Pacific Rim

Yesterday night~ 

went to catch Pacific Rim at the cinema with the usual group 

-1 person (he was busy dating with his gf *cough*)

Anyway! the movie was... okay.. lol 

Here's a low down on the movie~ Its a tribute to the classic Toku films japanese movies.

Ultraman and Godzilla. which is why the Kaiju (giant monsters) in this movie resembled the classic Ultraman monster and of course Godzilla.

Here you see the resemblance of the classic Ultraman Kaiju and the new Pacific Rim Kaiju.
or you can simply refer them as Granpa Kaijus and their grand childrens.

Its basically the same storyline as those classic movies/series. 

Giant monsters entering earth through a dimensional portal to destroy/reform the earth.

and the humans fight back with Giant robots.. Its like power rangers and ultraman all over again..

But with better graphics and 3D effects~

I'm not gonna hate, cos when I was young I liked the classic power ranger series. ("Power Rangers" as in the first season of the series, the ones with the dinosaur robots, not the new shitty acting power rangers they have now).

As a movie though.. Pacific Rim disappoints me. Oh sure they recreated the movie in full cool animation.. 

But when you dont classify it under 'Giant Monster' movies, you'd put it as a giant robot movie.

Which in this case, if you were to compare the movie to;  Real Steel , Transformers and/or Battleship. This movie just doesnt reach the limit set by those movies.

As a giant monster movie its good~
But that's only cos there hasn't been a good one since the King Kong remake. But overall the movie was still good enough.. I mean back in the 90s movies like Godzilla never had great storyline either. I can see that they really tried to implement a storyline into pacific rim, but it just felt soo Power Ranger -ish , that just cant help but feel sort of ripped off.

That aside, the acting is good enough.. They had Rinko Kikuchi as the main female heroine, so that's a plus. She maybe 30+ year old, but she's still a good looking actress. The male lead is, Charlie Hunman. He fitted the role of Pacific Rim's lead row really well... since the main character is a marine head. Which of course means it doesnt require much acting skill.. aha.. 

For Storyline~ the whole Transformers history is basically more reformed and well-made, compared to that of the classic Godzilla movies and of course Pacific Rim now. The storyline could've been a lot better if they included more logical stuff into it.

This was the main disappointment for me, the storyline was just not as well defined as the movie now. At the end of it all I just felt like I just came out from watching a boxing match. All that was shown was fighting. If the fighting had a good story background like Real Steel, it would've been more interesting for me.  but no, it was just pure action.. Keeping true to the Kaiju style movie, like Ultraman~ endless giants fighting each other. 

Overall I rate the movie: 7/10

Because in the end its still a 3D animated movie, even if the storyline is lacking.

For me a a movie that doesnt require the use of the brain is a downpoint, though I know some people would view it as a plus side. To each their own opinion. 

Its still a movie with great graphics, great camera angles, epic soundtrack. So what it lacks, it makes up for with good animations. aha

I have a few friends who found this movie epic though. I guess its different depending on what kind of series you watch when you were growing up. The ones that liked this movie alot i found were the Kamen Rider and Ultraman fans. So overall, I guess the movie didn't fail as much as it disappointed me.

I might have enjoyed it better if I was a Godzilla fan. 

But since I'm not.. *disappointed* 

Still check it out if you likey giant robots, giant aliens, cool animation, japanese chick or muscular hunks.

 And that's all I have to review for the movie. 

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Back On Track

Meow~
Hey readers~!

So, as you all know I've been quite inactive in my blog for some time now.
The reason for it was cos' college and work and my personal life was like mega hectic earlier in the year.

But since I'm finally free from all those hard work and tiring days.
I'm gonna return to my daily blogging life. nyahaha~
Starting with~ This uber long post of random happenings!

Currently, with my hiatus from doing anything productive .__.!
I've been hanging out with friends, doing artworks and watching random movies,animes and tv series!
That's what I'll be posting about here~ so without further ado lets bring on the entertainment!

ENTERTAINMENT

Game: Mstar Online

Yesterday 11th July~ Mstar Online started its Open Beta (Garena Server)! I've been playing this game on off for the past month during its Closed Beta. But now it's finally officially opened.

Mstar is a K-pop theme dance game. For now all the songs are K-pop songs and all the dance style are actual dance moves of the actual group. The graphics of the game is top-notch since the game is running on the Unreal Engine (its a 3D enhancing software). Although for now in the testing phase the game only has songs from SM artist like Girls Generation, Shinee, BoA, TVXQ, etc. But the designers are saying they'll bring more songs in the future, including japanese and english songs.

