Movie Review: Tron Legacy

Well since this blog has become defunct for so long and I thought about you know, writing something, I thought I might start doing my movie reviews again starting with the movie I just recently watched: "Tron: Legacy"

Name: "Tron:Legacy"

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Starring: Jeff Bridges

Garrett Hedlund

Bruce Boxleitner

Olivia Wilde

Michael Sheen

Tron: Legacy is a sequel to the old Disney movie, aptly named "Tron". Jeff Bridges reprises his role as Kevin Flynn, the main protagonist of the original. This time, it's the story of his son, Sam Flynn, portrayed by actor Garrett Hedlund.

The story starts off with a young Sam Flynn listening to stories about adventures in "The Grid" and a young Kevin Flynn rushing off to work after he finished telling the story. After that faithful night, Kevin Flynn goes missing and its all over the news leaving his company ENCOM, at the mercy of the board of directors, whose aim is earn more money then to benefit mankind.

Short synopsis (Mini spoilers):

One day, Kevin Flynn's best friend, Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner), receives a message on his pager from Kevin and he proceeds to tell Sam about the news. Sam initially refuses to respond to the message and claims that his father is dead. In the end, out of curiosity, he goes back to his father's old office and by chance, stumbles on his father's underground office which seemes to be vacant for a very long time. He accidentally activates the laser that sends him into "The Grid" and that is when Sam's adventure begins.

Overall, the film doesn't impress much, the story is bland, though the graphics are good. 3D doesn't really make the movie anymore special and there are some scenes that were filmed in 2D rather than in 3D which kind of is a bummer seeing as I went in to watch a full 3D film and I got some 2D scenes instead. The dark setting does not work well with the colorful lights in the movie and cannot appropriately translate the beautiful visuals of Tron Legacy into 3D magic. The battles aren't really that impressive at all with really simple choreography and reliance on the blue and orange lights to make them look flashy. On the upside, I like the character Quorra (Olivia Wilde) because she is so innocent in the movie and really cute. Jeff Birdges also gives a strong performance in the film and his acting is probably the only thing that really saved this movie.

Well, I'd probably ask you to watch the old Tron instead of the new 1 since it has more novelty value in it. But people will probably still flock the cinemas and still go gaga for the movie. It's a movie that doesn't give much food for thought.

In conclusion, Tron: Legacy is still a watchable movie, but if you're expecting something magnificent or thoughtful, well, look elsewhere, because, this is definitely not a movie of the year candidate

Overall Score: 4/10

Another random post

Hahaz, since nobody visits this blog anymore, I thought I'd jz randomly post whatever I want here. I removed the Cbox since its being filled up with mindless spam anyway.

Life's been normal again, it has its ups and downs, thought the downs seems to be persistent to show themselves more often. Sometimes I really feel like an empty vessel, sitting alone looking at the stars, hoping that someone will be able to enjoy them with me. Honestly, I really hope to find someone that I can share my happiness with, to what little degree the happiness it may be. I don't know, maybe years of being by myself had really made me want to try and experience another side of life.

Been trying very hard to improve my English though I constantly get bombarded by my mom for not being open minded enough. I am trying hard and hope that 1 day she will change that perception of me.

In 2 months, I'll be going of to KL, kind of depressing when I think of it, I will be leaving the comfort of my home. But sometimes, I get excited when I think about going to KL, something new, a new environment, but not a new life, my life baggages will follow me wherever I go, no such thing as a new life, unless I die and get reborn again.

Been having a lot of dreams lately, and they are really sweet and nice dreams, somehow hinting that something good is about to happen soon. I really hope that its true. The continual waiting has been freezing up my heart more and more and I seem to no longer be able to find the strength to go forward anymore, though I know I will go forward anyway. Contradicting aren't I?

Interestingly, I've been meeting different kinds of people lately and sometimes they really open my eyes to a lot of things, about how people can sometimes be so ignorant, while some give me the impression of being very mature.

