Public Enemies

Watched on 26 July 2009 @ GV Marina

This movie is based on a true story. And perhaps cos this story is so true, it gets kindda boring. I had expected this show to be a great battle of wits and epic confrontations between Agent Melvin Purvis, the beginnings of FBI and John Dillinger, public enemy #1.

John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp in this show, well Johnny Depp is still hell of an actor. The way he plays this character. You remember him for this character, not Jack Sparrow, not the choco factory guy, but just John Dillinger, a wanted criminal. The #1 public enemy, which in this show seems like public favourite for than enemy.

The time was during the Great Depression, the americans liked the outlaws more than the government, who kindda sucked at that point in time.

Aside from great acting from all of the actors, there really aint much twists or turns in this story, so in the end it felt like I've just watched a documentary rather than a movie. The bad guy aint that smart after all. Cos they all die.

Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 6 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 6 out of 10
Overall: 6 out of 10

Favourite Lines:

John Dillinger: I was raised on a farm in Morrisville, Indiana. My mama ran out on us when I was three, my daddy beat the hell out of me cause he didn't know no better way to raise me. I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you... what else you need to know?

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John Dillinger: We don't work with people we don't know. And you don't work when your desperate. Walter Dietrich. Remember that?
John 'Red' Hamilton: Walter forgot. When your desperate, that's when you got no choice.

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I tried to upload pictures, this time the icon is thre but I just click upload.. it just wun react!! wth is wrong!!

FYP

Been stuck with this for a while. Filming has begun thankfully, however that doesnt solve anything as yet. I still need to find o ut how to use the data which I gathered, which may or may not be useful at all in the first place. How does everyone do their FYP?

It seems like the way to do it is to constantly pester your Prof. And I have not been doing that, hence giving him a super easy time in the past but times have changed! Muahahaa.. after being pushed by my Prof of Civil Eng Undergrad studies, I'm suppose to see my Prof every week and pester him till i'm done!

Great! That will mean I must double up my progress otherwise I'll have nothing to show. Nothing to ask.. Nothing to say... :P

Land of the Lost

Watched on 23 July 2009 @ PPStream

This movie can be described simply with a few words "I AM GLAD I DID NOT GO TO THE CINEMAS FOR THIS ONE!!". This movie is a huge disappointment. It seems like things are getting from bad to worst for Will Ferrell, from Brothers to this.. it's nothing but downhill...

Jokes are lame, actions are lame, actors got TOO lame... nuff said

Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 1 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 7 out of 10
Overall: 4 out of 10

Favourite Lines:

NONE!! can you believe this??

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You really want pictures for this?? :P

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

Watched on 18 Jul 2009 @ GvMax

The 6th year of Harry Potter in Hogwarts, it's really amazing how this book still remains in the kids section in the national library! I think it's a much more mature book now than it start off to be, likewise for the movie. Although they are technically underage wizards and witches in the show, the things they handle and deal with are way beyond their age group!!

I find myself in the biggest screen in Singapore watching this installment. I thought it would be a good choice, unfortunately, having a big screen doesnt mean having good quality. I think the visual effects are quite blurry, damn disappointed abt that.

Story and plot wise, cos i did not read the book, I rely on the movie for the flow and content. I think the flow was kindda slow in the second half of the movie. It took pretty long for Dumbledore to die, and the movie doesnt really show much of the impact that the half-blood prince has on Harry Potter, perhaps the book doesnt either.

Ron is still the joke of the series, if you ask me. That's his main purpose in this movie, while Hermione & Ron are having their own relationship side story. Funny and infuriating sometimes.

Overall, the movie only serves as a prelude to the final chapter, watching it only makes me wanna watch the finale 2 installments even more. YES, they are splitting the finale into 2 movies!! :P MONEY GRUBBERS!!

Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 7 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 7 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10

Favourite Lines:

(Ron being Love Potion'd)
Ron Weasley: It's beautiful, isn't it? The moon.
Harry Potter: Divine. Had ourselves a little late night snack, did we?
Ron Weasley: It was on your bed, the box, I just thought I'd try one.
Harry Potter: Or twenty.
Ron Weasley: I can't stop thinking about her, Harry.
Ron Weasley: Honestly, you know, I reckon she was starting to annoy you.
Ron Weasley: She could never annoy me. I think I love her.
Harry Potter: Oh... brilliant.
Ron Weasley: Do you think she knows I exist?
Harry Potter: Well, I'd bloody well hope so, she's been snogging you for three months.
Ron Weasley: Snogging? Who are you talking about?
Harry Potter: Who are you talking about?
Ron Weasley: Romilda, of course. Romilda Vane.
Harry Potter: Okay, very funny.
Ron Weasley: [throws the chocolates box at Harry]
Harry Potter: What was that for?
Ron Weasley: It's no joke! I'm in love with her!
Harry Potter: Alright, fine, you're in love with her! Have you ever actually met her?
Ron Weasley: No... Can you introduce me?

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*no pictures this time cos somehow my blogger page is not loading properly, cant see the pic upload icon at all!!

The Day Kia Picanto Stood Still

Everything was going on as normal yesterday, until the last action for the day. We went to Cold Storage at Katong mall for some stuff, then when we were abt to leave, IT HAPPENED!!

Picanto just wouldn't start!! Freaked out. Almost wanted to cry, feeling emo.. haha..

But AA came really fast, the operator told me 1 hr.. but the mechanic came in 15mins. COOL!! He jumpstart the car for me. And off i go..

Cause of yesterday's hoohaa.. I went to the Kia workshop 1st thing in the morning. I was the first car there!! woohoo!! got my car all fixed and serviced by 10am!! How cool is that!??

Song of the Day....

最近比较烦

(冠)最近比较烦 比较烦 比较烦
总觉得日子过得有一些极端
我想我还是不习惯
从没没无闻到有人喜欢

(华)最近比较烦 比较烦 比较烦
总觉得钞票一天比一天难赚
朋友常常有意无意调侃
我也许有天改名叫周转

(李)最近比较烦 比较烦 比较烦
我看那前方怎么也看不到岸
那个後面还有一班天才追赶
哎呦 写一首皆大欢喜的歌 是越来越难

(冠)最近比较烦 比较烦 比较烦
陌生的城市何处有我的期盼
挥别了家乡的伙伴
现在的我更觉得孤单

(华)最近比较烦 比较烦 比较烦
女儿说六加六结果等於十三
我问老段说怎么办
他说基本上这个很难

(李)最近比较烦 比你烦 也比你烦
我梦见和饭岛爱一起晚餐
梦中的餐厅灯光太昏暗
我遍寻不著那蓝色的小药丸

(music)

(华)人生总有远的近的麻烦
太太每天嫌我回家太晚

(冠)女友妈妈嫌我长得寒酸
虽然我已每天苦干实干

(李华冠)管它什么 天大麻烦
久而久之 我会习惯
天下没有不要钱的午餐

(李)太太发现秘书裙子很短
她就买了八千块的耳环

(华)女儿太胖 儿子不肯吃饭

(冠)车子太烂 银行没有存款

(李华冠)麻烦 麻烦 麻烦 麻烦
麻烦 我很麻烦 麻烦 麻烦 麻烦

(华)最近比较烦 (冠)比较烦 (李)我比较烦
(李)我的头发只剩下从前的一半
(华)每天的工作排得太满
(冠)台北的女生有些高不可攀
(冠)最近比较烦 (李)比较烦 (华)比较烦
(华)我只是心烦却还没有混乱
(冠)你们的关心让我温暖
(李)家是我最甘心的负担

(李华冠)不烦 我不烦
只有一点烦 你比我烦 我情愿心甘
我不烦 不烦 我不烦 我不烦 我不烦
我只有一点烦 你和我一样
我不烦 不烦 我不烦 我真的不烦
我不烦 不烦 人生很灿烂 灿烂
我不烦 不烦 你比我烦 你比较烦
你比较烦 我不烦 我一点都不烦 我不烦

Obsessed

Watched on 17th July 2009
@ Cineleisure lvl 9

What do you do when you suddenly get a pretty lady working in your office, and she seems to be hitting on you?

STAY AWAY!!!

Sometimes even when you try to stay away, some things you just can't control. No, it's not urges i'm talking abt. It's crazy bitches!!

