Hortonnnnnn! Watched it today - great movie! 
Well, its basically about Horton an elephant, who heard voices from a speck - this speck is actually a planet with people living in the land of Hoover ville. Horton is striving to save this planet, by placing this speck in a safe spot - so that it is free from disturbances lest Hoover Ville gets destroyed.
In the midst of every heroic journey, there is a definite evil character - in this case it is Mother Kangaroo, who does not believe what Horton says and blames him for putting imagination in the kid's minds. She tries to stop him in umpteen ways, and fortunately, she was unsuccessful.
Moral of the story: A person is a person - no matter how small. This made alot of sense, especially when Horton said " Someone else may be looking Planet Earth and thinking, "They are so small" "
All in all, it was a really heartwarming movie which is funny, meaningful and very very very cute. Themes of love, unselfishness and helpfulness shines through here - which shows why Dr Seuss is great with children's book - he inculcates the proper values into growing children when their imagination and learning power is like a sponge.
Sometimes I think adults should read children's books too - we get too carried away sometimes with worldly matters ( wealth, power, etc etc ) and a simple book can remind us of what really matters - friendship & unconditional love.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Horton! - Cute, funny, meaningful. :)
Friday, February 29, 2008
forget the Oscar nominated movies or Leap Year! Catch this!! The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep
caught it today - supposed to premierer on 8th March, but theres sneaks preview.
TIP! Cathay Cinemas have discounts for UOB credit card members - only $8 bucks on weekends, and $6 on weekdays!
for HSBC - you get your bonus too at Golden Village cinemas.. $1 off your tickets. If you watch on weekends, combine your Safra card (if you have) with your HSBC and your tickets are only worth $7 each! hehe
thats how i save money on my movie tickets.
ANYWAY! The Waterhorse - it was supposed to be the next greatest film of its kind since E.T, and i saw the posters about cinemas - definitely had to catch it.
went in to the show without any inkling of what the movie is about - just knew its about a cute little animal which i suppose is the Waterhorse - well..... its more than that. :)
in a very brief summary! ( for those who hates spoilers ) --- it is a movie following the legendary myth of the Loch Ness Monster - period is based during 2nd World War - about this little boy Angus who found an egg at the seaside and brought it back. little did he know it will hatch into an animal that is known as a Water Horse.
What follows is a magical tale of how the little boy made friends with this adorable animal - seeing it grow from a little baby to a HUGE animal! You see how Angus relied on Crusoe ( the Water Horse ) for company, and Crusoe on Angus for friendship - they're both lonely people as Angus has lost his father in war, and Crusoe being a magical creature is only one of a kind in the world. Their close friendship and bond is so heartwarming. Intermitten in the show are hilarious snapshots of comedy scenes created by this creature when its young.
Underlying themes of this movie showcases love lost ( Angus and his dad who lost his life at war ), and love gained ( Angus with Crusoe, the Water Horse, his mum and his sis ), friendship gained ( Crusoe and Lewis - their handyman ) and the brutality of war.
the ending - i shant say! :) Catch the show and you'd know.
pls check out the website at http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thewaterhorse/index.html
pls check out their video blog at http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thewaterhorse/blog/index.php
pls watch the movie, its great. :)