1. My Girl [마이걸]
Starring: Lee Da Hae, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Jun Ki, Park Shi YeonShort and sweet: A girl is hired to be a guy's long lost cousin and they end up falling in love with each other. This sounds really incestuous but remember, they're PRETENDING okies?
I found it incredibly sweet and so good to watch. I was pretty hooked on this series from the beginning and I can see why people thought this was so good. Plus Lee Dong Wook's in it and that's enough reason to watch it if you're a girl XD
Rating: 10/102. A Moment of Romance [天若有情]
Starring: Andy Lau [劉德華], Wu Chien Lien [吳倩蓮]
Short and sweet: A bikie takes a girl hostage during a robbery and through a series of events, the pair fall in love. Don't watch this if you don't like sad endings. And before you kill me for pretty much giving away the ending, doesn't the title of the movie give things away already?
I've watched this movie a million times and even though I cry pretty much every time I watch it, it's just really, really good. The story is good, the acting is good and all the action, drama and romance is to the point. Even though this movie is nearly 20 years old, it's definitely recommended for guys and girls.
Rating: 10/10
3. A Moment of Romance 2 [天若有情 II 之天長地久]
Starring: Aaron Kwok [郭富城], Wu Chien Lien [吳倩蓮]Short and sweet: A bikie saves a girl who's been framed for murder and through a series of events, they fall in love. If you've seen the first movie, it's much of the same thing. Guy meets girl through chance, guy saves girl again and again, guy and girl fall for each other, bad things happen in the end.
This movie doesn't really compare to the first. Andy was really badass in the first movie whilst Aaron's too much of a softie in this one. It's still alright, but just disappointing when compared to the first movie.
Rating: 6.5/10
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, a whole bunch of Autobots and Decepticons
Short and sweet: To keep it really short and [not so] sweet, it does not even compare to the first movie. I could waste quite a bit of this blog bitching about how crap this movie was, but I'll just talk about the good points.
The soundtrack is pretty good and the CGI effects [which I'm pretty sure most of the budget was spent on since everything else is pretty messed up] are pretty cool too. Other than that, I'm pretty much ignoring the fact that this film exists in the Transformers series. Good luck with the third one.
Rating: 2/10 [1 for the soundtrack, 1 for the CGI effects]
5. Night at the Museum 2
Starring: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson
Short and sweet: Ben Stiller goes to another museum and has all these random adventures with the museum exhibits from the first film. If you've seen the first movie, it's pretty much the same deal.
I quite liked the first movie when I watched it at the cinema and I'm usually pretty skeptical about sequels [see 'A Moment of Romance 2' and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen']. Surprisingly, this film's just as good as the original. If you didn't like the first film, you won't like this one.
Rating: 8/10
6. Bruno
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen [whoops, I mean Bruno XD]
Short and sweet: Bruno, a gay fashion reporter, tries to make it big in Hollywood. While trying to do that, he offends a lotta people along the way. If you've seen 'Borat', you'll have an idea of the humour in this movie. It's pretty much the gay version XD
I thoroughly enjoyed 'Borat' when I saw it a few years back and I was expecting this to be good. And it was!! I laughed so much throughout this movie, especially the part where he's promoting his show to the producers. Priceless stuff!! Totally recommended if you're not offended easily but I'm taking 1 off 'cause there's no real memorable quotes like in 'Borat' =(
Rating: 9/10
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Short and sweet: I didn't really pay proper attention to the movie but from what I gathered, it's about finding out who the Half Blood Prince is, something about Horcruxes, watching Draco Malfoy being emo and creepy and watching the love triangles between Harry-Ginny-Dean and Hermione-Ron-Lavender.
I dunno what to say about this film. According to those who've read the book, the film actually stays pretty true to the book. Having known that, I'm a bit put off reading the book 'cause I found the movie quite boring. It's definitely funny in parts [whether intentional or unintentional] and it's definitely the sussest Harry Potter film so far.
Rating: 6/10 [I'll update it after I read the book]
I know it's been a while. Time to give my blog some much needed love...
Holidays are nearly ending and I'm actually really sad about it. I'll wait 'til the end of the holidays to blog about it since there's still a few events coming up but it's just been really, really, really great and really, really, really fun. Words and photos just can't describe it all.
I have a new celebrity crush: LEE DONG WOOK!!!
OMG, I couldn't stop perving on this guy while watching 'My Girl' and I became all giggly like a schoolgirl every time he had a love scene with Lee Da Hae *sighs* I don't think I've felt like this since seeing Daniel Wu in 'Love Undercover' back in high school hehe
In other news, I OFFICIALLY SUCK AT MAH JONG. I played 2 games of it this week and the 2nd time, I got owned in pretty much every game I played. If I played for money all nite, I'm pretty sure I would've lost all my money. Need practice!!!
Also watched 'Bruno' and 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' recently. I'll review the movies when I'm not half asleep.
Too lazy to update more. Just wanted an excuse to post a pic of Lee Dong Wook *giggles* I wanna marry him and have his babies!!!
It's getting to that time of year.
That time of year when my social life dwindles to pretty much nothing.
That time of year when the only time I get out of the house is to go to uni or go to work.
