2015/04/18

Re-living childhood fairy tales...

I'm sure many of us knew & watched the recent Cinderella movie which smashed the box office. 
Although some of my friends said that they don't understand why the movie was film again despite the cartoon version. After all, the story line will be the SAME...

Well I have to admit that what they said were right and the story line is more or less the same rather than some minor differences... For example, the Father of the prince in the original version of Cinderella was not dead and witnessed their wedding and, the fairy godmother in the cartoon version chanted the spells even better when she was giving Cinderella a new look...
Overall, the story remained the same as the cartoon version. 
After all, if we were told that the prince will not be with Cinderella in the end of the movie, will we still want to watch it?
The answer is a NO for me, personally. 

What I actually want to say is that Disney decided to re-film more fairy tales such as Beauty & the Beast, Mulan, Little Mermaid, & etc...

I'm very excited about it and I can't wait to watch them in the cinema. 
I guess maybe because the recent Cinderella smashed box office which allows them to re-film all the fairy tales. 
Yes, I do aware that I am a grown up now, but nothing can stop me from re-living my childhood fairy tales by watching the new movies~~~    

2015/04/16

Dream

Yesterday, I dreamed that I finally confronted my mother after all these years of injustice... 
She was very angry both emotionally and at me for confronting her...
I don't know where did I gather the courage to actually confront her, 
maybe because I was too stressed out recently and I am deadly to know why didn't she support me to study abroad rather than dumping $$$ into renovating the stupid house?
Does gender matters that much?
If the person who wanted to study abroad was my brother, will she change her mind?
What am I supposed to do with it?
Do I not deserve a better future?
Do I not deserve to study abroad?
Am I supposed to accept all these crap and pretends nothing has happened and try to live happily in the future despite all these crap?
Will I be able to accept all these and life with it? 
Do I really want to confront her?
Yes, I do because if I don't, there'll always be something in my heart. 
But if I do, maybe she'll get really angry and things will get really ugly, am I ready to face this?
Do I want to put myself into that situation?

Interesting Website

I found out about this website after a friend shared their articles in FB, 
while reading through the article, 
I find what the author wrote about therapy & therapist were so true...
therefore, I would like to share the link here...

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-12657/10-things-i-wish-everyone-knew-about-therapy.html

There are also many other interesting articles in the website which I find it good to read if you don't really know anything about talk therapy... 
At the same time, there were also articles about self-help, which I think that it can be helpful for many people, including myself...

Therefore, visit this website if you have time~~~
It might surprise you... =)

2015/04/10

See You Again (Paul Walker) - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth

This song was a tribute to Paul Walker who filmed most of the Fast & Furious series...
At the same time, in the end of Fast & Furious 7, Paul Walker's character, Brian O'Conner was said to be raising his family and children and maybe move on in his family life...
他华丽的退场了。。。
虽然他的人不在了,可是他还活在大家的心中;
这也代表着他还没有真正的死去吧。。。
能够让人怀念和活在人的心中也代表着他永远不会被遗忘吧。。。
我其实真的很高兴他可以华丽退场,而不是在电影死去,
因为这让我对电影里的故事拥有完美的记忆。。。
I copied & pasted the lyrics below from the internet and I BOLD the paragraphs that touch me the most. Actually, I like the whole song because of the meaningful lyrics and I felt very touch while listening to the song as the song was sang by such soulful voice. I think that this is such a nice song that it actually reflects the death of Paul Walker and how might the remaining living people think about him and miss him, and it also fulfills the Fast & Furious' theme of FAMILY. =)

It's been a long day without you my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again

Damn who knew all the planes we flew
Good things we've been through
That I'll be standing right here
Talking to you about another path I
Know we loved to hit the road and laugh
But something told me that it wouldn't last
Had to switch up look at things different see the bigger picture
Those were the days hard work forever pays now I see you in a better place

How could we not talk about family when family's all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gonna be with me for the last ride

It's been a long day without you my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
when I see you again

First you both go out your way
And the vibe is feeling strong and what's
Small turn to a friendship a friendship
Turn into a bond and that bond will never
Be broke and the love will never get lost
And when brotherhood come first then the line
Will never be crossed established it on our own
When that line had to be drawn and that line is what
We reach so remember me when I'm gone

How could we not talk about family when family's all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gonna be with me for the last ride


So let the light guide your way hold every memory
As you go and every road you take will always lead you home


It's been a long day without you my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again


And, I don't know why I find Fast & Furious 7 was the saddest movie among the series. Probably because of Paul Walker's death even though this movie gave his character in the movie a happily ever after ending. 

