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5:45 AM
NOB70
Opening Day: 6 February 2014
Synopsis: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.Genre: CG Animation
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Cobie Smulders, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman
RunTime: 1 hr 40 mins
Rating: G
Released By: GV
Official Website: http://thelegomovie.warnerbros.com/index.html
Opening Day: 6 February 2014
Synopsis: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Movie Review:
If there was a postage system that can send letters to the past, this writer would pen a letter to his younger self - say, to the primary school kid he knew 25 years ago. And this is how the letter would read.
Dear John (from the past),
This is your future self writing to you. It’s the year 2014 and much has changed. The Internet is amazingly fast, and almost everyone I see on the street is busy looking at some sort of electronic gadget. Most importantly, I have seen The Lego Movie, and this is the reason why I feel the need to tell you about it.
The 100 minute directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller is one you had dreamed of ever since you owned your first Lego construction set. That toy wasn’t an elaborate castle of city set, but it sure brought you endless wondrous hours of imaginative fun. The police car (and the minifigure that comes with it) was a reward for your spelling test, and boy, was it a reward well earned.
Ever since then, you’d imagine an entire movie starring Lego minifigures, embarking on adventures in the different Lego backdrops. I have seen that movies 30 years on, and here are five reasons why I think you should look forward to it every single day of your life – till you’re 33.
Reason 1: The movie is a fine example of good ol’ storytelling. The protagonist is an ordinary Lego minifigure (yup, one of those yellow faced common folks you’d lose if you had a humongous city set) who mistakenly gets recruited to stop an evil tyrant from destroying the Lego universe. The story by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, and the two directors is encouraging, inspiring and a feel good tale about how every individual has the potential to go a long way. Trust me, you may hear a lot about this in school now, but some 20 years on, the cynicism of the world will get to you. The plot of this movie, however, will steer you in the right direction to do good things about your life.
Reason 2: The movie is hilariously clever. The jokes are fast and furious, and while you may not understand the puns spouted by the minifigures now (if the movie was playing in 1989), it would make your teacher chuckle. Clever references to pop culture and the Lego brand are aplenty, and it is one movie you’d want to revisit repeatedly.
Reason 3: The movie is a technical achievement. I’m not sure whether you’re familiar with the concept of stop motion, but go ask your teacher and you will be amazed by the amount of work needed to produce a stop motion clip. This movie infuses computer technology (I won’t go into details of how scarily advanced this has become in 2014) with stop motion and the end result is an enjoyable visual treat.
Reason 4: The movie is chockfull of cameo appearances. As the years go by, you’d hear how everyone wants to see Superman and Batman in the same movie. This animated feature is the first to make that happen. On top of that, other well known characters appear as well. The names probably won’t make sense to you now, but when you grow older, you’ll understand why certain wizards from a popular movie franchise are a big deal. Oh, there are also characters from a certain galaxy far, far away; and a fellow yellow faced personality who make this movie a must watch for all nerds and geeks (I meant that in a cool way, of course).
Reason 5: The movie has got heart, lots of it. Some movies may be too obsessed with showing off its technical prowess, and forget about how it touches the human soul. This one is different. The revelation is one affecting turn of events, and trust me, it’s one of the most relevant and heartfelt plots you’d ever see.
Before signing off, my advice to you is to hang on to that Lego police car set, continue to let your imagination take you to places, and all things will be good.
Yours sincerely,
John (from the future)
4:53 AM
NOB70
Opening Day: 13 March 2014
Synopsis: The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe and is about the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Huston) and William Burroughs (Foster) at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution. This is the true story of friendship and murder that led to the birth of an entire generation.Genre: CG Animation
Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Cast: Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Liam Neeson, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham
RunTime: 1 hr 25 mins
Rating: PG
Released By: GV
Official Website: https://www.facebook.com/TheNutJobMovie
Opening Day: 13 March 2014
Synopsis: The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe and is about the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Huston) and William Burroughs (Foster) at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution. This is the true story of friendship and murder that led to the birth of an entire generation.
Movie Review:
When we talk about animated films, we often think about Pixar and
DreamWorks. If the entry is from neither of these big names, then there
surely needs to be a ‘wow’ factor to convince and draw crowds to the
cinema for the animated feature. Unfortunately, that can’t be said of
‘The Nut Job’.
