Showing posts with label 2009 Thailand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009 Thailand. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Bangkok Traffic Love Story รถไฟฟ้า..มาหานะเธอ

Released Year: 2009
Directed by Adisorn Tresirikasem

Casted by:
Sirin Horwang as Li
Theeradej Wongpuapan as Loong
Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha as Plern
Panisara Pimpru as Ped
Story:
On Ped's wedding night on Valentine's day, Ped's close friend Mei li or Li has drunk too much wine and fallen asleep in Ped's room. Waking in the early hours, she drives back to her home, but has an car accident on the way. As a result, she meets Loong. He helps Mei Li check her car engine and offers to return her car's wing mirror, but Li demurs and says that he can keep it. When Li arrives home in the morning, her parents and grandmother scold her and her father forbids her from driving, so Li has to go to work by public transport.

One night, Li wakes up in the middle of night and go to the roof of her house. She accidentally catches her maid and her boyfriend also on the roof. Her maid's boyfriend calls his 'elder' (responsible adult), who turns out to be Loong. After that, Li meets Loong again at a BTS Skytrain station. This time Li accidentally breaks Loong's sunglasses. Li consults with her neighbour, Plern. Plern helps her by suggesting Li writes her mobile phone number on something and give it to Loong. Li buys a replacement pair of sunglasses and writes her number on box, and arranges to 'bump into' Loong to give him the new sunglasses. After waiting for Loong to call, Li consults with Plern again, and go to a Video Rental shop that Loong visits regularly. Plern uses a trick to get Loong's mobile number, but later goes to work at the same video store instead of giving Loong's number to Li. As revenge, Li uses Plern's mobile to send messages to Plern's 3 boyfriends, inviting them all to the store at the same time. This causes an argument, and when Loong comes in to the shop, he accidentally drops his laptop.

Feeling responsible, Li take Loong's laptop to Ped's husband, but he can't fix it. Li goes to return it at the BTS office. Since Loong is away from his office, she leaves a message with security, but she falls asleep. When Loong finishes work, he finds Li, and they share the BTS to get to their respective homes. As Loong's laptop was so damaged, and the laptop bag was so old, he decides to throw it away. Li picks the bag up out of the bin, and takes it home. There are many things inside including film negatives. Li has the nagtives printed, and finds Loong's pictures with Kob Kavita (Taksaorn Paksukjareon), an actress in "Saint's Tear", a popular television series that plays a supporting role in the film. However the pictures are posted on internet and published in newspapers, as the photo printing shop owner posted them on Hi5 as they were of a famous actress.

Li meets Loong again on a skytrain while he is sleeping. Li tell him the truth that the pictures might have been published because of her, but Loong doesn't mind. Loong tells her that Kob is his ex-girlfriend and they broke up because their time schedules didn't match. When the skytrain arrives at Ekkamai Station, Li suggest to Loong that they watch the stars at the Bangkok Planetarium and see an exhibition about Mcbright comet which will pass close to the earth. Li asks Loong to watch the comet with her in Bangkok when it passes. Later, before the Songkran holidays, Loong asks Li to come celebrate by throwing water. Li, who has already agreed with her family to visit China during the holiday, makes an excuse when she gets to the airport that she forgot her passport, and so can't go with her family to China.

During the Songkran festival, Plern joins them. Li doesn't enjoy the festivities because of her. Li knows Loong's address, which is a guesthouse next to Chao Phraya River. Li changes her clothes and go to see Loong, and finds him asleep. Li falls asleep next to him. After she wakes up, Loong asks her to travel around Bangkok. Loong also asks Li to come to family day at the BTS, as he can take her into the depot. Loong takes pictures, but Li damages the camera.

On the family day visit, Li finds out that Loong is leaving in 2 days time to spend 2 years studying in Germany. Next day, Li goes to Loong's house and finds that his stuff has been packed. Both walk to talk on Taksin Bridge Li say goodbye to Loong at the bridge by saying that she want to be acquaintances only, echoing the breakup between Loong and Kob. Next day, Loong goes to Germany in the morning, but sends Li a box. Inside the box is the wing mirror from when they first met, the damaged sunglasses, Bangkok Planetarium tickets, and the damaged camera, with the memory card still inside. Li opens the memory card and looks at the pictures. Li rushes to Suvarnabhumi Airport to try and stop Loong, but it is too late - his flight left at 8am, and she arrives at 10am. On that day, the Mcbright comet orbits to the earth. Loong watches the comet on board his plane, while Li watches it as well.

