The Chronicles of Narnia (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)

I watched Narnia with friends in the cinema. After so long in not stepping into one.

It was over my expectation, this one. I thought it would be quite boring like the previous one, but i find this one interesting. Adventurous, full of meaning.

There are some parts which reminded me of Pirates of Carribean though. Maybe because its the boat.

My rating is 9/10.

Seven Years in Tibet

Unique story. Indeed its based on a true story.

I find it not bad. An eye opener movie to see how Tibetans live. Even such a secluded people of group has history and became victims of the greed of war.

Brad Pitt was good. Totally another style of him acting. The kid who acted as the Dalai Lama was cute too.

My rating is 8/10.

The Shawshank Redemption

In the beginning i thought this is a story about war. But its not.

Very good movie. One that makes you think about hardships in prisons. The reality of life. Meaningful indeed. There are some new insights i discovered in this movie which i've never thought before. They are regarding those people who got life sentence and after about 40 years in prison, they got parole. I'm not gonna spill out here in case its a spoiler.

My rating is 9/10.

Step Up

Watched this the second time. And again i have to say this movie is amazing. Pretty cool. Way too cool! And i love all those dance steps!

The two leads are good in dancing! Perfect match! No wonder both of them got married in real life.

Anyway, story was alright. I mean, its all about dancing. Not that predictable though so that's good.

This movie brought up the desire for me to dance again. After all, i downloaded it after i watched the Malaysian's Dance in tv and wanted to watch the dance steps in this movie.

My rating is 10/10.

Babel

This is rather a creative work. 3 different kind of scenes in one movie, 3 different stories and in the end, all linked.

I can't say i really enjoyed this movie but it was okay. The way of filming is good. Rather authentic. I guess those who know how to value a piece of artwork will know how to value this movie more than me.

My rating is 8/10.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

It's been some weeks i didn't laugh so much like i just did from a movie. This show is hilarious! I didn't know how this movie will go, no any expectations, and was rather surprise to find that both are indeed assassins.

Mixture of both normal marriage life and highly-dangerous professions, it makes everything rather interesting. I love the scripts too. The normal daily speech, the household arguments by a husband and a wife though they are in a scene where bullets fly around. Unique indeed. Very fun to watch.

Both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are good. They're always good.

If i am to watch again, i'll still find myself in a laughing fit. Highly recommended especially during open houses.

My rating is 10/10.

Dear John

Very interesting movie. Nicely done. Nicely directed. Good plot. I love the story and its a touching one.

Well, there is this one part at the almost end of the story where Savannah engaged with Tim. I wonder why couldn't she just wait for John. *sighs* Maybe i'm yet to understand Savannah's feelings when John was away.

I like John. The actor was great. This character suited him perfectly. I could feel the feelings he wanted to portray in this movie. Pretty saddened me. I'm glad the story didn't end with him dying though at first i thought it might.

All in all, i'm pretty satisfied with this movie. And the songs in it too. ;)

My rating is 10/10.

Furry Vengeance

Just okay. Not really a show that makes me laugh. I think i only laughed a little in two or three of the scenes. The rest of the time, i was feeling pretty sick of it. Sick of the animals and the place maybe.

My rating is 4/10.

The Golden Compass

Not a bad movie. Full of fantasies. You can practically let yourself think that you're not living on Earth.

The intro was a bit hard to understand though but after that it was all clear.
Enjoyed the movie pretty much.

Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel did not act a lot. I like his character but too bad he didn't show himself much in it. Nicole Kidman as Mr. Coulter too did not appear much. I've always liked the way she speaks. Full of the accent. The little kid too. I think she did great.

Can't wait for the second part of the movie!

My rating is 8/10.

Bewitched

Hilarious movie. Magical! A light plot, nothing too complicated. Fun to watch. It is the kind of movie where you can let your imagination flows with you. Like in a fantasy, imagining yourself being a witch!

Nicole Kidman here was not her usual cool character but a rather cheerful, young, fun person.

Well, the guy was not that handsome though but he's quite funny. =D

My rating is 8/10.

