Yes Man 2008

Salam .. sorry guyz.. lately i've been trying to save money to go for a trip to Pulau Perhentian... So no posts about new movies.. Only something about i found in my hard drive again....

Main character in movie is Actor Jim Carrey.. i started to know this great actor when i watched The Mask... His attraction is mainly on comedy and weird facial expression... So.. when i saw him made an appearance in Yes Man trailer... i know i had to watch it...


Yes Man is about a person so isolated in his own life because he rejects every great opportunities before him by saying no to it... but his life changed completely when he was forced into a covenant... a covenant that demands him to say yes to anything.. even if its a weird favor .. as in.. yes i will buy that $700 mattress.. yes i will go fight that muscle freak even if it gets me killed... yes i will shoot a cow with a bazooka.. that kind of 'yes'.... and that made the whole story enjoyable to watch because we'd expect the main character get into serious trouble by jumping into it.. but as it turns out.. he ended up getting something out of it.. something good and beneficial..

In this film.. you'll get to see Jim Carrey speaking in foreign language.. that is Korean... i've seen Matt Damon speaks in French and Russian... Jason Statham in Japanese... Edward Norton in Portuguese and Mexican... although not perfected.. but i think they looked cool... but a westerner speaking in Korean?.... now thats something you dont get to see everyday... furthermore.. Jim Carrey's accent made the Korean speaking scene look funnier and awkward....

Another scene that I liked is when Jim Carrey's character tried to calm a jumper and persuade him not to jump off a building.. again... some screen shot so you can see what im talking about..

Introducing the jumper...

Jim Carrey among the passing crowd..

Jim Carrey's character rushes his way upstairs to save the helpless bastard..

But when he gets there..
Clueless as what to do

Then... an idea struck him ..
he picks up a guitar.... and tunes it..

only to play a song for the jumper...
lol.... who would have think of that?

the song goes like this....

i wish you would step off from that ledge my friends..
we could cut ties from all the lies that you've been living in...
and if you do not want to see me again
i would understand~~~

Third eye blind - Jumper

and you know what..
it really worked..
to the point that the jumper joined in the song

and even the crowd, policeman and fireman followed along

When he sees the chance..

he quickly grabs the guy.. and pulled him into his room..

and finally...
doing his finishing pose..

Sorry for the lengthy post.. but please bear with me for a little more...
Besided Jim's.. another character i found attractive is the one played by Zoey Deschanel... She looks adorable and pretty in all of the scenes in the film... Perhaps.. its her dress, makeup.. or the funny way she talks.. i'm not sure.. but i'm sure most people find her lovely in this film...
Proof ...

See?... ain't she looks adorable..

Moving on to next point... the message... i think .. the message was pretty clear.. of course it is not to say yes to everything.. but to know that experiencing something new is not really bad.. maybe.. you'll be at disadvantage at first... but theres definitely something in it that you'll find good and worthful

In conclusion... to me.. this movie was very inspirational and funny at the same time.. thanks to great acting by Jim Carrey and great script writing by the.... scriptwriter.. i suppose...
i give it an 8 out of 10..

Taken 2008

Salam.. today's post is not about film in cinema.. just happened to found this in my hard drive and decided to watch it again... although this is some old stuff already.. if im not mistaken this was out a year ago in cinema...i can't help posting my opinion about this film since it's really good stuff and deserve some reviewing here..

The first impression i had on this film was not that good... coz its about a father trying to retrieve her 17 yr old daughter who was forced into slave trade in Paris... This genre is quite old to me and i've watched several movies with same storyline.....but after watching it... it was really something else.. its a true definition of high speed action moive... you see a very angry father who'd stop at nothing to get her daughter back.. even if it means shooting innocent people... even better... this person had served as CIA agent and his fighting skills, the way he get things done is very similar to jason bourne character by matt damon..

.. some ppl i found saying that his action and skills look real.. but not so believable.. coz they thought theres too much coincident and pointed out that agent bryan mills found his daughter out of pure luck... for example.. how he verified the identity of the kidnapper just by matching the kidnappers voice in the recording device with the people he found in the room out of coincident... when the fact is .. it is not coincidental... The empty chit-chat and negotiation was actually intended on matching the kidnappers voice with the one he had on the recording device.. like when he asked a guy the translation for sugar in albanian... and the guy responded with a high pitch.. and he immediately knew it was not him... which left out the real kidnapper sitting on the table..
I can go on for long but i think i've made my point.. liam neeson character knows what he's doing and everything he does has its own objective and goal..

speaking of action... i like it when it he hits the bad guyz's vital part like this...

it ts called The Neckchop... and the bad guy will go like this

and watching it made me go like this

i also like the torture scene using electricity and how he explains that the cia always found trouble to use the electroction torture method in third world country since they dont have stable power supply there.. and the electricity would go off every time they start electrocuting somebody.. then they would have to resort to pulling off fingernails and dropping acid on skin. but in Paris.. the power is much more stable.. hence making the electrocution torture method possible there... anyway.. explaining in words wont do much.. here's some snapshot

Imagine 2 metal rod this big...

and have them pierce through the electrocutee (<-- a word i made up) legs like this..

then Agent Bryan Mills starts the interrogation...

and if the electrocutee refuses to answer any questions and starts spitting on him.. He just have to turn on the switch and the electrocutee will go like this

all day long ............

until I go like this again...