So if you're a fan of music or Kpop idols, a dance lover or a random hardcore gamer. This game is definitely worth checking out.

Official Site : http://www.mstar.garena.com/

Anime Series: Bakuman 

Genre: Romance , Drama , Slice of Life

I only finished watching this anime last week, and its soo good! 

It shows the story of a teenager and his friend who tries their best to become the top manga artist in the industry. Where the main character vowed to get married after their manga gets published as an anime series. Its a 3 Season anime, where the first season showed their middle/high school life, second season during their college/university life, and finally marriage as the season 3 finale.

Its one of those shows that gives good tear-jerking and LOL moments. And its also a good in-sight into the Japanese lifestyle, them sleepless nights working on projects and all the moments of having to make hard choices, etc. Its definitely not a kids show and not suitable for anyone who isn't mature enough to understand the show's environment, so if you're into the whole action anime like Naruto. STAY AWAY FROM THIS ANIME. 

If you're a person who loves cutesy romance drama or if you're into arts and design, check it out :)  

You can watch this and other animes on : www.onepieceofbleach.com

Its in english subtitle on that website :) 

TV Series: Falling Skies (Season 3)

Last month the series Falling Skies had their season 3 premiere, now if you never watched the first few seasons of Falling Skies. Its this interesting sci-fi series about people trying to survive and fight back an alien invasion. Its sort of like The Walking Dead series, but with an alien theme instead of zombies! Its really good, the storyline and since the series was produced by Steven Spielberg you know it's gonna be a good sci-fi with lots of head scratching moments. Anyway Falling Skies season 3 didn't disappoint, at the start of the 2 hour season premiere the show started by directly jumping into the action. But instead of writing about it, let me show you a snippet of the first few minutes of the Falling Skies season 3 episode 1.

Movie: Escape From Planet Earth

Here's a cute animated movie to check out, the story is about aliens going out on a space adventure to Earth, and got caught by the Area 51 soldiers. mehh~ Just watch the trailer.
If you haven't seen this movie. Its really quite a nice movie :)






And that is all for this week's entertainment update :D

Peace & Love Readers! ^_^

Dreadful..

So~ I've been~ doing absolutely nothing productive lately!

lol.. ahhh~ I've sorta built walls the last couple of weeks o.O

Now I feel content with myself and the people around me.

I have completely removed all lingering emotions I have towards the people around me.

and now all their complaints and rantings about their lives just bore me.

Still trying to figure out what to do now tho..

Probably have to find a job soon.

October is still a long way to go... Stupid College, only holds graduation ceremonies end of year.. pfftt..

Worse! My result isn't out yet! and its been like a month+ 

Ohhh~~ I started Japanese classes. Yay~ 

Although I've never been good in any other language other than english~

I'mma trying my best to burst out all my focus on it~~~

-focus--- focus---~ hahax~ 

wheee~ Hope I can do well in it~ 

But for now~ my To-Do List is simple,

-Find A Job-

-Keep House Clean-

Learn to Drive? maybe..? hmm.. uhh

-Learn Japanese-

aha! that's pretty much it for now~

I'm probably gonna try to apply for some scholarship once i graduate..

but for now~ this is it~

after graduation~~ going to the big city~ KL~

and then I'll either work or study, or both.

and once I get a stable lifestyle~

hopefully by the age of 28~

I'd be able to~

a - Move to Japan

b - Buy my own House

c - Make it to the top of the design corporate ladder 

Mehh~ there's only so much I can plan at this given time :\

My heart still lingers with the thought of 'when' though..

I've been soo alone the past couple of days, I'ma probably gonna go CRAZIE soonnn!

i mean.. CRAZIERRR since I'm already crazy at some point o.O

bahh~ another year, another 5, another 10? another 20 perhaps..

guess I can wait it out.. 

suddenly 21 doesnt feel that old anymore..

Actually knowing that I can probably live another 40+ years.. 

makes me feel like I should end my life now really.

I mean 21~ woo~ damn! I need to live for another 40 years on this forsaken planet?! fml~

or something like that. AHA!

"To Live Is To Strive." As much as I hate to strive. Guess I gotta try..

It sucks to have to accept reality and grow up ((ESPECIALLY when I REALLY DONT WANNA~))

hmph... oh well~

guess that's all for now.

~PEACE AND LOVE ~

~Thanks for checking out my blog, readers~

~Sorreh! it hasnt been as colorful as it used to be~