Choo Koon Lip

Alice in the Wonderland – 6 Mar, 7.10pm @ GV Marina (SG)

72 Tenants of Prosperity – 13 Mar, 9.30pm @ GSC Tropicana (PJ)

Here Comes Fortune – 14 Mar, 4.50pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

The Hurt Locker – 16 Mar, 4.15pm @ Cathay Cineleisure (SG)

The Green Zone – 22 Mar, 9.35pm @ GV Vivocity (SG)

How to Train your Dragon (3D) – 24 Mar, 5.15pm @ Filmgarde Iluma (SG)

Just Another Pandora’s Box – 26 Mar, 9pm++ @ GSC Times Square (KL)

The Green Zone – 28 Mar, 9.40pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Yesterday I watched ‘The Green Zone’ starring Matt Damon. I must say this is so Much better than the one (i.e. The Hurt Locker) I watched last week… The pace is good, the story gives us a possible (or perhaps real) dissection of the Iraq warring situation and definitely, the top-notch almost non-stop action by director Paul Greengrass!

Made for more than USD100million, the up-to-date

The production studio did what it could to hide the film’s Iraq setting and pushed it instead as a film from the Jason Bourne guys but audiences didn’t buy into it. With a production cost of more than $100M, The Green Zone grossed a weak ten-day total of only $25M in North America and likely to end up with a domestic take of just $35-40M. The early overseas tally is $20M with many markets still to open, but recovering production and marketing costs internationally will also be a challenging task.

This also brings me to think about how the movie producers think like traders and investors alike. Purely investor complacency. With a superb track record from the 2 Bourne colloboration between Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, they may think any story will sell across. This movie is definitely a hard sell, but this is definitely one of the year’s best!!!

Black Ransom – 5 Feb, 11.40pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Tiger Woohoo – 7 Feb, 11.10pm @ GSC Pavilion (KL)

Fame – 9 Feb, 11.20pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

14 Blades – 13 Feb, 10.15pm @ GV Grand (SG)

72 Tenant of Prosperity – 15 Feb, 6.35pm @ Filmgarde Iluma (SG)

From Paris with Love – 20 Feb, 12.15pm @ Cinema 21 Plaza Senayan (Jakarta)

Valentines Day – 21 Feb, @ GV Plaza (SG)

Hot Summer Days – 26 Feb, 11.20pm @ GV Tiong Bahru (SG)

Up in the Air – 27 Feb, 4.50pm @ GV Plaza (SG)

Oh ya, just calculated: I made 87 trips (not movies) in 2009.

Movies I watched twice:
- Red Cliff 2
- Shinjuku Incident
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Terminator: Salvation
- The Taking of Pelham 123
- Overheard
- Haeundae
- G-Force
- 2012
- Avatar

Movie I watched 3 times:
- Monsters versus Aliens

So actually I only watched 75 movies last year!

Treasure Hunter – 3 Jan, 9.30pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Did You Hear About The Morgans? – 4 Jan, 11.40pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – 7 Jan, 5.15pm @ GSC Pavilion (KL)
- I really slept quite long and quite hated this!

It’s Complicated – 17 Jan, 6.30pm @ GV Bishan (Singapore)

The Blind Side – 26 Jan, 9.35pm @ The Cathay (Singapore)

Fortunately the latter 2 shows saved the month! The first 3 really below so-so level only…

Couples Retreat – 5 Dec, 5.15pm @ Cathay Cineleisure (Singapore)

The Storm Warriors – 10 Dec, 11.40pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

The Princess and Frog – 11-Dec, 11.50pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Avatar (3D) – 16 Dec, 6.00pm @ GV Marina (Singapore)

Bodyguards & Assassins – 17 Dec, 10.20pm @ GV Vivocity (Singapore)

Avatar – 20 Dec, 8.30pm @ GV Max (Singapore)

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 – 24 Dec, 2.15pm @ Cathay Cineleisure (Singapore)

Sherlock Holmes – 26 Dec, 10.20pm @ GV Marina (Singapore)

Accident – 1 Oct, 11.35pm @ GSC Gurney Plaza (Penang)

G-Force – 2 Oct, 11.45pm @ GSC Gurney Plaza (Penang)

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs – 4 Oct, 5.50pm @ Cineleisure Orchard (Singapore)

Rebellion – 16 Oct, 11.40pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Julie & Julia – 19 Oct, 9.45pm @ GVmax VivoCity (Singapore)

Poker King – 29 Oct, 11.50pm @ GSC Times Square (KL)

Michael Jackson’s This Is It – 31 Oct, 12.00am @ GSC Times Square (KL)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Cantonese) – 2 Sep, 11.45pm @ GSC Midvalley

G-Force 3D (Cantonese)– 7 Sep, 5.50pm @ Golden Gateway (Hong Kong)

The Ugly Truth – 13 Sep, 1.10am @ The Cathay

Haeundae – 17 Sep, 11.45pm @ GSC Gurney (Penang)

Inglorious Basterds – 19 Sep, 6.30pm @ Shaw Lido

Haeundae – 30 Sep, 11.20pm @ Prangin Mall (Penang)

The Hangover – 1 Aug, 4.50pm @ GV Tampines
Not too bad, but I think most jokes are Amercianized…

Overheard – 6 Aug, 3.15pm @ GSC Gurney
My 2nd time ‘eavedropping’…

The Proposal – 7 Aug, 9.30pm @ GSC Submit
So so la…

District 9 – 30 Aug, 2.20am @ The Cathay
Very good – Very thought-provoking – I don’t want to eat prawns anymore!

The Final Destination – 31 Aug, 9.10pm @ GV Max
Not too bad, but it’s the same old thing after all…