It's All Part of The Plan

We managed to get tickets for 'The Dark Knight' at GSC Summit USJ tonight at 9pm, with THX of course. Thanks to Terry and the guys.

It's all part of the plan.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is yet another featured film for GSC's Japanese Film Festival 2008, which is an animated cartoon or simply anime. The synopsis (from ANN):

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

This anime was adapted from a Japanese Novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui, which was way back in 1965 and had already been made into live action dramas, tv-series and films. Probably those who like anime should watch this.

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (東京タワー〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜)

If you know me well enough, I do not always watch Hollywood blockbusters or mainstream films which are meant for making lots of big money. I do like to watch the independent and locally-made movies. Also, I'm a big fan of foreign films, especially those that come from the European region.

GSC is having its Japanese Film Festival again this year, and this time it's from the 17th to the 21st of July in KL (GSC Mid Valley and 1 Utama) in their GSC International Screens section. This time around, they are showcasing 12 Japanese films.

One of the film is called 'Tokyo Tower', and here's what the summary of the film says (taken from JFF):

Masaya has always taken his mother for granted. After graduating from high school, he successfully enters an Art University in Tokyo, a place he always dreamed to be. Leaving his mother behind, he squanders his life in Tokyo and eventually finds himself with an enormous debt. One day, he receives news that his mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Getting his act together, Masaya finds himself a job and invites his mother to live with him in Tokyo. After 15 years of separation, they rekindle their intimate relationship; filling the tiny apartment with love, happiness, smiles, and Mum’s delicious homemade recipes.

It looks like a normal heartwarming drama, and if you plan to watch this you need to bring a tissue box along with you in case. Watch the trailer below.

Let's Put A Smile On That Face!

Look out! He's a fanboy!

Call us fanatics, fanboys, or simply fans, we're no doubt going to make 'The Dark Knight' our best film of this year. It's hopefully going to score 10 out of 10 on my rating scale. I myself don't really qualify 100% as a Batman fanboy, unlike my friend Terry here. But I'm really pumped up to see this film on the silver screens next week. And what do fanboys do while waiting for their favorite movie to be released on 17 July? They indulge/amuse themselves in fanboism. Here are a few basic things you can do if you can't wait for Batman:

1. Use Blogs, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter or any other Web 2.0 app. to write about it. Express your enthusiasm in your writings.



2. Use Photoshop (or GIMP) to make your photo/face to look like as though it's been vandalized by The Joker. Why so serious?

3. Buy a Dark Knight themed t-shirt. I really bought this t-shirt below, from the US (thanks Terry for sourcing). A fanboy plus point: Wear it on the premiere of Dark Knight in the cinemas.



4. Buy and read Batman graphic novels. Study the subject of Batman, increase your knowledge on it. Terry has bought a lot of them.

5. Watch 'Batman Begins' over and over again on DVD.

6. Talk and have deep discussions with your friends on Batman over at the dining table or mamak stalls.

7. Go to GSC's website and try to email them to ask whether do they have advance booking/sales of 'The Dark Knight' movie tickets. Terry really did email them, but sadly they didn't have advance booking/sales for this show.

8. Get some Batman collectibles.

9. Get a Batman or Joker costume and wear it on the premiere of Dark Knight. But I doubt that there would be people doing it. The Batman fan-base here is not really that strong, compared to Star Wars.

10. Last but not least, joker-ize your pets. Note: Please do it on Photoshop/GIMP, not marker pens and lip-sticks!



This is not really a comprehensive list. I'm out of ideas already. Any thoughts?

This post is dedicated to Terry, for his hard work of getting the tickets for us. Hats off to Terry!

And yes, I haven't given up blogging about movies yet. I still watch movies almost every week, so there's always a reason to blog about it.