Sunday, December 25, 2005

X'mas Eve



So I saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe last night. Before that, we had to endure some 15 - 20 minutes of commercials at the beginning, but the few things that brightened me up were the trailers of "The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead's Men Chest as well as The Da Vinci Code, both hitting the big screen in Summer '06. Can't wait! Especially for the latter.



Basically, I have not read any of the books by C.S. Lewis on which this and its projected sequels are based, hence I can only judge the film on its own merits as a 2-plus hours movie extravaganza. Really, I loved it. I absolutely enjoyed the plot, the handsome scenery of New Zealand, the perfect storyline, the acting and not forgetting, the magnificent musical scores.



I regard the film as a mesh between "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings", combining the elements of children's escapades similar to those in the Harry Potter series with the scenes of war found in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I've gotta say, its even better than any Harry Potter installments by far but indomitable as compared to the LOTR. Actress Tilda Swinton did a great job as the White Witch and a couple of the four child actors acquit themselves well. I especially love Lucy. She's just so adorable.



According the Yihan, the film, or rather, the books have some powerful Christian symbolism injected. And so, I did some research this morning and realized that the sacrifice of Aslan made some sense. The stone table splitting into two, Aslan resurrected and then re-appearing before the sisters. It looks like the author was trying to accomplish something. But I'm no one to comment on this.



All in all, it's a splendid creation and you wouldn't wanna miss it. Actually, I really wouldn't mind seeing it a second time. Yes. It's that good. It makes me wanna crack those books so badly before the other sequels come out! What are you waiting for? Get on your feet and go see it!



My rating: 8.5/10!

Right after the movie, we met up with Yihan. Later, we marched down from PS to the main street of Orchard in hopes of catching the very last show at The World of Narnia. Frankly, it worth nuts. But we had our hilarious bits as we witnessed Mr. Tumnus' horrendous legs and Lucy's ethnic transformation. The "White Witch" showed abhorrent hospitality by addressing one of the audience as an "IDIOT". Unpleasant. But FARNIE.



I totally HATE crowds. We were practically trudging like discombobulated geishas, clueless of where the crowd was leading us. TERRIBLE! Like come on! What's the matter with those people! And those moronic teens just thought they were having a hell lotta fun spraying foam everywhere. How I wish I could set off a bomb so that the streets belonged to the three of us. The power of three COULD set us free. The human traffic took us more than 30 minutes to get to Cineleisure. It was near 11PM. We were famished. Resorted to eating at PastaMania. The Alfredo was just too creamy for comfort. The Minestrone was real salty. The cappuccino, awful. The only thing made me go AHHH, was the Ice Lemon Tea. Had a nice trio chat with my besties. Just can't believe the things that happened till date. Flashes. All flashes.



And by the time we came out, we were greeted by bunches of "FOAMERS" again. Sick arses! Lucky for us, we managed to keep ourselves clean and dry. It was extremely chaotic.



People gone wild, victims scampering for shelter... Madness! I swear I am so not celebrating Christmas in town anymore. NO WAY!




freed his mind P.Y.R.A - U.G.I.N.E at 3:54 PM [comment]

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