This movie amplifies mine few lines above to the utmost realism. Beyonce plays the happy wife, Sharon while Ali Larter is, Lisa, well the crazy bitch. It's really amazing how crazy she can get, you can almost change the genre of this movie from dramatic thriller to horror. ALMOST...

However, I have to say Ali Larter did an amazing job making me shudder. Oh MAN she is scary!!!

Well done actors, go catch it. I think it will help couples prevent anything similar from ever happening.

Oh, sidenote, I love the way black women take care of the white women. Watch it and you'll know. :P


Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 9 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 7 out of 10
Overall: 8 out of 10

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Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Watched on 12th Jul 2009
@ The Cathay (3D)

The 1 fact I get from this movie is... Sid is a PAIN!!! HUGE PAIN!! ROCK HARD PAIN IN THE ASS!! I personally find that chaaracter very disturbing, I would very much like to kill him. Sloths are lazy creatures, but not dumb!! Sid is an utter IDIOT!!

Ellie, is my favourite character, she is just damn stylo. She knows simply what's right and what's wrong, and no one can stop her from do what she thinks is right. Simply STYLO!

Although I watched the 3D version, I do feel it is rather disappointing. The 3D effects were not very 3Dish, it just gives you the illusion of layered space, but not the rushing out of screen sort of feeling. Perhaps the cinemas in singapore are just not made for 3D movies. There's always the effect stuff keep falling out of the screen, which is bad for a 3D effect, it loses the realism..

I seriously wonder how bad the effect could be if i did not watch it in 3d.

Story wise it's kindda interesting, the plot is not exactly new, but good enough. Entertaining, several very laughable parts in the show which are redeeming for the not-so-good 3D effects.

Spikefire ratings: 6 out of 10>

Favourite Lines:
Ellie: Talk to the trunk.
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Buck: [from trailer] Are you ready for adventure?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For danger?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For death?
Eddie: Uhh, can you repeat the question?
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Manny: [Sid guards the three baby Tyrannosaurs from an adult] Sid! Give them to her! She's their mother!
Sid: How do I know she's their mother?
Manny: What do you want, a birth certificate? She's a *dinosaur*!
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Sid: [from trailer] [about the baby mammoth]
Sid: It's a boy!
Diego: That's a tail
Sid: It's a girl!

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20th Century Boys 2 - The Last Hope

Watched on 10th Jul 2009
@ GV Vivocity

Part of of a very popular Japanese Manga, I watched this movie with the feeling of watching a serial, cos I know there's no distinct ending yet. It's just the interim events that would lead to to grand finale. It's not too bad, there's a few small revelations, not much twists to the storyline, still flowing in the the rather obvious flow.

But somehow I'm really looking forward to the next episode, I really just wanna find out who "friend" is. And what would happen to the world.

It's a must watch if you watched the first episode, cos too much ??? are left hanging since the last movie. Now for the finale show... it's coming out in late august.. that's good.. no need for a long wait.. :)

Spikefire ratings: 7 out of 10>

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It's July already.. woah..

Okay, now i can start panicking.. FYP FYP FYP!!

STARTO STARTO...

Threads of Destiny - edit

Akai Ito - that's the name of the series version of THREADS OF DESTINY. And you know what? Dun waste your time on this MOVIE!! Just watch the series. BECAUSE it's exactly the same. You will realise how little filming they need to actually do for the movie. Almost 80% was copied from the series.

Nevertheless, this is still a very nice story. So nice that the movie does not do justice even to the series. I wonder how does the original novel even look like. The great thing is that this story does end well, unlike the sad ending which have become a staple in the japanese series diet.

Go watch it. I'll give you the URL!! hehe...

Episode 1


11 episodes in total...

Threads of Destiny

Watched on 1st July 2009
@ Cineleisure Lvl 9

This is a nice Japanese romance flick. It pretty much the opposite of a fairy tale. So far opposite that it is as good as a fairy tale. It's abt a couple who are seemingly destined to be together, yet trials and tribulations somehow kept them apart. It's sad and at the same time still very romantic.

I have no idea why i like it. I just do.

Side story, this movie has a parallel series that is available as well. It's call Akai Ito, same plot same cast, I think i'll like it just as much. Have yet to watch it. But I believe it's available somewhere online.

Spikefire ratings: 7 out of 10>

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