Two strange movies on a weekend. Horrid? Not really. Super? Definitely not. Average? Sometimes. Enjoyable? Can’t make up my mind.

First it was Wu Xia, another showcase of Donny Yen’s brilliant kung fu kicks and punches. He would never win any award for his acting but martial arts is his forte and he kick ass at it alright
 

Wu Xia is not the usual action packed kung fu movies. In fact it’s a bit slow paced and at times long winded. Takeshi Kaneshiro plays a detective in the movie and he almost stole the show with his comedic timing. He got most of the dialogue anyways. Reminds me of an olden times Chinese Sherlock Holmes, even the flashback slow motion fighting scenes have the essence of scenes from the Sherlock Holmes movie.

I’m left wondering how it is possible that his command of Cantonese language have not improved after a decade in the industry.
 

Donny Yen is Donny Yen. Marvelous fluid kung fu, poor villains beaten up like sandbags. But there’s more talk than action in this movie so it’s kind of a bore.
 

The pace caught up towards the ending – more fighting scenes. Yay!

The background music during the kung fu scenes is almost comical but cool. Erm, how do you actually describe it? Like background music for Spiderman or other superhero movies.

The ending was a tad anti-climax though. If you’ve watch this movie you would know what i mean. Zap! And the huge man with superhuman strength and power went down. Tsk tsk tsk.
 

The next day against all odds, we bought tickets for Cowboys & Aliens (CA).

Have i mentioned how wonderful it is going to the cinema on the fasting month? Yes, it feels great that you could choose whatever movie you desire and there’s no queuing and no blinking red SOLD OUT sign above the ticket counter. Bliss.
 

I guess it’s not a very good idea watching this movie. After all, i’ve not hear a positive comment about it. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford is a strange combo plus i have lost hope in Harrison Ford ever since the last Indiana Jones movies (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) premiered three years back. If there’s any other sign that this movie is not going to win any awards it’s Steven Spielberg’s involvement in it – his near criminal obsession over aliens and all.

Probably should have heed the warnings and save ourselves the RM22. Could have bought us a few dozens of Ikea curry puffs instead.
 

But being a fan of Western cowboy movies (ok i’m super tomboy) plus a crazy fan of Indiana Jones movies (before the aliens took over on the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls that is) and Daniel Craig is always on my hottie list, we sat through the show.

If nothing else, Craig’s sexy butt beckons.
 

See?

Super tight, tight omg cowboy pants y’all!
 

The backdrop of CA is impressive, that’s if you love dust, canyons, saloons and every element in cowboy movies. Yes, i likey. Plot wise it leaned towards being ridiculous, not for the alien invading earth to remove every evident of gold on earth but for Jack Lonergan (Craig) to actually get possession of the metal-bracelet-cum-super-power-weapon-thingy from the evil aliens is really far fetch. How could the alien be naive enough to remove the weapon from their… uh arm? tentacles?… and place it conveniently next to the human’s easy reach. Well what did i expect from a movie with cowboys and aliens in a mix…
 

I was bored from the start, the middle and towards the ending i was still bored. The aliens wasn’t scary enough even though the person sitting next to us was screaming atrociously, Ford wasn’t convincing enough, Sam Rockwell (plays Doc in CA) really annoys me whichever movie he is in, Olivia Wilde is hot in a weird kind of way but it kind of gave me the feeling that she’s in the movie just for the sake of having a female in the set. I like the dog though, very cute.

Oh, Daniel Craig is very cute too. Almost made up for all the yawns.