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I din watch this movie with Dear. Watched with Hajar instead, on our usual date. =)
A what a good choice of movie for me as I wanted to watch a horror one. We actually couldn't decide on which movie to watch at first, and in the end, Hajar actually asked a comment of the ushering girl, and she said 'Drag me to Hell' was pretty scary. So we went for it.
And true enough it was pretty scary in a disgusting, full of suspense, kinda way. By disgusting I mean, vomitting in your face kinda thing and I absolutely can't stop picturing those scenes. Urgh! =p
The movie is about Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), a loan officer at a local bank who hopes to be promoted to assistant manager over her conniving co-worker, Stu Rubin (Reggie Lee).
Christine's boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), advises her that she needs to demonstrate that she can make tough decisions when she needs to.
That day, Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver), an elderly gypsy woman, asks for a third extension on her mortgage because she is struggling with economic problems due to an illness. To prove herself to Mr. Jacks, Christine, against her better judgment, denies Mrs. Ganush the extension. In desperation, Mrs. Ganush prostrates herself before Christine, begging and kissing the hem of her skirt. Christine panics and shoves the woman away, shaming her in public. As security guards escort Mrs. Ganush out, Mr. Jacks compliments Christine on how she handled the situation and implies that if she can close another big loan, the assistant manager position will be hers.
That night Christine is attacked in her car by Mrs. Ganush. After a violent struggle, Mrs. Ganush removes a button from Christine's jacket and uses it to place a curse on her. Mrs. Ganush disappears, leaving the cursed button with Christine.
Later, Christine's boyfriend, college professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long), takes her to a coffee shop to comfort her. On the way home, they pass a fortune teller's store, and Christine insists they go in. There, they meet the fortune teller Rham Jas (Dileep Rao), who tells Christine that she has a dark spirit upon her...
I felt that Alison Lohman and Lorna Raver acted well in their character, and I wonder, did she really vomit into her mouth? Urgh! =p
And I am starting to like Justin Long, only found him in Ed, and I din really like his character there, as he was still immature and very irritating I felt.
So you should watch this movie and find out what happens to Christine in the end... Did she manage to destroy the curse?
I would rate it a 4.5 out 5 for it's scary contents. =)
~huda~
Terminator Salvation is the 4th film in the Terminator franchise and takes place in 2018, where humanity is battling Skynet. As narrated early in the film, the Resistance leaders are growing desperate.
Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) is a death-row inmate in 2003 who has signed a consent form to donate his body to science after his execution. He will later resurface in 2018 alive and believes himself still to be human.
Christian Bale is Resistance leader John Connor. who led the Resistance attack against a Skynet base and discovered human prisoners, including the then-unconscious and chained-up Marcus Wright. He also found out about plans for a new hybrid protoype for the Terminator that infused human tissue with technology that makes the Terminator what it is.
When Marcus Wright found John Connor's father, it took me awhile to finally realise who Kyle Reese was even though his name had rung a bell, they moved on with a child to meet John Connor.
Along the way, Kyle Reese and the child was taken away by Skynet and Marcus Wright, having grown attached to the young man, wanted to rescue them. He later rescued a female pilot of the Resistance who led him to John Connor. At the Resistance's base, John Connor and co. discovered who Marcus Wright really is, his role setting the tone for the rest of the film.
Terminator Salvation is an all-action movie from start till finish. While Bale (his portrayal as Batman, in the revived and revised franchise, is heavily laudable) was roped in to provide fresh impetus as the star character John Connor, it is Sam Worthington who steal the show as a man caught in past and present. It was his humanity, addressed on a minor, but signifcant, scale, that underlined the movie's recurring theme of human versus machine.
Questions will be asked of where the Terminator franchise will next take its course but audience will probably be disappointed that Marcus Wright.....
Terminator Salvation carried enough punch to make this a good blockbuster film. While not really matching the intensity and the tension of the first two films, which will forever be hard to match, this latest instalment is a neat stepping stone to close down some loose ends from the previous movies while simultaneously giving enough space for the storyline to be expanded further.
