Movie Marathon!

Today was my initiation back into Orchard Road and back into the Pop Couture world.. what better way than to watch 2 movies?


First watched National Treasure (before it slips away) with Jack,Kaiwei and Linus.. and well..made pretty much noise eating the pretty stale nachos with cheese.. (Jack told me to shush alot of times..)My verdict? Diane Kruger looks gorgeous, the clues are pretty kewl but well, overall thought the pace of the movie could have been tighter and the cript more well-written... I mean the general idea and plot by itself IS already a winner, judging by the Knights of the Templar and Da Vinci Code fervour whipped up by Dan Brown (which probably shows why it topped the charts for 3 weeks).. but then if the pace was cranked up and the acting and dialogue better.. then it would have made a blockbuster. Overall though, it was GOOD.. esp Diane Kruger and the heist for the Declaration.. but well.. the treasure made the whole show just scream "Disney".. oh well.. hehe.. (hate being the realist I am)


Next movie i caught was the Phantom of the Opera at Plaza Singapura..

Pretty kewl.. though at times it got too opera-tish than reel... but well.. the ending was touching and the songs well executed (though i again will comment that Christine at times sounded too nasal and the male voices were a little too weak at times) Hmmm.. but Phantom of the Opera should learn more tricks from Moulin Rogue and really use to music to move the audience, as well as the technicolour effect... and well.. the Masquerade scene was like completely ripped from My Fair Lady's Racing scenes and i thought a dancing was like a beat off the music.. sigh.. i was expecting more for the Masquerade segment.. more colour and more dance... cos it is like the centerpiece of the show... oh well.. one can't ask too much... at least ow i understand the show and the genius of Andrew Lloyd Webber to craft such beautiful songs and fill the songs with such meaning.. Bravo!

till then..
FRaNk