Transformers 2 premier thanks to DHL Express

Why thanks to DHL Express, we managed to catch Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen at GSC Mid Valley in a sort of exclusive i-booked-the-whole-cineplex kinda way. This is something I must say is pretty awesome! Incidentally it coincided with the opening premier of this much anticipated movie.

To tell you the truth, I was excited all morning through to evening about watching it today, before anyone else. I have been anticipating the movie since its trailer started screening a couple of months back and the funny thing was it was heavily advertised by Energizer which gave out discount coupons for battery purchases. The surprising thing was, my girlfriend was even more excited about the whole thing! (And I thought I was a great big Transformers fan…) I reckon that made 2 of us.

DHL Express rented out 2-3 cineplexes for their clients I reckon as a thank you for your business gesture. Somebody’s somebody couldn’t make it at the last minute and here we were with 2 free tix for the movie.

However, getting to mid valley itself was almost a high drama plot. Lydia called me at about 5pm and told me bout the free tickets so I said I’d fetch her at 6:30 from work around Times Square and we’d drive to Mid Valley to get the tickets before 7:45 from one of the Managers at DHL at GSC.

At 6pm it started to rain cats and dogs. On a clear day I could see the entire KL skyline from my apartment window right over to the mont kiara hills and slightly beyond. North I get a good view of Genting Highlands right up to the red ‘GH’ logo on top of the hotel. At 6, I couldn’t even see the government clinic located right below my block! In fact, I couldn’t even see 2cm beyond my window. That was how bad the storm was. I notice we seem to get a lot of that these days. Is this wat they call mother nature’s fury for screwing up her beautiful planet?

I drove out from my apartment to horrible traffic jams everywhere, caused by flash floods (everywhere!) The road which usually never retains any water looked like lake Toba! The storm drain which is normally below normal levels were bursting at its seems and if it rained another few hours I reckon it was going to spill over. It was going at a rate that would damage the cops speed cam. That was how bad it was. Not to mention all the stalled vehicles on the roadside unable to start their engines cos their exhaust intake had too much to drink.

Anyways, after all the drama, we managed to reach Mid Valley in time to grab the tickets only to be told at 7:30 that the movie starts at 9:30. Try to beat that! Thank god the tix were free.

The movie was great! I’m not gonna give away any details here that’s for sure. Go catch it yourself! One thing I can say is, it was freaking 2.5 hours! We had a big bag of popcorn, big cup of coke, baloney breath sweaty corporate executive next to me who laughs out loud everytime the transformers move their bodyparts and ensures the whole Cineplex knows he is amused, fidgety senior citizen who yawns out loud next to Lydia. The rest of the experience was pretty normal. It ended at 12:10am!!!

One thing I wanna comment bout the movie was, there were too much foul language from the bots. Are you sure this is a U rated movie? If I had kids, I wouldn’t bring them to watch, dude! What’s up with that Mr. Bay? As if we don’t have enough foul mouth kids running around swearing at anything that walks. The movie reminded me a lot of Nicky Cage’s National Treasure 2. Watch it, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Another thing about the movie was, the fighting scenes are really fast! Too fast for my Pentium 1 brain to process. I reckon if I were watching a pirated copy, my notebook might just fry trying to accelerate the graphics from the fighting scenes. No wonder Mr. Senior citizen next to Lydia was so fidgety. He’s probably still trying to figure out why he found himself in GSC in the first place. Maybe Mrs. Senior Citizen dragged him there. She fell asleep 2 seconds after the movie started and didn’t wake up till the end. It must have been the noisiest 2.5 hour sleep she ever experienced in her life. Not to mention her husband yawning out loud every 25 seconds. I should have reached over and offered him some popcorn!

Well, that concludes my little movie adventure for today. I’m not much of a movie buff, the last movie we caught at the plex was Vin Diesel’s FnF4 but experiences like this really gives us stuff to talk about in the days to come. Great movie, great storyline, great action, a 7/10 from my scoreboard. I’m definitely gonna watch it again.