This is the place where I put my random thoughts that I like to share with you all. It's also a place where I could post about things that interest me such as movies, TV shows, Games and just anything that's part of the Pop culture that I find necessary to post about.
Congratz to ‘Slumdog Millionaire‘ for the winning 8 oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.
I was betting on it to win big in this year’s oscars….actually, it’s the only movie among the best picture nominees that i’ve seen . I watched the early part of the live telecast (I fell asleep…it was about 2-3am in UK) and even from the first few minutes, I knew that this was going to be a special Oscar night. Here are some of favourite oscar moments:
Hugh Jackman’s opening number:
Hugh Jackman has natural charisma as host and that opening number was hilarious!! From ‘the Dark Knight not getting a nomination’ joke to his duet with Anne Hathaway.
Click ‘more’ below for more of my favourite moments from this year’s oscars.
Hello! Just want to say that I’ve finally updated the ‘Top Post’ page. Now known as ‘Essential posts’, it’s where I’ve compiled posts that I think showcases what I’ve been blogging about for the past year. I think it might help those who might want to read through the blog but couldn’t be bothered to browse through all the archives. The posts are categorised into 4:
Milestones – include any posts related to any milestones achieved (eg. visit counts, anniversary, etc)
Personal – posts that are heavy with my opinions and ideas.
Movies – movie related posts
Episodic posts – Series of inter-related posts that I made
It has been almost a month since I posted in this blog. The reasons?
Essays
Self explanatory.
Too many ideas
Make that too many ideas that go nowhere. Usually I have an idea for a post and start writing but quickly got bored of it.
LOST
‘Lost’ is back in its fifth season!! and that means going back to my routine of spending 50% of my internet time with things related to LOST. The six episodes have been aired so far were amazing.
Facebook
yup…I’m in Facebook. Just started few months ago when my friends forced me to open an account. Hey you know what? maybe I should make a post about Facebook…
Lazyness
Perhaps the underlying reason for the lack of posts. Hell, you can even cross out all the other reasons mentioned above.
Obama thanking Bush for “his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition” and then went on about the mess he made for the last eight years such as war, economic crisis; “Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.”
Best part No.2:
Obama said, “As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.” And the camera cuts to George W Bush LOL
Personal favourite line:
“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society’s ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.“
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As for Mr.Bush…well…..farewell. Thanks for all the hilarious “Bushism”
Was supposed to post this around the end of December but got sidetracked with other things. Well here it is now, my top ten movies that I’ve seen in 2008. You have two movies starring Robert Downey Jr., two superhero movies, two animated movies and three movies starring our old beloved heroes:
A movie with a thin plot: a washed up star gets into a hostage situation and gets wrongly accused of robbing a bank. What made this movie special is that it’s not some guy playing a washed up actor, it’s JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME, a washed up star himself. The movie is fictional yet it touches upon real facts about Van Damme (eg. drug addiction, child custody, rivalry with Steven Seagal, his recent work on ‘Direct to video’ movies). The ending was the biggest surprise for me. It’s not quite a happy ending yet not a sad one either.
While Jean Claude Van Damme is reinventing his on screen image with JCVD, Stallone is reintroducing one of his iconic characters to the new generation. ‘Rambo’ doesn’t follow the usual 3 Act formula and instead it’s a one constant build up that ended with an explosive finale. Stallone, bring on ‘The Expendables‘!!
7. Iron Man
Iron Man aka “How Marvel movies got her groove back”. You have a hero who’s cool, crazy rich, a playa, drives cool cars, wears an indestructible armour, can fly, can blow things up, hook up with Gwyneth Paltrow and go toe to toe with Jeff Bridges (who looks badass in this movie). Add to the fact that this hero is played by the talented Robert Downey Jr. and you have a winner
6. Wanted
F***ing ridiculous but I love it. You have curving bullets, crazy car chase, violence, John Woo/Matrix style gun ballet and Angelina Jolie.
I liked the twist in the middle too which saved the story from being the typical “I’m the chosen one and must avenge my father” angle.
