Pre-Drama Syndrome

People who knows Mahorela real well ought to know by now that there can only be one explanation for Mahorela's recent outburst of movie reviews; fcuked-up-ness. Yeah, movie is like one of the painkiller that eases Mahorela's fucked-up-ness.

And yes, you heard it. I was fcuked, metaphorically. Somebody(ies) spotted a real good nice looking juicy hole of weakness in Mahorela and proceeded to tactfully stabbed their hard-rock, HIV infected, duplicitous spear-like dick in Mahorela. And it didn't feel good at all. It felt like someone just stuffed a glass bottle of Cola up your ass. Something which should look like this:















Fcuked.

But the drama all came to a halt the moment my Holidays started. Well, not all, some went on till Mid-Holidays. But they all seems to die down a few weeks ago. And that was when boredom kicked in. But oh, His All Holy Mighty God took real good care for me. He didn't let blank drama period went on. He had recently bestowed me with one.

Yesterday, I had some Chris Brown and Rihanna drama.





















My girl got Chris Brown-ed by her bastard. Then, Wei Jie and me went down to Kanye West and interrupt the whole incident. I bet that guy felt so Taylor Swift-ed. But guess what?

They got back together just a few fucking hours ago. I bet that's a situation that Kanye West himself would also like to interrupt.



But seriously, I gotta tell you. If a guy Chris Brown you once, he's gonna Chris Brown you again. But that's not important. What's important is that whenever he Chris Brown you once, we need to Kanye West once and again. This whole cycle is gonna repeat itself and you need to know that we can't always Kanye West your Rihanna incident.

Girls, the dumbest species in love to turn a blind eye to all your man's faults.

Bad Decision

It's bad to jump into a relationship out of loneliness, I had a couple of lessons back then about this. But who knows what may come out of it?

You never try, you never know.

Or should one practise self-restraint?

I almost made a really bad decison today. I'm glad I didn't. I'm sorry.

Blood Ties/还魂

MOVIE REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILER!

Watching Blood Ties as a Singaporean is one very interesting experience. As a Singaporean, the moment you set foot into a cinema to watch a Singaporean movie, you're usually expecting 3 things:

1. A Jack Neo Movie.
2. A very crappy animated moving picture.
3. A Roystan Tan musical film.

But this season comes a film which gives the Singapore movie branding a whole new and refreshing rejuvenation.





















The story goes as the cop and his wife died from a brutual attack from triad members. On the 7th day of his death, his spirit returns and possess his little sis's body to exact revege on those that had caused his death and his wife's death/rape. As the story unfolds, it wasn't just a plain murder committed by the triad, there's actually a greater conspiracy within.

Actually, Blood Ties is a far more complex movie than read in my synopsis. There's just too many aspects to inspect this movie from and here's how you see it:

Blood Ties as a Supernatural Scary Movie movie: 1/5


Trust me, it's not that my threshold for horror movie is higher than the average being. Not only will you not be seeing any Thai style horror, the ghost(s) in Blood Ties doesn't too, have much appearance.


He looks scary alright. But why was he given such a miserable screen time appearance?

Blood Ties as a Gore Scary Movie movie: 4/5



They don't get an M18 for nothing. Actually, Blood Ties is a combination of "The Last House On The Left" and the "Saw" series, nearing the status of a revenge and torture porn but less of the gore.



The protagonist of Blood Ties had actually proceeded to cut off the penis/balls of his late wife's rapist and stuff it into his mouth(the rapist's), what could be more wicked than that?

Blood Ties as a Action Movie movie: 3.5/5



Actually, Blood Ties only contain one action scene. But that scene itself proved to be great. Ofcourse, don't expect a Hollywood style big budget Matrix action flick cause Blood Ties is certainly nowhere near. However, the winning factor that Blood Ties had in its action sequence was pure and brutual realism. The gun fight and chase scene looked so real that I felt as though I was part of it.

Blood Ties as a Movie-with-a-moral-behind-the-story movie: 4.5/5
Nothing surprising for an Asian production, Blood Ties contains a moral behind its scares and it's the esixtence of retribution for blood will have blood. Amusingly, I think it went to far to make an over-emphasis on its themes. But hey, people these days just don't read between the lines, it's good to keep mauling them with your moral values repeatedly in different methods.



















Another moral behind the story I guess, was the importance of kinshp and family support. Let's look at it this way; If dead cop didn't have such strong family ties with his sister, do you think she'll let him possess her precious little body to collect his blood debts? Yeah, somethnig along that line.



