Chronicles of Narnia
While the movie [Chronicles of Narnia] is scheduled to be launched on 22nd December, I manage to catch it on the 17th Dec, at a much reduced price!
Meifang and I met up early to go JB. Our agenda for that day, would be to catch a show [for RM 10] and for me to colour my hair and for her to shop around for stuffs.
We met up around 9.30am, and by 11.30am, we were queueing up to get through the Malaysian customs.
Went to City Square to check out the movie timeslots. King Kong and Chronicles of Narnia were already launched in JB, hence we decided to queue up for Narnia’s tickets in the late afternoon.
Everywhere we go, there’s always a queue somewhere. There were 4 counters, but more than 8 queueing lines! Finally we got our tickets and we proceeded to the food junction to have our lunch. Ate chicken rice at RM 5, and it did taste pretty nice.
Went around at the top floor to check out the hair salons. Did my coloring plus highlight at Jentzen for RM 263 [roughly S$ 117]. The colour is nicely done, and it’s the first time I did highlighting anyway. =P Back in Singapore, it’ll probably cost S$200 for dyeing and highlighting my tresses.
Went around to look for Meifang at Popular, whom I vividly remember her saying Popular was at the next level down! Walked one big round, but couldn’t find her. In the end I asked some salesgirls where Popular was, and found out it was at the same level as the hair salons. Duh.
Shopped around for the next hour, before the time of the show neared. Can’t imagine I actually went to JB to dye hair, watch movie, eat and bought NOTHING! Played Time Crisis 2 at the arcade, and as usual, I gamed over earlier than that girl.
Bought RotiBoy there, and it somewhat tasted more buttery than Singapore’s version. We waited outside the theatres’ entrance, and there was a huge crowd waiting to barge in. Very exaggerating! Finally got into the cinema and took our seats.
Anyway, the Chronicles of Narnia is a masterpiece of cinematography and musical score, blending beautiful visuals seamlessly together with fantastic characters and showcase a wonderful plot.
It may even surpass Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter for its superb direction. The casting is also wonderful, and all the lead actors deliver wonderful performances and the voice overs are well done.
I’ve never read the book nor watch this show before, yet I thoroughly enjoyed every scene of it. Teared at the part where Azlan sacrificed himself in order to save the life of Edmund, the little boy who betrayed his siblings and thus was labelled a traitor by the White Witch of Narnia. According to the rules of Narnia, she’ll get to keep all the bad creatures and Azlan, the good.
But one part was pretty cliched, that when they left to Narnia through the wardrobe, it was as if time froze in the human world. For when they defeated the evil Witch and were crowned kings and queens of Narnia, years past, they [now in their late twenties] chanced upon the lamp-post once again, and made their way back to England via the wardrobe as teens.
Pretty intriguing show, I would say. Go catch it if you can! =D
So when we made our way back to Singapore, we saw how bad the traffic condition was. Though I was tired from all the walking and such, it was afterall, enjoyable. =) Shall watch more movies in JB next time. Hehe.
The bad traffic condition! But pedestrians crossing the customs cleared it in a breeze though!
Clearing the Singapore customs, while chewing on Mentos chewing gum, courtesy of Meifang.
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