Silent All These Years

Excuse me but can I be you for awhile

My Dog wont bite if you sit real still

I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again

Yeah I can hear that.... Been saved again by the garbage truck

I got something to say you know but nothing comes

Yes I know what you think of me never shut up

Yeah I can hear that what if I'm a mermaid in this jeans of his with her name still on it but I dont care cos sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and its been.....

Here.....

Silent All These Years

So You found the girl who thinks really deep thoughts

What so mazing about really deep thoughts

Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon

A scream got lost in a paper cup

I think theres a heaven where some screams have gone

I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think its enough?

To get us there

Cos what if I'm a mermaid in this jeans of his with her name still on it but I dont care cos sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and its been.....

Here......

Silent All These Years

Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?

Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty and the orange cloud raining in my head

Years go by will I choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left?

One more casualty you know we're too easy easy easy.....

Poem of Tears

Who is hurt when a relationship falls apart?

Who then makes it look poigant?

I won't mind if my tears were written into a poem.

Letting you remember,

Self-indulge will only envelope the rest.

Your tears,

Will always be beautiful.

He said: What the FUCK?

Yesterday went to Superhost Grand Finals.

Was extremely bored by the poor programme design and anyway, the contestants were rather out of sorts, like they are thinking more about going to Geylang eat durain like that... Haha

But it wasnt a wasted trip, because after the show during supper I found new people to act in my directorial debut. Want to know they are? Haha, come watch in August. (if my script goes through) Anyway, I think I became more familiar with some distant friends because we were talking and laughing and everything was just fun.......

Fun is when you make jokes about stupid things. Fun is when you do stupid things. Fun is when you smile and laugh and pretend to be really happy with everything, everybody and yourself....

I always do these kind of things. Whenever I am unhappy or stressed, I just make myself smile brightly and pretend to be fine....Last time I read a book and it said if you smile, you smile away alot of things...

Smile away your unhappiness

Smile away your discontent

Smile away your troubles

Smile away your loneliness

Nobody would believe me if I said I was very stressed or very unhappy or lonely. That day after major rehearsals for march productions, I called one friend and told her I was very stressed and tired. She laughed and ask me dun be silly.... Haha in the end I laugh too. I pretend to laugh.... because then perhaps I can laugh away everthing... anything sad I can laugh away..... WAHAHAHAHA!!!!

If you unwrapped me beyond my layers of silliness, my layers of jokes, my layers of smiles and my layers of cheerfulness, deep down in me lie a small fragile cold and lonely man. He is the real me: The me that only one person really really see before.... The me that I refuse to acknowledge is there.... the me that hates me for ignoring him

He is the loneliest person in the world because nobody knows him at all. I bo-hil him for so long that even I forget what he is like.....

So the other day he said: What the FUCK?

If you dont know what I am saying, its okay.....

Haha

Money Issues

I am having money issues now, in case anybody still dun noe yet....

Because tuition is always slow to start at the beginning of the year, I am really slow in getting assignments.... Plus I quit some tuition classes for my theatre production in March.... Sigh

So I am very poor now. Poorer than you think I might be..... So poor that I always hide at home to eat biscuits and leftover love letters from New Year.... Sigh

And I still owe alot of people money...... Sigh

So here comes a desperate appeal: If you know anybody who needs tuition, please contact me on my handphone or msn. Below are the subjects that I teach:

1) Chemistry A or O level
2) Biology O level

Tuition fees are negotiable

So if you know anyone who needs tuition in these areas, please contact me...

Thank You

Haha!

Lonely Days

Today is the second day of my term break....

Basically I was not doing anything useful like studying or whatever. I am like slacking around and sleeping alot. I try to make myself feel better over the slacking by telling myself that I have worked so hard during the weekend and had to rest. But that is not a valid reason

GEKL recently signed up for SAFRA membership. Then he very happy abt it and also try to psycho me to sign the membership, like he some sales agent for the SAFRA... but abit expensive leh 100 over dollars.... But got gym membership free for six weeks then i might want to try out th gym thing because slack too much i become fat oredi

Anyway, was spending the day at home by myself. Very lonely because everybody went out.... So nobody to talk to..... people hardly ask me out nowadays also.... Sigh

But it is in this situation where I can experience loneliness and silence, then I can write scripts better..... GEKL say that day that my scripts very sad, lonely and abt unhappy things. Yeah I agree.... sometimes because I think I am more sensitive to pain and bitter memories haha.