Inglourious Basterds

I don't know why, but I find this movie pretty hilarious. Maybe the way the movie is captured. Informative also as i'm not really good in German's History, i understand the plot in it.

I like Brad Pitt's slang. Kinda cool. He didn't really act a lot though.

Well, halfway through, i got bored of the movie but fortunately it captured my interest back at the end.

My rating is 6/10.

The Book of Eli

Amazing illustration of life after apocalypse. Interesting enough.

It reminds me how God will truly look after His children despite of impossible circumstances. And the evil shall not triumph because God is great, all the time.

Sometimes we just take the Word of God for granted, having them available everywhere, at least here in Malaysia. After watching this movie, it reminds me again how we should actually treat them like precious. 

Anyway, the movie was pretty cool. :)

My rating is 9/10.

Leaving Las Vegas

A simple plot. Got to know the perspective of a drunk and also a prostitute. It just opened my eyes to the different type of people in this world. Seeing how a life of a prostitute is from this movie made me even understand how lonely are all of them.

Nicolas Cage was good in acting like a real drunk. Kinda scary. Reminds me of homeless Indian guys at the side of the street.

My rating is 3/10.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This is such a wonderful story. Truly one of a kind.

Benjamin must had learned a lot. Being the odd one out had taught him plenty of things i guess. I admire the view he had on life. One of them is how he described about the collision cross. One thing leads to another. A mere delay in a second could've shifted the entire future in the whole.

Brad Pitt did a good job in this too.

The ending was sad. The sacrifice he was going through, the sacrifice that he had to make because of his "disease". I will applaud him for such courage, really.


I love the way the director showed the reversed clock in the end too. Artistic. A nice touch to conclude.

My rating is 10/10.

Grown Ups

I don't understand what is so funny about this movie, like how one of my friends said it is! I guess, this is one of my worst comedy.

It was not funny at all. Pretty lame. Everything they joked on was about sex and they were not even funny.

Very poor plot.

Well, it very much portrayed how children nowadays were so spoilt. The things they were exposed to are just so not for a child. Contaminated mind in such an early age.

My rating is 2/10.

Revolutionary Road

I feel that many of us are in what this movie showed. Or at least people who loves adventures, who are lively and the likes. They are stuck in what this world called normal, the stable life. Thus, denying themselves of what satisfies them or rather of what makes them feel alive. As what Leonardo said in this movie, 'hopeless emptiness'. I can totally relate to that. But again i said, majority of the world thinks it's irresponsible, neurotic and childish, to do the things we feel alive in even though it's not by the world's standard.

Leonardo and Kate were great. Lots of emotions. Anyway, i just don't like the ending. I would like a happy one, you know. This is just too sad. Even excluding all those failed plans.

This movie definitely brought me into some deep thinking.

My rating is 8/10.

Romeo + Juliet

My heart simply felt so......devastated by this movie. William Shakespeare was good.

This movie was amazing.

They used the exact convo from William Shakespeare's play but the scene was in the 90's. It was a bit funny seeing modern people conversed in the olden days' or rather the poet's language. But they did great in it. I wonder how the actors and actresses memorized the speeches. They must be hard!

Towards the end, where Romeo was at Juliet's deathbed, I very wished that the director had changed the last part into getting Romeo and Juliet together. But... sigh. It was very sad. Well, i guess it'd made more impact to the audiences if both of them died.

Leonardo was very good in acting as Romeo. Claire too as Juliet. Double thumbs up for them.

Now i understand why Romeo and Juliet is so popular.

My rating is 10/10.

Unbreakable

Interesting movie. And a nice shocking ending.


Love the way the movie shows how David Dunn, starred by Bruce Willis, found out that he was unbreakable. And when in the end, he accepted, he became a hero in helping out people.

I'm a bit pitiful of Elijah Prince though, who was called Mr. Glass because his bones were easily fractured. But well, he shouldn't have killed people just to prove that he was not a weirdo. Well, i guess one can do something desperately and irrationally when faced with something terrible he alone seemed to be bearing. But indeed, that is not the way how one should tackle them.

My rating is 7/10.