I know this post is really random, but this blog is a place for me to write everything I want, whatever philosophy I have learnt, for every thought that I have, its all written here. In either good or horrible English, hahaz, you be the judge if you are reading this.

Till next time, tataz.

What a week and what a life...

Lolz, I had a lot of thinking time this week and its seriously not doing well to my psyche, been thinking too much d, a mind with a lot of input and no output can really overload.

Been trying to write to get my mind of things and listening to Kpop also helps me a lot. And for the 1st time in weeks, i listened to Mandarin music again, though its not sticking and I still reverted back to listening Kpop more.

Worried sick about my results and its driving me nuts, I just want to pass so that I do not have to spend a bundle on another semester's fees again. I'm actually quite excited about the new semester, waiting for it to start, although some lecturers who are coming back are a little less than stellar, but what the heck, it's better to view something positively than negatively.

I guess life has been fine for me, dull though, honestly speaking. Been doing my new year resolutions, such as running to keep myself healthy and writing to improve my english. Successful with the running part and I'm still writing now and have been learning a lot of new English words.

I guess I'm still looking for something to click in for me, music has been doing me good, if there was no music in my life, I think my life would be very much worse, hahaz, music is indeed my life.

Hmm, this is really random i know, but this blog is for me to be randomly writing what, hahaz.

Till next time, bye bye!!

Plans for making a movie adaptation

I know I always say things and never really do them but this time it's different. My friend Lawrence in US have been making an original movie with his friends and that gave me an idea as well.

I felt that since I had no manpower and have the desire to film a movie, why not try 1 that does not involve a big cast and a low budget. The movie adaptation that I have chosen to film would the critically acclaimed anime, "5 Centimeters Apart". I just need to save a little bit more money and I can buy a Digital Video Camera to film it. It will be a Malaysian adaptation and I hope I will be able to make it as interesting as possible, wish me luck!!!!

Not a comeback, just feeling bloggy, hahaz.

Life has been good to me these days, maybe because I've read a lot of self help books lately, but I do agree with most of what they say. Life is always hard I guess, but it is always our choice whether or not we want to be happy. It is very true that we choose the emotional state we're in. You might say, it is easier said than done, but how hard is it? Just to change your line of thought?

Sure, sometimes life's bumps are so hard that it makes you feel as though you cannot get up, but in the end, you still have to right? Life is too short for us to stay lying down and do anything about it, life is too colorful and interesting for us to only sit there and pity ourselves, we should embrace it, and live it.

I would love to give you examples of how life has been good to me, but I've got an assignment to finish 1st, so I have to get to that before my lecturer decides to get a hammer and hammer my head, will explain more on my happy life as soon as possible.

And to end on a good note, we choose our happiness everybody!!! So choose well!!!!! Adios!!!

Wow, irritating.....

My auntie is the symbol of irritating and I'm writing this with her just in the room beside. Seriously, she has not that much of a common sense and bad timing. I'm just so tired after going out the whole day.

Irritation scenario for today was that she is watching TV in my room at 12.40am when I want to go and sleep and don't even bother to get out of my room yet. Then nvm, so I just kept quiet and play on my computer. She is watching the show suddenly ask me, "Hey, you dont want watch meh? I thought you like to sing 1?" then I mah say,"Don't want lar, not all of them can sing well, I don't want to give judgment." She then replied in a fucking sarcastic tone,"I feel they sing so well, hmph."

She said that, but spent the whole time complaining how bad the singers are, walau, seriously, she is so, dono how to say. After that, she said,"Next time i put your name inside, for you to go cho siao nia(meaning, since you will confirm be kicked out 1). Hey, I know I don't have the best voice around, no need to put in so hard like that damn it. Damn she is really irritating!!!!

