Aye Aye Captain!
I have not seen any Captain America comics. The only memory I have for Captain America, was the shield and the mask. :) Oh, and I do know another thing, he doesn’t have any superpower, all he has is the super-regenerating cells, and he can die, just like any one of us. :D That, makes him more human, more us. :)
I marked Captain America as one of my MUST-SEE’s this year! Just because I wanted to know more about it. How he became the hero of America.
Chris Evans, as the Captain America. Honestly, I was smitten, with his Captain America look! Oh dear! We know he is a charming lad in Fantastic Four (as the human torch) and the edgy-rugged fella in Push (didn’t like his role in Push), but I must say he looks so different as the Captain America! I fell in love with Chris Evans, and Captain America. Hahahaha…… I didn’t expect him to “grow” so fit and macho!
Aside from the looks, Evans did pretty well in Captain America. He showed people that he could act too. Oh, and Hayley Atwell looks so lovely in the movie!
Captain America, a very simple and down-to-earth movie I would say, but not boring. Surprisingly, it has my full concentration in the cinema. There were conversations, the quiet scenes, the not-so-adrenaline-pumping fights, but it is not boring. Strange isn’t it?
I was blown away by Captain America. Hero is not born, hero is MADE. How true it is, haven’t we seen it everyday in our life?
Also, hero doesn’t necessarily have an easier life than any of us. Now, I love Captain America. :)
Harry Potter – Goodbye
Can you believe that Harry Potter has been with us for 10 years? I was still an innocent college student back then. Hahaha.
Now saying goodbye to Harry Potter and his friends, feels weird. What is more weird, is that seeing they’ve grown from small kids to adults.
Frankly speaking, I love Hermione and Ron more. Hermione is smart, witty, pretty, down-to-earth and sincere. Ron, is humorous, loyal to friends, equally down-to-earth, always want to prove himself and just an average person like most of us. I bet most of us could relate a lot to Hermione and Ron.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 got me wanting for more. It was great. While Part 2, is so disappointing. The conversations almost put me to sleep. The predictable story-line didn’t surprise me at all. Some of the things that happened and said are lame. I went to the cinema expecting a great end, but I was disappointed.
Oh, there is one part that is really touching. Severus Snape…… A brave and yet complicated man with a love that is so strong than any other in the story. No one would have seen it coming and end in that way. Believe it or not, I shed a tear or two for Severus.
Anyway, Harry Potter has finally come to an end. A decade long of a story, has finally ended. There is a little bit of sadness. No more Harry Potter.
However, I hope there is a new “Harry Potter”. :) Not sure if J. K. Rowling is up for it. :) Albus Severus Potter…… Hmm…… Interesting. :)
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
Citibank Weekend promo has ended, but since we are always busy (or lazy) during weekdays, so Andrew suggested to go watch Transformers 3 Sunday morning. :D I was happy as a clam ’cause finally I’d be seeing my hero again, Optimus Prime. We were surprised to see that the Citibank privilege counter is still opening during weekend, since we can still use the credit card, so we went to queue at that counter. Another surprise, weekday promo is applicable on weekends too! RM10 for a ticket instead of RM13! Yeah yeah! :D
Seriously, that girl, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, I’m sorry to say that she doesn’t look pretty to me! Gosh…… She doesn’t have the whole package to fit in the movie. Worse, her acting sucks! At least Megan Fox could act better and her tanned skin fits perfectly in Transformers. Too bad Megan Fox is not “into” Transformers now…… Sigh.
Transformers, from its name you already know it is something to do with the Autobots and Decepticons, so you don’t step into the cinema expecting a lot of story-telling and characters. Do expect a lot of actions and robot-fighting scenes. However, there is one person that I like so much in Transformers 3, Agent Simmons! :D He is still that hilarious and fearless Simmons, but one thing keeps me wondering, how did he get so rich??? Gotta re-watch Transformers 2 to refresh my memory.
When I saw Optimus Prime, I couldn’t help but went oh-ing big time! LOL! I was like “WOW… Whoa… Fuyoohhh… OOOHHH……” Not sure if Andrew (or anyone) heard all of those, they may think I was having the BIG O. LOL!
Optimus Prime is just too handsome!!! Aiyoo…… When he swings his sword and axe and gun… When he jumps, flies…… Adoihhh…… If Optimus Prime ever stands before me for real, I think I’m gonna die, he could just take my breath away! Hahahaha. Sorry if I sound exaggerating a lil, I just couldn’t help it! The cartoon that accompanied me during my childhood is now real on the big screen, how could I not get adrenaline-pumped?!
All those robots, they just look so real in the movie. The movie has the Avatar’s magic, at the end of it, you would even think that they’re real.
I feel so sad when Ironhide…… *Cries* Ironhide!!!!! Want to know what happened to him? Go watch it lah. :P
Transformers 3, unleashed all the actions and fights against the Decepticons, super duper awesome! There were a few scenes made me laugh so hard and Andrew just had to cover my mouth with his hand! LOL! Worth every penny and second of our time for a movie like this.
There’s another thing I don’t understand too. When Bumble Bee is in Camaro form, the car looks so sleek and shiny, not even a scratch! However when Bumble Bee transformed into Autobot form, the surface looks so dirty and there are scratches all over. Why? Beats me.