The Nut Job is a story about a community of animals living at the park,
trying out all ways to gather enough food for the winter. An outcast
squirrel, Surly (voiced by Will Arnett), plans to raid a nut store to
get enough food for only himself. However, a more righteous female
squirrel, Andie (voiced by Katherine Heigl), propose that they work
together for the good of everybody at the park. However, behind all
these, it turns out that the leader of the lot, Raccoon (voiced by Liam
Neeson), has deeper motivations all along…
In short, the story is one that is predictable and unattractive. It’s
even mind boggling as to why the ‘human gang’s bank robbery’ was even
worth mentioning in the movie’s official synopsis. It certainly did not
have any anchoring or value-add effect to the film. The development of
the movie was also too cliché – even little children will need more
engaging storyline to maintain their interest.
In its attempt to pitch at achieving ‘family entertainment’, there were
several attempts at getting laughs from adults as well. Sadly, they
didn’t work out well. The intended jokes were too intentional and stale,
barely entertaining anyone in the theatre.
Expectedly, given the current technology, the graphics were vibrant,
sharp and clear. The computer animation was also smooth and easy to
watch. These would have worked to the advantage of the film, but the
design of the characters simply lacked characteristic and charm. That,
coupled with a rather bare storyline, hardly made the 90-min in the
cinema worthwhile.
Overall, The Nut Job is at best a boring pastime film. Since a sequel
of this film has already been decided for release in 2016, we can only
wish the best for the team. FYI, the trailer of the film is cut very
well. You may wish to watch that 10 times over on YouTube than to set
foot into the cinema for this film.
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4:40 AM
NOB70
Director: Reinhard Klooss
Cast: Kellan Lutz, Robert Capron, Jaime Ray Newman, Spencer Locke
RunTime: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: PG
Released By: Shaw
Official Website:
Opening Day: 13 March 2014
Synopsis: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ TARZAN® -- one of the most classic and revered stories of all time - returns to the big screen, completely reimagined for a new generation. It is now present day. On an expedition in the remote African jungle, John Greystoke and his wife are killed in a helicopter crash while investigating a mysterious meteorite site. Only their young son J.J., nicknamed Tarzan, survives. A group of gorillas discovers the boy in the wreckage and takes him in as their own. Tarzan grows up learning the harsh laws of the jungle for nearly a decade until he encounters another human being - the courageous and beautiful young Jane Porter. It is love at first sight. But things get dangerous when William Clayton, who travels to Africa with Jane under false pretense, reveals his true - and greedy - intentions. Tarzan, now a man like no other, must use all his jungle instincts and intellect to protect his home and defend the woman he loves.
Movie Review:
Can you believe that it’s been more than a decade since Edgar Rice Burroughs’ titular character last made its appearance on the big screen? Indeed, some of you may recall Disney’s 1999 hand-drawn animation with the popular Phil Collins ballad ‘You’ll Be In My Heart’, though nostalgia alone doesn’t quite justify the mediocrity of this German-backed production from the studio behind ‘The Mortal Instruments’ and ‘Pompeii’. Yes, if you’re looking for no more than a fast-paced action adventure to keep the tykes occupied, this motion-capture animation will do just fine; otherwise, swing away fast.
Assuming both the role of writer and director is Reinhard Klooss, who has three German animated films to his credit and only one English-language feature called ‘Animals United’ that you probably have not seen. At least for the first hour, Klooss borrows heavily from his Disney predecessor, setting up the origin story of how the young son of millionaire John Greystroke is left abandoned in the jungle when dad and mom die in a helicopter crash and finds himself adopted by the kind mother ape Kala who recently lost a son and raises him as her own.
As Tarzan grows from a kid to an adolescent and finally a full-fledged adult to be voiced by ‘The Legend of Hercules’ star Kellan Lutz, he meets the ecologist Jane Porter (Spencer Locke) visiting the jungle with her dad (Les Bubb) - and anyone with a semblance of knowledge of pop-culture will know just what needs to happen in order for there to be the phrase ‘Tarzan and Jane’. Of course, Tarzan hasn’t yet learnt the English language, so in between introducing her to the breathtaking sights of his jungle home, the pair engage in some simple pantomime leading up to that classic - and therefore mandatory - ‘me Tarzan, you Jane’ scene.
