Review: Confession of Shopaholic

Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood aka Becky

I was so excited when I learned bout a popular shopaholic series were being filmed back then n I was looking forward to watching d-movie. U know, especially when u've read d-series until d-latest installment which I believes it's called "shopaholic n Baby something". As for me, I read d-1st installment a year ago. And last night, I watched d-movie at GSC, Queensbaymall.

How's d-movie?

Hang on shopaholic, hold ur breath....take a deep breath...hold on for a sec n release...phewwwwwww....it's a CRAPPPPPPPPPP movie....

Nay...kidding....

The movie was so hilarious. I was a bit sceptical when I discovered that Isla Fisher wud play d-character of Rebecca Bloomwood (Becky) juz bcuz I never heard or watch any of her movie b4. My major concern was, was she capable of playing n translate d-character on screen as Rebecca Bloomwood was portrayed as a spontaneous, witty, unpredictable and wild in d-novel. To me, she did pretty well n as for character of Suze (Rebecca's housemate as well as best friend) it was played by Krysten Ritter.

Kryten Ritter as Suze

Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon

Anyway, there'r couple of changes here n there to compensate with d-time constrain n other factors. Here's some of d-changes they made:

1) Their first (Becky n Brandon) met was supposed to be in d-conference but in d-movie it was at d-burger/hotdog-street stall.

2) Alicia, which supposedly to be Brandon's PA, was being a staff at fashion magazine where Becky was desperately wanted to be one of d-staff there.

3) Brandon was working as an editor at a financial magazine, he doesn't own d-company which publish d-mag.

4) Becky was publicly humiliated by Derek Smith in front of d-audience during her very first appearance at d-Morning or Coffee Show (forgot d-name)

The rest of d-changes, u should go n watch urself...hehehehe

All in all, I kinda like d-changes they made as it somehow make d-storyline somewhat fresh as long as they still keep n stick with d-main idea. I wanna share some of d-secene which I find very funny.

1) My LORD, it's freaking funny when Becky hit d-floor n started showing off her so-called miami-moves with a folding-paper-fan. Gosh...she improvised d-whole dance...hahaha

2) When Becky was coming to work, she run into Derek Smith in a lift. She was kinda curious whether it's Derek or not, so she made a misscall. Then, Derek smiled back n said, "I can always call the number back". Becky was so mortified as earlier, she set a ringtone which she recorded herself n sounded "Dun answer the phone..it's Derek Smith". Hahahaha...get d-pic?...very funny...

3) Again, it's about Becky's so-called dance skill. They had a sorta party n everyone was dancing. Then Brandon approached Becky and asked, "where did u get that moves". She replied, "It comes naturally"...as she replied, Brandon shift his gaze towards Becky's father and his father was doing d-same thing like Becky. And Brandon was seen smiling and said, "no wonder"

Isla Fisher, Sophie Kinsella (d-author of d-shopaholic series) and Hugh Dancy

I can't put all d-funny stuff here...no time to write it all here...better watch than read, rite?..hehehehe. As for d-dialogue, it's not exactly same but it sound more or less like wut I typed above.

My Verdict: 8.95 out of 10

Tani's convocation

Congrats 2 Tani...

I juz got back from attending Tani's convocation at USM, Penang. It's a one-day convocation for those who'r graduated last semester. Previously, it was kinda boring as it was only a one-day convo but this afternoon, tapak convo (d-place where normally graduates, parents and friends hang out after d-receiving-scroll-thingy) were kinda busy with people buying present 4 d-graduate, chit-chat as well as taking photos for personal memories.

me n Tani - went out during lunch hour..hehehe

Left: Arip, Nato, Tani, Din and Alif

bad lighting?...actually it was very sunny today...huhuhu

Actually, it's kinda weird as d-convocation was held on today, Wednesday. It wud hv been better if d-convocation had held on weekends. Anyway, it's not gonna stop friends n relatives to celebrate d-happiest day 4 all graduates.

Finally, u hit d-runway stage at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra (DTSP), a convocation hall, after d-not-so-short period or extended year during ur six-years study at USM. U did it...Congrats again....

Dragonball Evolution

from left: Piccolo's assistant (forgot her name), Bulma, Goku, Master Roshi or something and Chi Chi

Dragonball EVOLUTION……look at d-word of evolution. Clearly it’s gonna be different from d-worldly known manga series called Dragon Ball. Well, changes cud be good and it cud be bad.

Anyway, I’ve never really been a huge fan of d-manga but I did read d-manga till d-finale or last chapter. And I’m sure die-hard fans of d-manga have been waiting n cud hardly wait to watch d-movie n c how d-production team gonna bring everything into d-silver screen. They must be expecting too much, I suppose.

So, how’s d-Dragonball Evolution movie?

I watched d-movie yesterday at GSC Penang around 5.30pm. I missed d-first 2-3 minutes of d-movie as I went out for loo. Anyway, as I approached my seat, Goku was fighting (practicing) with his grandpa, Gohan, on rope. And d-next scene, Goku went to school by bicycle n his bicycle was crashed into by a sporty car. Then d-driver step out n said harsh things to Goku, but he didn’t want 2 fight as his grandpa told him not to. Oh yah, those fellas called him Geeko instead of Goku.