Anyway, for my film project for school, he say we each write a script about loneliness and isolation that very night I got it out already.... So happy and I think it is a good script....

Soon going to finish the script for my directorial debut and am really excited about it..... GEKL saw my script oreadi and he never shout 'AIYOH' out loud so means should be comfortable for a debut. If poor then I will be worried..... But what I really need is a actor and GEKL say if really dun have then act myself..... I hope I dun have to.....

I invited several people to do it but they all had to do A levels. So sad.... and one of them Buorong is really my ideal actor.... Sigh... now I have to try lesser options

Enough gripping.... back to slacking

Shacky Weekend

I am very glad that I survived this particular weekend.....

Usually for other people, a weekend is a good time to rest and have fun and recharge. But for me, a weekend is for me to work like a cow or a tractor, whichever works harder.

I had my second major joint rehearsals on sat and MORE rehearsals on sunday.

On saturday, there was alot of work to be done. On my rundown list, there were 22 things to be done so I was working from afternoon 12 pm to night 9.30om nonstop. Then after that I had a technical meeting. I had to carry stuff, setup a temporary stage, set music corner blah blah blah. I only had fifteen min of rest to eat dinner and then it was work work work again..... I thought I lost about 2 kg. I was so tired that I really didnt feel like eating....

Anyway, after all these technical busying around, we had the worst major rehearsal I had ever seen for this production. The actors were as if they were somewhere else, there were some technical faults with lighting (due to miscommunications) some music too slow and everything else. But mainly, everybody was unhappy with the actors/ actresses.

The happy side is that there was a bright spark which came as a surprise to me, and I have oredi invited her to act in my directorial debut in august so that was one matter settled. (But I really need an actor now)

After this rehearsal, I realise for the same issue, there can be wide creative differences. I usually thought good was good bad was bad but I realise my director and I really have quite big different thinking about the same things.

During a debrief for the rehearsals, she scolded the lead quite badly. To me, the lead did have some problems, but were solvable given some work. I thought the supporting actor was worse, his problems cannot be solved easily, but my director just reminded him repeatedly.... I was wondering why my director thought differently about who was worse....... Anyway she is the director and I am just the stage manager so I am suppose to keep quiet....

Then again, perhaps she was more 'gan cheong' (anxious) because the lead is more important than anything.......

Anyway after the rehearsal morale was low among cast members aware of the horrible work they did. (some unaware people told me was a good rehearsal) So I put away my usual critical self and told some cast that it was QUITE good already. Well of course i didnt reveal that it was quite good compared to the horrendous hall productions I have seen in NUS. (Mr Sua, if you are reading this dont tell the others haha)

Lucky rehearsals ended 4pm sunday and I had two hour class for scripting before going home quickly. Then GEKL and I went to watch 'Jarhead' but by then I was too tired to pay attention to the details of the movie and so there would be no review for this show. However, I would recommend it to everyone (M18) and you would love it, no doubt.

Memories of a Red Autumn

That is the title for the kent ridge hall production that I saw yesterday in support of Elvin, my good friend from JC.

Anyway because he is my good friend and he reads this blog sometimes, I shall keep my comments about the play to myself. Those who want to know can ask me when you see me....

I just want to say subjectively speaking, yesterday while watching the play I suddenly remembered why last year I swore never to watch a play by NUS again.

But okay lah, my friend has agreed to support me in return for my directorial debut so not all is lost. Haha

I got some memories of red autumns anyway.

I remember one autumn some naughty fat bully in my class threw a ink leaking pen to me and stained my shirt red. And that was my school uniform. My mother was angry washing away the stupid pen ink

I remember another autumn when I fell down on the floor and blood trickled out of my scrapped knees.

Yet another autumn when my face had a pimple outbreak and my whole face is full of red spots.

Finally the last red autumn that I had memories of is when I was especially naughty and my mother caned me and slapped me. There were red strips all over my body and my face was red quite often

Haha, maybe this will be the material for my new script for next year: 'Memoirs of a Man who had many Red Autumns'

MRT Boys and the Search of an Actor

Was on the MRT going to the Brainforest of Clementi

Then halfway through reading my eight days, suddenly heard some noisy boys talking loudly.

In my great interest to anything that attracts attention (including a woman who fell down at Cineleisure the other day) I raise my head and saw some scandalous thing

Two fat school boys were sitting on the floor. Nothing special actually, until they started to play with each other.

