Today Is A Winding Road,

Monday, February 23, 2009

Reality

Today is Oscars day!.And the winners are finally out.
Okay,i can't say that all of my predictions were right but.
I got like 6/10.That's not so bad right.
Haha.
If you guys don't know yet,Slumdog Millionaire won big.
And i really mean BIG big.
They got like 8 Oscars in total.
That is quite impressive to be honest.
Haven't watched the movie yet but I'll definitely watch it soon.

Anyway,been having loads on my mind lately.
Its like life was going so well for you.
And you feel like you were living a dream and you thought it couldn't go wrong.
But guess what.
You were wrong.
Suddenly you got hit by something so hard that it brought you right back to earth.
Do you know what that's called?
That's called reality.
Get it.
REALITY.
And believe me,I'm living through reality right now.
Can't say its the best thing that has happened in my life.
In fact,it sucks like hell.
It sucks more than hell.
I can't find a word to describe it so I'll just make one up right now.
It sucks like........fagilistic.
Yeah you heard me,FAGILISTIC.
Hopefully i can get through this one.
It's gonna be one hell of a week.
God will get me through this one for sure.
Only time will tell.
Till then.
Its your friendly,neighborhood,fagilistic friend signing off.

I'm Leavin' Never To Come Back Again

Friday, February 6, 2009

OSCARS

Okay guys.This is an exclusive update.
If you guys are as interested as i am about the Oscars,here are the nominees and opinion of who i think should win so.
Heads up!

ACTOR, LEADING
-Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
-Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
-Sean Penn in “Milk”
-Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Okay guys.This is a tough one.
For me,its kinda of a three way tie between Sean Penn,Brad Pitt and Mickey Rourke.
But,if i had to choose,it has to be Mickey Rourke.
Not alot of people really know him but he's actually quite a good actor.
He's been into drugs for the past few years and he's sober now so.
This movie is actually kinda his comeback.
I think he deserved it.He's really great.

ACTOR, SUPPORTING
-Josh Brolin in “Milk”
-Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
-Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
-Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
-Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

Well,this is an easy one for me.
It has to be Heath Ledger.He's probably gonna win it hands down.
Just watch "The Dark Night" and you'll see what i mean.
That's all.Period.

ACTRESS, LEADING
-Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
-Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
-Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
-Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
-Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Hmm.Can't really put my finger on this one but.
I have a feeling it will be Kate Winslet.
If not,then maybe Angelina Jolie.

ACTRESS, SUPPORTING
-Amy Adams in “Doubt”
-Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
-Viola Davis in “Doubt”
-Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

Well,don't really know much about any of them.
So im going for the one that i know which is Penélope Cruz.
Though i know Amy Adams which was in "Enchanted" but i have a feeling that Penélope Cruz will win.

ANIMATED FEATURE
-“Bolt”
-“Kung-Fu Panda”
-“WALL-E”

Haha.This one is cute.
And tough too but.
I think "Kung-Fu Panda" will win.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
-“Changeling”
-“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-“The Dark Knight”
-“The Reader”
-“Slumdog Millionaire”

Wow.This is probably one of THE toughest ever.
All of them are so good.
I can't put my finger on any of them.
I'm probably gonna get this wrong but.
I think it's “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”.

DIRECTING
-“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-“Frost/Nixon”
-“Milk”
-“The Reader”
-“Slumdog Millionaire”

Hmm.It's definitely between “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Slumdog Millionaire” i think.
Well,i think it's gonna go to “Slumdog Millionaire”.

ORIGINAL SCORE
-“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-“Defiance”
-“Milk”
-“Slumdog Millionaire”
-“WALL-E”

I think this one is gonna go to “Slumdog Millionaire” again.
It may be close with “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” but.
We'll see.

BEST PICTURE
-“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
-“Frost/Nixon”
-“Milk”
-“The Reader”
-“Slumdog Millionaire”

Ooooo.Another tough one.
All of them have a good chance but.
I think "Milk" might have what it takes to win it.

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
-“Frozen River”
-“Happy-Go-Lucky”
-“In Bruges”
-“Milk”
-“WALL-E”

Yupp.Another win for "Milk".
I think it'll win.

Well,that's about it.
This is only a few of the categories.
There are more categories.
You can check the full nominees at http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees
Alright.
I'll update more juice soon.
Till then.

I Go Around A Time Or Two

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Changeling

Guys,heads up!
Another movie review again.
This one is called 'Changeling' which stars Angelina Jolie.
Well,here's a little description of the movie.(Spoiler alert!)

The movie starts of with Christine Collins played by Angelina Jolie and her son Walter.
She is a single mum and raises her 9 years old son,if I'm not wrong,all by herself.
So one day she promised her son that she would go to the movies with him but had to cancel last minute as she had to go to work.
She left her son alone at home and off she went to work.
When she came back,she tried to find her son which was suppose to be at home but he is nowhere to be found.
She looked everywhere around the neighborhood but to no avail.
She tried to file for a missing person report and asked the police to patrol around the neighborhood but they wouldn't.
The police said that her son has to be lost for at least 24hrs before they could send someone over.
They couldn't find him for over a few months until one day she got a call from a corrupted police officer who claimed they have found him.
So she met up with this boy and she knew right away it wasn't his son.
But the police officer couldn't embarrass himself in front of all the reporters so he decided to trick Christine into believing that the boy was his son.
But she knew it wasn't his son because his son was taller,wasn't circumcise and with a little help from the teacher and a dentist,they could prove the officer wrong.
Another person that wanted to prove the officer wrong was a pastor.
He wanted to chase out all the corrupted police officers so he helped Christine in the fight.
Christine soon accepts that she may not be able to find his missing son but she agreed to bring the case to court so that the police would do justice.
A lot of things happened while she tried to like being thrown into a mental facility and stuff.
She soon finds out that her son was murdered along with 19 others by this serial killer.
So he got the death sentence and such and amazingly they found one of the missing boys in the end.
The police officer was arrested and it ended that way.

Well,the rating for this movie in my opinion is 8.5/10.
Why so good you ask?.
Well honestly,the storyline is quite intriguing.
The actors and actresses were wonderful.
Though Angelina had a slow start,she kinda picked up when it mattered most.
And the pastor was fantastic.It's played by the guy in Johnny English.
The one who wanted to take over the country.Pascal Sauvage.Don't really know what his real name is.
And the police officer is the guy who plays in Hitch.The character called Vans Mudsen or something like that.
The supporting roles were also fantastically played.
What i like about it is that it was a true story in the 1920s i think.
And i found it amazing how they could bring the old times into the film and make it look so real.
And this is a great movie for those of you who wants to waste time as the film is about 2hrs 15mins long.
Overall,all i can say is that it was fantastic.
Appropriate amount to spend on this movie=Doesn't matter.I think it's worth every cent.

Anyway,got posted into Ngee Ann Polytechnic Biomedical Engineering.
I know.'Wow!' right?
It sounds so fascinating right?.Haha.
To be honest,i have no idea what the hell it is.Haha.
I know it has something to do with machines thus explaining the engineering part.
And it involves Biology thus explaining the Biomedical part.
That is as far as i know.Haha.
Oh well.New month,new chapter.
Let's see what interesting things will happen this month.
Till then.

Forgive Me I'm Trying To Find My Calling