周星驰的真“功夫”
不可否认的，周星驰的确很有天分。演戏、导演他都尽全力做到最好。你可以说不是全都是好戏，可是你不得不佩服他的努力与胆识。他的演技也是一等一的。没人可比得上他的搞笑功夫，除了一人，张家辉。这是本人的观点啦，你不必认同滴。
Andrew可是星爷的忠实粉丝。他看过星爷所有的戏，每一部Andrew都说好看，还能重复的看上几回。对，无厘头，可是好看。星爷的戏就是出了名的无厘头。你若想看符合逻辑的戏，相信你没什么选择了。Andrew，就是喜欢星爷的无厘头，可是里面，却也时常暗藏着许多人生中的小道理。没细心看的人，是不会明白体会的。
我，和Andrew相反，不太喜欢星爷的戏。无厘头再加上偶尔也满恶心的，有时甚至是无聊。他的戏，我不会一而再的重复看上几遍。好看的话就把它看完，觉得无聊时我通常就会选择不看了。有时更是不明白为什么Andrew可以笑成那样，有那么好笑吗？
可是，有一部戏，是我重复看上几遍都还不觉得腻的。不但好看，还甚有意思的。那就是，“功夫”。
“功夫”，还是那般的无厘头喜剧，可却是让我觉得是一部比较有逻辑的喜剧。戏里面说的万中无一的高手，当然还是有点夸张啦。只是星爷把他那个角色给演活了。让我也相信或许这世界上真的有这么样的一个人，只是我们不知道罢了。
戏里的阿星，也不就是和大家一样，都有着自己的梦想，都想做好人。可是好人难做，梦想更不是说说就能马上实现的。于是乎，阿星慢慢看清这个社会，慢慢把梦想变成遐想。好人做不成，做个坏人也不错。可偏偏对阿星来说，要做坏人也难。可是只要机会来了，好好把握，其实做什么都不难。
阿星童年时想做好人，可惜时机不对，不但碰了一鼻子灰还饱受侮辱。长大后想做坏人，却苦无机会。机会来了，却发现自己并不想做坏人。辗转一番，原来还是比较适合做好人。我们，可不都是这样吗？小时候的梦想，随着年龄增长渐渐改变。一直怨叹没机会，其实是不懂把握机会。当把握住了机会，却发现已经偏离原来的梦想那么远了。侥幸的话，还有机会实现当初的梦想。不幸的话，一只脚已经踩了下去，想抽也抽不回了，只能继续偏离下去。是好，是坏，只能由自己来定夺，轮不到别人来说。说到底，都是自己的选择。
“功夫”里的其他角色都不比阿星来的出色，这是其中一个败笔。武打场面虽然利用了好多高科技的电脑技术，却也是满精彩的。尽管戏里有些对白和情节皆是模仿某些电影的，可是也都应用得宜。
没想到星爷这部功夫喜剧竟会让我那么着迷。目前为止，看了有五遍了吧。:) 而每一次，我都还会大笑一番。
“功夫”是部好片。如果你不喜欢周星驰的话，也不妨看看。“功夫”没那么的无厘头，是一部满戏剧化的戏剧片。
以下的片段是我最喜欢的，超爆笑！不管看了几次，都还是会笑个不停！哈哈哈哈哈。
iPad Apps Review. Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret.
Bought this app during Mother’s Day special price, at US$0.99 (approximately RM3). What a steal! :D I am not sure of how much it is now, perhaps US$4.99.
Big Fish is really good at developing hidden object or mystery games, ain’t it? You just gotta salute their creativity and imaginations and having such great brains to come up with such great stories.
Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret, took me 3 nights to finish it. Pretty short I must say, but worth to play. Those brain teasers and puzzles, some of them are really tough and required you to go back and forth searching for objects and clues, which is pretty annoying at times. At one point, I had to go all the way back to the starting point, then returned to where I left off to finish the task. The hint works very well though! Clear cut hints were given whenever you need it.
The interactive part, of course, not as much fun as Drawn: The Painted Tower, but it is good enough. The same goes with the graphic, nothing can really beat Drawn. Story wise, the same old, same old princess/empress woke up from some sleep with no memories of what happened in the past. If it wasn’t because of the puzzles that fascinated me (trial version), and also it was on sale, I wouldn’t have bought it.
A good game if it was on $0.99. $4.99???? Forget about it. Wait till it’s on sale again.
Green “Reynolds” Lantern
10.45am. 18th June 2011. Saturday. Cloudy.
It’s weekend again. Third weekend of June, third movie of the month. Got ourselves 2 tickets for the price of one at TGV KLCC.
When Andrew and I first saw Green Lantern‘s trailer in the cinema, we were giggling at the name. Green Lantern! Sounds weird and it immediately reminded me of the Chinese red lanterns. :D Ryan Reynolds is in it! I must watch! MUST! However this Andrew wasn’t very keen. “Childish and weird”, he said! Goodness, that is Ryan Reynolds and how could he say it’s childish! Reynolds you know! *Drools* Okay, I forgot Andrew is a man, and men usually don’t get why we women go so ga-ga over some macho muscle-man. :D Ever since X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I just couldn’t get him out of my head. LOL! He has gotten so matured-looking over the years. I’ve seen a few episodes of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, but couldn’t really remember what it was all about, that was history long ago! But I like Reynolds still. :D
I must say he is a fine actor too. Just couple of months ago I watched Buried, one of Reynolds’ latest movie, I must say he did extremely well in it. No other actors, he is the only cast in the movie, lying in a coffin buried underground. A very disturbing and depressing movie I’d say, but also a very well-thought and compelling story. Hats off to Reynolds and the director of Buried.
All right, back to Green Lantern. I’ve never seen its comic books, so I’m not sure about the story. It’s just that the trailer looks good and I believe the movie wouldn’t be bad.
I was bugging Andrew to watch it with me and since there’s no other movie that he could think of, he finally agreed! Geez…… You see, now it is so hard to ask him to go watch a movie that I like with me. Speaking of men change after married! HA! Tell me about it!
Oops, sorry for the little drama there. Ah, yes, Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds. :) Reynolds did well, but this movie doesn’t require lot of acting skill in order to do well. Instead, it required a lot of imaginations for the cast to do well. Acting in an empty space with the people in CGI blue costume is not easy. You just gotta appreciate that part of the production.
There are some other big stars too, like Blake Lively of the famous Gossip Girls! She is just so hot and gorgeous! I’m not sure why, perhaps I’m used to seeing her on TV in Gossip Girls, I find it a teeny bit weird to see her on the big screen. And together with Reynolds, makes me feel even more weird. Hahaha. She was doing ok in Green Lantern, pretty forgettable except that she is Hal Jordan’s girlfriend.
