Fast and Furious
6
Fast
6 is breathlessly exhilarating. It just keeps getting faster and more
furious. The action sequences are probably the best of all its franchise
and the car racing drifting stunts are always and as usual
Awesome-tacular. "Ride or Die!"; -_-x(Can't wait to see Fast 7, based on
the post credits ...)
Epic
"Many
leaves, 1 tree!" - The Leafmen inspiring motto; -_-x ("Epic" is really
pretty epic, I just love it! The battle over life and death, light and
dark, forest and swamps, birds and bats, in the end it is always Good
over evil! A balance keep in check.)
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Man
of Steel
Man
of Steel! What else can I say? It simply blew me away! Non-stop action
and fighting scenes to make my adrenaline flow throughout the movie! And
enough emotions for me to feel for all the characters. Lol. It is as if
the amenities and buildings are free as they are all smashed and meshed
by all the fight-fights ... -_-x (I was like Superman should have lured
General Zod away into more secluded place to abate collateral damage
... just like in all Justice League and Supernan cartoons ... Nvm. It is
still awesome-tacular and I still love the Forever Superman!!! Zack and
Nolan combo is gooddd ... Looking forward to the sequels with Lex
Luthor and the crossover Justice League. Oh Yeah!)
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World
War Z
World
War Z! An intensifying show that successfully blend the different
themes and genre of Family Love, Suspense, Horror, Zombie flicks,
Doomsday scenario, Mystery, Detective, Action, Science, Military and
GOVERNMENTAL POLITICS into a nice cauldron of cocktails soup. I was
grappling with excitement in my seat throughout the show. Even the way
to save the world from the pandemic is so creative! -_-x(No spoilers!
But the show is Awesome anyway !!!!!! And I really love it!)
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Despicable
Me 2
Despicable
Me Too! A ridiculously lame but quite funny show (Because of the
Minions)! Not as exploratory as the first one though. The Minions are
the limelights of the film! I still love the show! Minions Rock! Minions
Awe! Minions! Minions! Min ... -_-x
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Pacific Rim
Pacific
Rim - Awesome and spectacular! A creative and logical way of putting
the genre of Godzilla, Gundam X and Independence Day, grounded in our
reality of science fiction of mechanical engineering and geography of
the portal wormhole. The visual and sound effects are amazing! I can
actually feel the vibration at my legs throughout the show. I was at my
seat throughout the show with all the action packs, and cheer when a
Kaiju(the monster) is being kicked in the ass, and feel when all the
characters' motivations are mellifluously revealed. The character
development is intricate, uniquely with Mako, the Japanese heroine. -_-x
(5 stars out of 5!)
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Tales
from the dark part 1
"Tales
from the dark part 1" the Hong Kong supposedly horror movie is CRAP. It
is literally one of the worst horror movie I have watched ever. The
only thing that scared me is the sudden increased volume of music. I was
laughing and shaking my head throughout the 3 short plots movie as the
whole incoherent and illogical stories unfold. There was some good
acting in the 2nd plot by 梁家辉, but it did not save the movie.
Manyatimes, I just want to leave the cinema room. It makes me distrust
Hong Kong movie standard of horror shows even more. Do not watch this
movie unless you want to spoil your day or feel like wasting your time
or money ... -_-x(Sucky show=Sucky day!)
The
Wolverine
The
Wolverine - Lesser action pack and superpower featured but more
exploratory with personalised themes, like internal turmoil and
depression, than the past X-men films with many references to the
franchises especially with regards to Jean Grey the phoenix. Still a
good portrayal of one of my favourite superhero of all time. Do not miss
the post credit. -_-x (Awaiting X-men - The Days of Future Past ... And
it seems coincidental there are many Japanese cultures and Japan
melting pot romances in recent blockbuster movies. Think of Pacific Rim
and Fast 6 ...)
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The
Conjuring
The
Conjuring - It is good, really really good. It has been a long time
since I am scared like a kid, my hands sweating, goosebumps emanating,
heart palpitating, blood pressures rising, eyes forced opening. I truly
enjoy the suspense, the thrill, the horror, the "science" of demonology,
the life and techs of paranormal investigators and the Religion,
notably the specific redtape of the Catholic and Vatican. Totally true
or not, I do respect the Warrens for their great heart in helping others
in a "different" way and their willingness to share their knowledge,
video and audio footage, skepticism or not. -_-x
Kick Ass 2
Kick
Ass 2 - A M18 superhero-realism show in fiction that questions what
happen if the superheroes are real in our real world's context without
the superpower of Superman or the money like Batman, and people start to
become vigilantes and take the law into their own hands with anonymity.
