Captures with such immediacy the elation and anxiety of new love, the tingle and the terror, the profound sense that you have never been more alive and the occasional wish that you could die on the spot.
- New Republic
A romantic comedy that feels like real life.
- New York Daily News
The ending is tidy and way too cute, but (500) Days is otherwise a different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you.
- Rolling Stone
An unconventional rom-com which displays the same tinge of indie film influence as Junoand Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Funny and surprisingly thoughtful at times. The anti-thesis of the Sandra-Bullock-romantic-comedies we’re so often exposed to, 500 Days of Summer’s honest portrayal of love will present moments which most of us can relate to.
Doesn’t matter if you’re watching as a couple or alone. Give yourself a treat amidst your assignment and project deadlines.
We went to watch “The ugly truth” today. It’s a very different kind of romance comedy plot which left the crowd in the theatre laughing very loudy at some point and going “Ohhh..” at other times. Halfway through the movie, I realised that Gerard Butler also acted in 300! I like his different and fresh role in this new movie – the uncouth relationship advisor.
Caught the Proposal with Jo some time back. It’s a funny movie but I feel that it doesn’t score as highly in the romantic portion of being a romantic-comedy. Sandra Bullock still looks as timeless but there doesn’t seem to be much on-screen chemistry with Reynolds. The role was originally offered to Julia Roberts, which is quite unimaginable. Reynolds also did better in Definitely, Maybe in my opinion. (Rotten Tomatoes agree) I think the show was stolen by Oscar Nuñez who played the multiple-roled Ramone.
I also find the role of the ex rather superfluous. I expected some plot development from Reynolds’ character seeing her with the school children but nothing happened. I think she’s just in the story to have the 2 conversations with Bullock’s character.
We watched G.I Joe 2 days ago. Man, was it awesome! Nice story, nice graphic effects and cool fighting moves! I’ll pay to watch it again! Go catch it during the long weekends! Here’s a trailer to enjoy while you’re here.
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What I like:
Visual effects. KaPow! The effects for Rise of Cobra were pretty neat. We watched it on digital so it should look better. The only part which looks a little odd to me was the glossy look on the planes used by the Joes. Then again it’s probably to depict their stealth capabilities.
Ninja. Who doesn’t like ninjas?
Two ninjas. Because two is better than one.
Marlon Wayans as Ripcord. I found him funny. Good to know he can still be funny while he’s doing an action feature and not just movie parodies.
Tight leather costumes. I’m a hot blooded male after all.
Pacing. This is how a summer action film should be. BAM BAM BAM. Quick flashback. Back to more gunfights. No time wasted sidetracking to some pointless subplot.
Sequel. I guess I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t watched it but they pretty much set it up nicely for a potential sequel, which will probably be made if Rise of Cobra do well enough.
Lack of slowmo to show the bouncing boobs of a talentless starlet. Hm, some people might put this point as one of the reasons they dislike Rise of Cobra. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
What I don’t like:
Old-fashioned reviewers. A lot of reviewers gave Rise of Cobra bad ratings simply because it’s different from what GI Joe originally was. You claim to be loyal to the brand but honestly, if you like the old stuff so much just watch the old stuff? Don’t cry about how they are destroying your childhood. Boohoo.
Reviewers who review Transformers II the same way. An action flick is an action flick. Do not expect it to be more than an action flick. You don’t expect a disaster film to make you laugh do you? Why do you expect an action flick to teach you the meaning of life?
In all seriousness, I truly believe Rise of Cobra is one of the better summer flicks. Amidst the bad global economy and budget cuts, we should be glad we are treated to such a cinematic spectacle. (There might not be a film adaptation of Subtle Knife )
It has giant robots, weapons, explosions and women. Surely most people would be satisfied with this. Somehow Revenge of the Fallen has only obtained 22% freshness at Rotten Tomatoes. If anyone goes into the theatre expecting a thought-provoking plot, witty lines, deep characters and artistic cinematography, then I’d say they’re watching the wrong genre of movies. All the reviews (even the one which said the movie was bad) agreed that the special effects were awesome, so just kick back and enjoy things blowing apart and robots beating each other down.
Not that my opinion means anything but I’d give the movie:
7 / 10 Sand-sucking Gorilla-Constructicon
PS: One thing I don’t understand though, won’t it make more sense to slow-mo the robots fighting instead of Megan Fox running? Sarcasm from me? Maybe.
This new trailer sure looks better than the random robot showcase we get in the theatres for a few months now. Can’t watch to watch it. Hope it’s better than what Terminator: Salvation is reviewed to be.
We caught Passengers last Friday, well I believe it’s one of those films where Anne Hathaway starts moving away from her kiddy innocent roles. It an interesting film, not high rated (pretty poorly received actually) and definitely doesn’t fit the “thriller” genre the theatres gave it.
Something Jo brought up after the movie was interesting. “Is it possible to not know when you’ve died.” It reminds me of the philosophy class I had some time back and Descartes’ meditations. In fact, how do we even know we exist and are not computer simulations / brains in vats / controlled by an evil demon / etc? All these can be rather depressing and more importantly give a terrible headache.
I feel like removing categories totally and converting all of them to tags, it’s too hard to fit and chunk stuff into categories now.
Spring cleaning the room reminds me why I only do it once a year. Dust (in places you won’t expect there to be), aches and mysterious wounds.
I think it’s also about time to come up with a list things I want for my birthday (which nobody but I will buy for myself). A new mouse is definitely in the list. The double-clicking by itself crap is driving me crazy and definitely lowering productivity. So it’s buying a new mouse or prying it open to try to clean it or rectify the problem and possibly mucking it up and then buying a new mouse.
Just watched the telecast of “Hellboy” on chl 5. It ended off with:
“What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don’t think so. It’s the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them. ”
Behind all the fighting, heroism and special effects, I feel that this movie brings across an important message about the judgement of character. It is a fact that we judge the people we encounter; to say otherwise would be a lie. Be it a derogatory whisper in the back of our minds about a person’s skin colour or whether the sides of our eyes wrinkle when we laugh at a joke by someone, we unvoluntarily form words to describe that person. The sad fact is that most people judge a person by his physical appearance, something that is inherited and difficult to change.
What makes us shun people who are very different from us is “fear” and “lack of knowledge”. The monsters portrayed in the movie are equipped with the capabilities to kill people and thus, injected fear into the general population but that doesn’t mean they do not have the faculty to make wise choices. It is therefore very important not to judge and dismiss a person too quickly.
Speaking of which, this reminds me about a recent conversation I heard about a guy that have high physical expectations where is comes to choosing a partner in life. I’ve heard many times the first few things men say when asked about the type of girls they go for. It will go something like long hair, big eyes…blah blah blah before intelligence for example. Sometimes even the last bit of inner beauty is not even included in their list. What then are they offering in return? If only they judged themselves first.
Here’s a trailer to enjoy while you’re here.
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