End of The World

Today Semester 2 of TBF is over. After finished the stupid Moral paper, i had lunch with 2.1 classmates and headed to MV for the movie 2012 with old classmates. How ironic, just escaped from hell, went to watch the end of world.

While waiting for the bus at Subang Parade bus station...2 guys and a girl in red T-shirts came down from a bus with Cokes in their hands. They walked around the bus station casually and the girl walked near me. Then they started drinking their Coke and did the "brrrrrrr" thing while vibrating their bodies like they were having a convulsion attack ( you know, the ad?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtjnfrZaEM) I stared at the girl blankly and she got awkward, haha. Then they started to give free Cokes. Coke still taste better than Pepsi.

Reached MV, met with YC, Jun Wen, Jason, Sylvester and couple CK and Hoe Yan. Couple sat together elsewhere while the singles sat in one row.(sad huh?)

2012. Greatest disaster movie of all time. They originally wanted to name the movie "Noah's Ark" but 2012 sounds better(right?). The Mayans predicted that the world's gonna end in 21/12/2012 and it really happened. Earthquakes, volcanoes erruptions, tsunamis...the CGI effects were great. Facing a disaster, or more precisely the End, the true faces of human are revealed : although some were selfish, at the end the humans helped each other to save humanity.

Tibet monk hit by Tsunami

Christ the Redeemer statue down.

St Peter at Vatican City down.

Director Roland Emmerich destroyed famous religious landmarks, except one. The Kaaba. Then you get this from http://www.islamicaweb.com/forums/tv-movies/14577-2012-creators-too-afraid-destroy-kaaba.html . "2012 creators too afraid to destroy the Kaaba". How narrow minded. Oh comon, it's only a movie. We have people who "approached the director hoping to get their famous landmarks trashed too, like Taiwan's Taipei 101" and these guys somehow managed to interpret it in this way. Lame.= =

The best scene :

The sinking of California. (and also Tsunami in front of Dr. Helmsley's father's face at Genesis)

The best lines :

1)"Engine. Start."

(From the Russian tycoon in a Bentley. i LOVE this part!)

2)The aircraft hit something while taking off.

Co-pilot : "What was that?"
Pilot : "I think we just hit the Eiffel Tower."

(And both laughed bitterly)

The best character :

Charlie.

Zephyr's Movie Review : 4.0 / 5
Overall, this movie is great. Exciting, thrilling throughout the 158 minutes and touching at some points. A lot of metaphors, like the aircraft carrier smashing down on White House, "Africa's now the Roof of the World" and also US seeking refuge in China (just like in the latest economic crisis). The 1.0 point lost is due to some little details that they forgot. Like, after they said "all land communication's gone, the Indian guy still can call Dr. Adrian and say goodbye. (From India to China somemore.)


p/s : to those who think i've spoiled the movie by giving too much details, go to hell. xD