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Misc - Take a break - Smithy and the england team

2010-05-11T06:54:00.000-07:00

Here's some interesting videos i found on youtube. it is good for all to take a break and have a good long laugh..!!

Are you a fan of the english football team? if you are, take a look!

and the video below, is a shortfilm, comedy. Check it out, smithy meets the england football team!

Videos taken from youtube.

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Howl's Moving Castle

2010-05-09T08:43:00.000-07:00

Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli and based on Diana Wynne Jones' novel of the same name. Mamoru Hosoda, director of one season and two movies from the Digimon series, was originally selected to direct but abruptly left the project, leaving the then-retired Miyazaki to take up the director's role.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. (from Wikipedia)

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First they show a hazy smoke that comes our from the train and then showing Sophie Hatter was sewing some high-classed hat, then her friends ask her if she wants to go out with them but was rejected. But still she went out, wanted to visit her sister, Lettie Hatter, who works as a shopkeeper (i guess) and everyone likes her due to her cuteness (but in truth i think both of them are not pretty at all, compare to Chihiro's cute and chubby face from Spirited Away) On her way to the shop, two soldier blocked her way and wanted her to be their love interest but was saved by a yellow haired man with magics. Then they encounter some black-ink-like thingy and they walked away in the air peacefully and without anyone knowing.

Then she met her sister and all those introducing about how loyalty she is to her jobs and so on. then she went back and she met and fat customer. Sophie intend to ask her to go out because the shop is closing but was later cursed by this Witch of the Waste (which is the fat lady just now, SO FAT, THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HER TRACHEA, SHE'S MORE LIKE BLANKET) and Sophie turned into an old woman. She was shocked, of course, and she went back to her bed like an old woman.

The next day, Lattie visits her but Sophie didn't want her to see her old face and using sore-throat as an excuse. After Lattie went back, she sneaks out of her room and leaves her hometown...like an old woman. Then she meets Turnip head which was trap in a bushes and was saved by her...like an old woman. During her trip she saw a big castle like thing but its moving, she realize that its the famous Howl's Moving Castle, immediately she rushes into the Castle...like an old woman, and her adventure starts...

Not as good as Spirited Away, a little bit disappointed thanks to the music and characters and story-flow. The music isn't as epic as Spirited Away, they should make the whole music like "WHOA!!!" when she saw the Moving castle, and some "what's in there" when she's looking what's inside the castle and so on. The character, especially Sophie, who should be pretty before she was old. if you noticed her eye brow was simply too thick, which makes her more like fierce than friendly and kind. And i don't like the story-flow, they didn't tell us why the war started in the first place and the prince's disappearance (which turns into a turnip-head) and they didn't show the relationship between howl and sophie.

But besides that the movie's fine, the background, the castle, and the action. The background was dark and evil when Howl joins the battle, and the castle is simply epic, and the action is detailed as usual.

I wish that, if Hayao Miyazaki wants to make another movie, hope he can improve all the mistake i pointed out, if there's any mistake or more than what i pointed out, comment as you wish.

Review by: Wilson from wilsonanimationproduction
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The United States Of Leland

2010-05-02T03:57:00.000-07:00

The United States of Leland is a 2003 American drama film by director Matthew Ryan Hoge and producer Kevin Spacey about a meek teenaged boy named Leland P. Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) who has inexplicably committed a shocking murder. In the wake of the killing, his teacher in prison tries to understand the senseless crime, while the families of the victim and the perpetrator struggle to cope with the aftermath.

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I've been so lazy to start this post. here you go, interesting movie of Ryan Gosling's. This is a rather touching story.

The United States of Leland is about a teenage boy Leland Fitzgerald (ryan gosling) who murdered a mentally retard boy named ryan pollard. And the only reason he gave is: sadness.

i do get what he mean. Leland himself, experienced the sadness of losing his grandmother, and travelled all way long to see his father (a very famous author) but father refuse to see him.

Leland has been walking the pollard boy home almost everyday. Leland has been seeing his life ever since he walk him home. for all audience who watched the movie, they don't hate leland for killing the boy. they don't blame him. There is nothing you can do. This is the strongest point in the story.