To give the German-based Ambient Entertainment its credit, the animation looks pretty impressive. Tarzan’s top-to-bottom ratio may look a little disproportionate, but once you’re willing to look past the physics of his vine-swinging, you’ll find that the ‘Avatar’-like tropical flora and fauna are vividly rendered. Ditto for the large cast of jungle creatures whom Tarzan counts as friends; surely benefiting from the experience they had animating such creatures in Klooss’ aforementioned earlier feature, they do a fine job making the monkeys come alive.
On his part, Klooss keeps the pace swift and steady, and even though the storytelling isn’t particularly inspired, he at least covers the obligatory plot points without falling off the vines. Tarzan finds his nemesis here in an opportunist (Trevor St John) who has no qualms with razing the entire forest in order to locate a lost meteorite with potentially extra-terrestrial energy. There is an eco-message that Klooss tries to make about sacrificing nature for profit and development, but admittedly it feels tacked on and ripped from the pages of ‘Avatar’.
And indeed, originality is what seems consistently lacking in this reboot of the classic Apeman. Its plot seems recycled from a combination of Disney’s ‘Tarzan’ and James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, its animation largely drawn from compositions of the latter, and its man-versus-nature lesson made more emphatically in many other movies. But for the young ones of whom a visual presentation would be a much more memorable introduction than a textual one, ‘Tarzan 3D’ - the first to feature the character with the additional dimension no less - is as good a place as any to start.
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4:20 AM
NOB70
Director: Scott Waugh
Cast: Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malek, Harrison Gilbertson, Scott 'Kid Cudi' Mescudi, Michael Keaton, Dakota Johnson
RunTime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Rating: PG13 (Some Nudity)
Released By: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Official Website: http://www.needforspeed.com/movie
Opening Day: 13 March 2014
Synopsis: Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever with over 140 million copies sold, DreamWorks Pictures' "Need for Speed" captures the thrills of the game in a real-world setting. An exciting return to the great car-culture films of the 1960s and '70s, when authenticity brought a new level of intensity to the action, "Need for Speed" taps into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing.
The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time—one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul)—who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on the side—reluctantly partners with wealthy, arrogant ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). Just as a major sale to car broker Julia Bonet (Imogen Poots) looks like it will save the business, a disastrous, unsanctioned race results in Dino framing Tobey for manslaughter. Two years later and fresh out of prison, Tobey is set on revenge with plans to take down Dino in the high-stakes De Leon race—the Super Bowl of underground racing. To get there in time, Tobey must run a high-octane, action-packed gauntlet, dodging cops coast-to-coast and dealing with fallout from a dangerous bounty Dino put on his car. With his loyal crew and the surprisingly resourceful Julia as allies, Tobey defies odds at every turn and proves that even in the flashy world of exotic supercars, the underdog can still finish first.
Movie Review:
How do you turn a racing game into a movie? Well we guess the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise offers a ready template, but anyone hoping for this videogame adaptation to deliver the same kind of high-octane thrills will be sorely disappointed. And that’s because instead of using that franchise as the most obvious reference point, the filmmakers have instead taken heed from Disney/ Pixar’s ‘Cars’ and we kid you not, this resembles a live-action version of the animated film and comes off all the worse off for it.
Offering up as straightforward a story as you can get, first-time feature film writer George Gatins sets up a personal vendetta between local street racer Tobey Marshall and competitive racer Dino Brewster which forms the basis of the entire movie. High-school rivals whose fates have since diverged, the slicker California-based Dino challenges the less urbane Tobey to a race around their small town of Mt. Kisco, NY, in order to prove which among them is the better racer. Just because Dino happens to be engaged to Tobey’s ex-flame Anita (Dakota Johnson), her brother Pete (Harrison Gilbertson), who also happens to be Tobey’s good buddy, joins in the race as well.
Playing a one-two tag team, Tobey and Pete force Dino into pole position, which provokes the latter to ram Pete’s vehicle from the back, causing it to spin, crash and catch fire spectacularly. Whereas Dino immediately flees the scene and finds an alibi, Tobey spends the next two years in jail for vehicular manslaughter. Upon his release on parole, Tobey immediately assembles his old crew to drive 45 hours across America to participate in an illegal race in California known as the DeLeon in order to exact vengeance and clear his name in the process.
