Could he be any hotter over 40? Could he?? And look at that rain…and Jennifer Connelly is soooooo cute in this movie too.

Anyhow, Keanu is pretty good in this movie because he gets to talk choppy and be all “awkward human” like.

The movie itself was reeeally pretty, special effects are great, the plot wasn’t boring and wasn’t too long. The ending was a little abrupt though. Could have used more Keanu.

My advice for this movie is: suspend reality. There are some weird footages, lenthy unnecessary scenes, and stuff that doesn’t make sense. Like…..yeah that guy is going to fight against 20 other people, except only 2 of those 20 are actually fighting and the rest are just “pretending” aka running around or looking shocked or waiting for their turn. But what Chinese film, or martial arts film for that matter, would be complete without that?

All I know is, Takeshi Kaneshiro is hot. (He’s the guy on the left…) His character is super smart and knows everything. And I mean everything. Even how to pull a pony out of a horse. You’ll know what I mean when you watch it. If you watch it.

I highly suspect his hot voice was dubbed over by a guy who can speak better Mandarin. How dare they! I like his accented weird Mandarin! Put it back!

Did I mention he was hot?

I’ve only see a couple episodes of the TV series, but I know enough to know who is who. I liked this movie but I have a feeling I would have loved it even more if I had watched every episode. You know when you get attached to characters enough to really feel for them?

For instance, if I watched a Naruto movie without watching and learning the in-depth character build-up of all the characters, I would probably think the movie was crap. Seriously…Naruto movies are pretty dull if you don’t know the characters or the backstory (what are those hand signs? what’s chakra? why does that Naruto kid turn red and look like a fox? what? this three-man team used to have a different kid in it?). This is kind of like that, except the movie was actually good enough that you didn’t need to know them that well and still enjoy it.

I wish I had friends like these that I could reeeeally be comfortable with. And I mean girl friends, because I do have guy friends that I’m comfortable with. It’s not that my girl friends are bad, because they aren’t. They would be totally open if I could just be open enough. So…it’s just my problem I guess. Hard for me to open up to girls. Can you blame me though? Most girls are vindictive, dramatic, calculating, manipulative, and can’t keep a secret. And I say that because I know I can like that too…and I’m a girl. I’m not like that…but I can feel the nature of it in me. I have the thought, but my personality lets it go.

This was supposed to be able the movie right? I’m having a spacey day today.

My favorite girl is Charlotte. She has a pretty perfect life and she probably lives vicariously through her friend’s wild stories. She’s also very cute (personality) and a great friends. The way she is with Carrie breaks my heart. I cried during that car/bouquet/hugging scene (see how I did that? you can’t really tell what I’m talking about if you didn’t watch it. No spoilers here!).

There is a wonderful montage in the film during New Year’s and this song plays in the background. It is absolutely lovely and Auld Lang Syne should always be sung this way from now on. Click to listen…I love it. I’m going to play it all year round.

Download audio file (auldlangsyne.mp3)

I saw this movie last Friday. It was amazingly great. I loved it! It’s almost as good as my Pixar favorite, Finding Nemo. Actually, there are so many good Pixar movies that it’s really hard to choose a favorite. I don’t really know why I choose Finding Nemo over the others. Maybe because it’s in the ocean and has a great soundtrack (but so does A Bug’s Life). I love the Finding Nemo ride at Disneyland too! Omg, best new ride Disneyland has had since Indiana Jones. No kid. None of those stupid new dark rides they have now with no ingenuity. If I want to ride a dark ride, I’ll go on a classic, not one about hollywood with cardboard cut-outs.

Anyhow…this wasn’t meant to be a rant about Disneyland. hehe.

This movie makes you love older technology and drool over new technology as well. Wall-E is a loveable machine that brings a new perspective about the things we take for granted around us. Wall-E’s love, EVE, is a spicy character, reminiscent of Angelina Jolie. The movie has a message, maybe two or three, about wastefulness, love, and the growing inability to tear our eyes away from our glowing lcd screens.

Oh, and this movie made me cry. You know a movie is good when it makes me cry!

I just got back from watching The Happening…by the in/famous M. Night Shyamalan (yes I had to check to spell his name).

He is going to run out of vague movie names. Seriously. The title didn’t have much to do with the movie. What else will there be? “The Incident” “The State of Being” “No Title” “Movie About Weird Things” “I Like to State the Obvious”

Movies are supposed to be underlined right? Oh well. Pretend they are.

This movie was interesting and I’m still glad I watched it because it was fun. It’s fun to laugh when there are corny lines. It’s fun to watch Mark Walhberg try to be Mr. Science Teacher nice guy. That was weird. Really weird to watch. It felt like it was really hard for him to be…normal…like he felt more comfortable if he could just beat everyone up instead of being leader and trying to save people.

The end result: I will still go watch whatever Mr. Shyamalan throws at me. This movie will make you afraid of the wind. That’s the spoiler I will give. It’s a lot more fun to watch it than read the spoiler. This is pretty big coming from someone who likes to read movie spoilers. Speaking of which, I have some I need to read. (The Strangers, I’m looking at you).

I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately, because I have time to and I’m sadistic. Why is this sadistic…because girly manga is so heartwrenching. I can feel my heart tear sometimes when I read these. Boy mangas are so easy to read. Fighting, comical scenes…they pass by…in through the eyes, to the brain…and that is it. Girly manga? Noo…..in through the eyes, to the brain, to the heart, to the eyes…and out as tears.

Anyway, I didn’t cry reading/watching this manga/anime. But I have cried before…I just can’t remember what it was. Oh I remember…Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles. Just the first few chapters…but that is for another post.

This manga is about a boy and a girl. You find out that the boy’s old girlfriend died in a car accident and his relationship with her, and her dead, had a big impact on him. The boy and the girl start a relationship and she has to cope with his problems and her insecurities. There are long panels of thoughts…the kind that make you want to either pull your hair out or skim through. The art is amazing though, and that’s what led me to be interested in this manga in the first place. I saw the Chinese version of it at the bookstore and fell in love with the art.

You can also watch the anime on Youtube and Crunchyroll. The ladder has more episodes and they are full length. Her voice does take getting used to…..if you don’t like the stuffed-nose cutesy Japanese girly-but-depressed voice -__-”. The funnier episodes are the ones when they are …er….trying to…..do it…

What was that?? You want to know which episode that’s on?…..mmm….episode 9.

From my impression of past Indy movies, this fourth movie lives up to its name. It is just as entertaining as before and it has all the elements of an Indy film! Long car chase scenes, memorable villians, borderline corny dialogue, and the great Indiana Jones, still charming nineteen years later.

Harrison Ford…you still have it.

Yes, I watched it last week. I loved it! Natalie Portman steals the scene. Her character is far more intriguing and bright than the other stars in this movie.

I came to a conclusion that any movie where Natalie Portman has to cry in, becomes a good movie for her. She is a good crier! Her cries and sobs feel so real that I just want to cry with her.

In Closer, her crying scene is amazing.

I still like her line in the third Star Wars where she manages to squeak out: “Anakin, you’re breaking my heart!”

This may be the first movie I’ve seen her sass in. Sass!

Anyhow, I wouldn’t mind watching this again.

Scarlett Johansson pales in this movie. She’s pretty…..and pretty boring. Sorry!

P.S. In this picture I’ve posted, I’m pretty sure Natalie’s boobs are photoshopped in. -__-”

P.P.S. And after watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and rediscovering the first movie, watching this movie was even more appropriate.