The 'illogical' spiderman

The Amazing Spider-man: Official Website

First about the cast, I agree that the main character is more good-looking, look smarter, more charming, better body shape and height. But for the story itself, there are too many illogical scenes in the movie, which some of them too obvious that I really can't just ignore.

You may be curious why Hulk could get back into his pants even though he became twice or even 3 times bigger than his original size when he transformed and after he became normal. And now you may want to question why the "Lizard"-man always with his coat on when he's back to human, but just naked when he's Lizard.

Other questions might be: when spiderman could hide his mobile phone in his tight spiderman suit; How come he could always find his school bag while sometimes I just thought that it's lost somewhere during the fight; How Peter could make his own spiderman suit as it never said that he could sew, and obviously that suit was not can just be made by needles and threads easily, the material also is a problem; After Peter got bitten, by right the spiderweb should be come out from his hand (it's what stated in the previous version also), but how come it seems that it's from the device that he made now? And also the mysterious lab, a place should be in high security, how come can just let a little college guy entered using other people's pass, and easily entered into a secret lab like this? It doesn't look like they have security system at all......

OK, forget about the fact error and the logic part of the movie. From the story itself, the part I like is about Peter's guardian Uncle Ben and his wife. And I feel more sad when I saw Uncle Ben got killed, Peter could have just saved his life if he wasn't that arrogant.

Actually I didn't get what I expected throughout the movie as well. Such as more story about Peter's parent's death, what is actually happened to them. Also how Dr. Connor lost his right arm? What is actually hidden in Peter's father's research? ...........

This new Spiderman, I can say that quite disappointed, other than the main character, action and effect, there's nothing much I would prefer than the previous one.

The Avengers: Gathering of heroes

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I've seen some comments from my friends that this movie is not really that good. However, after I watched the movie, I really enjoyed it and think that it's really great. See, if you want to watch so many action heroes together in one movie, some of them might be lost in focus, but it's just quite good that everyone have their shares of the scenes. Some might think that Ironman may take the major role, but you see, he's not the first one who appeared, and at the end he also needs to listen to the command from Captain America.

Frankly, I really don't know who is the Black Widow and the archer. For that archer, I even saw he was called "Legolas" in one of the scene, from the subtitle. And from his action, it reminds me of the cute archer in "Lord of the Rings", his name also Legolas. Of course I agree that archers are smart, but it's hard to be a single hero, because their arrows are limited, and the problem is, they can't be reused.

When you think that if all the heroes are working together to save the world, not a single alien could attack the earth. But, that's just the problem: they can't work together. Every hero has their own character, own style and own skill, how are they able to cooperate and work together? So it's what happen to this movie, they had conflict and fought with each other, at the first battle, they were separated and lost.

At the end of the movie, it seems that the Captain America has taken the commander role, but still all of them have used their own power to fight back the aliens. It sounds so "cartoon" and funny but it's how it goes.

Good thing about this movie is, we can still see some funny scenes from it, audiences laughed at certain scenes, and it really helped to make this movie more interesting.

I would rate this movie a 4 star out of 5. I can see that they are going to make the episode 2 of this movie, but their enemy is already an alien this time, so what would be the next? another species of alien? I'll see that.

Movies I watched in 2010

Hmm... I'm not really sure if I could remember all the movies I watched in 2010. Anyhow, there are some of them I have picked to be the best movies I have watched. Most of the reviews can be found in my label: movie.

First of all, is the Inception. My words are just not enough to describe my feelings after watching this movie. What I can say is that, it's the most impressive movie I have watched in 2010. The dream, the fantasy, the imagination, the reality, the fake world...... sometimes you may be lost in your dream too, you'll be confused as you won't be able to differentiate it's a dream until the time you wake up. But how many of you can remember your dream when you are awake? This movie is too 'real' until it touches my heart.

I still remember when Ip Man was first released in 2008, many people who don't know Chinese thought that it might be another superhero called "I.P. Man", then only they know it's actually the transliteration of a guy's name in Cantonese. Anyhow he's also a hero to many Chinese in his time, he's the master of the legendary kungfu star, Bruce Lee. Now the second episode -- Ip Man 2 is telling the story of his life after he moved to Hong Kong. It's the top of the Chinese blockbuster in 2010.

What so special about "Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time" is the main male character was playing in Brokeback Mountain before, although I never really watched that movie. The story itself is not so special, but I always like those movies telling ancient stories.

I didn't write a review about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, not in English, not in this blog. Anyhow this one of my favourite movie in 2010. Although the story itself is not really suitable for children anymore. Like I said, I always like those stories out of reality. Although I don't think this is the best in HP series. (Review in Chinese)

The A-Team. Nothing special. It just remember me of one of the very popular TV series in my childhood time. I still remember the theme music, that's all.