Rated 3 out of 5.
akim
I had high hopes for A&D after the fascinating 1st Dan Brown movie adaptation of the Da Vinci Code. Unfortunately A&D fell way short of my expectations.
Entertainment-wise, it was good for audience and there is also plenty of drama led by the main villain who is a cold-hearted assassin (Nikolaj Lie Kaas). But I recommend that viewers read the book for a much more fulfilling adventure.
Perhaps it cannot be blamed that A&D had too much pace for its own good, the storyline in the book itself would probably have taken 3 movies to finish. So I will be fair and judge the movie on its own merit though the non-reader of the book will perhaps be in a better position to rate it.
Tom Hanks reprised his role as professor Robert Langdon, who is activated by Cern, the world's leading authority of aspects of science, after the discovery of a murdered renowned scientist at Cern's facility. The death happened just moments after the scientist had created anti-matter (Google it).
The scientist's partner, Vittoria Vitra (the lovely Ayelet Zurer) gets into the fold as well, obviously enraged by her partner's death, and also very much concerned about the anti-matter falling into the wrong hands.
The circumstances of the death was also interesting, ironic vocab perhaps, given that a death had just occured. It seems to have unexpectedly re-introduced the mythical secret society known as the Illuminati after more than 500 years out of the spotlight.
Robert Langdon, a learned symbologist, was faxed the Illuminati symbol, which had been stamped on the dead scientist's chest, and he claimed that no known person has managed to replicate that symbol, and though he was still sceptical of the Illuminati's revival, he gradually got himself excited with the possibility of finally unearthing the Illuminati.
At roughly the same time, the Vatican City was in the midst of electing a new Pope, the previous Pope seemingly having just died of natural causes. When Robert Langdon and Vittoria Vetra partnered each other at Vatican City, the Holy Place where the Pope election is taking place, so began the entertainment aspect where more clue-solving, mystery-discovering and crime-busting which tries its best to keep the audience glued to the screen.
As mentioned earlier, the movie certainly provided good entertainment value. The storyline revolving around the Illuminati, and the supposed leaders of the society, will have made many googled it on online. As with the novels (both The Da Vinci Code & A&D), the movies also provided much lessons for the audience.
I, for one, as a young kid, used to devour pages of encyclopedia and such knowledge provided in the movies, though some are purely fictional (maybe...), still provided some interesting insight and what-if questions as well.
But at the heart of it all, A&D was just another investigative movie with a decent enough twist at the end. Do not expect your mind to be blown away too much as well but Tom Hanks did carry enough charisma, as did Ewan McGregor, to keep the movie enjoyable to watch.
Rated 3 of 5.
akim
Ben Stiller (Larry Daley) returns with more comedies in Night at the Museuam 2, this time more action and more interesting artefacts in the famous Washington Museums. =)
Larry, who now works as an inventor at Daley Services, just found out that the Museum of Natural History where he worked previously as a night guard was going to be renovated and so most of the museum pieces are shifted into federal storage at Washington Museums. Knowing this, he felt that he was at fault because he had left his job.
Dexter, the monkey, mischieviously stole the tablet that gave life to the museum's pieces and brought it over to Washington Museums which caused all the chaos when it's pieces came to life. And one of those pieces was the evil Pharoah, Kahmunrah who wanted to steal the tablet to bring his army of eagle-headed soldiers back to life.
Larry then tries to save the day, and more so when Kahmunrah had captured Jedediah (Owen Wilson), the tiny cowboy. With the help of Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), the woman who flew solo across the Atlantic, Larry tries to put everything back in order. Somewhere in the process, they developed a romantic interest in one another. =) And in the process too, Larry found out what truly makes him happy and that is to be a night guard and be with his museum pieces friends. =)
I found this movie to be very enjoyable and hilarious. You can ask Dear as I laughed the loudest in the cinema. Hehe. It was more action this time, with the planes and rockets, Abraham Lincoln, the pictures on the walls. Really cool! =) And I believe you can learn some things from this movie. =p
Maybe a part 3? ;)
Worth to be watched in cinemas.
I shall rate it 4 out 5. =)
~huda~
