following her request, i brought mum to watch skyfall today. it was my second time watching the show and i managed to catch quite a few more details this time round. also, t'was my first time bringing a wheelchair-bound person to the cinema and i must say, our cinemas are very wheelchair-friendly. didn't expect them staff to be so nice as to show us all the way up to the cinema hall from the ticketing booth! anyway, i was a little apprehensive about bringing mum as she was coughing non-stop. but thankfully, she did not cough so much throughout the show. instead, i had quite a bit of surprises and laughter throughout the show due to her excitement!
you see, she was literally behaving like a little girl. all excited about watching a show. haha... only 007 can make her behave like that. and what's more interesting was the fact that being illiterate, she sat through the show while drawing her own conclusions about the plot. here's some little snippets and laughters during the show... (and i call it horrors...) lol!
horror 1: (scene at chapel. silva had barged into the chapel and caught the injured m by surprised. m looked fearful and the whole cinema went silent... and mum asked aloud in hokkien): chik eh yi eh lau bu har? (this one is james bond's mother izzit?)
horror 2: (same scene, but 5min later. the butler appeared and silva fired a shot at him. the tension in the cinema increased manifold in that split second and all fell silent again... and once again, mum sounded off in hokkien): chik eh yi eh lau peh har? (this one is james bond's father izzit?)
and finally, here's...
horror 3: (when silva got stabbed, and the camera panned to james bond, who appeared at the door of the chapel, and mum squealed): "ahhhhh!!! james bond lai liao!!! james bond lai liao!!!" (james bond is here! james bond is here!)
lol!
it was indeed very interesting and very heartwarming to see her so excited.
picture from http://www.thedeadbolt.com/movies/
picture from http://www.thedeadbolt.com/movies/
Your mum is super cute. lol.....
ReplyDeleteHaha! I thought so too! After the show, she said she teared when his "lau bu" died! Heh...
ReplyDeleteI am rolling on the floor after reading this. Her interpretation made her so cute. lol. If she tells me that during the movie, I think I will be laughing non stop while people are weeping over the only touching scene of the movie. No offence though, shes cute.
ReplyDeleteheh heh... i was caught between laughing, feeling awkward cos of the silence, and explaining to her that m was not her "lau bu"... in the end, i told her m was his "tau keh" and explained the details to her after the show... even then she insisted that since she brought him up, she can be considered to be his "lau bu". and she could connect with m even though m was not the real biological "lau bu". and on the same token, james bond is her "kia". from that angle, she could feel his agony when his "lau bu" died and when he cried.
ReplyDeleteso touching right?
i can almost imagine the james bond movie being enacted in chinese wayang setting...
ReplyDeletedrama!
Your mum is right though since Bond is an orphan brought up by 'm'. Her departure definitely took a toll on Bond. The scene is nevertheless touching.
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ReplyDeleteYour mum may be right after all. M can mean Mum/Mother/Mummy. Haha.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Imagine if James bond is in hokkien, then M will be changed to either L or B.... Lao Bu! Lol!
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