagai John Preston. Dgr khabar teknik gun-kata-nya juga digunakan dalam filem nih.

Synopsis : In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, strength and intelligence, and because they are set apart from ordinary "healthy" humans, societal riffs push the world to the brink of worldwide civil war between the human government and the enhanced diseased populace. Caught in the middle is one such infected woman, Ultraviolet (Milla Jovovich), who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death. (from efavata.com)

Woah
waiting with bated breath…

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Thursday, January 19, 2006
  'Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow...'
(Lagu latar : Fell On Black Days – SoundGarden)


Entah mengapa pagi tadi,
Ketika melihat si Aiman dalam pangkuan ayahnya,
Yg sibuk menghantar anak2 daranya yg lain ke kelas tadika,
aku rasa lain macam jek.

Frust.
Tension.
Bengang gila.
Rasa nak bunuh orang.

Bila lagi?
Perlu ke aku buat petition?



End song : Mad World by Gary Jules

'And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world, Mad world'

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
  The Irish eyes are smiling...
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  Marriage and Parenthood Tips Part i
Dapat artikel ni via e-mail tadi, dan rasa terpanggil utk berkongsi…

Petua rumah tangga bahagia

Sering melakukan kegiatan bersama-sama seperti makan bersama, keluar berjalan berdua-duaan (aku, bertiga-tigaan), beriadah dan mandi bersama (takleh, bilik air kecik sgt).

Galakkan isteri tidur di atas lengan suami. (Man, I always wake up with a sore neck…)

Isteri yang penyayang akan berada di belakang bahu sebelah kanan suami ketika berjalan.

Jaga agar mulut dan badan tidak berbau agar suami sentiasa mahu berseronok dengan isteri. (Matila mak…)

Isteri yang hangat dan romantis sentiasa mengharapkan suaminya berada di rumah bersama-samanya. (How the hell am I gonna watch all those DVD’s?! Juz kidding…)

Tukar gaya penampilan setelah beberapa ketika untuk mengelakkan jemu kepada pasangan.

Kreatif mencipta suasana yang harmoni dan tenang dalam rumah tangga.

Sekiranya ada pergaduhan atau pertengkaran, cuba ingat kembali kenangan manis semasa bercinta dan berbulan madu. (Tak sempat bulan madu pun, kawin masa peak period audit firm…)

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Kenangkan jasa dan susah payah isteri mengandung dan melahirkan anak. (Alhamdulillah, Abah Ikmal ada bersama2 aku dalam labour room).

Sekiranya berlaku penceraian (bagi pasangan Islam untuk talak satu dan dua saja) jangan mudah menghalau isteri keluar dari rumah sebelum habis edah kerana mungkin suami isteri berminat untuk bersatu kembali (rujuk). (Nauzubillahiminzaalik…)

Suami kena lebih mesra dengan keluarga mentua kerana sekiranya rumah tangga menghadapi masalah, ibu bapa mentua boleh membantu dari segi nasihat.

Suami jangan tumpu perhatian yang berlebihan kepada dunia luar berbanding keluarga sendiri. (Same goes with the wife)

Isteri jangan lebih banyak masa menyibukkan diri dengan dunia luar, seperti aktif dengan kegiatan persatuan, berpolitik atau terbabit dengan jualan langsung. (Blogging?)

Sentiasa berlembut dari segi percakapan, layanan kepada pasangan dan pergaulan sesama ahli keluarga.

Isteri perlu berhias lebih kepada suaminya berbanding apabila keluar rumah. (Which explains why aku serabai gila bila ke ofis…)

Menjawab setiap pertanyaan suami dengan lembut.

Pasangan berusia, terutama isteri jangan terlalu rapat dengan cucu, tidur dengan cucu dan tinggalkan suami tidur sendirian. (Noted)

Sekiranya ada masalah, bawalah berbincang. Jangan bertengkar dan masing-masing menegakkan pendapat sendiri.

Fahami dan hayati sifat pasangan dan anak-anak.