Often i find myself asking, Is leland that bad? or is he too kind? did he really helped the boy? or ruined his life? is leland the devil? or an angel? i see the retarded boy pollard myself, waiting for his sister to walk him home but the sister never appear; fell in love with a girl, but never had the chance to tell her. of course, his death causes an big impact on the pollard family.

the movie's flow is in one straight line. not so much of up and down. so quiet, so calm, yet you can feel the emotion in it.

Ryan Gosling is a good actor. His acting impressed so many people. and he is doing Leland real good.
Same goes to the other actor and actress. But one thing, i'm so not used to it of Michelle William acting as a "young girl". i always see her as a really matured girl.

The soundtrack, by jeremy enigk, matches the movie very well. And my sister loves all the soundtrack used in it. basically the music is the one that brings out the emotions, the flow runs well with the soundtrack.

i will end my review here.

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sorry for giving so less information, this is not a really hot movie so not much pictures.

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Spirited Away 千与千尋の神隠少女(Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)

2010-04-25T02:09:00.000-07:00

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi?, literally, Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a 2001 Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows a sullen ten-year-old girl who is in the process of moving to a new town (presumably in the countryside) with her family, and chronicles her adventures in a world of spirits and monsters.

The film received many awards, including the second Oscar ever awarded for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award, and the first (and so far only) non-English speaking animation to win. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival (tied with Bloody Sunday) and is among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.

Spirited Away overtook Titanic in the Japanese box office to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.
(from wikipedia)

This story is about Chihiro and her parents are moving to a new town. Chihiro dislikes the new town she's moving to (even poke her tongue and an angry expression) then they got lost and end up reaching an abandoned park. Their curiosity overpowered them and they explored the park, during their exploration, they smell something nice, so nice which they got attracted and leaving chihiro alone (but in the end, Chihiro still caught up with them) They found the food and eat it without permission, saying that they'll pay when the owner comes. Unlike her parents, she refuse to eat and wanders off. Then she met a boy name Haku (i thought Haku was a girl when i first watched, thanks to the hair) and that's when everything changes.

The reason I love this movie is because of its art (especially backgrounds), and every detail is shown, shadows, fabrics and so on.Every action, was so detail that even chasing, running or even one blink have to be shown as if they're real. And one of my favorite is the music, which is by Joe Hisaishi, (i think that its one of the reason it got awarded) the music is what makes me love this movie so much and oh my god i can't tell you guys how nice it was but it was ultimately awesome, you guys should try. The flow of the story is fine and you won't get confused like some movie which show this then something comes out out of nowhere.

This movie somehow is kinda wicked when it's suppose to (especially Yubaba's hideous face and hilariously huge yet short body, not to forget when chihiro's parents turn into a pig, sorta freaks me out) Though this movie is sorta romantic like and supernatural, it does contain some not-obvious comedy. Besides all that, i like the voice acting, the voice shows the characteristic of the character and so on.

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Gothika

2010-04-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

Gothika is a 2003 American horror/psychological supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist in a women's mental hospital who wakes up one day to find herself on the other side of the bars, accused of having murdered her husband.

The film was first released on November 13, 2003 in the United States and later in 2004 outside of North America. At the time of its release, Gothika was the most successful film from Dark Castle Entertainment with $161 million.

(from wikipedia)

Gothika, the movie i watched on tv yesterday night.
before i watch this, i know nothing about the movie. i read HALF of the synopsis from the newspaper. saying its about a female psychiatrist, miranda, working in the mental hospital. And she find herself in the mental hospital one day being locked up for killing her husband. and that's where i stop reading. so i thought it's some kind of psychotic movie, with those people that thought they see ghost but actually its them who is the real problem - mental issue.

i didn't read the whole synopsis, and when i watch the movie, i was thinking, every scene looks like a horror movie. indeed, it is..im watching horror. i have hated horror in my wholeee life! and i can't believe im watching it. and i watched the whole thing.

find it pretty similar to the movie butterfly effect, and the machinist. the movie is night time, night time, and night time. and its because they're lock-up in the mental prison, it is always dark and scary. you can feel it if u see it.