For a moment, I thought I saw Ewan McGregor. Shoot, I’ve always mistaken him as McGregor! He is Peter Sarsgaard, of course not as charming as Ewan McGregor. :) I only remember him in 2 movies that I’ve seen, Flight Plan and Orphan. He played his bad-guy character so bloody well! It’s like he was born to be the “bad guy”. LOL. Oh, not forgetting Mark Strong who looks so cool in red as Sinestro! Too bad he didn’t make much appearances in the movie.
Also, those green suits are so cool!!! It’s just like their second skin on their body. Ooohhh… Reynolds’ body is so hot……
All in all, a very enjoyable superhero movie with some humors and action. I bet we would see more of Green Lantern in the future. Hopefully, they would keep Reynolds in it for as long as possible. :)
Somehow or rather, I find this line (below) from the movie to be, lame! Wuahahaahahahaha.
“Green is the color of WILL.” — Of all colors, it has to be green! LOL! I’m sorry, perhaps the comic writer loves green. :P
Déjà Vu
Have you ever had the déjà vu? Or feeling like you’ve seen or experienced this situation? Or you’ve dreamed about it before and it became reality months later?
According to Wikipedia, déjà vu is because our brain is playing tricks on us.
The most likely explanation of déjà vu is not that it is an act of “precognition” or “prophecy“, but rather that it is an anomaly of memory, giving the false impression that an experience is “being recalled”.[4][5] This explanation is substantiated by the fact that the sense of “recollection” at the time is strong in most cases, but that the circumstances of the “previous” experience (when, where, and how the earlier experience occurred) are quite uncertain or known to be impossible. Likewise, as time passes, subjects can exhibit a strong recollection of having the “unsettling” experience of déjà vu itself, but little or no recollection of the specifics of the event(s) or circumstance(s) they were “remembering” when they had the déjà vu experience. In particular, this may result from an overlap between the neurological systems responsible for short-term memory and those responsible for long-term memory (events which are perceived as being in the past). The events would be stored into memory before the conscious part of the brain even receives the information and processes it.[citation needed]
However, I don’t quite buy it. Yeah, it’s true to a certain extent, but not in all the déjà vu that occurred. My déjà vu is not something that I feel I have experienced it, it is something I’ve dreamed about and it becomes real at a later date.
I, am a dreamy person. Whenever I sleep, I dream, without fail. Even if it’s just a short nap, I dream. I dream every night. If I had a dreamless night, I would wake up feeling extremely tired like I’ve never slept the night before. Weird right? As people usually told me dreamless night meaning you have a well rested night and your brain never stops working if you dream and you will feel tired when you wake up from a dream. It’s the opposite for me. So, I don’t like dreamless nights.
I have déjà vu. Many times. The frequency increases as I grow with my age. During school times, I often experienced it when I went out with friends. The exact same conversations and the persons, appeared in my dream before and was happening in real. I wasn’t too sure why and I often just shrugged it off.
Déjà vu happens more frequent when I started my working life. As it happens so frequent, I got so familiar with it and sometimes I could change the outcome of it. Few months ago, was having lunch with my colleague and we were talking about some unhappy issues at work, suddenly the feeling of déjà vu hit me. Instead of telling her the exact same thing that I told her in my dream, I changed it and told her something else. The conversation took another turn and it was a happy ending instead of the sour feeling I had in my dream.
However, there are times I just couldn’t change it or avoid the fate I guess. Last year December, my boss told me a decision and I was in shock for 3 seconds then only I responded to what he said. What he told me, I dreamed of it way before that. I still remember when I woke up from that particular dream (yes, I dream of work related stuff too), I told myself it couldn’t possibly happen in real life, what a joke. But there I was, sitting in my boss’ office for real, getting that shocking piece of news. How could it possibly happen, NOW? Gosh…… I was shocked, sitting at my desk thinking about it for a very long time.
When I go out with friends, I too have déjà vu. Instead of saying/doing as what I have dreamed earlier, I often chose to say/do it differently. I don’t usually tell them I’ve dreamed about it. Sometimes watching a movie and it all seemed so familiar…… There were times talking to someone and I stopped abruptly when I realised the conversation took place in my dream before……
The déjà vu happens every now and then, still, I have not learned to accept it calmly when it comes. I still can’t get over the eeriness of it when it happens.
No, I can’t foresee the future. :) It comes as a dream, I wouldn’t know if it would happen for sure. More often than not, the dream would be so real and yet seem too unrealistic to happen in real life. Which is why when it does come true, I am usually shocked. I’ve thought of keeping a journal by the bed so that I could write my dreams down when I wake up. However, I’ve not got a chance to do that.
I like the dreams that come at night, but I do not like nightmares. I’ve had nightmares that came true too, luckily only a few, and that is enough to devastate me. I certainly and especially do not like those nightmares that make me woke up in the middle of the night crying.
Guess what, I’ve dreamed of aliens recently. :) Bizarre and can’t possibly happen, right? We shall see.
Do you know that there’s a movie starring Denzel Washington, is called “Déjà Vu”? It is a nice movie too. Well, most of the movies are nice if Denzel Washington is in it. Hahaha.
Monsters, Inc.
BOO!
Hahahaha…… Monsters, Inc., the one and only movie that I can watch over and over again without feeling bored. :D Few years ago, I went to a video store just to buy its original DVD. I once asked Andrew to convert the DVD into iPhone compatible format so that I could watch it whenever and wherever I want. When it was on the local TV, I’d watch it again. How many times I’ve watched it? I have no idea! 10 times? Maybe. :D
So, why do I love Monsters, Inc. so much? Boo is cute, Sullivan is cute, Mike is hilarious, the story-line is something new, the graphic is so pretty and “alive”, and the underlying message is just so meaningful. Need me to say more?
