First day back in school. There's this scary feeling surrounding me, cos it seems like this bunch of newbies in NUS are SCARY!! 4 years in NUS, I dun think i've seen a first day like this.
The library was FULL!!
The carpark was FULL!!
The Canteens are PACKED at 3pm!!
Handed in my interim report finally, many many thanks to dear for helping me collate the data. It's really tedious. Perhaps 1 or 2 days rest is all i'm going to get cos, the interim presentation is coming up next week.
Also took a look at the Lenovo Laptops on sale this year. It's quite bad cos they are selling the huge and tiny models only. I wanna get a new one this year.. but I wonder which one to get...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra
Watched on 8 Aug 2009 @ Cineleisure lvl 6
This is a cool movie to watch. Nothing much in the effects that's new or exciting, but it does remind me of a modern version of the mummy. Notice the way the nanomites eat away everything, just like the scarabs in the mummy series.
This movie has a hugely popular cast, that alone would be quite an attraction. Marlon Wayans plays Ripcord, a joker character in the movie, bright spark actually. Like his performance and interaction with Scarlet a lot.
There will be sequels, and i'm looking forward to them.
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 6 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 8 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10
Favourite Lines:
Duke: Ok, that was crazy... What happened to you?
Ripcord: I went through the train. What happened to you?
Duke: I jumped over it.
Ripcord: [pause] You can do that?
Duke: Yeah, you should have read the instruction manual.
Ripcord: This thing has an instruction manual!?
Pictures
This is a cool movie to watch. Nothing much in the effects that's new or exciting, but it does remind me of a modern version of the mummy. Notice the way the nanomites eat away everything, just like the scarabs in the mummy series.
This movie has a hugely popular cast, that alone would be quite an attraction. Marlon Wayans plays Ripcord, a joker character in the movie, bright spark actually. Like his performance and interaction with Scarlet a lot.
There will be sequels, and i'm looking forward to them.
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 6 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 8 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10
Favourite Lines:
Duke: Ok, that was crazy... What happened to you?
Ripcord: I went through the train. What happened to you?
Duke: I jumped over it.
Ripcord: [pause] You can do that?
Duke: Yeah, you should have read the instruction manual.
Ripcord: This thing has an instruction manual!?
Pictures
Road Trip: Beer Pong
Watched on 7th Aug 2009 @ Funshion
This is a another movie by the Road Trip franchise, previous editions include Roadtrip, Eurotrip. It usually involves 3 friends who decide to go on a trip during their school holidays. Usually college students, and wacky stuff always happen along the way.
It's basically American Pie style humor and entertainment. Lot's of sex jokes, crude jokes, lame jokes. It's basically simply brainless entertainment.
Watch it if you are in need of a laugh or a moment of bimbo-ism. :P
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 5 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 7 out of 10
Overall: 6 out of 10
This is a another movie by the Road Trip franchise, previous editions include Roadtrip, Eurotrip. It usually involves 3 friends who decide to go on a trip during their school holidays. Usually college students, and wacky stuff always happen along the way.
It's basically American Pie style humor and entertainment. Lot's of sex jokes, crude jokes, lame jokes. It's basically simply brainless entertainment.
Watch it if you are in need of a laugh or a moment of bimbo-ism. :P
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 5 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 7 out of 10
Overall: 6 out of 10
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Human Counting
I have severely underestimated the difficulty of counting human traffic. People never walk in straight lines and they overtake like nobody's business. HEADACHE!!!
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Murderer
Watched on 27 Jul 2009 @ Cineleisure Lvl 9
I dun usually watch chinese movies in the cinemas anymore, simply cos they churn out in DVDs too fast. And there is seldom any need to watch it for any visual effects. But this time, I'm watching it at the cinema cos I wanna see Aaron Kwok in action. And the results... well, let's put in it in 2 ways..
Acting wise it's really superb, regardless of the lead, Aaron Kwok or the rest of the supporting crew. I think they did a fantastic job. They are really really into the character, even though the version I watch is in mandarin whereas the original shld be in cantonese. If you look beyond the weird lip-synching cos of language. It's a fantastic job, he might be up for best actor once again. And the actor who played his son in the movie, great acting, cause even I wanted to kill him!!
Next when we look at the script, the flow, the story, the plot... It has a pretty good 100mins before turning ridiculous in the last 20mins... Sometimes I think they think too hard to provide twists that people would not expect. They went totally out of this world this time!! crazy I tell you!!
My advice, wait for the dvd, and you will not get as fed up as I did...
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 5 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 6 out of 10
Overall: 5.5 out of 10
I dun usually watch chinese movies in the cinemas anymore, simply cos they churn out in DVDs too fast. And there is seldom any need to watch it for any visual effects. But this time, I'm watching it at the cinema cos I wanna see Aaron Kwok in action. And the results... well, let's put in it in 2 ways..
Acting wise it's really superb, regardless of the lead, Aaron Kwok or the rest of the supporting crew. I think they did a fantastic job. They are really really into the character, even though the version I watch is in mandarin whereas the original shld be in cantonese. If you look beyond the weird lip-synching cos of language. It's a fantastic job, he might be up for best actor once again. And the actor who played his son in the movie, great acting, cause even I wanted to kill him!!
Next when we look at the script, the flow, the story, the plot... It has a pretty good 100mins before turning ridiculous in the last 20mins... Sometimes I think they think too hard to provide twists that people would not expect. They went totally out of this world this time!! crazy I tell you!!
