Grand Theft Auto 4

Yay.. Finally its out~!!!

Waited for soooooo long. I got only into couple hours in, but
so far the game is amazing. The city is amazingly realistic.
Using Sixaxis to drive bikes, boats, or even helicopter is
amazing~! Feels like playing Mario Kart Wii  ^^.

Today, I had to collect protection money from a guy who
runs some kind of Chinese shop.

I had to break his windows to get his attention~!
I laughed hard finding Korean wordings in his shop
saying "Sales~ Half Price~"

Can't wait to play more tonight.. (^^).

The Forbidden Kingdom

Growing up watching Jet Li, Jackie Chan movies such as
Wong Fei Hong(Once Upon a Time in China) series (Li), The Bodyguard (Li), Drunken Master (Chan), Police Story (Chan),
and much more I always wondered what would happened
if both of them fight one another.

Although there wasn't a clear "winner" between Jet Li and
Jackie Chan, they both showed amazing kung-fu.

While watching, I regretted my stop taking
Kungfu( wu shu) class at my college. Although I may not
have become great, I'd still be in shape... sigh..

The movie had Jackie Chan style comedy. Through out the
whole movie, audience were laughing and "wow"ing.

Main character, Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano), finds a
special ancient relic which he must return into Monkey King in
ancient China. During his adventure he meets Jackie Chan and
Jet li from whom he learns kung fu.

I liked how each character had his own victories, which seemed
very reasonable. For example, although Jason learned Kungfu,
he didn't become super strong in just few days.

Sadly, Yifei Liu, didn't play much role in the movie as I hoped.
I wished she would throw more darts and do some special martial arts
like "Hair Grap(?)" by Li Bingbing, who played Witch.
I loved Yifei Liu in TV series "神鵰俠侶 (신조협려)" in 2006.
I guess that's why I expected more.. :)

Overall it was very entertaining movie.
My score: 4 out of 5 - Very Entertaining Movie!!
(Pics are from Yahoo.com)

Right at Your Door

Wow.. Its really really good movie.

Info from Yahoo!: After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in effect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supplies.

Like the movie "Phone Booth," 90% of the location in this film is at one place, the house of the main character.

Unlike other "terrorist theme" movie, where you are following law enforcers to capture the bad guys, this movie gives you the "feeling" of victim of the incident. The story line is well written and has nice closure like "The Mist."

My score: 4.5 out of 5 - A Must Watch Movie.

The Orphanage

Dustin, one of my best friends, said "The Orphanage" is a must see.
And he was right... it was really well made movie.

The movie reminded me "The Others" starring
Nicole Kidman. Similar plot. Family moves in to a house.
Child always finds out that house is "haunted". Wooo ~~
I remember screaming out loud at the movie theater
while watching "The Others." :)

The Orphanage, or aka El Orfanato, is a movie where a previous
orphan who was adopted when young returns to the orphanage
with her husband and adopted child. The movie starts to be become creepy as the child meets a new "invisible friend.."

The movie wasn't as scary as Japanese movie "The Ring", or
Hong Kong movie "The Eye", but its up there with "The Shine" and "The Mist"

The storyline was actually really good for a horror movie. No dull moment during the movie. Made me watch all the way till end making guess. But I think "The Others" did better in an area of "surprise." Still, the movie is great and I recommend
everyone to watch it.

My score: 4.5 out of 5 - A Must Watch Movie.