Premier Show of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"

Yours trully and Mike; we're from the same pirate ship!

Mr. Ambrose Nathan, Country Manager of G4S.

Julia and Alizah, my ex-colleagues.

Last night, I attended the Premier Show of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", the fourth installment of the "Pirates" franchise at the Empire Cinema. This was a "corporate event" organized by G4S, "the world's leading international security solutions group". This was the second time I attended G4S' "premier show", the first was on 27th May 2010 and the movie was "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (it's good to keep a blog as you can retrieve information at a click of a mouse!). I went with a colleague, Mike and met two of my ex-colleagues, Julia and Alizah there as well. We were all dressed up as "pirates" by staff of G4S and treated to some snacks and refreshments before the start of the show. I enjoyed the show, especially the special effects and occasional humour but somehow I missed the earlier characters played by Orlando Bloom (Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Swann)!

G4S & S3's Corporate Event - Premier Show of "Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time"

Which poster do you prefer? This one?

Or this one?
 

G4S Security Services S/B (G4S) and Sphere Secure Services S/B (S3) last night invited its corporate clients to a premier show of the movie "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" at the Empire Cinema. The management and staff were all dressed up in "Prince of Persia" theme (even Mr. Ambrose and Mr. Wan were all dressed up!). Before the show, the guests were treated to some snacks and refreshments but I'm not there for the refreshments as I was actually planning to watch this movie this coming Sunday (though it's good to watch the movie with a full stomach!). I like movies with a "mythological" theme and this one is also action-packed and the special effects were fantastic. And did you know that this movie is actually based on a video game by the same name? Thank you, G4S and S3 for the invite; I enjoyed the movie very much!

Robin Hood 2010

Just watched "Robin Hood" at the Mall Cineplex with Richie (my colleague) and I was taken by surprise by a very different perspective of "Robin Hood" as portrayed in this movie. I was expecting a normal "Robin Hood" character "robbing the rich and helping the poor" kind of storyline and this film showed me a totally different side of "Robin Hood" which I was not aware of. This is a story of "Robin Hood" before he became an outlaw and "banished" into Sherwood Forest. Starring Russell Crowe as Robin Longstride (alias Robin Hood) and Cate Blanchett as Lady Marion Loxley, this film was shot entirely in England and Wales and the sceneries (especially of Nottingham, shot at Ashridge Estate) were breathtaking. I will not go into details of the movie (watch it yourself!) but I would say it's very entertaining if you have 2 hours and 20 minutes of your time to kill!