Tuesday, August 26, 2003
biology test on thurs.gta mug mug mug like krazee. *sighs* so stressful.
[john] pls stardee ya.tsk tsk.whole dae slackin.complain tired. terrible manx! hahas. pull up ur socks and get cracking! haha.
must help urself first ya.hope u will stardee harder for finals and well reallie. dun drop amath! its impt. so ya. cheers!
[derek] hey girlfwen! hahas.dun be scared k! u scared run ova to my haus! quite nearby onlie wads rite? hahas. yeppers.
takkaire of jamie and jason properly okie! u bullie dem i'll whack u. cos they sho cute! hahas. cheers too~. gud luck
for ur papers tmr manx! -hugs-
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woah.quite long siax.well urm its FREAKKY!! and no thnx to JOHN! hahas.scare the hell outta me! kip snatching my jacket. tink it ripped or became more prominent to ripping.hahas.can die manx. forcing me to watch the scary parts. so evil. still can call me jacket girl.its becoz i noe i'll be scared dat's why im hiding behind it rite. so i dun haf to watch it. and plus it gives me sense of security! hahas.
derek was scared too.he was like asking me to share my jacket wif hiM! hahas. sillie toots.onlie john SOoOooO irritating. wanna whack him one lehs.but cos he my twin bro.let him off.hahax.if not... HE DIE! hahas. okie the plot of the movie is in fact supa confusing!? hahas.we all were like... HUH? hahas.damn complicating. end up its like mostly hallucinations and the girl imagining herself as her stepmom and her dead younger sista.
i was scared until i screamed and shriek at the part the 'dead' mother came out of the closet. so scared i nearly cried manx. -sobs- well its over! hahas. tink ju-on gt more scary parts tho. eeks. well ya. glad i watched it. not bad larhs. *3 popcorns* hahax.
oh.yijing went to yonex sunrise wif ben's brotha? the thai guy. heard the whole team dun like him. wads his name? snds sumthing like 'nerd'? is it.. hahas. OH.. wait its [nat] hahas. so weird manx. thai pp haf weird names. oh. derek's parents out of spore so he's alone at hm wif his bros.hope he dun freak out. he still can try to scare me summore! ediotx. lucky i wasnt freaked out.i mean onlie he wld do sucha ediotic thing. sheesh. childish~
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okie.another movie review! hahas. this time is a horror one: TALE OF TWO SISTERS! hahas. enjoy manx.
Two sisters, Su Mi and Su Yeon, return home after a spell of illness, only to be greeted by their mildly hysterical stepmother (played in true evil stepmother fashion, with a porcelain-white face and blood-red lips by Yeom Jeong A).
The three get sucked into a spiral of mutual hatred and recriminations within the claustrophobic confines of the isolated Gothic house.
Its flower-motifed wallpaper, mahogany armchairs and thick carpets are pregnant with murderous menace, just like the fittings in the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's horror classic, The Shining.
The sisters' stepmother is not the only one spooking them; a spirit in the house also haunts them in their dreams.
All this while, their father looks on absent-mindedly, an emotionally reticent presence whose negligence of his teenage daughters is criminal.
Something is rotten in this household but what exactly is the source of its malady?
Just as red herrings and dead ends leave one's patience as thin as the female protagonists' frayed nerves, Kim pulls the rug from your feet with a twist, a la what 'illusionist' David Lynch conjured up in Mulholland Drive.
Suffice to say that the second half holds the key to the mystery and people are not quite who they seem to be.
While not a conventional horror picture, it still obliges Kim to deliver a few horror set pieces to appease those looking for quick scares.
The actors put in credible performances. Im Soo Jung, who plays elder sister Su Mi, gets the right balance between vulnerability and defiance while Yeom is deliciously high-strung and malicious.
The tender bond between the sisters, successfully brought out by actresses Im and Moon Geun Young, also gives the denouement emotional resonance.
While the narrative may be too convoluted for its own good, this movie scores with its good production design and ambitious ruminations on the shackles of guilt.
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