Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Mreps and Muc Discuss Army of Two: The 40th Day
Mreps: Good day to you MucWednesday, January 20, 2010
Mreps and Muc Discuss The Boogeyman
Mreps: Good day to you MucSaturday, January 16, 2010
Mreps and Muc Attempt More Poetry
Mreps: Good day to you MucFriday, January 15, 2010
Mreps and Muc Attempt Poetry
Mreps: Good day to you Muc Why do I still look into the mirror and lie
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Mreps and Muc Invite Haikal To Talk About The Films of 2010
DAYBREAKERS (8/1/2010)
The vampire genre has been heavily used and reused, packaged and repackaged with not much originality left to exploit. But here comes Daybreakers with stars Ethan Hawke, Sam Neil and William Dafoe to bring you a story about a world inhabited fully by vampires and the remaining humans are hunted down for food. The question they pose in the movie is; what happens when the blood runs out? A simple look at our current situation with oil and other natural resources but with added vampirism. Should be out by now.
THE BOOK OF ELI (15/1/2010)
Holy crap! Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman in one movie? Heavy. Gary Oldman makes the perfect villain (watch Leon, Fifth Element and True Romance, also Sid and Nancy) and in this film he is one. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where years after a nuclear fallout, humans are striving to survive and Washington plays a man who holds the key to sustaining human life with Oldman playing the villain who wants it for his own needs. Should be fucking awesome.
LEGION (22/1/2010)
Okay, so the plot is a bit over th top, a lot over the top but there is still that special pull in this movie. Maybe its the fact that it contains an over the top plot. Get this, God has had enough of humans and so sends his angels to set Armageddon but Michael rebels and goes off to save humanity. The only way to do so would be to protect a still unborn child who is Christ in his second coming. God is evil and angels are demonic creatures that can be killed by machine gun fire. Its a surprise they're showing this in Malaysia..
WOLFMAN (12/2/2010)
Not really a fan of those classic horror films and their remaks but this one has Benicio Del Toro! And with Anthony Hopkins! Its Del Toro Vs. Lautner.
COP OUT (26/2/2010)
I fucking love Kevin Smith movies (Clerks, Clerks 2, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Zack and Mirri Make a Porno and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) and this one should be great (although the black/white cop comedy is already pretty stale). Although there's just one thing that I would prefer without, Tracy Morgan. Its okay if he's just in a supporting role but a lead role? C'mon.. Well, Bruce Willis though.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (5/3/2010)
Some people are saying that Tim Burton may be losing his touch. Well, we'll see after Alice. Hopefully, Burton can manage to bring his whole crazy weird touch onto the screen and give us moments we can remember forever (so far the most memorable scene that Burton has given us would be the Martians heads exploding to country music in Mars Attacks). Johnny Depp is back with Burton and their pairings always never do go wrong.
CLASH OF THE TITANS (26/3/2010)
I'm a huge fan of Greek Mythology and hearing about this remake of the 80's film just makes me over excited and the trailers pretty cool. Sam Worthington is Hollywood's rising star taking upon lead role after lead role in a couple of blockbusters so far. Also to boot, Ralph Fiennes playing Hades and Liam Neeson playing Zeus, the ultimate villain/hero pairing after their previous villain/hero pairing together in Scheindler's List.
REPO MEN (2/4/2010)
Poster pulls you in doesn't it? Yeap, what a nicely done poster. Looks interesting from here. Yeap, it sure does. Jude Law and Forest Whitaker too. Yeap. Its a sci-fi thing. Yeap.
KICKASS (16/4/2010)
Based on the comic book by Mark Millar who also created Wanted (but wasn't adapted as faithfully as I would assume it to be.. They're assassins instead of supervillains.. I was hoping for the whole superhero mythology to be included in Wanted and they toned down Wesley Gibson's violent nature..) This should be a fun superhero movie with NIcholas cage and Mark Strong. Hopefully they don't make them assassins instead of superheroes in this one..
NIGHTMARE OF ELM STREET (30/4/2010)
Jackie Earle Haley of Rosharch fame brings the game as Freddy Kruger. Hopefully he brings the same magic from Watchmen into this over done franchise. And hopefully it doesn't turn out like the Halloween remake or Friday the 13th remake..
IRONMAN 2 (7/5/2010)
Ah, a movie containing two of Hollywood's down and up stars, Robert Downey Jr. who faced a career downturn due to crack and later acclaim again in Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang and Mickey Rourke who with his bad boy attitude made him jobless but now a star again through the Wrestler. And now we see these two stars head to head. Iron Man was fantastic, Iron Man 2 should be fantasticer and with Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow. She is so hot.
