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Casino Royale is the remake of the first James Bond movie. Originally played by actor Sean Connery, Daniel Craig successfully landed the role as the new James Bond in this release. Casino Royale started off with Bond’s first mission after receiving the title of ‘Double-0′ agent. For his 2nd mission, Bond went up against Le Chiffre. A financial expert that aids freedom fighters financially by investing their money in stocks and hiring bombers to manipulate the price of stocks in the market. Eventually, Bond has to stop Le Chiffre from winning the ‘Casino Royale’, a high-stakes poker game with prize money of 120 million.

This is one of the best Bond movies. I’ve enjoyed it very much and so should you. Here’s why

1. Bond is finally potrayed as an assassin. In this release, James Bond killed 2 men with his bare hands and a few more with his gun
2. Bond bleeds. He can fight with his bare hands. Extremely determine to complete his mission.
3. Bond may be a gentleman, but he’s not whipped. Open your own car door, woman.
4. Bond’s haircut, his car, nor his gadgets are not what made him Bond.
5. “Shaken or stirred, sir?” was replied with “Do I look like I give a damn?”
6. Torture? “Haha! Now you can tell all your friends that you died scratching my balls”

Enough said, go see it.

Genre: Action/Spy
Story line: 5/5
Visual: 5/5
Audio: 5/5
Acting: 5/5

ps: Three measures of Gordon’s (gin), one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet, shake it over ice then add a thin slice of lemon peel

Yay! Just bought a digital camera. Casio Exilim EX-Z110. Got it for RM699 which is a steal because the market price for this baby is RM888. Even got a 1GB sd card for free ^_^

Always always test the macro mode. During my hunt for the exilim, i found out that the Canon Powershot series sucks at taking macro pictures.

I was on medical leave for 2 weeks with conjunctivitis. Used the time off to hunt for the exilim. Clearly, a failed attempt to hide my pink eyes with the cap.

Arghh!! I’m so pissed off that the Castello movie sucks. Too many holes in the story line and trying too hard to fit too much in such a limited budget movie.

Can anybody answer these questions for me?
1. Who the hell is Castello? I didn’t recall any scene that Rosyam Nor introduced himself as Castello. There is a scene that Sepet said that ‘Kita kene hapuskan Castello sebelum dia jumpa kita’ but that’s about it.
2. Who the hell is Solo? In the end credits, Zain Ruffedge plays Solo. I thought he plays young Castello? What the heck?
3. Is this Castello related in any way to the Castello in ‘Gerak Khas’? How come the chinese dude died at the end? In fact, Castello too died at the end. But Castello and the chinese dude also died in ‘Gerak Khas’? Arghhhh..

So, me and my kid sister combined our thoughts and came up with a better Castello movie. Our Castello movie will have a ‘Godfather’ kind of theme. It’ll be a trilogy, Castello 1, 2 and 3. Here goes

Castello 1
Tells the story of Castello before he became the most feared man in KL. He came from a poor family. Lives near the Kelantan-Thailand border. Father’s a smuggler. Mum’s a housewife. Eventually, he also became a smuggler. Things turned bad when one of his friend’s got killed over a bad transaction. We can use back the story line from the original Castello move, only this time, instead of getting shot, he went Hindustan hero on the smugglers and eventually became the most feared man in the Kelantan-Thai criminal world. This movie needs a lot of subtitle because 90% of the language used is either Thai or Kelantan accent. We also need to include the story behind the name ‘Castello’. Maybe it’s actually a title given by him or something. Also, it needs to be a lot of bare handed fight scene. Muay thai is a must.