2015/04/09

Fast & Furious 2015 & FAMILY

我相信大家对Fast & Furious一系列的电影一点都不陌生,
我也很喜欢电影里的car racing moments,
为了要看Fast & Furious 7,
我决定要把之前的电影都看完再去看Fast & Furious 7,
因为种种的原因,我只看过Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift,
可是每一次Fast & Furious的系列电影上映时,
我都会注意相关的新闻,毕竟是热门电影啊。。。
从开始在我爸的公司帮忙后,我对车子的认识深入了不少。
我很喜欢驾车时的速度感,
因为我是一个很adventurous的人。
这一次Fast & Furious 7上映,我当然要去看啊!
而且在GST之前就买好了票。
在那之前,我google了Fast & Furious里,
也看了一系列的电影。
准备就绪来看Fast & Furious 7。
看完之前的电影,我觉得Vin Diesel好酷噢~~~
电影里的很多对白也很有意思和moral values,
I'm impressed with how the films were made and produced.

There are many grey areas in our lives and in this world,
the producers of these films depicted them perfectly in the films because it seems that they were traveling the grey areas back and forth.
Those who were once villains, they ended up helping the "cops" in the films,
in the end of Fast &Furious 6,
all of them became an innocent citizens of the country again.
They have been through a lot in the films and I really admire and appreciate how they portrayed the term "family".

At the same time, I'm also wondering if someone ever gets that lucky in real life just like the way the films depicted?
Will they always get away the serious issues & consequences that they were facing in the films?
Well, the only conclusion that I can make will be,
these films aren't real, maybe there are certain elements of truth in it, but not all of them are.
After I watched Fast & Furious 7, I wonder even more about getting this lucky in real life.

其实我只是想要看car racing,我没有expect到这样多的爆炸场面和action...
虽然是很好看,但是我看到有一点怕。。。
汽车从飞机上parachuting到马路上也很刺激。。。

可是我最爱的还是他们并没有因为Paul Walker的去世而让电影里的他也消失,
我很感动,因为他们都有很好的结局,
只是我还不确定的是到最后电影里Dom有没有和Letty在一起,
因为最后他自己一个人驾车不懂去那里,
他和Paul Walker的车分道扬镳的时候很感动,
歌词也很感人,还真是他们的一贯作风。。。
电影里和之前的电影风格和故事情节都有一点像;
“亲情”一直都没有离开过这一系列的电影。
我也很喜欢他们为Paul Walker制作的那首歌,
因为歌词很写实,也很令人感动。

当Mia怀了第二胎,而且是女生的时候,
我立刻就想到,那不是和她和她的哥哥Dom一样吗,
太令人感动了。。。
拥有一个哥哥是我从小到大的愿望eh...
毕竟我们从小都只有5个女生玩在一起。。。

电影里还有一些我印象深刻的对白就是
Dom常说的,
"I don't have friends, I have family."
和他知道他妹妹和Brian拍拖以后,
他告诉Brian, "If you break her heart, I"ll break your neck."
哥哥的定义大概就是这样吧。。。
保护自己的妹妹,更把大家当做一家人。。。
然后保护大家。。。
还有,当他要去找会Letty时候,他说了大约一句这样的话,
"When a family member turned their back on you, you don't do the same,
you bring them home."
听到HOME这个字,
我觉得很感动,
毕竟他们大家都没有血缘关系,
可是他们之间的感情比起很多拥有真正的血缘关系的家人好太多了。

Overall, I'm satisfied with Fast & Furious 7 because of the good ending and also how they connected the story with the previous movies. At the same time, I had very different feelings when I watched this movie because I cannot gauge how the movie will go since I don't have the next episode to convince myself that they will be alive. It was very different when I watched the previous movies because I knew that they will be alive to continue the next movie. lol 

At the same time, I am also looking forward to the future movies as the producer announced that there'll roughly be 10 films in total. I think fast & furious series were just like other serial films which will continue to gain support from their fans since all their films had been box office. I honestly think that car racing is a good theme to make more car racing movies because I'm a car racing movie fan.

最后想问的是,
为什么Universal Studio Singapore没有以Fast & Furious为主题的theme park的?



2015/04/07

Cinderella 2015

这个故事本来就是我童年回忆和one of my all time favorite fairy tales~~~
真人版的电影,
我当然不能错过啊!!!
从trailer开播以来,我就期待了这部电影那么久。。。
我迫不及待的想要快点看到这部电影。
看完了以后,我感到非常感动;
一边看,也一边哭了不少;
*可能想到了自己吧*
电影拍得太好了!!!
里面的歌曲也都很好听。
个人很喜欢Lavender Blue和片未曲,Sonna Rele "Strong".
Strong的歌词很感人,
把电影里的经典对白incorporate进歌里,
"Be Brave, Be Kind"
我很喜欢这部真人版灰姑娘。。。
在本来的灰姑娘里,王子的父亲并没有离去;
但是如果他不离开,那Lavender Blue的歌词就不太符合了吧,
所以电影里才会这样吧。。。
这也是我感到比较遗憾的地方。。。
还有,这部电影也为后母博回了一些同情分吧,
毕竟听到自己的丈夫说他最爱的人是死去了的妻子。。。

最后,我想问的是,
如果最后Cinderella的生活并没有改变,
也没有和王子在一起,
那她还会原谅她的后母吗?
还有,那她的屋子怎么办?

Happy New Year 2024

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