2 years later, Li is working a night shift as a stock analyst. While going to work one evening, Li accidentally meets Loong on a BTS Skytrain. Loong has changed to work the day shift and has been back in Thailand for a few months. Both get off the Skytrain at Siam station, which is the interchange station between the Sukhumvit Line and the Silom Line. Li goes downstairs to change to a different line and doesn't turn back to look at Loong. Li gets on her train, but the electricity goes out. Passengers call their friends or family to say the train has stopped. Li's phone rings with an unknown number, and when she answers it, it is Loong. He asks Li to again celebrate Songkran. Li replied that she is free for the holidays. When electricity comes back on, Loong is on the same Skytrain, standing next to Li. He tells Li that she has his number now, and to record it.
L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:
I love this multiple awards winner movie a lot~ It had been nominated and won with a flying color in multiple awards at Thailand. And after waiting for more than 1 year plus, finally its on Malaysia's cinema. It was quite enjoyable moment to watch with Bubu, we have good laugh ahead.

The whole story is simple but yet it was so attractive. Both male & female leads are not the perfect good looking, but the way they act and the way the love grow between them and the bond close is the best part of the movie. It makes you feel like you're one of them and you want to be like them.

As all means, GOOD~

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Phobia 2 ห้าแพร่ง 2 (Ha Prang 2)

Released Year: 2009

Story:
1. Novice
Directed by Paween Purijitpanya

Casted by:
Jirayu Laongmanee as Pey

Pey is a naughty boy who went around with his friend and throw stones at passer by car's windscreen. In one incident, he killed his own father. To prevent him from sending to hell, the mother sent him to become a monk. But his guilt is too strong, unable to stand in a peaceful life in the temple, Pey ran away and was haunted by the father in the forest. After realizing his own fault, he has been cursed and transform to become a tree in the woods.
2. Ward
Directed by
Visute Poolvoralaks

Casted by:
Worrawech Danuwong as Arthit
Gacha Plienwithi as old man

Arthit was send to hospital after an accident. Though he request for a single room but he was placed next to an old man who's going to pass away soon. At night, spirit of the old man attacked him. Arthit asked help from nurse and hope to transfer to another ward but was rejected. Finally the horrible old man spirit took over Arthit's body. And this was plan by the old man's family and the nurse was into this too.
3. Backpackers
Directed by
Songyos Sugmakanan

Casted by:
Akiko Ozeki as Jap Girl
Charlie Trairat as Joi
Sutheerush Channukool as Driver
Theerneth Yuki Tanaka as Jap Boy

Young Japanese couple hitch-hiking from Samui to Bangkok and managed to get a truck. During the journey, weird sound came behind the truck. Driver and Joi went check out. Seems like Joi is a drug dealer who forced other to swallow plastic of cocaine and sell to the drug buyers. Behind the truck was a whole bunch of dead body with the cocaine inside their body. Jap boy found out and pointed them with pistol. But the dead body become zombie and attack and killed Jap Boy. The rest of them run but in the half way, driver was killed. Joi and Jap girl escape but Jap girl was fooled by a zombie boy and killed Joi. When Jap girl drove to the town, she realise the boy is a zombie too. Unable to killed the zombie boy, Jap girl was killed and zombie boy attack the city.
4. Salvage
Directed by Parkpoom Wongpoom

Casted by:
Nicole Theriault as Nuch
Peeratchai Roompol as Teoy

Nuch is a greedy 2nd car dealer. She bought over accident cars and remake them and sell it out. She lied to her customers about the origin of the cars. One night while guarding the shop, her son Teoy disappeared. Nuch gone crazy to look for him, but later on she realize all the car become damaged again. she met ghost who is burst of stomach, roll under the wheel and fall on to the top of the car. Nuch freaked off and escape by a car only she realised her son was stuck into the bonet and spin by the engine and died.
5. In The End
Directed by
Banjong Pisanthanakun

Casted by:
Phijitra Ratsameechawalit as Kate
Nuttapong Chartpong as Ter
Kantapat PermpoonPatcharasuk as Aey
Wiwat Krongrasri as Shin
Pongsatorn Jongwilas as Puak
Marsha Wattanapanich as Marsha

Ter, Aey, Shin & Puak are working for film shooting. Marsha is acted too over and cause everything to lack. Kate acted as the ghost was very sick but the director said the shooting must go on. Kate cannot stand it and fall unconscious. When Aey sent her to hospital, doctor told him that Kate is dead. In the shooting scene, Kate came back for her shot. But when they received Aey's call regarding Kate's dead, all the crew ran away and left them alone. To fulfill Kate's wish, they shot the film by themselves and ran away. They met Aey on half way and get him inside too. But just when they pass by a highway, they saw Aey's car in accident and was badly damaged. They thought Aey was dead too but it was a mistake. Kate appeared and told them she's not dead, but the doctor in hospital is twins and wrong information was given. Just when they thought everything is fine, Marsha driving sleepily and accidentally crashed into them and kill them all.
L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:
Basically a good horror film. Each story is about half an hour, so the storyline is not that important but the scary effect take the most important part in PHOBIA 2. Especially love the 4th story - Salvage. It really does bring out the scariness and spookiness of it.