Coraline

I watched Coraline already XD

as you can see from the pic, it's actually a book by Neil Gaiman, but it's been made into a cartoon.

I don't normally watch new shows. As in, normally I see new shows at least 6 months after they've been released, but there were some that I watched that were relatively new. A few I've blogged about, but most of the time I don't bother, cos I do see a lot of movies, or at least, that's how it feels to me ^^;

But I really liked Coraline. & I'm having hols now, so I have time. & I'm also practicing not to write so long lol short & sweet is what I'm trying to accomplish ;-) Coraline feels like a typical story to me, but maybe I've read too many of these kinda stories lol

I like reading books (for the benefit of those who don't know that). It's just that I'm lazy, & I prefer comics over books, although 4 years ago I'd have chosen a book any day over comics. But the thing about seeing a movie/cartoon based on a book is that it makes you feel like reading the book. Only if you like the show, of course, or maybe it's just people like me, who are inclined to having an obsessive personality. Therefore, if we like something, we try to find out more about it, & it's easier if you know it's based on a book cos you can compare the details between the show & the book.

So I've always respected Neil Gaiman, even though I've never actually taken the time to read his books, but I know which books he wrote, & I'd read them if I could (the thing is, nowadays I've become more narrow-minded, & I only want to read certain kinds of books *coughpurelovestoriescough*), but I'm satisfied just listening to the storyline of his books because they're really interesting.

I hate spoilers, so I'd hate to give spoilers also, so although I really, really want to talk about Coraline, I'm not going to talk as much as I want to, but I figured, telling part of the summary of the story (at least, what I've seen from the cartoon, since I didn't read the book) wouldn't hurt. But for those who don't even want to know what Coraline is about shouldn't read it. You have been warned.

Basically, it's about this girl called Coraline (not Caroline, Coraline). & she has just moved with her parents to a new neighbourhood, although the house seems to be at least 150 years old & belonged to her grandmother, I think. So, as expected, she's not exactly happy. & being a kid (I'm not sure how old, & at times like these, age does matter in a show), she's easily bored. Her parents work at home, so of course they get tense & stressed up & have no time to entertain their own child (she has no siblings). So she explores around the house, meets her old & eccentric neighbours, & is irritated by a boy from the neighbourhood. So what else is new?

As it is in stories about old houses, it's a bit different, & what happened was, there was this door that was bricked up, but at night she woke up, disturbed by mice, & she followed the mice, & they went past the door, & surprisingly, it wasn't bricked up! So like any inquisitive child, she went inside, & followed the path, & she wound up in... exactly the same place as where she came from O_o;

& it was the exact same house, except that one portrait in the house was a little bit different (minor detail, something different about his eyes), so she didn't really bother. & she heard her mom's voice, calling her name, so she headed to that direction, & her mother's back was faced towards her, & when her mother turned around, it was obvious that she was her mother, if she didn't have buttons for eyes! That was a bit weird hahahaha gave Coraline a shock too, & she asked who she was, & the person replied that she was the other mother, & the other mother asked Caroline to call her other father for dinner.

To cut a long story short (not that long actually, it's just me being long-winded ^^;), she had dinner with them (probably couldn't resist the smell & taste of it, since she was hungry, & her real parent's cooking was very unsatisfactory), & after dinner, she fell asleep (with her other mother tucking her into bed), & when she woke up, she was back in her own room, not the other room which she slept in (the bedroom was different).

& there was proof that it wasn't a dream, but I won't go into detail. The thing is, although she did feel a bit uneasy on the first night, because her parents wouldn't believe her (obviously), she wanted (& managed) to go back to the other house the following night. & she was treated very well by her other parents, which made her compare her other parents which her real parents (naturally).

So what I was thinking was, I wonder who (because I could see it coming) would choose to live with their other parents? If it was a dream, at least she'd have really good, happy dreams every night, but if it was real, then it'd either be a dream come true. Or not. Because I felt cynical & suspicious about them being so nice. Maybe it's because the background music played was purposely composed to be a bit strange (not exactly what you'd call a happy tune). Or maybe it was because I felt that the other parents would have ulterior motives. Or maybe it's because I saw too many Twilight Zone episodes lol (I like Twilight Zone ^__^ & Rod Serling!! XD haha lol)

Anyway, although I didn't exactly expect this, but there was a catch in the story later on. She was given a choice to stay with her other parents, but at a price. The thing is, is the price worth it? Of course, because this is a children story, or even if not, it's those kind of story which must go a certain path, so she didn't stay with her other parents. But it just made me wonder how many people would choose the other parents (even if there is a supposedly small price to pay for it). & those thoughts kept on bugging me throughout the night.