Suami disifatkan seperti matahari sentiasa panas, isteri bulan; cantik, lembut dan indah dipandang, manakala anak-anak pula umpama bintang iaitu sifatnya sebagai penghibur dalam rumah tangga. (Aku bulan macho dan brutal)

Suami isteri perlu mengekalkan sifat romantis dan sentiasa berhati muda walaupun masing-masing sudah berusia.

Anak-anak jangan dipaksa mengikut telunjuk dan kehendak ibu bapa tetapi beri mereka pilihan yang sesuai tetapi sentiasa awasi mereka. (Lembut tapi tegas, man, aku kena belajar…)

Ketua rumah tangga yang bijak sentiasa ada perancangan jangka panjang untuk ahli keluarganya. Sama ada dari segi kewangan, pelajaran dan tempat percutian.

Keluarga Islam, pastikan sekurang-kurangnya dua waktu sembahyang berjemaah bersama-sama ahli keluarga - merapatkan hubungan dan kemesraan. (Cara aku- letakkan sejadah kecik di sebelah (but make sure jgn terlalu rapat, utk anak2 lelaki yg belum bersunat), dan biarkan si anak mengikut mama & abahnya solat. Malam tadi, Ikmal sampai tertido atas sejadah masa ikut solat Isyak, mungkin sbb penat sangat main agaknya).

Jangan beri ahli keluarga makanan yang tidak halal atau diragui kehalalannya kerana bermula dari makanan membentuk air mani dan melahirkan generasi seterusnya.

Sekian saja utk kali ini, yg baik dr Allah, yg buruk dari saya, tapi hakikatnya dari Allah s.w.t juga...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
  Bits n pieces, Part i
War of the Worlds (2005)

Arrrggghh…
Kenapa la aku asyik terbayangkan TC terlompat2 atas couch Oprah sepanjang masa menonton filem ni? Agaknya itulah salah satu sebab kenapa filem Spielberg ni termasuk dalam senarai filem2 flop buat tahun 2005. At least dalam buku aku la.

Wtf?
- the Ferriers got the ONLY working car in town ? How convenient…
- the hide and seek scene in the basement, that is soooooo Jurassic Park, Mr Spielberg!
- And yeah, you, Dakota Fanning, why do you remind me so much of Uptown Girls ?

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Thumbs up scenes :
- babak alien tripod mem’blender’ manusia, dan darah yg terpercik ibarat kabus yg sejuk…
- haha, ketika Harlan Ogilvy, lakonan Tim Robbins, cuba menggali terowong dgn harapan dpt melarikan diri ke tempat lain, that is sooo Shawshank Redemption (watak Andy Dufresne juga dimainkan oleh Robbins).

Me gives : ***/*****

Tom Yum Goong (2005)

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Filem ni, nak dikatakan sekuel kepada filem aksi hebat Ong Bak pun, tak jugak sbb jalan citernya agak lain. Tak puas hati gila aku nonton filem ni. Editingnya teruk sangat, seperti melompat2 dr satu scene ke satu scene, sampai aku pun jadi lost track ngan apa yg berlaku. Fight scenes-nya pun tak segempak Ong Bak, yg aku boleh tonton berulang2 kali. Yes, dan tak logic. Apa taknya, dah kena tikam/ slash pun hero kita (lakonan Tony Jaa) boleh lawan dgn penuh stamina mcm takde apa2 berlaku.

Best !
Awek dr filem Ong Bak ada membuat cameo dlm filem ni, memarahi boyfrennya yg membeli DVD cetak rompak. Hehe… terkena batang hidung sendiri. Dan sorang mamat Jacky Chan look-alike yg terlanggar hero kita di airport, juga seperti meluahkan hasrat sang pembikin filem utk membuat koloborasi utk filem akan dtg!

PS : Adik lelaki aku dgn selambanya berkata lepas habis tonton filem ni..’Ya, bagus org Thailand, sayangilah gajah, bunuhlah org2 Islam…’.

Me gives : *** / *****

Toolbox Murders (2003)

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Filem ni remake filem yg asal (tahun 1978), arahan Tobe Hooper. Aku suka sbb pelakon utamanya ialah Angela Bettis, awek goth kegemaran aku, last seen sewing body parts in May. Seram, standard filem2 slasher yg aku suka. Cuma, filem ni mungkin ada sekuel, memandangkan di akhir filem, sang bayi keranda tidak dapat dikesan oleh polis2 yg ‘efisien’ tu.

