something that I have yet to publish.
Here goes,
1st off, I would like wish a very Happy Birthday to those born in August
- Shi Man
- Siew Fai
- Hannah
- Yong Bin
- Sabash
- Danesh
- Jessica
- Guo Fei
- Keenan
- Arif
As usual, everything is still being mean to me and I've been busy lately. You could say its a pretty hectic and frantic month despite knowing that there is only 1 more month before Trial Exam.
Current assignment :
- Designing LEO Sinar Jaya Page
- Designing Class Sinar Jaya Page
- Finishing my Animation (Macromedia Flash Player) trial exam
- Prepare myself for next week Animation(Macromedia Flash Player) external exam
- Finish reading Twilight
- Study ? for Trials
Hannah’s Birthday Party is a few hours away, and for once, I thought I could enjoy myself after being trapped indoor for quite some time. Exam sucks don’t they ?
Anyway, a token of appreciation to uTorrent as I am able to catch up with the latest movies such as Incredible Hulk, Mummy : Tomb of The Dragon Emperor, X-Files, Hancock, Kung Fu Panda, Dark Knight and Eragon.
Mummy : Tomb of The Dragon Emperor
With chagrin, I am sad to say this movie isn't what I’ve expected it to be. There was a quote gotten from a random website which I find it very catchy and amusing regarding this movie.
"Surely an old-fashioned Mummy 3 would suffice. Or how about The Mummy Returns Yet Again? "
"If you wanted to be totally accurate it should be The Mummy With The Same Formula As Before Except In China And Without Any Mummies. It’s only slightly less catchy than the current title. "
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I totally agree with what he had said. MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR is a sad excuse for an action/adventure flick. Seeking box office gold with pretty good special effects and third-rate writing and failing spectacularly, that failure is in fact, the only spectacular thing happening on screen.
I will try to avoid spoiler if necessary.
5 reasons why the movie isn’t worth watching :
- Storyline and plots are well predictable. Emperor (Jet Li) being cursed by a witch (Michelle Yeoh) and remain petrified for centuries and then being revived after finishing some quest. Next, enemies successfully reawaken the emperor by betraying the main cast Rick O'Connell, wife Evelyn (Maria Bello), Alex (newcomer Luke Ford). Then followed by destroying Shangri-La as it is the building of communication between the emperor and his army. In the final showdown, Jet Li’s army is reawaken and battle against another swarm of skeleton army summoned by Michelle Yeoh.
- There is no mummy in this movie !
- Luke Ford who plays Brendan Fraser's son is completely forgettable. And there is no chemistry between him and Isabella Leong's character either.
- The effects are bombastic. The emperor lobs fire, ice, and a bad attitude. Jet Li, as the emperor, certainly exudes the proper imperious attitude, but working as he does from beneath layers of makeup that emphasize the clay-like state of the pre-immortal monarch, body language is all he has to work with for most of the film. His martial arts prowess is criminally neglected until the end and even there fails to let Li truly dazzle. Explosions of dynamites and fireworks, avalanches, yeti, and chases through a crowded Chinese New Year in Shanghai, for all the noise involved, it has a tired feel to it. As for the script, it’s the barest idea of a script rather than the real thing, and there is the unmistakable whiff of it having been thrown together as just so much filler between those action sequences.
Easily the summer’s feeblest blockbuster, this isn’t even one the kids will enjoy, thanks to a dry-as-dust first half and a final hour that could be marketed as a cure for insomnia.
Your time is better spent watching something else such as Dark Knight or etc.
Oh well, back to my assignment.
-BeN
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