Movie Review: Transformers Age of Extinction

I'm back! Finally have the time to update my blog. It's been so crazy lately that my body clock is not functioning correctly. Not that I'm on a different time zone but my husband's shift is on a different time and it affected me as well that's why I haven't been blogging lately.

Anyhooo...

Last Thursday, we were able to watch the 4th installment to the Transformers Franchise which is Age of Extinction. We were supposed to watch it at Suria but for some reason everybody was there to watch and all seats were selling fast. We then moved to Bukit Bintang and watched at the Pavillion Cinema.

We managed to get a free Optimus Prime Magnet. We bought the popcorn and the drinks bundle and the lady said we can choose to get Bumble Bee or Optimus Prime. We got Optimus Prime. 

***Spoiler Alert***

Okay, if you haven't seen the movie I suggest you skip this part...

The story is nothing new to the previous movies. It continues from where the last story ended but the plot seems nothing new. The same thing, Auto-bots and Decepticons are in the planet but this time the humans do not work with the Auto-bots. They hunt them and their main target is to find the location of Optimus Prime. Same plot about alien invasion with the twist of having the "seed" in play. 

What I liked about the movie:

As far as CGI is concerned, there is no doubt that this movies is seamless. It gelt like the robots were actually there. Great job on the CGI aspect. 

What I don't like about the movie:

I didn't like the story. I think it was poorly written. There's no adrenaline rush to it unlike the previous Transformer movies. 

Poor acting. I didn't felt the actors connect with their audience. When you watch a good movie, you should feel the emotions of the characters. It was just like watching a rotten egg. Good exterior but rotten and smelly inside. 

The story was too long. I felt there were scenes that were like "What? Why is this fight scene happening again? Oh yeah...never mind..." 

My Overall Rating

4.5 out of 10 (just because it had good CGI but other than that, there's nothing to rave about the movie)

Have you seen the movie? What are your thoughts about it? 

Maleficent: Showing in theaters tomorrow!!

I am so excited for the movie Maleficent. I've been raving about it ever since I saw the teaser trailer way back.

Also, MAC will be releasing the Maleficent Collection here in Manila. I'm obviously still thinking if I will get True Love's Kiss and the eye shadow quad from the collection. There's really something about Limited Edition items that makes me want to buy them. 

For now, let me share with you a video of Kandee Johnson who recreated the look of Angelina Jolie for Maleficent.

Another one from Promise Phan who also recreated the look of Maleficent using makeup from the MAC Maleficent Collection.

Movie Review: 47 Ronin

Last Friday, Gino and I decided to watch a movie at Suria, KLCC. Initially we wanted to watch Frozen because we both have not seen the movie yet. Anyways, sadly, Frozen was not showing at Suria anymore and so we opted to watch an English movie. The options we had were The Hobbit, Tale of the Dinosaurs and 47 Ronin. We decided that we watch 47 Ronin instead of the Hobbit because we haven't seen the first hobbit movie. 

The movie revolves around Kai (Keannu Reeves). They call him a half creature because he is not of pure Japanese origin. He was adopted by a Land Lord and growing up he served the land lord together with the other samurai. He is not a Samurai though. Anyways, gist of the story, there were 47 Ronins who wanted to seek revenge for the untimely death of their lord. They succeeded in seeking revenge but the king sentenced them to harakiri themselves because it was not right to seek revenge. 

My Review: Comparing it to Samurai X the movie, this one is a bad adaptation of Japanese culture. For some reason I find it very "Hollywood" with the cinematics and the story. I feel that it lacks the essence of the simplicity of how Japanese are. Even with the costumes, it was very grand and elaborate. They said that the movie was based on real facts about the 47 Ronins who committed suicide but the movie version already twisted the story because they mixed it with the love story of Kai and Mika. I felt that the movie relied much on CG effects that's why I felt it was un-organic. The war scene was also nothing to look forward to. I'll give this movie a 2 out of 5.

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

Title: The Great Gatsby
Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio (Jay Gatsby), Tobey Maguire (Nick Carraway), Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan), Joel Edgerton (Tom Buchanan), Elizabeth Debicki (Jordan Baker), Isla Fisher (Myrtle Wilson)
Genre: Drama Romance

The movie revolves around the story of Nick Carraway, a yale graduate who rents a house in Long Island where he resides near the mansion of the mysterious Jay Gatsby.  He visited his cousin Daisy who is married to Tom Buchanan. He then meets Daisy's friend Jordan Baker. Jordan asks about Nick about his stay in Long Island and they discover that Nick and Jay Gatsby are neighbors. One day, the mysterious Jay Gatsby invited Nick Carraway to his party and then the story begins.

