not. that was just a fake trailer sequel to titanic. but isnt it amazing? i think still quite a bit of effort went into filming it, and they even had a cameo role for john cusack!

anyway, its really exciting at the cinema this month with so many cool movies coming out. MI 3 was really gd. not too much of a solid storyline, but in my opinion at least the action more than compensated for it. it mustnt have been easy for tom cruise doing those stunts at his age, really. his silly dance moves that started the evil critics' tongues wagging cld be due to an over-exertion during the filming of MI lol. maggie q and her side kick of an orange lamborghini in e vatican city made for gd eye candy, and so its a real pity the car had to be blown up in e end.. last but not least, im finally inspired to pick up my chinese again after seeing how shanghai looks like! haha, after letting it lie dormant for a long long time, perhaps my chinese writing skills cld be resurrected online. i cringe at the thought myself, and on everyone's behalf as well at having to read my mangled chinese. sadly, i think my chinese has stagnated at o level and has never progressed eversince; but thankfully, i am gd enough to get by..

and da vinci was such a let down. it cld be due to the fact tt e book was so well-written (by general consensus) that as a result, everyone has freakingly high expectations. granted, a lot of the history and interesting facts in the book cld not be translated onto screen, but the goddamn-forsaken screenwriter had to bastardise the book in such a way that it was far from being true to it. the drama developed so slowly and so unexcitingly it was little wonder ppl boo-ed at its screening in cannes. whoever adapted it for e screen ought to be more than just shot. and i disagree totally with e choice of some of e cast. andre vernet, the bank manager at e swiss bank, was supposed to be refined and well-groomed, or at least tts the impression i get when i read e book. but hey,surprise!! =) e andre tt was in e movie looked like some lao ti ko, he cld earn himself a stable income by starring on crimewatch. i dunno the guy's name, but he certainly reminded of a hybrid betweeen mark lee of tv8 and one of spores ministers, mah bow tan. *faints*

and the dynamics between inspector collet and fache in e movie werent at all close to wat was written in e book. in e former, there were some hints of collet standing up to fache and fache's superiority cracking a little; yet i dun recall reading anything remotely related. and sophie was supposed to take down this painting and pressed her knee behind it so tt e guard wld let robert go!! why ron howard nv film this scene??? i wld so love to watch it, but the louvre must have forbidden such a violation, so tts pardonable. next, why did howard allowed the riddle-solving process in e louvre take place so quickly?? it turned out so underwhelming as a result. sophie was degraded from a smart cryptologist to some useless brunette who managed to come up with stupid platitudes like 'you self-righteous bastard'...

and where on earth did dan brown mention a come-lets-meet-up-and-embrace session at rosslyn church? only sophie's grandmum and bro were supposed to be present, not any tom, dick and harry summoned by her bro just because he saw 2 strangers going to the basement near the church's closing time. what on earth was going thru the crew's mind???

the only laudable comments i have include bettany's fantastic portrayal of silas ( ronnie dear, i think albinos only have red irises, not bluish-tinged ones), and ian as leigh. they played the role of villains so well, whereas robert and sophie practically had their essence snuffed out entirely. its tragic, e whole film. in a sympathetic homage to ron howard for endeavouring to bring e da vinci code to life, and having to brave the world's rage at butchering up one of the most phenomenal books ever, i shall throw in another token word of praise. i kinda like the way leigh manipulated the last supper using his high tech com stuff such that mary magdalene's angle of inclination results in her reclining perfectly on jesus' shoulder upon juxtaposing both of them. i also like the way the words 'gleamed' to robert when he was trying to crack the anagrams.

the audience was so disappted im sure. when the movie started, all rustling and talking stopped and i was hushed up when i opened my can drink, can u imagine that? ive never sat amidst such a well-behaved audience. these are the ppl who are capable of laughing non-stop and clapping even at the sight of e two blondes getting burnt in their suntanning booths in final destination 3. yet, not a single sound was emitted at all throughout this movie. i had to sip my drink soundlessly all the time. the first rupture was 'aahs' of shock when silas lunged at robert at leigh's place. the second one was laughter at robert telling sophie tt she's the direct descendant of christ. how much more anticlimax cld it get?

ok, breather's over, back to mugging now. x men 3 awaits next wed!!