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Went to catch this film at the movies today unexpectedly. I had no idea what the show was all about, except that the poster appeared to protray it as an action-packed movie. So me and my friend decided to catch it before the action ran out. *laughs*
Sidetrack: Before the show started, we were waiting for the commercials and trailers to start and me being me, fell asleep!!! LOL - perhaps it was the sign to prelude what the movie would be like.
As an action movie, it was indeed worth the money. From the beginning till the end, it was filled with fast-paced menacing action. Your usual big guns, good guys fighting the bad guys, flying rocket bullets that seem to slice through the air, big explosions that blew you off your feet etc. Yes all that action was packed right in but when it's that much of actions, where does the storyline go?
Surprisingly, the story was about that of a religion battle in the bid to conquer the world. However, from the beginning till the end, there was no proper accounting of how the story goes hence, I was quite distracted and a bit lost with. (Maybe it's supposed to be suspense and I didn't catch it) And the worst part was the ending just flashed from one scene to another without again proper accounting of how the character had developed and why the female lead suddenly "passed away". It just left me dangling there wondering what on earth was happening. Somehow, it look more like a movie edited for actions only and no story.
Rating for the show: 6/10
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BRIDGE TO TERABITHIAI'm sure most of us if not all of us had some childhood fantasy of our own. Like how we fantasize that we live in a totally different world, filled with mystical creatures or that we are prince and princesses of some noble land filled with breath-taking titles and trains of servants. Or perhaps we imagine ourselves to be knights and priestess clad in mighty armour, battling monsters and creatures of all shapes and abilities based just on our imaginations... Well, that's what exactly this show is all about. I had the pleasure of catching it today with my "daughter" on a warm family outing. From the trailer, I would have expected it to be similar to the "Chronicles of Narnia", where the bridge leads to another kindgom world. But contrary to that there was no secret passageway, no hidden land to be discovered but only the imaginations of two fabulous young teens who let their imaginations run wild. Though it didn't turn out as I expected, it was exceptionally better then I thought, with the brilliant acting from the two young leads and the choreographing of the scenes and storyline weaved into a typical 15 year old teen's life of a coping mechanism dealing with being isolated, bullied, deprived of father's love. It was imaginative but yet real and resounds in my heart. Not to mention the emotional roller coaster rides in the movies. A great mix of laughter, corny scenes, saddening acts and finally a "fairy-airy" happy ending. Ask me if it's too kiddish or imaginative?!?! I would say YES. But ask me again if I will recomend the movie, I will say YES too. So go watch for yourself.
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Much Awaited...
Much anticipated...
Much Acclaimed....
This was the expectations I bought when I went to watch the Spiderman 3 movie last sat. In fact, it didn't begin very well because I made a terrible blunder of booking the wrong tickets. hahaha
But anyway, the movie was still average. Though of course the whole show was kinda draggy (i.e. long). Perhaps it had to do with the fact that there were 3 villians appearing in the same show and for the sake of clarify, it takes times to develop the characters. However, it was really worth the wait when eventually you watch the last scene of 2 villians versus 2 good guys (1 repentance case)
That was what moved me the most about the movie. When the Globin (Harry) put aside the past hurts and went forth to help her two best friends. The saddening part was that he had to sacrifice himself to keep the show going. Yet it brought out such a great reality within the last 20mins of the show. That in each of us, there is a battle. Sometimes we never turn to find victory because we have never won the battle within us. What the Globin did at those last moments helped liberate him from the chains of battle that he had been entangling him and finally bought victory to all. And seriously this is a great truth to embrace and I think it flows along with a line my Pastor was sharing in church one day.
"Unless there are battles, there will never be victories"
In life, you gotta face the battles both within yourself and around you. Only then will you find victory waiting to engulf and bring you new hope and joy.
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