Blood Ties as a Singaporean Made Movie movie: 4.5/5



Hoho, this one. It's pretty obvious, isn't it? For a Singaporean-made movie, it's definitely one of the best. For more details, read below.

Blood Ties as a Movie movie: 4/5
I'd certainly have to compliment Blood Ties for their sharp choice of cast. Although it did made use of the starpower of veteran actors like Zheng Jiang and Cheng Pei Pei but, they had actually chosen a not-famous-at-all Singaporean actor, David Leong as part of the cast. And who knows that veteran calefare you see in Channel 8 drama can act so damn well!


Guy who always act as calefare in Singapore drama series.


Random calefare uncles that look like they also perform in Hungry Ghost Getai.

Although Blood Ties has a rather simple and sweet storyline but the narration of the movie had actually not followed a linear timeline and that indeed, had generated a strong sense of doom and suspense for the plot.

Other than those, filming techniques applied in Blood Ties is... in a simple phrase, visually stunning.

My ultimate verdict is yes, go watch Blood Ties. I mean, you HAVE TO watch Blood Ties, it's one hell of a great movie especially if you like and support local productions.

Beth Cooper Propose Up in Year One

THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER-FREE!




















Up
By the time you're reading this entry, I don't think I need to talk much about this movie. If there's anything that you need to know, there's this five words; Go fcuking watch it if you haven't fucking did! Maybe more than five.



But if you're asking if watching it in 3D makes a difference? I'd say no. "Up" is still god-damn good even in 2D.

Up: 5/5























The Proposal
She-Devil of the publishing industry proposes to her assistant so that she can get what Singapoean would identify with as a PR status in the United States. Things start to go wrong( or right) when the wedding is announed to the family of the bridegroom-to-be.



"The Proposal" may have a rather cliché storyline which includes cliché humuour, topped with a cliché ending, but that doesn't mean it's gonna be bad. But the problem is that after weeks of watching "The Proposal", all I remember is one particular scene.



What could be sexier than two wet and naked body slamming against each other?



So is it something worth watching afterall? I would only know it's a movie which you Watch, Laugh and Forget(WLF).

The Proposal: 2.5/5





















Year One
Maybe I'm too high up on the evolution ladder, but I don't think this movie contain any modern-day jokes. At any time of the movie I'm laughing, I'm laughing at it, not with it.

Another thing that this movie certainly did not contain, was a plot. Maybe there's one. But it's so darn shallow that I can't see it. I can even summarize the whole movie for you within a sentence: Two caveman losers leaves their tribe and embarks on a mindless and "funny" journey which ultimately ends up with a dumb and happy ending.



And those that have seen its trailer, don't get cheated by it! Cause the really funny and "laughable" scenes are all in the trailer and you're gonna get nothing funnier than those in the movie. Unless, you like prehistoric jokes about shit eating, brother murdering, eunuch and oily fat guys.

Year One: 1.5/5





















I Love You, Beth Cooper
School geek confesses his love to school bella during graduation speech and invites her to his home graduation party after graduation speech. School bella had surprisingly, turned up for the party with her BFFs. So does her violently possessive military boyfriend. Story goes on with geek and bella gang escaping from violent boyfriend and gate-crashing almost every gate they can lay their hands on.



Hmmm, what can I say about Hollywood? I guess after a decade of movie production, their creativity well had long gone dried up. Cause "Beth Cooper" is yet another WLF(Watch, Laugh and Forget) movie. Somebody even went far enough to deem this movie as "The Worst Film of 2009 So Far". I don't think it's that bad. Sure, it can't possibly be as good as "The Hangover" but, tell me, how many movie was that great?



Isn't as funny as "The Proposal" if you're talking about WLF films but at least, it made me laugh.

I Love You, Beth Cooper: 2/5

礼轻情意重

Dude, I saw the thing retailing at John Little.

I found out about your dirty little secret~!



But hey, I understand...

Love ya, as always.

=D

4bia Sequel Released!

Good news, everybody! There's a sequel to 4bia(in case you don't know what's 4bia, click here).





















5 แพร่ง or Haa Phrang which is internationally known as Phobia 2, literally translates to "five crossroads". Official international trailer granted:



Cool, they even have zombies~!

But I hope it isn't one of those movie which it's original was great but the sequel sucked.

=')

The most excruciating torture one can ever endure, is to burst out in laughters while you're crying when watching a comedy in the cinema with the one you love sitting beside you wherein loving you no more.

One more new and useful Hell of an experience.

Thanks God.