ROBIN HOOD (14/5/2010)
In 2000, two men paired together and made the greatest movie of that year. That was Gladiator. And now director Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up again to reimagine a classic. Notice the Russell Crowe's eye gaze in the poster? It just screams out 'Ima pwn ur ass noob'.
A-TEAM (11/6/2010)
Remember that show from the 80's with Mr.T going 'I'm gonna break you, foo!'. Well, this is the modernized action packed remake with Liam Neeson and Sharlto Copley (of District 9 fame). Next summers getting exciting.
TOY STORY (18/6/2010)
Toy Story was one of my all time favourite animated movie after Nightmare Before Christmas and there's a third one! Woo! About time too. Tom Hanks hasn't been in any really amazing movies lately so this would bring him up again.
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2/7/2010)
Yes, its being directed by M. Night Shamalyan and yes Dav Patel is starring as Zuko but whatever, nothing can stop me from enjoying this film just like I enjoy the animated series. But of course I'm gonna prepare my mind for a major dose of disappointment before some bad stuff happens.
PREDATORS (7/7/2010)
You can't see the Predator in this poster cause he's the Predator. He's fucking invinsible and before you know it you've got your fucking innards all over the floor and your head ripped from your body. This poster sucks.. Hopefully this Predator is as good as the 1st, better than the 2nd and god forbid, not as bad as the AVP flicks.
INCEPTION (16/7/2010)
It's Christopher Nolan directing. Christopher fucking Nolan of Memento/New Batman flicks. Not much is known about Inception other than the fact that it takes place in the achitecture of the mind. Awesome.
THE EXPENDABLES (13/8/2010)
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin with cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzernegger (is that spelt correctly?) need I say more. Action flick of the year. If you are a real man, you will watch this. There is no excuse.
THE OTHER GUYS (6/8/2010)
An action comedy cop movie with Will Ferrell (whee), directed by Adam McKay (whee) of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talledega Nights and Stepbrothers fame but with Mark Wahlberg (boo). A star studded cast including Samuel L. Jackson, The Rock and Michael Keaton too.
LET ME IN (1/8/2010)
The book was way fucked up (Note to self: Not a good book to give to a 14 year old girl for her birthday), good but disturbing as hell and the Swedish movie adaption (which I need to watch) was I heard even more fucked up with critical acclaim reviews and making loads of cash. Now we have an American movie adaption. Would it be better than the Swedish flick? Who knows. Watch if you can stomach the mature themes. I don't think this one's coming out in Malaysia.
UNSTOPPABLE (12/11/2010)
Denzel Washington is in. And with Chris Pine of Star Trek fame. I guess there ain't much to explain other than the fact that this looks a bit like Taking of Pelham 123 which was directed by Tony Scott and this flicks also directed by Tony Scott. Hmm.. Still, one to look out for.
DUE DATE (5/11/2010)
Robert Downey Jr.'s in a Todd Phillips film! For those not familiar with Phillips, watch Road Trip, Old School and this years so-called comedy of the year (not in my list) the Hangover. Starring alongside Zach Galifianakis too. Should be a funny movie to watch.
TRON: LEGACY (17/12/2010)
The true sequel to the 1st Tron, this one stars an older and at the same time, a younger Jeff Bridges thanks to the technology from The Curious Cas of BB. Bikes look sweet.
THE GREEN HORNET (22/12/2010)
I never thought I'd see Seth Rogen in a superhero suit but I guess it's possible. I am a fan of Seth Rogen but I am not a fan of Jay Chou. Why is Chou taking over Bruce Lee's role in this remake? Why? Couldn't they find someone much better than a pop singer? The less lines they give to Chou the better. I want to see Rogen do his thang.
Lets hope 2010 would be a better year for films. And yes, I am aware that ECLIPSE is coming out and is not in this list because after two suckfest films (okay, the second one sucked less) I have lost confidence in this fucked up franchise. Lets see if they can do a hat trick. Three bad films in a row. But the irony is it still makes loads of cash.. Where is the fucking justice in the world? I guess that would be why God is sending his angels to anniliate us.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Films to Add and Films That Need To Be Watched 2009
George Clooney is just he's usual brilliant self with his still charming flair as he goes from one part of the country to another to fire people. What I like most about this film is the philoshophy that presents itself and the ironic twist that just shoots down the change in that philoshophy. This is how the world revolves and how three people live in it with their own outlook on life.Invictus
Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood reunite for another film, so you would understand why I want to watch this film. Their 3rd film together since Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby.
