Isabella

3 papers down and 2 more to go.

After next week, exams will be over. And it will be holidays! Well, truthfully, i have been in a holiday mood ever since the study week started. Don't really have the mood to study. Haha, you know me.. exam stress never really gets to me. Just study what you need to, and if you still don't know how to answer, just crap your way through. It works for me. =)

So, anyway, was kinda bored today and decided to go watch a movie. And since everybody was busy studying for the next paper, i went to MidValley alone. I booked a ticket for 7.00pm show of Gubra in the afternoon. I have been waiting for this show ever since Yasmin Ahmad mentioned it in her blog last year. This show is said to be the sequel to Sepet and i LOVED Sepet! BUT, due to some unforseen circumstances, i got to MidValley around 6.45pm, and i couldn't get the prebooked tickets for Gubra. And surprisingly, there aren't a lot of people at MidValley today. Maybe the sales season is over or maybe its just the exam period. Who cares. The main thing is, i queued up for like 10 minutes ONLY on a Saturday to buy my tickets! I realized that i have not been to the movies for quite some time, and there are tonnes of movies that i wanna watch! So, when it was my turn at the counter, i decided that i'll watch another film. I went for Isabella.

First of all, Isabella is NOT a Malay show! It is a Hong Kong movie starring Chapman To, Isabella Leong (incidentally, its the same name) and Anthony Wong.



I read a few reviews before this, and i have been wanting to watch this movie (it's not that i simply buy a ticket to a show). I was entralled by the music in the trailer and it wasn't surprising that the composer Peter Kam won the Silver Bear for Best Film Music at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, for his work on Isabella (credits, Karazen). Chapman To showed a more serious side to his acting and it was pretty good. Isabella's acting was not bad too. The whole show was a bit draggy at times, but overall, a good show to watch when you're alone. It is some sort of a 'ngai sud pin'(artistic/literature show, something like that lar) where most of the message is sent through the acting and not the script. I won't review much of the show here, so, go watch the show! Its worth it. There's a review in the Karazen link if you really wanna know anything about the show. I have to say this again, the music score in the show is really good. It brings in the mood of the show. Overall, i would give it a 7/10. It is a Hong Kong movie afterall, can't expect much from them.

Watching a movie today really got me into the mood of watching movies. I might just go and watch another one tomorrow. Hmmm... i guess i will then. To hell with exams and studying!

~ciao