Movie Preview: G.I. Joe

Went to watch it for 2 reasons; Stephen Sommers and of course for the action... C'mon, admit it... most of you did have the action figures, it's time to see the live version!

I am a fan for most of Sommer's movie, particularly the Mummy franchise, and he redeemed himself here after the lacklustre of Mummy 3. This movie is fun all the way, albeit the weak plot lines or story depth, what do you expect from a movie based on a cartoon. Yes, it is not Batman, that character is dark in the comic books to begin with. Here it is all action from the word go.

Most of the actors are not so well-known, so it is easy to identify them with their respective characters. Brendan Fraser has a cameo but I think he deserves more screen time.

Yes, I am bias for liking this movie and lashing on Transformers 2. I never did like any of Bruckheimer's movie before, so that's it.

The background story was changed a bit, I never knew that Cobra Commander has some kind of relation with one of the Joe's , I think they just want to create more conflict into the story, and it kinda works. Anyway, see it for yourself and have fun.

Ooh, I just added Sienna Miller in my favourite actor list heh heh

Playing with lights...

Some photos taken some times ago of these beautiful lanterns

FAREWELL TO THE KING - MICHAEL JACKSON

A sad day indeed.

Forget all the controversies
Forget all the allegations
Forget all the eccentricities
Remember the genius
Remember the moves
Remember the words
REMEMBER MICHEAL JACKSON

Movie Reviews #2: Night at the Museum 2

I watched the movie not because I want to see it but more of responsibilities to my staffs.

So what do I think of the new movie where most of the team from the original are back. The story goes like this, Talk talk talk, yap yap yap blah blah blah... until half time of the movie. then more talk talk yap yap yap, yawnnnn (sorry that was me!) then oohhh the 2 monkeys taking turns slapping and kicking the enemy hahahaha...... blah blah blah then THE END!

Yes, it was that boring. I did like the first version but this one begs me to think, why they even bother with a sequel?

My grade: 1 out of 10....

Movie Reviews #1: Wolverine

Finally, the movie that will explain the beginning of my beloved mutant, Wolverine... or so I thought.

To tell the truth, I was disappointed with the movie. Yes, it got spiffy action, things explodes here and there, enjoy that but in terms of character development, it's going to the opposite direction. Furthermore, it does not match the history line set from the first X-Men trilogy. For instance, Cyclop actually met Logan but it was not mentioned in the 1st X-Men movie. Prof. X knew about the Lake but that was not portrayed in the previous movies. They should take a lesson from JJ Abrams and the Star Trek teams.

All the movie did is to explain how Logan lost his memory. That is the only importance I can pick from the movie. Gambit was not prominently featured. Deadpool was short lived. To sum it up, I left the movie knowing as much as when I entered the hall. Hope Bryan Singer come to his senses and re-direct the franchise, despite what everybody is saying.

I give it a 7 out of 10.

Happy birthday to ME!!!

Yesterday was my birthday and I am 17 (for the 10th time :))

it was a nice day indeed... thanks to Facebook, most of my friends and my family sent their wishes, and some SMS me... It's incredible what few mere words can do to uplift your mood and feeling!

And through my years, I found people who is having the same birthday as me... when I was in standard 6, my neighbour and classmate also born on the same date and year! Then it was my correspondence in one of my clients, yesterday I got to know my old college mate's eldest child is in the same club and his sister's child too... so that makes 5 people.

What I want for my birthday? Would you believe WORLD PEACE!!! haha... I wish for all the things that I am working on will go smoothly as planned and hoping for a better and brighter future ahead.

For the first time in my life, I got 2 cakes! one in the office and the next one at home... my mom is here, so she arranged for one with my sister. My nieces and nephews were there, so my day is complete!

To those who sent me their wishes, my heart goes to you guys... thank you for delivering some happiness.

Space, The Final Frontier......

Space, the final frontier….

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise

It’s continuing mission:

To explore strange new worlds....
To seek out new life, new civilisations...
To boldly go where no one has gone before

Aah... what an impact those words were..... full of hope and adventure, and to hear Spock utter them again makes me feel there is hope in the future... just asa it was intended by Gene Roddenberry.

In the hands of JJ Abrams, produce by Damon Lindelof (for those who don't know, they are the force behind LOST), the adventure of Kirk and Spock, together with the crew of Starship NCC1701 USS Enterprise is being reborn. I felt like a kid again watching the movie!

Before continuing, yes, I planned to watch Wolverine but then I totally forgot that Star Trek is also coming out. So which one is shown first and ST won the toss, sort of. I used the Gold Class voucher given by the company, at the Signature GSC. the cinema is nice, the seats is better (well, it's electronic anyway, as oppose to the old version in other gold class cinema!! and best of all, there are only 2 people in the hall, including moi!! I think it's due to the price of the ticket for gold class, not the movie.

Back to the movie. (SPOILER ALERT)

The story is believable, though scientifically questionable, I mean black holes can be induce by the red matter? come on... But I think what JJ is trying to do here is to establish the new player for the series and reboot the storyline. It make sense that way, and it was very well thought of with the Romulans changing the history, so now the universe is running in a different time path. Basically, they can move on with a new storyline, so there may be no Khan, Picard, Galloway or even Borg anymore! (how I miss Seven of Nine! haha)

Speaking of the new cast, the relatively unknown crop of actors really did a commendable job filling in the shoes of the legendary crew. Doc and Scotty are a delight, much as it were with the old version. Pine did managed to capture the personality of Captain Kirk but it was Quinto (aka Sylar/Gabriel) who did a swell job taking over Nimoy's roll. He is Spock, hands down!! The chemistry between the young Kirk and Spock is very evidence, kudos to both of them. And I didn't know that Eric Bana is also involved in the movie until I saw the credit! Try to figure out which part he played, I bet you'll be surprised.

The Special Effect is really good. The score is superb. The action is well paced. Questions - would it be a paradox that now there are 2 Spock in the same timeline! How will they explain that??!!

In short, I enjoyed the movie tremendously. Can't wait for the sequel, I hope they will go back to the basic elements of Star Trek, that is to discuss the real world issue in another dimension, as what Gene has envisioned, which is what Star Trek is about, apart from giving hope for a better future where harmony is the key, well at least within the Federation. Oh and if you are not a Trekkie, no sweat, you still can enjoy the movie.

Go watch it!!