Spaceman-Spiff July 29th, 2008
Wow.
I have to see it again…
Joker says to Batman, “You just couldn’t let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren’t you? You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won’t kill you, because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.”
So sad that’s not going to be the case. Different Jokers may come, but we won’t see the same one again.
Spaceman-Spiff July 9th, 2008
I vowed to stop buying DVDs since they will soon be obsolete. I haven’t gone HD yet, but I didn’t see much point collecting DVDs if I will just complain about their image quality in the future and ended up buying their Blu-ray versions. Before this week, probably the last DVD I bought was Sin City collector’s edition over a year ago.
Last weekend in HMV, I couldn’t resist getting Memento’s special edition DVD. The packaging was so nice. Also got Seven for $10 each. Both were special edition DVDs.
Today, I was at Wal-mart, and surprisingly found some good movies in their $5 DVD piles. Usually only real old movies or crappy movies, like Daredevil, are in those piles. But I found some cheap special/collector’s edition DVDs: bought Hellboy for $9, Catch Me If You Can for $5, and Planet of the Apes for $5. The last one isn’t a fav, but what the heck, it’s a $5 collector’s edition. I probably will enjoy watching the extra features more than the movie itself.
Well, at least my DVD player does upscaling. So it won’t be so bad when I go HD.
Oh, and the roommate bought the Daredevil DVD…
Spaceman-Spiff January 13th, 2008
My annual (and sometimes only blog post =P).
I feel I’ve seen a lot less movies in the theatres in 2007 compared to 2005 and 2006. Part of the reason was cause my movie buddy moved out overseas. Another reason is cause I worked full time the whole year, and sometimes in the weekends I just feel like staying home and lazying around (watching TV shows or DVDs). I’ve seen a lot more TV shows and Dorama in 2007 than ever before…
Now, let’s round up 2007 movies that I’ve seen.
Fav (Great) Movies
- Bridge to Terabithia
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Good Movies
- Zodiac
- Planet Terror (funniest “horror” movie I’ve ever seen)
- Waitress
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- Ocean’s Thirteen (better than 12)
- Sicko
- Ratatouille (I still don’t buy the idea of rats cooking good food, but nevertheless it has a nice story)
- Stardust (good cast and interesting side characters, not so much with the 2 main characters)
- Juno (very funny dialogs)
So-so Movies
- Meet the Robinsons
- Blades of Glory
- No Reservations
- The Simpsons Movie
- 30 Days of Night
- Bee Movie
Bad Movies
- Ghost Rider
- The Last Mimzy
- Pathfinder
- Shooter
- Next
- Spider-Man 3
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (better than the first, but still sucks)
- Evan Almighty (they’re trying too hard to make Evan looks like Bruce, but it’s so out of character compared to the original)
- Live Free or Die Hard (crappy plot)
- Transformers (all eye-candy, no plot)
- Balls of Fury (if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen all the funny parts)
I’m still missing a lot of good movies in 2007. Current to watch list for 2007 movies: Breach, 300, Death Proof, Sunshine, Lust Caution, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Spaceman-Spiff December 31st, 2006
The year is near its ending. I think throughout 2006 I watched less movie in the theaters compared to 2005.
Fav Movies
Good Movies
- Deep Sea 3D
- Slither
- Mission: Impossible III
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- Superman Returns
- Miami Vice
- The Departed
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Casino Royale
Decent Movies: X-Men: The Last Stand, Silent Hill, Cars, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Underworld: Evolution, Snakes on a Plane, She’s the Man (DVD), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (DVD)
Bad Movies: The Pink Panther, Nacho Libre, Click, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (DVD), Final Destination 3 (DVD), John Tucker Must Die (DVD), Ultraviolet (DVD), My Scary Girl (DVD), DOA: Dead or Alive (DVD), The Covenant (DVD)
Spaceman-Spiff December 11th, 2006
Saw a few live-action anime/manga adaptation movies last weekend, and the following are my impressions:
Death Note
Links: Official Website - IMDB
Raito (Light) and L both looked ugly compared to the manga. Well, more for Raito. The only character that looks good is Ryuku because he’s a CG character. Some of the acting are also bad, especially for Raito.
The story is suppose conclude in the 2nd Death Note movie, “Death Note: The Last Name“.
The Prince of Tennis
Links: Official Website - IMDB
Where to begin… There’s so many things wrong about this movie >_< .
The characters mostly appear only for fan-service. Besides Ryoma and Tezuka, the rest of the players don’t have a lot of screen time or character developments. Tezuka’s actor looks cool, no comments on the rest.
The story feels very rushed. The only matches that are covered entirely is Seigaku vs Hyoutei. The movie wasn’t translated, but it was easy to understand.
When you watch Prince of Tennis anime or read the manga and think that all of those tennis stuffs don’t make much sense, the live-action is even more absurd. Looking at those actors playing superhuman CG tennis feel so weird you feel you want to laugh. Yes, me and my friends did laugh a lot watching this movie. Not because it’s comedic, but because some of the stuffs they did are so stupid, it’s funny.
Detective Conan
Links: Official Website - IMDB
Titled as “Detective Conan Drama”; tells the story before the events of the first chapter of Detective Conan manga.
The movie is pretty heavy on dialogs, and without translation, I found myself falling asleep at the beginning of the movie. I only watched the first half an hour of the movie, but my friend watched it till the end, so the following are his comments:
- Most of the acting sucks
- Kogorou Mouri is funny
- The first part of the story is not very interesting, but the second part is good
Side Note: My Familiarity with the Series
At this moment I have read and watched:
- Death Note: The entire manga series.
- The Prince of Tennis: Around 80 episodes of the anime and up to volume 30 of the manga.
- Detective Conan: Up to volume 43 of the manga and a few random anime episodes and movies.
Spaceman-Spiff November 24th, 2006
Just saw Casino Royale today. Despite the long ending, it was a pretty good Bond movie. Definitely better than the last few ones. I like the character development, and I like how the movie doesn’t overuse technology and special effects like the previous movies. Plot-wise, it could still use some improvements.
I’m not a Bond expert, I haven’t seen a lot Bond movies, so I can’t compare it with the older movies. The only non Pierce Brosnan one that I saw and still remember is Never Say Never Again. I hope the sequel (working title “Bond 22″) won’t be a dissapointment too.
The big question I’m left with is… how the hell did James Bond manage to have sex after all that “torture”. Thought he would have to be abstinence from sex for a while.
