Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts

Monster University

You know how there are always new movies previews before a movie? Saw the preview for Monster University when we were watching Brave! Haha loved Monster Inc, so now I am looking forward to the return of Mike and Sulley :D Loved those two! And this trailer is quite....clever :P

Brave



I took my siblings and a friend to see Brave yesterday because all of them really wanted to see it. I am personally the kind that will enjoy seeing the movie at the moment, but if I had a choice in the first place...I wouldn't really go because I don't like going to the movies. All of them (aka siblings and friend) were so excited to see the movie, and yes, I thought it was also very good :) Haha my sister was a bit upset though because apparently she had much higher expectations for it :P

Brave is funny with depth...and the best thing would be that it featured a girl who stood up for herself with no prince or love interest involved. It's main focus is rather on the relationship between a mother and a daughter. The film showed us how both parties viewed on the problem: Merdia does not want her fate to be determined by her mother, while her mother saw her marriage as a tradition. Both had their own rights and wrongs. Throughout the movie, the mother and daughter begins to see their own faults and realizes the other's reasons. In the end, it's just all about communication.



Before Brave was shown, there was also a short film: La Luna. Short but sweet. Tying up with Brave, both talks about how each new generation will have their own ways of doing things and don't necessarily have to follow the old traditions.

I'm not going to talk more about this...Overall, Brave is an enjoyable watch...though I personally didn't think it was outstanding the theme have been seen many times.  Best is the incorporation of folklore and magical spirits in here though...took us on a little mythical trip with it's settings.  Lastly there is the humour in here....haha I was basically laughing at almost every scene. I'd say watch it if you have not yet :)

The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011) Overview

I was just randomly surfing on youtube when I came across The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011) ft Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi and Wen Zhang. So then I decided to watch it. Haha with high expectation...little was gained :P

-For me, the biggest issue with the movie is the lack of focus on the main couple's love. This is supposed to be a tragic love story....but yet, it lacked the heartache. Reasons for that? Flat characterization and too much was focus on Jet Li's fights...more so than the love story.
-Personally don't like the kind of movies with so much effects....but I guess it was fine in here.
-There were barely any character development in here...and to get me started on the characters themselves...argh.
-Jet Li as Abott Fahai. His monk turned out differently than I had expected. Compared to the other versions where this role is mainly depicted as evil, Jet Li's monk is much more humane. He is rather considerate and do talk some sense, but for this reason, it turned Eva Huang's character, the white snake, into a rather selfish person. In the original, I'd pity the white snake, but in here...I didn't really care for her that much.
-Eva Huang as the white snake. Like stated above, I found this character selfish and it annoyed me sooooo much how she kept on insisting to flood the temples. I was fine with her before and after....but the flooding...argh! irritated me! She need some sense put back into her! On the other hand, though annoying at that part, she is not so bad in the other parts. But overall, isn't she a pretty flat character?
-Raymond Lam as Xu Xian. Um...yah. Bland. On the up side, I did like how he isn't like the other Xu Xian(s) in the other versions. but eh..
-Charlene Choi as the Green Snake. Her parts are my favourite!! Haha I don't regret watching the movie is mainly because of her and Neng Ren(Wen Zhang). A character with a bit more personality then the rests and therefore outshines the others.
-Wen Zhang as Neng Ren is cute with the Green Snake. He's my fav character, second to Green Snake :)

Thoughts on some scenes:
-Fahai's battle with the demon in the red. I quite like this part because of the scenery shown and the color contrast between the demon and the setting. White blizzard with a lady in red, that was cool :)
-Any scene of the Green Snake was enjoyable, especially when she's with Neng Ren. Haha it was hilarious when she showed him how to be a demon. Lols so cute :)
-My favourite scene between Green Snake and Neng Ren is definitely their last scene together. Green Snake went of saying, "I never want to love anyone as she(White Snake) loved him." leaving Neng Ren. It was so sad!!! Though it was never mentioned that they liked each other, but it still was somewhat initiated right? I like them more than our main couple :)
-White Snake and Xu Xian. Hmm...is it weird that I feel nothing for the couple? The only scene I really liked of them was the one where they got separated by the sandstorm, most credits given to the tears and the music that managed to soften my heart a little.

The Sorcerer and the White Snake

credits patrick30583@youtube

Thoughts: Heard of this in the beginning of the year and now here's a duet between Raymond Lam and Eva Huang. Hm..I may be a bit bias, but when I knew that Ah Sa was the green snake....I wanted her to sing with Ray instead xD But overall, it sounds nice...though I thought the two voice didn't blend together that well.

Maybe I'm a bit old fashion :P But I don't really like the new animations style...mainly in the fighting scenes though.

~Title: "Sorcerer" just gives me the image of a man in a white beard with a pointy hat...lols got that from watching disney probably. But yah...don't really like that part of the title.~

Still wanna watch this though :) Looking forward to it.

Legend of the White Snake is a pretty popular legend with quite alot of tv versions....the only one I watched when I was young though was this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fW3D64U2A

72 Tenants

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Main Cast
Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, Anita Yuen, Bosco Wong, Stephy Tang, Wong Cho Lam, Linda Chung

Supporting Cast
Michael Tse, Kate Tsui, Wayne Lai, Charmaine Sheh, Bernice Liu, Raymond Lam, Fala Chen, Nat Chan, Ron Ng, Prudence Liew, Dicky Cheung, Alfred Cheung, Jamie Chik, Lam Suet, Koni Lui, Leung Tin, Lau Yi Lin, Chin Siu Hou, Chiu Yin Yin, Guk Fung, Gordon Lam, Tin Kai Man, Luk Wing, C Kwan, Woo Fung, Nancy Sit, Sunny Chan, Joe Ma, Lee Kit Tam, Evergreen Mak, Siu Yi, Kelly Chen, Denise Ho, Andy Hui, Maria Cordero, Vincy Chan, Sherman Chung, Siu Pang, Hui Wai Yan, Justin Lo


