feb 2009 consumption log

[radiohate]

shows
- Sparrow 文雀 (2008) - Johnnie To 杜琪峰
- Doubt (2008) - John Patrick Shanley
- Happy Go Lucky (2008) - Mike Leigh
- The Reader (2008) - Stephen Dalry
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle
- Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) - Dwayne Carey-Hill
- Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) - Dwayne Carey-Hill
- Zack and Miri Makes A Porno (2008) - kevin smith
- Stories of Sunny Homeland (2006) - Edwin
- Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) - Terence Davies
- The Good， The Bad， The Weird (2008) - Kim Jee Woon
- City of Women / La Città delle donne (1980) - Federico Fellini
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - David Fincher
curiously bland and emotionally detached. why did fincher choose to downplay benjamin's oddity? i'd much prefer to see tim burton or spike jonze direct this.

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- The Village 宝岛一村 - directed & written by Stan Lai and Wang Wei Zhong 赖声川，王伟忠
- Dua Dai Ji 2009 大歹纪 2009 - Dramabox 戏剧盒
- chestnuts - Dark Knut: Welcome to Avenue Quantum - directed by Jonathan Lim

- the a-go-go princess / 飞越阿哥哥 (2009) - michael woo 胡鹤泽
strange, cant quite pinpoint why it fails. the lines are punny, the plotlines amusing, the ensemble cast gel well together, some of the supporting cast were brilliant. yet it just doesn't take off. maybe it is too consciously constructed.

occurences
- a fun night with D & P at the queen and the mangosteen, tantric, and global sounds.
- hokkien songs at the karaoke with K & A.
- being a sweaty mover for a day and feeling like a construction worker.
- watching the oscars live and griping abt it over msn with ah seng, ah heng and VJ.
- nus arts fest.
- farewell dinner for J & M.

music

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- dizzee rascal feat. calvin harris - dance wiv me
- the presets - beams
- the presets - apocalypso
- baruka som sistema - black diamonds
- late of the pier - fantasy black channel
- joanna wong - start from here
- cheer chen - immortal
- portishead - the rip
i recall seeing a trippy, animated video for the song done by indie director nick uff, but it's since disappeared completely off the internet :( his video for "we carry on" is still circulating, though.

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- rachael yamagata - elephants
this must be how it sounds like when a broken heart melts into a pool of tears