Starry Day

Pam is a lucky star. Indeed she is. We won tickets to the Gala Premiere of "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li". Indeed when I mentioned this show to most of my friends, it raised many eyebrows. Worse of all, many confused the show with Dragonball Evolution (Singaporean kids truely don't have a childhood). Honestly, I was a little skeptical myself. I played Street Fighter arcade games since I was a kid and bringing out the character of Chun-Li isn't easy. Some view her as a fighter, some view her as a symbol of female strength. Some think she is a figure of justice, some think that she is a sex symbol. Nevertheless, bring the character Chun-Li to screen is not an easy task.

Street Fighter Movie Poster (somehow I don't find it impactful enough)

Pam came over to school in between my break for my classical modules and we had to head down to Mediacorp to collect our tickets. We took a train down to Braddel and wanted to walk there. But instead we ventured into an estate housing old people. And they had the weirdest of things there. The signs had algae growing all over it and there was a Mama shop at a multi-storey carpark -.- Being evil, the residents over there immediately reminded me of the zombies in Left 4 Dead. I mean seriously all the old people in one place? I just couldn't resist imagining.

After a endless tiring walk through the unfamiliar region, me and Pam gave up and just took a cab down. Going to Mediacorp was exciting. I thought I was never a fan of stars but alighting the cab over there made me feel a sense of excitement in the air. Who knows I might even meet Fiona Xie over there? Lol. Just kidding. But we did tidy ourselves up a little bit lol.

Anyway we didn't see any stars except for a dozen old aunties chit chatting at the reception. Apparently they must be waiting to view some old auntie cooking show or something. Nothing seems to be of interest as the place was with heavy security. We just collected our tickets and of we head back to school.

My baby so nice come to school wait for me :)

Pam was really nice. She waited for me at the school library for 3 hours!!! If only the classical teacher didn't take so long. We then proceeded to Dhoby Gaught as the movie was held at Cathay Cineplex. Pam is a big fan of Edmund Chen and was half hoping (more than half I think) to see him there as he plays the father of Chun-Li in the movie. We grabbed a bite at Just Acia before we got there.

Dun play play. Edmund Chen knows Kung Fu Fighting!

The Grand Cathay is indeed grand. Red carpet, red curtains, nice music and even ushers to show you to your seat. We spotted many Mediacorp stars there like Jonathon Leong and a few others (don't know their names). After a while, Edmund Chen came in. Damn I was like wow. I've seen all his works on tv. It's just amazing to see him real life. After all the hoo hah, the movie reel started spinning.

I swore the movie attendant thought I was gonna capture the movie on my Iphone. Wth -.-

The whole movie was ok. I would say it's just average. Chun-Li was played by Kristin Kreuk. I was really skeptical of her ability at first. I mean yeah she's hot. But I thought she was more suited to a innocent and demure role. Boy was I wrong. This hot mama sure kick ass in the kung fu flick. Her acting skills were good. The only bad part was her Chinese. No offense but Chun-Li's half chinese. There is no way her Chinese is so bad. Edmund Chen displayed good acting skills. It was interesting to see him do Kung fu. Lol I didn't know he could fight.

Kristin Kreuk - Ok after looking at this pic, innocent and demure is definitely not in my head now.

Bison was not what I thought to be. We all know that Bison is big, strong and spot the infamous Shadaloo general costume. But instead Bison was a white business man in the movie. Hmm what was the director thinking?

Evil General and white businessman got big difference. Director?!

Besides Bison, there was Maya and Charlie Nash. These two characters were really extra. They were really detached from the story. I guess the director was trying to bring some flirty and love element to the movie but it didn't work out well. They were not integrated well into the movie and they didn't even touch Bison. All the director featured for these two characters were the cheesy lines that came out from Nash's mouth and Maya's boobs. The way Bison died and then revived was also a little ridiculous. Lol I mean his neck was broken. No way he could come alive again.

See what I mean? All her scenes are only focused on her cleavage and nothing else. Poor Maya.

All in all, Kristin Kreuk was good. She was hot and her acting skills matured. All I can say that the story was very separated from one another and the transition between the scenes were not good. The director's skill was amateurish. Edmund's acting skills were great but the director didn't portray it. The camera angles for the fight scenes were all wrong and watching them can be sometimes confusing. Overall, I give the movie a 5/10.

After the movie, we got to shake hands and talk with Edmund Chen. He was damn friendly haha. Lol he said the movie was bad and he looked ugly in it. Lol damn humble. Me and Pam gave him some encouragement and said the movie was good. It was really not bad, it is just hard to meet the demands for something that has been with kids for decades. Shows like these always find it hard to succeed. We also saw Edmund's family and Xiang Yun! Awesome. I'm like a big fan of Xiang Yun and her shows. Too bad never take picture with her. But we got some shots with Edmund!

My baby got her dream lol! Edmund like my brother lol

After the movie, I sent Pam home and the silly girl didn't want me to go. Lol so I spent a little more time with her and then cab back to Jurong east for the last train. What a starry day :)

PS: Damn I nearly missed last train at Jurong east cos somebody tried to commit suicide at Yio Chu Kang. Luckily SMRT efficient and that guy didn't die. Hope he's alright. Not gonna think more. Just want to think about my starry day :)