The Karate Kid

Hi.

Here I am again with another post overdue. Heh.

Long, long ago (since this is an overdue post), I went to the premiere screening of The Karate Kid thanks to maybe-you-know-maybe-you-don’t-who. Now to skip long introduction and get to the point, here are some thoughts at the end of the movie:

Movie title
They say it’s a remake of The Karate Kid in 1984 but it appears more like a tribute or an acknowledgment of the legendary movie. This 2010 movie has nothing to do with Karate to begin with. It was KUNG FU all the way.

Jackie Chan
I never liked this guy. Personal grudge. Next!

Jaden Smith
Isn’t he the sweetest thing?! But I think he overplayed his character in the first scene where he was about to leave for Beijing. Probably he wanted to leave a good first impression but boy, you tried too hard! BUT as the movie progress, I think he became more comfortable and it seemed more natural for him to play the character. He's funny, witty and cute!


Storyline
I thought the storyline was pretty obvious and laid back. Fight scenes were not too heavy for the heart or brain to accept. I heard some people leaving the cinema expressing their disappointment that there were not enough fighting scene. Hey, mind you again, this is NOT and has NEVER BEEN an action movie, okay? So if you’re expecting some shirt-soaked-in-blood scene, you’re at the wrong hall dude. This is for the kids, for the free-spirited teenagers, and for the working adults who just want to get their mind off work. Yeahh!


But one scene I can never understand is when Mr Han (Jackie Chan) talks about his past. I could not relate the importance of that scene to any part of the movie. Probably the directors thought, "Hey, let's play some emotions and show that there can be a special bond between Mr Han and Dre Parker (Jaden Smith)" and "Ohh, let's make Jackie weep like a baby!" and "Ahh, let's make Jaden pull Jackie to that corner and start practicing Kung Fu and whoosh, Jackie stops weeping!". Well, the directors thought WRONG. That scene was LAME, period. It wasted a good 15 minutes, thank you.


Minus that one LAME scene, I enjoyed the rest of the movie. I won't say it's a GRRREAT movie, but it's still worth watching! I'd rate this as 3.85 out of 5. Unlike Bounty Hunter, ergh, I won't even bother to conclude that movie in a single post because it’s just not worthy! Plus, this is Jaden Smith's first big screen appearance! If you have enjoyed watching Will Smith in the past, you will enjoy watching his lil' son. Jaden is so much like daddy! *winks*


* Going for the premiere screening of She's Out of My League tonight! Yeay!

CRAZY CALLS WHOA!

This is crazy! My aunt just called her aunt in SINGAPORE using MY INTERNET LINE and they spoke for 30 MINUTES, and she was laughing and giggling on the phone with her aunt, and I was just standing by her side waiting to update my Facebook status, and AND she just COMPLETELY IGNORED ME!!!

I’m fed up! Blame it on iTalkWhoa! WHY SO CHEAP LA WEI?? 9 sen per minute to call Singapore?? No wonder my aunt can’t get off the headset! RAGE RAGE RAGE!!

WAIT. Is there anyone here who is still not aware of iTalkWhoa??? If there are, WHOA, where have you been??! Check out my previous post on iTalkWhoa. It does wonders. You can read/send e-mails, update twitter, chat, send SMSes, and call anyone, anywhere at a very cheap rate! All you need is to top up your iTalkWhoa with iTalk prepaid card.


Anyway, after raging alone, haha, I called the boyfriend to vent out my anger. Psst, I called him using the iTalkWhoa portal! Heh. Only 18 sen per minute to call any fixed or mobile line ANYWHERE in Malaysia. Gaaahhh.. No wonder my aunt so happy calling Singapore! It has a cheaper rate! Mana boleh ni!

The call interface; simple.

So we talked and talked like there’s no tomorrow and suddenly I realized, hey, the call quality is not bad, eh? The boyfriend said he heard some noise coming from my end, but he was still able to hear me clearly. I also told the boyfriend that calling Singapore only costs 9sen per minute. He gasped because his mum uses iTalk card too but the cost to call Singapore is at 10sen per minute. I chuckled because I know for a fact that calls made via a phone and the internet differs by 10% in cost!

Here’s how it is:

Using the phone to make a call to Australia will cost you 33 sen per minute (fixed line), whereas using the iTalkWhoa portal to make the same call will cost you only 30 sen per minute (fixed line). You could save a lot by using the portal! Imagine if you spoke for an hour on the internet. You could save RM1.80! *if my maths is not rusty lah.

Anyway, look at some of the rates above. Pretty cheap, huh? Call China at 11 sen per minute. Yeah, I know why I keep emphasizing on China in my last two posts about iTalkWhoa. I’m just so frustrated that iTalkWhoa did not exist back then when I was in China! Else, calling back Malaysia will be so cheap! Ok, ok, I know I went to China for only 7 days, but STILL! I miss the boyfriend home! =.=

Ergh. Gotta go. My aunt wants to call her aunt in India pulak! Sheesh. So many aunts all over the world!

Oh by the way, above are only few of the countries that you can call via iTalkWhoa. For a full list, log on to www.italkwhoa.com today! Cewahh. Like advertisement gitu!


Ok, cao. Need to go rage at that corner nao!

I just don't get you meleis

I was blogwalking and someone posted results of a contest organized by you-know-who. Three names. All Chinese. All whom I have visited their blogs in the past. And rest assure, they DESERVE THE EFFING WIN. They are a talented lot and definitely most creative. I envy them big time for being so imaginative with their entries. At times when I see them entering contest, I had to crack the juice out of my brain to beat them. And most of the time, I fail. Haha.

BUT YOU KNOW MELEIS. They see the races more than anything. I was EFFING ANNOYED when I saw some racist comments on that post simply on the basis that the winners were all Chinese. I don't know what goes through their effing mind. What, you meleis expect some kind of quota in the contest as well ke? C'mon la. If you don't deliver a good contest entry, you expect the organizers to make you a winner just to please you meleis???

IF YOU MELEIS NAK SANGAT MENANG, STOP BEING EFFING IGNORANT, KIASU AND WHAT NOT. PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON, LEARN FROM THE WINNERS, USE YOUR IMAGINATION, DO SOME RESEARCH, WHATEVER IT TAKES LAH!!!

Stupid meleis.


* Siapa yang makan cili, dia yang terasa pedas. Kalau tak rasa pedas, kau diam je, ok?

* Credits to Obefiend for the term 'meleis'. I do not want to be the subject of your "So Some F*cker Stole My Blog Content #XXX" series. LOL!