Musings by Grace Chng

Some weeks ago, my friends wanted to see a movie. I agreed to buy them. After all, it’s an easy task. I merely let my fingers do the surfing.

So before I left for a workout on a Saturday morning, I put my iPad in my bag. After the workout, I took it out and surfed over to gv.com.sg. Lo and behold! I saw a black rectangle. I tried again with the same result. I surfed over the shaw.com.sg and experienced similar result.

Then it occured to me. The web pages where I book the seats are in Flash and Apple doesn’t support Flash on the iPad. Do I drive home to get my computer? Call my friend to book?

In the end, the better-than-old-fashioned method worked. I booked over the phone. It’s tedious, but it works.

I told my Apple friends to get this fixed because booking cinema tix is a very basic app. My fellow Apple users told me that now they can book movie tix on the iPad. I tried today and I could. So all is well now.

Just got back from watching Transformers. Great movie, fast spaced, action-packed. Excitement starts right from the start. Special effects is great. Watch the machines transform into metal warriors - it’s jaw dropping awesome.

It’s so fast that you won’t realise that it’s almost a 3-hour movie.

Thanks to Digital Boomerang who invited me.

What a movie! It’s really good, full of action and bravado. The two main actors Chris Pine as Captain James T Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock are excellent in their roles. They reprise the original versions played by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy (who has a cameo role as a much older Spock!).

I’m a Star Trek fan having watched the series on TV since I was in school. Pine’s Captain Kirk is a younger version of William Shatner’s role. The way he looks, tilts his head and his language, all match that of the original Kirk. Spock is as anal as all Vulcans are. But he’s good too. 

Much better than Wolverine. I only admired Hugh Jackman’s body, muscular and lean. Other than that, it’s a so-so. 

You’re going to be spoilt for choice this weekend since Angels and Demons is opening tomorrow. Straits Times gave this movie 3 stars. So if you’ve to choose which movie to see this weekend, I would say Star Trek. You won’t regret it.