Liam Neeson's character also have the tendency to shoot anyone before they could do something.... you know like in every action movie.. everytime the story reaches its peak and the main character has a gun pointing towards the bad guys.. and we would wait for like 2-3 minutes for him to shoot coz the main character hesitates so much.... and also the bad guy might be begging for his life.. well... with Liam Neeson in Taken.. you wont see any of that... he just shoot any hostile target... without mercy..

In conclusion... this high speed action movie is perfect for Bourne and Die Hard fan...
Since it made my day.. i give it an 8 out of 10

Monsters Vs Aliens

Brought to you by the dreamworks.... This is basically a 3d animated comedy showing what it'd be like if alien invasion is dealt with freaky monsters..

Lately theres a lot of great alien invasion movie like war of the world, the day the earth stood still... and i thought it was brilliant of the dreamwork team to use this chance to introduce a 3d animated movie depicting invasion theme with a touch of humour in it...

.. just like any other invasion movie,elements like government and military intervention must present.. and the animator team uses this element to their advantage and turn the serious vibe that the military forces has into something funny and enjoyable... theres a part where the US president was seen trying to welcome the aliens .. but instead of giving the alien a warm welcoming greetings.. he played a crazy frog tune with a keyboard on a rostrum... lol.. that scene had my stomach hurting from laughing... Also we have the monsters character.. obviously.. i think the idea of turning monsters into friendly, funny looking creature was adapted from Walt Disney's Monster Inc.... So when, i was introduced to the monsters characters in the dreamwork version... it no longer occured to me as something funny and humorous... but each of the monster character has their own appeal... showing a job well done by the dreamwork teams...

ok.. and then.. talking about the animation...i thought the character 3d texture and graphics were quite average.. walt disney's WALL E was way better ...but the animation was something else.. especially.. the part where the alien scout robot started to move... the robot moving mechanism was beautifully animated making the scene almost smiilar to the tripod invasion in War of the world movie...

In conclusion.. the center of attraction of this film is comedy.. just what i expect from 3d animated film from dreamworks.... its good and fun to watch but not as good as i expected...
i give it a 7 out of 10

Terminator Salvation 2009

Salam..
and hi guyz.. first movie to be reviewed here is Terminator Salvation.. Director should feel lucky i made a first post about this movie.. lol

Directed by Mcd or Joseph McGinty Nichol.. same person who brought you Charlie's Angels...
Faces you'll find familiar would be Christian Bale.. acting as Batman in Batman Begins...

Begins with serious Battle scene... Viewers will be exposed to a new world where nuclear war affected most of earth's landscapes, cities and its population... In the Battle.. Human resistance troops (the good guyz) can be seen fighting the Skynet (the bad guyz) troops with conventional weaponry... such as worn out A-10 jet, chopper, M4 Carbine and M249 machinegun... Making it very similar to movies on modern warfare... the only difference is the good guyz in this movie are fighting the high-tech evil looking robots....

If there is one thing i dislike about this movie, its about the story pace slows down as the movie proceeds.... Fighting scenes are cool.. but emotional and romantic ones looks like crap.. ..because scripts are awfully written ...but actors are not at fault.. in fact all the roles are well casted since actors are very talented.. .. Arnold also make an appearance but his character is CGI-ed and he looks 20-30 years younger in the movie than he is now... Special effect are good... Although they used lots of CGI to animate the robots, and explosion.. but they are put into good use and manage to get the viewers attention...

In conclusion.. i say this movie is good and fun to watch..but T2 is still better... i give it a 7 out of 10...

Intro

Salam..
and hi guyz.. welcome to Huzai goes to cinema ....this is my first time blogging....so pleaze pardon the bad english here.. after all.. improving my english is one of the reason i decided to blog..

This blog is not about my life or anything near it at all....its all about movies, series, or maybe even books .....but mostly, ill write about movies... although i think best review you can find is at www.imdb.com ... my blog tells you how i view the movie from my perspective...i'm not so good in giving review but ill try to write about the movie in terms of the story plot, special effect, acting, soundtracks, bla bla bla.. and other things i think can be included..

Normally, if i am interested to watch certain movies.. i'll check its rating first at www.imdb.com .. if the rating is between 8.0-9.0.. then without hesitating.. ill go watch it before any of my friends could.. but ratings this high is very rare.. chances are 2 movies in a year can get rating this high.. example.. last years iron man and batman the dark knight....but rating between 7.0-9.0 is also good.. but don't let the ratings be the main deciding factor.. if you think the trailer is convincing enough to make you spend a few $$ to go and watch it.. then you should...

thats all for the intro..
have a nice time...