Wtf?
The cops. Kalau ko tgk mesti sakit hati gila babi punya.

Best death scene : Tie between death by nail-gun (lekat kat siling, sweet!) dan Julia (digerudi di kepala). Oops, aku lupa, satu lagi, mamat yg tulang belakangnya di potong ngan playar. Gila.

Me gives : *** ½ /*****

Ghost World (2001)

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Filem arahan Terry Zwigoff ni berdasarkan novel grafik hasil karya Daniel Clowes. Thora Birch menaikkan berat badannya sebanyak 20 paun utk filem ni (lepas kejayaan filem American Beauty). Aku suka sarcasm budak2 ni, terutama sekali si uber-bitch, Enid (lakonan Thora). She is such a biiiiigggg loser, but really cute, though.

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Fadz, ko pernah kata, kalaulah hidup aku difilemkan, aku boleh jadi watak Scarlett Johannson, but I beg to differ la brudder. (Okay, maybe ada skit2 part sensible dan realistiknya tuh). Aku rasa aku lebih mcm Seymour, lakonan Steve Buscemi. Naper yek ?

1. Aku sorang yg loner, tak reti bergaul ngan orang.
2. Aku takleh berhenti bercakap kalau ttg sesuatu perkara yg aku suka (read : films)
3. Aku suka kumpul benda.
4. Aku suka milkshake perisa vanilla.
5. Aku takleh relate to 99% of humanity.
6. I look good in bed…LOL juz kidding!!!

Babak best : Setiap kali Enid goes on screen. Ayat2 power nya, ditambah ngan muka deadpan, is priceless.

Btw, Steve Buscemi adalah salah sorang pelakon under-rated yg aku gemar, terutama dalam filem Reservoir Dogs. He’s sooo rule as Mr Pink!

Aku bagi : *****/*****

Kredit photo: moviemantz.com (WotW), the moviebox.net (TYG), joblo.com (GW) dan filmfocus.com utk TM.

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Sunday, January 15, 2006
  Jangan tenung aje, makanlah !
American Psycho (2000)

Reviu ini ditulis selepas aku mengelap air liur yg meleleh depan TV selepas menonton filem ni..hehe ;-)


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The closest thing you can get… (fr toychest.diamondcomics.com)

In a nutshell : Filem arahan Mary Harron ni mengisahkan ttg Patrick Bateman, (lakonan mantap Christian Bale) seorang yuppie yg kacak, terpelajar dan mempunyai kerjaya yg bagus. Tapi, pd waktu malam, beliau gemar membunuh tanpa sebab, selain melakukan perkara2 yg ganas dan kejam. Berdasarkan novel Brett Easton Ellis.

Woah.

I think I’m gonna change my morning routine after this…

1. Ketika bangun tidur, jika muka anda nampak sembab, letakkan bungkusan ais pada muka. Jgn lupa membuat senaman otot perut. Selalunya cuba buat hingga 1000.
2. Selepas itu, jgn lupa gunakan deep pore cleanser lotion. Dan semasa mandi, gunakan gel mandian berasaskan air, kemudian scrub badan madu dan badam, dan jgn lupa gunakan exfoliating gel scrub pada muka.
3. Lepas tuh, sapukan mask muka herb-mint selama 10 minit.
4. Jgn gunakan after shave yg beralkohol kerana ia membuat kulit muka menjadi kering dan membuat kau nampak tua. (Ahem, not applicable for me, though)
5. Kemudian, gunakan pelembab, bam mata anti-aging dan akhir sekali, moisturizing protective lotion.

(Aku sukak babak ni. *Drool… Trivia filem di imdb.com, in the DVD commentary, Mary Harron says that during the first shower scene with Patrick Bateman, all of the women on set gathered around to watch Christian Bale wash himself. * sigh* I wished I was there…;-))

Scene2 yg best:

1. Hip To Be Square dance. Dgn baju hujannya, Bale nampak cheeky sekali. (I mean sebelum dia mengapak kepala Jared Leto la)
2. The threesome scene. Bukan the sex thing, but the way Pat Bateman checks himself out in the mirror, man, you can’t be vain-er that THAT!
3. The business card scene. You can see ENVY written all over Bateman’s face.
4. Every time Pat Bateman rants about music, man he makes Whitney Houston and Phil Collins seems cool for a second there.
5. Did I mention the shower scene?

