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Don’t watch it! Your Highness 2011

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Yeah a few big names and an Oscar winner Natalie Portman isn’t gonna save this show.

It’s not entertaining nor it is funny at all. Poor scripting and cheap make-believe props makes my eyes bleed.

As you can see from the trailer below, clearly they have slot in all the best convincing bits of the show to convince you to watch it. I can’t help but to compare it with Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993. Most probably it’s because of the chastity belt bit. But at least that show gave me a good laugh.

So, avoid this at all cost.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FplWxtPzWY8]

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So smitten by Amanda Seyfried, especially in the new trailer ‘In Time’

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Amanda Seyfried, such an enchanting little darling. She didn’t really caught my attention in Mamma Mia! 2008 as Sophie but yeah she sure could sing!

I guess the first time I’m actually smitten by her is in Dear John 2010 as Savannah Curtis. Most probably also how the story is in the movie and how kind and vulnerable she was. If you’ve not watch Dear John 2010, do watch it.

Recently, the new trailer of In Time 2011 is out. I can’t wait to catch this film that has got her and Justin Timberlake in it. Movie is set in the future where time replaces money as currency and everyone stops aging at 25 but you have to pay to live another year. Trailer looks promising, check it out for yourself below!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdadZ_KrZVw]

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Don’t watch it! Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night

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Dylan Dog is an Italian comic series started back in 1986. This year, the Americans decided to come out with a movie based on the comic series.

Even though I said don’t watch it. I find it quite entertaining actually. It did made me jump a little at the very beginning but it slowly died off as the comedy starts to roll in. Sad to say though, it’s not exactly funny either.

So at this point, you have a movie which is not very scary or funny. The plus points of this movie is the action bit and CGI. Watching it in local Malaysian cinemas might have quite a big portion censored out due to blood and suggestive sex scenes. Dylan Dog (Brandon Routh, you’ll remember him from Superman Returns), a mortal who is specialize in supernatural is portrait as a scary cat in the comics but not so much in the movie. He’s still much like a Superman, reason why I say this is because he was thrown and flung around by demons, vampires, werewolves and is literally unscratched.

Overall quite a good movie but not good enough for me to shout ‘Watch it!’

Favorite Scene
Morgue scene packs a few laughs.

Trailer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeLIa02iy0]

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Don’t watch it! Super 8

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Before you roar, hear me out first.

If you’re an adolescent or an adolescent at heart, you’ll love it, go watch it, period.

Like any other JJ Abrams story, he’s always into the extraordinary. Super 8 is like watching Lost TV series, you’re subjected to being lost for more than half of the show before you get a glimpse of the alien and slightly figure out what’s going on.

But I won’t rule it out as a bad movie. Story wise, it will always appeal to the younger generation where you think your life sucks and you wish to be special. The movie brings you to meet a boy with a broken background who meets someone beautiful and falls in love and kinda save the day.

Execution wise, it’s great. Hollywood’s CGI these days are superb. With Steven Spielberg producing it, it ensures suspense and fun!

Favorite Scene
Not a scene, but the ending credits short film – The Case

Trailer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRQQCKS7go]

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Watch it! X-Men: First Class 2011

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Pretty lucky to have tickets for X-Men: First Class 2011 premier last night. I was a bit skeptical on going to watch this movie because the actors are all fairly new and seriously, how can 1 movie show the beginning of X-Men properly? I’ll give my 2 cents on this movie from a fan-boy, non-fan-boy view and overview.

Non-Fan-Boy
The way the story started all the way to the end definitely flows nicely towards the rest of the X-Men movie series. Seeing them growing up and learning their powers and excepting them is always a nice touch to anyone with a fantasy of hoping one day they will also have super powers.

Fan-Boy
Hardcore fans might be disappointed on how almost every characters story isn’t the way it’s suppose to be. You’ll most probably non-stop telling the person sitting next to you that “that’s not the way they met”, “he didn’t do that”, “that’s not true” blah blah blah…

Overview
Story set aside, Matthew Vaughn (director) did a great job on the cinematography and dialogues, he’s pretty good with fantasy comical stuff considering he’s the one who produced Stardust 2007 and Kick-Ass 2010. He kept this movie true to it’s name, first class of X-Men. Focusing on Prof. X, Magneto and the human race. Two greatest mutants torn apart because of different goals and mutual understanding towards each other. The CGI is wonderful, not unbelievable, who am I kidding, it’s a comic movie! Should be unbelievable.

Favorite Scene
Wolverine’s cameo :o)

Trailer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq7Za1JnZg]

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Watch it! Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

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I’ve always thought that Dreamworks productions are always 1 step behind Pixar. But Kung Fu Panda (2008) has proved me wrong. They have a team of animation artist just for special effects like how sparks look and feel when the claws of the tiger grinds the floor! Can’t wait to have a Blu-ray version for me to pause through the animations and admire the 3D artists’ hard work.

So Kung Fu Panda 2 just hit the theaters officially today in Malaysia. Without much hesitation I got the tickets yesterday and had an absolutely awesome time watching the movie today. It’s been awhile since there’s a show that made me laughed this hard in the cinema.

Unlike most sequels, it’s always either better than the first or worst than the first. Not this time, Kung Fu Panda 2 didn’t try to recycle cinematography angles or cheesy lines or similar animation scenes. Which is why I would say – watch it!

I wouldn’t tell you the whole story here and spoil it for you but here are a few points to excite you to watch it!

  1. The new characters introduced in this sequel is nicely thought out. The villain, which is Lord Shen, a peacock has got an interesting background story tied to Master Po. Did I mention freaking cool kung fu too?
  2. Torn between choices for favorite scene but I would pick the dragon looking costume scene cause I seriously had a great time laughing out loud in the cinema.

I did not watch it in 3D version so can’t comment if it’s worth the money. Do comment here if you’ve watched it in 3D version.

Here’s the trailer for Kung Fu Panda 2.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ftH73f3xg]

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Learn the art of silence!

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We humans have known to express feelings. We wanted to gain attention so much we rarely notice the people around us.

I was watching 3-Iron last night and I found out that silence can be so beautiful! Silence can actually sing. A musical score so wonderful you can hardly believe your own ears! Ask yourself, have you notice more than just details and expressions coming out of the face of the person that you’re talking to? Somethings cannot be tell. No words can express better than feeling what their heart is feeling. And I found out that being still and watch and try to listen to what their heart is trying to express can actually achieve a different click, a different connection between two persons.

So take sometime and open up your ears instead of your mouth. Hear the person deep down inside. They might be crying so hard that you never notice before!

“Silence is virtue.”

ps : Amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous and oh… the words to describe 3-Iron is just endless! A must watch if you ask me.

[Source: 3 Iron]