Clocking in at an interminable 131 minutes, too much time is spent following Tobey and his buddies - Benny (Scott Mescudi), Joe (Ramon Rodriguez) and Finn (Rami Malek) - as they provide both ground and air support for Tobey’s cross-country drive in a legendary Mustang that Carroll Shelby himself was purportedly building before he passed away. Amongst Tobey’s crew, the most interesting of the lot is unquestionably Benny, who turns up in everything from a small prop plane to a news chopper to a military cargo chopper to provide air recon and eventually airlift to Tobey’s Mustang.
Despite the addition of Brit actress’ Imogen Poots as Tobey’s wing ‘woman’ and obligatory romantic interest, there is little that Tobey and his crew can do to sustain your interest on the way to the expected finale. Pardon our bluntness, but Benny just isn’t a very humourous ‘black man’ (think Tyrese Gibson in ‘Transformers’ or Ludacris in ‘Fast and Furious’) no matter Gatins’ attempt at milking that stereotype for all that it is worth. Joe and Finn hardly get much attention; the most you’ll remember of the former is that he’s a pretty skilled high-tech mechanic and of the latter that he strips completely naked somewhere during the movie to show that he’s had enough of his corporate cubicle job.
In the absence of engaging moments of camaraderie, director Scott Waugh - his sophomore film since making his debut in the Navy SEALS drama ‘Act of Valor’ - tries to sustain the momentum by staging a fair number of high-speed car chases as Tobey tries to evade getting caught by the interstate police for violating the rules of his parole while getting noticed by the mysterious ‘Monarch’ (a terribly under-utilised Michael Keaton who spends all the time in the movie behind a console playing a video podcast radio show host) in order to get invited to the DeLeon.
Waugh’s insistence at using real cars for each and every one of the stunts pays off to a certain extent - there’s often no doubt you’re seeing it for real onscreen - but there is just something oddly disengaging about the manner in which the shots are edited together to form a coherent whole. Waugh’s cinematographer Shane Hurlbut finds a variety of ways of putting the audience right into the point of view of the driver (in the spirit of the first-person perspective of the videogame), and to give credit where it is due, there are a number of good heart-stopping Vertigo shots; but on the overall, none of the car chases are choreographed with the same imagination as you would expect from a Hollywood racing flick, which is ok only if you’re expecting nothing more than reality-show type stunts.
In fact, the entire movie plays like a car stuck in second gear all the way through, incapable of revving up from a persistently sluggish pace even when it’s close to the finishing line. The climax is nothing to shout for, even though it does total a number of expensive luxury cars that you’d wish the filmmakers had simply let you own instead. Waugh’s heavy-handed tendencies with the more melodramatic scenes are also not what ‘Breaking Bad’ star Aaron Paul and his entourage manage to overcome; rather, Paul seems utterly out of his league playing the leading man here, coming off soft, ineffectual and thoroughly lacking in any sort of screen charisma.
Every which way you look, this movie adaptation of the popular videogame series of the same name just doesn’t cut it. The plotting is almost inexistent; the dialogue is awkward, stilted and often cringe-worthy; and the racing scenes barely raise a pulse for the modern-day viewer greased on them ‘Fast and Furious’ flicks. It would certainly have been better if Waugh had tried to launch a new ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, rather than a live-action ‘Cars’ movie that leads its viewer along a road trip down half of America. True to its title, it demonstrates a desperate ‘need for speed’, which pretty much explains why it goes on and on (and on) for more than two hours.
1:54 AM
NOB70
Once upon a time, a husband and his wife lived
in a village. One day, the wife dreamed she was wearing a diamond ring
that made her disappear. The wife asked her husband to visit a
fortuneteller to interpret the meaning of the dream. The husband relayed
the story to the fortune teller, who then predicted that the wife would
give birth to a blessed person. The fortuneteller's words were not all
positive, however. She issued a grave warning that the wife should not
eat green mango or else she would suffer a lethal accident. When the
fortuneteller's vision faded, the husband cheerfully returned home,
happy that he would soon have a child.
Little time passed before the wife became pregnant. Struck by the same strange cravings most pregnant women endure, the wife developed an insatiable taste for green mango. She asked her husband to climb the mango tree and pick her the biggest fruit he could find. The husband denied her request and instead went to work in the fields. Unable to suppress her urges any longer, the wife climbed the mango tree to claim the prized fruit for herself. Sorrowfully, the rotten branch she stood upon broke, sending the wife hurtling to the ground. She instantly departed from this life.