And when I say play i mean play in a weird sort of way. Dont think I am some disgusting pervert, if you were there with me on the train you would also think like me because they were really touchy and everything.

And then there was the flirting. They were like scolding each other but in a weird flirty sort of manner.

Although i tried to stop observing them, it is difficult because they were really loud and distracting, not to mention disgusting, haha. Which brings me to my question:

'Are they gays'

Please dont get me wrong. I am not a homophobe. I am quite open minded abt these traditionally conservative matters. But I still cannot accept fat schooboys being gay.

Haha, quite pointless posting but an interesting issue that I must share i guess....

Anyway my script is now 90% going to go through for july production so I am looking for an male actor and he must be of these newly updated qualities:

1) Can act. Very important

2) Can scold people quite convincingly, especially look like a 'parent-scolder'

3) Look like a uni student

If you have these qualities and are interested please contact me through email or msn. Want to intro people also can contact me. If anybody want to look at the script first before deciding, can also contact me. Thank you

Valentine's Day

Its that time of the year again.

Yes.Time for spending money on the so-called loved one you have.

Time to act as if you really love your partner and pretend that you are going to be together forever.

Valentine's Day. The day when all single people love to hate and all coupled people hate to love.

To me, Singaporeans treat it like a period of time to dig out business opportunities. Ever the pragmatic people we are, we just cannot forgo the so-called festival as another one of those goldmines that is so lovely to dig.

Just look at the brainforest of clementi. Bazaars are setup everywhere, selling clothes, makeup, books, chocolate marshmellows, sweets ice cream balloons that all scream 'I love you'

So synthesized, so fake, so commercial...... SO UNROMANTIC

Is true love to be celebrated in this way? Commercially? With mass-produced clothes and chocolates and flowers and diamonds and whatever that comes out during this 'season of love' And most Singaporeans, especially the young couples, are stupid enough to fuel this synthesized industry and spoil the already abused Valentine's Day even more badly.....

Think about it. If you are giving your loved one something that somebody else will be giving theirs, what is special about your love for your other half?

A day to celebrate the love between two people is supposed to be special. It is for you to let your significant other know that you really care for him/her (at that point of time), that you love him/her to your best, to renew your attachment to each other. It is not for you to give things to him/her that are produced by some factories in China or Malaysia. It only goes to show how unbothered you are to think of something that is really meaningful or sincere....

Anyway, talking about Valentine's Day, where is my true love?

Sigh.... Dumb question I guess... As dumb as those who buy roses for their valentine

I wonder if anybody out there love me, or even remotely likes me?

Haha, if there is such a person, please appear before me..... More often....

So that I can see you.... Sigh

Never mind

Brokeback Mountain

Yesterday night, I went to a sneak preview screening to watch my most anticipated film of the year, Brokeback Mountain.

I have never been to a sneak preview before because I never felt the need to but Brokeback Mountain is really too great to wait.

I went to watch the movie eagerly not because I am gay. First of all it is by my favourite chinese director, Ang Lee. Secondly, it was a controversial film in the US and I love watching controversial films. I would have went to watch 'Irreversible' at that point of time if I was over 21.

The movie stems from a short story of the same name by E Annie Proulx about the love life of two cowboys over the span of twenty years. To me, this is not just a gay love story but a beautiful love story. It was written as a short story so fortunately for Lee Ang and the rest of the audience, we could enjoy the whole story without losing anything. If it was a novel, then the story would have been adapted like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings and the director have to select parts of the story to throw away

First of all, I would like to commend Ang Lee on his pacing of the movie. The pacing in Brokeback was much better than his other movies. (sense and sensibility was a killer) In Ang Lee films, the pacing is always very slow. He loves to film everything slowly so that the processes of the films get across thoroughly to the audience. However, in this film, in order to make it more watchable, he quicken up the pace and I felt that he did it to the point where it is just nicely done. Not too slow and not too fast

Ang Lee is very good at directing stories about relationships and family. You can tell from his earlier movies when he is still known as an Asian director such as 'Pushing Hands' 'Wedding Dinner' and 'Eat Man Drink Women' Therefore, he leaves his mark on Brokeback Mountain because this story is essentially about family and relationships between people, mainly the romance between the two main protangonists.

