Movies, can I have more please?
Paul Bettany is a pretty good actor. He played my favourite character from one of my favourite movies (the imaginery friend from A Beautiful Mind), and him, being Silas, saved the DaVince Code from being a disaster.
Yeah, I finally watched the DVC, and all I can say about the movie is, it's not as good as the book.
All that stuff about Jesus and Mary Magdalene and the Church, by watching the movie/reading the book, it doesn't mean you take all that as the truth.
You know, it is pretty interesting to note that Malaysia has chosen to show The DVC, which presents very controversial and pretty much distorted Christianity truths, and 'The Omen', that anti-christ movie (see the upside-down cross on the posters), but has also chosen to ban movies like 'Passion Of The Christ' and 'Prince Of Egypt'.
I mean, at least those two don't hold lies (okay, twisted truths).
I recall reading that 'Prince Of Egypt' was banned because messengers of God are very much revered, and should not be portrayed, or something lah.
And 'Passion Of The Christ' was deemed unsuitable, with one of the reasons being the very violent scenes, leading to Christ's crucification.
Cow dung, I say.
They choose to show Damien, the offspring of Satan, but they think portraying Moses is wrong.
And if you watched Passion Of The Christ, and you watched Final Destination 3 (which is rated 'Umum'), you'd realize that the scenes from Passion is no more violent than the death scenes from Final Destination. (Heads impaled by nails, people crushed to death by gym machinery, all that blood and gore, eww.)
They happily show movies of the devil and all (i.e Exorcism of Emily Rose), yet they ban all the proper Christian movies.
It's not about being evangelistic, it's about being more open-minded.
Let's hope that by the next few decades, intelligent people would take over the cencorship board.
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I think I've mentioned, I finally found the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD! There it was, lying amongst a stack of old DVDs, in a store in SS2, looking dusty and forlorn.
Oh it was nice, you know, listening to those songs again.
"Kidnap the Sandy Clause,
beat him with a stick,
lock him up for 90 years,
see what makes him tick!"
Weeeeeeell. I have got to say, Tim Burton is pretty much a genius. Look at all the movies he's worked in.
I used to like this movie and that movie, all of which are from the 80's and 90's, without realizing until much later that Tim Burton had a hand in all of them.
'Nightmare Before Christmas' would be a prime example. I had no idea it was Burton was involved in its production. And another favourite, 'PeeWee's Big Adventure'. It was a pretty weird movie, and it was funny, and I loved it. 'Beetlejuice'. 'Edward Siscorhands'. (How do you spell siscors?) 'Sleepy Hollow'.
He also did short films, which were pretty dark. Like 'Franenweenie', in which this kid's dog was killed in a car crash, and this kid was pretty upset over it. He learned from science class that electricity could reanimate ex-living things, so the kid dug up his dead dog, and ressurected it from the dead. The dog died once more in a fire, and the kid brought him back to life once more.
We were going "Yer... why so creepy one?" throughout the film. But I absolutely like!
Okay, so now you have one of the greatest film makers ever.
Moving on, the greatest actor ever.
Johnny Depp!
Captain Jack Sparrow and Mr. Willy Wonka are both a little eccentric, but their characters are really pretty mcuh worlds apart, but agood GREAT actor like Johnny Depp shouldn't have a problem carrying out those roles wth perfection.
He's not good looking at all, but the guy's pretty attractive, don't you think?
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So, besides getting the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, I also bought Scary Movie 4, which I've only watched the first 15 minutes and I've already lost interest in it, and also The Exorcist.
Yes, the original Exorcist, the on starring Linda Blaire, the one said to be the most scary movie ever, the one my father said got him so frightened when he watched it when he was younger.
My mom was pretty reluctant when I decided to buy that DVD, because she thinks it was very frightening too.
So yeah, I went ahead and bought it. But I haven't watched it yet.
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I'm not a huge fan of TV shows, and I especially dislike Korean/Japanese/Cantonese drama serials.
But I have to admit, I absolutely adore old-ish movies. You know, movies from the 80's and the early 90's. Probably because I used to watch them with my brother and sister, and things like that don't just go away without leaving fond memories. Yeah, I'm always in search of old titles in VCD/DVD stores.
