Sunday, July 16, 2006

Pirates of the Coffeebean vs Monkey Island


I vote for Monkey Island anyday! In case you have no idea what monkey island is. Well, it's a computer game about pirates by LucasArts that absolutely rocks... or rocked... since they haven't had any new monkey island game out in ages. Ever since I was a kid, I had an affinity with pirates. U know... like I get to play Monkey Island and know about the cat and nine tails and the jolly roger. Then I was enrolled into this British Council course (and mingled with rich kids) about pirates and even wrote a manuscript stained with coffee and burnt at the edges to talk about my make-pretend life marooned on an island by pirates (It was the best manuscript ever made I tell u!). Then I wrote a play about pirates and finding treasure and TA DA! Won the first price in the class for our fine piratesy acting of the play! Aye Aye Captain! All hands on deck!

Later, I moved on to reading this book called Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier about the handsome frenchman pirate. Wohoo.. and now Pirates of the Carribean. SEE! I have an affinity with pirates. I must have been one in my past life... Not that pirates are fine creatures... Mmm... Anyway.. the show is too long. It has it's fine moments... like... whenever Johnny Depp goes onscreen as Captain Jack Sparrow, the kooky anti-hero to Orlando Bloom's handsome and bland erm... whatever his name his. Anyway, the story goes as what is expected... except towards the end where Elizabeth, played by the Keira Knightley, started to show abit of her dark side. Yes foolish men! Pretty girls are scheming! Bwahahahaha! But anyway, Bloom's marriage to her was interrupted halfway, so he still has a chance to call it off. Haha! Gee... these young ppl shouldn't rush into marriages without knowing each other well first....

Ok... out of point liao. Getting groggy. Catch the show. It's pretty good.

1 comment:

FluffyYen said...

I still was not quite able to fathom Elizabeth... nor why the cannibals would want to eat what- or who-ever they deem as gods...

anyway, Captain Jack's make up and blithe manners' pretty amusing. Great show for a good unwind.

And learn other lessons like M.A.C make-up smudges in perspirations and sea waters... haha...