1st time i support a group that has Uber lot of Antifans

Lately, I've been listening a lot to a Korean girl group named Girl's Generation, So Nyuh Shi Dae in Korean. I love their songs because of their upbeat melody and cheery squeaky clean image. I have to admit that their singing may not be the best or even sometimes average, but what the heck, I am entertained by their performances. Ya, I know I know, lots of you would think that they did lots of plastic surgery just to get to the stage and be so beautiful and you're probably right you know, most singers and groups do that now.

1 day while scrolling through Youtube, I found an anti-fan video and decided just to google how many Anti-fan results will I find there and my god, to my shock, there 83,400 results there, and there is so much hate and effort put into those websites that my god, it really makes you wonder whether these people really believe they are fighting for the greater good or are they just really insane. I mean, you can really see the hate that they include in their messages and comments and they can literally pick out every mistake that SNSD makes during their performances and completely blame SNSD that it was because of them that they left the world of K-pop forever.

Viewing these sites, I literally feel that humans really have a big weakness where they only see the bad things and never the good things. Sheesh, I was quite upset a few days ago, when I saw the sites, degrading SNSD like that. Now, I just feel, I don't know, can't say that I'm sorry for them or whatever. It just feels like a waste of energy you know, to even make yourself so worked up about something that you dislike and to point out every stupid detail that does not mean a thing to the world. No matter what, I will still continue to support SNSD for now, until 1 day, if they really prove that they are the "Bitches" that the anti-fans claim, we'll see.

Decisions, decisions......

Haiz, really confused sometimes, I quit my job to spend time wif my friend but on the other hand get scolded by my mother on how i quit my job and keeps loafing around the house. The matter of fact is, I don't hate my job, I'm ok with it, but I'm also perfectly fine without it. I don't spend like crazy and I don't need a job to fil my time in the end, I realised. My best friends came back and its a rare thing to get to spend time with all of them together so I made the decision to quit my job.

Ya, some of you may think its a lame reason as to why I quit my job, to all of those who think that, seriously, I don't really mind what you think, only my parent's opinions I take into account. Because after this year, we might not be this close again, we're finally really going our separate ways and don't know how long before we will get to meet each other again.

Sometimes, just leave me alone. I don't wish to grow older only to realise that I have lost my friends when I was younger because I did not keep in touch. Time and space are things that once used, you can never recreate or materialise in the future, I wish to cherish this moment, no matter the consequences or the "opportunity cost" like economists say, enjoy my young adult life while it lasts, I'm not gonna be 20 forever now...

Tata.

Battlefield: Bad Company

Hahahaz, just got a look from this trailer, real nice, I think it has been out a while, but really looks nice, enjoy this trailer of the Battlefield standalone game, Bad Company. You're 1 of the members of 1 of the worse army teams of the US and only fights for revenge and gold, hahahaz.

Things I have been doing lately

Hmmm, for the past few months, this blog has been dead due to no material to blog about, hahaz. Well, after so many months, I've finally decided to open up this blog again. Here's what I have been doing for the past few months. Work ended at my workplace Vintage Bulgaria as I had to start college. Made some new friends in class, some friendly, some "super interesting(not in a good way)" but thats life, you meet really weird and funny people sometimes. I've watched a lot of movies and there are a few that really caught my eye, example:

Yaya, some of you may think, how can this movie be considered good? Hahaz, the matter of fact is, I LOVE IT!!!!! Hahaz, its so like artistic, ya it may be slow, but it shows everything, it gives you every feeling of coolness, grittiness and darkness. And Rorshach is just so freaking cool, although he has no powers. He is definitely better than the Nite Owl(who looked so nerdy). For artistry, the movie gets a 5/5 for me. Its not a movie for everyone I can tell you that, but its definitely a movie for me.

To me, this is more of the Hong Kong version of Grand Theft Auto, watching it seriously reminds me of Grand Theft Auto, illegal immigrant, hahaz, looking to find some money, does bad things in the end, becomes 1 of the head of the Japanese Yakuza. Jackie Chan's performance in this was splendid as it showed that he did not need to be only an action star but also be a good dramatic actor as well.