The way in which he directed the movie gives the audience a sense of reality and cultural sensitivity. Set in 60s Wyoming, men always behaved like men even though they are gay. So when it came to emotional sad scenes, there were no loud crying or dramatic howling of men. Women behaved themselves well at that time (even though it was the US) so when they are sad, they wouldnt cry out loud and shout and scream at people (only Singapore girls do that) In that sense, the movie is real because it is accurate in portraying the true process of the emotions of the people of the story. Ang Lee also bring out the esscence of the relationships between the two main characters and other people for the audience to see so I felt he has done very well in this aspect of the direction.

Health Ledger also acted well as the main character. He portrays his loneliness and sense of loss in his world so comfortably that I almost believed that he was that man in the story. Kudos to the actress playing his wife as well because she conveyed her emotions nicely as a wife who knows her husband's gay romance yet couldnt do anything about it.

As in most Ang Lee films, he will not let you cry or break your heart in the movie. He will instill a sense of sadness in you, let you bring it home and let it linger around you for days and even months. And it is true. People dont cry in the cinema, unless you damn drama mama, but when I reach home and even now, I feel a tinge of sadness whenever I think of the Health Ledger's character, his loneliness after his gay partner died, his loss of direction in life as he entered the relationship with Jake Gayllenhal's character.

There is no cure for this sadness It will linger around you, lower you for a few days until you go on to do something else.

Holy Shit

People, you got to listen to this incident. It is the funniest thing that I have heard in a long time.

I was on the MRT back home after school and dinner with friends. Then one of my friends call me.....

He say he met with a problem and needed my help. This is how the story go:

He was in the toilet shitting. After that, he tried to flush but because he has a big long piece of shit in the toilet bowl, he couldnt get rid of it. He tried a few times but the force of the flushing water was too weak....

Then he come up with a super bright idea (he think it is a good idea) He filled up a big pail of water and he poured all the water at once in the toilet bowl, hoping the great flushing force would push the shit down the drainpipe....

In the end, the great strength of the water didnt flush down the shit. Instead, it somehow generated a great UPWARD force and the piece of shit flew out of the toilet bowl and smack right onto the floor......

My friend didnt know what to do so he called me.....

Haha in the end, I tell him use plastic bag to pick it up and throw away lah.... Then the remaining wash away with water of course.....

My friend quite stupid but also funni. This kind of thing cannot solve himself must call me.... In the end create a big joke now on my blog....

Haha wiht nothing to say

Whatever....

For my review on Jack Neo's film 'I Not Stupid Too', I have received much feedback.... including people who come to me in school and argue about it.....

I will reply the ones in the blog, as those I talk to personally has already been answered

First of all, I feel that some people have not watched enough films to argue what is good and what is bad..... Also, these people have not matured enough in terms of film tastes and their arguments I will not answer.

So Esther and the rest of the youngsters, say whatever you want.... Wait till you grow up haha....

As for WL and the rest of the mature audiences who are thinking of tagging my board, I can only say that we all look for different things in films when we watch......

Some for the entertainment value... some for the artistic technicalities..... some for storylines, some for the acting..... some for other stuff that I dont know about.....

Furthermore, we have different preferences and different opinions about the same things.

Based on your values, you might think that Shawn Lee and company can act well just because you can't do it.... but to me, i dun use myself as a yardstick because they are the so-called professionals that a director use for a film..... I compare with their peer actors in the industry....it will be more justified otherwise it will as good as comparing an apple with an orange.... They are both fruits yet different in their own league....

Film is about the experience and experience comes interaction of the film with your background
It is the same for some but different for others

Just like X-Men III trailer. It is really exciting to see the comics you have been reading all these years to just come to life in a dramatic way....Those who dun read comics wouldnt know what I am talking about..... It is about the experience... although I got a feeling that the film might be a letdown because the director left for 'Superman'

Can tag my board or leave comments....Say whatever you want and if I have a point to make i will further post replies on my blog

Thank you all for taking an interest

PS: GEKL perhaps can come in to justify my points or help the rest

I Not Stupid Too

Today went to watch Jack Neo's latest film: I Not Stupid Too

By the way, I saw the movie trailer for 'X-Men 3' and all i did throughout the trailer was shout 'Whoo-hoo' and 'whoa' and 'arhhhhhhh!!' It is my 5th most anticipated film of the year.....

Anyway, back to the main topic, I went to watch the sequel to Jack Neo's 2003 film, 'I Not Stupid' It was a huge success, and I thought it was quite good..... but that is another story

Anyway, throughout the movie, I saw typical traits of a Jack Neo film: The usual preachy script, a movie consisting of situational skits, a dose of humour, a odd self-composed song halfway through the show and the usual happy ending.....