I loved it. That’s right, I enjoyed this movie. On my second viewing, the parts that I did have a problem with were still problematic for me (CGI beaver, Indy inside the fridge to save himself from nuclear explosion, etc) but I enjoyed the rest. I didn’t have a problem with the aliens which wasn’t much of a surprise for those who have been following the development of the 4th installment of Indiana Jones (you thought that was ridiculous for an Indiana Jones movie?? Come on, we had a box with mysterious powers that melts Nazis, an Indian cult group that takes out the hearts of children and a sacred cup in which you get immortality if you drink from it). Overall, it was a fun adventure movie.
4. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Highly entertaining movie. It’s funny, frightening and action packed. I cared about the characters and I even kinda felt sorry for the main villain too. The main highlight of the movie for me are the creature designs; from evil little “tooth fairies” to giant plant monster, the ectoplasmic german guy to the angel of death (my favourite). The audience were in awe whenever some new creature shows up and it proves that the director have limitless imagination. Del Toro, bring on ‘The Hobbit‘!
Wall E is a preachy movie with an environmental message like ‘Happy Feet’. But its brilliance lies with the way it kept the central focus of the story on the main characters instead of the message itself. The first part of movie where you follow Wall E’s daily life and his unrequited love for Eve is sweet and adorable. Best Pixar movie since Finding Nemo.
2. Kung Fu Panda
Wall E is epic but Kung Fu Panda is just pure fun. I’ve lost count on how many times I’ve seen this movie but I’m still not bored with it. Introducing the classic Kung Fu story formula (clumsy guy trained into a Kung Fu master and save the village) to a younger generation through an animated feature is a smart move. You add a loveable Panda (the national animal of China aside from dragon) as the hero, hire a wide range of actors to do the voices (Comedians like Jack Black & Seth Rogen to superstars like Angelina Jolie & Jackie Chan and a Hollywood veteran, Dustin Hoffman) add some action and sprinkle it with humour and what you get is a work of genius Haha
You must be tired of how this movie is on everyones top list but seriously, it is a really good movie. A psychological and sociological study that touches on themes of anarchy, heroism, law & order under the disguise of a summer popcorn superhero movie.
The Dark Knight is not just a Superhero movie, it’s a two and a half hours long epic crime drama that touches on themes like law & order, the price of heroism and what people can do when their comfort zone get disturbed…The movie is about Gotham City and the efforts of three men (Batman, Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent) in saving it from the Joker, the self proclaimed agent of Chaos.
I’m back from London! Actually I went back from London almost a week ago..but I’m back from London AND blogging!! I’m just gonna stick this post on the top of the page and will update it later. Meanwhile, other new posts will appear below this one
Sorry for the lack of update lately. I’ve been busy with assignments/essays and I thought ‘maybe I should start writing some posts again when my term holiday starts‘ yet when holiday started, blogging was the last thing on my mind hehe. Just want to say that I don’t think I’ll make any post till the New Year because I’ll be in London doing…well…things besides blogging that is.
Anyway, Merry Christmas to everyone (everybody celebrates Christmas…the commercialized version of it at least) and enjoy your holiday!
Those old school in-your-face action movies are guilty pleasures for me which is why I can’t wait for this upcoming action movie called the ‘The Expendables’ written and to be directed by Sylvester Stallone.
As you can see from the very early teaser poster above, you have three big action stars as “a team of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator“. Yup, a simple plot…three guys…jungle…explosions…and probably a really evil dictator. Wait, make that four guys because Dolph Lundgren has been recently announced to join as well. Pure old school action film so expect a Predator, Commando and Rambo vibe into it. Let’s look at the stars: you have the aging action hero with a huge comeback, a European goliath, a tough british guy and a slick Asian guy. Who’s next to join? Steven Seagal? Arnold?
There is a rumour that Jean Claude Van Damme was offered a role in the movie but he turned it down. It’s a shame though because with all the rave reviews he gets from his new movie, JCVD, he should use that as a spring board to blast back into the action movie scene and this Stallone movie is the best way to do that. Oh well….at least JCVD looks good, watch the trailer below:
When the life of Jean-Claude Van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What can a film hero do when the gun pointed to his temple isn’t charged with blanks? JCVD finds himself at the turning point of his “hero” life.
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You might be interested in my other related post, Heroes Don’t die…They just reload Part I and Part II.
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“What mean expendable?”
