Double entrée

Have you realised that my MSN Messenger’s nick almost always correspond with my blog’s titles? Since the same things are inspiring my blog and my MSN nickname.

Right. Yet another I-didn’t-do-anything-fruitful day (yesterday, since technically at time of writing it’s the start of the final holiday-weekend. Boohoo). I’m still in the over-the-moon holidaying lazying slothful spirit, although I do notice, that as I grow older, holidays are less enjoyable. Especially this year’s. I don’t think adults have many holidays either.

After exchanging phone calls with Heng Li and Andy, in the end I went to the Summit to buy tickets to Mr and Mrs Smith as I can’t book anymore – it’s full. I almost forgot I was wearing the hideous, heavy, headache-inducing (the three Hs!) spectacles, and I went up to the counter, and an Indian girl was attending it:

Me: 5 tickets for Mr and Mrs Smith please, 9pm.
Girl: Are you 18?
Me: rolls eyes, signifying “how DARE you question my age!? Yes. changes subject Oh yeah, this will be in THX right? Is the air-conditioning still working? [refer to previous blog post on Star Wars Episode III]
Girl: Yes, it’s already been fixed.
Me: Oh, okay.
Girl: stares at me again Are you sure? You have to be 18 to watch the show.
Me: rolls eyes Yes, I’m 18.
Girl: Are you sure? You can’t enter even if you’re 17 [boy, does she guessed correctly].
Me: I’m quite sure.
Girl: Okay, here’s your tix.

I’ve always managed to get away with these ‘are-you-18’ questions before, maybe ‘cause the whole lot of us look older than we actually are (we have been mistaken for college students plenty of times). I blame the spectacles. I hate, loathe wearing this pair of un-multi-coated round large spectacles, and my eyes hurt from wearing it.

I had expected Mr and Mrs Smith to be quite good, and yep – it has fulfilled my expectations, and it’s not one of those mindless shoot-shoot-shoot more-crazy-driving-mindless-pointless-shoot-shoot-car-chase movies. There’s plot, there’s subtle humour, there’s action – and these made a very a good watch.

Good ol’ Brad Pitt is looking as good as ever, and Angelina Jolie - breathless, making one of the best onscreen couples ever (who CAN resist her, really?). This is probably one of the best unique action thrillers to date.