To movie goers

and by that I mean anyone who goes to the cinema to watch movies.

Ringing cellphones are irritating please switch it off or switch it to silent mode, if you do need to pick the phone step outside the cinema.

Keep your mouth closed when you chew, in fact close your mouth when you chew regardless where you are, it's disgusting, nobody wants to hear you eat.

Shut up and watch, pay attention to the story, understand the context, you can ask or discuss about the movie after it's over if you want to talk about it, it's what sane people do, unless it's a comedy in which you're allowed to laugh.

I pay money to watch a movie, not to listen to retards.

abide by this simple guideline and I will not accidentally tip my super-sized soda/popcorn to your person or cause harm to your mobile phone.

*this rule also applies to classical concerts and stage plays

GEEK!

"How a about a JLA movie?" asked a person. I'm very skeptic about comic book super hero movies, I blame the 70's and 80's for it, the horrid tunes from Batman and Spider Man TV series still haunts me like a bad jingle. To be honest I was even skeptic of X-Men when I first heard of it, the only super hero movies I had faith was Batman and Superman (even they turned out silly after a several sequels, which then required a "restart").  

Coming back to the question of a JLA (Justice League of America) movie, you have....just on top of my head......Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Batman and Seaman...I mean Aquaman....forget about the rest of them. That's 6 major characters with 2 already having major box offices. So you'd understand why I'm being skeptic.

Movie Marathon

I went to watch several movies last month and bought 4 DVD's the other day because I ran out of things to do and here's my short opinion on each of them.

Alien Vs Predator 2: Worst movie of the year, that says a lot since it was out in January
Golden Compass: Could have been better, much better if not for the crappy progression and movie time constraint.
American Gangster: Not the best gangster movie I've seen but not bad, it would have been better if the morons sitting next to me would just stop talking (I had to spill my soda on them on my way out).
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: Magical living toy store, I enjoyed it.
John Rambo: The eternal search for the highest on screen body count.
3:10 to Yuma: Can't ask for more, it's typical western.
The Contract: I bought it thinking it was something else, it was meh.
Charlie Wilson's War: I have to admit, this one was pretty good I enjoyed it.
Bobby: This one takes the cake, probably one of the best movies I've seen so far.

There you go my brief thoughts on the movies I've seen in the last 30 days.

Out for a flick

It's been a while (read: years) since I went to he cinemas on my own, usually I have a company or two. I fogot why sometimes it's better to go at it alone, you get your seats easier since you don't need to be near anyone else and if you hear a mobile ringing (or much worse, talking on his mobile) next to you have no reluctance in "accidentally" spilling your drink on the guy, not that there was any of the latter in yesterday's movie viewing experience.

I went to watch the new Harry Potter movie (the Order of Phoenix) not because I'm a huge Pott-head I'm just curious on how they plan on fitting a book that thick in less than 7 hours, the end result was once again disappointing, many plots were cut for the sake of time (not everyone can plant their rear end 7 or 12 hours non stop for a movie) and many major characters in the book had a much less distinguished role making it less of a movie and more like an extended trailer.

On a positive note it the whole movie gave a clear visualisation of major events in the book for those people lacking in the imagination department, like just about 70% of the audience in Indonesia.


As a side note, I wonder if it's in bad taste to be walking around tomorrow wearing a T-shirt with ****E DIES written in big bold letters in front of a bookshop....

Autobots Roll Out

I went to watch Transformers: The Movie yesterday suffice to say I wasn't impressed, it was good and I did somewhat enjoy it but.....well I'll let my alter ego do the talking.