The holidays are here! :D
I finally went to Seremban yesterday after Chem. I don't even know the name of the mall that we went to. :P After a hearty lunch, we watched Law Abiding Citizen. When the movie started and the title flashed on the screen, I told Karyn how boring the title sounds. But you know what people say about not judging a book by its cover. Likewise, don't judge a movie by its title. It is an intense movie. Its plot has twists and turns that baffle at first, then amaze. As I've mentioned before, I'm not big on action movies but I'm beginning to see why some people love them so much.
Law Abiding Citizen portrays a man, Clyde, (Gerard Butler) who is out to seek justice and reform the legal system after his wife and daughter were murdered by two men, one of whom, Darby, managed to walk free as a result of Clyde's lawyer's deal with the murderer. Driven by the memories of his family and the mental torture that he had to endure for 10 years, Clyde formulated a detailed plan to bring down the legal system. His targets are those who had worked on the case. His plans were so intricate and baffling that no one knew that he was killing people from inside his prison cell. He also seemed fixated on trying to teach his once-lawyer, Nick (Jamie Foxx) how to do his job "the right way".
Being the mastermind that he is, Clyde managed to take down most of his targets. But, in the end, Nick and two other men managed to unravel his plans and get him back. The final scene shows Clyde detonating a bomb that he had set for the city hall. But the three men had already transported the bomb to his prison cell, so when he triggered the timer, he actually blew himself up. The end of the movie is actually quite sad because so many people had been sacrificed in Clyde's plan to destroy the "flawed system" and he ended up dying in his quest, holding the bracelet that his daughter had made for him. I guess in the end it all boils down to his love against the vengeance he had against the system that went too far. All in all, I'd say that this is quite a thought-provoking movie and is worth a watch.
Anyhoo, after coming out of the cinema with a slight headache (I'm starting to think that I'm either a tad averse to the darkness and loudness of the cinema or my eyesight is deteriorating), we headed to Aunty Aini's for dinner. I kinda regret having the chicken chop now because I think all the fried stuff might be getting to me. Add on to that the fact that after I came back, already quite tired, I resumed my seemingly endless packing session. I acquired two new boxes and figured, okay, I can do this - I CAN DO THIS! But the packing session concluded with twice the amount of papers to be recycled and a three-hour chat with Beng Yen. For the first time in 2 weeks, I turned in for the night at 3.15 am.
And now, I have a headache and my body feels exhausted. Awesome. I can't believe I subject myself to this torture every time a semester ends. Now my eyes are droopy, my limbs heavy, my head thumping, but I have to keep myself alert because my room still looks nothing like what a proper bedroom should look like. I've got so many miscellaneous items that I don't know where to store! ARGHHHHH. I feel so tempted to just swipe them off the desk into a container or box without sorting through them.
I think I'll just nap in the bus on the way to church. I need sleeeeeeeeep.
I finally went to Seremban yesterday after Chem. I don't even know the name of the mall that we went to. :P After a hearty lunch, we watched Law Abiding Citizen. When the movie started and the title flashed on the screen, I told Karyn how boring the title sounds. But you know what people say about not judging a book by its cover. Likewise, don't judge a movie by its title. It is an intense movie. Its plot has twists and turns that baffle at first, then amaze. As I've mentioned before, I'm not big on action movies but I'm beginning to see why some people love them so much.
Law Abiding Citizen portrays a man, Clyde, (Gerard Butler) who is out to seek justice and reform the legal system after his wife and daughter were murdered by two men, one of whom, Darby, managed to walk free as a result of Clyde's lawyer's deal with the murderer. Driven by the memories of his family and the mental torture that he had to endure for 10 years, Clyde formulated a detailed plan to bring down the legal system. His targets are those who had worked on the case. His plans were so intricate and baffling that no one knew that he was killing people from inside his prison cell. He also seemed fixated on trying to teach his once-lawyer, Nick (Jamie Foxx) how to do his job "the right way".
Being the mastermind that he is, Clyde managed to take down most of his targets. But, in the end, Nick and two other men managed to unravel his plans and get him back. The final scene shows Clyde detonating a bomb that he had set for the city hall. But the three men had already transported the bomb to his prison cell, so when he triggered the timer, he actually blew himself up. The end of the movie is actually quite sad because so many people had been sacrificed in Clyde's plan to destroy the "flawed system" and he ended up dying in his quest, holding the bracelet that his daughter had made for him. I guess in the end it all boils down to his love against the vengeance he had against the system that went too far. All in all, I'd say that this is quite a thought-provoking movie and is worth a watch.
Anyhoo, after coming out of the cinema with a slight headache (I'm starting to think that I'm either a tad averse to the darkness and loudness of the cinema or my eyesight is deteriorating), we headed to Aunty Aini's for dinner. I kinda regret having the chicken chop now because I think all the fried stuff might be getting to me. Add on to that the fact that after I came back, already quite tired, I resumed my seemingly endless packing session. I acquired two new boxes and figured, okay, I can do this - I CAN DO THIS! But the packing session concluded with twice the amount of papers to be recycled and a three-hour chat with Beng Yen. For the first time in 2 weeks, I turned in for the night at 3.15 am.
And now, I have a headache and my body feels exhausted. Awesome. I can't believe I subject myself to this torture every time a semester ends. Now my eyes are droopy, my limbs heavy, my head thumping, but I have to keep myself alert because my room still looks nothing like what a proper bedroom should look like. I've got so many miscellaneous items that I don't know where to store! ARGHHHHH. I feel so tempted to just swipe them off the desk into a container or box without sorting through them.
I think I'll just nap in the bus on the way to church. I need sleeeeeeeeep.
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