The day started a lunch with boss/friend Ujin, which haven't seen him for quite some time. It was a brief meeting, we had udon and I left shortly after because we're going to meet again two days later for lunch again. I was called for movie afterwards, wasn't expecting to run a marathon, too old for this stunt.
The whole thing was fun, Taiwan uni mates Ernest, Lau Seng and 3 new friends pulled it off. We watched Stephen Chow's The Mermaid, Ryan Reynold's Deadpool and Malaysian film Ola Bola. All 3 movies are good! And I think I watched them in a rather nice order, like how mentioned above.
We watched mermaid first, the movie itself is nice, the storyline, the cast, the idea, etc, except for the CGI, HK movies really need more effort in it. The movie is about how a rich man development plan destroying the aquamarine ecosystem, and putting a stop to it. A movie gave me thoughts about environment issue, serious and raising awareness. It comes together with classic Stephen Chow's jokes and love story, the jokes part is really out dated, it was really funny if I watch his early works, but felt kind of out of place when they are presented in today's work. However I like the way he present the human relationship, it was nice and serious, I enjoyed both in his early and recent works.
The Mermaid aka Please Save the Environment
Next, followed up immediately a washroom interval, is DEADPOOL. It was kind of classic, a standard hero movie however brilliantly presented in an unconventional, funny way. Since the character is potrayed psycho in original works, I think it is good the movie was produced this way. This movie is nothing much to me but serve as purely entertainment and relaxation, because the next movie is really wearing me out. Like said, standard superhero movies, I don't need to elaborate much.
DEADPOOL aka Stupid and Funny Stuntman
Lastly the loca patriotic movie, Ola Bola, based on the football history in Malaysia, it tells a story of locals training and playing so hard to get into Moscow Olympics. The movie really displays all the Malaysian culture, especially all the typical funny stuffs only Malaysian can understand. Sadly I think, this is really a movies only Malaysian can understand because of our very unique cultural mix, if its for foreigners to watch, I guess it doesn't make much sense at all, it takes people who understand Malaysia culture and history to understand the feelings in this movie. I really enjoyed it, the way we talk, we argue, the dialect, the mashed up language, the unique funny pattern that each race has (racist joke), and above all, how we overcome the obstacles together without the racial barrier, I felt so touching and passionate, so damn patriot, and really wanted to sit that classic old train in that amazing beautiful forest in Sabah.
Ola Bola: I Reallllyyyy Believe