Despicable Me is surprising me as I always be the Disney's fan. For me, I would think that only Disney's animated films are suitable for children. But this one, really amused me. I watched it with my friends, and I just heard they're laughing all along.

Nicolas Cage another non-impressive movie, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I like the actor, I like his movies like Face Off, Con Air, etc. But recently, his movies are not really impressive to me, I don't know why. Anyhow, this movie...... I can't say it's bad though.

I had dreamt to be a dancer when I was young, but I think my rhythm sensation is not really that good, that's why I wasn't chosen for the school performance in my standard 1 :P. But I really like to see people dancing. So I like Step Up 3D. The most memorable scene is when they were dancing on the water, and also the dance in the last scene.

Resident Evil: Afterlife is the second movie I watched for the series. I still remember how gorgeous it was when I first saw Milla Jovovich in the first episode. I can say... she's still pretty but I can see sign of aging on her lovely face.

Other movies I have watched:
- Toy Story 3
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

The others, I have missed it.

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife - Official Movie Site

Milla Jovovich is back~~! With the latest Resident Evil movie.

Basically, I like Milla. She is the pretty action lady, like Lara Croft, you will be astonished by her beauty, style and action. Anyhow, unfortunately she cannot fight with the time. She can fight with any undead, but cannot fight with the sign of aging appears on her pretty face. Yet, she still looks gorgeous.

Actually I wonder why Umbrella Corp still got so many "employees" even after so many were dead? And how come they are not fighting with the undead instead of fighting with the human (Alice)? But I think these are not the questions that I should ask, it's just a story from a famous game.

By the way, there is one thought came across my mind when I saw those undead: I think they can dance "Thriller".... hahahaha!

Step Up 3D

Step Up 3D

I like to watch street dance and hip-hop. Actually I had joined the dancing class for a very short while at my standard one. But then the teacher believed that I don't have the talent, then didn't choose me to perform on stage. After that, I never really learned dancing.

Anyhow, I still like to see people dancing. I like the beat, I like the move, I like the music.

For this movie, I think some of the choreography has been more to a kungfu action. I thought dance is supposed to move with the rhythms... but still I like this movie. Although it doesn't make me want to dance together with them.

The greatest dancer I would say in the world is still Michael Jackson. Many people may dance better than him in terms of technical skills, but when MJ dances, he got soul. That's what make him popular, make him look like a star.

"Some people learn to dance. Others are born to."
I totally agree with that.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

I like Nicolas Cage, but recently his movies are not really that good, at least not really attracted the audiences. This movie, talks about magic. By right it's supposed to be very hot topic, and many people will like it. I can't say it's good or bad, but it just seems like something is missing. The story itself is not really new and attractive, the second male character is not really a good-looking guy that will pull in many female audiences, the visual effect..... I can say there are many other movies better than this.

Still, I like Nicolas Cage. I don't hate this movie, but it's definitely not the best.

Inception

Inception Official Website



I don't really know exactly what is the theory, technology and concept what does it mean in this movie, the only thing I can feel after watching this, is that this is quite scary... the scariest part is not about accessing people's dream, is at the end of day, the extractor himself will forget which is dream which is reality. Then it'll be like Mal, Cobb's wife, get herself lost in the dream world and never come back to the reality.

I have dreams almost everyday, but most of them I forgot after I woke up, not even a single scene. Even though it was so clear while I was in it, and I could even remember the touch, the feel, the smell inside my dream. It's like I have been going to another world with a real experience. Sometimes I realized that it was a dream, but most of the time I wasn't.

If you can access to people's dream, who would you wish to access and what would you do? It's full of excitement and imagination, isn't it?

Despicable Me

Despicable Me

Frankly speaking, I usually prefer Disney movies more than the others, as I thought, they might be entertaining but some of them are not really suitable for children.

For this one, I can't deny that it's totally hilarious! From the moment I sat down for the movie, I couldn't stop laughing until the end! There are many scenes will burst the whole theatre burst into laughter. No matter it's Mr. Gru, Dr. Nefario, Gru's mum, Mr. Perkins, Vector, Miss Hattie, the 3 little girls, or even the small small little 'cousins' (the minions).... they are all very funny characters, all these characters could make us laugh.

I like the little minions, the bedtime story, the funny Miss Hattie, and even the shark and the "dog" in Gru's house. After the movie, all I can remember is the non-stop laughters. I can say this is a very great animated movie in this year. The Toy Story? Eh... still touching, but not as funny as this.

This movie, is just funny, crazily funny!

The A-Team

The A-Team Official Website

Another famous drama is brought to the cinema again. I used to watch The A-Team series when I was young, but usually I didn't really understand the story. The most impressive person is the B.A. starring by Mr.T, because of his look in the series.

