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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Blind Followers and Hard CatchersThe week that preceeded the Chinese New Year was what I call the faux-celebrations week. Why, valentine's day was smack in the middle of that week too! The week could be best described as a dreamy, mock-relaxed week. You think that the holidays are coming and you don't feel like doing your work. But then, you realise to your horror, you have no time so that week is a crucial week. So you kind of cheat yourself in the beginning by thinking that it's a holiday. Then you feel cheated by yourself because you still have to work damn hard even though it's a holiday. So you don't know to blame yourself or the calendar, and plus it's Valentine's day and it's the same barren situation year after year. So in the end, alamak, you feel that it's neither here nor there. Or it may just be me. Anyway, I just had my reunion dinner not so long ago, like 6 hours ago, with my extended family in Punggol. As usual, I just put my butt on the couch, stare at the googlebox when I'm done eating. My family seldom indulge in mindless chit chatting, unless absolute silence ensues, but the whole Tan clan had their attention on a new addition to the family this new year. Baby Morgan had the older folks' maternal instincts kicked in. Everyone wanted a piece of the action. Ahh, it dawned on me that all the kids in my generation are grown up, except for Baby Morgan. We're old, and we're not fun anymore. The sound of a kid's laughter and tears can really amplify the atmosphere of the festivities. Without kids, there'll be awkward silence, or filler conversations and pretending to look busy moments. Maybe it's just my family, as we only see each other once or twice a year. Even though last year I saw my uncles quite a lot of times in the hospital while visiting Ah Ma, reunion dinner was still a routine this year. To divert to a different topic because this is just an oh-so-sad-but-true fact, I went to the cinema to watch "JUST FOLLOW LAW" with my lil' sister, Charlene and Cheryl after the dinner. It's the new movie by Jack Neo and stars Fann Wong and Gurmit Singh.  Well, I wanted to watch it because it was a Jack Neo movie. Even though I know of many many people who refuse to watch his movies because it's too low standard for them (apparently), I love to watch his shows because you can gurantee there's gonna be split-in-your-sides funny moments. Well, for this show, it was no exception. However, like a typical Jack Neo movie, the plot is predictable and it was crammed full of product placements- which irritated the hell out of me. The worst thing was, it wasn't subtle product placements, it was SHAMELESS promotion! Anyone can know who the sponsors of the movie were immediately after the show. Aiyoh, marketing need to be so intense one meh? We have Bella skincare products that Fann Wong has to use in the movie, Bee Cheng Hiang Bak Kua that Fann Wong ate, New Moon abalone that Fann Wong bought. Ta buleh Tahan!! NOTE:This blogger feels that movies should not devalue themselves by selling large chunks of screentime to sponsors. Make us consumers feel like idiots because we are paying Yusof Ishaks to look at 2 hour long advertisments. Do we look that kam gong? Other than that irritant, the story was just okay. Jack Neo takes not-so-subtle jabs at the government and issues that happened, including the James Gomaz saga, the LTA, URA, MRT and everything and anything that he can play around in this story of experiencing life in a different person's shoe. It's kinda like The Prince and The Pauper in a corporate setting. The last act of the movie sort of became a deux ex machina, and it felt that the producers have ran out of ideas. However, the one to steal the show would be the Ah Jie of Caldecott Hill, Fann Wong. Watch the ice queen persona of Fann Wong melt into nothingness in just a few seconds after the soul-switching experience. Watch her spew words like "Bitch" or hokkien expletives with relative ease. Watch in horror as she scratches herself and "bio" pretty babes in bikinis. In other words, watch her for what you've never seen before.  But still, my favourite character was a security guard called Muthu. Soooo CUTE! Sadly, the offical movie website does not have stills of him in the movie. He was so funny in the show! He is the epitome of the psyche of a civil servant. Oh goodness! It's 4.34 am! I need to sleep now because my eye bags feel like they weigh a tonne! (so anti climax la, but no choice) Happy Piggin' people! Labels: Just Follow Law
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