The beauty of the film, is where Miranda first works in the mental hospital, trying to help the patient but end up she is one of them now. one of her patient chloe, told miranda she was possessed and Miranda wouldn't believe. until Miranda feel it and witness it herself, and finally know how chloe feel when the other doctors doesn't believe what she say.

Mathieu Kassovitz uses a blinking lights to signifies that spirits are nearby. honestly, when the lights are blinking at the hospital, it freaks me! cause i know something's there! Always, in a movie, you'll see something that signifies a certain thing that are going to happen. Just like blinking lights = spirits here..

although the movie is so lack of sun light, the director still take care of the shots very carefully. the angle, movement, expression shots are all handle very nicely.

i'll go on to the acting. Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey. She can be so professional and self esteem when she's a doctor. and then she can looks extremely emotional and crazy when she is going through the "real hard" time.

Penelope Cruz as Chloe sava. i loved this character. i love her acting. i wanted to say " SHE HERSELF LOOKS LIKE A GHOST" . The beginning scene of hers talking bout herself raped by devil makes me feel cold~~~she's as good as "exorcism - emily rose".

for me, she is a very important character in this movie.

i guess i'll stop here. since im not a fans of horror movie. :P and in fact, i hated horror so much and i never write about horror. okok cause im scared =.= so i rate this movie 3 stars.
i'll post one part of the video here. sit back with a pillow and enjoy!

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Transformer 2

2009-06-27T05:21:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure many people who watched will be writing a review as well..and many of those who haven't watch will be crazy booking tickets and even queue for whole day to get it. well, it happens at my place =)

It is a really great movie..this review is not gonna be very long. since its a "must watch" movie, and those who watched transformer 1 would probably watch the 2nd movie..i don't have to write a long one.

To be honest i feel the movie is abit too long and draggy, and the ending is too fast~If you notice the camera work, it was awesome..so as the actors. Michael Bay is a great director. i guess younger directors are more daring in doing action movies? Explosion are real..that's gonna kill the actors hey!!!of course not..just a joke!!

Megan Fox...getting hotter and hotter... well, i feel the director too emphasize on her hotness..those are scene that i think can be cut off..lol..please don't kill me guys!!

And of course...the Animation..it's perfectly done!!!not even a mistake that would make us say "wow looks fake"..i'm impress with that..and it makes me even stress for now im taking animation and gonna fail it..haha..there are too many great animators out there..and transformer's animation is great!!

the conclusion is the movie is great =.=...WORTH WATCHING...and please watch it..!!

alright i gonna stop here..i know it's short but i don't have much time now...feel free to drop a comment or review for the movie..it would be great to see what u guys think of the movie =)

ANYWAY!!that's my personal view..hope i didn't offend anyone..

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Race To Witch Mountain

2009-03-20T08:38:00.001-07:00

Movie : Race To Witch Mountain

Director : Andy Fickman

Cast : Dwayne Johnson as Jack Bruno,AnnaSophia Robb as Sara,Alexander Ludwig as Seth, Ciarán Hinds as Henry Burke, Carla Gugino as Dr. Alex Friedman,Tom Everett Scott as Matheson., Garry Marshall as Dr. Donald Harlan,Cheech Marin as Eddie,Chris Marquette as Pope,Kim Richards as Tina the waitress,Ike Eisenmann as Sheriff Antony,Meredith Salenger as reporter Natalie Gann.

Production : Los Angeles in March 2008

Release date: March 13, 2009.