Castello 2
Continues from Castello 1, tells the story how Castello’s widen his criminal grip to Klang Valley. Maybe something like he fought against the existing drug lord. Car chase, explosions, illegal racing, drugs, sex, murder, mayhem, corrupt politicians, all the gangster related stuff should be packed in this movie. Action packed. Eventually, he succeded as the number one in Malaysia crime world. Also, we need to somehow plant the ‘wife’ character in this sequel. In this sequel, the focus should be the lifestyle of a criminal and the negative effect on social

Castello 3
Continues from ‘Gerak Khas’. Castello didn’t die. He was caught and sentenced to 10 years in prison because the prosecutor failed to find evidence to link him to more serious crime. In prison, he met with an old wise man that taught him how to be a good person. We can continue here with the original Castello story line. In this sequel, the focus should be the negative effects of crime on families

Slient prayer : "Please let Bade or Rosyam read this. Amin"

I just attended my first chinese wedding dinner. A really eye opener I must say. The whole dinner lasted for about 3 hours. Supposed to start at 7.30 but they had to delay a bit to wait for guests coming from out of town.

I think as part of tradition, guest are required to give angpow instead of presets. The amount varies, but the whole idea is to ease the newlyweds’s wedding cost. So, if you are invited to a chinese wedding dinner that you know will cost at least RM750 per table of 10 person, a RM10 angpow just wouldn’t cut it. Don’t worry about the envelope though, you can reuse the red envelop they put your invitation card in.

The dinner itself comes in 10 sequential courses. Try not to eat too much in one course or you’ll get full too early.

There’s little ethics of pouring the drinks. The idea is not to let any of the cups in the table empty. So, if you decided to pour yourself one, make sure everyone else’s glass doesn’t need a refill. Don’t overdo it though, this applies to glasses on your table that’s reachable by arm’s length.

There’s a lot of liquor involves and it’s freeflow. So, to muslim’s out there, don’t be tempted. Stick to your chinese tea and soft drinks, ok?

At the end of the ceremony, we’ll get to line up like schoolkids to shake hands with the newly weds and their families. All and all, another scratch for the 1000 things i’d like to do before i die

Congratulations to Kok Meng and Jialing.

To avoid jail for illegal racing, teenager Shaun Boswell was sent to Japan to live with his military father. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for young Shaun to be in the driving seat of illegal street racing. The different is, in Japan, races are held in parking lots and requires great skill in drifting. Being American and all, Shaun successfully finished the race, but totally wrecked his borrowed car. Since he was dirt broke, Shaun had to work off the repair cost for the car.

Makes me wanna go out and try drifting with my bike. Haha!! Simple story line. Load of cars (drool), hot Japanese girls (drool), and hip hop music, makes the perfect blend of racing movie. The drifting part is also not too shabby. I can’t tell which is real and which is CG. Plus, there’s a surprise cameo at the end of the movie.

Opps, I just found some interesting facts about this movie. No CG were used for the car stunts. Wow! No wonder they look so real!

Genre : Racing
Story line : 5/5
Visual : 5/5
Audio : 5/5
Acting : 2/5

After 5 years searching for more possible survivors from Krypton and finding none, Superman returns to Metropolis. Assuming back the identity of goofy reporter Clark Kent of Daily Planet, Superman found out the not only Lois Lane is in a relationship, she also has a son.

This movie sucks. Bryan Singer sucks. Can’t believe he made this. With all the hype, I was hoping for something better than Batman Begins. Turns out, it can’t even compare to the Christopher Reeve’s Superman. Lex Luthor is stupid ass. It’s the goddamn information age baldy! What the hell would anybody wants with more land? Go back to colonial age, you neandrethal monkey. This installment have way too much drama, felt like watching a korean soap opera. Kills of the action feel of the movie. The best part of the movie is the airplane rescue. After that, it’s advisable to leave the cinema

Genre : Comic Based/Action
Story line : 2/5
Visual : 5/5
Audio : 5/5
Acting : 2/5

The 4th installment of the ever popular book-turned-big-budget movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tells the story of the TriWizard Tournament. Held annually, 3 wizard school(Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang) will send their best student to challenge themselves and each other in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Contestant were selected by writing their names on a piece of paper, and throwing it into the Goblet of Fire. Come halloween night, the goblet will spit out pieces of paper with the names of the contestants. Chaos follows, when the goblet spits out Harry’s name since Harry is too young to enter the tournament. But because the goblet’s decision is final, it is generally decided that Harry is obligated to compete.

