Wrath of The Titans

Only because I am a movie freak...

Guys in skirts...! Now that's something we girls look forward to...

I have always been a fan of Greek mythology. Who isn't? Clean white dresses, diadems, horses with wings... ever since the Hercules and Xena series. When Clash of The Titans box officed its way through the cinema, there was a hope for the Greek to resurface and fill the voids that Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter left, rather than the apalling robotic attempt of a movie, transformers.

Clash made a high benchmark for it's sequel to match with. With high usage of CGIs and detailed reference to the history of Perseus, Clash became a theatrical legend. But sadly, Wrath didn't manage to reach the standard it set for itself. In other words, it flopped.

The CGI was all right. What was wrong about the movie started with Perseus's hair. It distracted me from the whole storyline. I survived through the whole movie wishing someone had sent the producers a pair of scissors to set things correct. Next, was the whole cliche of Gods betraying Gods and Gods sucking other Gods' powers to resurrect an older God. And the father of all Gods, the mighty Titan, Cronos turned out to be a humongous brainless monster made out of magma who apparently only knows how to roar and poof fire and dusts all over the place.

The acceptable parts in the movie include the epic battle of Zeus+Hades (yes, they ironically became best friends in the end) Vs the back and front people thingy, and the cool fiery effect on gods' weapons. Oh yeah I guess the script was kinda funny too.

So yeah, Perseus who was supposed to be a demi-god ended up saving the day in a messy way, having being thrown here and there by the weird-looking Ares. Only 4 Gods made an appearance, and 75% of em died and turned into dust. I was kinda looking forward for more, no idea what happened to Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo etc during the whole crisis.

So, overall the movie is watchable, once. You'll probably walk out the cinema saying "that's it...?" because that's what I did. And I know why Io decided to die in the movie.

Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon

Even the title gives away what the movie is. Boring and predictable. There are a lot of elements that contribute to it's flop in the movies. A movie that the world population predicted to be a success, disappointed it's fans. Well at least it disappointed me.

First of all, the producers' decision to totally cut off Mikaela (Megan Fox) was bad move. Yeah she might be a little too honest in interviews but a movie is a movie. It's just lame how experienced filmakers like Michael Bay would act a little childish and hold a grudge to some teenagers' rebel. Her absence was too obvious. -in a bad way. I was already attached to her character in the previous movie and when she was replaced by fish-faced Carly... it was a whole other second-class film. A body-arching pose leading to over exposure and an offense to feminism.

Secondly, The storyline was soo... predictable. Boy has problems in life. Boy wannabe a hero. Girl is too hot for him. Boy is jealous. Some robot wanna rule the world. Other robots wanna stop it... Honestly i was dozing off for the whole 1.5 hours of the movie, and only woke up during robotic fights.

Thirdly, the movie as a package. Everything is the same as the two previous movie. (CGI, scripts...so cliche!) I was expecting something crazier. Something outstanding but the whole movie was filled with Optimus's speeches. Oh and yes the other prime, Sentinel who stood on a building giving a speech while people are fighting a battle. (i figured the Primes were toastmasters back in Cybertron)

However, i wouldnt say i totally regret paying to see this movie. It was after all an anticipation. (the trailer itself bored me having shown in EVERY movie i went to)I'd give it a 3.5 star rating. I just dont think i look forward to a Tranformers 4.

So, Michael Bay, Bring back Mikaela, kill off Carly and make more Autobots!

Movie : Piranha 3D

HILARIOUS!

Fast forward this movie till the 45th minute where the REAL action began. Crazy-ass effects, gory CGIs and extravagant make-up that had made me laugh like crazy during the whole feast of the piranhas. Yes, the title pretty much says everything about the movie. Piranhas attacking a community of naked people in a seriously MORBID and no-mercy way.

Filled with naked chicks and bad scripts, this movie just didn't fail to make me ROFL. In fact there was some scenes worth rewinding for the humour. (i.e The floating "penis" being ravaged by two hungry piranhas and barfed out again into a deformed ouch-looking remains of a breeding device) It gets too gruesome (think of a chick's hair got stuck into a motorboat engine and it pulls of her head-skin off) that at one-point you lose all the "ewww.." feeling and fall of your chair just laughing hard.

I just think this movie is made for sick and bored people who have a fetish of watching the human body being scraped down to the bones, alive and screaming, and legs being teared apart from the abdomen. It's just messed up to the point of not making sense anymore. And just like other monster-thriller movies the ending remains unresolved. (Director's technique of a sequel possibility) Instead of eggs being left behind, they gave us the reverse effect. The savaging piranhas were only the offspring, leaving the parents to be still alive and hungry :p

*cough* typical *cough*

Movie : The Child's Eye (Chinese)

Well, I won't say this is a "Movie of the Year" Nominee but it's not too bad. I certainly didn't regret watching it at the cinema, though it did at first scare some crap out of me. The good thing about this Pang Brothers' movie is that they don't leave you hanging in confusion by the end. Well, there were some unnecessary never ending scenes at the end parts but oh well, at least the main plot was solved.