The wife's stomach burst open and out of it ran a calf and a baby boy who stood still beside his mother's corpse. The calf ran to the fields to inform the father that his newborn son needed help. Hearing the news, the father suffered great regret and sadness that he had lost his wife. Soon realizing that from death comes life, he found joy in his two sons: Preah Keo, the boy, and Preah Ko, the calf.
The villagers could not share the father's happiness. They felt that something strange was approaching their village and quickly decided it was a bad omen. The people gathered together to banish the father, Preak Ko and Preah Keo from the town. The small family refused to admit defeat. With time, the people esteemed the boys for their supremacy and kindheartedness. Preah Ko had the power to heal the village people's sickness, fly and transform into any form. To the great delight of his neighbors, Preah Keo shed his boyish looks and grew into a handsome young man.
One day, Preah Keo was walking by a pond when he spotted a beautiful young woman bathing in the water. She was Neang Pou, daughter of the Khmer king. Shortly after their chance meeting, the pair's love became a reality. News of the relationship reached the king, who grew very annoyed. The king disowned his daughter, refusing to acknowledge her existence. Out of love for his brother, Preah Ko magically produced a luxurious palace for Preah Keo and Neang Pou.
At this time, the Khmer king was faced with a great dilemma: The king of Siam had requested a cockfight between the two countries. The king knew he would be defeated since his cocks were not match for the king of Siam. Preah Ko helped the king by transforming himself into a strong and powerful cock. The Khmer cock pecked at the Siamese cock, earning Cambodia a triumphant victory. The Siamese king became very angry and ordered to have a buffalo fight. Preah Ko changed into a buffalo to defeat his Siamese competitor. His anger growing into a rage, the Siamese king wondered why his Khmer competitors always won and organized a fight between a Khmer bull and a Siamese mechanical bull.
Preah Ko had met his match. Realizing he could not win against the machine, he told his brother and Neang Pou to be ready to fly away with him once he was defeated by the Siamese bull. As they were fleeing from danger, Neang Pou fell down and died instantly. The Siamese king knew of Preah Ko and admired his magical powers. Hoping to own the two brothers, the king deployed many soldiers to seize them, but Preah Ko and Preah Keo hid in secret locations around the area of Longvek. The Siamese king ceaselessly stalked the brothers until they grew tired of the chase. The king's greatest victory was the capture of Preah Ko and Preah Keo. Legend has it that the brothers still are held captive by the king of Siam.
Although the story of Preah Ko and Preah Keo may be only a myth, Khmer people have great respect for the enchanting brothers. In some shrines throughout the country, Khmers have placed statues of Preah Ko and Preah Keo, who keep watch over the land they left but never abandoned.
Little time passed before the wife became pregnant. Struck by the same strange cravings most pregnant women endure, the wife developed an insatiable taste for green mango. She asked her husband to climb the mango tree and pick her the biggest fruit he could find. The husband denied her request and instead went to work in the fields. Unable to suppress her urges any longer, the wife climbed the mango tree to claim the prized fruit for herself. Sorrowfully, the rotten branch she stood upon broke, sending the wife hurtling to the ground. She instantly departed from this life.
The wife's stomach burst open and out of it ran a calf and a baby boy who stood still beside his mother's corpse. The calf ran to the fields to inform the father that his newborn son needed help. Hearing the news, the father suffered great regret and sadness that he had lost his wife. Soon realizing that from death comes life, he found joy in his two sons: Preah Keo, the boy, and Preah Ko, the calf.
The villagers could not share the father's happiness. They felt that something strange was approaching their village and quickly decided it was a bad omen. The people gathered together to banish the father, Preak Ko and Preah Keo from the town. The small family refused to admit defeat. With time, the people esteemed the boys for their supremacy and kindheartedness. Preah Ko had the power to heal the village people's sickness, fly and transform into any form. To the great delight of his neighbors, Preah Keo shed his boyish looks and grew into a handsome young man.
One day, Preah Keo was walking by a pond when he spotted a beautiful young woman bathing in the water. She was Neang Pou, daughter of the Khmer king. Shortly after their chance meeting, the pair's love became a reality. News of the relationship reached the king, who grew very annoyed. The king disowned his daughter, refusing to acknowledge her existence. Out of love for his brother, Preah Ko magically produced a luxurious palace for Preah Keo and Neang Pou.