Based on : Novel - 1968 - Alexander Key

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Race to witch mountain is a re-imaging of escape to witch mountain (1975). both film are based on a novel escape to witch mountain by alexander key on 1968.

when i first saw this movie on the cinema list, i thought it's a fantasy-like film. i don't even know what the movie's about when i first enter the cinema. after a while i knew that it's about UFO, alien, and space that kind of thing.

unfortunately i missed out the beginning part of the movie. it's about news of UFO sightings around the world appear. and i guess there's some crashing kind of stuff?cause i watched in the trailer (will post here dont worry).

here's some quotes from imdb

Tia: My brother and I, we're not from your planet. Jack Bruno: Well, you don't look like aliens. Tia: What's an alien look like? Jack Bruno: You know what aliens look like! They're like little green people with antennas, and "Take me to your leader, Earthlings!" Jack Bruno: That's neat. Real neat. Jack Bruno: Don't go in the pimped out fridge Jack... Imperial Stormtrooper: Hey, Jack, the UFO convention's in town. Jack Bruno: I hadn't noticed. Jack Bruno: You do know how to fly this thing, right? Tony: How do you think we got here? Jack Bruno: Well, you crashed. Remember? Dr. Alex Friedman: [crawling through a tunnel] I get claustrophobic in tight palces. Jack Bruno: [as they come to a long shaft] How are you with heights?

Seriously there's not much i can talk about the movie. cause it really didn't make me go "wowww". i feel it's more like a kiddy show instead.

I'll start with the characters. Dwayne Johnson as John Bruno?hmm..i couldn't think of anyone else who can act better then him. He's strong, big, and he;s hilarious. if i'm not mistake this is his second disney film. i think he'll be getting more and more chance to further his career with disney =D

AnnaSophia Robb as Sara. She's the "kind" one in this movie. she trusted John Bruno (the human) . and is kind to everyone. compare to her brother seth, she's much easier to communicate. Her acting was okay too. so as her "brother" seth, play by Alexander Ludwig, the cute guy =D seems like they've had several acting lesson with some teacher.

Carla Gugino is a good choice for playing as Dr. Alex Friedman. she does have the scientist look. oh ya forgot to mention. a failed scientist.

Alright next is the camera works. i realize that they like to use high angle, and close up shot. i'm okay with both of the shots. there's two scene. im not sure if its at the same location. but it's a high angle car moving along the road. both of the shots look exactly like the same shots. although its two different vehicle. i wouldn't prefer both shots to be high angle. it's enough for one high angle shot. if both the shots are in high angle, it seems no different. nothing fresh, nothing interesting.(do not refer to the picture on the right. that's not a high angle)

Also i notice that there barely have any low angle shots. erm..not even one..correct me if i'm wrong. i was talking bout the two high angle shots. and i would prefer a low angle on the second shot. it will look better.

Next is the visual. i'm impress with it. every scene are well arranged. i didn't check out who's the art director but i love the visual of the movie. The animation..right..i HAVE to talk bout the animation. near the end of the movie when the cops shoot them, because of seth's special Solid ability, they're all save. the bullets didn;t hurt them. The animation looks fake. Just the bullet part. the other animation use in this movie are fine.

i didn't talk much about the storyline. cause i think it's best for you to watch it yourself. plus i missed out the beginning part. 5 minutes?or maybe 10 minutes..so i won't talk about the story here. i'll just post the trailer here.
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Street Fighter - the legend of chun li

2009-03-10T06:11:00.001-07:00

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is a film and the second live-action film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, who is portrayed by Smallville star Kristin Kreuk.^[1] The story follows Chun-Li's personal history and her journey for justice.^[2] The film co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega. The film was released on February 27, 2009.

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i was struggling either to watch watchman or street fighter few hours ago. and finally chosen street fighter to watch today in the theatre with my sister.

An odd feeling about this movie. it wasn't bad. it's quite good. somehow i think that the whole movie lack of something. things that i can't really describe. okay..i'll do a very simple review here. i didn't know that the movie is about chun li. i thought all the character will appear.

I was thinking that this movie will confuse many people maybe? cause it's in so many language. i only catch four language there, which is english, cantonese, mandarin, thai, and i think there's one more language they used in the movie and i don't recognise it. Since i know how to speak english, mandarin, and cantonese..understanding the whole story won't seem to be a problem to me. but was wondering if someone don't get the meaning of the story.

