Some new movies to look forward to! Yay!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
TRON Legacy
Tron Legacy is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.
This movie sequel is 27 years in the making! With all the advances in CGI, blue and green screens, I'm sure this will be a hit with not just the older TRON generation, but also with the younger generation of kids and teens.
Something to look forward to in 2010, after some 27 years of waiting!
This movie sequel is 27 years in the making! With all the advances in CGI, blue and green screens, I'm sure this will be a hit with not just the older TRON generation, but also with the younger generation of kids and teens.
Something to look forward to in 2010, after some 27 years of waiting!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Harry Potter & The Half-Past Six Film
Maybe my expectations were a tad too high, but then again it's a Harry Potter movie, how can your expectations not be high for such a wonderful series? Although the tone, the gathering darkness and maturity of the movie was good, it was too disjointed, too many scenes were cut out from the original novel to begin with, leaving everything a mess.
I was particularly disappointed that the film didn't unfold itself in the usual way like the previous movies, where they slowly reveal the mysteries and answer them at the end of the movie. There was no mystery in this movie, only a lot of empty space and blanks left empty to be filled in. They just led us by the nose and we all followed them.
I had several friends who never read the book, and said that they didn't know exactly what was going on, but the gathered the story from bits and pieces here and there throughout the movie. I read the novel, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel, the development of the characters and how they matured and banded together through the darkness to fight Voldemort and his Death-eaters.
The movie lacked everything, it was almost like a hide and seek game, played in the form of guerilla-tactics. Death-eaters attacked, Order of the Phoenix fight back, Death-eaters retreat, Order of the Phoenix are too disillusioned with their losses they don't even want to talk about it.
Scenes that were missing or lacking or something:
1) Fenrir Greyback, he was just muscle, menacing and opened shirt to show his hairy chest. In actual fact, he was the werewolf who bit Remus Lupin.
2) Ollivanders, the wand maker, getting kidnapped in the beginning of the movie, yes, he was the guy whom the Death-eaters captured in Diagon Alley, the hooded fella. If you didn't gather the details by now.
3) The in-joke of the entire movie was the Millennium Bridge, aka the Wobbly Bridge. A friend of mine from the UK told me about it. When the bridge was completed and opened, and when people walked across it, the entire bridge wobbled and swayed, due to unexpected lateral vibration (resonant structural response). They had to close the bridge down 2 days after it opened and repair it. It reopened again later, but not before they got an entire platoon of military men to march across it, to make sure it didn't wobble and shake again. If any of you have been to London, the Millennium bridge is located near St Paul's Cathedral in the direction of the Thames. Crossing it will bring you to the Tate Modern and the Globe theatre nearby. It was called the Millennium bridge because it was supposed to have been opened in time for 2000, but because of the defect, it was closed and reopened later in 2002. The bridge was not in the novel.
4) I don't remember Bellatrix Lestrange taking on such a huge role in HP6, but Helena Bonham Carter is one fine actress, she did an amazing job of portraying wickedness and evilness throughout the movie.
5) The Battle Of The Astronomy Tower, where all the students were involved in one way or another to hinder the Death-eaters from escaping after killing Dumbledore, didn't happen. That was the ultimate let down in the entire move. Compared to HP5, which had a rather huge duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore, HP6 paled in comparison to having absolutely no duelling at all. Even the Quiddich match was a let down.
6) Felix felicis was not used by Harry to get lucky and get Professor Slughorn's memory, it was used during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, to protect the students from the Death-eaters.
7) Ginny Weasley romancing Harry wasn't till book 7.
8) Dumbledore had no funeral in the book 6 chapter titled The White Tomb.
9) Bill and Fleur were not present.
10) The backstory on the Gaunt's or Tom Riddle's ancestors was cut out entirely! This made it very difficult to understand exactly why Tom was the heir to Slytherin.
11) The inferi in the lake look like Gollum, the only thing missing was them all saying "My precious" at the same time!
12) The Burrow was burnt and destroyed, probably to garner sympathy for the Weasleys.
God I could go on with this list, but I'll have to stop here.
If you were me, you would go back and read book 6 and enjoy it more thoroughly than I did with this movie. I hope that by doing a 2 parter film to book 7, they would cover all the destruction of the Horcruxes and leave nothing of the original storyline out.
Recommended only for the special effects and fans of the novel.