If you're wondering why I was a bit affected by such a show, it's because I felt that I'd probably choose my other parents (& pay the price for it). & if it wasn't such a typical story, it wouldn't be so bad staying with my other parents either, just that you have to get used to them because I'm very sure they won't be perfect (or like they were when you first met them).

But I think I'll stop here, cos I wrote too much as usual, & this time I didn't manage to keep it short, but that's because it's hard to talk about the issue itself (the other parents thing) without mentioning the story. Anyway, I'd be happy if you thought a bit about this too ;-) But maybe in real life, people would either choose their real parents or their other parents, 50% each. But I doubt that, which is why I'm still wondering whether more people would choose the former or the latter.

PS: oh, & I'm someone who likes listening to OSTs, so I already downloaded this OST XD very nice, reminded me of Nightmare Before Christmas OST & also Alice (the game) OST, & I wanted to share this particular very short song. It's what the other father sang to her, I found it sweet ^__^

Other Father song

it's available for download, but you don't have to, you can listen there, but it's only about 2MB anyway, not hard to download at all, but only if you like it ;-) too short for me though ;-( but still sweet ^__^

Movie characters (2008)

I've wanted to post this ever since Twilight came out. It's been more than 6 months lol it's not like all the things I plan to do are procrastinated that long tho ^^;

But this post will be short, cos I juz wanted to mention who I liked & why I liked them. Cos I just wanted to talk about my fascination for guys with long hair (with the exception of carlisle). ;-P

hmm I was gonna say at first that I dunno why I like guys with long hair (it's just a preference), & of course if they looked horrible with long hair, I wouldn't like it either. But I think I was influenced by someone a bit lol (as in, someone put the idea into my head that guys with long hair are so nice), & I started agreeing with her later on XD

anyway, since I mentioned carlisle, I'll start with him 1st:

from Twilight, acted by Peter Facinelli

This wallpaper has the most pics of him ^__^ anyway, when I first saw him, I really liked him, but that's probably because of his character, since he (the character) is a really, really, REALLY nice guy (or so it may seem lol). But I'm the kind of girl who tends to like the bad guy or the villain more (like the joker, but that's cos of heath ledger ;-P), so it's not often that I fall for a nice guy, but it's nice ;-D

anyway, the next 2 are the villains lol

from Harry Potter, acted by Jason Issacs

this was the best pic I could find ^^; I only started liking him later on, I think it's the hair lol & the way he acts too probably, very smooth XD even from the pic, if you don't look so closely at the face, it's his style of dressing that I like too, & his ring wth hahaha yeah, I'm weird... oh, & rather than saying just long hair, I love it when their long hair is that ash blond colour, or even blond, or a fair colour lol but black is fine too ;-D

from Hellboy 2 (it's on the pic), acted by Luke Goss

hehe this is probably the craziest of all (as in, to like this character), but I realised that I'm not the only one or else I wouldn't have been able to get this pic XD anyway, I immediately liked him from the trailer lol & I felt a bit sad for him (the character) after seeing the show... or maybe it was pity, but that's because he was another of those misunderstood kinda villains, the kind where he could've been a good guy, but in the circumstances, he happens to be the bad guy... lots more villains like that that I like, but I doubt they have long hair, let alone blondish lol

most people I were with when I was exclaming that I like this character all gave me a certain kind of look, as well as their opinion that he's ugly haih I can't help disagreeing, because it's just the way his face looks with all that makeup effect, you know, to show as though his face has lines or cracks on it... I see his potential lol wtf

oh, & another person I just remembered was orlando bloom (legolas) in Lord of the Rings. He was probably the 1st long haired character that I like (& ash blond XD) but I also liked him only after a while. Actually, now that I think about it, I was influenced again! lol wth someone liked orlando bloom, & I thought he wasn't bad in Lord of the Rings, then somehow I started liking him because of that ^^; oh well, no harm in liking people, I guess. ;-P

altho I really wanted to blog about this, I started having second thoughts when I saw the pics ^^; but then again, I normally feel that way because everyone's perception is different, & showing these pics may have thrown them in a different light. The question that I'm wondering is whether it was in a good or bad light lol but never mind, I looked at the pics, & I selected which ones I thought looked best. That's the most I can do haih

