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Showing posts with label Music N' Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music N' Movies. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2009

Movie Review: Yes Man

This movie was basically shoved into my DVD player by Shahrul, who REALLY wanted me to watch this movie. Supposedly this movie reminds him of me.

The guys (Shahrul & Zul especially) always say that whenever there is a get together or teh tarik session I would give a lame excuse to not come along. Thats way off base guys. Mana ada doh. Aku selalu pergi apa kalau ada apa2. Kekadang aje aku takleh pergi. Cam ikan emas aku nak beranak ke... rumah aku takde orang nak jaga... tunggu parents aku balik dgn kereta aku...hehehe. Those excuses are legit.

Back to the movie.

Its a movie about Carl Allen who says no to almost everything especially when his friend's want to hang out.
Everything changed when he signed up to a self-help programme based on one-simple rule: say yes to everything and anything.

At first, positive changes and events happen. Which made Carl more determine to go deeper into this YES! program. But he soon discovers that there are drawbacks of opening up to new possibilities.



The movie is a typical Jim Carrey movie. It reminds me a bit of Liar,Liar. Another one of his movies. It has its usual slapstick and witty comedy and jokes. A good watch. Seeing that the guys wanted me to watch this movie added to my curiosity.

I just got one thing to say to Shahrul & Zul. Aku bukan
macam Carl lah..damn!!

Film: Yes Man (Comedy)

Cast:
Jim Carrey, Zooey Dischanel, Danny Masterson, Bradley Cooper & John Michael Higgins

Direction: Peyton Reed

Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes


Rating: 3 out of 5 Rotten Cempedaks

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Movie Review: Fast & Furious 4 (New Model Original Parts)

The Fast and Furious franchise vrooms onto the our cinemas again, after having vroomed off after a sub-standard Fast & Furious 3; Tokyo Drift installation.

The original king of the streets, Dominic Torreto (Vin Diesel), who created a cult following from the first The Fast and Furious. Vin turned his back on the next 2 installments (2Fast 2Furious and Tokyo Drift). The franchise lost its zing and Torreto was never be heard again. So, naturally, the two had to get together again and create grease lightnin' once more.

But Dom doesn't return alone. In comes his nemesis too, FBI agent Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) who infiltrated ex-con Dom's gang in the first film, only to betray him and his sister (Jordana Brewster). But Brian and Dom do share a special bond, despite being on opposite sides of the law. Remember how Brian let Dom go in the first film. It's the same love-hate relationship that forms the crux of the fourth sequel, where both are in for a roller-coaster ride that sees them criss-crossing across unfriendly terrain in their shining machines.


While Dom wants to avenge the death of his girl friend (Michelle Roderiguez), Brian is in hot pursuit of a drug lord, Antonio Braga, who smuggles car loads of heroin across the Mexican border under the guise of street car racing.

At the start of the film, you would notice that Hahn from the The Tokyo Drift chapter would make an appearance. For those who still remember, he burned and died in Tokyo. So, I leave it to you guys to think about it. Did he really came back from the grave?



While my vote would still stand for the first film, the fourth is definitely better than part two and three. Its been awhile a movie really revved me up and also get me thinking of modifying my all standard cruiser. But beyond the horsepower, there is the enigmatic characterisation of Vin Diesel as the good-bad Dom, who keeps you guessing about his ethics till the very end. Get your testosterone kick.






Film: Fast and Furious 4 (Action)

Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Direction: Justin Lin
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes

Rating: 3.5 of 5 Rotten Cempedaks





Sunday, March 29, 2009

Movie Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic

Before you guys say "geez, this is what we need. another chick flick". Well, IT IS another chick flick. But after a long week at the office, watching a no brainer of a movie do wonders to your stress levels.

Based on the books "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" by Sophie Kinsella. Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a 25 year old who lives with her best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter) in Suze's flat (paying her friend rent that is well below market value), in a trendy part of town. Rebecca has a very boring job writing for a financial magazine. She has a shopping addiction and her crap job doesn't pay enough.



Her bills are piling up, so she tries cutting back (complete fiasco), then she tries making more money (another fiasco).