This movie, overall is not bad, worth to watch. It's just a little bit too much of action and unrealistic scenes, those guys are like really having superpower, can do anything, go anywhere, nobody can stop them, even CIA or military. But this is what action movies are like, they just want to show you the action, effect and excitement. If you like action movies, this will sure be one of your favourites.

Prince of Persia

Just watched the movie "Prince of Persia" today. I didn't know that it was originally created from a video game. The story itself is not really that impressive, but if you like the ancient middle east culture, you may love this movie. You will find action, romance (although not much), plots...... in this movie.

I don't know how to describe the movie, but overall, it's nice. As long as you don't set too high expectation on the storyline (and actually it's not that bad), you can enjoy the movie very much.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in Wikipedia

Prince of Persia Official Website

Avatar 3D

This is the second time I watched this movie, this time, it's in 3D. Frankly speaking, this is not as excited as I expected. The extra RM5 surcharge, doesn't really worth watching, but worth trying.

Although it's no more excitement, the second-time experience is still good. This is a great movie, no doubt about that. Some of the scenes and pictures are still flashing through my head even though the movie has ended for so long.

Today, is also the gathering with 2 of my ex-colleagues. We worked together in the school before. It's quite rare for me to still keep contact and meet up with my ex-colleagues, they are one of them... for more specifically, only she.

I try to keep my working thing away from my head in these 2 days, but tomorrow, I have to get back to my 'battlefield', to continue facing those unknown challege ahead of me. The worst thing is, I don't know what will happen, especially when most of them are leaving. How this team is going to be, how the people here is going to be, I really have no idea. Anyhow, as it's unpredictable future, since I have decided to stay, I have to accept everything in front of me and overcome it.

G-Force, a good movie for child

To be frank, this is not a movie for adult. But no doubt, it's cute, really cute. Despite the poor story line, actually this is quite a nice movie. Talking animals, special effects, special agent, plot to destroy the world (or human beings), science+technology, cute characters...... what else do you expect?

I never thought that a mole will plan to destroy the human, actually when I knew the 'truth', it's quite funny to me too. Anyhow, they really surprised me that, the mole actually use the Chinese word for "mole" -- 鼹鼠（yǎn shǔ）as his anonym, although for me, it implicitly insulted the Chinese in certain aspect.

The other surprise is, we can listen to lots of current English hits like Lady Gaga's Just Dance, Black Eyed Peas's Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling, etc. It's really nice to hear the songs playing in the movie.

Generally, this is the movie that will definitely entertain the children or audience at young age but not the adults like me. This is a movie that will not make you think, actually, you don't need to think.

Anyhow, I still think that these guinea pigs are cute~~ hehe

Finally... transformed...

Finally, I could watch the whole "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", in the same cinema. This time, I went with my parents and brother.

Many critics and viewers gave negative comments about this movie, some said it's too commercial, some said it's far beyond the logic and reality, some said the story line is weak, some said too many characters, etc. But who cares? It's the blockbuster and it dominates all the charts around the world.

Optimus Prime + Bumblebee + Sam + Mikaela + Michael Bay + a lot of transformable robots are still the best combination and success story for the movie world.

Blackout @ GSC Pavilion KL

It was around 4:15pm, when we were in the cinema, watching "Transformers II". Only 30 mins of the show, suddenly it was a blackout, the show is gone, the emergency lights were on. Everybody was so shocked, none of us knew what's happening. I even thought that it was some kind of "special effects" from the cinema, we could even expect to see 'Optimus Prime' or 'Megatron' appears from the back......

But 15 mins after the incident, we realized that it's definitely something went wrong. Somebody went out to check, and when they came back, they told us that many people were heading to the exit, the electricity went off, the show was stopped. And it was already 30 mins over.

No shows today, just about I think 1/3 of the 'Transformer 2' I've seen. They promised to give us a refund or change to another time, but just like the lady said, "It's not the matter of money."

My brother and I, went to the first counter, queue up for another 15~20 mins to get our voucher back (we used the complimentary pass). The electricity resumed at around 5:00pm, but our shows have cut. No more Transformers. They stopped selling tickets, but the shows after 5pm were still on.

GSC claimed that it was the electricity problem from Pavilion itself. However, they still promise on our ticket refund and bear the lost and our blame...

We end up returned home with 1/3 of Transformers II. What a DAY! T_T


The electricity went off, everybody went down to the entrance again, it's an uproar from the people. The staffs were trying to cool down the people, and made an announcement.


My tickets before the refund. Gosh! I can't believe it I just watched 1/3 of it! It's the first time I encounter this.


Electricity resumed at around 5:00pm, but our show was confirmed cancelled. Too bad!

Star Trek

Nowadays when my parents and I want to watch movie or go out together, my sis gotta take a day leave, because Sunday is also her working day now. And last Sunday also, she brought back "Ah Boy" so we could go out.

