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Watched the highly publicized Thai horror film - The Coffin yesterday night at KLCC. The story line was good but some how it was kinda boring for me. There were a few surprises but nothing beat the acclaimed Shutter.

In my own plain words, the movie was pretty boring - you may want to give it a miss and I regret paying RM11.00 to watch this 1 and the half hour movie. BUT but… if you want some cheap thrill and get your lady to hold you tight then ok la.. if she is a tough lady, then better save the money and wait for the dvd.

Ok this staying in the coffin thingy - it is a true ritual referred to in Thailand as “non loeng sadorcro”, which literally means “lie in a coffin, get rid of bad luck”, this controversial ritual has been around for decades but has become increasingly popular in the last few years.

It involves participants lying in coffins while of monks perform death rites on them as if they are already dead. This is then followed by a chant of new life. Shot below is from a real ritual:

Many participants had said they felt as if they were reborn after the ritual - with all their bad karma buried behind them. Some claimed that the ritual helped fool the spirits that they’re already dead so they could start their new lives afresh like newborns.

There are also others who reported that they’ve met with the spirits of their dead loved ones while lying in the coffins.

Or is it just a bad omen to lie in a coffin as a living?

This “death rite for the living” is not without its detractors. Some brand it as an occult practice while many feel it’s bad omen to lie in coffins when they’re still alive.

Some went as far as saying that this ritual is nothing but a case of commercialism entering the sacred religious domain.

The critics, however, have not stopped more and more Thai people to voluntarily go through this death ritual for the living.

In Thailand, one may request for the ritual to be performed on him or her at a number of temples across the country. A few temples publicize and conduct mass “non loeng sadorcro” on a regular basis.

Usually no fee is charged, but participants normally give donations to the temples in return for having the ritual performed on them.

It’s speculated that the ritual in its current form is an evolved version of what started out as a simple act of donating coffins to the poor and those who died without relatives.

The storyline is great. To do a film that is unknown to the world other than thailand is great but the movie made it very confusing that frankly we didn’t get the ending or what was it trying to say. Basically - the gist of the story is there is no way of cheating death.

I watched this movie last night - downloaded it through BitComet and here is what the movie is about :

“Young People Fucking is a scathingly honest and hilarious portrayal of four couples, one threesome and a crazy night of sex.The Couple, Abby (KRISTIN BOOTH) and Andrew (JOSH DEAN), try to spice up their stale love life, only to discover that things are worse than they thought.Matt (AARON ABRAMS) and Kris (CARLY POPE) are The Friends, lifelong buddies, one lovesick and the other sick of love. Their plan to sleep together goes off the rails when romance rears its ugly head.The Exes, Mia (SONJA BENNETT) and Eric (JOSH COOKE), hook up again for old time’s sake, while trying to hide the feelings they still have for one another.

In The First Date, world-class playboy Ken (CALLUM BLUE) comes clean about his history to his naive young date Jamie (DIORA BAIRD), learning some of her secrets in the process.

The Roommates, Dave (PETER OLDRING) and Gord (ENNIS ESMER) are normally at each other’s throats, but set aside their differences for a threesome with Gord’s girlfriend Inez (NATALIE LISINSKA).

In each case, the couples (and trio) discovers that sex isn’t always simple.

“Young People Fucking” premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival to sold out houses and national praise. Since then, it has played the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Festival du Nouveau Cinema and was honored as one of Canada’s Top Ten, a festival for the ten best canadian films of the year. “Young People Fucking” will be distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures while TH!NKFilm will distribute in the United States. “

My comments are the movie is stories about a couple, ex-es, room mates, friends and colleagues f*!@ing each other and there is a story to their experiences. A lot of boobs showing but nothing too sizzling about the movie - kinda funny and a gist of reality as well though we dont get a lot of these kind of things here in Malaysia (not that I know of) but it could happen. An entertaining movie though. AND no its not a XXX porno but it would be banned here in Malaysia - and I have to make this comment - CARLY POPE is hot!