There’s a particular scene that I would always laugh out loud no matter how many times I’ve seen it. Sully, lost Boo along the way of running away from the evil Randall. When Sully found Boo’s eye in a garbage dump, he thought Boo was in there. He then watched the pile of garbage, which he thought Boo was in it, being sent through a conveyor belt and repeatedly crushed by the machines, his expressions are so freaking funny I tell ya!!! Even right now I am all smiling recalling that scene! Hahaha. Andrew, just couldn’t take it every time I laugh so hard at that scene, “you’ve seen it so many times and you can still laugh???” LOL. He just doesn’t get it. :P
When Mike making funny faces or doing those idiotic actions, it is hilarious too. How can I not laugh? Ya ya, I’ve seen it so many times, but they’re still funny.
The message that the movie gave me is, just like a piece of coin, everything in this world has 2 sides. It depends on which side you choose to see. That makes the world filled with people from both sides. We are lucky enough to have the freedom to choose, there are people out there who do not have that luxury to even choose their own destiny. I am glad that Andrew always sees the other side of the coin for me. Whenever I am seeing things from my side, he will tell me the different view from the other side. I am fortunate enough and grateful to get to see both sides of a story.
When we can obtain better outcome from another way (laughter from children), why are we insisting on doing what we do now (screams from children)? If only someone could point that out to us every time, we could spend lesser time finding/seeing it.
Who said cartoon/animation is just for laughs? There’s so much it can tell you when you really open your eyes and “see”. :)
iPad Apps Review. Infinity Blade.
A lot of people on the iPad Malaysia Labs recommended Infinity Blade, by ChAIR. Claiming that it has the best graphic and it is fun.
A little bit history of my gaming self. I was into RPG games, a lot, when I was in secondary school and college. I’ve played Final Fantasy VII, VIII, X and a few other RPG which I can’t recall. I was so good at them. However, I stopped playing when I stepped into college. Tried picking it up few years back when I gotten my PS2, but I realised that RPG bores me now. The repetitive fighting scenes, walking, looking for something constantly, are just not my thing anymore. My repertoire is now on finding hidden objects and solving puzzles. Hahaha.
So, I wasn’t so keen on this Infinity Blade. However, people were all talking about how great the graphic is and how interesting and exciting it is, that psycho-ed me into purchasing it! Luckily, it was on sale, $2.99 (Appx RM9). This is by far the most expensive app I’ve ever purchased from iTunes! -__- It now is $5.99.
The 3D graphic, no doubt, very fine and high quality! The whooping of sword looks just so cool! Sound effect is good too. Hell lots of weapons and armors and it is fun to slash away at those monsters and enemies. Two nights after I purchased it, I managed to kill the so-called God King (Level 50). That’s where I got confused. After defeating the God King, the game started all over again from the beginning of castle as a new bloodline. WHAT?! When I reached the God King again, it is the same God King but at a higher level of 100! DUH! Don’t tell me the game is just about killing monsters in the same castle over and over again???!!!
SHOOT! Damn! I felt cheated! Argh! Who to blame? No one except myself, for listening to others easily.
It is fun to play but repeating the whole thing again and again is just, too boring for me. Those who have played Infinity Blade told me I have to keep defeating the God King, earn more money to buy more shining weapons and armors and then unlock the dungeon in the castle to defeat yet another 3 KINGS at level 50, 100 and 150 respectively! Then, there’s another one at level 200 and right after you defeat him, there’s another knight! But the knight is easy.
Been playing it for the past 3 weeks, and I got frustrated and bored killing the God King. The endless fingers-swiping on the screen and slashing the same old enemies all the time…… Bummer. :( I stopped playing since last week. LOL!
Updated 18/06/2011: I, finally managed to defeat all of them last night. Wuahahaha. That is the end of the game, you get to choose to start another new bloodline, or to start the game all over again. I was conned by the explanation that “start new game and you’ll be able to keep your level now and excel even further”. I started a new game, but damn! All the weapons and armors I bought were gone! All back to zero except the level! TT__TT If you do not want that to happen, you might just want to start a new bloodline and buy new weapons to level up.
X-Men: First Class
X-Men, a name that is so familiar since childhood. I watched X-Men cartoons on TV with my younger sister and cousin, every weekend. Three of us were always jumping with joy whenever we got new X-Men toy. :D I still remember, Wolverine was my cousin’s favorite, my younger sister’s favorite was Rogue while my favorite was Storm and Iceman. Back then, we didn’t really understand the story, all we know was X-Men are a bunch of people with cool superpowers. Hahaha. My cousin would always bare his teeth with his hands crossed in front of the chest and chased us. Hahaha. What a childhood. Oops, that kind of give my age away and which era I’m from. Hahaha. I’m not that old, okay. :P
So, yeah, X-Men is my childhood companion too and I love it, even to this day. Andrew and I have never missed the film series. :)
However, when I saw X-Men: First Class, sort of like a prelude to the X-Men film series, I wasn’t keen to watch it. Again, I don’t see big stars in the movie. Hahaha. I was wrong, so very wrong, again.
I read a review last week from WordPress Freshly Pressed page, the blogger of course did not reveal the story of the movie, but the review was good enough to “entice” me to watch the movie! Then, Andrew’s aunt told us she brought her kids to the movie and it was good. Also, Andrew has heard some good comments from his friends and colleagues. So, we decided to watch it and see it for ourselves. :) Again, June is the last month for Citibank’s Weekends buy 1 free 1 promotion that started since January, we must grab the opportunity while it lasts. I’m so gonna miss this promotion after this, been utilising it since February and it is really a good bargain.
Good lord! I am now glad that we watched it on the big screen! No regrets! Two thumbs up!
First, we now understand where the anger of Magneto came from. Then, the painful parting of 2 good friends just because of each having a different view on one common thing. The bond and friendship between Magneto and Xavier was so strong that we could even feel their pain.
Ahhh…… Now I know how the Beast got his present physical look. Oh, and the metal helmet that Magneto is wearing all the time actually came from his “creator”. So, Mystique and Xavier actually know each other for a long time. Ohhh…… That is how Mystique went on to be on Magneto’s side.
