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Transformers Movie For the cartoon fans of Transformers, the movie maybe a little disappointing as the storyline has almost no relationship at all with the cartoon, other than the fact that the names in the movie would be familiar to the fans of the cartoon itself. Even so, this is perhaps THE best movie of the year, and it sure beats the crap out of |
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For the uninitiated, the storyline of Transformers is about two robotic alien factions – the Autobots and Decepticons – which have fought a war for a long time. They have come to Earth to continue their struggle, and also attempt to recover the AllSpark (or was it Awe-Spark?), which will help restore their devastated planet. And if you need more information of the storyline of the ‘AllSpark’, you can always google for the information or look for it on Wikipedia.
I will not reveal too much of the story because you have to watch it for yourself or you don’t know what you are missing. The animation and effects are very well done, and there were some light and funny moments in the movie as well. My only complaints is that it did very well in building up the story, but the ending came a little to abruptly. Either way, it is still sheer enjoyment and I can bet there will be a sequel, as they definitely did leave the ending pretty open ended to allow that.
Anyway, the Chinese subtitles are pretty funny too. The typos aside, I have been wondering how they got the names for some of the Transformers. And if you know, please share it with me because I found them quite hilarious. Optimus Prime is translated as 擎天柱, which for some odd reasons keeps giving me the image of an erected penis pointing towards the sky.
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Ocean’s Thirteen This is the second sequel to Ocean’s Eleven and this is what Ocean’s Twelve should have been! (The original Ocean’s Twelve is an utter disaster. Getting Julia Roberts to impersonate Julia Roberts in Ocean’s Twelve is so lame. It is as if they ran out of ideas and they are just keeping her there to make the numbers, and simply to rip movie-goers of more money to pay for the whole lot of them, including Catherine Zeta Jones.) Anyway, some of those things seen in Ocean’s Thirteen definitely isn’t a novelty when compared to Ocean’s Eleven, but the acting of Al Pacino, George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt would have make up for it and make it worth the money. In my opinion, the plot and the pace of the movie would keep you from yawning or wondering if you wouldn’t have gotten a better deal watching something else. And all-in-all, it’s and at least worth your ticket money and still a much better watch than the previous sequel. |
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Fantastic Four – Rise of The Silver Surfer After a dearth of blockbusters and the disappointment of Pirates of the Carribeans 3, SpiderMan 3 and Shrek 3, this was a much welcomed movie. The Silver Surfer is the herald of ‘Galactus’. In a deal struck with Galactus to spare his home planet, Norrin Radd roams the cosmos searching for new planets for Galactus. His next target was Earth. The ‘dogfight’ between The Human Torch and the Silver Surfer was perhaps one of the most exciting part of the movie. And yet once again as my friend pointed out, the Fantastic Four appear to be the only superheroes that often do more damage than the villains. |
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The plot is about how the Four tried to capture the Silver Surfer and after several attempts failed, are forced to work with Doctor Doom – who has his own agenda. The reason to capture the Silver Surfer was of course to identify the objective of the Silver Surfer and why he has come. I will leave out the following: who is Galactus, why Galactus needs new planets, what happened to the Silver Surfer in the end and what is Doctor Doom’s secret agenda so I won’t be leaving too many spoilers here.
Personally speaking, I felt this is quite a good and enjoyable movie in itself and it would have been better if this movie and Transformers would have spaced further apart from one another.
Google is your friend and Wikipedia is your teacher.
Anyway it’s a movie about giant transformable robots so who give a dank about the soldier with red beret?
Why is there a US soldier with a red beret? What formation would he have come from?