Fantastic Summer

It's ironic - whatwith getting three albums to help usher the summer movies in, the one that ends up top of the list is the one that we didn't buy (ahem, hush hush): Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion. We've been listening to this album for a couple of weeks now, abandoning the rest of our playlists and new albums because this one of the few albums where every single song is good. The album should have been titled 'Life in Yo-Yo Motion' or 'Life in Bipolar Motion', because that's how the songs go - a couple of boppy songs to get you uplifted and then one that goes, "I'm dumping you," then everthing's happy again until the end of Relax (Take It Easy):

"Same day I wear the dress for wedding, same day while I want married, what happen, he's go married another girl. When he's married another girl, I am very very sad... ...After one months, I am stand up in balcony, some bomb come for my eyes. My eyes go. My eyes gone and bomb now I have only one eyes, I am sad until now I no married any man after."

First thing we said when we heard that line was, "Wha-fuh?"

Then a slightly depressing song.

'Cos it's all in the hands of a bitter, bitter man
Say goodbye to the world you thought you lived in
Take a bow, play the part of a lonely lonely heart
Say goodbye to the world you thought you lived in

The strings in that song was nice though. Then back to his happy mood with Billy Brown. Made us laugh with the first stanza:

Oh Billy Brown had lived an ordinary life
Two kids, a dog, and a cautionary wife
While it was all going according to plan
Then Billy Brown fell in love with another man

Bwahaha. Very light-hearted song. Then it all starts going all depressing towards the last couple of tracks.

But honestly enough, we really enjoy all the tracks! Whether because it's very cheery upbeat or because the musics good. We try not to pay too much attention to the lyrics, tho' - when you got stuff like this:

Sucking to hard on your lollipop
Oh, love's gonna get you down

Erm. Anyways...Will look into buying this album once we find a copy that doesn't say 'Special Malaysia Edition' - somehow we don't fully trust those.

Then bringing on this week:

28 Weeks Later Shrek The Third Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Mon Petit Doigt M'a Dit Hors de Prix Fauteuils d'Orchestre Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Transformers The Simpsons Movie Evan Almighty

Right. Fantastic Four turns out like the first one - it's all there but doesn't really excite you storywise. Of course, that means you can pay attention to the more important parts of the show :) Still can't do anything but stop and stare (even when we knew what to expect already!).

*Sigh*

Thumbs up for the visuals - the Destroyer looks really, really good. Oh, stay back after during credits again but you won't miss much.

Verdict: Get the DVD for this one (same goes for the first one) so you can make good use of the pause/rewind buttons. And we're wondering who performed the Canon in D during the wedding scene in Manhattan. Thought it was the St-Martin-In-The-Fields version by Neville Marriner but just checked back, it doesn't seem so - movie version has more trills played. Nevertheless, another variation to hunt down if possible :)

*Sigh*