“It’s like someone invites you to a party
and you don’t show up, and it doesn’t really matter”
I just realized that few days ago (November 15) marks the first year anniversary of this blog! Holy F***! It has been one year? A year ago I was bored and sitting in front of my computer while starting this blog. Now…I’m still bored and sitting in front of my computer writing this post…some shit never change
Anyway, thank you to all those who viewed this blog (all 126,214 of them) and those who left comments, I appreciate it, it kept me ‘blogger sane’ because then I know somebody actually read what I wrote (especially during the early months of blogging).
I was planning to write an overview on the posts I made since last year but I remember that I pretty much wrote about it in my previous post. So I’m just gonna copy and paste it here:
Some of my earlier post were more personal like the one I wrote about my story idea or the recurring dreams. Even the post about Battlefield and WWE were also personal. I think I should do those personal posts more often rather than being preoccupied by movies. My friend even called my site a movie blog. WTF
I also remember how at the beginning, I said to myself that I’m not going to talk about politics. Blah! I guess I failed in keeping up with that promise. Another promise that I sort of broke was the one that I stated in my About page.
…post about things that interest me…..anything that’s part of the Pop culture that I find necessary to post about (no I’m not going to talk about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, you can find that somewhere else)
Recently, I made few posts on my country Brunei. I just thought that I needed to write something related to Brunei or maybe it’s just another way to balance out all those movie related post.
I’ve also noticed how I began to write more episodic posts (eg Part 1, part 2). Several reasons; either the original idea of the post was too long or I was just lazy to finish the post and hold it off for later. Examples of this can be found here, here and here.
Oh and one more thing, I realized that I have only reviewed one book. Man, I haven’t read any novels for a long time. I’ll try posting a review of books that I have read. (fiction or non fiction).
I wrote that back in March and I have little to add to it except for few things I did since March like:
Finish my ‘Trylobyte Odyssey Portal’ page that I was planning to finish by November 15 lol (more on this later)
Restructure my ‘Top Post’ page. It’s outdated now.
Publish this post that I’ve been thinking about in the past few days
Hopefully adding more links in my links bar/blogroll.
If you’re interested in some random statistic facts about my blog then click ‘More’ at the bottom of this post. In the meantime I’ll leave you with Coldplay’s ‘Lovers in Japan’. No reason….just felt like putting up a video at the end of this post hehe
A young charismatic politician versus an old but experienced War hero.
Yeah, I try to avoid politics in this blog but I need to say something about this historic election. I’m not American but you gotta admit, American politics affects the whole world, period! I remember back in 2004 when everyone who were against the war in Iraq were rallying behind John Kerry to defeat Bush in the election. I was one of those Kerry supporters and I remember how we spent the entire computer class talking about politics and constantly refresh the election page only to be disappointed to see Bush leading every minute (our computer teacher actually had the election update on the projector for all of us to see). Kerry’s defeat was disappointing but it was a short lived disappointment because I realize that he wasn’t that great. I do think he’s better than Bush but I wasn’t really that excited about him.
Which brings us to here now with Obama vs McCain. I knew that an African American named Obama was running for president but I was supporting Hillary and thought that the she was the clear candidate for the democratic party. Then Obama starts making those speeches and impressing a lot of people however, despite all that, I still think that he wasn’t ready. He’s a good speaker and charismatic but deep inside I thought that he’s like one of those people who just know how to bullshit with their sweet talk and stuff. Basically, the idealism that he generated were too much for me I guess probably ever since September 11, I just have a pessimistic view on world politics. But shit man, as the election got nearer, how much I want Obama to win this election grew. He will be making history if he wins….no, he’s not just going to make history because he will be the first black president…no…we’re beyond that now. He successfully broke racial boundaries and he is the best chance we got on at least bringing back some hope to politics. Sorry Stallone, I’m a big fan but the right character for the right script is Obama not McCain. So yeah, Obama ftw
ok, it’s 2.30 in the morning here so I’m off to bed now. Probably find out who wins tomorrow morning Just imagine if McCain-Palin wins…lol…this post will definitely look silly
. I watched the early part of the live telecast (I fell asleep…it was about 2-3am in UK) and even from the first few minutes, I knew that this was going to be a special Oscar night. Here are some of favourite oscar moments:
