CROUCHING TIGER HIDEN DRAGON : SWORD OF DESTINY

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I was in the movie.. playing some baldy monk !

REVIEWED

This movie of medieval Chinese story and actors playing was produced by Netflix is a continuation of CTHD made 16 years ago (OMG that old !). That film was directed by Ang Lee and won many Academy awards despite its not being from Hollywood or England for that matter.

I can still remember the previous movie where the cinematography was simply breathtaking. Chow Yuat Fat was in that one and so did Michelle Yeoh who is also in this one (bit older of course). That time Zhang Yi Zi was the hottie in China then in the US. However she is not in this one as I remember her character died in the last one ? But we got another new hottie here whom looks like her. A mixed chinese Italian and live in Australia. Her first film and hopefully more to come.Natasha Liu playing snow vase.

A heavier Jason Scott Lee played the bad guy here vs Donnie Yen.

If one is to compare between the two this one is pale in comparison. It is not a classic for the acting even the fighting is not on par with its predecessor. As you know Ang Lee's direction can be very artistry like the last one. This is not directed by him. Thou you have the famous flying on the rope  when it was funny then with the scene chasing on bamboo trees, these also have that (not on bamboo trees thou) and seem to be still funny too. But who could blame them and you enjoy the actions and the fighting scenes unfolded in front of you. 

There are many fighting here and you will not be disappointing although you know they are on ropes.

Not much story to tell except for the story to do flashback to bring everybody up to speed on what and why what you see is happening. The gist is "Dont let the crook take away the sword"

Not as good as I would expected because I keep on comparing to the first one. If it is on its own, it would be a good ancient Chinese Martial Art movie. Thats why the it could have been better smiley.

A WALK IN THE WOODS - download link corrected

REVIEWED
This film is about an adventure of 2 old men (above 70 years old.. possibly above 80?) through the Appalchian trails in the US. The trail is more than 2,000 miles crossing over 14 states. Its from a book wrote by Bryson (played by Robert Redford). Nick Nolte is the friend who followed him as his (Bryson's) wife did not allow him to go alone.

Its a drama with some dose of humor along the way. From the film they traveled thru 3 months (even thru snow) and still only covering less than 1/3 way of the trails.

Aside from the other incidents they went through, it was really about the friendship of this two friends who had lost in touch with one another for sometime.

Of course to make the story interesting there were events that happened along the way like meeting and knowing people and learning new things.

Now back the facts or reality.
Redford is in the movie because he co produced it. Nolte on the other hand because RR wanted him as Paul Newman had died. The fact that these old men took the challenge is such a thrill to know and to find out if they made it or otherwise. But the truth is, health wise and the physicality of both men, they could not have made it.. a few miles maybe. Full Stop. In actuality, Bryson and his friend took the trip when he was 44 years old. And that is considered "old" to have attempt to walk the trail. So having actors nearly twice his age doing the trail is somewhat ridiculous. They could have used actors who are about that age but the challenges wont be that challenging.

But its a fun movie from the veteran actors. Seeing it you know one or two on hiking in the woods. There are people who are doing this for something they want to achieve and that is admirable.

Scorch Trials Maze Runner 2 - REPOSTED

CLICK HERE to view the latest BluRay version of the movie. Level of enjoyment is way up much satisfied than HDRip or WEBRip. This link leads you to alluc.ee some kind of search engine of movies. The webpage will only allow you to view online from UploadCo but not downloading it. One way of downloading is to use an inbuilt software like ant.com.


This is the continuation of the movie "The Maze Runner" which did ok because of Hunger Games and other teen stuffs movies. It continues where the other left off. Hopes it does not disappoint.

REVIEW
I like this movie and it went above my expectation. In fact I saw it 1 1/2 times. Why ? Well initially I watched it on the old HDRip downloaded version . The experience was good but then again something amiss especially in the dark scenes which contain a lot in this movie. Then thinking of not to waste a good movie and knowing that BluRay version is already around, I stopped watching it halfway and get a copy of the BluRay version. After getting that I rerun the action scenes that I saw earlier, and it was much more satisfying including the audio.
To me, this movie or franchise rather, do not overly done unlike Hunger games with all the make ups and costumes, screenplay and even direction. When watching this movie, you know that this could happen in the future.
The technique of the running scenes were simply great. With the moving shaky cam you feel that you are running with them. Thou its over 2 hours, I was not bored there is always an element of surprise coming and the "I dont expect that" feeling.
But like all other teenage from books movie like this one including - Harry Potter, Hunger games, Divergent etc, you know that they are making another sequel. But I am looking forward.
The first one was OK it was just a group of boys (and girl) fighting robot spiders in a concrete maze. This one is about Zombies of sort and a bunch of bad guys who think they are good.
Time worth spent !

Everest

REVIEWED (25Sept)
Saw this at the movie due to its :-
1. Good imdb rating
2. Good Jeremy Jay review
3. Can bring minor (Adam)
4. Long time no see movie with family
5. Its the holidays
So i dont mind spending over RM40 for the family.
The outcome
It was OK as i dont expect much but a bit disappointing on how it could have been. I think the director is sticking to make it "real" as possible so as not to over do the scene.
The popular actors like Clarke, Brolin, Galleyhall, Worthington and Knightly maximize their screen time effectively.
But when its over and as i came out of the movie i feel that it was based on a real movie.