We have ourselves a conundrum here Watson!

If the poster did not tip you off then, you definitively do not have what it takes to be a detective =P

Well to get to the point, I managed to catch the latest flick hitting the big screens, Sherlock Holmes on the last day of 2009. This was one movie that I had actually been anticipating for the duration of 2009. The reason being that I am an avid fan of the Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and having read the compendium of all stories about S.H, I was looking forward to a LOTR-esque novel to big screen adaptation of one of the major cases in the novel.

I was disappointed by the latter. The movie was not an adaptation but a fictional tale conjured by the magicians in Hollywood with our hero S.H in place. I cringed when I realized that the beloved detective would not be able to enthrall us with his deductive logic in one of the riveting cases in the novel such as the. A Study In Scarlet or The Hound of the Baskervilles’.

Robert Downey Jr was cast as S.H and while he did play the role with a flair, I cannot help but comment that S.H was described as a lanky man as well one who uses surprise and brilliant deductive logic to awe his clients as he solves their cases. Frankly in the movie, S.H comes off as a showy, over dramatic man. Watson too was more than the quiet contemplative doctor portrayed in the novel, but more like S.H’s partner in crime, taking on a much larger role and vocal role, with a bad habit of gambling and brawling.

The insertion of certain characters from the novel into different roles in the movie irked me. Irene Adler, the one woman who had bested S.H twice in the novel was cast as his criminal linked, love interest/lover. Where in the novel Holmes showed admiration for her ability to deceive him, in the movie it is love.

Mary Morstan, the love interest and soon-to-be wife of James Watson M.D, was central to one of S.H first cases that would establish him in the detective business, was a total stranger to him in the movie…

The biggest plot twist was near the end where the producers tried to squeeze a sequel out of the movie by introducing Professor Moriaty, the arch-nemesis of S.H. I should add here that in the novels, Moriaty never dirtied his fingers by ever showing that he was associated with the criminal underworld, let alone carrying weapons =.=^ He was the main puppeteer behind the London crime society and the intellectual equal of Holmes.

This movie may have been ruined for me because of my having read the novel beforehand.

To those unacquainted with the books, this movie would probably rivet you to your seats! Enjoy!!

Read Full Post »

I feel so motivated to study when…

A really brilliant, knows his/her stuff, no crap, straight to the important points doctor sits in on my tutorial class/case discussion and shares his views and knowledge with us. When these type of people speak, I immediately sit up and stfu, cos there’s definitely something to learn.

I love these type of lecturers. They really know their stuff. Most of them are specialists in their fields. Like just the other day an oral surgeon who does cleft palate reconstructive surgery, tutored my class. He had information to share, he did!

No  need for references, no notes but all from his own mind. Masters of their trade no longer need books but have all their knowledge at their finger tips.

I SO ASPIRE TO BE SOMEONE LIKE THAT!

It’s definitely a dream of mine. Anyway enough digressing, back to the topic at hand. When u do meet these kinda of people, the talented kind. You walk away feeling that you too can be great and achieve what they achieved, be what they have become.

It’s a really good feeling. You feel so MOTIVATED!!! As though whatever you are going through now is nothing.

I wish more lecturers of this rare few step into my tutorial room in the future. It might just change the course of my career.

 

“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great”-

Mark Twain

Read Full Post »

AGAIN!

Once again exams have been canceled and postponed to another date.

Did not bother cramming for them already.

Kinda expected this kind of rubbish.

In a way, helpful as I had time to settle my piles of lab work. But on the other hand, I’m gonna have to cram later on for a mid-term and end-term combination paper for a few subjects.

That’s why I’d rather sit through the exams now.

Once again bravo, this place has proved it’s inability to adhere to a schedule.

Keep it up.

Read Full Post »