. . . rambling thots . . .

It's end of the year but work are piling up! And I'm not sure where to start.

I'll figure that out later... But for the mean time....

eOnline has come out with their pick for 2005 Top 20 Movies and here's what I think of them...

20. Serenity (Universal)
Their Rating : A-
Me : Haven't watch

19. The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Their Rating : A
Me : Haven't watch

18. Red Eye (DreamWorks)
Their Rating : B+
Me : Decided not to watch simply bcoz I think that guy has weird a-bit-girly-like face.

17. Murderball (ThinkFilm)
Their Rating : A
Me : Haven't watch

16. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Touchstone)
Their Rating : B+
Me : I think it was just so-so for me... but I give an A for the robot though!

15. Wedding Crashers (New Line)
Their Rating : A
Me : Damn funny!!!

14. Munich (Universal)
Their Rating : A-
Me : Haven't watch

13. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Warner Bros.)
Their Rating : B
Me : Have the vcd (pirated, of course, since not yet shown here) but haven't watch

12. Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (DreamWorks)
Their Rating : A
Me : Watched it at my cousin's place. They all seems to like it. But I didn't manage to concentrate since was busy chasing rainbows with my camera.

11. Millions (Fox Searchlight)
Their Rating : A
Me : Haven't watch

10. The Matador (Weinstein Company)
Their Rating : A
Me : Haven't watch

9. Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)
Their Rating : B+
Me : I'm a bit bias coz I think no one else can play the part of Bruce Wayne/Batman better than Micheal Keaton! Overall, I think the movie is OK...

8. Kung Fu Hustle (Sony Pictures Classics)
Their Rating : A-
Me : Stephen Chow always comes up with wierd, wierd stories, doesn't he? I was turn off by his sometimes gross looking and comic-behaving characters. However, also like his other movies, he won 5 awards in the Chinese equivelant-to-Oscars film festival. And in sort of coincident when I was at my dad's house, I sat down in front of the tv and watch it on AXN. At first I was like "Ergh!" ,"Eww!", "Yuck!". But gradually it turned to "ek'eleh", "hahahah", "muahahahah!". So, in short, I think I'll give it a B+.

7. Pride & Prejudice (Focus Features)
Their Rating : A
Me : Their playing it soon in the cinema, and I've always been a sucker for Jane Austen's work. I'll definitely go and watch it!

6. A History of Violence (New Line)
Their Rating : A-
Me : Uwarrrghhh!!!! I've been trying to find the vcd everywhere that I can think of! But, none of the Apeks have heard of it! How can lah!!! Somebody, anybody, if you happens to know where I can get my hands on it (in KL), let me know A.S.A.P.! I love Viggo Mortensen and I wanna marry him!!!! hahahahha!!! ... no, seriously.

5. Sin City (Dimension Films)
Their Rating : A
Me : How the heck did I manage to watch this limb-cutting, blood-filled, R rated movie to the end! I must have covered my eyes 70% of the time, I guess?

4. March of the Penguins (Warner Independent Pictures)
Their Rating : A-
Me : I watched it last Wednesday. I was looking forward to watching the cute penguin do their march while listening to the soothing sound of Morgan Freeman narrating the entire storyline. So, there I was sitting in the cinema, patiently waiting while they roll the ads. About 15 minutes later, the documentary starts. I knew the film was produced by some Frenchies. The opening song were sang by some lady that sounded a bit like Jewel. All that didn't matter to me. What mattered was that the narrator didn't sound at all like Morgan Freeman, and what's more dissapointing was the fact that the narration was in MANDARIN!!! Biar betul??? arggh!!!! How can this be!!! But, I decided to stay and sit through the movie since the penguin-walk was really cute. Mandarin pun Mandarin lah! But, at the risk of repeating myself, "KENAPAKAH MANDARIN~!!!"

3. The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)
Their Rating : A
Me : Have the vcd (pirated, of course, since not yet shown here) but haven't watch. Come to think of it, like my books collection, there are so many vcds I bought but I haven't had the time to watch!

2. King Kong (Universal)
Their Rating : A-
Me : I wanted to watch it simply because it was Peter Jackson's movie. To me, regardless of any actors cast for the movie, since LOTR's trilogy, as long as it's Directed by him, I'll definitely watch it. As for Kong, I love the setting, love the cinematography, love the actors, the acting, and all that BUT personally, I hate the story. Come to think of it, I've actually hated the King Kong story eversince I watched the 80's version. Lucky PJ didn't decide to remake the scene where Kong bathe the girl in a lake and 'blow-dry' her with his breathe! urgh!!! Even we at times find our own breathe to be stinky, it's a wonder how she managed to stand Kongs!!!
Like my friend said it best, "KK is like Titanic. The storyline itself wasn't that great but it sure got a lot of BUZZ!".

1. Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
Their Rating : A
Me : Refer my previous entry... But if they decide to show it here, then I'll be watching it.


And there's another movie which I think eOnline should list as one of their Top 20. "Baik Punya Cilok!!!" . Afdlin's the best!!!



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I'll not be in the office from this week (I have training) onwards until the 28th (I'm on leave! Yeay!).

That means, No work (yeay!)- No internet (uh!oh!)- No blogging (nooo!!!!!!)

But the best thing is, the training is at MidValley. So, I think I might go watch movies everyday this week! hahahah!!! buat kerja gila sekali sekala!!!

ps: "Senang nya dalam hati..."

*sigh*...

i couldn't get any work done today since my programmers/vendors (6 of them!) have conquered my workstations the whole day!

and they are still here right now, as i'm typing this entry from my colleague's (who has gone home) workstation.

blergh!

ps: oh! did i mention that my department's policy dictates that the staff has to accompany the vendor if they were to access the system? so, i can't go home until they do... uhuks!
pps: although i could be a mean person by shoo-ing them away! hah!!!

by INXS
Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you and the roses

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Here I am, lost in the ashes of time, but who wants tomorrow?
In between the longing to hold you again
I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control
My mind drifts away, we only have today

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way
I will sacrifice 'til the blinding day when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

When the faith has gone as I let you go, as I let you go

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way, I will sacrifice
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you who is closest

why do people like to talk behind your back when face-to-face they act so very nice to you?
why can't they just tell you face to face if they want something or if they're not happy with you?
why do they have to go and tell someone else about it? and what more in front of someone who you know hates you...
why do people have to be so talam-dua-muka about things?
and having to listen to it from someone else?

that's just plain hurtful!!!

ps:now i know where i stand... );