Parental guidance

Trailer: http://youtu.be/Hgt5KOVKoqc

Sypnosis: Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane's old-school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it's learning to bend--and not holding your ground--that binds a family together.

Review: just your predictable family comedy movie the same old predictable moral of the story with brand mention for ESPN and even tony hawk appears. Watch only if you have nothing else to do. Good cast though.

2 stars

Movie review: Rise of the guardians

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3OmoPtPp0I&sns=em

Synopsis: When an evil spirit known as Pitch (boggy man) lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians ( Santa Claus, Tooth fairy, sand man, Easter bunny and Jack Frost) must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world.

Review: Rise of the Guardians is a children's equivalent of The Avengers, with its similar premise of mythical heroes coming together to defend the world against a dastardly villain.

The animation and voice overs were impressively flawless. The actors also knew how to act their roles.

Overal: 4.5/5 stars. Best animation film ever bringing out the child in you.

1/1/2013

2013, The start of a new year.

The usual bright and loud celebrations on the eve of the new year with close friends and family to welcome the prosperous brand new start exactly when the clock strikes 00:00.

Everything feels new for the first week or so. Everyone remembers their new year resolutions, everyone behaves their best just like a primary 1 kid starting his/her first day of school. Everyone's a new person who is positive and happy.

So what happens to the rest of the year?

Those who really (I mean honestly) get through their life fulfilling all their resolutions for the year; KUDOS to you to finally learning the art of resolutions and many more years to fulfilling your dreams.

But how about the rest of us? What really happens to last (or last last) years "baggage"? Do we carry forward these unfulfilled resolutions or just simply forget them?

I too was once like everyone. The famous lose weight resolution and other crappy goals didn't work at all. Until one day I realized the true meaning of setting New Year's resolutions.

It all started on 31 Dec 2008. I made a bad move to study material science during poly days as it did not give me any kind of career or studying opportunities. The industry for material science was either still relatively small or mainly for degree holders. Schools that offer degrees for this course were only NTU and NUS back then. There and then, wiping my tears away, told myself from now on, I need to be determined. I need to put my mind into my goals and ambitions and set one very realistic goal per year. I made a goal to only study something that (1) interests me, that (2) was something I was good at and most importantly (3) something practical in which I could earn a living from. Hence my double degree from Murdoch (even fully sponsored by myself) and stroked my resolution off the list!

31 Dec 2009 was when I decided I should concentrate my energy (mainly my whole life!) to school and make sure I pass this degree without failing any modules. That was done but unfortunately I neglected my diet (I'm a blown up fat buffalo now!!)

31 Dec 2010. I was into my last year of studying my degree then. I made this one resolution that I need to get my degree certification by this year and start working in a job relevant to my studies. Both resolutions were fulfilled by then and there was a third surprise of him proposing to me came as a sweet topping on the cake that year.

31 Dec 2011. i decided i should focus my energy on finding a new job that pays me at least a decent amount a degree holder would ask for. next i wanted to travel around the world. thirdly i wanted to focus on settling down in life. Well, i got a good job with my desired pay, travelled to 5 places and to an ang mo country (cameron higlands, bangkok, phuket, sydney, jakarta) and manage to finalize my wedding plans with my parents.

So what are my 2013 resolutions? Simple of course. (1) get married (ROM) (2) stay in new house (3) see snow!! But I do want to lose weight for the wedding so the last one will be (4) I will exercise at least once a week.

I think 1-3 easy to achieve but I'm gonna struggle with 4. Lets see how it goes.

so how about you. What do you plan to do for the new year? What are your realistic resolutions?

If you need a little bit more motivation, i kinda find this article a very good read: http://m.dumblittleman.com/2013/01/88-simple-new-years-resolutions-that.html/

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

This movie is well written and well acted especially the joker role.

Everyone should catch it.

I bet you will be at the edge of ur seats, wanting to know what's next!

Kung Fu Panda Review + Trailer + Sypnosis

Have you watched kungfu panda yet?

No?

Just one simple question okay?

WHY AND WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

GO BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!

GO HEAD TO THE CINEMA NEAR YOU AND WATCH IT!

uh, still not working for you eh? haiz. ok. let me convince everyone to watch it.

Here it goes:

1) MAGNIFICIANT ANIMATION!!!

This is seriously a great work done by DreamWorks Animations! The animations looked so real. The animations have like real human features, movement and stuff and I felt as if I was in the movie not watching it. Take that pixar and let's see how great Wall-e is going to be since its being dragged like way way way too long.

2) GREAT CASTS!!

Jack Black was able to played his part really well while still letting his personality shine through! All the actors were able to make each of their characters their own.

3) EVERYTHING WAS BRIGHT, VIBRANT AND FUN FUN FUN!

I felt as if the movie seemed to jump off the screen. The art design for each of the different areas like the Jade Palace, The Valley of Peace, and the Chorh-Gom Prison are breathtaking. not to mention the shading, water, and fire effects. Especially impressive was how smooth all of the scenes flowed together. With all that was going on and the speed at which it was happening, I thought it might not look that great, but I was proven wrong.

4) KICKASS FIGHT SHOTS!!

This isn't your normal cheesy animated fights. These are in your face, edge-of-your seat martial arts fight scenes. When The Matrix first came out on DVD, were you one of those who watched just the fight scenes over and over? I was one of those people, and I can tell you I'm going to do the same for parts of Kung Fu Panda.

5) OVERWHELMING COMEDY!!!!

i think the laughter rating was great, the theatre burst into laughter at the many different parts of the movie together. From the start to the end of the movie, there was funny funny funny all over it.

