Auckland Special!AU Open Day + Movie Review: Miami Vice

So, today for the first time, we got the chance to check out Auckland U campus n stuff. Went a lil late to Ivan's house n reached there like 9+..missed the first few general lectures hehe. In the end, went to BSci lecture and like the Health Science dept talks. All in all, I pretty well know the path I -want- to take, just hope that I'll be able to get into Biomed then Medicine the next year. Mostly merits n above needed, I reckon i could fill that criteria, but so far..9 excellence credits and 8 merit credits, 4 achieved. Will just have to see how it goes at the end of the year eh.

Overall, I guess I kinda liked the atmosphere n stuff of AU. It's big and modern-ish, tho I didnt get the chance to check out the Health Science Faculty building. I actually havent seen many unis so I probably am in not the best position to judge, but GOD the library was HUGE AS! The campus? I was totally lost-enough said. Also, i reckon the best talk award I would give to the Biomedical Science speaker. It was totally awesome how he rapped about Biomeds, and I believe he wrote the lyrics himself too! A sample of lyrics i think i remembered:

"So you wanna do medicine and be a quack,
With biomeds you're on the right track!"

"Yo, Yo yo!
Your life begins as an embryo,
......"

Anyways, after that, we got bored, so we went to go watch a movie, which was complicated as well. I actually wanted to watch either "Dragon Tiger Gate" or "My Super Ex Girlfriend" but noooo, I went and finally watched "Miami Vice". Anyways, here's what I thought of it.

Honestly, if I had to use one word, i'd say, Superficial. 3 words? Cars, guns, sex. It's the Tokyo Drift type show la. Like, the storyline doesnt really matter, just the cars, the guns and the sex are the main attractions of the film. Ok, it doesnt help that Colin Farell(is that how u spell it?) and Gong Li have nearly 0 chemistry on screen. They just look like they wanna fuck each other all the time, not much in terms of "love" that sposedly develops during the film. Come on, it just felt awkward..Soo awkward. Most memorable scene to me? One of the team members blasts a freaking HOLE thru a kidnapper's head, luring him out of concentration by threatening.

"Boy, I can blow a hole in your medula, so you'll be dead from neck down, and ur body won't even know. You believe that?"
"I...."
*BAM!* (blood splatters everywhere, a hole is blasted in his head)

So overall, i'd give it 3.5 stars outta 5. An average grade of B+. Also, it portrayed Malaysia as being a jungle where drug dealers live! Bastards! Oh, another weakness of the film is that it plays a lot on stereotypes, like the controlling Chinese family thing, and the rebellious daughter, and like the black/latina police force, with just one white guy or 2. All that jazz..

Anyways, hope it's been useful. If u like films like what i've described as superficial, go watch Miami Vice, i'm sure u'll love it! Tootles!