CHUN LI...i've played the game before back in 1990s. and i always thought that Chun Li is a chinese. i didn't know that she's a mix blood. Cool~~lets go through the character and actors then. Kristin Kreuk was a really good choice for the Chun Li character. i think that she actually look abit like chinese. light tan, skinny body feature..etc...her acting was great in this movie. Oh ya..about her mandarin, i think she speak it quite well, her cantonese..(i think she needs to improve on that). since the movie was shown that Chun Li growed up at Hong Kong, she should know more cantonese.

From some angle GEN really look like the "gen" in street fighter. but one thing, i've seen that when chun li first met GEN, his hair weren't that white..is it their mistake?or my eye's problem?

Another actress that i'm not impress with is MAYA. her acting was awkward. its like she's thinking "what am i gonna do next" when she's playing MAYA. (sorry i didn't check out her name)

i discover another mistake, just a minor one. Chun Li speaks mandarin to his dad when they were young. Years after he met his daughter again, he speaks english to his daughter. would you go speak english to your father suddenly?

i won't be talking bout the camera work today cause i see nothing interesting to talk about.

The fighting are good..very interesting indeed. especially the speed of chun li. im sure everyone loves it.they sure done a great research on it. every fighting skill u see in game you see it here too. yet i find the inner energy (CHI) kinda fake. theres a scene where GEN heal Chun Li's wound with his CHI-inner power. it recover so fast. how possible..but since the origin is from a game it's not weird to see things like that.

That's all about Street Fighter-Legend of Chun Li.
I'm sorry if my critique offend you.but that's just from my point of view. everyone have their own opinion on certain movie. Overall i find the movie interesting and had a great day, time to spend. worth watching.

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Ip Man - film review

2009-03-02T04:17:00.001-08:00

p Man (traditional Chinese: 葉問; simplified Chinese: 叶问; pinyin: Yè Wèn) is a 2008 Hong Kong martial arts semi-biopic film that is based on the life of Ip Man, the celebrated martial arts master of Bruce Lee, and the first to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung. Ip's two sons, Ip Chun and Ip Ching, along with several Wing Chun practitioners also appear in the film. The supporting cast includes Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Lam Ka-Tung, Xing Yu and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi.

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Sorry for not posting a review for so long. so here it is. i've been thinking for so long whether to post a review for Ip Man or not. Finally i've made up my mind to write a review about the movie Ip Man cause it is so nice that i think everyone should've watch it,

Ip Man is a film directed by Wilson Yip based on a true story of a Wing Chun Martial Art master. Just in case you don't know wing chun. Wing chun is a chinese martial art invented by women.

Back to the movie, Ip man is a wealthy man. living in Foshan. With his lovely wife and son. He train himself all the time. but seldom fight anyone, or even taught anyone how to fight, because his wife didn't like it.

His wife thinks that he should spend more time with the family. But everything change when the japanese conquer their country. everything's gone. no more big house, nice clothes. What they got for meal are only potatoes. Ip man got himself a job. where he have to work in the coal mine to raise his family. Theres one japanese General - general miura who have been practising in martial arts. he build up a karate team to fight against the chinese martial artist, offering rice for those who won. Ip man never intend to fight against the karate team until he find that his friend died in the fight against the japanese.

he was so furious that he fought 10 japanese at a time and won. it turns out that the General is interested in him and keep an eye on him all the time. trying to make him come everyday.

I guess it is time to talk about another character whom i think is one of the hero in this whole movie. Li Zhao (Lam Ka tung) has been protecting Ip Man from getting harm everytime.Every chinese hate him for working under the japanese army as a translator. so as Ip Man. But he's been suffering all the time. tortured by the japanese.

Alright...that's part of the story. i don't want to waste all time just for the story part. Now im going for the Actors. Donnie Yen got a big role this time. to be honest i never like him. i was always wondering why is he the main character for so many movie?
So far this is the only movie that i'm impress with him. he did a great job here. Everyone get to feel Ip Man in him.

this is an additional information..There's a movie in progress..a movie about ip man too. and Tony Leung is going to be the main character. I can't wait to see the difference between tony leung's Ip man and Donnie Yen's Ip Man. we'll see...