This time round, Mr Neo has overemphasize all his trademarks to the point where I felt sick watching the show. Throughout the show I was going: 'AIYOH! TSK TSK TSK' all the time

1st of all, his script was very preachy.... always trying to tell the audiences what is the correct thing to do.... Typical of Jack Neo films but yet this time he has done it so directly that the preaching stares you directly in the face....I feel that there is a very fineline between telling people what you believe through films and preaching through your films.... Jack Neo sometimes or most of the times loses sight of the fine line.....

Secondly, you could tell his origin from television.... In his early days as a comedian, he does situational skits best. Famous examples are like 'Liang Po Po' and 'Liang Si Mei' In his movies, he likes to use situational skits as well to carry the story..... Even in 'Home Run' where he adapts iranian film 'Children of Heaven' he couldnt escape the usual mold that he uses to narrate the story... In this film, the entire movie was based on many many situational skits joined together.... abit like a theatre production with many stories joined up into one show by a set of characters. He has broken the entire plot into fragmented skits that I am watching 'Comedy Night' on film

One good point about the film was that Jack has managed to film the emotional scenes quite well..... the sad scenes were quite well done that it had moved me to tears, and a whole lot of other people I believe. This can be credited to the well written lines of those scenes, as well as the acting of the cast.... However, I couldnt understand why Jack Neo had to interject his emotional scenes with humour, at the most odd parts somemore.... When you watch the film you would want to cry then suddenly the movie make you laugh again because of some stupid thing done by the characters..... This is most strange of a script

Anyway, the movie was further marred by apparent product placement, which was something I thought was quite unprofessional of a film..... The products were placed in obvious scenes and places and situations that the audience couldnt miss it...... I think it would be the reason why his films will never get awards.... product placements make directors look as if he does not treat his films seriously

The humour sometimes felt forced....Not as funny as the first film nor 'The Best Bet'. However, it is still quite well orchestrated and is expected of Jack Neo

The cast can act, although I wouldnt say that Shawn or Joshua, the two male protaganists did outstandingly well.... There was not much of a breakthrough, and sometimes I feel the acting can be much better. The best cast member was Selena Tan, who with her body language and facial expressions can convey messages as well as induce laughter... Huang Yiliang did his usual best.... but is restricted by the script.... Sometimes, I feel that the screen was overcrowded by cast members. Many different skits require alot of people.... so reduce the screen time of better people

Jack Neo tried to do something new this time. He tried to mix abit of edginess into his film.... If I havent watch Royston Tan '15' I would praise Jack but since I have watched the feature, the best I can say is that Jack Neo is at best the copy of Royston Tan

Despite the many flaws that the film has I wouldnt say that Jack Neo did badly.... He did okay, but could have been better... Perhaps the first step he must take is to break out of the preaching mode as well as the situation skit type of script that he has been writing....

The phenomenal success of this film at the box office only speak volumes about the film literacy of the general population... They enjoy a film where its loopholes have been masked by its fancy humour and the director's reputation from his first few films

All I want to say is 'I Not Stupid'

May Business Prosper

My Aunt works at this particular hospital....

During the few days before Chinese New Year, somebody made a mistake that lead to a black humour joke....

People like to stick auspicious new year greetings on the wall and other new year decorations to signify the coming of the new year.... It also makes the place look happier and brighter....

So one of those days one of the nurses went around the hospital putting new year greetings on the wall....

Near my aunt's office she saw this one that read: 生意兴隆 (May Business Prosper)

In a hospital..... Get it? For those who dont get it call me and I will explain it to you and give you ten dollars to heal your stupidity or slowness

Anyway, my aunt quickly ask them to take it down......

I thought it was a black humour 'joke'....

If it was me, I would diliberately put it up.... Just for laughs

Haha!

Bacteria can kill, yet it can help (菌能助人,亦能杀人）

Today when I was in school doing something, a friend of mine made a comment about my blog.

He said I had not discussed controversial issues on my blog nor had I attacked funny things on my blog for a very long time..... He said that my blog becoming very everyday-life, meaning to say not as refreshing as last time....

Honestly, I had not paid very much attention to the things happening in the brainforest.... Most of the time I just attended lessons (without paying much attention also) and then just spent most of my time playing mahjong with GEKL or going 'White Tangerine' with them....So i dun really have alot to write about.... In the end I write things happening around that are less interesting and more everyday life.....

Anyway, I am going to talk about one bacteria....