2 out of 5 stars
I was particularly disappointed that the film didn't unfold itself in the usual way like the previous movies, where they slowly reveal the mysteries and answer them at the end of the movie. There was no mystery in this movie, only a lot of empty space and blanks left empty to be filled in. They just led us by the nose and we all followed them.
I had several friends who never read the book, and said that they didn't know exactly what was going on, but the gathered the story from bits and pieces here and there throughout the movie. I read the novel, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel, the development of the characters and how they matured and banded together through the darkness to fight Voldemort and his Death-eaters.
The movie lacked everything, it was almost like a hide and seek game, played in the form of guerilla-tactics. Death-eaters attacked, Order of the Phoenix fight back, Death-eaters retreat, Order of the Phoenix are too disillusioned with their losses they don't even want to talk about it.
Scenes that were missing or lacking or something:
1) Fenrir Greyback, he was just muscle, menacing and opened shirt to show his hairy chest. In actual fact, he was the werewolf who bit Remus Lupin.
2) Ollivanders, the wand maker, getting kidnapped in the beginning of the movie, yes, he was the guy whom the Death-eaters captured in Diagon Alley, the hooded fella. If you didn't gather the details by now.
3) The in-joke of the entire movie was the Millennium Bridge, aka the Wobbly Bridge. A friend of mine from the UK told me about it. When the bridge was completed and opened, and when people walked across it, the entire bridge wobbled and swayed, due to unexpected lateral vibration (resonant structural response). They had to close the bridge down 2 days after it opened and repair it. It reopened again later, but not before they got an entire platoon of military men to march across it, to make sure it didn't wobble and shake again. If any of you have been to London, the Millennium bridge is located near St Paul's Cathedral in the direction of the Thames. Crossing it will bring you to the Tate Modern and the Globe theatre nearby. It was called the Millennium bridge because it was supposed to have been opened in time for 2000, but because of the defect, it was closed and reopened later in 2002. The bridge was not in the novel.
4) I don't remember Bellatrix Lestrange taking on such a huge role in HP6, but Helena Bonham Carter is one fine actress, she did an amazing job of portraying wickedness and evilness throughout the movie.
5) The Battle Of The Astronomy Tower, where all the students were involved in one way or another to hinder the Death-eaters from escaping after killing Dumbledore, didn't happen. That was the ultimate let down in the entire move. Compared to HP5, which had a rather huge duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore, HP6 paled in comparison to having absolutely no duelling at all. Even the Quiddich match was a let down.
6) Felix felicis was not used by Harry to get lucky and get Professor Slughorn's memory, it was used during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, to protect the students from the Death-eaters.
7) Ginny Weasley romancing Harry wasn't till book 7.
8) Dumbledore had no funeral in the book 6 chapter titled The White Tomb.
9) Bill and Fleur were not present.
10) The backstory on the Gaunt's or Tom Riddle's ancestors was cut out entirely! This made it very difficult to understand exactly why Tom was the heir to Slytherin.
11) The inferi in the lake look like Gollum, the only thing missing was them all saying "My precious" at the same time!
12) The Burrow was burnt and destroyed, probably to garner sympathy for the Weasleys.
God I could go on with this list, but I'll have to stop here.
If you were me, you would go back and read book 6 and enjoy it more thoroughly than I did with this movie. I hope that by doing a 2 parter film to book 7, they would cover all the destruction of the Horcruxes and leave nothing of the original storyline out.
Recommended only for the special effects and fans of the novel.
2 out of 5 stars
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Myth of Leadership
Leadership's a big myth really. That of the heroic leader. One who speaks charismatically, forcefully, drives change, sets the direction, pace, goals. Aren't you wowed by this type of person? If you are not, society is.
But behind the heroism, charms, persuasions, coercions and intellect of this type of leadership, do not be fooled. It's all about the ego! To be sure, all such leaders have noble goals and have achieved much for their flock, but it all boils down to their ego, and personal interests and hidden wantss.
For millennia, we've admired the likes of Alexander the Great, Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Julius Ceasar and many contemporary more impressive leaders. After all, the military admires the myth of the heroic leader, and rewards those who show it. The answer was provided by Lao Tzu in this definition inscripted on the banner:
"The leader is best, when people are hardly aware of his existence, not so good when people praise his government, less good when people stand in fear, worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people say, we did it ourselves."
What's true 3000 years ago is still true today. In an article of the latest Harvard Business Review of "Managing in the New World", an author contends that leadership today, should really be communityship.