6) THERE'S A MORAL OF THE STORY!

no matter what your age, a good piece of advice embeded in a nice movie is always a plus isn't it? NO?!?! okay atleast for me it was. I like sentiments. just like moses lim in under one roof. LOL.

OK. have i made you wanna watch the movie? Atleast a little? Good. SO let me tell you about the story. Promise me you will watch the two great trailers and catch the movie in the cinemas soon okay?

sypnosis - a must read:

Po the Panda (Jack Black), is basically a fat lazy typical panda . He idolizes the Furious Five ; Tigress (Angelina Jolie) , Crane (David Cross) , Monkey (Jackie Chan) , Snake (Lucy Liu) , Mantis (Seth Rogen) taught by the Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) . he is the son of the famous noodle stall in town , but he has a dream of becoming the next hero , not someone who sells noodle . eventually Po got chosen as the Dragon Warrior as appointed by master wugui during the appointment at the jade palace . a snow leopard , Tai-Lung (Ian McShane) is on the way to the Valley of Peace to destroy everything and Po is the only one to stop him ! can he save the town?

Trailer - a must watch:

thank you guys for your patience.

SO now go.

don't wait.

you just gotta catch this great movie.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting - hunh (come on, hoo-hah)

Those kids were fast as lightning - ha (woo-chop)

In fact it was a little bit frightening - hunh (huh-huh-huh)

But they fought with expert timing. - ha

[keep singing it till you stop and then sing it again! =X ]

Just like heaven

Elizabeth Masterson (Reese Witherspoon) is a work-alcoholic San Francisco doctor with no time for a life and David Abbott is a grieving widow. One fateful night will change both of their lives forever.

Dr. Masterson meddling older sister, Abby, has set her up on yet another blind dinner date at her house and has ordered her younger sister to join. Running late and excited about a recent promotion, Elizabeth doesnt see the semi-truck coming at her head on before its too late.

David Abbott (Mark Ruffalo) has decided to rent out the cozy apartment with the comfortable couch as a place to drink himself numb to his wife's untimely death two years ago. One night, (after some heavy drinking), he is shocked to see a woman yelling at him to get out of her apartment. It turns out to be Elizabeth, who doesnt believe she is dead, even though no one else can see her but him and she can't psychically pick anything up.

With the help of an eccentric bookseller who has the gift of reading aura's, David finds that Elizabeth isnt dead, she is too alive of a spirit to be dead. With the help of clues in her apartment and Elizabeth's shaky memory, he learns that she really isnt dead, but in a coma from her accident and has some unfinished business that has enabled her to stay on Earth.

Now, he is a race aganist time and the hospital to stop them from pulling her plug and killing the woman he loves.



here's the trailer:








Review from rotten tomatoes:


Delightfully sweet like a lollipop, Just Like Heaven is a dreamy romantic comedy that may give you a toothache when it attempts to broach difficult end of life issues by throwing a cherry on top.

Vantage point

The film is set in Salamanca, Spain, but it was mostly filmed in Mexico; only some of the scenes were shot in Salamanca. The United States President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) is holding an anti-terrorism summit in Salamanca. Over a twenty-three-minute period, an assassination attempt on the President unfolds. The film loops through this period over and over, each time from the perspective of a different participant, adding a new piece to the larger puzzle with each loop.



i love this movie! This movie was actually pretty good. I was wanting to watch it so badly and i just saw it and I really thought that it was thought provoking, with some very symbolic ideas throughout the movie, and lots of twists and turns. It left me on the edge of my seats guessing. They showed the movie in the view of 8 individuals with differents points of view and I really think it is amazing.



There is, however, a big spoiler in this trailer. lol.



Nevertheless, vantage point is a die die must see!



if you feel like playing a game, go here : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/vantagepoint/mosaic/index.php

two good movies

There is two movies that I watched during this long and peaceful break that I kinda really loved.

1) My Girl (1991)

- This movie is basically about the emotional awakening of a young girl in a small Pennsylvania town during the summer of 1972. Anna Chlumsky plays eleven-year-old Vada, a quiet child living with her widowed father Harry Dultenfuss (Dan Aykroyd), a local mortician who prepares bodies in his basement. Vada feels responsible for the death of her mother, who died giving birth to her, and lives in an emotional cocoon, her only friend being a personable local boy, Thomas J. Sennett (Macauly Culkin), who suffers from allergies. Like Vada, Harry keeps to himself, until a freelance make-up artist, Shelly DeVoto (Jamie Lee Curtis), comes to town and gets a job working with Harry. Shelly and Harry fall in love and Vada feels threatened by her presence. But then a personal tragedy forces Vada to come out of her emotional shell. The story deals with love, friendship, honesty, jealousy, puberty and death.

(Sad that I didn't catch My Girl 2)

2) Take the lead (2006)

- This movie is about Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas), an inspirational Manhattan dance teacher and competitor. Pierre volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a diverse group of New York inner-city high school students serving detention. The students are initially skeptical of Dulaine, especially when they learn what he's there to teach them, but his unwavering commitment and dedication slowly inspire them to embrace his program. In fact, they even take it one step further and combine Dulaine's classical dance with their unique hip-hop style and music to create a high-energy, unique fusion. As Dulaine becomes a mentor for his students, many of whom haven't had much to strive towards in their lives, he inspires them to hone their craft for a prestigious city ballroom competition, and in return they share with each other valuable lessons about pride, respect and honor. Inspired by a true story.