Movie Time

This long weekend has been full of studying. I need to start reading up now since the finals are only 2 weeks away. I won't play any more online games with my buddies until the finals are over, and I guess I will only watch movies or paint in my breaks. Recently I watched a movie called the Warlords (starring Andy Lau and Jet Li) and I found it absolutely breathtaking. It pulled me in from the start and we couldn't stop watching it until it was finished. The battles were immense and some aspects of it was very deep and meaningful.

I also watched the Forbidden Kingdom. It was a real waste of time and a total disapointment considering it starred 2 of the biggest martial arts stars known to the American world ( Jet Li and Jacky Chan). It was full of crappy computerized graphics and had a crappy storyline tailored for American viewers. Total rubbish considering the potential the synergy that these 2 guys could create.

I can't help but express my newfound appreciation of Andy Lau. His acting skills in The Warlords was really good. I used to see him as the most undeserving '4 heavenly king'; but now I see his hardwork has really paid off. While his singing is subpar relative to the other 3, he is still WAY better than the new wave of HK singers who are killing the industry.

Rambo was exactly what I expected. The storyline was pretty much absent and half the script was mumbled incomprehensively by Stallone. The graphics and realism of scenario was very eye stimulating though I must say.

Chuck and Larry provided a few giggles. Adam Sandler's humor never ceases to amaze me no matter how lame and predictable his jokes are. The ending was crap and the storyline was predictable but it was a good time-eater I spose.

Stephen Chow's new movie CJ7 was a real letdown. Being a fan of him I expected more of the comedy style he had used prior to his Hollywoodisation. To be frank the movie sucked hard. But perhaps this was due to him trying to aim the movie at a younger audience.

V for Vendetta was deep and meaningful, however it sacrificed any form of interest in the movie. It felt like he was talking through 80% of the movie and the other 20% was Batman style action.

I also managed to watch both the Elizabeth movies. I found it suprisingly interesting, even though most of the movie was verbalised. Cate Blanchett once again proved leads do not need to have great bodys or pretty faces to make a movie beautiful. No pun intended.

I still have a bunch of movies to plow through... Machine Girl, Teeth, The Eye....... etc etc. Hopefully these will fill the void left in my abstinence of video games.