That's right. It's communityship. Not your damn ego, masqueraded as service to the community.
That being said, only 4 people in history qualified. Jesus, Buddha, Allah, Krishna. They were Enlightened leaders.
The rest were all pretenders to the throne!
But behind the heroism, charms, persuasions, coercions and intellect of this type of leadership, do not be fooled. It's all about the ego! To be sure, all such leaders have noble goals and have achieved much for their flock, but it all boils down to their ego, and personal interests and hidden wantss.
For millennia, we've admired the likes of Alexander the Great, Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Julius Ceasar and many contemporary more impressive leaders. After all, the military admires the myth of the heroic leader, and rewards those who show it. The answer was provided by Lao Tzu in this definition inscripted on the banner:
"The leader is best, when people are hardly aware of his existence, not so good when people praise his government, less good when people stand in fear, worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people say, we did it ourselves."
What's true 3000 years ago is still true today. In an article of the latest Harvard Business Review of "Managing in the New World", an author contends that leadership today, should really be communityship.
That's right. It's communityship. Not your damn ego, masqueraded as service to the community.
That being said, only 4 people in history qualified. Jesus, Buddha, Allah, Krishna. They were Enlightened leaders.
The rest were all pretenders to the throne!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Torchwood - Children Of Earth
The third season of Torchwood happened over 5 days. I must say that watching the entire season of Torchwood in 5 days was a real treat! It was like watching a DVD collection for all their previous season's 12 or 13 episodes. They should do this for every season!
Let's get to the likes and dislikes I had for this season, and I'm trying NOT to reveal too much because I don't want to spoil it for my friends in other countries who have yet to watch it, although spoiler information is already freely available on many websites.
Let's get to the likes and dislikes I had for this season, and I'm trying NOT to reveal too much because I don't want to spoil it for my friends in other countries who have yet to watch it, although spoiler information is already freely available on many websites.
Anyhow, it started off with the usual intrigue. Children playing and then suddenly coming to a standstill, then they start chanting in a monotonous voice that "We Are Coming". A former group of aliens called the 456, for the frequency they communicate on, broadcast their return to earth through all the children of earth. Because of the frequency in which they broadcast, the children literally stop what they're doing and are words are communicated through them.
A government conspiracy to cover up what they did the last time the 456s were on earth. They demanded a gift of 12 children and the children were given to them, in exchange for an antidote for Indonesian Flu. In order for the present not to know, those previously involved were executed. Jack Harkness was one of them and well, they wanted to kill a man who cannot ever be killed. They also blew up the Hub, which was Torchwood central in Cardiff.
The thing I like is the realism in Torchwood. Emotions are felt, actors actually have tears flowing, or show distinct disgust. No holds bar, they're not afraid to kill of characters, yes, another member of Torchwood bites the dust and I must say, I was disappointed that they got rid of this person. It was rather sad, because although it was not pointless, it appeared so. The writers were not going to give you the Star Trek ending in which time reset and everything went back to the way it was. No, that was not what they wanted, because in real television, if you want impact, you have to either kill someone off or you have to have characters make tough decisions that affect someone else, sometimes even resulting in their death. It's almost like watching Lost, but without the draggy flash-backs or flash-forwards. Morality was tossed back and forth, but when the time came, they didn't have a choice, so sacrifices had to be made, regardless of the final decisions. Kill the one to save the billions.
Also, not to forget, after watching Day 1 of Children of Earth, you would think that Captain Jack Harkness would try to rebuild Torchwood, after losing 2 members in season 2. There were Torchwood potentials like Dr Rupesh Pantajali, Lois Habiba and even Agent Johnson. But by Day 4, I realise that reforming Torchwood will not be happening. It was just too painful to watch the events on how Day 4 ended.
However, through it all, we were strung along through the suspense of having a group of aliens calling themselves the 456 only appear in the 3rd episode onwards. Most of the time, they appeared in their toxic smokey environment, so we never really got a good glimpse of them. I was hoping they came up with something more original, spend less on the number of people recruited for the series and more on the special effects or customes for the alien. And come on, a better name than 456 would have been more appropriate, or maybe because they're drug dealers, they didn't want their species name to be revealed, for fear of the Shadow Proclamation (only the true Doctor Who fans know what I'm talking about)!