The result - a very violent show that features teenagers beating up
each other and causing blood shed, but yet surprisingly
lesser profanity. [In fact, the profanities are reduced and reprimanded
throughout the show!] Compared to Kick Ass 1 the movie and Mark
Millar's awesome original comic source materials. the adaptation is a
way bit more flat, character development rushed and the sense of humour
reduced, even with the same formula done such as the comic fonts
throughout the movie. The girls in the show, for both superheroes
(Hit-Girl) and super-villains [Mother Russia] side are the most
powerful, this does have some literature meaning behind the very context
... Even with a tone that does not shout out Awesome-tecularness, I
still support the show as much as I support Mark Millar. -_-x (I kindda
miss the Big Daddy, Hit-Girl's biological father!)
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The
Internship
"The
Internship": The feel-good comedy that helps Google advertise freely
for 2 hours. I do like it as it keeps me laughing at the humour and
keeps me smiling throughout and hereafter (even now). There are cliche
high school themes and the various stereotypes. BUT the lesson about
getting out of the comfort zone and always chasing the dream no matter
the age is never too old. I am very impressed with the end credits, a
very creative and googliness one. Watch out for all the Google legends
cameos! -_-x (Oh yeah! Geeks forever! Geeks rule!)
Percy
Jackson, Sea of Monsters
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Percy
Jackson, Sea of Monsters: An adaptation of one of my favourite Greek
mythology fictional series of all time, and finally gets to be as
faithful as possible to the original novel by the masterful myth
story-teller, Rick Riordan (As compared to the first film, The Lightning
Thief). Quite simply, there are not many wow elements and the special
effects are not the best. I do have fun riding with
the film though. To describe, the whole series is a Harry Potter genre
without the Victorian theme but Greek heroics with modernity, magics and
gods. But who cares, I still like the show! -_-x(The novel is still
better than the film. Gotta watch out for the Heroes of Olympus series,
the sequel series to Percy Jackson! Oh yeah! Excited over the coming
book, House of Hades ...)
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Planes
"Planes"
- From above the world of "Cars" ... What happens to an animation flick
when a supposedly Pixar concept is not produced by Pixar itself but by
the mother company Disney Toons? You get a sub-standard film with lesser
good quality, the lack of old Pixar spirit in the show. To be fair,
"Planes" by itself is good artistically, with spectacular and
breathtaking scenery and do have the certain amount
of right planes racing. However, the emotional aspects is not that deep
with cliche plot about dreams and success. With such high standard in
so many Pixar films, "Planes" cannot match the expectation. It simply
just lack that good quality mojo that Steve Jobs keeps expounding about,
and the way John Lasseter embodies. I was near to sleeping at the first
half of the show, but it took off and was saved by the wonderful
graphics and some uplifting of the plots at the second half. Literally,
kind of like when a plane is taking off, Lol. -_-x (Ego tali veritati!
Fly for truth! My favourite quote in the show!)
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Rush
Rush
- A show that depicts the life, friendship and rivalry of 2 Formula One
legends of 1970s, the flamboyant British James Hunt and the cool and
calculative Austrian Niki Lauda. Not to be a chauvinist, this show is
obviously meant for guys that depicts: The aggressiveness, The darings,
The ego, The car descriptions, The car technicals, The car know-hows ...
and ... The "Speed Macho-ness" of racing
and winning. A show so fulfilling in F1 car racing that we do not
really care about the pretty ladies models in the film. A racing so
awesome that you are more impressed with the 70s spirit of racing than
trying to recall what transpired in the recent nights of Singapore Grand
Prix F1. -_-x (Awesome-tacular show! The direction, audio and visual
effect is so "real" and "impressive" that I can almost feel the "wind"
in my face, the "voom engine" in my ear and the "view" I have while
racing. Rating: ★★★★★. Do not miss the show though it is M18! Through
the movie, girls can also get some idea of why most of their guys, deep
in their heart, can be so obsessed with choosing and talking about their
other love, the Caring Awesome Racing.)
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Gravity
Gravity
- The best and the most realistic space science-fi movie thriller of
all time. The story of how a mission specialist female astronaut with a
guy's name survive when stranded in space. A show that (politically)
features Russia as irresponsible, China as a side ally and America as
the hero(ine). Although the settings are just 2 space stations, space
debris, 600 km above Earth and 2 Hollywood
stars, the show is intense and full of emotional energy and bring tears
to eyes. Plus the visual, audio and most of the Physics is
realistically put onto screen with stunning effects. Great direction!
Superb acting! Awesome-tecular! -_-x (Sandra Bullock is great in the
show and George Clooney as always is that charming and cool!)