My advice, wait for the dvd, and you will not get as fed up as I did...
Spikefire ratings:
Story & Plot: 5 out of 10
Audio & Visual: 6 out of 10
Overall: 5.5 out of 10
Monday, July 27, 2009
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.
Official Website
Pictures
I tried to upload pictures, this time the icon is thre but I just click upload.. it just wun react!! wth is wrong!!
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.
Official Website
Pictures
I tried to upload pictures, this time the icon is thre but I just click upload.. it just wun react!! wth is wrong!!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
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
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
Friday, July 24, 2009
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??
Official Website
Pictures
You really want pictures for this?? :P
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??
Official Website
Pictures
You really want pictures for this?? :P
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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?
Official Website
Youtube Trailer
*no pictures this time cos somehow my blogger page is not loading properly, cant see the pic upload icon at all!!
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?
Official Website
Youtube Trailer
*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!??
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!??
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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
(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
Official Website
Pictures
@ 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
Official Website
Pictures
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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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@ 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!
Official Website
Pictures
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>
Official Website
Pictures
@ 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>
Official Website
Pictures
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
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...
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...
Friday, July 03, 2009
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>
Official Website
@ 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>
Official Website
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Simple Deadlines..
This weekend
FYP survey methods & plan
Following 2 weeks
At least 20-40hrs of survey videos at 2-3 locations
Quote of the week -
Hibernation is a good way to lose weight. :P
FYP survey methods & plan
Following 2 weeks
At least 20-40hrs of survey videos at 2-3 locations
Quote of the week -
Hibernation is a good way to lose weight. :P
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen
Watched on 24th June 2009
@ The Cathay
This sequel follows closely after the events of part 1. Megatron is defeated but not destroyed, but dun be mistaken that this is the revenge of Megatron. I thought so at first, but it appears that Megatron is just a pawn in this installation.
San Witwicky, tries to live a normal like after the events of part 1, do you honestly think it's possible. I like the immediate irony he faces the moment he steps into his new school. See the look on his face. hahah!!
Storyline of this movie follows on a certain parallel to the cartoons I used to watch. "The matrix", this phrase is introduced to me by Transformers so long ago, I almost forgot abt it. Thank god it's not Mr Keanu Reeves.. hahaa.
Action sequences are non-stop. but it seems the producers realised the last one was too much, too fast, too confusing. This time it's actually better and clearer. There are quite a few cool fight scenes among the robots. Which set me wondering, in the cartoon series all i remember are gun fights (laser guns) not so much fist fighting actions. Fists are still more reliable yeah?
Comical parts are still abundant in many parts of the movie. Characters to note for that, Sam's mum, Government Liaison Officer, Bumblebee, Wheeler(a weak tiny robot).
Overal, I like the movie, it's kindda long though, abt 2.5hrs. Perhaps I was tired and watching it at 1am, but in the end, I was just hoping for more. I was expecting there to be another peek for the next episode. NOPE did not get it.. :P
Spikefire ratings: 8 out of 10>
Favourite Lines:
Sam Witwicky: Can you read this?
Skids: Read? Unh uh.
Mudflap: We don't - we don't really do much reading.
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Wheelie: Is that the best you got, huh? Is that best you can do?
Mikaela Banes: What are you doing here, you little freak?
[Mikeala burns his left eye off with a soldering iron]
Wheelie: That's my eye, you crazy bitch! Easy warrior goddess, I'm just a little salvage scrap drone.
Mikaela Banes: Then I'm your worst nightmare.
Official Website
Pictures
@ The Cathay
This sequel follows closely after the events of part 1. Megatron is defeated but not destroyed, but dun be mistaken that this is the revenge of Megatron. I thought so at first, but it appears that Megatron is just a pawn in this installation.
San Witwicky, tries to live a normal like after the events of part 1, do you honestly think it's possible. I like the immediate irony he faces the moment he steps into his new school. See the look on his face. hahah!!
Storyline of this movie follows on a certain parallel to the cartoons I used to watch. "The matrix", this phrase is introduced to me by Transformers so long ago, I almost forgot abt it. Thank god it's not Mr Keanu Reeves.. hahaa.
Action sequences are non-stop. but it seems the producers realised the last one was too much, too fast, too confusing. This time it's actually better and clearer. There are quite a few cool fight scenes among the robots. Which set me wondering, in the cartoon series all i remember are gun fights (laser guns) not so much fist fighting actions. Fists are still more reliable yeah?
Comical parts are still abundant in many parts of the movie. Characters to note for that, Sam's mum, Government Liaison Officer, Bumblebee, Wheeler(a weak tiny robot).
Overal, I like the movie, it's kindda long though, abt 2.5hrs. Perhaps I was tired and watching it at 1am, but in the end, I was just hoping for more. I was expecting there to be another peek for the next episode. NOPE did not get it.. :P
Spikefire ratings: 8 out of 10>
Favourite Lines:
Sam Witwicky: Can you read this?
Skids: Read? Unh uh.
Mudflap: We don't - we don't really do much reading.
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Wheelie: Is that the best you got, huh? Is that best you can do?
Mikaela Banes: What are you doing here, you little freak?
[Mikeala burns his left eye off with a soldering iron]
Wheelie: That's my eye, you crazy bitch! Easy warrior goddess, I'm just a little salvage scrap drone.
Mikaela Banes: Then I'm your worst nightmare.
Official Website
Pictures
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