Heh heh.. as usual.. back from overseas vacation and my blog posts start to lag. I think it's just the laziness of being at home.

Oh well, I spent the week catching up on all the movies I'd missed while I was away in the US. So, that pretty much means almost a movie each day. heh. Let's see... I've caught Happy Feet (Sat), Battle of Wits (Sun), Casino Royale (Mon), Flushed Away (Tue), Tenancious D (Wed), Deja Vu (Fri), Flag of Our Fathers (Sat). I didn't watch anything on Thursday coz I went out and got myself a toy! Yeah! When I woke up on Thursday, I flipped open the papers and saw an advert from Toys R Us and they had the TMX Elmo on sale!!! In case you don't know, the TMX Elmo is this toy that's totally sold out in the US and it's basically an Elmo which laughs and is able to roll around the floor then return to its original standing position. Sounds silly, I know, but if you haven't seen it, you should just search out TMX Elmo in Youtube and see some of the videos. It's HILARIOUS. Well, it wasn't cheap but let's not talk about money... I think it's a wonderful toy and that's that.

OK, my usual quick movie reviews. Actually, I dunno who reads them. Haha, dun even know why I review them. Nevermind lar, nothing better to do with my life right now anywaez.

Flushed Away - Animation was ok. Humour was very british. I don't really like british comedy and to be honest, I wasn't really very wowed by the movie. Found it a little boring at some parts. But the slugs definitely stole the show. I think my biggest laughs came from all the slug scenes.

Tenacious D - This is typical Jack Black. The movie is full of songs with the F-word. It's amazing how many times/ways Jack can use the F-word in this songs. Humour was typically crude... especially how he switches off a security system... I won't describe it any further. Honestly, I think only Jack Black fans will like this movie. I don't mind him so I found the movie passable. But the cinema had like only less than 10 people I think. What to do? With a name like 'Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny', I don't think it's gonna appeal to many Singaporeans.

Deja Vu - This is one of those murder mysteries mixed with time travel. I thought the movie was watchable, but as usual, once you include time travel, there are plot holes which you have to just ignore. Denzel Washington is in his usual element and does a decent job. The movie managed to keep my attention so the director did a decent job. Just enough explosions and killings and car chases. Watch it if you have nothing else to watch.

Flag of Our Fathers - Frankly, I didn't know what to expect when I went for this movie. Singapore reviewers were pretty harsh on the movie but US reviews were generally good. Not surprising since this is one of those patriotic-american-type movies. Funny thing is, it's kinda like a war movie, but to me, it was really about how the americans twist and modify reality to suit their needs. The movie is about the famous pic of american soldiers raising the american flag during world war II and how the soldiers involved were 'forced' to market themselves in order for the US government to get more money for the war. Yes, it's a pretty heavy movie and a few parts were kinda slow-moving. Don't really think many people will like this movie unless you're a war movie buff or you want to see how people can modify truths to suit their needs.

Tomorrow night, I got an invitation to watch the Premiere of Eragon! Quite excited.

And oh yeah, I think the new National Museum looks pretty good. I'll certainly try to make some time to visit it some time this week.