The One That Shines, The One That Flops. =p

Salam..

It's been a while isn't it? Well, these few weeks have been everything but boring. Going for courses, conferences, balik kampung, having fun, watching movies etc etc.. I know I have promised a post on Design of Experiments, and believe me, it's coming soon (at least, as soon as I finished it.. lol). But right now, let's move on to another thing entirely,

Movies!

Seems like forever since I've last reviewed movies, so I want to revisit the process.. Lol.. Although the summer flicks have already ended (as we can see from the lack of noisy, big-budgeted, adventure, horror and rom-com movies) there are still a few good ones out there.. Here's some of the best, and the worse of what I've seen in the past month :

My Favourite Pick : RED

It's funny, it's action-packed, nuff said. It's a spy movie the way I like it, with the spy being intelligent and kicks ###, not just being muscular (read : ketul-ketul) and shoot now, ask later type. And the fact that the premise relies on a bunch of 60 - 80 somethings with the exception of 2 main characters just make it greater still. The poster said it all, they 'still got it'.

Go see it if you haven't already. I myself have watched it twice. lol

The One That Is Bizarrely Funny : Adele

This one is rather picky, you either like it, or hate it. I think that the story itself is oh-kay, despite the fact that you really have to watch it with an open mind (because the story do not translate into reality or being believable and that is exactly the direction it's going). Adding to that, it is dubbed in English (I believe the original language is French) and hearing the words not matching the mouth is sometimes distracting, but its funny enough. I rather like the first mummy which Adele believes to be the Doctor, but is actually a nuclear physicist (does that even exist during the Egyptian times??) and the haggard-looking professor which conveys delight over resurrecting the pterodectyl all the time with only the twinkle in his eyes and ever-smiling face. All in all, bizarre, yes, but acceptably funny.

The One That Has Promise : Altitude

The premise is rather simple where 2 of the main characters (there's 5 of them), shadowed by their pasts (which of course is revealed to be inexplicably connected), encountered strange occurrences during their flight, finally resulting in the death of the other 3, and finally the remaining 2 yet the latter's deaths brings forth hope for a new future involving those 2 main characters (yep, you have to suspend your disbelieve and you'll be just fine). It's not scary, I can promise you that, but it's suspenseful. Watch it if you want, but don't be dissappointed if you don't like the end product. Secretly, I do. lol.

The One That Dissappoints : The Other Guys

I expected this one to be insanely funny, but other than a few laughs here and there, it falls kinda short on my expectations. From the glowing reviews, I thought that the funny scenes will be awesome but maybe that's the reason why some people advises against reading reviews before watching the movie. Haha. My bad.

My Worse Pick : Buried

To be fair, the movie itself is rather thought-provoking, that is if you can fathom watching the whole movie of a man buried inside a coffin underground with no ways to escape. But that is exactly my gripe with this, 90 minutes from start to finish, the only thing you'll see is Paul (Ryan Reynolds) writhing and groaning and talking on the phone and screaming and losing control inside the coffin, and nothing else. The whole movie depicts Ryan in the coffin, you won't see anything beyond that. Yes, the film itself raises some thought about the reality today of the bureaucracy of everything, the dispassionate people who acts as interface between you and the service you want or need or even the government, the use of mobiles as a form of connectivity; yup, it raises some thoughts, only that instead of thinking of that after the movie, you'll end up thinking of it (along dozens of other unrelated things) during the movie as it is so; boring. And the abrupt ending that was so talked-about, ends up being such a joy because finally the end is here and you can leave the cinema hall. Oh bummer.

Oh well, right now I'm looking forward to some movies, the first in the list being Narnia : Voyage of the Dawn Treader (I just adore Lucy), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) and Tron Legacy. Hopefully they don't disappoint.

Till then, have a great day ahead.

And thanks for reading! =)