Archive for March, 2008

First Threadless

First Threadless

By Delrondu | Rambles, Snapshot

Two months overdue. (Canon IXUS 900Ti)

Wasted Trip

By Delrondu | Rambles

Just back from a wasted trip to Kuala Lumpur. Even though I purchased the tickets relatively cheap, or cheaper than usual, the main agenda there was a huge let down. I was told it was going to be the top 10 dancers of the world competing (Malaysia Asian Open Dance Championship, March 9, Shangri-La Hotel’s

Before Sunrise to Sunset

By Delrondu | Rambles

In Before Sunrise, the critically acclaimed romantic story between Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, there’s this scene near the beginning of the movie after Hawke and Delpy had met on the train. They talked and talked until Hawke had to get off in Vienna. Hawke then persuaded Delpy to get off in Vienna to walk

10,000 B.C.

By Delrondu | Cinema

Typical, very typical plot and cheesy, very cheesy dialogue. All that hype and this is what the end-result looked like. I’m surprised how bad this movie was. Rating: 3 / 10 (Full review at silverscreen.thinkbrunei.com)

Psycho’s Violins

By Delrondu | Confession

That famous scene in Psycho where the woman was murdered in her bath? I’ve seen that so many times before watching the movie today and was already expecting that sound effect to come on but, I was scared shitless when it caught me off guard. It was ridiculously loud so that didn’t help. But it

Dan In Real Life

By Delrondu | Cinema

How any woman would want Steve Carell’s character in this movie is beyond me. Nothing about this movie is “cute”. Rating: 4 / 10 (Full review at silverscreen.thinkbrunei.com)

Mild Seven Super Light

Mild Seven Super Light

By Delrondu | Local, Rambles

From a “drinking tea” session late that night after watching The Eye. One friend brought a pack of Mild Seven Super Lights and asked us to give it a try. One reaction (from Reuben) was – Mild Seven Super Lights should be renamed to: “Macam ‘Nada*” – For those who don’t smoke but wants to

The Eye

By Delrondu | Cinema

Nothing fantastic. I think because I’m Chinese, Asian ghosts are scarier compared to Western ghosts. And the original Chinese version worked better in terms of story and effect. Rating: 5 / 10 (Full review at silverscreen.thinkbrunei.com)