The Fighting Director did a great job as well. Every movement look so real. i'm saying that because i've seen so many fighting movie with fake movement. so obvious that they're planning this and that. But the movie Ip Man didn't have this kind of problem. it's like they fight for real.

Next is the visual of the film. Perfectly clear. Wilson yip get to make the visual real clean and
healthy before the japanese arrival. And brings out darkness with dust, and several effect. it looks pretty real. with flags all around. You can actually picture how it looks like even you're not in 1930-40..

One thing that i'm not sure about. The dust. my sister asked me one question after the movie end. "why are all country that have been conquered gets so dusty?why the japanese want the country if it's gonna be dusty?" that's a tough one. i always think that it should be like that. it's nessassary to put in the effect to show everyone that they've been attacked. maybe someone could tell me??

about the Camera angle...sorry to tell i never notice, or , don't even care about that cause the fightings are too good that it draws all my attention to it. Although i've watch this movie twice, i didn't even care about it. maybe next time i'll add on.

i guess that's about it. i'll just end here then. Any question just ask. and don't forget to comment and rate this review =)

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Ip Man and Bruce Lee (Ip man is his master)
This is Ip Man Training himself

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2009-02-20T23:56:00.000-08:00

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine during 1921. It subsequently was anthologized in his book, Tales of the Jazz Age, which occasionally is published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. Development rights to the story were held for years by the late Hollywood mogul, Ray Stark. He retained those rights until his death, when they were purchased from his estate and used for an adaption of the story as the 2008 film of the same name, which was directed by David Fincher.

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I've been waiting for a free time to be able to write a review of the movie curious case of Benjamin Button. and now is the time.

For me it is a very touching story. i find some of the parts boring though...this film is quite a long one. it's so long that sometimes you find yourself hard to breath =P

There are so many meaningful quotes,that might help you to go on with our life positively. here's some quotes i get from imdb

Benjamin Button: Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss.

Benjamin Button: It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.

Benjamin Button: [Voice over; letter to his daughter] For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?

Captain Mike: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

Queenie: You never know what's comin' for ya.

Benjamin Button: Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.

Queenie: Everyone feels different about themselves one way or another, but we all goin' the same way.

Daisy: I promise you, I'll never lose myself to self-pity again.
Benjamin Button: [while the day begins] And I think, right there and then, she realized none of us is perfect forever.

Daisy: We all end up in diapers.

That is it. the quote i find meaningful in the movie.
Benjamin was born in a special occasion. he was born old. and as days/years passes by, he find himself getting younger. different from other people. And that's why i pity him. He thought that he's an old man when he was still a "child". He stays with them, never go out. for what his momma say that outside is dangerous. Who would have know that he became a sailor and go around places??

It is fate. his father abandon him. yet another great momma is there to pick him up. or else he won't even find someone to raise him.

i see much similarity between an old man and a young kid. both old people and young kid needs care. and that's why benjamin leave Daisy- his love one when they got their first child. he think that it could be A burden for daisy to take care of two kids(he's growing younger).

i'd like to take a little time to talk about the make-up and costume. 5 stars. it's excellent. Brad Pitt is playing a role from 10-100 years of age. and the make-up seems real. Hardly even recognize him when he's in a old man look.

i guess there's not much to mention for this movie. If you want to know more you should watch it. it's more like life and love story. which, can make you laugh a little, and cry a little. Appreciate life. you don't know what comes next =)

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What Dreams May Come-Film Review

2009-02-15T20:28:00.000-08:00

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 dramatic film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. The movie is based on the 1978 novel by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward. The title is taken from a line in Hamlet's To be, or not to be soliloquy.

