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timing...
Saturday, Dec 1, 2007 10:52PM / Members only
Its now 1:46am Sunday morning... just came back from catching up with a good friend.... n yea out of the blue they had fireworks in the middle of darling harbour 2nite!
if there is one thing that my life really lacks... is the right timing....
btw.... i am heading to HK 2moro for a month!
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I just saw Beckham curl a Freekick in LIVE!
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007 9:51PM / Members only
Now tht's a moment to remember for years to come.... Perhaps a moment to refresh upon to tell my childrens and grandchildrens years down the track!
A game tht had it all --- goals... (8 of them with a 5-3 scoreline), red cards, flying punches, sublime passing from a World Cup winner in Juninho, stupid goalkeeping, over 80,000 fans and most of all ---- a Beckham's freekick goal!
It's been hectic partying everyday since my final exam, but nothing beats that very single snapshot moment!
enough said...
btw my site: http://www.thehkneo.com have a new flash layout!
cheers
neo
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Never have clichés been so much fun…
Sunday, Nov 4, 2007 9:46PM / Members only
mmm watched this yesterday... i find it fun in a trashy way, but then again... I do like Quentin Tarantino! Here is my 2 cents...
Death Proof (2007-US)
Video:http://www.youtube.com/v/JUEbUybyjK8&rel=1
Tagline: Never have clichés been so much fun…
Quentin Tarantino loves the past and in his latest homage to his childhood influences is really “Death Proof” and probably reviews proof. Fans of QT will no doubt embrace his clever dialogue and his unique bland of directing and for that manner alone, QT just never disappoints. Shooting a 21st century setting, in the style of those trashy “grind house” cinema of the 70s, is certainly a delight to watch and fun is certainly a word to describe this trashy in a good way type of movie. Before getting shot right in the middle of the head, Neo have a confession to make, he is a big fan of Tarantino and some manner of subjectivity will be sensed. To call, Tarantino, the Wong Kar Wai of the west is really an understatement as both directors have their own unique brand of cinema. While Wong Kar Wai lingers upon the issue of timing, Tarantino is more direct and brunt. Death Proof isn’t QT’s best work, but it is easily his most fun and assessable work to late and the good news is that it is fun in a trashy way.
The movie goes like this: Kurt Russell is stuntman Mike who enjoys the pure pressure of stalking young girls and killing them with his stunt car…
When viewing any QT’s film, there is no doubt that the director and the scrīpt clearly overshadows the actors. Still, Kurt Russell fits in the mould of a guy still living in the 70s, within the character of stuntman Mike. Looking at his performance, there is no doubt that Russell is having a great due of fun and while his evil antics are never explained, the audience never feel detached as it is the deliberate unevenness of the film that makes it work. In a scene straight out of QT’s books is a lap dance sequence by the surprisingly scene stealing Vanessa Ferlito. Of the pack of actresses, Ferlito stands out of the pack and managed to steal the audience’s attention in an ultra natural performance.
What’s so great about any QT’s films is without doubt the quirky and direct dialogue. Who can possibly forget those witty one liners way back in Pulp Fiction, and Death Proof certainly does not lag back in this department. One scene in the car with Kurt and Rose McGowan, where Kurt asked her which way she wanted to go and the response by Kurt is just a classic example of a priceless moment of QT’s cinema. As mentioned before, Death Proof is literally review proof as QT is given an enormous amount of freedom in breaking every rule in
All in all, Death Proof is really a fun, trashy, 70s, cool, carefree, filled with stunts and a great car ride to boot. It is by no means as polish as Kill Bill, or as witty as Pulp Fiction, but Death Proof stands well with its two feet. Tarantino loves the 70s and his footprints are stamped all over this flick, from the dialogue to the brutal and real killing sequences to the deliberate trashy editing, Death Proof clearly works because of its director. To be perfectly honest, Death Proof is unlikely to gain Tarantino any new fans, but for his existing fans like Neo, it is like a present on the doorstep. To the non-fans of Tarantino, even if you do not like his style, there is a lot of fun to be had. To the fans of the aforementioned person, no further words are required…
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoë Bell, Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Genre: Stunts/70s/Thriller
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neo
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final day of uni...
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 8:20PM / Members only
With a brink of an eye... its 3 yrs... since I stepped on the edge of UNSW and today it is my final day of uni, before the final exams...
Funny though, on the very day, there wasn't much feeling... rather than glazing across the beautiful blue sky at the Uni's Quad Balcony (which I love doing), reflecting upon the "days of being wild"..and "as tears goes by.....instead... I almost forgotten...
Then as I reached for my home keys at 9:15pm... I realised that was it... end of uni life... really?
So what can I conclude about 3 years of uni... let's not talk about achievements... but rather the good and bad times... the great friends that I met... the crazy first two years of uni... (where at one stage.. I had a 5 all-nighters partying in a row --- right before the mid session exams...)..but as I reached the final yr....it have been more about hitting the books...
Let's sum it up my 3 yrs at uni with 2 words... "bittersweet memories..."
enough said...
neo
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007-Japan) - 穿越時空的少女 review
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007 1:11PM / Members only
Watched this because, it is dubbed my fav female singer: Janice! herez my take...
Video:http://www.youtube.com/v/BjpX6QF_IEs
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007-Japan)
穿越時空的少女
Tagline: Time waits for no one…
To be honest, Neo never intended to watch this flick, but on hearing that Janice will be doing the voice dub, it became pretty hard to resist. A truly gifted voice in singing, Janice is spot on as a 17 year old tomboyish girl that just doesn’t give a shit. A great attitude to have, but the anime/movie just never seems to work and along with some totally irrelevant plot holes and minor characters, which certainly does not help the cause. Along the lines of Run Lola Run (or perhaps the aforementioned flick copied from the current anime which is based on a novel written back in the 1960s), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is exactly the same as the title meaning. While Run Lola Run was somewhat interesting, the former film seems to drag and almost to the point of repetitiveness. Luckily the film runs through at a brisk pace and flies through all sort of issues and before the audience realise, the movie is already rolling up the credit song. Still, the ending not only does not make much sense, but apart from the line: “time waits for no one”, the film is not easily recommended.
The movie goes like this: A carefree high school girl discovers the ability to toward through time and put the wrong things right. Perhaps the other way around as well…
“Time waits for no one may seem like a well worn cliché, but the phrase rings along the lines of inevitability. It is perhaps interesting to imagine what life would be like if Neo can venture back in time. Will the consequences exceed the positives or will Neo continue to ponder over the same mistakes that contribute to who he is today? While it remains a mystery, the film seems to suggest that changing what have happened in the past does not only impact on yourselves, but rather a diverging effect on those around you. Random events like bumming into someone, which delayed a split second before they cross the road, may well have become something else, if you never bum into them. So there is the answer, it’s basically like a complex web and therefore it is probably a lot easier if we can just move on and let go rather than hanging on the intangible past. Then again, it is human nature to desire for things that we cannot have.
All in all, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is an anime film that tries hard to be smart and while it tends to work towards a certain extend, the film ultimately leaves the audience falling short. Janice has a great voice and provides a fitting characterisation of a pretty carefree 17 year high schooler. Unfortunately a few moments and a fun first half do not make a complete movie. At the end, it is just another case of what could have been – both literally and figuratively. Then again, Neo is probably pondering to himself, what could have been for many things…
I rate it 6/10
Voiced by: Janice Wei Lan
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda
Genre: Anime/Romance/Time
cheers
neo
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