Hahaz, this 1 is seriously 1 laugh ride, its so ridiculously funny, the movie sometimes really makes sense. Kevin James is real good in the movie and the anti-climaxes are so not cliche that it keeps the movie fresh and the fans guessing. I'd give it a thumbs up.

Anime wise, I have been watching Gundam Seed, its 7 Years old but still so very nice, hahaz, with a great story and amazing graphics, to me, this is definitely the best Gundam anime I've seen. Waiting to buy Gundam Seed Destiny, hahaz the sequel to the series.

So this is basically what I have been doing this whole time, nice sometimes just to relax and unwind watching movies and anime, till next time!!!!!

My Story Blog.

I have an alternative blog, a story blog if you will, and would hope you would visit that blog too. It's An Asian Story:

http://normalboyzz.blogspot.com

the chapters are:

Chapter 1:The 1st moments in Japan

Chapter 2:The 1st meeting

Chapter 3:A chance meeting

Chapter 4:Yo Brother!!!!!!

Argh, short paid.

Damn I got short paid at my work, din give my double for CNY, *TOOOOOOT*. I seriously hope its an honest mistake, because we worked our asses off last week during CNY and there must be some justification cos its insane working last week, sumore my parents objected me going to work last week, sumore i din get my pay. 

Nothing much happen this week except the fact I bought my 1st Gundam!!!! A Strike Freedom Gundam, Pics will be up soon just as soon as I finish it, its 80% complete, finally, I have a gundam of my own!!!!! Yahoo!!!

Tung'z signing off for now, still missing.....

Blogging at 4am

Again, blogging at 4am, cant sleep, bue to the fact, that I stayed up pass the time that I was tired, you know the feeling where you were tired and wanted to sleep but you stayed pass that and in the end, could not get a wink of sleep? ya, that's happening to me now, so its OH SHIT!!!! I have tuition class to teach tomorrow and I'm wide awake now, I think I need something to make me go to

sleep. 

Oh well, since I'm up, might as well blog abit about my week. Not a bad week, work has been busy, customers flocked our restaurant on Saturday night making it a very busy night, with all the waiters rushing up and down the stairs taking the food that was ordered and serving them to customers. It was quite hectic and everybody was scrambling to get their orders right. Learned about the importance of patience, and always keeping a smile on your face no matter what happens. Went and met up with ghann and rijen they all Sunday morning for Dim Sum and we chatted for like 3 hours after we did not meet for a very long time, there may be a movie coming up this Friday, I'm not sure, but I've already got plans with another group, so I don't know if we can't come to an agreement anot, hehez. Life has been quite meaningful this week, though I did occasionally have to fight back some reoccuring feelings just to keep my day "peaceful", or else I'd be moping by the side of my room, wondering about "things" again. I've learnt that I have to go on with life and never put my life on hold for anybody, and so far, it's been doing well. Some thing else happened that was remarkable and I might be on the road to recovery soon. My sickness has healed but by the looks of the hour I'm sleeping, I might get sick again real soon. 

Ok, thats all for tonight, hahaz, going to sleep now!!! Nitez

  

Disc Failure

Damn, my Kingdom Hearts 2 disc failed me!!!! Shit!!! And I was having so much fun with the game!!! How I hope tomorrow when I try the disc, it will work again, haiz..... This is really a random post, while typing this post, I was listening to a song that fit my angry mood and somehow, that helped calm me down, here's the song, You Give Love A Bad Name, by Bon Jovi:

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

Outlander: A Very Simple Movie.

My 1st movie review in a very long time, Outlander, when I watched the opening scene, I was filled with hope that the movie would be an interesting experience with a very in-depth storyline. Halfway into the movie.... I was wrong. The story was just too simple, here's the synopsis, don't be fooled by it:

"Outlander begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world – Kainan – and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seek revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all"

It was interesting to see a spaceship fall into ancient Norway and the story I expected was more. But in the end, it was just a story of hunting down the monster and killing it. The feeling was so childish that it felt as though I was watching a very random movie I just picked out 5 minutes before the movie played.