Synopsis: Married, Chris and Annie have a wonderful life together. However, tragedy strikes when their son and daughter are killed in a car accident. Blaming herself, Annie goes into a state of mental instability. Four years later, the couple has pulled themselves back together. After being killed in a car accident, Chris Nielsen (Williams) goes to an afterlife derived from his wife's paintings. Despite the paradise he now inhabits he is unhappy without his wife Annie (Sciorra). When Annie commits suicide following Chris' death she forms a reality of hell (due to her guilt of her children and husband's death) as her afterlife. Adamant that they belong together, Chris commences a quest to rescue her, in the process discovering a number of characters from his past.

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What Dreams May come is one of the most beautiful film i've seen. From the shots, the story, the scene, and to the people. everything is so beautiful. some people might find it boring. but if you really get what's the story about you will find it interesting. Annie and Chris(Robin William) live a happy life together. Annie is a cheerful girl who likes to paint. she's an artist. Until she loses both her child who involve in an car crash. she was suppose to drive them to school. Due to her busy schedule she couldn't fit in. So she sent the nanny to send both her childs to school. And all just end like that. she's been thinking that it was her fault that cause all this to happen. and she finally have a mental breakdown. and has been sent to the mental hospital. She wouldn't talk. to anyone. even her husband. Her loving husband support her to the end. make her stand up again. live a happy life again. She's been real unlucky. just when she can start a new life again, her husband Chris died in an car accident. the whole scene made Annie really miserable. Even us, audience, feel extremely sad for her. she's all alone. the world is just so dark for her.

while her husband, went to another world. another world that is so familiar to him. and that's when he know he's living in his' wife's painting. one of their favourite painting. People might think it doesn't make sense at all. but why not?you live in where you want to live. it might be illusion, but the most important thing is that you're happy with it. that's my thoughts.

^^^those are just part of the story. the rest are best to be seen yourself. i'm sure some of you watch this before. cause it's not a very new movie afterall. We know in reality, we don't go into painting after we're dead. of course, i wish i can. it;s so beautiful that you can't resist.

Chris's quest is not easy. he found his dog, then he needs to find his daughter, his son, and his commit suicide wife. speak of his commited suicide wife. we see a contrast. from a beautiful scene, slowly they move into a dark and spooky scene. what we can see is fire all around the place, and then to a place which is completely dark.

to be honest, i don't like the ending so much. chris lost control of himself when he found annie before the ending. and the ending is like "pop" annie and chris is in the beautiful place again. it's like a rush to end the movie. it's like they don't know how to end the movie. of course they have their own reason. this is only my point of view. maybe when you watch it you'd think the ending is perfect. :)

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Red Cliff 2-film Review

2009-02-12T04:08:00.000-08:00

Red Cliff SYNOPSIS.

With a budget of US$80million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date. The movie is based on historical records of "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdom" rather than the novel, "Romance of the Three Kingdom". In the early third century, the land of Wu is invaded by the warlord Cao Cao and his million soldiers. The ruler of Wu, Sun Quan (Chang Chen), calls on the rival warlord Liu Bei (You Yong) for help, but their two armies are still badly outnumbered. However, the strategists Zhou Yu (Tony Leung) and Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) see that Cao Cao's army is unused to battling on the sea. With 200,000 men, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang defeated Cao Cao's army at the Yangtze River.

Language Mandarin
Classification PG13
Running Time 2 hours 16 minutes
Director John Woo
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Lin Chi-ling, Vicky Zhao, Chang Chen, You Yong, Zhang Fengyi.

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RED CLIFF2 MOVIE REVIEW
Since i have few hours of time until the discussion of my BIG assignment, i'll post another movie review.

red cliff is claim as biggest budget chinese movie. they have the biggest expenses. for sure the effect and the movie will come out best. i've watch red cliff 1years back. Audience normally get a shock in the end of the movie. cause it is like a "cut" and then "to be continue". so everyone can't wait for red cliff 2.

now that red cliff 2 is out in theatre. and people are saying that red cliff 1 is much more interesting compare to red cliff 2. for me i think that red cliff 2 was better.

First i'll talk about the characters in the movie. Tony Leung, a good actor. Yet, i think that in this movie, he's lacking of something. i couldn't say what is it. just feel like there's an emptyness in it.