Maggie Siu, Kevin Cheng, Myolie Wu, Kenneth Ma, Aimee Chan, Timmy Hung, Joyce Cheng, Joel Chan, Angela Tong, Carlos Ng, Kara Hui, Matthew Ko, Benjamin Yuen, Yoyo Chen, Cheung Kai Jing, Kayi Cheung, Samantha Ko, Jacky Heung, Fu Yin Fong, Mimi Chu, Wong Ching, David Lui, Lai Bei Dak, Ram Tseung, Cheung Kwok Keung, Tracy Ip, Derek Kok, Joyce Tang, Toby Leung, Ben Wong, Chun Wong, Celine Ma, Jeanette Leung, Joe Junior, Lam Man Chung, Emily Kwan, Roseanne Lui, Lui Zhan Shun, Lai Ji Shan, Kong Dou, Lau Siu Kwan, Cheng Yin Lai, Yu Fung, Macy Chan, Janet Chow, Fan Suen Wai, Pang Tin San, Dai Yiu Ming, Chan Fo Hak

Yeung Ying Wai, Chung Ji Kwong, Eileen Yeow, Lo Hou Kuen, Chuk Man Kwan, Leung Ka Ki, Lawrence Ng, Raymond Cho, Lui Man Kit, Chan Min Leung, Lo Pang, Ma Hou, etc.

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Just some more Pictures^^
To see more: http://72.tvb.com/
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Thoughts: Fala looks really sweet in those pics, doesn't she?! I just love the look she has in here xD Haha, I was surprised to see Bernice's character! She looks so different I barely recognize her xD Looking forward to her role in there! Also Charmaine's^^ Really looking forward her loud landlady character xD
Oh! I was surprised to see Joyce Tang! I miss her so much, really happy to see her in here! Lols, this movie almost includes all the tvb artistes :P I don't even know what the storyline is about but is really looking forward to this! btw..I saw some pics of Myolie in here too. I can't wait to see her either! Sadly she's only playing as a guest star though....

Song xD

This is from tudou but I re-uploaded it to youtube so credits goes to it's uploader at tudou.

TVB "takes care" of their artistes by opening doors to the movie industry


After "Laughing Gor Turning Point", the Shaw Brothers will be starting a New Years film "The 72 Tenants" (七十二家租客). Besides inviting foreign popular movie stars to participate in this new film, TVB artistes of course "took care" of their own "kids" (artistes) that are under TVB management. Several TVB artistes will also take part in this new film.

The producer for "The 72 Tenants" Virgina Lok revealed that TVB has arranged "Chai Gau" who recently became very popular, "Long Leg Crab" Koni Lui, Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, Shirley Yeung and Kenneth Ma to make an appearance. As for their roles, Virgina strongly stressed that it's not going to be minor roles. She said: "How much salary they will get will depend on how much screen time they have, but money is not the point. If they have less screen time, then we'll still give them a big red envelope. (How is the screen time divided?) Everyone will have scenes, there's room for development, it's not minor roles because we want to give them an opportunity, let them do a new attempt for their roles on their own."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/


Thoughts: Wow, so many tvb artistes in a movie xD Myolie, Bosco, Kenneth, Shirley, Koni and.....Chai Gau, who is Wayne!!!! Haha, so many artistes doing movies now^^ Looking forward to this movie.

Rob-B-Hood


Starring:
Jackie Chan as 'Thongs'
Louis Koo as 'Octopus'
Michael Hui as 'The Landlord'
Matthew Medvedev as the Baby

I always wanted to watched this movie when it first came out, but didn't watched until only a few days ago @_@ Haha, a bit late, but it's better than never xD

Basically, Jackie, Louis, and Michael is a gang of professional burglars who went and kidnapped a baby from a really wealthy family for a triad leader. Unfortunately, when they were on their way to hand over the baby, they drived off a slope and Micahel got captured by the cops. Since Michael is their 'boss' aka the mastermind of the gang, they have to take care of the baby until he's out (1-2 weeks since he was only charged with dangerous driving). While they took take of the baby though, they developed a really strong bond with him, which led them to make a choice between 30million dollars or protect the baby.

Thongs: 'An addicted gambler. Fought with his family.'
Octopus: 'Womanizer who neglects his pregnant wife, played by Charlene Choi.'
Landlord: 'The brain of the gang. Have a mentaly illed wife.'

I really enjoyed this movie, espeacially the parts where they were taking care of the baby xD They were hilarious at those moments xD And the fighting scenes were great too!!!

Haha, I couldn't resist from taking a few screencaps xD


"Ok, in this one, they were trying to make the baby to stop crying. 1)Jackie used 2 pillows to block the baby's mouth!!! You could see the baby's hat there xD. 2)They got the baby to stop cring by singing and dancing..haha, they were singing a bunch of random things xD 3)Louis brought out a chicken and candles sticks as an offering to stop the baby from crying xD (haha, i love that part xD , they even tried to feed him the chicken..LOL..)"


"Doing some house cleaning here^^ 1) Louis vacuumed the baby up. (Love Louis's expression xD) 2) Jackie dragging the baby around the house on a mop xD...haha, even though you don't see Jackie, he was really happy xD"

"This part was really funny!!! Jackie and Louis were buying stuff for the baby, and the cashier thought they were a couple xD"

More:
English Trailer --->

This is a mv and the song is sung by Jackie Chan. The must see in this mv is the baby!!!! He is adorable in here xD Remember to watch at 1.56 and the ending at 2:54 where the baby slapped Jackie's face xD haha, of course I don't think he slapped that hard though^^
*the mv is not made by me.