Before you think it is a lesson in Microbiology and start jumping to the next blog, this is about a very interesting bacteria Botollinium. What is of greater interest is its toxin, commonly known as Botox...

Yes people, Botox, the chemical which is able to iron out wrinkles on one's face and make one look younger.... much wanted by ageing people ALL over the world.... It can also reduce the size of the face.... if your face looks like 42 inch plasma tv and you want it to be 12 inch computer monitor then you can go for the injection

Do you know that Botollinium is a deadly bacteria in food poisoning? If you ingest this bacteria, you can die eventually after 24 hours

Hence the title of this posting 'bacteria can kill, yet it can help'

Actually,when we hear that people talk about wanting to botox themselves we think they are so vain. We make noises like 'yeeyuh!' or 'yucks' or 'tsk tsk tsk' and we even despise them because we think that they are not natural beauties..... We feel they are pirated CDs and DVDs

But does it mean that not natural beauty cannot upgrade themselves through science? Must all less pretty people always let people say they ugly? Must all ugly people condemn to selling curry puff in coffeeshops?

Just for your information, there is a less known usage of botox and that is known as 'meso-botox' This procedure injects small amounts of botox into multiple parts of the face to control over-active oil glands....

I named my face 'little Brunei' because I feel that it produces more oil than the country.... Extremely horrible as it gives a horrible feeling and a horrible look... Most importantly it always lead to pimples......

Honestly, I am seriously considering going for 'MESO-BOTOX' because I really really hate the oil glands... That day in Chinatown I told GEKL and he just said 'SIOW' End of discussion because he too excited that Kym Ng accidentally knocked him with her hand.... Thats another story though...

But just to warn those who also are thinking of meso-botox or even botox after this blog posting, I must warn you, each injection cost an estimated 750 dollars.... Could be more or could be less....

If you really thought it through and you confirm you want to do anything, call me.... I know a cosmetic surgeon because my aunt is assistant nursing director at a local hospital and she got many contacts with 17 years of work experience.

Beware..... It is not as simple and easy as you think it is.... So THINK with your heart properly first, not with your face.

Fearless

On the second day of the new year, I had nothing to do and so I arranged to go to the movies with WL.

We wanted to watch 'Memories of the Geisha' (WAHAHA!) but there were no more tickets left. There was some from the first row of one screening but who wants to sit in the first row in the cinema... So uncomfortable!

In the end, we watched 'Fearless' by Jet Li. Second row seats.... 'Vast difference' but if not then do what? Go home meh?? Anyway got free tickets from WL so we just made do lah

I think many people went to watch Fearless because it is the last kungfu movie that Jet will ever make, english or chinese.... People are always sentimental.... when good things come to an end then they will remember and want to have it.... Just like the Kumar Boom Boom Room like that.... Or Mona Lisa Painting... but that is another story haha.

Fearless is about Huo YuanJia, a kungfu master in the turbulent late Qing Dynasty who stood up for the Chinese when foreigners were bullying and humiliating Chinese in China. He fought foreign fighting experts using HUO Kungfu style and beat all of them

Anyway, after I watched the movie I felt that it is only abit above average lah.... The story was not well developed at some parts, like the main character's path to self-discovery and renewal was brushed over very lightly..... The director chose to focus and emphasize on the action part of the movie (it being an action movie, duhz) But the themes were generally well presented, like bravery, patriotism, strength, family etc.....

The fighting was choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping (the master who did Matrix and KungFu and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon fighting scenes) His choreography always carries a fighting style that is asthetically beautiful (but impractical) and it has come to become his signature style.... When you watch the movie you will instantly recognise his choreography. There are really apparent marks of his floating style.... However, this time round, there was also quite a strong departure from his usual beautiful fighting.... I think that in order to bring out the brutal tone of the movie as well as to accomodate the real HUO Kungfu, he had to make adjustments.

When I watched the people fight in the movie I finally understood why it was NC16.... Bones were broken in front of our eyes and blood were splattered realistically. I think these images not very healthy for youngsters.... Later alot of people think fighting super cool den the police will have a hard time stopping fights in Singapore....

Finally Jet Li said he wanted to make non-Kungfu movies after Fearless. But I wanted to go point out to him that it will require him to really act..... Maybe somebody should gently break it to him that he cannot really act properly...

Whoever who definitely sincerely will go watch him in a non-Kungfu movie tell me.... I pay for your movie ticket.... Haha