Movies Ihave watched recently ......

Hmm haven't really typed out anything lately.


And its already March!


How time flies.


I wish I could say I have done something significant, but i have'nt.


Maybe march is the time to start.



I watched a few movies....

Ip Man, Chi Bi II, Underworld Rise of the Lycans (Which was'nt too great...)






Ip Man did have a few good messages.. and it is something aking to "Hitler: the rise of evil", where good men must make a choice and a stand.


One has to however be strategic about where you put your alliances and talent to use.

For instance in the show there was a very patriotic Chinese who just got himself killed, by persisting to fight.

He died in the end ... (in retrospect, perhaps you need spirited individuals like that person, to die and kick sense into everyone, for up to that point, everyone was being very Singaporean actually =) ... i.e. "if things are not so bad... just let it go.")

But for the sake of his own life, he would perhaps be better off stepping down. For even Ip Man, strong as he is will die to a bullet.

And even if the masses are stirred to rise, as in the show, they would not withstand the fury of a full fledged conventional assault.

Hence the need for stategy I guess. I would like to think that in an idealized world, good and justice will prevail, and in fact I do, but the pragmatic side of me suggest that this is only possible with a little luck and thinking.



And that was Ip Man.



For Chi Bi II, it was good =) nothing bad about it. There was a part about Zhuge Liang asking his friend if the terrapin was sweating. Which was comical and we do not know if he is refering to his friend Cao cao or what =P

but he was referring to the real tortoise of course and being perfectly serious..... the change in weather in the show would result in warm air, the terrapin, being cold blooded and all would have cold skin, which would cause water to condense on its skin when the warm air approaches. So no he was'nt taking a dig at anyone =P


One of my friend did mention that the ending was not so accurate. Cao Cao was actually set free by Zhuge Liang, not Zhou Yu. The story goes that Zhuge Liang, fearing too much power in the hands of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, allowed Cao Cao to escape so that the 3 Kingdoms will continue to balance each other.

Cao Cao (in the text) supposedly was allowed to run to the area where Guan Yu was guarding, seeing that Cao Cao had previously spared Guan yu, Guan yu allowed him to escape.



I have no idea if this is correct since I have never read the text (though I intend to =P)



The last movie.... Underworld....


Oh this was sad... i think the colour of the show was too bluish black... not enough colour and i thought this was a development in thestory but actually it was a retcon job. It was to tell the story before Underworld... i was initially very lost when the female lead got killed...


lol


enough for now... time to click on my MH

...


and it was amiss!


12:57pm tomorrow
Justin Sossin sounded the Hunter’s Horn, but my radioactive blue cheese failed to attract a mouse.


*sadface*

Movies I watched .. Hellboy 赤壁 Hancock and err Shao Nain Yang Jia Jiang =D

So I watch some shows recently the latest being 赤壁 and before that Hellboy and Hancock



Hancock was alright.. but too short storyish... like can you see a serial coming from this?.... I can't


I tot it was cute... but tired.

Too much Will Smith acting matured and all..... see I am Legend


any MTG fan will be able to tell you that you are obsolete outmoded Theresa era etc



kay... bad MTG joke.



Hell boy... man it was hell...


no it was'nt quite that bad.. but close....


too cartoony.



I dunno. The first Hellboy was fine... it was the same cornball jokes.... and hey to prep myself I actually watched the first show in 2004 directed by Guillermo del Toro ... both... by Guillermo del Toro


this I am surprised....


so why did the jokes in part 2 suck so bad....


I dunno.


Though I think Guillermo del Toro directed Pan's Labyrinth now that was a very dark and well done show.... there is a horrific beauty about it.

So the director was rather stylised and made a pretty good first Hellboy... so I guess I was expecting more.


One of the messages in Hellboy II was to die beautifully... that though you may be maligned but it is still wrong to go all wonky and destroy the world. Something like that.

I guess I can't relate.

Maybe it is the morals.


HellBoy I had this line said by Myers.


"YOU HAVE A CHOICE, YOUR FATHER GAVE YOU THAT"

That has so many biblical connoctations.

Background. Hellboy is a demon. His "father" took him on the "good" side, hence he had a choice.

Also there was the scene where, when Hellboy uttered his real name, his horns grew. It is evocative of the power of your NAME. For instance Jesus means Son of God. God Himself is known by His many names. Even in Hindu the gods have many facets. So the power of the name (the power of the WORD as it may be) is being invoked.

But in that scene, Hellboy made his choice, he broke the damned horns =)



So there were some very strong imagery used in Hellboy I ... but I am wont to see the same in Hellboy II so I was a little disappointed.



The last show i will talk about is Red Cliff or 赤壁


Why is there a hoo ha over Lin Chiling... I really dun find her pretty.

I thought Takashi looks rather mischievious... is Zhuge Liang supposed to be mischievious??? I dunno. Zhao Wei has eye bags.... i guess she is growing old (compare with her stint in huanzhu gege)... Seeing her old, i feel old. I remember how A used to be addicted to Huanzhu gege.. and that was like in my uni or JC days....


I thought the show was quite well done... a little bloody and the CGI is sometimes overdone


But I actually think the currently running serial Shao Nian Yang Jia Jiang on TCS 8 on Sundays is rather good too so.... whatever I guess =)

And I do love the ending theme song

Er Shi Nian by Zhang Meng Meng (张萌萌)