What was kind of messed up is the title. It almost has nothing to do with the movie. At first, the title gave me an impression that someone had inherited a child's gift of seeing ghosts, or something like The Sixth Sense. But it turned out to have nothing to do with any child's eye. I would recommend the title to be "The Curse" or "The Deformed Child" or "A Mother's Sin"... That way it wouldn't give you the wrong idea about the movie, but might give away the ending xD

The moral value of the movie is to NEVER harm animals which I truly support 100%. Kill a dog and the baby in your baby will come out as one. It's a belief not only in Chinese tradition but probably around SE Asia that there are things you are just banned to do during pregnancy, in which most revolve around harming poor critters. This movie shows how a woman was cursed into giving birth to a half-dog half-human child and happened to die and haunt the hotel room, kidnapping residents because she was "lonely".

As for scary scenes, there were a few screaming-worth moments. The first one would be the 3D effect of a ghost hand about to grab the camera. And another is when one of the dudes chewed off his tongue. Yep. It came off like candy... Grosss...

However, after the storyline was revealed, the scary scenario somehow changed into sadness and sympathy. You'd understand why this haunting happened and how. And as i was watching it, the whole audience muttered an "owwwwww...." and the scariness just dissolved.

3 Stars for The Pang Brothers!

Movie : Predators

AWESOME!

It's so hard to get good movies nowadays. This movie, in my opinion is AWESOME. Filled with crazy actions and suspense i think it's worth watching again and again. The actors are good, the storyline is good, and the ending is not bad either. This movie made the CGI effect of the old Predator movie (starring Arnie as the hero and Van damme as the Predator) appears so noob. But the storyline is equally good and unlike other typical thriller movies, this one has survivors, so it makes you want to go for seconds.

It started as a group of killers, individually hand picked by the Predators were captured and released on a planet made of jungle. So they began to work together to figure out why they were sent there and each one had a special criteria that made the monsters want to play tag. So yeah, the humans died one by one, some having the chance to kill the predators some died in vain. I think 2 new species of alien were introduced in this movie, one of em a predator version of dogs. Gruesome and monstrous, and the other some nerd aliens also captured there for happy huntings.

There are so specific scenes i can call a favourite as the whole movie was really good. But there are stand out events in the movie that you might want to focus on. My personal choice would be the scene where the Japanese Yackuza dude challenged one predator for a duel. He has balls i could tell. Using his Samurai skills and appearing to be 2 feet shorter than the monster (duh! he's asian!) he managed to kill it. Right before it killed him. Another scene you might be interested in is the Predator Vs Predator King of the Ring fight, where the hero set a predator prisoner free and pleaded for assistance. (human + Predator combo is soooo cooool)

What I like most about this movie is of course, the Villains. Predators are hot creatures with 6 packs and super sexy! (mask-on of course...) But without the mask, they just look like a white version on Bob Marley.

Happy viewing everyone!

Movie : Buried

RIDICULOUSLY LAME...

It's the kind of movie you wish someone had told you not to watch. Waste of time, waste of "ooh"s and "Omagad"s and an ending which makes you just wanna throw your drinks at the usher who opened the exit door that tells you the movie is over.

The idea of the movie is, well you can say kinda cool and creative. I mean who would ever think of making a movie with only ONE actor just laying down with just a lighter and a blackberry. The whole adventure of him being in the coffin was insane and full with suspense, making people reeeeally hope at one point he would get out of there. At least it would make the pain worth endured. The whole movie was darkness. At the early part, viewers in the cinema i went to actually shouted "black out!" for the silence was like 10 minutes and i myself actually thought the tape thing was corrupted.

The movie was a good commercial add for Blackberry tho, showing viewers all the features it has and makin iPhones sound noob and uncool. Apart from that, it truly shows the evilness of Iraq people who torchers innocent Americans before finally killing them anyway. And yes, also shows how American authorities don't care for their people. The movie producers must have really got balls to do such movie that provokes both sides into pissiness. (And makes you thank God you're in neither of the countries)

So anyway, if you like thriller movies with sucky ending that makes you wanna just suicide, go ahead and watch it. If not. DON'T. You've been warned :)

Movie : Wolfman

One Word. BORING. The movie has an awesome trailer and an awesome crew of advertisers but for me it did not live up to its title. The beginning was boring, The Plot was ridiculously boring, and The Ending was Lame and Boring. The only thing that kept me watching this movie is the gorgeous Emily Blunt who plays the fiancee of a man who was killed by a werewolf, namely his own father.

And so they became a happy family of werewolves. The gruesomeness was out of place. The movie editors seem to be lazy to show too much of the wolfman i have no idea why, probably cgi was too expensive for the budget, god knows. So it became just plain with a few human heads tossed around here and there. (It dozed me off to sleep i actually had to watch this movie in 2 parts)

The script is also not carried out properly... For example "If anything ever happened to you, i would never be able to forgive myself.." was such a HUGE cliche you probably have heard it in at least 20 movies. And it was so out of place it didnt even fit in the story plot. And we would all have guessed Anthony Hopkins wasn't casted in this movie just to be a "dad". Of course everyone knew he was the villain.

The story line? Oh dont let me start on this. TYPICAL. The hero becomes a werewolf, bitten by another werewolf. Fell in love with his brother's fiancee, and even true love couldn't heal him so she had to kill him with a silver bullet. Yep. Exactly the same ending as 90 other werewolves based stories. -LAME-

Overall, if you still want to watch this, fast forward it to the 45th minute where it's finally a movie about werewolves. Good Luck!