It's really great to laugh out loud. Like madly. It kills the sleep bug and hypes me up!
Recording of It's a Small World was indeed hilarious...! Too bad duration and some stuff are not allowed on air.

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Local audience readily accepts the (similar) content on foreign shows but not on ours.
Why?

I am (and have) always (been) pondering...

This is the case for a lot of our programmes.

Voicing out an honest an objective opinion, sometimes censorship department are stringent in censoring some stuff... because that's what if allowed on air, audience complains, and if it's censored, audience complains too.
So, what do you (really) want?

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Chinese New Year is over! But the big excitement is not!
Toto $10m (accumulated to $11m now) Ang Bao opens tonight! Have you bought your luck yet? Hehe.

Here are photos during CNY!

Reunion dinner












CNY Lou Hei of the Editors!


CNY visit @ Jane's house


CNY visit @ Chee Beng's house


CNY visit with sisters!


There were more but didn't take photos at all! This year is the year which I went for the most visiting! And of course the returns are more than the past! HAHA!

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Breakout [破天网] – 网/张信哲
New Beginnings [红白囍事] – 在我左右/龚芝怡
The Best Things in Life (五福到) – 知足/苏智诚
The Illusionist [魔幻视界] – 变化/何维建
With You [我在你左右] – 感.受/黄智仁

I feel it's Breakout [破天网] – 网/张信哲 vs The Illusionist [魔幻视界] – 变化/何维建.
I'm more positive about the latter 'cos the lyrics and music complements the story better.

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Shall skip the next 3 awards 'cos it's hard to determine and I didn't have special impression of any Young Talents this year.

Best News Presenter 最佳新闻主播:

Lin Chi Yuan 林启元
Tung Soo Hua 董素华
Wang Zheng 王征
Zhang Haijie 张海洁
Zhao Wenbei 赵文蓓


Best Current Affairs Presenter 最佳时事节目主持人:

Chun Guek Lay 曾月丽 [Focus 焦点]
Tung Soo Hua 董素华 [Money Week 财经追击
Desmond Lim Soo Guan 林树源 [Good Morning Singapore 早安您好]
Iriana Halim 林有懿 [Good Morning Singapore 早安您好]
Lim Yi Chyi 琪琪 [Good Morning Singapore 早安您好]


Young Talent Award 青苹果奖:

Fraser Tiong Kah Kee 张家奇 in Happy Family [过好年] as 董成龙
Grace Ng Xin Yi 黄馨仪 in The Best Things In Life [五福到] as 琪琪
Jerald Tan 陈杰乐 in Breakout [破天网] as 小振锋
Kaylar Ong Zhi Wei 王子薇 in With You [我在你左右] as 薇薇
Regene Lim Yong Yi 林詠谊 in Happy Family [过好年] as 董成凤

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Best Director 最佳导演:

Chong Liung Man 张龙敏 [Breakout 破天网]
Edmund Tse 谢益文 [Your Hand in Mine 想握你的手]
Leong Lye Lin 梁来玲 [The Best Things in Life 五福到]
Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 [The Family Court 走进走出]
Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲 [Unriddle 最火搭档]

My guess should be Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲, but Chong Liung Man 张龙敏 stands a high chance too.


Best Screenplay 最佳剧本:

Ang Eng Tee 洪荣狄 [Breakout 破天网]
Chen Sew Khoon 陈秀群/Lau Chin Poon 刘清盆 [With You 我在你左右]
Ng Kah Huay 黄佳华 [The Family Court 走进走出]
Phang Kai Yee 彭凯毅 [Unriddle 最火搭档]
Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源/Yeo Saik Pin 杨锡彬 [New Beginnings 红白囍事]


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Best Variety Producer 最佳综艺编导:

Gan Bee Khim 颜美琴 [Dream Potter 梦.窑匠]
Glen Lim 林祥平 [Star Awards 2010 (Show 2) (红星大奖2010]
Jean Toh 卓金云 [Star Search 10 – Grand Finals 才华横溢出新秀总决赛]
Kang Lay See 江丽丝 [Love on A Plate 名厨出走记]
Tan Boon Chong 陈文聪 [Food Source 食在好源头]