"Star Trek" used to be a classical drama series in the 80's, when I was still young. But frankly I can't really remember the story, even the characters. The only thing I remember, is the pointed ears guy (my brother said he's 'alien') and the beaming machine -- people can just move anywhere by a beam. It's COOL~~

I wasn't having high expectation before I stepped into the cinema, but after that, thing changed. This movie really changed the impression of "Star Trek" in my mind. We used to compare it with "Star Wars", another 'star' movie, and Star Trek always not everybody's favourite.

But this time, it's different. I like the story, I like the characters, I like the comedy in the movie......there are many funny dialogues in the movie which I didn't expect. At least, it doesn't disappoint me, I did enjoy it and like it.

Knowing

It's another "end of the world" movie. The difference is, there is no "HERO" will come out to save the world. It's merely no survivor -- except Celab and Abby, which most of the audiences believe that they are Adam & Eve in the movie.

There are 2 scenes of disasters that really made a great shock to the audiences -- plane crash at the freeway and Manhattan subway train derailment. They are so real that until I really held my breath and sweated at my palms. These things actually could be or DID happened in our real life (except it might not be so scary or hugh damage), when they were brought to the screen, it could be so real.

What will you do when it comes to the end of the world? If you had chance to escape with the 'aliens', will you do so?

Not all the audiences like the movie, some said there are too many flaws in the movie, and some scenes are quite illogical. Anyhow, I think that although this might not be the greatest movie in this year, it worth watching for sure.

What "Man" is that this time?

It's quite funny when first saw the English title for this movie -- "IP MAN". Some of the people commented that, they thought it's another hero again, some sort like spiderman, batman, superman or what.....

Ip Man is a man, no doubt about it. But the "Man" here, is not English, "Ip Man" actually is the Chinese name of the main character himself.

This movie can say is a black horse, because it's not a new topic, many other movies had already used Chinese hero as main character and described how they fought with the invadors (Japanese and british most of all) during the World War.

However, this movie somehow has received great positive response from the audience and it has become the blockbuster. Maybe you will see a difference when you watch it.

A Walk to Remember

My friend has recommended this to me for long, and I just had a chance to watch it today.

After spending for almost 2 hours to watch the whole story, I finally knew why she loves it so much. It's all about love, it's all about faith, and believes.

The story itself is touching, and some quotes that I really similiar with. Besides the religious background it has behind the story, it's truely a great movie for its simplicity and true love.

It's a story, about a boy and a girl, who lived in different world, got along with different people, had a different background, but because of love, they got to be together, and brought good things to each others, along with sweet memories and, faith.

I like this movie, and thanks for my best friend, to introduce it to me.

A Walk to Remember official website

The Dark Knight vs Joker

This definitely can be rated as the best movie this year, although it's still not yet year end. However, this is also the "darkest" movie that I've ever seen.

You will never know, who will be the next victim, people can be killed in any second, as long as there is Joker around. The judge, the polices, even the Batman himself, although he's in the dark, but the Joker was hidden behind him, he'd never find out where he is, what he want to do, and don't mention how to catch him. This is the first time, the superhero himself found so helpless in front of the enemy.

The "Batman Begins" let the people saw the new Batman, but this time, the Joker has dragged all the attention. Yes, the late Heath Ledger has made himself a star on this movie, more shinier than all others, even the main character himself. After his representative movie "Brokeback Mountain", he has made another breakthrough for himself.

We had lost such a great actor after Heath left, however, for himself, he has been in the 2 great movies, there is nothing to regret in his short life.

However, although the Joker has become the main attraction, Batman is still playing a very important role in this movie. As what Joker has said, "You complete me." They have to be together to make things work. Just like this time, Batman and Joker, has pushed this movie to the top of the movie chart and become a history and legend for Batman, and the movie world itself.

RIP, Heath.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

I watched this movie by chance. Actually it's just because our complimentary passes were going to be expired, then among all the available options, I chose this.

Of course my parents wouldn't agree with my selection, as they found that they couldn't understand the story, what they saw was just a bunch of freaks and monsters wandering and fighting around the city. :D

For me, these 'monsterous creatures' somehow had made me feel a bit uncomfortable with their freaky outlook. However, in terms of the story, it still quite interesing, although it's not in the top 10 ranking for my favourites.

For me, the most impressive scene, is when the Hellboy fought with the Forest God in the city. Although it's released by Prince Nuada, but this giant creature seems not an evil, especially after he was killed by Hellboy, plants grew on its body, the scene was just so fascinating.

Another scene that I like, is Hellboy and Abe drank in Abe's room. I like it when they sang the song "Can't smile without you". After the movie, the only thing I can remember is to find this song from the web. Listen to it, you may like it too.