I was cracking my head trying to recall who’s that guy that played Charles Xavier and he looks so familiar. I Googled for it, whoa, James McAvoy, the leading actor in Wanted alongside Angelina Jolie! Also, he’s the Faun in The Chronicles of Narnia.
When I saw Kevin Bacon, my jaw dropped. Hahahaha. Didn’t know he was in the movie too!!! Geez, how could I have missed that big name from the movie?! And, Hugh Jackman made a cameo appearance. LOL! Oh, I almost forgot, Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) looks charming at times. :) He played very well in the movie.
X-Men: First Class, a great movie. Though the lengthy conversations at the beginning of the movie, every X-Men film has this same thing, are pretty boring, you just can’t deny those cool actions and visual effects are indeed the plus points. Andrew and I just love those actions and magnificent effects. I was whoa-ing a couple of times. Furthermore, it has a good story that is very close to the comic version. Definitely worth the money.
If you’re an X-Men fan and having doubts like me on this movie, don’t. It’s definitely worth to watch on the big screen. Go now before it’s too late. Well, don’t bother if you’re not an X-Men fan, you wouldn’t understand the logic of it. However, if you want to start, this is a good one to begin with so that you get a good picture of what X-Men is all about. Then go on and watch the rest of the film series.
iPad Apps Review. Awakening: The Dreamless Castle
Awakening: The Dreamless Castle, is another hidden object and puzzle-solving game from Big Fish Games.
I bought this during Mother’s Day too, at US$0.99. What a steal, now it is again on special discount, at $4.99. I wouldn’t buy it, $4.99 is overpriced.
The Dreamless Castle is a beautiful game as well. Although the graphic is not as detailed and vibrant as Drawn: The Painted Tower, it still has beautiful graphics. At some point, the puzzles are a little too tough to solve or sometimes the items are difficult to find. Took me quite a while to accomplish certain tasks and I even got a tad frustrated with the unclear clue or hint. A lot of times when I clicked the Faerie for a hint, she would just go to sleep and I had to wait again and she did not provide any hint. That’s the frustrating part. Also, some of the mini games are of same nature but different scenes, so they sometimes get pretty boring too. Some puzzles are really great and interesting though.
I love the Goblinjong a lot. After you complete the game, you unlock the Goblinjong in the Main Menu that you get to play for unlimited times. :)
The story, is a bit too old-fashioned I’d say. Princess woke up from her 100 years of sleep, on a journey to find her parents and other human, with the help of fairies and all that……
I’ve played Drawn: The Painted Tower, I must say Drawn still has the best graphics and interactive puzzles. The puzzles in Drawn are never repeated. My $0.99 on Drawn is definitely well worth it.
As for Awakening, it is a good game if it is still at $0.99 or maybe $1.99. With $4.99, you could get some other better game than this. Now, you get my hint. :)
On Stranger Tides. Captain Jack Sparrow.
Citibank buy 1 free 1 weekend promotion is ending this June. So, Andrew and I are making the advantages of it to watch movies on weekends. After this, we will either have to watch on a Wednesday or pay more. Luckily the weekday RM10 fixed price is valid till the end of this year.
Can you believe that we watched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for just RM9 for 2 persons? Yes, we did, with the buy 1 free 1 promotion. :D I saw Melissa gotten this Kungfu Panda tumbler weeks ago and it was really unique. So, I bought one too. Hahaha. Andrew was giggling at the size, “SO BIG!!!” He felt uneasy walking with the big tumbler after the show and walked all the way back to the carpark to leave it in the car. LOL. The tumbler cost RM14.90, filled with drinks (of your choice) and popcorn. :D I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean with the Kungfu Panda tumbler. Hahahaha.
This is the 4th sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean. I’ve never missed one. :) Captain Jack Sparrow is just too hilarious. Johnny Depp is truly an amazing actor, and charming too even with those long hair wig and beard.
However, On Stranger Tides did not surprise me a lot. A little bit, but not much. It is an OK movie, nothing makes me go “wow”. Only the beautiful mermaids that captured my heart for a while. Most of it are pretty predictable. I did have a good laugh though. Andrew blamed it on the many sequels that I have watched, that sorta made the plots and scenes expectable and the excitement of anticipation has gone. Hmm…… True, I believe.
So, if you are a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, you are just gonna like this one just like I did. If you’re not a fan of Captain Jack Sparrow and seeking only pure entertainment, you’ll get entertained indeed. :) However, don’t expect too much of a good storyline. If you go looking for it, you ain’t gonna get it. :)
ADD: Oops, I forgot to mention the forever beautiful and stunning Penelope Cruz! She is so gorgeous. What a candy to the eyes.
The next big adrenaline-pumping movie in anticipation is, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Can’t wait!!!
The Wool Cap 2004
Last night, as usual, switched on the TV when I got home. It was 10pm and just the right time the movie started. Didn’t see the title but I finished the whole movie.
The Wool Cap, about a middle-aged man, Gigot who lost his vocal cords and his sister in a car accident, lived a solitude live for half of his lifetime. His lonely live was soon disrupted by the arrival of Louella, a 12-year-old girl who got abandoned by her drug addict mother. Gigot and Louella soon developed a bond that makes Gigot wanted to adopt Louella as his daughter and get back in touch with his family that he abandoned long ago.
It is a very touching story and movie, with William H. Macy‘s impeccable performance. He is no doubt a very experienced and excellent actor, whenever he’s in a movie, be sure to get swept off the ground by his charming acts. He could express the emotions of the character so well that not a word that needs to be spoken to feel it, and it goes straight to your heart. That’s the magic of William H. Macy. Not forgetting the movie I watched with Andrew back in 2007, Wild Hogs, by Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and Macy. It is such a hilarious movie! Macy was so funny in Wild Hogs, even up to this day I couldn’t stop laughing whenever Wild Hogs came into my mind, like right now. Whenever I see people with the same dressings on those Harley Davidson bikes, I would point at them and turn to Andrew, “Wild Hogs eh”. Both of us would start giggling. Hahahahaha.