The movie is very true to the story. If you've read the book, you will not be disappointed because it sticks very much to the book. Baz Luhrmann made a very astonishing movie. Very pleasing to the eye and it incorporates the whimsical effect that Baz Luhrmann gives to his audience. A little bit disappointed on the part where Nick and Jordan's love story evolved because it was not explained in the movie. The whole focus of the film was about Daisy, Jay, and Tom.

Overall, it is a must-see film. It makes you love the Jazz age and the flappers. I would give it a 4.5 out 5 stars.

Movie Review: Side Effects

Title: Side Effects
Cast: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Crime



***Disclaimer***

This entry might have a lot of spoilers so I must warn you.

Since it's summer vacation, I have nothing to do but watch and watch a lot of movies and shows and I stumbled upon this movie called Side Effects. I'm not the type of person to watch horror flicks because I'm a scared-y cat but I saw that Channing Tatum was one of the lead in this movie...hence, I gave it a shot.


The movie is about a woman called Em (Rooney Mara) who is married to Martin (Channing Tatum) who has been in prison for about 4 years. The time came that Martin is about to leave the prison and live a normal life with his wife. Then one day, Emily decided to ride the car and crash the car onto a wall. She was then sent to the hospital for minor injuries. With that, the doctor on call, Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) talks to her if she was suicidal or if she was thinking of committing suicide. Emily said she was fine and then she said she needed to get out of the hospital because she needed to work. The condition for Dr. Banks to release her was for her (Emily) to take therapy sessions with Dr. Banks outside the hospital. When they met outside the hospital they had therapy and Dr. Banks gave her prescription medicines.

To cut the story short, Dr. Banks prescribed Emily some medicines that caused her abnormal behavior thus putting Dr. Banks' career in jeopardy thus came the title Side Effects.

The movie for me is a good movie. It's a crime thriller and the story evolves. It has a lot of twists and you'll never guess some of the plot or the motive of each character.

Overall, I think this is a fun movie and I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

Movie Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

Gino and I decided to watch yesterday. We went to Rockwell to watch a movie. We weren't quite decided if it'll be Jack or Silver Lining Playbook but bottom line, we ended up watching Jack.

Overall, it's a nice adaptation of Jack and the beanstalk. It's great for kids because it's not the intense gore and action kind of movie but you get the essence of it. It's also the kind that adults will not get bored of. I thought I'll be bored but I watched the whole film without yawning.

Movie Rant: The Lucky One

Last Sunday, me and my neighbor watched The Lucky One. Yeah, the movie where Zac Efron is oooozing with Sex Appeal! LOL :))

Okay, this part would be full of spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie, it's up to you if you want to read this.

The Lucky One is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. It tells the story of a marine who had a near death experience. The morning after the raid, he saw a shiny object that caught his attention near a pile of rubles. It was a picture of a woman and at the back it says 'keep safe'. Right after he got the picture, a few meters apart from where he was standing, an aerial attack happened.

I don't want to say that this movie is similar to my story but let's skip that part because it's all in the past now. LOL :)))) but to be honest, this movie made me cry because I can relate to it.

All the characters are fictitious but it gives you a vision of what happens in their world. I love the story because it's not as dramatic as the other novels that turned into movies (the ones that Nicholas Sparks wrote). It's very light and anyone can relate because it happens or it might have happen in real life.

Plus, who wouldn't want to see Zac Efron, almost naked and hot. LOL :)) Zac did a pretty good job in buffing up his body. Hell Yeah!

I would recommend girls to watch this movie. It's light and romantic. I don't want to comment so much on technical aspects or the plot. You have to see it yourself.

New Teaser: Breaking Dawn Part 2

I saw this yesterday. The super short teaser clip of Breaking Dawn Part 2. They would release the full teaser trailer on March 26. I can't wait :)

Movie Review: John Carter

After eating, we watched John Carter. For everyone's reference, here is the movie trailer from youtube.com

I thought the movie looked good. Animation wise, it really looked enticing but this movie bore the hell out of me. Sad to say. The start of the movie was toooo slow and confusing. My boyfriend slept the for like 30 mins after the 10 mins it rolled. When he woke-up, the movie was not even at the climax yet. It was confusing and the whole thing was  2 hours and so....I died of boredom watching this. 

Animation wise, movie was spectacular. It looked like a star wars movie but story wise and progression wise...I'd rather sleep than watch this.