Exclusive Channel 5 Movie Marathon 2007

Last friday, I received unbelivable news. Mediacorp had sent me an email to inform me that I was one of 42 lucky people chosen to attend the exclusive Channel 5 movie marathon on 24 Feb 2007. How flattering, especially considering the fact that so many people took part in the contest. Yet, they shortlisted me!!!

The invitation via email

The winners were each entitled to bring one guest along with them. My cousin wanted to go, so I asked her along.

Anyway, so the day came and we went to the Cathay for the exclusive movie marathon. Ahh you know, I really like the word "exclusive". There were a total of five movies to be screened, including Babel, The Queen, Letters From Iwo Jima, Notes On A Scandal & Dreamgirls. All of which were Oscar-nominated movies.

Babel's plot was very good, but the camerawork was too "shaky" for my liking. At times, the camerawork got so bad I felt dizzy. The Queen was fairly good, and the directors managed to inject moments of humour into the story even though the story was meant to be serious. Great performance by Helen Mirren, if you ask me. It's never easy trying to act as the Queen of England, but I thought she pulled it off very well.

Letters From Iwo Jima - that's my favourite! I've always loved war movies and it's even better when the story is told from an unusual POV, this time from the Japanese's. There's a magic about the movie I can't quite explain... maybe you should watch it for yourselves to see what I mean!

Then it just went downhill from there. Notes On A Scandal and Dreamgirls were not exactly movies I'd say I've enjoyed. Don't get me wrong. I think they're great movies, just that their genres did not really appeal to me. These movies would definitely appeal to moviegoers who enjoy movies with a lot of drama, music and information-drenched conversations. Notes On A Scandal had a complicated plot. It was very heavy-going and had lots of talking without much action. Dreamgirls... err well, let's just say musicals aren't my type of movie.

By the time the movie marathon ended, it was already past 9pm. Well, at least everyone who stayed had something to cheer about - a bag of movie premiums for each and every movie maniac!

The bag of movie premiums

Overall, I thought it was a great experience. Thank you for the invitation Channel 5! Your ESP are so much better than those LCCSP. What's that? Now, you figure it out yourselves!