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Thor:
The Dark World
Thor:
The Dark World - [No spoilers!] A continuation from Marvel Thor and the
awesome Avengers franchises, as always, embodies the cliche of the war
of opposites: Darkness vs Light, Evil vs Good sort of themes. This time,
it is the dark elves vs the Norse gods with the humans and our hero
Thor but no Avengers and SHIELD. As usual, we know how the story will go
and who will triumph. The show delivers,
the plot for all Marvel Cinematics justified and linked, the Science
and Magic put together. The film is good but just not to that awesome
level ... Watch out for the funny cameos, the surprises from Loki the
supposedly villian, and most importantly, not just the Mid-credit that
will send many non-geeks go like "Huh!". But also, "have to wait for 5
minutes of credit to end" Post-credit. -_-x(Even before the title is
out, we already know it is going to sell well with the association to
Avengers. Seriously, I would have thought I was watching Lord of the
Rings with more modernity and Science if I know nothing about Norse or
Avengers. But who cares, as a fan, clad in my Thor hammer T-Shirt, I
still support the franchises!)
Ender's Game
Ender's
Game: A sci-fi futuristic military thriller that comes from bestseller
books in which the screenwriter and the author is the same. A story of
how an insectoid alien race "Formics" colony attacked Earth and caused
much destructions but eventually were defeated by a legendary fighter
jet pilot. From then to 50 years later, Earth starts to utilise its
resources and set up military training to
prepare future attacks from Formics. This show is emotionally
compelling. Even though it is sci-fi and military, the Mumbo-Jumbo is
minimised. Rather the whole focus is on Ender Wiggins, a tender young
lad, genius and a brilliant battle strategist as he struggles to throw
away the innocence he should have, constantly face bullies, enter boot
camps, being given impossible tasks, games and "simulations" to pass,
balance himself between violence and compassion and to answer his call
to duty, stress, mission and huge huge responsibility. I like the
build-up to the suspense and the growth and development of Ender as I
feel emotionally connected with him. In fact, there is a revelation of
the shocking truth about the "games", the commander (wonderfully
portrayed by Harrison Ford) and Ben Kingsley's character at the end ...
... -_-x(Ender's Game has allowed me to view science fiction and
military movies genre in a different light much ... in an emotional way
... Well-done!)
The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire - One of the good-enough sequel of the
movie franchise based on successful trilogy novels that "totally" did
not rip off from Battle Royale. In a fictitious dystopian future, where
the rich dress like punch-magnet Sissy and Lady Gaga, and the poor and
oppressed dress like our current usual self. The same old cliche of the
gladiatorial themes of a foreshadowing of a revolution
in overthrowing a tyrannic and totalitarian dynasty and probably a love
story or triangle. This time no Roman but with many not-so-random terms
like the Capitol (versus) the Districts in a world/continent called
Panem, and the games which this sequel called "third quarter quell" that
did not justify anything with regards to the "hunger" title and
seriously, most of the oppressed in the districts look well-fed enough.
And to fit the title, main character Katniss who will never die did
"catch CGI fire" quite a few times. -_-x (Anyway, this show is still a
good adaptation even though they leave parts of the plots out. In my
opinion, I still recommend the novel which is even better at least in
terms of the thought-process and even the emotion. The later 1 hour
action-fight-game scenes are okay and the first 1.5 hours is needlessly
lengthy. By the way, like Harry Potter and that horribly boring Twilight
series, as we all know it, for a money-making$$$ franchise, the last
sequel Mockingjay, is going to be unnecessarily broken into 2 parts ...
Hai ... Thankfully I did not watch in the irritating 4DX.)
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The
Hobbit (Part 2): The Desolation of Smaug
The
Hobbit (Part 2): The Desolation of Smaug - A second part to an
unnecessarily long long movie trilogy which comes from ONE 300+ pages
book [Note: Each Lord Of The Ring book actually has 400+ pages which is
already more than ONE Hobbit book and thus it is understandable LOTR is
made into a movie trilogy ... Light-weighted Hobbit = Squeeze more Money
x 3]. To be frank, this film is actually less long-winded
and less sleepy than the first one. More actions, suspenses and tighter
sequences as expected from a talking dragon, the addition of the
fighting of elves archer and even Gandalf, the revelation of the
identity of the Necromancer and the spark of the War with Orcs armies
(and goblins if faithful to the book). There will be many references to
the LOTR including the One Ring and Legolas, still Orlando who looks
strangely less youthful compared to LOTR films and who never appears in
the book but appears in the movie to draw more crowds and attract more
non-geeks specifically girls to watch the film. -_-x (We should really
clear our bowel and bladder before entering a Peter Jackson's film ...
Hai ... no matter ... I am still a fan of the Middle Earth ... No matter
the flaws, I will always love and support the franchises.)
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