Eventually, Becky discovers a story that she is truly invested in. Exposing the story gets the attention of a colleague that she hasn't quite figured out yet. Some drama ensues as she snags the guy, and she attempts to pay off her ever-growing debt.

For those who have been living under a rock this past decade and wondering who Isla Fisher is, she is currently Borat's (aka Sacha Baron Cohen) main squeeze. Very nice. She was also in the the Wedding Crashers as the girl that was madly in love with Vince Vaughn's character.

Back to the movie, it is good watch. A good way to get away from the hectic world of the office.

Guys, this is also a good movie that you should bring your partners to. Show em' the dark side of shopping..hahaha...

Film: Confessions of a Shopaholic (Comedy Romance)

Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusacy, John Goodman
Direction: P.J. Hogan
Duration: 64 minutes




Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 Rotten Cempedaks

Review: Dragonball Evolution

I will be the first to say that I'm not an avid follower of comics, manga or anime. But I do follow enough of it to know that the Dragon Ball series ranks high on the list of comic readers.

I went to watch Dragon Ball Evolution a couple of weeks back upon the insistence of my better half. She said that she is curious whether the movie can deliver the great Dragon Ball legacy. It did not!

I came across one review that best described the movie.
This was quoted from www.animenewsnetwork.com
"a bunch of talentless hacks with studio money slapped together a big steaming pile of baffling garbage that fails utterly on every possible level and will please no one at all".

So, with that quote from what I think is a respectible site for anime/comic/manga, I wont review further.

Rating: 1.5 of 5 Rotten Cempedaks

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Watchmen : An Intriguing Artwork

Never have I seen as many people walk out of a movie as I saw during a Saturday showing of “Watchmen.”
The dude that sat beside me I think slept halfway the movie (well..I heard him snoring). A couple in front of me kept asking each other whats going on, who is who and whether to walk out and why is that man blue and was this scene happening now or did these events happen in the past and, holy crap, why are we now on Mars; eventually, they gave up and laughed their way through the exit doors. (And they were not shooshed.)

My fiancee, shifted uncomfortably with every splatter of brain; she sank lower into her seat at the arrival of a nude Dr. Manhattan’s fully exposed Little Dr. Manhattan then insists (really insists) that we haul our asses out of cinema 7 rightly after the fairly explicit sex between Night Owl and Silk Spectre in the back of the Owl Mobile – or whatever it’s called. (The movie is rated 18SX.)

It’s hard to say exactly when the trickle became an exodus – but maybe a quarter of the theater walked.
Indeed, it appears this phenomenon is not unique to our showing at One Utama, but also other cinemas in Klang Valley.
I just felt that it was a just waste of a perfect Saturday evening..and also 20 bucks...down the drain I tell you....shiisshh
But, I think I wont mind taking another showing of the movie, but this time I should go alone. It is indeed an intriguing movie. Your mind is active from start til end.

So did you notice an unusual number of walkouts at your screening? Or was the audience riveted? Howling in laughter? Snickering? Or stone silent and still, wrapped up in the story? Let me know.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Pink Panther 2: Inspect the Unsuspected

I was not planning to catch this sequal to the 2006 comedy hit "The Pink Panther" and honestly I wish I didn't.

The saving grace for Pink Panther 2 was that my giggling fiancee, Azhani had the time of her life. She laughed from start to finish. So, I guess money well spent.

This time around Steve Martin reprises his role of the bumbling French detective Inspector Clouseau, Emily Mortimer and Jean Reno are also back as Nicole (Clouseu's love interest) and Ponton (Clouseu's....umm....sidekick?)

John Cleese replaces Kevin Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Clouseau's nemesis. Other additions to the cast Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Masuzaki, Lily Tomlin and the ever gorgeous, Aishwarya Rai.

This time they make up an international "Dream Team" to catch The Tornado, a mysterious jewel thief.

As usual all the slapsticks, French accents mocking and physical gags are there. Once again, the "hamburger" scene always never fails but that cannot be said of the rest of the movie.

If you want a no-brainer of a movie after a long hard week, this is the movie for you. If not, then I say, keep your hard earned money.

Well, for me, hearing the giggles of my Azhani is worth all the "dim burgers" in the world.

Rating: 2 out of 5 dim burgers

This always cracks me up. Enjoy :P(from the 1st Pink Panther)