It's 2011. It's the year touted to be the year of the tablet and would also bring forward a huge collection of movies based on comic books.
Anyway here's my list of must-watch movies for this year (as a reminder for me to watch them when they actually come out. You tend to forget about these things as you go back to your usual daily routine).
13. I Am Number Four
Just saw Sleepless in Seattle at ASTRO.
You got to love the ending. They're soo damn cute!!
Just got back from Alamanda. Me and wife went for a late nite screening of Star Trek.
I have to admit - being a bit of a sci-fi geek, I was curious as to how this movie would look like, since I've never really been properly introduced to James T. Kirk and his crew. I'm familiar with Picard of The Next Generation, Seven of Nine from Voyager, and of space station Deep Space Nine - but not of Spock and the rest of them. I have to say I was quite excited.
In the end, it was a good movie I must say - had the trademarks of J.J. Abrams (the director), but still fell short of his Cloverfield. And not even close to set standards set by Wanted and the 300. But still OK. :)
2009 is a year filled with great movies. There's actually soo much movies that I'd like to see that I'm afraid the date of screening might overlap between them.
Among the movies that I've marked as a must-see are:
1. Watchmen - saw this one earlier in March. Highly anticipated. I've actually been waiting for that particular movie since last May 2008. Kudos to the director for managing to direct a movie considered by many to be un-directable. It follows closely to the novel, much to my liking. :)
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - just had to keep up with the whole Harry Potter sequels.
3. Terminator: Salvation - it has Christian Bale in it. This guy can really act in my opinion. Those who'd have seen The Machinist would agree with me without a doubt.
4. The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - well the first one was awesome. I wonder if the sequel can do better.
5. Star Trek - it was nicely done. Great character development, even a non-Trekkie would be able to enjoy it (i think).
Maybe some of you might be wondering how come Wolverine is not up in that list. Well to be honest with you, after the last 3 servings of X-Men, I've become quite dissillusioned with theX-Men-related movies. Not that I hate the characters. Maybe it's the director or maybe it's the plot. I don't know...but what I do know is that it does not have that much of an interesting story as compared to um..the Spiderman movies perhaps. Spiderman movies (all 3 of them) has all been done perfectly in my opinion. Great plot, great casts (but it get a bit tiring to see Peter constantly having to deal with his personal dilemmas/issues).
Just saw the ads to G.I Joe. Looks like a cool movie, might be checking it out too. We'll see how that one'll turn out.
Today me and my fiancee went to the Mutiara Damansara to buy a ring and go see a movie.
About the ring, we finally agreed on a ring for our wedding. I bought only one since I'm not a ring wearing type of person. A bracelet maybe - but not a ring. Unless that ring has got some special enchantment on it - like make me go invisible or something. Now THAT is a useful ring.
Anyways we bought it at Diamonds and Platinum. There are basically 3 jewelery store at The Curve. Habib Jewel, My Diamond's and Diamonds and Platinum. In terms of prices, I could say that My Diamond's has the cheapest rings of them all. Funky+simplistic design. It was nice to look at at first. But then after quite sometime looking back and forth I find myself hesitating to actually decide upon which ring to get. So we got out of the store, and walked on - intending to look at what other stores has to offer.
Habib Jewel's collection was quite a few. But quite a few of the same thing. The difference between most of the rings available wasn't that stark and convincing - just a couple more diamonds there, a slight variation in design here. I'd say their goldsmith is lacking in creativity department.
Next we went to D & P. The collection was quite nice. And the price range was OK as well (since it was within my budget of RM 1k-ish. The ring we agreed upon was an 18k white gold ring with 2 diamonds attached. The design was quite sophisticated and sleek (whatever that means). It was matted in some parts as well (I mostly fell in love with the ring because of that. I got this thing for matted metals). In any case, it made the ring look nicer since the diamond and the design became the subject matter of the ring (instead of the ring itself which usually would steal the limelight).
So that was about the ring.
The other part of my day was about the movie we went to see - Yes! Man. At first I came there (to Cineleisure) under the pretense of seeing The Spirit. But having going there with my fiancee, I've decided at the last minute to buy the tickets for Yes! Man instead (so that she could enjoy it too. I don't think that she would watch The Spirit with the same passion that I do, being a self-proclaimed comic book/movie buff that I am).