I'd give Outlander a 6/10, giving it a 6 because of a little coolness of the sword forged in the end and the artwork of the monster. Till next time!!!

Back to the PS2

Finally a post for my blog, hahaz, long time din post here d. Well, the holidays have been fun, December was a hectic month for me but compared to January, it is a totally different thing, January was relaxing, nothing much to do. So I went to find work at a place called Vintage Bulgaria, where sp far, has been an interesting experience as I met quite a lot of bloggers there, Minny and Eve visited the shop. But of course, they did not know who I was because I was not a high profile blogger and also because i don't join events hosted by bloggers hahaz. Anyway, aside from work, I also did something else which I did not have time to do during my Form 6 school days, GAMING!!!! My PS2 has returned me my former love for video games, some of the games I played are as follows:



Ok, this game kept me on it for only a while, can you imagine FIFA street kept me playing it for only 30 minutes? It was quite boring, I don't know why, I'd rather play football games like Winning Eleven somehow.

Ok, this game was some kind of a bore, for me, hahaz, Harvest Moon, I'm not the guy for this game, it was quite slow and boring for me, 15 minutes into the game, I switched off the console.


The Godfather!!! This game is actually just a clone of Grand Theft Auto, a real cut down version of GTA. You can still enjoy the game because of the storyline but the game will tend to get repetitive and will start to bore you in the end.



Aha!!! This game rocks, Even with the old PS2 console, the graphics for this game is still considered wicked!!! The fact that I'm using Donald, Goofy and Sora to save the Disney world again is so tempting. I did not finish this game the last time I played it and plan to finish it this time. So far, the game's been pretty entertaining. The only problem would be the amount of cut scenes in the game, THEIR TOO MUCH!!!! Hahaz, but its still fun.

Hmmm, after I've finished playing all my PS2 games? What am I gonna do? Lolz, maybe ask for a full time job, we'll see, till next time, tata!!!

Time of ending STPM is near.

STPM is coming to a close, 4 more papers and freedom is ours. I know good leaders only rejoice after the war has ended(as said in chinese sayings), but whoever said I was a real good leader? Hahaz. Anyway, the 1 and a half year spent studying for exam, fooling around with form 6 buddies and going through an amazing growing up experience is finally about to end. My 7 year high school life has finally ended and its finally time to face the real world.

What I meant by the "real world" is that we do not have high school to shield us from anything else anymore, we are gorwing into young adults. What we face in school were just things on a minor scale, but most of us seem to think that that is the worst things in life and things will never get any worse. But that's normal for any human being, because we will only know what is real hardhsip when we really face it. When something that is hard to take comes along at that particular moment, we regard that as the worse of things to happen. I do hope i learn from my Form 6 experience and grow up more to become a stronger and more stable person.

And for people who know me, they know what I prioritize most during high school, yup, I don need to explain further, either you know or don't know(its something you can surely guess). Past postings on this blog has made in clear as to what I've been facing through the past year and a half. The answer has been given by my stubborn self does not want to accept the answer, because I keep thinking there is that lingering hope that there is still some chance for the flower to blossom and to become the most beautiful flower in the world. I still hope, I admit, but what if it comes out with no results? Well, that's up to god to decide for me ain't it? I only can take the opportunity to try and give it my best but the rest its up to him whether the red line has already been tied up. I hope i can change your mind, I really do, but if you do not change, who am I to criticise you? It was my fault that we ended up like this, I made the mistakes, you may be as cold as an iceberg, but I don't know what draws me to you too, you're like a "magnetic" iceberg where I'm the Volcano drawn towards you. The Ice Princess and The Prince Of Sahara? I wonder if this story will ever continue down? If we go our separate ways, I wish the best in life, you may never read this, but hey, you have a better chance of reading this here that in my other blog. I won't do anything stupid as to write something embarassing here because I don't wish you to hate me but to at least treat me as a good friend. You will always have a place in my heart, that place prepared for you. And if we go our separate ways, you will always be remembered as the Princess that tamed the Prince of Sahara's heart.