Plenty of unanswered questions to go around. Did they just get rid of one of the 456 aliens or the entire species? Where did they come from? How did the aliens arrive, by transmat or by spacecraft, if so, were they destroyed in their spacecraft, or will they come back again? Will we see Captain Jack Harkness again? Will there be a 4th season of Torchwood or is this their last? I couldn't help thinking that they had a low budget and couldn't do too many special effects. Most of the actors were new, fresh faces, but did good debuts, so probably low-budget again. Not too many recurring roles, cos they would be expensive, on top of all the children they had to recruit to say those words, or scream in unison!
We shall have to see what the next season (if there will be) of Torchwood will bring...
3.5 out of 5 stars
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Revenge Of The Slapsticks
What can I say? It was action-packed. It was entertaining. There were laughs, some were really hilarious, some were plain stupid. The plot was lacking, it really made me wonder why on earth the Decepticons don't invade in force. The Decepticons were not one who were subtle in the cartoon, but in the movie, they didn't want to reveal themselves to the people of earth till the second movie? On the eve of activating the weapon to destroy the earth?
You wonder why the running trend of Hollywood: To create prequels within the sequel itself, to fill in the missing backstory, so that the sequel can flow forward. It turns out, much of the Allspark had the history of the Transformers within, which was left with shards. No idea how that last shard got attached to Sam's sweater, clearly Optimus Prime took it out of Megatron's remains in the first movie. Strange that the Transformers themselves didn't know their own history, and how to activate and use the Allspark, other than Bumblebee miniaturising it in the first movie.
If a Transformer is killed, it seems, even with a shard of the Allspark, it will bring him back to life, regardless of how dead he seems. No memory lost, nothing, Megatron awakes hellbent on revenge, almost like he was in cryostasis.
Although Devastator's transformations were spectacular, the robot in itself was kind of a disappointment. The cartoon Devastator was a green robot, more like Megatron's muscle. In this movie, he was this clumsy hulk of a robot, that had the ability to suck stuff through his mouth and eventually break it down and out his back. He did nothing more than to tear the top of the pyramids apart, to reveal the Sun Harvester - how convenient! That and well, watch out for his metal balls, literally gives new meaning to the term bang balls!
The Decepticons are growing hatchlings? Whatever for, it wasn't explained in the movie, all that was mentioned was that without a new source of energon, they will continue to hatch and then die. Are the Decepticons reproducing? Their little hatchery reminded me of Count Dracula's spawn in the movie Van Helsing!
The Fallen, they look more elaborate than having the ability to transform. If the Fallen was the first Decepticon, he was a sad case. Was their base located near Saturn in the solar system itself? Why can't they just mobilize everything and attack earth?
I must say, there was good film editing done, because when Sam and Makaela was running towards the camp, they ran from Petra at Jordan, to the pyramids in Egypt, running through the pillars at Luxor and then trying to make their way to the marine encampment to bring the Matrix of Leadership to revive Optimus Prime! The movie made everyone believe that Jordan and Egypt are in the same garden, just a stone's throw away from each other.
All the transformers, especially the Decepticons, looked much to elaborate. So much so, that I couldn't tell which was Starscream, or whether or not Megatron was hit during the attack. All Decepticons seem to be able to fly, whereas Autobots confine their disguise to cars, trucks, lorrys, pickups and motorbikes! The only Decepticon enjoyable to watch was Soundwaver, he was a satellite and he did all the work!
The twin transformers, they were like that Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks! I couldn't believe they had to provide that sort of slapstick entertainment in the movie. What's more, they made them bling-bling, and did I see correctly, one of the twins had gold teeth. The strange thing is that my colleague who was watching the movie with me, also wondered where they disappeared to. After their Devastator tango, they vanished and were not part of the ending. Something got edited out perhaps, or they finally realized how stupid they were and deleted them!
Overall, fun-filled action-packed, great for the family, good laughs, and oh, almost forgot to mentioned the G-string jockstrap worn by Agent Simmons, that almost blinded me when I saw his ass!
Highly recommended only for entertainment value and tons of kick-ass explosions, and for kids 10 years or older.
Some Spoilers Below, Read At Your Own Risk!
You wonder why the running trend of Hollywood: To create prequels within the sequel itself, to fill in the missing backstory, so that the sequel can flow forward. It turns out, much of the Allspark had the history of the Transformers within, which was left with shards. No idea how that last shard got attached to Sam's sweater, clearly Optimus Prime took it out of Megatron's remains in the first movie. Strange that the Transformers themselves didn't know their own history, and how to activate and use the Allspark, other than Bumblebee miniaturising it in the first movie.
