SUPER 8 [2011] review
June 11, 2011
First, does SUPER 8 succeed at recreating that early 1980s Spielberg feeling? Yes. Is it as good as E.T.? No, but nothing ever will be and SUPER 8 stands on its own as a modern movie throwback to 1979.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: Part 1 [2010] review
November 20, 2010
I have already written earlier this week that Harry Potter is the greatest genre series of them all, and I will repeat that again here. The instant the Warner Brothers logo appeared on the IMAX screen tonight, all my fears were gone and I knew HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 was going to deliver. And it did. If you have not read the books, and even if you have, prepare to get roughed up at the end. DEATHLY HALLOWS is a powerful, dark and necessary drama. It is for real.
TOY STORY 3 in 3D [2010] review
June 26, 2010
TOY STORY 3 is a flawless masterpiece. A movie that is just so right in its score, in the attention to details, in its action, in its emotional moments, and in its story. This was also my first time to see a 3D movie outside of a theme park since my childhood, perhaps it was the Creature from the Black Lagoon? I feel the 3D genie is fully out of the bottle and one better get used to donning those 3D glasses. Did it enhance my TOY STORY 3 viewing experience?
GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH [1995] review
June 13, 2010
It is an ALL TIME classic theme. The roar is an ALL TIME classic movie sound. These two things alone combine to make Godzilla a movie ICON. I do not believe you can have an iconic movie without an instantly recognizable and hummable theme song as well as instantly identifiable sound effects. GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH is a worthy entry in the iconic Godzilla pantheon.
GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN [1955] review
June 7, 2010
I resumed my Godzilla movie revival, after a hard to believe three year pause, this afternoon with the sequel to GOJIRA, GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (Gojira no gyakushu). I was not surprised to read this sequel was in theaters just six months after the original was released. It has little impact that the first has, and worst of all, a ludicrous ending.
24 Series Finale 8×23 & 8×24
May 25, 2010
I can remember walking into the Deep-in one Friday night, a small bar in South Korea frequented by foreigners, carrying my new Dell laptop to show people there this awesome new show I had discovered. I said you have to hear the sounds of the show and see how they use split screens and letter boxing. I wanted to share with others how awesome the first season of 24 was. Now on a different continent I will once again tell how awesome 24 was, for the last time.
LOST 6×17 & 6×18 “The End” Parts 1 & 2
May 24, 2010
We know The End. Though at this current moment I cannot say I fully understand it. The series finale of LOST was more a way for us to just say good-bye to all our favorite characters, one last time.
License to Drive [1988] review
March 13, 2010
In honor of Corey Haim’s memory, and to revisit a movie that has long had legendary status in my teenage recollections, this Saturday’s movie was LICENSE TO DRIVE. I can remember being stoked to go see this movie when it came out in theaters, though at that age going to see any movie at the theater without parental supervision was cause for an ecstatic state. As always with seeing a movie for the first time in 22 years, I was not sure at all how it would hold up. Within the first five minutes all doubts were erased and I was reliving LICENSE as if still 14 years old.
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