At this time, the Khmer king was faced with a great dilemma: The king of Siam had requested a cockfight between the two countries. The king knew he would be defeated since his cocks were not match for the king of Siam. Preah Ko helped the king by transforming himself into a strong and powerful cock. The Khmer cock pecked at the Siamese cock, earning Cambodia a triumphant victory. The Siamese king became very angry and ordered to have a buffalo fight. Preah Ko changed into a buffalo to defeat his Siamese competitor. His anger growing into a rage, the Siamese king wondered why his Khmer competitors always won and organized a fight between a Khmer bull and a Siamese mechanical bull.
Preah Ko had met his match. Realizing he could not win against the machine, he told his brother and Neang Pou to be ready to fly away with him once he was defeated by the Siamese bull. As they were fleeing from danger, Neang Pou fell down and died instantly. The Siamese king knew of Preah Ko and admired his magical powers. Hoping to own the two brothers, the king deployed many soldiers to seize them, but Preah Ko and Preah Keo hid in secret locations around the area of Longvek. The Siamese king ceaselessly stalked the brothers until they grew tired of the chase. The king's greatest victory was the capture of Preah Ko and Preah Keo. Legend has it that the brothers still are held captive by the king of Siam.
Although the story of Preah Ko and Preah Keo may be only a myth, Khmer people have great respect for the enchanting brothers. In some shrines throughout the country, Khmers have placed statues of Preah Ko and Preah Keo, who keep watch over the land they left but never abandoned.
11:26 PM
NOB70
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7:13 AM
NOB70
Production
(China-Hong Kong)
A Jackie & JJ Prods. (in Hong Kong)/Wanda Media Co. (in China)
release of a Jackie & JJ Prods., Wanda Media Co., Starlit HK Intl.
Media Co., presentation of a Jackie & JJ Prods., Emperor Motion
Pictures production in association with China Film Group, China Movie
Channel, Xi'an Dragon Films & TV Culture. (International
sales:Jackie & JJ Intl., Hong Kong.) Produced by Jackie Chan.
Executive producers, Jackie Chan, Ye Ning, Lu Zheng, Gillian Zhao, Han
Xiaoli, Liu Jiawei, Li Jianhua, Lu Hongshi. Co-producers, Abe Kwong
Man-wai, Zhang Qiang, Sun Jie, Zhang Weidong, Yue Yang. Co-executive
producers, Cary Cheng, Zhao Haicheng.
6:39 AM
NOB70
Director: Kittiyaporn Klangsuring (Desire), Panumart Deesatta (Prostitute on Bed), Sart Tanchareon (Love for Play)
Cast: Lakkana Wattanawongsiri, Warintorn Yarujjanon (Desire), Pasweepitch Sornakarapa, Prakasit Bosuwan (Prostitute on Bed), Nattakan Anumartchimplee, Jittikorn Sorachan (Love for Play)
Runtime: 2 hrs
Released By: Shaw & Clover Films
Rating: R21
Official Website:
Opening Day: 14 July 2011
Synopsis: LOVE FOR PLAY - Teenagers’
growing curiosity of numerous issues and sex are the centre of “Love
for Play”, an entertaining, erotic tee-comedy. A teenage girl is home
alone, and asks her boyfriend to accompany her for the night. It starts
from an innocent conversation about each other’s body, to touching and a
more revealing game. The girl tempts the boy to play a strip game that
could lead to their first sexual encounter... Even though their heaven
is not far away, the game doesn’t end as expected. This story questions
the limit of morals and sexual desire of teenagers that adults never
seem to understand.
DESIRE - “Desire” is an erotic and romantic tale, directed by the only female director of the “Brown Sugar” project. It is about a lonely relationship of a man and a woman in the big city. They have laid eyes on each other, but never even have a conversation. But one day, desire unexpectedly shortens the distance between a tattoo artist and a masseuse.
PROSTITUTE
ON BED - An erotic-comedy, “Prostitute on Bed” presents sex of the
middle class in a big city. It reveals the exciting sexual fantasy of a
wealthy man and a super hot young girl. In the span of a day, they
fulfill each other’s sexual fantasies with no regards to time and place,
or the people around them. What they had was what many dreamt of:
“sex of life”. In reality, both genders are equal and the females now
can express their sexual views and desire just as their male
counterparts.DESIRE - “Desire” is an erotic and romantic tale, directed by the only female director of the “Brown Sugar” project. It is about a lonely relationship of a man and a woman in the big city. They have laid eyes on each other, but never even have a conversation. But one day, desire unexpectedly shortens the distance between a tattoo artist and a masseuse.
