Friday, May 30, 2008

Came back home from school at 10pm. I didn't get to eat anything since morning. No time. Yes. No time to eat.I had school from 9am-5pm. There was only a 1-hour break N i used the break to stuff in more crap about web design into my journal for submission on web class. The web design test was ok i guess. I didn't get to finish completely but it's just that i got a bit of a problem when trying to figure out how to adjust the color of the border and some text here and there. Anyway, there's no re-test so i dun have to care anymore. Stayed back at school after 5pm to do some 2d animation assignment which is due next week.

Me, kakak, wahidah, ibu, mak lang and naufal went to watch a horror film Congkak yesterday night. We decided to watch the 9pm slot. The story/plot was typical i guess. Long ago, some royalty family battle each other in a game of congkak and there was this 'old woman' who was there witnessing the events/spiritual rituals all along then everybody died and the land where the royalties stayed were still considered sacred then many years later on one fine day, a family of 4 bought a house which was unfortunately, built on that land and they decided to stay there for the holidays only to find out there was a penunggu in the house yada yada yada... well you'll know the rest....In my opinion, i think that the main plot was about the penunggu and not about the congkak. What's so scary about playing a game of congkak? I thought it was suppose to be fun. They should have rename the title of the movie. I mean...even if the penunggu would play a game of Monopoly, in the end the audience will be scared of the penunggu instead of the game right? N i think that the sound effects that made the movie scary. But sadly, they overused it. I mean come on lah, Lisa(the younger sister) went to go to bed at night and there was no ghost and as she woke up the next morning there was this loud whoosh sound effect eventhough there was still no ghost in sight. N the effects they used on the exorcism on the mom was downright cheap. Instead of some scary blood effects, there were these tiny,shiny,colurful, pearly lights around her. How can that be scary? Seriously, they should have used Adobe After Effects or browse through videocopilot.net and learn some cool video effects that will suit a horror flick. The only part that i thought was really scary was when the penunggu was sitting on the kitchen table top. Coz when that creature turn to look at the dad it's face was so black and dripping.Like eww.... Well it was more to gross than scary actually..While everybody in the cinema was holding back from screaming, I was buzy staring at the floor trying my best to hold myself from vomitting. Wahidah commented that the ghost looks abit like The Thing from Fantastic 4. I kind of agree...Well just more gross...Anyway, out of 5 stars, i would give this flicko a 3. The acting was great and all..just the plot a bit common...

Ok i think i type more than enough for today. N look at the time. It's already like 1.45am! N i got class at 8am which means i have about 4 hours to get some shut eye....BIG YAWN...3d animation...i hope i'll survive today...
Nad over and out.

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