You know, when people said don’t judge a book by its cover, the same goes to don’t judge a movie by its cast. I don’t judge a book by its cover as my reading range is pretty wide. However when it comes to movie, I am pretty picky about the cast in a movie. Hahaha. If I don’t see any big names or familiar faces in a movie, I often choose not to watch it. I could be wrong and I was wrong quite a couple of times. :)
The Wool Cap is a very meaningful and heart-warming movie, even Andrew was watching it and not switching channels in between commercial time. He too was fascinated by the story.
At the end of the movie, when Gigot showed Louella that, “I am your father”, I couldn’t help but tears just streamed down my face! Kanasai…… So touching leh…… *Sobs sobs*
Sorry, this is the only “decent” video of The Wool Cap that I could find on YouTube. What a pity, such a great movie but no one cares to upload a trailer of it. Sigh.
iPad Apps Review. Drawn: The Painted Tower
iPad 2 isn’t the first iDevice that I own or owned, had an iPhone 3G that was lost last year and briefly owned the iPad 1 for a month before I gave it to my nephew. I could have started writing the App reviews when I had an iPhone, but I did not. With the iPhone, gaming wasn’t my main purpose but more of texting, surfing the internet and sharing & obtaining information.
Now with the iPad 2, I do a lot of gaming. I am not a person who fancies listening to music or watching movies on a small device like this. When it comes to music and movie, I prefer the conventional means. :)
Since the Jailbreak for iPad 2 has yet to be released, all we can do is download the FREE apps or BUY. Most of them are at an affordable price, which is US$0.99. Whenever there’s some special holiday or occasion in the US, there will be some special price slash off the regular price. That is the best time to quickly grab the app that you like.
I am into hidden object or mystery games. I am not sure why. Guess I prefer games with a story to tell rather than blindly playing it just to get to the finish line.
Long story short, here’s the first app that I’m going to review, Drawn: The Painted Tower, by Big Fish Games Inc. For the full description of the game, click the link above. Am not going to repeat here in my blog about what you can find there.
I’ve been a fan of Big Fish Games since Yahoo! Games. They developed one of the best graphic games other than EA Games. Most of Big Fish Games on Yahoo! are a hit.
I, as expected, was frantically looking for Big Fish Games when I got my iPad. Hahahaha. Download the trial version of Drawn: The Painted Tower, and I fell in love with it. The regular price for a full game was $6.99!!! That is like RM21. Ridiculous. I wasn’t going to buy it. I remember it was $6.99, but now it is $9.99!!! That is even worse!
Mother’s Day came, Big Fish was having a huge discount for all the games! WEEEEEE!!! The Painted Tower became $0.99! Delighted and within seconds, I was downloading the full app. :D
The graphic of The Painted Tower is simply awesome. The interactive part is so interesting. Every scene and location is so strategically intertwined together. The story is amazing too! The puzzles tease your brain so much that it only makes you want more. Some puzzles are tougher but definitely you will be able to solve them. Some of the puzzles even make me giggled for a while. Haha.
The hiccups (of course there’s some hiccups in every app), after playing it for a long time, it takes a bit longer to load the scenes. My solution to this, when I’m done for the day, I’d off the iPad and on it again. It sorts of like let your iPad rests for a while and everything will be running smoothly again. I do this not just when I’m on this game, I do this now and then when I feel the iPad is in need of a reboot. I’ve seen people complaining about the game crashes very frequent, that doesn’t happen to me though, not a single time. *Touch wood* Other than this, nothing much to complain about. :)
Best graphics top with a well-written storyline, definitely an app that you must not miss, if you are a puzzle lover. :) Also, provided that you are willing to pay $9.99 for it. :P
What Do You Believe?
Another creepy movie of Anthony Hopkins.
I am not a big time fan of Hopkins, but undeniably, he is a very talented and remarkable actor. I’ve watched none of his Hannibal series except one, Red Dragon. That was also by chance I watched it, with my dad. A pretty disturbing movie I’d say. Until now I still couldn’t get rid of Ralph Fiennes’ tattooed body from my mind. Hopkins was more of a supporting role in Red Dragon though.
The Rite, all about exorcism in the modern days. The movie is surrounding Michael Kovak (played by Colin O’Donoghue) who did not believe in demon or God and finally found his faith through Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) by performing exorcism on his own.
From the movie, I ponder, we sometimes see things from our point of view, what if those are the things that the devil shows us just to deceive us? How could one know if we are deceived? Perhaps, just perhaps, this whole world is a deception. Devil or not, demon or god, what if all that we see now, is nothing but an illusion? Ahh…… Just the thought of it is enough to make me feel eerie. Ish……
The Rite, was a teeny bit boring in the middle. There isn’t too much of horror, but the story is enough to keep me going with it. The ending is pretty predictable, the good/bright one always prevails.
Not a bad movie at all. I can see that the director is trying to do this movie in a very delicate way, not to offend anyone on either side of the line. Whether you’re a believer or non-believer, there’s no harm in watching The Rite. It is pretty entertaining in its own way, but be prepared for the boring part in the middle of the movie. :D Hats off to Anthony Hopkins.
Knowing that Andrew would fall asleep in the cinema if we were to watch it in the cinema. So, I was watching the movie alone, on PPS, Andrew went out for supper with his dad. During the last exorcism, towards the end of the movie, I actually paused it and waited for Andrew to come back! Hahahaha…… Too scary to watch alone in the room after midnight! To Andrew, his face was like “what is there to be scared about, it’s all fake.” Hahahahaha.
Love this particular line from Anthony Hopkins in the movie — “Choosing not to believe in devil will not protect you from him”. Scary, but somewhat true. It’s the same like choosing not to believe in death will not protect you from dying. Eventually, we all are going to die.
