Movies | slowcatchupkuan - Part 4
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Get Smart, Nanny but mostly Wanted

 
Still have not watch Kung Fu Panda. Gawd it’s so difficult when everyone else too wants to watch the chubby panda doing the kung fu dance. Come on, move over and let me get a peek eye. It better still be on cinema this coming weekend. I hate reserving tickets.

Here are the movies i ended up watching. Beware this is a long one.

Get Smart

It’s a film adaptation of a 1960s spy parody TV series by the same name. Anne Hathaway is hot. Not the conventional beauty but she’s hot. Love her. Hate Steve Carell. He’s like an annoying bug i wish he’d get squashed.
 


Get Smart
 

The movie is not so bad if you can numb your brain circuit a little. The movie tagline “Saving The World. And Loving It” is perfect coz both secret agents (Hathaway and Carell) seems to be enjoying their mission immensely despite the idiotic ridiculous dangers involved.

By the way, i’m beginning to really appreciate Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.

Nanny Diaries
 


The Nanny Diaries
 

Scarlett Johansson is so meaty chubby in the movie. She plays the nanny to a small boy from an elite family. The story tells of her everyday disaster being a nanny. She’s great but the movie is so miserably dull and boring. I almost walked out after the first half of the show.

Wanted

Wow! This is one complicated movie. Not because of the plot but because i have mix feelings about this show.
 


 

Wanted
 

First of all, i love watching James McAvoy ever since i’ve watched Atonement. He’s the lead in Wanted and that’s the reason i bought the tickets. I was a little confused because in Atonement, he had a very heavy Scottish accent but in Wanted he’s all American. He, by the way is from Glasgow, Scotland.
 


Mr. Tumnus

If you didn’t know he is also Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. *way cool!

Note to myself: To dig out ALL of James McAvoy’s movies.

Wanted tells a tale of Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), an accountant living a boring humdrum life and everyone loves to bully him because he’s weak. He suffers from severe anxiety attacks. I’m not going to spoil it for you so all i’ll say is Wesley later met with Fox (Angelina Jolie) and later in turn of events he turned into an A class assassin.

The cinematography is something different. The camera wizardry is wonderful. Bravo! I think i had anxiety attack watching Wesley (McAvoy) having his anxiety episodes. It made me really dizzy on the first quarter of the show. And who would have thought that a curved bullet would look that good on the screen.


Foxy lady
 

However the story line is unbelievable and really… erm… cheesy and… erm… if i may, stupid. Angelina Jolie is… well… Angelina Jolie. She’s the hot wall flower. I think her lines were not more than 20 in the movie. All she did was play demure, pout and raise her eyebrows. McAvoy on the other hand gave a blardy good performance. He surprisingly kicks arse in action movies. Loved the scene where he burst into the Fraternity G.I Joe-mode with 2 guns in is hands.
 


Kick arse
 

Nevertheless, it’s worth a watch coz the movie have some darn memorable lines. You’ve got to watch it to know what i mean. I think you’ll love the part where he told his woman boss to f*ck herself. And oh, you’ve got to watch out for the closing speech by Wesley (McAvoy). Something that goes like “I took control of my life… what did you do?”. It’s definitely a wake up call.
 
 

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Made of Honor

 
For a girl who doesn’t like chick flicks or romantic movies, Made of Honor/Made of Honour (the movie) earned an honor badge from me. Dashing and gorgeous Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey aside, this is a movie that made me want to hug and kiss the person next to me (Mr. Bf) pretending he’s Mr. McDreamy after the credit rolls.
 


 

I’m glad the show is not long winded and all mushy-mushy-love-story. There were injections of timely humour throughout the show. Very enjoyable. One of the rare occasions where watching a romantic comedy actually gave me warm and fuzzy feeling inside. Normally i’ll just cringe at every distasteful joke or parody on the show.

