Confessions of a Shopaholic - the movie

Remember how I love Sophie Kinsella books? I even declared myself as a Kinsellaholic once. Obviously I have read all her books... well, almost. Her Shopaholic series from book 1 to book 5 are incredibly magnificent. Not to all I know. I do hear remarks of how absurd they think the character Becky Bloomwood is. But really she is the beauty of that series. However, I have to pass on Kinsella's other books. Less entertaining to me... Now come to think of it, I am not exactly a Kinsellaholic but more to a Beckyholic!! :-D

The movie I had long been waiting for is now showing. Not other than the Confessions of a Shopaholic. I watched this somewhere last week but didn't have the chance to blog about it. Guess who was my date? At first I planned to catch the movie with some of my girlfriends but someone volunteered to take me. Yes, it was HB. Thanks B! ;-)

Frankly... Frankly? I didn't really like the movie. The storyline is somehow different than the book. But again, I didn't read the Confessions of a Shopaholic. I read A Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic. Still, aren't both the same book with identical storyline but different titles & publishers?

Anyhow Isla Fisher who played Becky Bloomwood in the movie was brilliant. She I think was the saviour of this movie from becoming a real drag. I even caught HB laughing which I tell you is very rare.

I strongly believe that the movie should stick close to the original book. The plot is 100% in the US whereas the original should be in England. As HB put it, I should watch the movie first than only read the book. If that is so, having watched this not-up-to-the-expectation movie, I rather choose a better book to read. Won't you?

My two pennies worth. What say you?

Here is the movie trailer.

Upin & Ipin the movie

I have heard of Upin & Ipin but never had the chance to view the short films during the month of Ramadhan. The positive feedback I collected from the latest movie of Upin & Ipin- Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula made me decided to give it a shot & at the same time, support our film industry. The last time I did that was somewhere last year watching "Sepi" which was rather menyepikan to me (well, it was not 100% Malaysian anyway...). Didn't drag HB as I knew he would irritably doze off next to me. Anyhow, I did make him watch "Tentang Bulan" together with the girls. Surprisingly, he enjoyed the movie much better than the girls did. The plot of the movie was during our childhood years & obviously it brought back memories of riding chopper bicycle & munching on Popo fish cracker.

Last night I made an online booking to watch the movie.This time around I was quite sure HB would put the local film industry one step higher. I did steal some glances at him just now in the dark. He was enjoying himself, minus the infamous frown & above all... he didn't snore away!

I was impressed myself with the animation. The movie was entertaining. I laughed... A compliment there because of all local productions only P.Ramlee movies agree to my sense of humour & yes, Tentang Bulan too. There was also suspense which spoiled Balqis's mood. She was almost in tears just now. Good that she sat next to HB. If she were with me, she definitely would burst simply out of manja.

We came out of the cinema still smiling. HB admitted that he failed to guess the villain. Which was a surprise to me. It was so clear who the scoundrel was from the beginning. It showed he was too occupied with the brilliance of this Made In Malaysia 3D animation ;-) Do find the time to watch this movie. It is still showing even though after a month & a half in the cinema.

Here is a video clip of the movie.