The Aviator

An interesting storyline. Indeed it is a history. =) And i love movies based on history. 

I would say it is rather unique. I meant the way the movie was filmed. A sense of art in it. Love the 30's feel in the movie. Some parts are sort of good-naturedly humorous too! I didn't even once feel bored though the movie is a long one, 2 hours and half.

Leonardo, as usual, performed excellently the character of Howard Hughes. I realised most of his other roles in other movies are of one who is brilliant in mind yet suffering from some mental illness. In this movie, he imitated well of those people who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Loved the loyalty of his friends. Despite of everything, they stood true by his side. Even at the last part, they hid him from the others especially the press when his illness attacked.

My rating is 8/10.

Toy Story 3

This movie relives my childhood. It has been 10 years since Toy Story 2 and i was about 9 years old at that time. So, like Andy, i'm all grown up now, almost ready for college or uni! I wonder whether that's the aim of the director, to only produce this movie after so long so that those of us who'd been living our childhood with Toy Story will watch it as if we're Andy because we're now in his shoe. :)

I love the story line. It was touching. In the same time funny and had some taste of adventure in it. I like Woody's loyalty towards his owner and in the same time towards his friends. All the other toys are cool too. One more scene I like was where Barbie meets her Barbie Man. It was hilarious. Another was when Mr. Potato only can use his limbs, eyes, nose, ears and mouths and stuff them to a mat so that they will stand.

Anyway, the ending was what touched me the most. Andy spoke about his toys, and especially when he spoke about Woody. I just felt the feeling of longing towards my childhood there.

Love the animation, the musics. They were splendid, perfect.

My rating is 9/10.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Thumbs up for this movie. It was said to be based on a true story. Though the story line was pretty simple, yet it was filmed in a very captivating manner. I thought I will get bored halfway, but instead it caught more and more of my attention.

I simply felt touched by Gilbert. On how he bore all those responsibilities, taking care of Arnie who was a retarded 18-year old kid, an obese mother who was suffering from depression, and two sisters. His father left the whole family and just disappeared without any word. I felt touched again by the love this family gave to their mother and the mentally-handicapped brother. They were even willing to burn down their house in order to not let their mother, who had just died, be humiliated as she could not be carried out except by a crane.

Johnny Depp did a great job in acting as Gilbert. Same goes to Leonardo who acted as Arnie. It was so funny, the way he acted and he was so young! Only 18 or 19 year old at that time. The mother too was good. I wonder how they managed to find for an obese lady who was good in acting and was also not ashamed to be on the screen.

All in all, my rating for this movie is 8/10

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

I watched New Moon yesterday night.

What I couldn't understand is that why this movie is able to hit the top 50 of the all-time worldwide box office. All the time I was watching, I was debating with myself whether to stop wasting my time on it. Nevertheless, I finished it because I didn't want to waste my effort in downloading it.

I am very disappointed with the movie. I don't know how such a great storyline can be turned into such a boring movie not to mention a confusing one too. I wonder whether Stephenie Meyer is sad too of such outcome. If one has not yet read the book, I don't think he or she will be able to understand the movie at all. It is like the director expected his audiences to read the book firsthand and so not caring to explain the story in a clear manner. I guess all of this movie fans don't really care of the story but the characters. To ogle the 'hot' characters.

Well, for me, I don't find the guy characters, Edward and Jacob, beautiful, like how it was described in the book. For Bella, I think her looks are pretty okay though. However, all the three of them, I regretfully say, are bad in acting. Bella mumbles all the way, besides not having appropriate reactions for the scenes she was in. Same goes to Jacob and he was no sunny at all. Fortunately Edward is better than the two of them though not by a large margin. I can't even feel the romance between Edward and Bella. It is like they were being forced to be together, no feelings.

Well, I can't wholly blame them for being famous because of this movie but just the taste of the fans. They must still be inexperienced and did not also expect to be nominated in so many awards. The rest of the characters in the movie like Charlie and Alice is no any better too. Bad reactions. Maybe they didn't read the books before. Or maybe the director is just bad.

My rating is 1/10.