Kung Fu Panda

Released date: 6 June 2008
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Director: John Wayne Stevenson, Mark Osbourne
Producer: Melissa Cobb
Starring: Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Ian McShane




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The story started with Po (voiced by Jack Black), the fat Panda who lives with his dad, selling noodles in the Valley of Peace. Dreaming to be a kungfu warrior, but in dilemma for his dad's wishes to make him the successor of their family noodle's business.

One event lead to the other, surprisingly he became the chosen one, the prophesied Dragon Warrior, who will save the valley from villain Tai Lung, the snow leopard. It takes time for Po to gain his trust & acceptance from his peers. (Tiger, Monkey, Viper, Mantis, Crane who are the 5 students of the Shifu.) It also needs more patience & hard work to change Po to master all the kungfu skill. Luckily, Shifu found a natural talent in Po when Po tried to get the food. This trick is used by Shifu to train Po. Eventually he become a winning hero after all, after regain his self confidence & support from all.

The other characters are:
Oogway (Randall Duk Kim): The senior, yoda style master. The 'oogway' is derived from 'wu gui' which means 'turtle'.
Shifu (Dustin Hoffman): the Kungfu master
Monkey (Jackie Chan): playful, friendly
Mantis (Seth Rogen): sympathetic
Crane (David Cross): moderate, avoid conflict
Viper (Lucy Liu): smooth, sexy, flirty, deadly
Tiger (Angelina Jolie): ambitious, strong, bold
Tai Lung (Ian McShane): the villain snow leopard


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• CJ Tan

CJ Tan Said:

The first section of the movie, is quite thrilling, with a bit of suspense of the scary Tai Lung haunts. But later on, it becomes lighter & funnier to the end of the movie. Tai Lung doesn't seem to be scary as imagined from the earlier description. It becomes more fun & funny to watch the fights which is good. Because after all, this is a G rated movies, which includes kids of all ages, and as young as 3 yr old boys, just like my son. :)

The kungfu scenes run smoothly but too fast, I think. I couldn't catch all the movement, but it doesn't matter. As I enjoy it as the whole story. And of course, there are some slow motion scenes that you can see those funny expressions of Po with his bouncy tummy & sexy butt. He.. he.. :)

Jack Black, I don't normally like him in film because usually he played a character with rude jokes & acts,and some can be said as sarcastic. But as Po, I applause his effort, because somehow, I can get the image of Po as though he is a bit of 'kampong boy', but he is sincere, honest & kind at heart. :)

Verdict:
It's a really fun & entertaining movie to watch for the whole families.

Rating: (4 popcorns)

I Am Legend

Released date: 14 December 2007
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, David Heyman, Erwin Stoff, Neal H. Mortiz
Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson





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Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist in the army, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City, and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected"-victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.


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R-Man said:

This is one of the best movies by Will Smith. Even though more than half of the film we only watch him walking in out empty houses and play with his dog, he is still able to attract us to watch his literally lonely life. Though I still think Tom Hanks still rules in monologue in his Cast Away.

For a movie that has been made time and time again and contains some vampirism stuff, I am Legend is still able to draw crowds and even become a #1 box office for a few consecutive weeks.

The storyline is clear enough with a few backflashes explaining why Robert Neville, the main character, is stranded in empty Los Angeles in the first place, how he survives with his dog, what his reasons to stay alive up to what makes him a legend.

Verdict :

This is an awesome movie. You got to watch it. There is a thick psychotic element mixed with a great performance of the actor and a plot that has been proven time and time again to draw the crowds.

Watch it or prepare to be lonely!

Rating : (5 popcorns)

The Happening

Released date: 13 June 2008
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Genres: Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Betty Buckley, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Mark Wahlberg



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The story began with some mysterious chilling events cause by the unknown. People made suicides with bizarre & scary ways. Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), a science teacher at the Philadelphia high school & his wife, a therapist Alma (Zooey Deschanel) are trying to escape the deathly phenomenon. Though they are in the middle of marital crisis, together with Julian (John Leguizamo), a math teacher & Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), his 8 yr old daughter, they are heading to Pennsylvania farmlands where they hope they will be safe. Soon they realize that there is no single safe place for this apocalypse.

With love & faith, they face their ordeal of the dooms day together, hoping to start anew a better world.


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CJ Tan said:

The movie seems too scary for me to watch. But I can't keep my curiosity down. So I read some sources about this movie from the newspaper & some websites. Here are some notes that I can collect:

• It's back to root Mr. Shyamalan movie. Means psycho, thriller, Alfred Hitchcock thriller like plus the traditional supernatural & emotional of the usual Mr. Shyamalan's movies nature. (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Lady in the Water, The Village). An of course as usual, include a child in the main characters.
• The idea of the story came when Mr. Shyamalan on his way to New York, looking the green scenery at the New Jersey countryside from the windshield. Then he thought "What if the nature one day turned on us?" That moment, the structure & the characters of the story build up in his mind. It brought up some environmental issues that we are facing these days.
• In this movie, the human instinct to preserve & avoid dangers seems gone. It goes the other way around which lead them to make suicide in the most unsuspected & gruesome ways. The main characters represent the instinct to survive. That includes love & care to pull them together.
• In his own word, Mr. S said he wanted this movie to be "electric, clean & dynamic".
• If the Exorcist is rated as PG13 movie, u can imagine the impact of the this R rated movie. Beware! Warning! Strictly not for children, pregnant ladies, soft hearted people & so are people with heart problems. (Note: The initial draft of the screenplay is actually has enough potential nerve wrecking impact but much to Mr. Shyamalan's delight when the Twentieth Century Fox studio, asked him to go to the extreme of tension & terror as to make it as an R rated movie).
• It is released on Friday the 13th.

Verdict:

It's a very interesting movie to see. But yet have to be watched with extra caution. Regarding of the material of Mr. S' R rated movie. (gruesomely, graphic & violent scenes). If you up for it, then go & watch it... it's only 90 minutes. ;p

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Released date: 1 May 1984
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
Genres: Action, Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg, Michael D. Moore, Frank Marshall
Producer: George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Robert Watts
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth



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Indiana Jones finds himself on a new adventure, trekking across Asia with a gold-digging woman and a young child to rescue a village's missing children and find a magic stone. But, along the way he must contend with an evil cult.


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DakoChan said:

Do you know how the feeling walking in a cave full of insects and the feeling watching people around you eating baked-beetle and monkey's brain straight from it's head? For me, I think I'll lose my appetite for the week.
This second movie of Indiana Jones is really entertaining and funny, but also disgusting and thrilling at the same time. At the first time I really didn't expect this sequel will be this good. Usually a sequel is not as good as the previous movie. But, this movie proved me wrong.
With comeback of the trio, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford, this movie really shows itself as one of the best movie ever made.

Rating: (4 popcorns)