March 2012
22 posts
5 tags
How Roger Ebert Should've Reviewed "The Raid"
The Raid: Redemption
BY ROGER EBERT / March 21, 2012
(modified by Indofreak/ March 27, 2012)
Cast & Credits
Rama Iko Uwais
Jaka Joe Taslim
Mad Dog Yayan Ruhian
Sony Pictures Classics presents a film written and directed by Gareth Evans. In Indonesian, with English subtitles. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated R (for brutal bloody violence throughout and language).
This film is about...
3 tags
WatchHow many times have I been watching this? 538 and still counting. I hate shopping and yet I’m willing to splash out money on this sort of thing. Who cares about the actual products? Look at the packaging! If I didn’t buy at least one piece, I’d be questioning my very own nationalism. It may or may not have anything to do with patriotism but from my point of view, I call it...
3 tags
2 tags
4 tags
4 tags
11 tags
Frustrated Bree
Me: "Who's your favourite black actor?"
Karen: "Denzel Washington, of course. Wait, don't tell me that yours is Will Smith."
Me: "Nah. Will Smith is more of a black supermodel than an actor to me. I'll never see him as a talented one, my judgement is always clouded by his hotness. It's Terrence Howard. I can't quite explain why, but I like his acting better than Denzel Washington's."
Karen: "So neither of us picks Laurence Fishburne?"
Me: "Oh, the Matrix chap? Nah. I think I only saw him in the Matrix and I never finished watching it. Never seen him in any other movie. His name is Fishbone, by the way."
Karen: "No. Fishburne. You've got it wrong this time."
Me: "I'm pretty sure Fishburne is a type of hair-braiding. Either that or parking format."
Karen: "You're not serious. Fishbone is what you meant."
Me: "Wait. I think you're right. Fishbone is the dog-adaptation of classic characters, right?"
Bree: "No no no. It's Wishbone. You know it's Wishbone."
Karen: "Bree, I think you jumped in too early. This kind of conversation can last forever you see, and any sentence that starts with 'you know' is a real buzzkill."
Me: "Like what Buzz Killington always does."
Karen: "Yeah. Buzz Killington, alright.
Bree: "Who's Buzz Killington?"
Me: "Why, haven't you heard about a nuclear plan named after him? He's quite phenomenal, you know."
Karen: "I'm sure you mean Bruce Partington."
Bree: "Who's Bruce Partington?"
Karen: [awkward silence] "..."
Me: "Seriously?"
Bree: "Yeah, seriously."
Me: "Nevermind."
Karen: "Yeah, it's okay. Who's hungry?"
Bree: "I hate you both!"
3 tags
Hey, you. Yeah, you.
Forgive me if I seem to disrespect you. It’s just that I find it very hard to conceal my dislike towards people who own Blackberries (or Iphones) but don’t have any ‘pulsa’ to text let alone call.
3 tags
2 tags
Book-burning, my eye!
It’s funny how a certain group of people waste their time burning books. I mean, really, how many people you know read books? I know the last books most of my friends read were college textbooks, and imagine how many years ago it was. Sorry, I take that back. They do read certain books, just so they can say, “Ugh, the book is so much better that the movie.” That’s it.
Have...
1 tag
2 tags
3 tags
3 tags
That Tiny Little Detail
Bree: "It's a three-day trip. What book are you bringing?"
Me: "I haven't decided yet, but it's going to be one of Kurt Vonnegut books."
Bree: "I thought you didn't read American literatures."
Me: "I never knew you'd honour me with such censorship. I may not be a big fan of American literatures, but I know a good author when I read his book."
Bree: "And to what did Vonnegut owe the dubious pleasure of your good judgement?"
Me: "To his honest remark on semicolons."
Bree: "That's it?"
Me: "That's it."
3 tags
Nightmare-ish Dinner
Just the other day I had to sacrifice 1 hour of my life having dinner with an acquaintance. She talked oh so much, no wonder she never got to finish her food by the time we said goodbye. I was not paying attention to her, and nothing to regret about it. Here, let me paraphrase her words:
“Hi, my name is Stupidity. I’m part of a massive social circle but I don’t have many...
3 tags
2 tags
4 tags
My friend is an extremist..
So last month, in one of not-worth-remembering phone conversations with del Potro, I mentioned that I was living a rather dull life. He said maybe I should try learning a new language. I thought he was joking, because he knew perfectly well that I was already a very confused person.
It’s true. When I speak, I can unconsciously mix three or four languages in one sentence. That’s why I...
2 tags
Plagiarising Smartly
Hey sweetheart, next time you want to impress me with your piece of writing, you might want to take this advice: Just translate it from anything but English. That way, it will reduce the likelihood of me reading it before. Try Russian, or Chinese. I speak a little bit of Chinese but I don’t read anything Chinese. Not even whatever they put in the restaurant menu.
French is a bad idea....
1 tag
4 tags