So on we went. The plot was interesting. Plus Jim Carrey, as he's getting older - is fast-becoming one of my favourite actors. Like fine wine (if wine does gets better with age. People do say that often though..). What I mostly like about him is how well he could in different roles - from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to the early days of Ace Ventura. But frankly I like to see him in a more serious role, or at least a romantic comedy (none of those Dumb and Dumber, although the movie do kick-ass) .
The movie brings with it a unique view of how we should live our lives. Say Yes!. Say yes to everything. And perhaps anything that might be coming in our way. There was this part in the movie where Carl (Jim Carrey), the then unbeliever of the Yes! philosophy, went to the Yes! seminar after a friend of his mentioned how the Yes! philosophy had actually changed his life. So in the seminar, Terrence (the Yes! guru), talked on about that by saying 'no', we are closing all the doors of option in our life, and 'yes' actually opens it. I actually find myself intrigue by this statement - and it does get me thinking silently, reflecting on the choices I've made along the years that I've lived as a human on this earth. I could say that I was a bit of a Yes! man myself. Hehe~.
Opportunities do come - if you want it to come. If you let it come. Change can happen, if you want it to happen. I think there is something in the Quran which sounds something like "Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan mengubah nasib sesebuah kaum, melainkan kaum itu berusaha untuk mengubahnya sendiri". In short if you want 'change' to happen to you, you're gonna have to work for it.
Which brings me to my next favourite quote, "If you want something you like, you gotta help enough people to get something they like" - Zig Ziglar. In the movie (yeah I know, I'm still talking about the movie), Carl had to help (in his case, say Yes! to) many people before finally getting what he wants in his life. A concept that I couldn't agree more. Well at least we as muslims should be aiming ultimately for 'keredhaan Allah'. Heck no matter how much 'pahala' you acquire, if Allah is not 'redha', then off to Hell with you. (which reminds me of a story...)
How is life going to be like after marriage eh? I had always aspire to be someone who would always go to mosque after getting back to work, maybe take some hadith lesson as well - after I get married. I wonder now, now that I am actually getting married, whether I will be actually doing that. Sometimes I doubt myself. But I guess I shouldn't be thinking like that eh - I should say Yes! instead :)
Is it just me or has the cinema scene here in KL have become rather dull as of late?
I mean seriously, it has become really congested with 'Thai' and 'horror' genre movies - which is not to my liking.
Anywho, these below however do pique my interest a bit. Can't wait to see'em.
Director: Frank Miller
Starring: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eve Mendes, Jaime King
Genre: Action
In Cathay Cineplexes 25 December 2008
Transporter 3
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Robert Knepper
Genre: Action
In Cathay Cineplexes 4 December 2008
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince
Director: David Yates
Starring: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
In Cathay Cineplexes 2009
Quantum Of Solace
Director: Marc Forester
Starring: Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Jesper Christensen & Mathieu Amalric
Genre: Action / Thriller
In Cathay Cineplexes 6 November 2008
Today I've had the opportunity to see the movie WANTED. I had to admit, I was actually expecting a lot from the movie - after the seeing the cool trailer and all that, and fortunately for me - it truly delivers.
You see, I've been waiting to see the movie for 5 days (I booked the ticket on Monday). Not to mention I got no significant job to do this week at the office so that in itself kinda puts you in a "I can't wait for Saturday" mood to sink in.
At the end of the movie - I felt satisfied. The same feeling I get after watching "300" and "V for Vendetta". It was truly value for money in my book. Or perhaps I'm just a sucker for a neat FX and a good plot.
Whatever it is, you can bet I'll be looking forward to the next installment of WANTED should there be any.
Kudos to the director Timur Bekmambetov for once again having to come out with a great sci-fi flick. After watching his earlier movies - "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", I came to like his style of directing, much like how I enjoy watching movies from Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is famously known for fun plot and witty dialogues. Timur is of a different kind - but I enjoy his movies nonetheless.
A bit pity though that "Dusk Watch" won't be coming anytime soon. I kinda hope that it won't be Americanized per say...cause I kinda enjoy the original two, so a russian ending would be perfect for it. Nonetheless, here a bit of news on the last of the trilogy. Click Me!
