20 Million Rupees.

film studies class trip to tinsel town today to see this this flick, Slum Dog Millionaire, a couple very reliable sources have told me it's amazing (one that never fails being the japanese half of RE-definedope) turns out I didn't have work at puma today, but it was actually tmr. my bad.

prior the movie I met up with my best ACE-it buddy Nik, and were running tight on time. 7:30 showing was packed, which was the one my class was in, agreed to 'fck it' and refunded for 9:00. with all that time we explored every nook of the mall, which we ended up with the conclusion that its a giant money laundering business(in actuality I chatted up with some store owners and the mall is owned ny the third largest development company in the world, so money can be lost). realized how awesome Tinsel Town was, theres this obscure little shop in one of the corners called One Stop Cards & Games, the girl working there were was nice and inside was a couch and tables. basically its for Magic The Gathering players to battle and a couch for video games. doesn't cost a single dime to use the tables or game on the ps3 hooked up to the bitchin' huge lcd tv.
chit-chatted with the store owner and he offered lessons to play magic which we're probably going to take up for the hell of it, which cost nothing. with that I came up with something film-wise and will elaborate on in a furture post. whats even moreso interesting is they open 'till 1 in the morning. with all honestly in my life, I have never in my life met friendlier geeks.



pictures property of AHA MEDIA.

also something else I found were vancouverisawesome shirts from the contest at this Ayden Gallery on the second floor, the gallery was the one that printed them and they have ties to bob k.


Tinsel Town is such a great theatre, chairs are big & comfy and a couple of the theatres you can put the armrest up and get comfy with your dates if you know what I mean, not to mention its not packed at all which means you never see people you know(I hate running the people I know and don't like and probably don't talk to anymore at a certain mall at 4700 Kingsway, also don't ask how I remember the building number =____=).
aside from theatre employees are zombies, the little arcade thats overpriced and crappy, the junkie ensemble 'round the corner, who in the years i've coasted through the area have never given me trouble. heads up about the Street Fighter 3rd Strike machine in the corner; kick button on the Player One doesn't work.

so after s'more loitering and looking of tinsel town we headed in for the movie. I went in not knowing what to expect, some words floating around that I heard were; bollywood, who wants to be a millionaire, ghetto, violence, muslims and india. if you haven't seen it thinking of a typical plotline that ties all of those elements seems means this movie must be out there. but the film is of the past, which leads to the present. the film weaves togther the story like butta, tells such a powerful story. I remember one scene of Jamaal's past that got me sucked in that I forgot where he was presently and it was actually a flashback. me saying this might end the movie so i'm putting a spoiler alert starting NOW, I left with such a feel-good-feeling. even still i'm a bit shaken up from it's storytelling powers. it was a bit cheesy but because it was so good I'll omit it.

if you haven't seen it run/fly/teleport to the closest theatre playing it and bask in it's glory equip with the face-melting power of film.


after the movie, 11pm walking around a mall at night really hit deep.
and if you don't know what I mean;

VS.

to strengthen the fact i'm not crazy, fellow Dead Rising fan Nik(also the one responsible for lending me the game) felt that way about the mall too.

moreso of a zombie mall feeling because this week i've had my buddy's 360 because he's out of town for a bit and I asked nicely enough. DEAD RISING has been something i've been wanting to play forever and Allah has answered my prayers by giving me this week with the 360. the game itself is revolutionary, surviving in a mall for 3 days(6 hours in our time) fending off hordes of zombies using anything thats available in the mall as a weapon. this includes; chainsaws, sludge hammers, katanas to chairs, tenis raquets or even toy light sabers.
saturday rye and I decided a 360 marathon in my basement. met up after practice and picked up some snacks and so it began. gears of war disk error'd on us partway through. thus turning the night into a Dead Rising zombie bloodbath of well over 1000 kills 1100 kills . I remember asking at 5am if maybe we should stop, "meh" game on. I gave into sleep as ryan trenched those mfckn' zombos. woke up some couple hours later to drive ryan home and to work sunday brunch at Horizons with barely any sleep. all in all the marathon desensitized us to killing mindless shells of humans and therefore considered a SUCCESS.

ps. aren't rupees the currency used in the world of Zelda?