I love every minute of this movie. Start to finish, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire dazzled me with wonderful scenery, magic and mythical creature. Though the cinema is too cold and my bladder is blinking red coloured bulb “I’m gonna burst!” like mad, the 2 hours and 30 minute duration seems like a blink of an eye. I want more. A must see movie.

Genre : Adventure
Story line : 5/5
Visual : 5/5
Audio : 5/5
Acting : 5/5

Land of the Dead tells the story of a distant future. Where the dead comes back to life to feast upon the flesh of the living. A living person, turns into a zombie or nicknamed ’stench’ after being bitten by them. They can only be killed an inflicting an injury to it’s head.

To survive, the remaining living humans live inside the security of a fortified city surrounded by electric fence and rivers. Occasionally, the living went out of the city to gather abandon supplies and necessities by distracting the ’stench’ using fireworks. In this city, the living were in political turmoil when the rich who commands the city, consistently ignores the need of the poor resulting in internal conflicts.

Whilst being in a mindless man-eating state, the ’stench’ also has the tendencies to mimic the actions they use to do when they were alive. Although these actions are harmless, it showed that traces of memory and ability to relate still lies in their mind. Problem arouses when one of the ’stench’ suddenly developed the ability to think. Further developed the ability to communicate, with his army of the undead, they stormed the fortified city.

I hate zombies. They’re just plain creepy. But I like this movie. It feels like a horror for the early part but slowly evolved to an action. Still, with all the explosion and stuff, there were a lot of ‘feeding’. People getting eaten by swarm of zombies. Zombie suddenly came out of nowhere and bit off your arm. Definitely not for the vegetarian and the weak hearted.

Genre : Horror/Action
Story line : 3/5
Visual : 3/5
Audio : 5/5
Acting : 3/5

This movie tells the story of a poor young boy from a poor family. Consists of his parents and both grandparents from his father and mother side, Charlie and his family live in an old rundown house. His father works at a toothpaste factory while his mother is a housewife. They were so poor that all four of his grandparents had to share the same bed and can only afford to eat cabbage soup everyday. They were further unlucky when his father’s job are replaced by a machine that renders him jobless.

Every year, on his birthday, Charlie receives the world famous Wonka bar from his parents. Wonka bar is a chocolate bar made by the candy genius Willy Wonka in his mysterious chocolate factory. Willy Wonka is Charlie’s idol so much so that Charlie made a replica of Willy and his chocolate factory made with toothpaste covers. This year, Willy placed 5 golden ticket in 5 Wonka bar. These golden tickets entitled the holder to a tour inside the mysterious chocolate factory guided by Willy Wonka himself and in the end, one of the children will be awarded a special gift. Incidentally, Charlie found a golden ticket and went to the tour inside Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory with his grandfather.

I had a great time watching this movie. Another great product by Tim Burton, this movie pushes the envelope of creativity and imagination to it’s limit. I’ve never read the book nor seen the original movie but this movie is surely one of the most entertaining movie I’ve seen. Best seen before eating a McDonald’s chocolate sundae.

Genre : Comedy/Kids
Story line : 5/5
Visual : 5/5
Audio : 5/5
Acting : 5/5

Independence is not about the freedom to do anything we want without fear of any consequences. It’s immature to think that. If that’s the case, why do we need laws? I don’t think our ancestors fought for independence so that we can run around naked at Padang Kelab Selangor screaming ‘Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!’.

Independence is about not relying on other people. Or in Malaysia’s case, not relying on the British government. The freedom it offers is the freedom to chart our own future. The freedom to have our own unique image. The freedom to be better in ways that is right for us. The freedom to grow. The freedom to dream.

The challenge, we have to be mature enough to handle ourselves. To be discipline. To not make childish decision. To be brave enough to stand up for ourselves and not be intimidated even against powerful countries.

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