PS: I really wanted to blog more, cos my exams just finished, but I forgot what I wanted to blog about, except this post wth what is wrong with my memory?!? oh well ;-)

Rush Hour 3

If you go to the movies with your friends (whether large crowd or not, up to you), what kind of friends would you go with? Unless you always go with the same people, it doesn’t mean you necessarily sit beside the same person (unless you’re a couple or sth, then you’d be weird not to).

So, my question is (this applies to comedy movies like Rush Hour 3): would you rather sit beside a person who makes comments once in a while throughout the show & laughs at the right time too, or one who prefers to see the show quite quietly (in respect of comments) but also laughs at the right time? The difference is whether you want someone to talk a bit with you throughout the movie or not… ^^;

For me, I’d prefer a person who comments more than one who doesn’t. That’s because it makes me feel that there’s a reason to watching the show with people rather than watching it alone. ;-)

Anyway, the point of this post is to put pics, since I love pics (especially eye candy). Of course, I have pics that are like eye cancer to me, but I always try my best to forget it… XP

So, the pic will be obviously about rush hour 3 (if not, I wouldn’t post it as my topic). The thing is, what or who will be in the pic? Hint: it’s a person, & it’s a he XP

Anyway, sad to say this, but I dun really like Jackie Chan (no offense, but when I say that, I mean his looks). Or the other guy that I dun even remember his name. Then, if you think about it, who could it be, rite?

Some people will think me crazy, but I’ll be comforted to know I’m not the only crazy person, since I managed to google these pics today, & I only kept two because it relates to rush hour 3, & because it looks better anyway XP

The person who I wanna talk about is…

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…. T_T;

Hiroyuki Sanada

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Did you fall off your chair? ;-P

Nvm, I dun wanna noe.,.. ;-P

Anyway, yeah, you heard me. The 1^st time I saw him, I thought, “Not bad.” Even though he was a bad guy, he was a new character, & it’s true that I felt that he didn’t look so bad, just not so tall (sadly, I dunno his height, so I might be wrong in my judgment ^^;). Maybe I saw things differently a bit, but if I had the show I would definitely cap some of his pics for fun ^^;

Although I wanted to show sth in my pics, but bcos my pics didn’t have what I wanted to show, I hope you don’t judge him based on the pics only, but then again, first appearances do matter a lot in life, so it’s up to you what you think of him…

Which comes to another thing about me; normally, probably due to my asian culture (haha, see I’m even blaming my own culture XP), I dun like to praise things much. Even of saying things like ‘excellent’, ‘wonderful’, ‘magnificent’, I tend to use phrases like ‘not bad’, ‘ok only’ & so on… you get the picture, right?

So, same goes for people, in terms of looks. Some people go “omg, that’s hot”, but maybe I dun feel the same way, or I just dun use the word ‘hot’ so often for people because I feel that then nearly everyone would be hot if we go by some people’s theory… T_T;

Anyway, why am I even delaying the pics display? XP

Sadly, the pics didn’t have what I wanted, but I still wanna post it anyway to make myself feel better ;-P

You should see his torso, but some people won’t like that idea, so that’s up to you… actually, I wanted a pic of that, but all the pics I saw were obviously with him clothed, which made me wonder where in the movie did I see his torso? *ahemexcusethewierdnessahem*

But, seriously, in terms of his body, I felt that he was quite fit, & I enjoyed watching him fight Jackie Chan (bad guys turn me on XD). Actually, it’s easy to appreciate the art of fighting and so on, but obviously, I’d prefer to watch good-looking guys do it rather than not. (haha lol) XP

Anyway, since I put the pics here already & I’m tired of writing, I’ll end it here. Au revoir (I hope I got it right) ^^;