That time of year when I'm freaking out 'cause I suddenly realise I've done absolutely NO study and I've left everything to the last minute. Again.
That time of year when all my convos with people involve how stressed and/or tired I am.
That time of year when I re-watch my beloved TV shows in a matter of days. This semester, it's The OC. I'm nearly halfway through the series and I still have 27 days 'til I finish exams. Oh crap.
That time of year when I'm sitting on my ass in front of my laptop... even more than usual.
But on the plus side, I'm at home more so that means more home-cooked meals and I save money for Sydney and Japan. Hooray for that!
Hooray for music! I'd be so lost without you.
Hooray for fattening snacks! I know I'm gonna gain 5 kgs after this exam period but I'll DDR it off.
Hooray for Restaurant City on Facebook! I'm probably gonna get sick of this game later on but for now, I love it.
Hooray for my friends on MSN and at uni! Without you guys and your support, I'd never get through it all.
Hooray for my bed! I'm so glad I get to see you at the end of the night, especially if I get to sleep in the next day.
I think I'm going a bit delirious. Can you tell????????
Anyway, back to work. Good luck to those who have upcoming assignments and exams. I'll be praying for you. Pray for me too. We'll get outta this alive.
1. I heart Cloudland!! [although I need to find a really good drink there...]
2. I want those boots. Damn you Betts for finishing your half price boots sale!!! *shakes fist*
3. Anyone know a good phone I can get?
4. Why did I have to ban myself from poker? I could REALLY use the extra cash.
5. I wanna play mah jong again. It's been too long!
6. How can someone be so cute and annoying at the same time???
7. Dentists shouldn't expect to have good conversations with their patients. We've got stuff in our mouth most of the time.
8. Gotta love catchy Asian songs. I could be listening to singers and bands singing about suicide or drugs or lesbians and it wouldn't matter 'cause the songs are so damn addictive to listen to. Plus I have no idea what they're singing about.
9. Anyone know a good laptop I can get?
10. I'm craving milkshakes and smoothies. Frick.
11. I'm also craving pearl tea. Double frick.
12. I'm also craving a really, really nice caramel latte. Frick on a stick with a brick.
13. Thanks for letting me in. It's been a great week of nice, long conversations despite the situation that started it all.
14. I'm not prepared for the winter. Need nice, warm clothes before I freeze to death in Sydney and Japan.
15. 7 outta 8 for footy tipping. A new record!
16. Does someone wanna build me a time machine so I don't have to deal with the 3 assignments and 4 exams coming up in the next month?
17. I really need a manicure.
18. OMG, Lonely Island songs are playing on the radio now!!! It would've been funnier to hear 'Jizz in My Pants' rather than 'I'm on a Boat' though. Oh well.
19. It's nearly 1am. Should probably sleep right about................................... now. After submitting my post of course.
So I've been out and about watching a few movies and I've had my fair share of disappointments and surprises... here's my reviews:
1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I came into the cinema with the expectation that this movie would be at least half decent. Now that I think about it, it did meet my expectations 'cause the movie only ended up being half decent. Everything leading up to the ending was pretty good but for some stupid reason, everything went downhill as soon as he landed on the island. Some parts of the ending didn't make a whole lotta sense and the final fight scene between Wolverine, Sabretooth and Deadpool was complete epic fail. I'll give props for the scene where Hugh Jackman runs naked across a field and also jumps off a waterfall naked... hot stuff *wink wink* hehe For some reason, I couldn't stop giggling about this scene when I was telling people about it!!! I also give props for the Daniel Negreanu cameo [for the poker fans out there]. Anyway, I reckon this movie was hyped up way too much before it was released. Most will be disappointed.
2. Defiance
This was my surprise movie. I got called to watch this movie at the last minute and I figured I'd give it a chance since Daniel Craig was in it and I like the James Bond movies he's done so far. So after getting into the cinema about 15-20 minutes late, we missed the beginning of the movie so it took a little while to figure out what was going on. Once I did that, I got into the movie. Considering I hadn't even heard of the movie until I got called out to watch it, this movie turned out to be really good. It has a pretty good blend of action, drama and romance and it's not over the top either. On top of that, the guy who plays Sabretooth from 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' is in this movie too and I liked his character way more in this movie. I'm not usually a fan of war movies but I make the occasional exception. I made that exception for 'Life is Beautiful' and I'll make the exception here too. I highly recommend people go out and watch this movie.
3. Red Cliff [赤壁]
I read reviews on this movie before I watched it and it got pretty rave reviews. I'm not usually one to believe all the hype behind a movie 'cause more often than not, it turns out to be a huge disappointment. Not in this case. It's a John Woo film and anyone who knows John Woo knows he can make pretty epic films [except the ones he made in Hollywood, so I've heard]. The addition of Takeshi Kaneshiro [金城 武] and Tony Leung [梁朝偉] made it an even better watch 'cause I've been a long-time fan of both these actors. This was really well-made and I wish I wasn't half asleep when I watched it 'cause I think I might've missed out details here and there which would've helped my understanding of the story better. Make sure you're awake and willing to sit a while 'cause this movie is nearly 2.5 hours long and with the second part, it's around 5 hours long altogether [the movie's split up into 2 parts like 'Kill Bill']. I can't wait to watch how this ends. To be continued...