Tony Leung as zhou Yu . i rather have takeshi to be zhou yu . in the history, Zhou Yu is a handsome general. Tony leung is a nice looking guy. but i think that takeshi suits the character better. use your imagination.

Tony leung has got a good acting skill. so there's actually not too bad for him to be zhou yu. there's a part where zhou yu showing off his fighting skill in front of Xiao Qiao (chi ling). i've watched many martial art type of film before. And it seems that Tony leung's skill aint that good yet. seems abit heavy to me. and uneasy.

Takeshi plays zhu ge liang well in this movie. he brings out the mysteriousness in him. As what i remember from the chinese history, Zhuge liang indeed is someone smart and mysterious. (correct me if i'm wrong).

nothing much to say about him. it's all clear by his acting. we see zhuge liang in him.

I find some of the story are changed. it's not 100% same with what we've seen in three kingdom's book. perhaps John Woo is taking just part of the story in three kingdom's book. i don't know. i haven't really read the whole book. just a briefing.

They won't be able to put the whole story into this movie anyway. if you want the whole story you will have to find a chinese drama series to understand the whole story. it's very complicated.

The Professional movie critics might find the transition (paper tear style) to be unique, or perhaps interesting. but for me it seems more like a joke. to be honest many people are laughing with the TEAR when i was watching in the cinema. it seems funny to me too. i'd rather see a normal kind of transition. maybe a dip to white?blur effect?i don't know.

i would say the best part of this movie is the battle scene. i don't think there's anyone who doesn't like those scene. Every single battle scene looks so real to me.

and it actually brought me into the movie. like i'm the one killing[heart attack].

Some of the computer effect(which i can see) looks so real to me. and the fire. i don't know whether they're using effects or really burn up a house. cause they look real to me.

i like it when they put Xiao Qiao to leave the base to find cao cao. a weak and pregnant lady like her. going into the "tiger's mouth" like this. create some kind of worriness in me. i was afraid she'd be a burden to Zhou Yu. what if something happen to her?i'm sure everyone think that way =p

The flow of the movie is there. i can picture a chart in my mind. seeing a success in the movie. it was indeed a succesful film to bring out the story of three kingdom in just 2 "episode".

that's my idea of looking into this film. Feel free to post your review of this film. you're always welcome =)

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GIA - Film Review

2009-02-11T04:06:00.000-08:00

GIA - Film Review

Recently i watched few great movie. One of my favourite-GIA, starring Angelina Jolie as Gia Marie Carangi.

Part of it are facts. before making this movie they did alot of research. somehow people (which include Gia Carangi's mom) thinks that it's not accurate at all.

Back to the movie..i think angelina jolie bring out the character really well. it's the first time i see angelina jolie without a gun, without a strong self-confidence character. in this movie, she looks strong, afraid of nothing, inside her soul, what she see is just darknest, with a broken family that weakened her.

this movie shows us the reality of the modelling industry. you come when you're needed. and leave the industry when you're not. this is business. what a famous cover girl looks like...might not be what it seems to be..People see them as angels, luckiest girl in the world, glamour, fame, they can have anything in their life..but who knows what they really are??

Eric Michael Cole as T.J and Angelina Jolie as GIA

Angelina as GIA after start taking drugs

THE REAL GIA MARIE CARANGI
In case you don't know who's Gia Carangi..here's some information and pictures of hers.
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986)
This is Gia Carangi. She was claim the first American Top Model during late 1970s and early 1980s. she has appeared in the cover of several fashion magazine. She was the first to present unusual poses, expression and gesture.

After become addicted to drugs, Carangi's modelling career was ruined. Infected with HIV (AIDS) and died in the age of 26.

Here are some almost similar pictures/scene you can see from the movie and reality life.

R.I.P

marley and me

2009-02-07T08:23:00.000-08:00

The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.

Marley & Me is a The New York Times bestselling autobiographical book by American journalist John Grogan. Told in first-person narrative, the book portrays Grogan and his family's life during the thirteen years that they lived with their Labrador...

Release date: 5 March 2009 in malaysia
released in all America

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