Marsha Maung:: Freelance graphic designer and writer - film

There's so little to Chicken Little

noreply@blogspirit.com (marshamaung) — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:15:00 +0100

Go in with no hope and you’ll come out happy. That’s how I would review Chicken Little. From the first acorn on, you know it’s going to be acorn after acorn of dumb excuses. Oh sure, this is Disney’s first (and hopefully last) fully computer-animated full feature film…but frankly, who gives a CLUCK?

Viewers, first, buy movie tickets to watch the movie and second, to be amazed at how many feathers there are on that little hero-chick. He’s cute, by the way, but his voice ain’t. It’s my personal opinion that his voice does not go with his face…or is it the other way around? Forgive my ignorance. I am still living in the Nemo-and-Dad era…not that it was anything to get all ruffled up about, either. But there was more meat to that bone than Chicken Little.

Chicken Little, from the fall of the first acorn, was mistaken for lying. He thought the sky was falling (which was a half truth, it wasn’t the sky that was falling, it was a piece of the door from an alien space craft). Or did I give too much away? Oh, never mind, you can read this movie, Chicken Little, like an open book with a magnifying glass, anyway. His dad, (come to think of it, I don’t even know Chicken Little’s dad’s name) is a single Chicken after this wifey died and has problems relating to and understanding his son. Sounds familiar? Yeah, it might take a few ‘blurp’ ‘blurp’ to jolt your memory. But yeah, you’ve got it.

Glenn Whipp of Los Angeles Daily News said that while Chicken Little was not PAINFUL to watch, it was totally UNNECESSARY! How true, how true. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

The last I heard, there were a lot of high tech programs and softwares developed and used to emulate muscle movement. And fine, to be fair, the movement was rather flawless…as flawless as chicken movements can be.

If you think adults won’t enjoy the Chicken Little because our minds are tainted with reality, you’re wrong again! I took the whole troop of sons, nephews and nieces along for the show and one of them even yawned at me….”Is it OVER yet?” and my son, Joshua, said halfway through the show…”Mom, I think this is kind of boring!”

And ever since watching the show, unlike after watching Madagascar, there was not a whisper about ‘Chicken Little’ heard in the house. After Nemo and Madagascar, we had to drag our kids away from the vast choices of merchandizes from the movie…from cornflakes to pencils. With Chicken Little, they don’t even remember watching the show.

THAT’s how forgettable the show is.

Recommendation: For people aged between 1 month to 99 years old, DON’T waste your time and money! Watch Madagascar reruns, instead.

My sister is so stupid:: Jessica Simpson

noreply@blogspirit.com (marshamaung) — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:05:00 +0100

I am no fan of Jessica Simpson…in fact, far far FAR from it. I don’t even like her wailing on the radio. I think her singing stinks and she looks more like man than a woman. Her cleavage, well….a side benefit of good genes, I guess. But what the heck…all this news about her calling her own younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, stupid has gotten out of hand.

Ashlee, 20, has been going out, getting drunk, caught snogging with other strangers and hanging ‘loose’ among Hollywood celebrities and celebrity-wannabes. And what is wrong with a sister chastising her own younger sister in front of her own mother? Nothing, absolutely nothing.

If I knew my own sister (pardon me, Karen) was partying like that, being flung around the bed so many times because stardom couldn’t keep her feet on the ground, I would call her stupid too! In front of many other people than just our mother. But the fact remains is that Jessica’s seen more (in the entertainment circle, at least) than Ashlee has and she deserves the chance to correct her own sister.

They may not see eye to eye…siblings sometimes do these kind of stupid things to each other….but the fact remains, we care about each other. This is a fact. We fight but we love each other. This is what family is all about. Isn’t it? I think so.

Jessica Simpson said, “"Mum, Ashlee is so stupid. She left the popcorn in the microwave and almost burned the house down."….and the way I see it, there’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with saying that. so what? The popcorn in the oven? They burn? And when they do, the house may too? And sometimes we all call our siblings stupid. Like Karen is so stupid and Damien is so stupid. I won’t go as far as calling my own father or mother stupid but yeah….I think I can safely call my own siblings stupid….older or younger than me.

So what Jessica’s marriage to Nick Lachey is on the rocks. It’s got nothing to do with anything! The paparazzis’ got a way of worming things into things that aren’t there? I hope it doesn’t spoil their sisterly relationship just because Jessica called Ashlee stupid. Ashlee IS stupid for leaving the oven on with the popcorn in it. And she’s STUPID for fucking around with her own life. She’s stupid. If I were her, I would pull my socks up and start with apologizing to her elder sister, mother and the REST OF THE WORLD for being so F****D up!

And even though I think Jessica herself is a bitch and she can’t sing (she can scream, though) for nuts, she’s right in calling her younger sister stupid. Stupid can sometimes be a very kind and loving verb. Like….”I love that stupid woman”.

See?
Marsha
The stupid woman
http://www.marshamaung.com

Hooked

noreply@blogspirit.com (marshamaung) — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:57:58 +0200

God, I am so hooked on a TV series, it’s an addiction that I can’t beat. You know what, I don’t really need another addiction to add to my already long list of addictions! No drugs, thankfully, but I have been renting and watching some TVB series and it hasn’t been good for me, really. I slept at 5.30 in the morning because I spent most of the time turning around in my seat (I was trying desperately to concentrate on my work) to catch a bit of the action.

To top it all off, my husband bought the entire season of ‘Seinfeld’ and has been watching it religiously in the room…like it’s his bible to life! OK, so I like it too but it disrupts my work. And I can’t tell him to cut it out cause I won’t get to watch it either, so….erm…well, fine! I am pretty much to blame too. I know I know!

And we’ve also got the first season of ‘LOST’ and so far, I am currently hooked on three TV shows that I can wrangle out of….it’s like fleas in my hair. You keep shaking and shaking until your teeth is loose...and they’re still there, you know what I mean.

It’s not cheap being addicted to this stuff as well. For one, they cost an arm and a leg to watch and with those rented TVB series, I don’t even get to keep it and rewatch the series again later on! Dumb, right? But I don’t want to go out and buy every single little series there is on the planet without knowing whether the series is good or not, so, I guess that’s the price I would have to pay for that reluctance.