Best Variety Research Writer 最佳综艺资料撰稿:

Hon Sher Ee 潘雪忆 [Food Source 食在好源头]
Lim Kar Yee 林嘉仪 [Dream Potter 梦.窑匠]
Loong Li Li 龙俐利 [Star Search 10 – Grand Finals 才华横溢出新秀总决赛]
Teo Kim Kee 张琴棋 [Love on A Plate 名厨出走记]
Wong Eng Hong 王应鸿 [Going Home 回家走走]

Again. Difficult choice.

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Skipping this one too.

Best News Story 最佳新闻报道:

Chan Wai Hoe 陈伟豪 [Focus: Flash floods Stain Singapore 焦点: 新加坡水淹三重奏]
Eugene Lim 林锦成 [Frontline: Changi Beach – camping site for the homeless 前线追踪：浪人的故事]
Grace Yang 杨晓红 [Focus: 100 Years of Charity Service 焦点: 百年行善广惠肇]
Leck Chye Peng 陆彩萍 [Frontline: The Swollen Leg Auntie 前线追踪：象腿婆婆不领情?]
Yap Li Ling 叶莉凌 [Frontline: Monkey business 前线追踪：猴闹民宅]

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Best Programme Promo 最佳宣传短片:

Danny Loh 罗文杰 [The Little Nyonya – Encore Telecast 小娘惹重播]
Ho Chong Jin 何宗锦 [Don’t Forget The Lyrics All Stars 我要唱下去! 名人版]
Liew Lee Ming 刘俐敏 [The Illusionist 魔幻视界]
Ng Wan Churn 黄婉琛 [New Beginnings 红白囍事]
Ong Wan Jun 王婉君 [Gate Keepers 小兵迎大将]

I remember the first time when I watch The Little Nyonya promo, I was very impressed by it! The one that gave lots of slaps and with the tagline of 赢得了很多掌声. It was good!


Best Costume & Image Design 最佳服装与造型设计:

Annie Chua 蔡宜君 [Star Search 10 – Grand Finals 才华横溢出新秀大决赛]
Mark Chua 蔡锦福 [Lunar New Year Eve Special 2010 普天同庆金虎年2010]
Stella Tan 陈玮婷 [Gate Keepers 小兵迎大将]
Xu Ying Ying 徐盈盈 [Black Rose 爆料黑玫瑰]
Xu Ying Ying 徐盈盈 [Breakout 破天网]

Black Rose's image design was very good 'cos every look is just like the actual people they are impersonating!


Best Music/ Sound Design 最佳音乐与音效设计:

Gao Jun Wei 高俊伟/Thong Meng Sum 唐明心 for The Family Court [走进走出]
Long Soo Ming 龙淑明/Teng Kim Lian 陈金莲 for With You [我在你左右]
Long Soo Ming 龙淑明/Zheng Kaihua 郑凯华 for Breakout [破天网]
Thong Meng Sum 唐明心/Teng Kim Lian 陈金莲 for The Score [无花果]
Zheng Kaihua 郑凯华/See Tiong Meng Burtt 施忠明 for Unriddle [最火搭档]


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Best Editing 最佳剪辑:

Cynthia Chia See Sun 谢素珊 for [Love On the Plate-Chef Eric 名厨出走记(EP10)]
Eu Chuin Fang 余群芳 for [Dream Potter 梦.窑匠(EP3)]
Jane How Lee Chern 侯莉真 for [Lodge With Me – Felicia Chin 我行我宿(EP3)]
Lin Wei Jie 林伟杰 for [Star Search-Regional Hunt 才华千里寻星(EP1)]
Low Lee Lian 刘丽莲 for [Life Transformer 2 心晴大动员 2 (EP10)]

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Yay gonna go watch It's A Great Great World later on!

Will be back to update! :D

Oh and P.S: I've put back the tagboard thing!

Updated on 4 Feb

Usually movies with lots of promotions will push up your expectation of it, and most of the time it will fail you, but It's a Great Great world is one that didn't disappoint me at all!


