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I recently watched Empire Strikes Back ( have I said that already?) and I think its his best work... He should have done them all in one sitting and not drag it for 20 years. Now it seems like he's old and befuddled and too engrossed with technology and all those effects. The SCRIPT old boy~... The prequels need a Han Solo. Harrison Ford was really good at leading the audience throught the momentous events in Empire Strikes Back. and there weren't any extra events. Everything was tight. Episode 2 was tighter than episode 1 by a megaparsec... but it still had extras... that I love thee poetry~... the snow speeder with Imperial March in the background. Count Dooku looking like he just finished filming Harry Potter... mounts the speeder like a broomstick.

In the movie... HH felt more like a person burning with desire for young flesh... demonic and vulnerable at the same time. He doesn't want his secret to be leaked, thus he needs the girl... yet the girl is drawing away from him at the same time as she grows up, he can't let her go... and yet she's no longer the type he wants. Its tragic sure... but where's the comedy?

Haha this blog is degenerating into movie reviews. Let me review a VJC choir concert.

The concert started out shakily, first song sounded lifeless , over enthusiastic soprano who happens to be really good but too loud, pathetic bass, guys haven't warmed up yet, and the rest were just okay... second song was an improvement, great sense of tempo, still the balance problems, and the third finally made them get their act together. Same balance problems, girls STILL louder than guys but less pronounced. Overall cohesiveness very good, great mixing.. could hardly differentiate individual voices except at the sibilances.

The year by year ones were good. Very good. Guys had to sing louder cos they were greatly outnumbered for the Year ones but they did their best and the total balance was finally perfect. The dance movements were really cute, and the guys were very sporting, making weird actions according to the lyrics. Song title was "Lets do it" a song about love~ cute.

Year 2s were very good. Equal gender mix, good balance, strong bass for the first time. Nice song, "Fallen Leaves" by Nat king cole rearranged by a someone... beautiful song~ not much dance... but the positioning and the postures were artistically pleasing.. giving a sense of sadness. Yet hope when they walked about in the end.

After the interval, they performed a musical!!! and it was VERY good. with everyone dressed like they were going for halloween... Took some time for me to recognize them before and after. Very cute dancing. Very well choreographed... and the sense of happiness and cohesiveness they showed on stage wuz infectious. The audience really enjoyed it.. and I clapped rather loudly myself. They got more and more into their roles as the musical progressed, and it affected their singing... making it even sweeter than before... even though they were doing all sorts of motions, crawling on the ground etc. Extremely Extremely good. I felt very jealous there in the theatre that a CCA could be so great.

Ended with no man's an island... nice song...I'd buy the tape if there wuz one or a VCD... its that good.

posted by Downhere. @ 11:10 pm