If a Transformer is killed, it seems, even with a shard of the Allspark, it will bring him back to life, regardless of how dead he seems. No memory lost, nothing, Megatron awakes hellbent on revenge, almost like he was in cryostasis.
Although Devastator's transformations were spectacular, the robot in itself was kind of a disappointment. The cartoon Devastator was a green robot, more like Megatron's muscle. In this movie, he was this clumsy hulk of a robot, that had the ability to suck stuff through his mouth and eventually break it down and out his back. He did nothing more than to tear the top of the pyramids apart, to reveal the Sun Harvester - how convenient! That and well, watch out for his metal balls, literally gives new meaning to the term bang balls!
The Decepticons are growing hatchlings? Whatever for, it wasn't explained in the movie, all that was mentioned was that without a new source of energon, they will continue to hatch and then die. Are the Decepticons reproducing? Their little hatchery reminded me of Count Dracula's spawn in the movie Van Helsing!
The Fallen, they look more elaborate than having the ability to transform. If the Fallen was the first Decepticon, he was a sad case. Was their base located near Saturn in the solar system itself? Why can't they just mobilize everything and attack earth?
I must say, there was good film editing done, because when Sam and Makaela was running towards the camp, they ran from Petra at Jordan, to the pyramids in Egypt, running through the pillars at Luxor and then trying to make their way to the marine encampment to bring the Matrix of Leadership to revive Optimus Prime! The movie made everyone believe that Jordan and Egypt are in the same garden, just a stone's throw away from each other.
All the transformers, especially the Decepticons, looked much to elaborate. So much so, that I couldn't tell which was Starscream, or whether or not Megatron was hit during the attack. All Decepticons seem to be able to fly, whereas Autobots confine their disguise to cars, trucks, lorrys, pickups and motorbikes! The only Decepticon enjoyable to watch was Soundwaver, he was a satellite and he did all the work!
The twin transformers, they were like that Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks! I couldn't believe they had to provide that sort of slapstick entertainment in the movie. What's more, they made them bling-bling, and did I see correctly, one of the twins had gold teeth. The strange thing is that my colleague who was watching the movie with me, also wondered where they disappeared to. After their Devastator tango, they vanished and were not part of the ending. Something got edited out perhaps, or they finally realized how stupid they were and deleted them!
Overall, fun-filled action-packed, great for the family, good laughs, and oh, almost forgot to mentioned the G-string jockstrap worn by Agent Simmons, that almost blinded me when I saw his ass!
Highly recommended only for entertainment value and tons of kick-ass explosions, and for kids 10 years or older.
3 out of 5 stars
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Terminate The Critics, For They Know NOT What They Review!
The critics panned this movie as having only action in the first 1 hours and thereafter, a muddled plot and going nowhere. They gave it a lower than usual rating, some 1 out of 5 stars, or 2 out of 5 stars.
After watching it this past weekend, let me correct their impression of this movie. Do NOT listen to the critics! They either don't understand what they're watching, or have no sense of imagination for the Terminator franchise! Go and watch this movie yourself and do you own review!
I'm so glad that McG and his creative team had some imagination. Believe it or not, all the 3 Terminator movies had these ingredients in their storyline:
The future is not all that bleak if there are so many pockets of resistance! The resistance HQ, which was an underwater submarine was innovative, but how long can they really last? They obviously had to make way for John Connor to be resistance leader supreme!
Throw in human nature into the works and create the bridging gap between the T-600 and T-800, Marcus Wright - the prototype! And this essentially throws a monkey wrench into John Connor's world. He went back to the tapes to see if his mom left any info on a prototype Terminator with a human heart and finds nothing, he gets desperate, he doesn't really know what to do! So far, his mom's tapes have been helping him out!
Remember to throw in rain, dry, rain, dry, rain, dry, rain scenes - if you could only count the number of times Marcus gets wet and dries off, it's a wonder he doesn't get pneumonia during filming! Sam Worthington did a great job playing John's nemesis in the movie. At least James Cameron got something right when he recommended the actor to McG, instead of some wooden actor who can't act to save himself!
Anton Yelchin, fresh from Star Trek as Chekov, did an amazing job portraying teenager Kyle Reese. So much envy for John Connor that he desperately wants to be part of the resistance to follow in his footsteps. However, if you follow Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on TV, you'll notice that his elder brother Derek Reese is nowhere to be found - missing continuity or an alternate reality I guess!