Dejavu : Babak Pat Bateman berpisah ngan tunangnya Evelyn (lakonan Reese Witherspoon), lebih kurang sama kmcm babak clash Elle Woods (juga Reese) dalam Legally Blonde.

Hmm.. kalaulah Leonardo DiCaprio yg berlakon sbg Pat Bateman (spt yg di awal perancangan), haram aku takkan tonton filem nih sampai sekarang. Dan kalau le Christian Bale yg berlakon sbg Jack dlm Titanic, mesti tiap2 hari aku tgk, hehe… (fyi, sampai now aku masih lum tgk Titanic lagi)

Me gives : ****/*****.
***** for Bale’s breakthrough performance.

Oh yeah, the talking Pat Bateman figure (costs approx US$42) delivers some of the film’s (in)famous lines..

"Gotta return some video tapes."
"Picked them up from the printers yesterday...that's bone, and the lettering is something called cylian braille."
"Look at that subtle, off-white coloring....the tasteful thickness of it.... oh my God, it even has a watermark..."
"Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it."
"You like Huey Lewis and the News?"
"Did you know that Ted Bundy's first dog ,a collie, was named Lassie?! Ha Ha! Have you heard this?"
"Hi this is Paul, been called away to London for a few days. Meredith, I'll call you when I get back. Hasta la vista baby."
"Listen, you'll have to excuse me....I have a lunch meeting with Cliff Huxtable at Four Seasons in 20 minutes."
"And uh,Paul Allen......I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face.....his body is dissolving in a bathtub in hells Kitchen"
"Tonight I,uh hahahah......just had to kill a lot of people!"

Killer!


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Thursday, January 12, 2006
  1 Desperate Father and 3 Roadtrippers
What actually constitute a road movie? I mean, kenapa bebaru ni, banyak road movies yg dinobatkan dgn berbagai2 pencalonan seperti Oscar dan Golden Globe ? So far, antara road movies yg aku masih ingat:

Harold & Kumar Goes To White Castle
One Indian dude + One Chinese dude = get a burger

Sideways
Harvey Pekar + That guy from Wings = screw some chicks + wine appreciation

From Dusk Till Dawn
Seth & Ritchie Gecko + the Fullers = Mexico (they met some vampires on the way, but that’s a different story)

Natural Born Killers
Psychotic couple (Mickey + Mallory) = whatever they want to do in their twisted mind

See?
Formulanya lebih kurang sama.
Tahun 2006 ni, aku baru tonton 2 road movies…


Transamerica (2005)

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Toby, I AM your Father...

Apa yek yg membuatkan aku tertunggu2 filem ni. Oh, ye, Felicity Huffman, si ibu dari Lorong Wisteria yg juga merupakan watak yg paling aku boleh relate dalam siri Desperate Housewives. Dia memegang watak Bree @ Stanley, seorang transeksual yg cuba mendekatkan diri dgn anak lelakinya yg baru ditemui selepas 17 tahun. Pelik, awkward, kelakar, itu yg aku rasa semasa menonton filem ni. Lakonannya benar2 berkesan, dan membuatkan aku hampir percaya yg beliau adalah seorang lelaki dalam perjalanan menjadi seorang wanita sejati. Filem arahan Duncan Tucker ini juga menampilkan Kevin Zegers yg memegang watak Toby, anak kpd Bree, seorang hustler homo.

Aku suka babak : Pertemuan emak Bree @ Stanley dgn cucunya. I guess semua nenek sayangkan cucu camtuh. And yes, penjelasan Toby ttg unsur2 gay dalam filem LOTR. Dan semua babak dgn Toby. (That’s hot, bak kata Paris Hilton)

Aku bagi : *****/*****


Wolf Creek (2005)



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There's no running away from Mick, girl...