The story flows very well from one (era) to another (era), and I feel that the use of photos to relate to each story of the past of Great World is a nice idea because photos was the only way to retain the memories in the past, and some of the photos were the original ones.



And I must applaud for the efforts of the crew and director - Kelvin Tong for putting up the movie set as similar as possible of the original Great World because the only way they could refer to the looks of it was only through (black and white) photos, and colour-wise, they had the reference of the elders who had been there before.
Papa had thought some of those were original stuff!











The Ghost Train is one that is really able to function electronically and not pulled by the crew!


And Kelvin Tong being the expert of filming horror films/movies, I was highly anticipated during the Ghost Train scene and of course it was superbly done especially at the end part of the Ghost Train ride. It was a LOL scene but rather scary too! HAHAHA...!!
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Every story had the humour that belongs to it, and also parts which will move your heart...

Although I don't belong to the generation that had grew up together with the place - Great World, but I could also feel the emotional ties of the generation with Great World. Maybe that's because I always immerse myself when I watch a movie/show that could take me along with their story. I enjoy being engrossed in a story.

What's more is that there are 4 stories in this movie.
The 1950's - Hui Ge,


Hui Ge is really funny himself... his gong-gong and simple character of wanting to take photos with big stars to make his mum happy... in the end. HAHAHA it's really hilarious how they manage it in the end. But I thought his story was rather short compared to the rest.

1960's - Joanne Peh and Zhang Zhen Huan,

Ghost Train is a big selling point 'cos it was the scene that made the whole theatre laughed LOUD! And the Teochew rhyme of Ah Nan is hilarious too!

But Zhang Zhen Huan's Teochew is a pain to listen to. HAHA

Chew Chor Meng's Teochew rhyme for his lok lok is like another laughing point added!


1960's - 1970's - Xiang Yun and Huang Wen Yong,
This story's focus was on Xiang Yun waiting for a promise to be realised from a man 10 years ago... Then when this man appears... everyone in the cinema went "whoa...~" HAHAHA...!!



It was definitely a right choice to make her the focus of this story because her acting is undoubtedly fantastic. You feel for her.
And the songs are catchy~ It's still ringing in my head every now and then, especially with the promos on TV on and off. Ha!

1940's - Kym, Bryan, Chen Shu Cheng and Marcus Chin.

This story is unique in its own way because it was where the most dialects were used! Teochew, Cantonese, Hainanese... Wa... and it was hilarious at the conversation between Bryan & Zhang Yao Dong with Marcus Chin, it's the Hainanese vs Cantonese battle. HAHAHA...!!



And I'm amazed at the fluency of Kym in Teochew and Cantonese...!

I feel that this story was one which everyone spoke rather accurate dialects!

And it starts off from the modern era - 21st century, with Chew Chor Meng relating these stories. The thought of how the effects were created (split into 4-screen and dissolve from one to another then change to another scene after the 4 screens were dissolved) when Olivia was driving to go look for him went through my head while I was watching... haha!


The reason which he explained why Great World was closed down... was the same as what Papa said. And you couldn't help but feel... that some changes are unavoidable, and these changes... are kinda sad.

The movie would leave you with a smile at the end.

And and! If they are thinking if It's a Great Great World 2 is possible, I would like to believe so because each of the stories could have a further development... especially the last one, where the Japanese came... then the relation of the generations could go in chronological order as the characters grew older... how they could link with the characters in the 1960s and 1970s...

It's a Great Great movie! Mummy and Papa enjoyed it very much too!
Relatives were going to watch today too! Shall ask how they felt about it tomorrow. :D

As far as I know... It's all sold out for today at Cathay AMK Hub! And almost all sold out at GV Vivo... as well as almost full house for the next few days at quite a no. of cinemas! Woo! Congrats!









This movie is a must-watch for families in this happy occasion!

Oh and if you are wondering if you could try on those rides in the movie, you can visit one which they set up at Hougang! It's functional! I think it's beside Hougang mrt or something? It's like a funfair.

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