Now the weekends are not entirely dull. I had 4 movie tickets to spent you see, so I've been spending my weekends for a few hours, seated in the cold dark room of the cinemas. Haha! So the tickets were spent properly to catch up to the latest movies (except Harry Potter, dang! I heard so much so-so reviews about it). On our first movie, me and my dear went to watched...
Name: Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the DinosaursLanguage: English
Date of release: 1st July 2009 (USA)
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Ray Romano, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo
The story basically heads back to the Ice Age where Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.
The movie is right to get a few negative comments and I think that this movie should eventually end its trilogy runs as the jokes are getting extremely dry and not that exciting to watch. From watching the trailer, with Scrat ever after going after his beloved NUT, we already can predict that there's not much to laugh out of the movie. Adding Simon Pegg as Buck doesn't really add the zest into the movie, those guys in the production are just trying too hard to please the audience. Although there are still a few moments that puts the laughs into a comedy show but for the rest, I found the comedy sequences not so entertaining and even the kids behind my seat started to make noises. From there, it can only meant one thing, this movie has lost its touch with the children. Time has come to call for the movie to retire soon.
Rating: 5 out of 10 stars
Now the second movie has more value than what it sounds and it's worth the money spent/free ticket. Again, me and my dear went to the movie for 2 consecutive days to watch our 2nd movie...
Name: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Language: English
Date of release: 4th June 2009 (USA)
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro
The story basically tells about Walter Garber who's a MTA Dispatcher, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train that is in Garbers charge. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti, who finds he is a fish out of water without Garber. Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a subway-knowledgeable henchman, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. Camonetti starts the movie taking charge of the situation, suspecting Garbers complicity, but realizes his mistake when his actions cause the death of a hostage. Realizing that only Garber can solve the problem, he spends the rest of the movie making Garbers job easier by becoming the Liaison between his SWAT Team and Garber. In the end, it is Garber who solves the riddle of how the criminals intend to get away with the money.
Everyone thought this movie will be a complete waste of money to watch it in the cinemas. Now that will be like judging a book by its cover. Although that its a remake of the original Palomar Production/Walter Matthau-starring thriller from 1974, this movie didn't looked like such big flop many would have said it to be. It's not like Die Hard 4.0, there are some scenes that grips you to the edge of your seats. It's also a psychological thriller whereby Ryder pushes Garber to the edge where Ryder toys with Garber's personal condition which makes it more interesting to watch. "Can you say no to me when I have a gun pointing to a hostage?" Undoubtedly its great performance from both Travolta and Washington with these 2 old stars had the most cameo time than the rest. I had fun for this second movie although it lacks of a pretty story line, but movies are made to be enjoyed and this one got my attention.
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars
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