Date Night

Not your typical romantic movie. But was cute and entertaining. Liked the fact that Steve and Tiny ad-libed their way at some parts (watch the credits).

But you can wait for the DVD.

4/10

Chicago

The Gf and I got good free tickets to catch this, courtesy of her boss. This is what I thought of it.

ITS A GOOD THING I DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY ON THE TICKETS!

Ok, let me get it clear first. I'm not the kind of guy who gets a freebie and then says how bad it is. But this one really wasn't very good.

The reviewer in Today Newspaper agrees.

Basically, like the Gf says, they got dancers first, singers next. It was more cabaret than musical. Sexy costumes (which never changed), best dancing i've seen in a musical but the singing was weak (save for Roxy's hubby), the acting wooden, and was very disappointed in the set (what set?).

I've seen so much better local productions (SingDollar, Dim Sum Dollies).

To be fair, perhaps they fell prey to being in the shadow of a Hollywood Blockbuster. But even so, the director did not play up the sparring between Roxy and Velma, which was the crux of the plot. The Lawyer was wooden but yes, he did succeed in making the audience hate him (for being on stage that is).

Forgettable. If you didn't catch it. Its ok.

Clash of the Titans 2010

Entertaining, but not epic. Definitely a movie which will polarise the audience. Some will like it, some will hate it with a vengeance.

I think the Director was a bit conflicted. On one hand, I think he recognised that he was re-making an epic movie. So he made some concept references to the first version (like the mechanical owl and the flying goblins. On the other hand, I think he didn't want to be in the shadow of the original, and so he added some of his own ideas.

The original movie was 3 hours long. This was 1.5 hours. This resulted in several logic leaps (like in one moment Perseus was a prisoner, in another he is a Demi-God (all because Hades looked at him and said, "Lim peh"). Or why Andromeda will walk up to him and offer him wine. Or why the 3 witches would go on at length about Perseus going to die and he didn't.

The action sequences also seemed disjointed. Fast fast... slow slow... fast fast... this leads to most viewers getting irritated, bored quickly. Read the Straits Times review... I think I thats is the reason why most reviewers think the fight scenes were too long. Also probably because the Producers were trying to jump on the 3D bandwagon, you cannot help but think that some of the fight sequences were "complicated" because it was to cater to the 3D audience (like the last scene of goblins in the city) - too fast for the naked eye, just nice for 3D effects.

All in all, the 3 points made a very confused movie and a more confused audience. Hence, only entertaining, not epic.

Am going to look for the original. Clay effects rule!

5 / 10

I Like the Way You Think...

Crappy Job

I have a shitty job. Not as bad as this one, but you get the drift.

Need a new one.

Bros

Nothing beats just hanging out with the bros...

How to Train Your Dragon

This was a feel-good, very entertaining movie which I personally thought was quite well written.

Would recommend you to catch it in 3D cos of the flying scenes (i didnt)

8 / 10

P.S. I think the big baddie looks like the Kraken. Coincidence?

Nothing

Nothing beats a day doing nothing. Haven't had one of these in a long long long while.

Burning Out...

When I don't give a damn anymore.