I watched Pirates of the Carribean again today, and I think I fell in like with Capt. Jack Sparrow all over again!
Yeah, I finally watched the DVC, and all I can say about the movie is, it's not as good as the book.
All that stuff about Jesus and Mary Magdalene and the Church, by watching the movie/reading the book, it doesn't mean you take all that as the truth.
You know, it is pretty interesting to note that Malaysia has chosen to show The DVC, which presents very controversial and pretty much distorted Christianity truths, and 'The Omen', that anti-christ movie (see the upside-down cross on the posters), but has also chosen to ban movies like 'Passion Of The Christ' and 'Prince Of Egypt'.
I mean, at least those two don't hold lies (okay, twisted truths).
I recall reading that 'Prince Of Egypt' was banned because messengers of God are very much revered, and should not be portrayed, or something lah.
And 'Passion Of The Christ' was deemed unsuitable, with one of the reasons being the very violent scenes, leading to Christ's crucification.
Cow dung, I say.
They choose to show Damien, the offspring of Satan, but they think portraying Moses is wrong.
And if you watched Passion Of The Christ, and you watched Final Destination 3 (which is rated 'Umum'), you'd realize that the scenes from Passion is no more violent than the death scenes from Final Destination. (Heads impaled by nails, people crushed to death by gym machinery, all that blood and gore, eww.)
They happily show movies of the devil and all (i.e Exorcism of Emily Rose), yet they ban all the proper Christian movies.
It's not about being evangelistic, it's about being more open-minded.
Let's hope that by the next few decades, intelligent people would take over the cencorship board.
* * * * *
I think I've mentioned, I finally found the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD! There it was, lying amongst a stack of old DVDs, in a store in SS2, looking dusty and forlorn.
Oh it was nice, you know, listening to those songs again.
"Kidnap the Sandy Clause,
beat him with a stick,
lock him up for 90 years,
see what makes him tick!"
Weeeeeeell. I have got to say, Tim Burton is pretty much a genius. Look at all the movies he's worked in.
I used to like this movie and that movie, all of which are from the 80's and 90's, without realizing until much later that Tim Burton had a hand in all of them.
'Nightmare Before Christmas' would be a prime example. I had no idea it was Burton was involved in its production. And another favourite, 'PeeWee's Big Adventure'. It was a pretty weird movie, and it was funny, and I loved it. 'Beetlejuice'. 'Edward Siscorhands'. (How do you spell siscors?) 'Sleepy Hollow'.
He also did short films, which were pretty dark. Like 'Franenweenie', in which this kid's dog was killed in a car crash, and this kid was pretty upset over it. He learned from science class that electricity could reanimate ex-living things, so the kid dug up his dead dog, and ressurected it from the dead. The dog died once more in a fire, and the kid brought him back to life once more.
We were going "Yer... why so creepy one?" throughout the film. But I absolutely like!
Okay, so now you have one of the greatest film makers ever.
Moving on, the greatest actor ever.
Johnny Depp!
Captain Jack Sparrow and Mr. Willy Wonka are both a little eccentric, but their characters are really pretty mcuh worlds apart, but a
He's not good looking at all, but the guy's pretty attractive, don't you think?
* * * * *
So, besides getting the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, I also bought Scary Movie 4, which I've only watched the first 15 minutes and I've already lost interest in it, and also The Exorcist.
Yes, the original Exorcist, the on starring Linda Blaire, the one said to be the most scary movie ever, the one my father said got him so frightened when he watched it when he was younger.
My mom was pretty reluctant when I decided to buy that DVD, because she thinks it was very frightening too.
So yeah, I went ahead and bought it. But I haven't watched it yet.
* * * * *
I'm not a huge fan of TV shows, and I especially dislike Korean/Japanese/Cantonese drama serials.
But I have to admit, I absolutely adore old-ish movies. You know, movies from the 80's and the early 90's. Probably because I used to watch them with my brother and sister, and things like that don't just go away without leaving fond memories. Yeah, I'm always in search of old titles in VCD/DVD stores.
I watched Pirates of the Carribean again today, and I think I fell in like with Capt. Jack Sparrow all over again!
isthisme exuded garlic breath at 1:56 PM
