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Just watched 881 movie at Tiong Bahru plaza. I think the movie is really quite good. It depicts the 2 getai sisters’ life in a very “Hokkien song” fashion. Throughout the movie, the depiction of their emotions are always accompanied by very sad hokkien songs. There is a part when Weilian is singing a very sad song at Si Ma Lu, his singing is really very touching. And i typically like the way the director deal with the sad scenes. There is one scene when “big papaya” returns home, but her mother doesn’t want to acknowledge her. The scene is supposed to be very sad, and then, the “big papaya” started to sing a hokkien song. I was like ….”er…..”, it’s really quite amusing when the hokkien song is played accompanied by the sad scene. It makes me wonder whether should i cry or should i laugh out loud.

The last scene is also one of the best, showing the 2 sisters hugging together when “small papaya” is dying. I think they are like seated on a revolving disc or something, with “small papaya” in her last few minutes. Then after she died, “big papaya” sang alone in the next “7th month getai”, and the next scene shows ”small papaya” appeared singing with her. I think that is the most heart-felt scene in the movie.

The show is not really all about sad stories. There are also many situations when the director uses very exaggerating moves. Such as the powers of the “Getai Xian Gu”, which is totally out of the way. She is a human, but she lives in a temple like a goddess, with magical powers. And the “Durian Sisters” can take out crossbows to aim and fire at the Papaya sisters. In the last “battle”, they really have very exotic costumes and props, even a bulldozer comes into the way. Not to mention that the papaya sisters can switch costumes split second in just 1 song.

I don’t usually prefer local movies, and this is in fact the first local movie i had ever wanted to watch in a cinema. For that, i will give it 5 stars. Well done!

Just watch Shrek 3 on tuesday, written a review on thelocalking, go see it ba..

http://www.thelocalking.com/singapore/leisure–entertainment/shrek-3-review.html

Just watched the new 007 movie, Casino Royale, featuring the new James Bond played by David Craig. Really not my kind of Bond.

I have not watched all the James Bond moviews, just a few, but my kind of James Bond is the suave looking spy playing with super high-tech gadgets to fight the bad guys. He shouldn’t fight with hands, but only his trademark pistol with the silencer attached. He should be a playboy and doesn’t attach much feelings for the bond-girl, not as much as to the extend to quit his 007 status for the girl. And last of all, he shouldn’t be jumping and climbing around like Jackie Chan. Jumping around, fighting with bare-hands are for asian spy, hollywood spies should play with technology, that’s what makes them popular, as much as i think so.

Well, the reverse is all that i can find in the new James Bond played by David Craig. Not that i don’t like his face or his acting, it’s not his fault i think. I just don’t really like the plot with James Bond fighting like a thug, and climbing and jumping around like jackie chan. It’s interesting though, but not my kind of Bond.

And worse of all, he shouldn’t crash his car just to avoid hitting someone, a bond should be good with gadgets as well as having superb control over his vehicle.

There’s no unique flavour in this new James Bond movie distincting it from the Asian ones. I think the director might want to add some asian factor into the movie, but it lost the technology part I’m more keen to lookout for, so i don’t really like it.

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