Patrick Dempsey is really made for romantic comedies. The image of him in a Scottish kilt ala American mini-skirt with his underwear exposed will forever be with me.
 


 

I’ll move to Scotland if every one has a Patrick Dempsey mini kilt on. LOL I’m kidding. Scotland is spectacular.
 
 

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Count How Many F*ck Are There


Note: There’ll be cursing involved. Kids please go away.

What the hell happened to Tin Tin?! He’s all vulgar and filthy here *wakaka!

Count how many farking F words is there, in this farking 2.21 minutes of farking dubbing… If you can farking understand the farking accent that is… i mean like, can you actually farking understand a word he says except for the farking F word?! Fark.

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Why Lar Got Aliens in Indiana Jones? -_-"


Indie indie indie. What should i say about the new episode of Indiana Jones (Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls). It’s a big disappointment with a capital D… and a big NO. To think that i skipped dinner just to watched it…


Many blame it on Harrison Ford saying he’s too old to run around dodging traps and fighting villains. Many say he looks like a fumbling buffoon in the new episode but i disagree. Indiana Jones was always like that. He’s never graceful archeologist to start with. Indie doesn’t plans ahead and he leaves wreckage and chaos wherever he goes. Ok, he’s a bit scruffy now but that’s beside the point.


The movie is a flop because it’s guilty of a having NO plot, poor video editing and exaggerated scenes. The story is like a NO-story at all. All i saw was Indie and his kid (Shia LeBeouf – he’s great. i think he’s the next big thing) mad racing from one place to another.
There’s NO mystery. NO great adventure except for some small hiccups here and there. Also, there NO character development but darn lots of loop holes in the movie. We don’t know much about the woman villain except that she speaks funny and is crazy obsessed with anything psychic. We don’t know much about Indie’s son except that he’s his father’s son. Actually we don’t know much about anybody in the movie.

The scenes are so exaggerated and messy it gave the impression that film was poorly pieced together. Hey, what’s with the Tarzan scene – Indie Jr. swinging like a Tarzan??!! Why lar got nukes in the movies and aliens in Amazon (ala ala Machu Picchu)?! Did George Lucas ran out of any good ideas for a story? NO? Maybe Steven Spielberg still can’t get over E.T. Unbelievable.


Now you get why it’s a big NO? Unless you’re an Indie fan like me, you might not want to watch this.

Arghhhh…. i still can’t get over the Tarzan and aliens scene…

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The Chronicles of Narnia > Sue Me For Having A Childhood


Note: I can’t access nuffnang’s website. I’m getting nervous. My fingers are twitching. I’m starting to sweat. I need to see my analytics…


2008 turned out to be a year for fantastic movies/blockbusters afterall… at least the second half of the year is turning out great anyways. Just when i’ve lost all hope and sanity watching never-ending, tasteless comedies and cheesy romance stories, one after another on screen. Then comes a list of awesome kick-ass shows. First it was Ironman. Now it’s Narnia.

I’m not gonna attempt posting a review on the new Narnia chronicles (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) coz i sux at movie reviews. If i’m any good at it, i would be an acclaimed movie critique by now.


I actually read 3 series of the Narnia books (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian: The Return To Narnia and The Horse and His Boy) when i was in primary school. It was a hand-me-down from my cousin sister. The books were so precious, they were practically attached to me 24/7.
I loved the stories so much. It was magic. *Hey, i was a kid. Talking beavers and lion god amazed me. Sue me for having a childhood -_-”. I lost the book since then. Mom must have given it away without me knowing.

It’s only natural that i jump at the very first chance to watch the Narnia movies. I heart the first one; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. And contradict to some who said Prince Caspian is a flop, i liked it. I would have prefer the word “love” but “like” is a more suitable word. No thanks to the boring first part of the movie. It’s the part where the Pervensie kids were brought back to the land of Narnia 1300 years later.
However, no one is to blame coz it’s according to the storyline. Nevertheless, the second half of the show was great.