The Road
An apocalyptic film based on McCarthy's book with Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce. Based on the trailer, it completely captures the hopelessness that any apocalyptic setting would incur but then again hope still survives within the father and son relationship.
Rec 2
Sequel to the Spanish horror film Rec, this one shows it from the special forces who are sent in to clean up the mess with all the camera ala Blair Witch style courtesy of the cameras atached to each person.
This one's a French horror film about zombies. Don't know if the French can make horror films but from the trailer, I want to watch it. Big fan of zombies.
I remember vividly this book from my childhood and I remember reading it loads of times cause I liked the illustrations and the imagination it presented. Imagine my enthusiasm when I found out that they were making a movie out of it. I heard it was disappointing.. but whatever, I still want ot watch it. Saturday, January 9, 2010
Mreps and Muc Invite Haikal To Talk About The Films of 2009 (Part Three)
THE BAD
1. New Moon
Its not nearly as bad as they say it was but, yeah, it's still bad. Its on the borderline of Okay and Bad but I don't have a category for that do I? Sometimes you watch a movie and then it hits you like salt water on a snail, why am I watching this? Then you realize that it was a dumb mistake on your behalf to have agreed to take your stupid sister to watch this film. I would be fair and say that this one's better than Twilight but of course anythings better than Twilight (even Taintlight). I guess this one was sort of alright given the fact that RP wasn't in it too much. To think of all the awards this franchise has picked up from being voted by the public, makes me grieve for this poor deluded young generation. The only saving grace of this film was Michael Sheen himself and that lasted for only a few minutes. I realize I am not within the intended demographic that this film was made for but is it too hard to make this film slightly better? Watching this film, one does notice the fact that there are a group of guys who can change into werewolves and by changing they rip off their clothes and therefore we have a bunch of buff guys running around nude in the forest together.. But I guess that attracts the girls2. Ninja Assassin
The only reason I went to watch this film was all because I thought the Wachowski Brothers wrote and directed the film but I realize that they were only producing it.. After watching the film, I came out with the flarg that this was an incredibly stupid silly movie with a stupid silly plot, with a stupid silly cast. It was interesting to see how ninjas are trained but the appeal stops there. It seems like the only thing the director had in mind was to create as much blood and gore as possible and pile the bodies. For a much more superior film, I'd settle for 300 again. Now that was a movie you could love. The acting skills of Rain. Well, he only had one expression and I guess that is he's acting capability. The pop stars of today such as Jay Chou and Rain are our martial arts action stars of today and that makes me wanna puke. Just the thought that Jay Chou is reprising Bruce Lee's role in the remake of the Green Hornet and that Rain is reprising Lee's role in the Fist of the Dragon remake makes me wanna.. I have no more fancy words to use so I'll just go with puke. What an age we live in and how our generation is decaying.3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
At some parts, this film was actually good but the bad was even worst. The script in my opinion is one of the worst I've come in contact with. By far the worse this year. The script sucked! Sucked! The action scenes were not really as originally done as one would expect it to be and it just consisted of destroying everything in the way (Even Terminator 3 used that formula but still ended up being ace). At least there was Sienna Miller.4. Armoured
With a cast that includes Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne and Matt Dillon one might expect this film to be good right? Wrong! Jean Reno didn't even say much! And the plot.. I got bored off it going into the 3oth minute and seriously wished time would have went faster. The main character was as likeable as a Edward Cullen action figure and I found myself rooting for the bad guys who were also not that likeable. Damn, this shit was bad. Two pointless car chases and a suicide, I just wished salvation would arrive for this film. Too bad it didn't. This holiday was already boring and yet I amazed myself by boring myself more with this pile of repugnant bag of chips.6. The International
A movie about the evils committed by banks? That sounds promising and with Clive Owen too, one of my favourite actors. However, Mr. Owen I am forced to say that this movie you were in sucked monkey balls like a dehydrated donkey. I actually turned it off when it was nearing the end because it just sucked.. The plot was just going nowhere and it tried to be smart when it actually wasn't and damn, new characters that you couldn't care for kept popping up. The only thing I liked was the concept of mirroring how big corporations have the ability and power to do whatever they can bringing forth the disadvantages placed upon capitalism but it was a poorly executed concept.7. Night At The Museum 2
This was supposed to be a comedy and yet I didn't laugh at all. I guess kiddy humour goes right up the end with me. It was a drag throughout that almost made me wanna punch the person who suggested we watch this piece of garbage in the cinema. Ben Stiller's attempts at creating a funny scene falls flat everytime. I thought the first one was better and I hated the first one.8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
There is just too much bad shit in this film too write down. So instead of repeating myself, try this out: Transformers 2 Review from the olde Director's Seat. Memories..9. Final Destination 4
The worst of 2009, why did I ever go to see this piece of retarded anal ripping, dick castrating, skin tearing, leg sawing, ball scratching, skull fucking, hair burning pile of spectacular shit?? Oh, right.. Love makes you do stupid things in life. I guess it was a pretty hilarious movie so I suppose all wasn't lost but it wasn't intended to be a comedy was it?? It was a serious take on death and the hopeless invitation that it had to offer and when it makes me laugh, you know how bad it is. I watched Transformers 2 in disgust and I watched Final Destination 4 with the putrified longing for a cinema attendant to come strolling by offering me a spoon that I can use to rip out my eyeballs (they should sell that).