Mengisahkan 3 sahabat yg membuat perjalanan ke Taman Negara Wolfe Creek di Australian Outback. Secara tetiba jam dorg berhenti bergerak, dan kereta takleh start. Muncul seorg good Samaritan yg dgn rela menolong mereka. Boleh percaya ke ni?

Isy, gigil jugak aku tonton filem nih, walaupun mula2 agak slow. Mmg thrilling, apatah lagi ianya berdasarkan kisah benar. Tapi jgn expect any good fights from the protagonists (mcm Eliza Dushku dlm Wrong Turn atau Jessica Biel dalam TCM), sbb dua drp diorg mmg betul2 mati. Tragically.

Babak tutup muka pakai bantal : “What was it your mate said again? Oh, yeah, that's not a knife - *this* is a knife!” Gila. Dan jejari yg bertaburan…

Aku bagi : ***/*****

Find a new, safer hobby, willya ?

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  New Year Reso #23
I will stop bitching about Lis (Nis?) Dawati

Lepas tgk minah ni beraksi (dan menang!!) dalam Fear Factor Malaysia, aku berazam utk tidak mengata atau mengumpat atau mengutuk dia, walaupun dia digosip ada meminjam wang dr Nadia Mustafar/ dia suck dalam Miftahul Jamilah/ mmg aku tak gemar dia. Ya. Sesiapa yg dapat kalahkan 3 lelaki dalam 3 stunt yg gila (which involved some cow’s testicles) mmg deserve my respect.

Period.

Aku akan cari mangsa baru pulak lepas ni.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
  What's With Brit Blokes & Fast Cars?
The Transporter (2002)

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“Cik, dah berapa kali saya bilang, saya bukan James Bond”

Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin (Jason Statham) lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. He has been hired by an American known only as "Wall Street" (see Rule Two) to make a delivery, but when Frank stops along route, he notices his "package" is moving. Violating his own personal rules, Frank looks inside the bag, finding its contents to be a beautiful, gagged woman. (Thanks, imdb!)

Dua sen aku : Filem hasil karya Luc Besson ni, (arahan Corey Yuen) mengingatkan aku kpd filem Yamakasi (muzik latarnya la). Lupakan unsur2 logik, kerana pada aku, filem ni mmg dibuat utk penggemar2 filem2 action-packed. Look out for the OTT oil fight scene. * shudder*

Aku bagi : ***1/2 / *****


Transporter 2 (2005)

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Frank dgn Jack Billings.

Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers. (From imdb)

Dua sen aku: Kerusi tuan director telah bertukar kpd Louis Leterrier (Danny The Dog), tapi jalan cerita lebih kurang sama. Wham- bam- thank you- maam action packed, kali ni, dgn penjahat yg lebih seksi (Lola, lakonan Kate Nauta).

Aku bagi : ***/*****

Filem2 Transporter nih, pada aku, tak lebih drp sebuah vehicle utk mengeksploitasi fizikal muskular Jason Statham, yg begitu macho, tapi mungkin salah satu breed lelaki zaman kini yg kian pupus kerana, selain drp pandai memandu secara berbahaya dan juga mempunyai skills martial arts yg mengkagumkan, Frank Martin juga, antara lainnya:

- mempunyai rumah yg cantik, lengkap dgn buku2 resepi dan ketuhar (di mana Lai lakonan Shu Qi membuatkannya kuih Madeleine dalam T1);
- sangat mementingkan kebersihan (“You can see how a man treats himself from the way he treats his car”, kata Tarconi, sahabat baiknya)
- pandai melayan kanak2 (bermain teka-teki dgn Jack Billings dlm Transporter 2);

Agak ironik, kerana aku jatuh minat dgn Clive Owen setelah melihat wataknya sebagai The Driver yg misterius dalam filem2 BMW. Maybe I got this thing for brooding Brit blokes with flashy, fast cars. Woah.

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Sunday, January 01, 2006
  Selamat Pengantin Baru !!!
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Majlis di Muar


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Majlis di Shah Alam L-R- Cik 8A, Cik Pengantin, Cik Mamanitzus

Sori lambat, yek. Gambar lambat sampai !

Aku doakan semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki & berbahagia selalu !

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