Read the book few years ago. I've felt the humor, laughed silently as the roommate might think I was just pretending. But for real I would say, even with the story-line kinda unlikely to happen, that Patel boy does made me envy.
the novel
and now the movie will be on cinema this Nov 29th. As because the book wasn't mine, one unusual thing I still remember was the floating island with fresh drinking water, filtered by roots of the plantation.
to Piscine Molitor Patel by Ang Lee;
there isn't much movies I've watched depicted from a novel which I've read. Sherlock Holmes - I'm stuck in the middle of 1st chapter "Study in Scarlet". Another was the Harry Potter and that would take years to finish I reckon.
I would say my life was kinda boring but that shows the ungratefulness to the life given. Wouldn't fair to those person I knew whom passed away of heart attack. He's got a mother who already send one of her daughter to grave, and lost a husband not a year ago. His family was once took me under their roof and assist me with PTA's matter.
If u've seen Lord of The Rings Trilogy, bet u do . . . "The young perish, the old linger. No parents should have to bury their child." Rasa sedih tu terasa sikit, lagi kalau layan sengsorang.
just imagine u feel the sadness...
Few things as reminder of death and the dead. Death come to us all not one second faster nor later. Long lives are not to be cherish if its fill with benda-benda lagho'. Sadness due to the passing away of someone we loved appropriate if not prolonged to the point of . . . [WTH am I babbling about, CXsRB!!!]. Bila matinya anak Adam, maka terputuslah urusannya kecuali 3 perkara, sedekah amal jariah, ilmu berguna yang disebarkan and doa anak yang soleh.
Focusing anak soleh yang mendoakan kedua orang tuanya. The connection is anak soleh/solehah, not the wife. And its not just pahala, even dosa from childrens yang x menjaga aurat, skipping prayer and etc... selagi mana amanah penjagaan not yet transferred to the future husband, are 'on' the dead.
As for us who aren't their child, sedekah Al-Fatihah and Surah Ikhlas times 3 are the least we can do. Whether it get to them that's GOD business. And death should make us more aware of our doings in this temporary world however long we have left. What we plant here are to be harvested in the afterlife...
Argh, another CXsRB!!!
Out of PLUS Highway at Bidor to Parit Baru in an overpowered Honda Civic 2.0 iV-Tec, driving, owwwh best seyh . . . hahaha. Even with unfamiliar route, another 3 important life at mercy of my not so polished driving skills, still feels like it was my road, my car and me alone. Thank GOD safely arrived, ni sumer kereta punyer pasal. Best car I've ever driven, not there's been a lot. One advice though, don't get out of ur comfort speed zone on unfamiliar terrain, think I may have fly all fours.
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Japanese movies, the real one, 7 Samurais and 13 Assassins. One black and white movie while the other was recent but both telling the age of samurai. The 13 Assassins, IDMB Rating at 7.9, telling a story about the assassination of Lord Naritsugu because of his inhumane behaviour. With good story telling, flow and cinematography, this swords action packed looks weird having their CG animated creature/bulls looked not so real. Aren't Japanese the best in animation business? Or if not, among the best la? Plus with the mysteries of the immortal forest bandits helps on the cause, its a great Japanese movie. There wasn't a single gunshot at all in this.
Lastly, this was when I need the light bulb dammit...been visited by a cousin dari kampung, minta teman jalan-jalan. Planned to watch Dark Moon, x kesampaian. Planned to meet his old housemate, kesampaian but going trough two traffic jam, one by commuters goin home from work and another by police doing roadblocks just because the Higher Ups says so. Wasted few hours on the road je, peghot da la lapar...
Gladiator - barbaric warriors of Rome. The cutscene of interest was when Commodus demanded Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Army of the North, General of Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true Emperor Marcus Aurelius [Commodus's deceased father] to make known of himself.
If not because of Lucius, I bet the Emperor would have gone down the second Maximus got the chance with the arrowhead, because he got nothing to lose anymore. One man left to kill, then he's done. Revenge for his murdered wife and son would be served in this life or the next [me wrote it this way doesn't even compared to the feelings of hearing it].
The plot build up, up to this point was really tensed, but why would he still bothered by Lucius? Because of Lucilla? Or is it the wish of the dying 'old man'?
I'm a big fan of Sir Anthony Hopkins works from 'Silence of The Lamb' all the way to the his latest movie, 'The Rite'. Its about his calmness, his convincing acts and his steadiness in his speech despite the age, that hooked me deep, among few other things like the expression on his face while devouring a human heart, getting possessed by Baal. Not to mention the annotation of lines, even a long one, which accented of Welsh as he is one.
This movie revolved around one young man, raised by a single father [profession - kind of undertaker at morgue, handle the preparation of the death for wake ceremony]. The way his life was set to either life of solitude [being a minister] or inherit the family business makes a depressing retaliation within.
After the whole courses of solitude and about becoming minister, he decided to drop out. When it was actually well planned as the only way to be away with his father's expectation and hope. It was then he was introduced to special exorcism class held in Rome.
Even with his whole life was Christianity and death, his doubtful faith towards evil spirit was getting him to face them firsthand right after his 2nd class. And here come our Father Lucas to save the day, not this guy faith obviously. Unfortunate to this guy, the devil's faith was not as mutual towards humankind.
You think you've outsmarted HIM?
Putting out unsur-unsur keagamaan, other aspek kemanusiaan (not humanity but humanly) dengan jayanya ditonjolkan. Michael Kovak lebih memilih penjelasan/pendekatan saintifik dari sudut psychology in choosing the best cure for what claimed to be demon possession rather than choosing exorcism ritual as it looks more like a torture to unbelievable extent. Being the victim of his own circumstances, still keeping his doubtful faith, he stick with Father Lucas learning bit by bit the father's side of the story.
Unsur kekesalan yang terpendam dalam jiwa Father Lucas pula mula menghantuinya when he start realizing the similarity between them two when he was young, the doubtful faith towards the evil powers. This weakness resulted in him losing quite a number of patients [death], worsen his condition to the point he himself got possessed by Baal [proved that he was in poor mental condition].
Michael long foreseen resentment, was snapped by the death of his father. Not because of the death news, not so much i guess by the fact that the devils brought it up even before the phone call got to him. Then kena main dengan makhluk-makhluk iringan syaitan & hallucination, triggered the changes in him. He start believing and get into the action, treating Father Lucas possessed body, against the 'big dog' straightaway. Camner dia bleh menang plak? Ceit . . . tipu tul.
Quite rare for a movie, crowning the evil side as the winner and this one was not excluded. Even with the opposition was among the Prime Evil.
The act was of course first class, it just that the storyline could have been better if it was more complicated, with lots of issues or more unpredictable or even sophisticatedly messy.
Another thing that comes to mind was the rating in Malaysia. I wouldn't mind if it was PG13 in the US because its not an Islamic country like us. Even the mind of 18 years old youngster might still need guidance, explanation and warning concerning their belief/faith.
I've seen the movie at JJ Cheras Selatan with my 17 years old nephew. Good thing he didn't show any 'shock and awe' after that. Yang bangsatnya ada mamat dua ekor duk sebelah yang tak tau nak duk diam and shut their holes. I'm focusing here brader!!! Dah la subtitle takleh harap sangat.
