i've watched several movies recently, mindless blockbusters like Monsters VS Aliens, A Night at the Museum 2, Terminator...
and I'm glad I caught I Love You, Man.
Despite the weak ring of the title, it's the human element, intricacy of human relationships of a typical romantic comedy that I missed so much, but smarter, and sweeter.
Peter Klaven has just proposed to the love of his life, but he doesn't rush to tell any friend, any best friend. The truth is, he's been a girlfriend kinda guy, and never had any best GUYfriend all his life.
So now he needs a Best Man for his wedding, and he goes on a series of man-dates to meet the Man of his Life.
Truth is, it's much easier to go after a romantic interest than make great friends isn't it! Friends seem to just happen, much harder to meet and keep intentionally.
Sheesh sounds like I should go read the book How To Make Friends.
He finds one, develops a great friendship...
and its a hilarious journey :)
It also made me think about the friends we make and keep, the friends that remain acquaintances... who would be at your side when you get married, when you have your 1st baby...?
super hot german actor in keinohrhasen (rabbit without ears) - Til Schweiger how could such divine hotness slip beneath the radar of our mass cultural consumption madness, on my side of the world?
I know I seldom gush about hot men in my blog. But it was the first time I watched a German film (thank god for long plane flights that allows for exploration) and I loved this film!
It is your run-of-the-mill romantic comedy, but it was smart, witty, refreshing and filled with beautiful people and cute little kids! *swoon*
What's not to like about a macho charming hunk who reveals his sweet side with children???
I heard it's showing on local screens so go catch it! (or maybe this post is too late) It's the number 1 German movie of the year!
PS. I just read that he is also the director, producer and scriptwriter of the film. O_o *melts in to a puddle*
Ein and I attended the gala premiere of local movie Carrot Cake Conversations, Michael Wang's directorial debut!
And of course we are there for a reason!
6 months ago, we were here at Lion Studios, which does analog recording, on tape... instead of digital recording
Ein on the grand piano, and myself on vocals.
We did our tracks together, live. What this means is that she played and I sung along at the same time, so if anyone of us made a mistake we would both have to start over.
Most recordings nowadays are not like this, the music is usually recorded first and the singer later sings over the track.
I enjoyed this process thoroughly, we had to feel each other during the song and work together seamlessly.
our experienced audio engineer :)
I recorded 2 songs, and for each one, we did 5 or less takes ... and we were done!
I was feeling quite jittery as I was used to re-recording lines to make it sound better, or to emote better, but both director Michael and composer Kevin Mathews were very pleased with it already! So I didn't re-record anything and what you hear is what you get!
Very raw, very real.
Michael, myself, Ein, Kevin, and Jason on guitar :)
actually we are all very tired haha
the hard work paid off! what you hear now on my blog is a heartwrenching/heartwarming tune called Always that appears in the movie... in one of my favourite scenes...
this is Michael giving his speech to a cushy theatre filled with friends and supporters!
Spot Tay Kewei and Lee Ein Ein! *squeals of delight!* 1st time my name is on a silver screen haha
In all spirit of the movie we headed down for a supper of Carrot Cake!
black or white?
we do the andrea fonseka as in the movie poster...
I know it's been said a million times before, support the local arts scene blah blah blah
But there is so much effort and energy put into making a film, so much passion that has to be present to motivate this enormous project... a nd having being part of it makes me treasure this effort even more.
The least I can do is to help in a little publicity for this very insightful, warm film.
You should also keep your ears peeled for the music in the film of course :)
our little fang da tong video has hit 2265 views in 5 days! a fan frm HK even messaged me on Youtube and informed me that she put up my link of his HK fan club forum :)
how cool is that! the world is incredibly small now. i love that it's so so small now and with the right stuff you can reach just about anyone. :)
This little project has kicked off in a surprisingly pleasant fashion and i already have more spin-off ideas in my head. haha! watch out for more! coming up very soon :)
on a separate note, I adore Ratatouille! it made me a very happy, and happily squealing girl for the night :) definitely turned my foul mood for the better.
thank you kitty, edmund and of course alfredo for hearing me out that night :)
i love the villain chef!
for his big eyes and penciled-in combover and crazy expressiveness! LOL
and anton ego the critic! who just melted into a nice old ahpek after the ridiculous stephen-chow-scene where he is transported back into his childhood when he tasted the ratatouille!!! HAHAHAHA!
ok i have a thing for villains in cartoons, usually.
and anton ego! you cannot say that word without slowing down at the 'e', and you cannot NOT emphasize every syllable. therefore you cannot avoid it sounding snobbish and snooty.
it's about as good as the name Castor Troy, in Face Off. which goes down in my book as the perfect villain name to yell in i-want-to-get-my-face-back desperation: Castor F***king Troy! You also cannot say troy without emphasizing the OY. how clever.
i digress.
i came home and scoured Youtube for relevant videos. If you're a fan check this out for on the producers' motorcycle tours around Paris, their best dining experiences in the top restaurants, the excellent movie scoring, the technical aspects to create the effects for the water, and to make the food look realistic...
and with a newfound appreciation i caught the movie AGAIN. HAHAHA!
am also thrilled by Pixar's short films collection which unfortunately can't be found anywhere online...
that reminds me... i was in paris a few years back, and getting ready to sleep but chanced upon this film on tv amidst all the french-spewing channels
well, i managed to watch the entire show, not because i understood french haha but cuz there was zero dialogue.
ZERO DIALOGUE! absolutely brilliant.
(ok, i know tom and jerry also zero dialogue, but THIS was nothing like tom and jerry.)
and if there is zero dialogue, chances are the music is going. to. be. equally. brilliant.
so by some bizarre stroke of luck i caught one of the best cartoons in my life: Les Triplettes de Belleville
it is best if you watch this without any prior knowledge of this show whatsoever because the weirdness just blows you away.
and this weirdness hooks you
till the very end.
because you just have to know, what in the world is she doing??! what the hell is she gonna do next??!
and they sing!
i was hooked.
i fell in love with the oddly shaped characters in Ratatouille, but it seems that the French have already been there, done that years ago.
anton ego?
the villain chef's lost wife?
anton ego's secretary?
i love ugly cartoons.
more weirdness.
ok... the moral of this story is Youtube rocks. :)
P.S.
speaking of weird cartoons, i just remembered Spirited Away! and Chihiro! rocks my socks...
i know after that cartoon, i fantasized about having a white dragon as my boyfriend for a while.
i know... i'm reeaallll slow, to be riding the transformers wave so late...
but i'm really hooked onto the idea of having a pet transformer!
ok i may be making it sound all girly but if only my sony ericsson was my pet transformer! that would be cute.
having said that, while watching the movie i thought i would go buy that cube/all-spark and hang it on my neck so i could conveniently transform any gadget into my pet, if need be.
but after much frantic googling there isn't such said merchandise! i think transformers should branch out to embrace female fans la!
there should be sexy female version of say, this:
or a sophisticated cadillac version of say, (also my dream wedding car)
i'm a sucker for movie merchandise. argh. now don't go judging me because i have this as well and you better be careful. MWAHAHAHA!