Mreps and Muc Invite Haikal To Talk About The Films of 2009 (Part Two)
THE OKAY
1. Star Trek
This one is actually good but the downfall of this film was I suppose the lack of power to pull me within the Star Trek universe. I suppose its probably because I'm not an avid fan of Star Trek and never was but this film has a good cast (surprisingly) and a good plot so it was not all lost. What makes a film so great is the ability to pull the audience in and sadly it almost did but didn't.2. Observe and Report
When the film started off, I couldn't help but hate the movie. I hated the characters, the setting, almost everything annoyed me. But imagine my surprise as I came to the second half of the film. Be patient and you shall be rewarded. It turned out to be a complex dark comedy that explored how far would a man go to be recognized and applauded. This film felt like it was directed by two entirely different people.3. Bruno
After Borat, I had great expectations for this film. At first I was reluctant as I was unsure if my mind could handle gross gay jokes. I decided to go ahead and damn, I couldn't handle the gross gay jokes. It was funny no doubt but sometimes you've got to wonder if Cohen went a bit overboard with this film. Scary films don't make me close my eyes, but this film forced me to.4. Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr.'s on a roll here, blockbuster after blockbuster after blockbuster. The revived Hollywood man. You shined in this film as Sherlock Holmes and so did Jude Law as Watson, but I expected this film to be more than it actually could have been. Lackluster plot, a script that kept with the old same routines and a villain that didn't have the impact of a real villain. Mark Strong wasn't so strong in his performance if one were to compare it with his previous role in another Guy Ritchie film Rock N Rolla.5. Public Enemies
With a combination of Michael Mann and Johnny Depp I was hugely disappointed by this one. It had some great performances mostly by JD and a great setting and atmosphere but it just fell short. I just thought that the usage of HD for the camera made the film look low budget and the shaky camera routine combined with the clear image of HD distracted me from the actual movie. The focus was on John Dillinger but it lacked to show how he became a hero in the eyes of the public.6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
I got a bit fed up with the Harry Potter franchise and wasn't really going out to watch this one but the amount of great reviews forced me to. It wasn't as good as they say, it was just to me, okay. I'm always bewildered by this particular fact; British actors are always much better than their American counter parts. Maybe its because the British ooze with class and sophistication, with grandeur but we'll leave it to another time perhaps. Could do with less romance shtize. I shalt await the next.7. The Brothers Bloom
Methinks that Adrien Brody's performance in the Pianist was a fluke-shot. He's acting is a bit distorted and so it was in this film. The cast lacked chemistry to glue them together but it was saved by the characters themselves each with their own strengths and flaws that made them to be quite likeable. But as the film landed in an untold ending, it just felt rushed and incomplete but it had a profound depth on me.8. The Soloist
Another Robert Downey Jr. flick and this one with Jamie Foxx having a bad hair day. The Soloist was a film that wanted to create awareness upon the plight of the homeless and about the mental illness that forced them into the state they are but the story itself wasn't engaging and failed to pull me in. Solid performances by both the main casts though.9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The worst of the Okay lot, Origins was a mess. The beginning was on steroids and rushed like a mad hatter late for a raping. It slowed down for a while to show the 'human' side of Wolverine but continued its trainwreck speed. The worst part? Deadpool.. I fucking love Deadpool as the psychotic-talks-to-yourself kind of person with a comedic flair but the Deadpool in the film, is not Deadpool. And the end? Where they unveil what they did to Deadpool? That is a fucking crime! WTF! He shoots lasers and teleports? WTF! Anyways, this film isn't entirely bad as it contains a few good action scenes and Gambit. Also Hugh Jackman was sort of good alongside Liev Schreiber. I heard they're gonna do a standalone film about Deadpool. Better not fuck it up guys.