That's all for now, till after STPM and pictures will be up, hoping to buy a DSLR, lolz.

Back For a Few Moments.

Back blogging in this blog after being absent for a while, this blog stuck with me for 2 years d, I'm not letting it go that easily, just don't find anything much to blog about nowadays, not going out so often and there is not much material for me to blog about.

Now is STPM time and I have really got not much time left to study and get back in gear for STPM. I just hope I can do better for the last government exam in my life(I think....). Last exam taken in a school uniform you know. My high school days are ending, wow, thats amazing, 7 years in high school and its finally ending. Time to spread my wings and soar away from the place that is Chung Ling.

2 more months and the free time I have will be too much for me to handle. So 2 more months guys, and everything will be over and a new chapter will be written in my life.

These 2 years have made me realise a lot of things, I just hope I can repent and learned what I have done wrong and also repeat what I had done right and apply it in future endeavours.

Wow, it would be exciting to see what is in store for me in 2 months time.

Till next time everybody, bye....

Dragonball Real Life Movie

Dragonball movie coming out in 2009, and I'm not joking, here's the official poster for it and I can't believe they chose a Caucasian to act as Sun Wukong, OMG, its so freaking gay, here's the poster. I don't know the storyline yet or even the characters featured in the movie.


Another poster:


Ok here's the actor acting as Wu Kong, Justin Chatwin, does not have Wukong look at all!!!!




I don't know how, but I think this movie is gonna be a flop, but lets see, it might be good.

Ok till next time, tataz!!!

Damn Bitch With No Sympathy

Well, this girl is just totally brainless, with no family upbringing at all, spoiled brat, bitch, and almost any bad word you can conjure up right now. In the wake of the Sze Chuan earthquake, comes a bitch so horrible and selfish that only this video can show you how a human bitch is really all about, pls view this, a bitches comments on the Sze Chuan earthquake:


for the english translation, if you don't know what she's talking about, taken from Cedric's blog:

“I turn on the TV and what do I see? Dead bodies, injured people, corpses, rotten bodies, all the crazy acts you guys are putting up. It’s not that I want to watch these things. I have no choice. Look, now the entire internet is black-and-white and without colour. Do you think we’re all colourblind like you? Have your eyes been hit by so much rubble you can’t see any colour now?

“Sigh… all you guys… if you’re hit by the rubble just go suffer by yourself quietly… What are you screaming for? What rescue are you asking for? Not that I’m blaming you… you guys in Sichuan are in a terrible position in China. They say the Indian plate is moving in crashing into you guys. Don’t you think you guys deserve it?”

“I think this earthquake was not strong enough. If only it had just been a bit stronger to flip you guys over. Today we’re mourning for you. Tomorrow we’re donating money to you, huh? May 21 is such a great day. Lots of people trying to get married this year. And now we have to mourn for you. Do you think those couples should get married or not? What a spoilsport. May 20, May 21, such auspicious days, now all spent mourning for you. Come on, how many of you guys are dead? Just a few, is it not? We’ve got so many people in China anyway.”

“F*ck… You’re annoying everyone to death… What tricks are you guys playing! Do you think you’re all very goodlooking? Which part of your body is that precious? People are giving you cash and giving you food. And you guys are now doing nothing? Sigh… these few days, it’s just impossible to go anywhere without getting reminded of you silly c*nts… Everywhere I go people are saying ‘Argh, there are aftershocks in Sichuan again, this and that’…

“As for that old lady who’s been lying over there for over 100 hours? Why haven’t you died yet? You trying to play the mummy?

“F*ck… the earthquake might as well rock all you guys to death… All you have given us are catastrophes… all your children are jinxes…

Well, if you have any comments, do leave it for me down there, thanx, I wanna noe your opinion on this bitch.

Till next time, tataz.