They did try to inject some humour into the movie but i wonder if anyone understands it. Mr. bf and i were the only ones laughing out loud and it was embarrassing. I guess any movie is as good as the company that you’re with… that or we have really sick weird sense of humour… *i apologize to all the other movie goers who had to suffer from our loud guffaws and chortling.

I will be looking forward to the next series, The Voyage of The Down Trader where only Edmund (I have a thing for Edmund) and Lucy and another cousin will be back in Narnia for another adventure. I’ve not read this one but i’m still gonna watch it when it comes out coz Narnia is magic.

By the way, parents should really get your kid on the Narnia books. It’s classic and you’re kid will be as smart as me :P

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Ironman Post-Footage That You Missed

Davidlian, i found the post-footage of Ironman! *yeah!!!! Those who missed the after-credit footage because you left the cinema early, there’s no need to watch it twice. Here it is featuring Samuel L. Jackson.

Nick Fury – Iron Man post-credits scene from Gregory Harbin on Vimeo.

There are also some others in YouTube but the quality is grainy. This one is the best one i found.

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It’s Safe To Accompany Your Boyfriend to Ironman


There are lots of things men’s fixations i don’t get. Like anime, computer games, cars, boobies, gadgets… Ok i kinda get it about gadgets but my point is, it totally baffles me why men love all these stuffs to addiction. Superheroes are one of them.

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Marvel

How many of you guys out there at one point in your life have fantasized about being a Superhero (Dr. Chua Soi Lek not included), blasting evil villains to kingdom come with your supersonic powers or whatever and saving the day… plus getting the hot blonde? Please raise your hand? Wow, everyone huh?!

How many have NOT read any Marvel comics? Raise your hands? No one?

How many of you guys secretly wish you were Superman…coz you think it’s sexy wearing red underwear outside? Hey, why are you blushing??

I seriously don’t get it. Superheroes have unbelievable powers… you can’t believe its real right? The plots are getting old… same old “defend the nation, fight the bad guys, save the people, save the damsel in distress and yadda yadda yadda”, they wear ridiculous clownish or vulgar costumes (if you can’t beat the baddies, maybe they would laugh to their death?) plus the lines are really cheesy.

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Hello Kitty Man??!! LOL
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Here’s the thing. I really dislike Superheroes movies. I’m a female, so go figure. I practically slept through most of them. I cringed through Spiderman. I enjoyed Daredevil for all the wrong reasons. Ben Affleck was so bad it was funny. But i actually went for Ironman last night because everyone was boasting how good it was AND because of Robert Downey Junior. He’s one of my favorite actors but let’s not get into that.

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Ironman the Movie

Ironman rox! Big time!

For the first time, i could say “Guys! I finally get it! Superheroes rox! Hur hur!”

1) Robert Downey Junior played Tony Start/Ironman to perfection. Tony Stark is effortlessly charming and with a great sense of humor… and sexy!

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Charming Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Junior

3) The show is believable… enough. None of those superhero powers. Ironman is a man-built killing machine!
4) The movie’s CGI is amazing and real.

ironman_suit
This is so cool… it looks way better in the movie alright.

5) The Ironman suit is so cool. I wish i could build one… maybe… if i’m a genius… yeah… it’s possible… i think…
6) Gwyneth Paltrow is hot.
7) Ironman is not focus on romance. No mushy love story that’ll make you cringe.
8) My dream house is in there. Omg! It’s so high tech!

I have no idea why this post is so long. I blabber so much. All i wanted to say is

“GO WATCH IRONMAN!”

I can’t believe i’m so excited over a superhero movie -_-”. But girls if you’re trying to earn a merit or two from your bf, this movie is safe. Teman (accompany) him for Ironman, then after the show ask him for a LV bag *muahahaha!

Ps// Just found out from Simon that there’s scenes after the ending credit. I missed that. *arghhhh!!!

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