Furious Fast 5!
If you’re a fan of Fast & Furious, you wouldn’t want to miss Fast Five.
If you’re a fan of Paul Walker, more reason for you to watch Fast Five.
If you’re a fan of Vin Diesel, you should watch Fast Five.
If you’re a fan of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, you have got to watch Fast Five!
If you’re a fan of fast and beautiful cars, Fast Five is your thing.
If you’re a fan of all of the above, Fast Five is definitely, absolutely one that you MUST watch. :D And I am so happened to be a fan of all of the above. Hahaha. So is Andrew. Okay, maybe he isn’t much of a fan of those actors. Hahahaha.
First half of the movie, there isn’t much of fast cars and racing, more of adventure and action packed movie. The remaining half, fuyooohhhh!!! Thumbs up!!! Racing, fast cars, pretty cars, pretty girls, actions, guns, fire, fights…… It was so enjoyable and exciting!
If you wanna see The Rock versus Vin Diesel and who won, you’ve to watch it yourself. It was incredibly jaw-dropping. :D
It is a fun action movie, if it’s action that you’re seeking, you’ll be pleased. To me, no regrets of watching it! Worth every penny for the excitement that it brought me. Oh, not forgetting the humorous conversations too. Surprisingly, Fast 5 is funny too. :)
There are so many familiar faces in Fast 5, Jordana Brewster is getting hotter and hotter, Tyrese Gibson is so freaking funny, Sung Kang who came back to life after Tokyo Drift looked so much better, Gal Cadot is still so charming and don’t forget Ludacris!!! All of them have previously appeared in Fast & Furious. Gosh, couldn’t get enough of Fast 5! I love Fast 5!!! Yeah!!!
Here, enjoy the short trailer. :)
Get It Right
Recently I am so in love with Glee. Couldn’t watch it on TV here, and couldn’t find it on PPS. All I could do is watching and listening to the songs on YouTube.
When I saw and listened to “Get It Right”, somehow something was stirring inside and I could relate myself to it, so much. Tried so hard to hold my tears in.
What can you do when your good isn’t good enough
When all that you touch tumbles down
‘Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just want to fix it somehow
But how many times will it take
How many times will it take for me
To get it right
Fin That Matters
I wouldn’t be the first one to blog about this. Just would like to bring the awareness to our society.
I too, have eaten shark fin soup, in many of the wedding banquets that I’ve attended. Sad to say, I had shark fin soup in my own wedding banquet too. Back then, I’ve tried to make my family understand that it is not a MUST to have shark fin soup in the dinner menu, there are so many other delicious soup that we could substitute it with. However, they were afraid relatives and friends would perceive us as petty and stingy for not having shark fin soup.
In some restaurants, they may use other fish fin, trying to cheat their customers. I took comfort in it, knowing that I wasn’t eating the real shark fin. Hence, I did not kill the shark indirectly. So, I could feel a little less guilty. That is so, so, so self-deceiving and self-comforting.
Saw some photos about a baby whale’s fins were being cut off and left alone to die a slow death near a beach. Some tourists saw it and knowing that there is no way it could survive, instead of letting it die slowly, they pushed the baby whale on to the shore so that it could die faster. They then called the local authority to report such incident.
That, got me start looking for shark finning documentary, and I found this amazing one. Sharkwater, filmed by the talented Rob Stewart.
You can watch the full movie here on YouTube.
The Chinese, may argue that it is their tradition to eat shark fin, just like it is the Japanese tradition to eat whale meat. So, it is like saying we are sacrificing our children’s rights to know about these wonderful creatures in order to keep our traditions alive.
It is a very controversial topic. Everyone has their point of view from the other side.
However, all I’m gonna say now is, I’ll stop eating shark fin soup. Sometimes people say, ignorance is a bliss. I guess there’s some truth in it. Because right after seeing all those documentary, I couldn’t bring myself to eat it anymore. Some may argue that chicken and cows that are killed to feed us human is cruel too. Yes, it is, but at least they’re killed quickly and not being left alone to die without their limbs. Go ahead and say that I’m a hypocrite, ’cause I do eat other meat too.
See It, Differently
I’ve some friends posted this short film on FB, I did not bother to watch it although I saw people commented how touching it is. Why? Because I was lazy. Yep, despite the fact that I stay up late everyday, I was lazy to click and watch it.
Until last night, someone posted it again. Finally, I decided to click that “Play” button.
An old blind man, sitting on the sidewalk, with a cardboard beside him. The cardboard reads, “I’M BLIND. PLEASE HELP”. Of course, there are passerby who are kind enough to drop a coin or two. There are also those who did not even bother. A lady came, walked right past the man. She then stopped, turned around and write something on the cardboard. Then, every passerby starts dropping coins whenever they walked right past the man. Every one of them.
When the camera zoomed to reveal what the lady has written on the cardboard, my tears came right away. I don’t know why but I just got so emotional!
Just a different way of expressing and suddenly everything changes. The world just got better and life seems hopeful. We must really change the way we think.
Now, go get tear up with it. :)
P.S: This is actually a short film by RedSnappa.
3 Idiots
Ironically, the ones who think they’re so smart are actually the idiots. :)
3 Idiots, a Bollywood movie that Andrew’s cousin recommended. We watched it 2 weeks ago, and we fell in love with it.
Aamir Khan is no stranger to me. I know I’ve seen him in some Bollywood movies, which I’ve watched when I was in secondary school with my neighbour, but I do not know which ones. As you know, Bollywood’s movies name are so difficult to remember. His acting is indeed very impressive.
The movie is about 3 strangers, came together in an engineering college. Farhan, studies engineering for the sake of following his father’s wishes. Raju, studying engineering in hope to become an engineer so that he could change the life of his family. Rancho (Chanchad), studies for the mere reason of gaining knowledge.
3 friends with 3 different background, despite of being called idiots, helping and supporting each other. There are so many laughters in the movie, and there are sadness too. For the whole 2 hours, we just couldn’t stop laughing.