Arnie does makes a CGI appearance, well no, the Governor didn't have time to film anything! And although Christian Bale could have spoken a little clearer than in his raspy Bruce Wayne/Batman voice, I believe that he did amazingly well in this movie as John Connor, as compared to Nick Stahl's wimpy version in T3.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Terminator Salvation and highly recommend it to anyone daring enough NOT to take the words of those critics. I'm really looking forward to see the future direction that McG and his creative team can move the franchise towards.
Viva la resistance!
4 out of 5 stars
After watching it this past weekend, let me correct their impression of this movie. Do NOT listen to the critics! They either don't understand what they're watching, or have no sense of imagination for the Terminator franchise! Go and watch this movie yourself and do you own review!
Beware of spoilers below if you read on, you've been warned!
I'm so glad that McG and his creative team had some imagination. Believe it or not, all the 3 Terminator movies had these ingredients in their storyline:
- Arrival from the future, kill, kill, kill... mainly to get clothes;
- Chase down suspects one by one, kill, kill, kill... to eliminate people who put Skynet at risk and to find John Connor, wanton destruction ensues;
- Terminator finds Sarah/John Connor, kill, kill, kill... chase scene ensures, more killing, more chasing, more wanton destruction;
- Hero arrives to save the day, someone gets hurt, they go into hiding;
- A sudden epiphany on what they should do to escape termination;
- More chasing, more killing, more wanton destruction! (If there's glass, they have to break it!)
- Hero always dies, terminator gets terminated, tear-jerker moment, uncertain future - there's no future but what we make...
The future is not all that bleak if there are so many pockets of resistance! The resistance HQ, which was an underwater submarine was innovative, but how long can they really last? They obviously had to make way for John Connor to be resistance leader supreme!
Throw in human nature into the works and create the bridging gap between the T-600 and T-800, Marcus Wright - the prototype! And this essentially throws a monkey wrench into John Connor's world. He went back to the tapes to see if his mom left any info on a prototype Terminator with a human heart and finds nothing, he gets desperate, he doesn't really know what to do! So far, his mom's tapes have been helping him out!
Remember to throw in rain, dry, rain, dry, rain, dry, rain scenes - if you could only count the number of times Marcus gets wet and dries off, it's a wonder he doesn't get pneumonia during filming! Sam Worthington did a great job playing John's nemesis in the movie. At least James Cameron got something right when he recommended the actor to McG, instead of some wooden actor who can't act to save himself!
Anton Yelchin, fresh from Star Trek as Chekov, did an amazing job portraying teenager Kyle Reese. So much envy for John Connor that he desperately wants to be part of the resistance to follow in his footsteps. However, if you follow Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on TV, you'll notice that his elder brother Derek Reese is nowhere to be found - missing continuity or an alternate reality I guess!
Arnie does makes a CGI appearance, well no, the Governor didn't have time to film anything! And although Christian Bale could have spoken a little clearer than in his raspy Bruce Wayne/Batman voice, I believe that he did amazingly well in this movie as John Connor, as compared to Nick Stahl's wimpy version in T3.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Terminator Salvation and highly recommend it to anyone daring enough NOT to take the words of those critics. I'm really looking forward to see the future direction that McG and his creative team can move the franchise towards.
Viva la resistance!
4 out of 5 stars
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Interactive Youtube With Corey Vidal
Corey Vidal is the dude who did the Star Wars Acapella on Youtube.com that came to everyone's attention. He even did some dance moves instructional videos for everyone to learn how to dance. On top of that, he did his own dance moves to the song 4 Minutes by Madonna and Justin Timberlake, which eventually got taken down due to copyright reasons, but got put up again.
Corey is exceptionally talented, he can sing, beat-box, dance, and that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg.
And now, he's introduced a whole new genre into Youtube.com - Interactive Video. I find this most fascinating and intriguing as he's one of the first to actually film it out!
Check out the video above to blend your own adventure, and then watch Corey drink the blendings to interesting effects!
Corey is exceptionally talented, he can sing, beat-box, dance, and that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg.
And now, he's introduced a whole new genre into Youtube.com - Interactive Video. I find this most fascinating and intriguing as he's one of the first to actually film it out!
Check out the video above to blend your own adventure, and then watch Corey drink the blendings to interesting effects!
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