As d-scene took place, came in a group of gals n these fellas joined them as one of d-fella said “beauties awaits”..stg like that. And one of d-gals caught Goku’s eyes and both of them exchanged sorta flirty looks with each other. That gal (she was seen kissing Harry Potter in 4th or 5th series, not sure) happened to be Chi Chi, u know, Goku’s wife-to-be, that’s wut happened in d-manga rite?...correct me if I wrong.

The rest of d-story….buy a ticket n watch urself kay..hehehe

How’s d-movie going?...hmmm, I wud say, it’s WAAAAAAAY too rushed, as a film. They might hv missed out some of d-details like..errrr..I dunno, but d-way they introduce each one of d-character was, just okay as well as how d-characters develop as d-plot progress.

I’m not gonna touch bout d-effect n stuff as u’all know Hollywood movies are good at it. I liked Bulma’s gadget n it looked sorta like d-ones u saw in d-manga. "COOL", that's wut Goku said d-moment he saw how a capsule turned into a vehicle.

By nature, I mean, be it comic or manga or novel based story, d-duration time wud be, at least 2 n a half hours long. Instead, it was 1 hour n 20 minutes stg. I was like, duhhh….too fast u know. There’s nothing much u can expect from d-movie as they crammed the movie into one hour and 20 mnts stg. The director must had a crazy time to put everything into this film. Next time, for d-2nd installment, hopefully they stretch into 2 n half hours. So that, people like me wud feel d-satisfaction of watching a full action-packed kinda movie like Dragonball.

Verdict: 5.95 out of 10

Watchmen

Warning to all superhero fans out there, dun watch WATCHMEN if u expect something like X-Men, Fantastic 4 or Transformers.

Why I said so?

Well, let me begin….first, it’s not a typical superhero movie which normally contains a full-packed non-stop action. Secondly is, d-movie was a bit dragging.

However, those who wanted something new or different from d-superheroes movie, u should go to d-nearest cinema.

As for me, I find d-movie was intriguing despite of wut I’ve mentioned above. It’s pretty deep but not too complex as u guys can understand d-whole plot thingy. On top of that, I liked d-philosophy and d-message embedded within d-movie itself.

I dun know wut was d-director thinking when he making this movie. Basically he wanted to convey a couple of messages with regards to an adverse impact of war, nuke as well as d-philosophy of being a TRUE superhero to d-world. Or perhaps, specifically to the US government?...I dun know….it’s open to dispute anyway.

Ozymandias aka Adrian Veidt

Let me quote one of d-line from Adrian (one of d-watchmen’s character), “to save billions, we have to kill billions of people”…stg like that. Hmmm….Personally, wut they did was…u know, they can’t justify by killing people in order to save others. They just wanted to divert attention off themselves. Hmmm….it sound so familiar these days huh?...

Dr Manhattan

Anyhow...there were parts of d-movie which contains nudity and surprisingly, FINAS must have been TOO busy to do d-SO-CALLED cutting or censoring indecency scene until some scene of a hooker at d-street reveal her tits as well as Dr. Manhattan's Glowing Blue Dick can be seen. Duhhh...No wonder it's classified as 18PL, but still..no Tits or Dick next time kay!!! Yeah rite, sounds like I'm a good person huh?..Nayyy

BLOOD

I HAD MY BLOOD DRAWN this morning...If I knew I was going to have my blood taken, I wud have said NO to this program. Well, for starter, I've decided to voluntarily take part in d-Bioequivalence Study which is conducted by the Info Kinetics Sdn Bhd.

What’s Bioequivalence Study?

Basically, they conduct clinical trials and require humans (not a lab rat) for their study. And they need a very healthy human, therefore, before to take part or become as part of their study, those who’r interested need to go thru medical check up.

As for d-medical check up, I was okay with that as I’ve had that before, u know, I attended a boarding school like….15 years back in Slim River. So I tot it juz a normal medical check up.

Anyway, during d-briefing, we were told to go thru different stages for d-medical check up till d-last stage where we had to draw blood. That’s only d-beginning, once we eligible for d-study, drawing blood is a must. Of cos, then how come they wanna c d-results after consuming d-medications. As d-speaker kept talking on n on and my mind was like…take it or…just leave it.

But, I didn’t go back (took half day from work) as I dun want to waste my leave n I tot I shud give it a try first. Went thru one stage to stage until d-last stage..jeng..jeng…to my surprised, d-Malay male doc did very good job. It didn’t hurt at all. FYI, I haven’t donated my blood or haven’t had my blood drawn b4, NEVER, so that’s why I was a bit scared u know…hehehehe.

Ooops, I haven’t answered d-question above, have I?..Well, Bioequivalence Study is a clinical study to compare two products which contains d-same formula or d-ingredients of d-medicine and these two products are produced by different companies. So, basically, we wud take one dose of the, say product A in week 1, then 2 weeks after or more, we wud take product B. Get d-pic?....Basically they wanna c if these two products have a major difference in terms of d-effectivenes and other criteria.

Oh yah, I didn’t voluntarily take part due to d-fact that I am a kind human being or whatnot. It’s because of d-KA CHING…..they will pay u for every medications u take and it depends on wut kinda medication u take. Besides, I can monitor my health thru free thorough physical and medical examinations. Hehehehe….I hope it doesn’t affect my health or anything even though I aware there’s a risk of taking something like drugs or any medications to ur body. Hopefully everything will be fine.