I love this thing that Rancho has been saying so frequent in the movie, something like “you don’t chase success. When you have gained the knowledge, success will naturally come to you”. It is so true. How many of us are chasing success and how many exactly has succeeded? All he is saying is, learn and gain as much knowledge as you can, when the time comes, success will be yours.
I shall not write further, you should watch the movie. Everyone should. Not just for yourselves, perhaps with the realisation, you’ll be bringing up your children differently. Results in school is not everything. :)
They speak in both Indian and English in the movie. It’s best to watch with English subtitles if you do not understand Indian. :)
Rango
Wanted to catch a movie last Saturday, fortunately Rango is still on the big screen!!! Only one time slot, guess it’s coming down soon. Again, utilising the Citibank buy 1 free 1 promotion. :)
Rango, so hilarious! The way Johnny Depp speaks is hilarious!!! Gosh…… The movie is just too good and you gotta watch it to know it. The underlying message, everyone of us has our own journey to travel. You have to walk your own path and not just following others. Also, when there’s a will, there’s a way.
Okay, I must admit one thing, I was too tired and sleepy, at one point, I nearly fell asleep!!! I was so close to just close my eyes and sleep away, but I realised I was in the cinema and sleeping in a cinema is just so not ME. Hahahaha. No, Rango is not boring at all. Don’t get me wrong.
Just go laugh your hearts out.
World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles
Saw the trailer last month, thought it would be a great movie. Then 2 weeks ago saw the making on local TV, geez…… The way the director filmed the movie was so shaky, it was like watching from a video cam by people who doesn’t know how to film. I felt dizzy. Andrew saw the trailer on TV and told me he wanted to go watch it, I disagree, told him that the movie was filmed in such a way similar to Cloverfield and Quarantine. He also dropped the thought to watch it then. Hahaha.
I was surprised that a friend sent me a message asking if I would like to watch World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles. I am glad and grateful that my friend did think of me. I really appreciate them thinking of me. It shows that I’m on their mind, and I’m happy for that. :) With the free tickets, my sweet friend even said I could bring Andrew along. How sweet! :)
With the free tickets, Andrew was quick to say OK! Hahaha. Both of us were hoping it wouldn’t be as bad and dizzy as Cloverfield. True enough, BLA did not fail us. It’s a good movie. Storyline is pretty much similar to War of the Worlds and Cloverfield, but the point of view has switched. Both War of the Worlds and Cloverfield were from the civilians POV, BLA is from the POV of the soldiers fencing against the aliens.
I always believe every movie has an underlying message, here, the movie encourages heroic act, that always comes with a price. Don’t go there if you’re not ready to pay that price, it could be too much for you to handle.
Saw some critic commented that the movie is a junk and whoever watches and likes it, they’re idiots. I find it too harsh though. Well, you just can’t please everybody.
Not a bad action movie at all. (I don’t mean to say that it’s nice just because I got a free ticket, and I wouldn’t say that it’s bad too just because it’s free. :) )
Devil Among Us
Saw the trailer of Devil last year, as usual, I had to give the movie a pass as Andrew never likes horror movies. The mood struck again this afternoon, went on PPS to look for it. Surprisingly, it’s on PPS.
No big and famous cast, there is only one person I know from the movie, that is M. Night Shyamalan. Hahaha. He was the co-producer of the movie and he wrote the story. If you’ve been following my movie posts, you should know I’m a fan of Shyamalan. The previous Airbender sucks, luckily this time, Devil isn’t as bad.
5 persons, 3 men and 2 women, got in the same elevator. 5 of them, with different background and their own secrets, die one by one inside the stalled elevator. It is believed that one of them is the Devil himself, hunting the others down.
The story looked a bit like Final Destination, but still it’s pretty watchable. I’m really impressed with the acting of 2 particular persons in the elevator, the younger woman and the young mechanic. 2 of them are so good!
When the lights went off in the elevator, I was basically holding my breath too! The director definitely knows how to keep the audience suspended.
There is a message even in such low budget horror movie, that we are to take responsibility of what we do or did. We all make mistakes, but WE have to take full responsibility of our mistakes, not others. Funny that, this is exactly what I heard/learned during my training last Friday! Coincidence? I don’t know. And just a moment ago I was watching the trailer of the Devil on YouTube, just to choose a better one to put in this post, obviously the loading was done, but it stopped right at “A Reason”! That is the end of the sentence “Everything Happens For A Reason”. Gosh…… This starts to sound creepy. I shall end here. Good night. Enjoy the trailer (not scary enough I feel).
Wish For A Wish – Birthday
What? It’s that time of the year, again? Geez…… Time is really flying pass!
Guess what, this year I’ll be having my birthday in Melbourne!!! Hahaha. Did I choose the dates on purpose? Of course I did! LOL! Well, with a little bit of coincidence. I can’t wait, you know, celebrating birthday in another country! How’s it going to be? I don’t know. Perhaps there won’t be any celebration, but it is still going to be a special one. :D Go on laughing, but silly Ashley is all smiling at just the thought of it.
New iPad 2 is out! Gosh, with front and rear camera! 30% thinner than iPad 1! And the iPad 2 smart cover! Have you seen it? Gosh…… Though it still looks pretty the same with iPad 1, iPad 2 is simply gorgeous (although the rumors about the UBS port stay as a rumors, bah)! It has white! Furthermore, the price is going to be the same as iPad 1!!! AHHHH!!! I want one!
Emailed Andrew yesterday about my birthday wish, he in return, emailed a link to me, about iPad 2 is just a teaser for iPad 3, which is coming real soon. Nah, that was bulls***. Even if it was real, it won’t be so soon. Do you think Apple is stupid enough to mass produce the iPad 2 now only to launch iPad 3 soon enough to replace iPad 2? They sure are going to make a big fortune first!
iPad 2, when are you going to be mine???
Watch this video and you’ll get “poisoned”. LOL.
Ashley
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