Movie Review:
“Brown Sugar” marks Thailand’s entry into the new wave of ‘cinema erotica’ in Asia, which counts among them Korea’s “Natalie” and Hong Kong’s “Sex and Zen 3D”- though unlike the latter two films, this doesn’t boast the additional 3D gimmick. It is also significant in its homeland for charting a new direction for the local film industry, being the first of its kind to feature nudity and sexual scenes under the country’s revamped movie ratings system (replacing the earlier censorship regime).
But for all the hype it arrives under, this compilation of three short films by three young directors and produced by industry veterans Prachya Pinkaew (the director of “Ong Bak” and “Chocolate”) and Bandit Thongdee is a surprisingly lacklustre affair, failing to raise the heat even with onscreen depictions of boobs, copulation and female masturbation. In fact, it collapses under the weight of its own pretension, as it struggles too hard to be artistic but ultimately fails quite miserably.
The movie opens with a brief segment that attempts to shed light on the meaning behind the film’s English title- “Brown Sugar”- as a middle-aged woman (Odette Henriette Jacomin) trapped in an unhappy marriage checks into a seaside resort and proceeds to discuss issues of commitment and gender sexuality with the resort’s handyman. One of the scenes has the woman asking for brown sugar, instead of white, stating that its taste is more natural and also more robust. It ends with said woman stripping to reveal her breasts, and this scene alone is supposedly a milestone for Thai cinema.
Of course, local audiences might not feel the same way, and even more so about the film’s justification of its title- since the following shorts are anything but natural and robust. The first by male director Panumat Deesatta called “Sopeni Bon Tiang” depicts a middle-aged man’s fantasy to have sex with an attractive female student in a tight-fitting uniform. When they eventually get to doing it, Deesatta lets them go at it for about five minutes- but since the audience only sees their backs most of the time, there’s really nothing to get excited about.
Nonetheless, Deesatta does a fairly competent job at teasing his audience into believing that the pair are in fact adulterers when the ending reveals something else. The twist is interesting, but also disturbing in its own right- especially since it has a particularly chauvinistic slant that may not go down well with some audiences. Still, this is probably the most substantial of the lot- at least it attempts to mean something more than just the tease of bare skin.
Next in line is “Raktongloon” by another male director Zart Tancharoen about a pair of teenage lovers who decide to have sex one afternoon, only to have time slip them by and the girl’s parents discovering their act. Nathakhun Anumatchimpalee and Chittkhon Songchan play the pair, and the young actors display a rawness in their performances that fits very well with their characters.
Unfortunately, this short is undermined by the experimental nature of its director Tancharoen who thinks that it might be cool to turn his movie into a shoot instead. Twice, he brings his actual crew into the shot, and gets his actors out of character, but the intention of this device is never clear and in fact wholly distracting. Were it not for his perplexing determination to let the audience know that what they are watching is in fact not real, this would have been our pick for favourite short.
The last by female director Kittiyaporn Klangsurin is “Pratana” and revolves around a pretty masseuse’s fantasy of the tattooist downstairs from where she works. The highlight of this is supposed to be a 10-min uninterrupted take which shows the masseuse masturbating in the bathroom after her dream guy drops by one night for a massage. While that may sound intriguing to some, the outcome is ultimately a letdown. Beautiful though she may be, Lakana Wattanawongsiri does little more than squeeze her breasts from time to time and putting her hand down her pants- the act coming off contrived more than anything else.
Klangsurin strives for some deeper meaning in her short by getting said masseuse to visit the tattooist’s parlour thereafter and request for a tattoo at her groin. The resultant wordless exchange between masseuse and tattooist is fraught with sexual tension, but it’s never quite clear what Klangsurin is trying to get at. In the end, this short comes off as no more than a blatant attempt at trying to push the boundaries with that one controversial scene.
And that seems to be the only reason for “Brown Sugar’s” existence- to mark the possibilities of what can be shown on the big screen in Thailand. Other than that, this Thai entry into Asia’s ‘cinema erotica’ is a largely untitillating experience that will more likely lull you to sleep than get you aroused. If this is what ‘brown sugar’ is supposed to taste like, we’ll take ours ‘white’ anytime.
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