In just over two weeks, I should be making my way back to normalcy. In fact, the days are starting to pass better. I’ve got proper internet access which means I do not have to depend on the connection of others. I’m able to check my mails and catch up on my RSS feeds.

There’s not much to watch on TV lately, apart from a few shows here and there.

Yesterday was the third time I’ve gone to the local cinema to catch a movie. It’s quite an ok experience, except for the intermission they always have in the middle of the show. This time around, it’s “Wall-E” for me. I would have prefered to wait until I got back to SG before watching it without any intermissions, but it’s hard to say if it’ll still be showing by the time I got back. For a movie of this calibre, it should still be screening in a few cinemas, but you’ll never know.

The movie is a pleasure to watch, just like other Pixar creations. It’s difficult to compare this with the other previous incarnations. My expectations are usually never high, so minor graphical glitches are usually acceptable. Unlike the other computer animated flick, Beowulf, which was generally ok except for some apparent visual shortcuts which caught my eye. Wall-E was top notch, with excellent visuals and really realistic dust effects. The story line was nothing very exceptional; typical “boy” meets “girl” type story which is explained by the rather obvious names and gender of the voices. It’s not often that the “girl” gets to save the day (hmm … spoiler? oops), but it’s a refreshing change. It looks quite far fetched too, but the sight of earth being the huge dumpster as was depicted is quite scary. Probably will not happen the way it is shown, since we have segregated dumping grounds, but that’s probably what will happen many decades later, with unrelenting consumerism and without any care for reusables or recycling. Just the simple act of purchasing second hand items would go quite a distance. I shall not digress any further…

For once, the end credits wasn’t a bore to watch. Just like one of the older Harry Potter movies, there were some simple graphics attached to the rolling end credits. Certainly makes it appear to pass much quicker as I sat in the cinema watching the text fly by, so much so that the cinema management eventually came up to say that the movie has already ended. As if we didn’t know.

Oh, there doesn’t seem to be any post-credit scene, even though I waited until the end. Pity.