You know you’re no longer youthful when you avoid going to movies that start after 9pm, and go home straight after. You know you’re no longer youthful when the Chinese chiropractor, after noticing something’s wrong with your body, asks if you’ve been sleeping late when in reality you hit the sack at 12am every night.
This is a very old way of storytelling. It could have worked a decade ago but certainly not now. Luc Besson’s story really needed some fresh ideas because everything, from the characters down to the burger in the brown bag, was unoriginal. This movie was more like it was written for John Travolta so that
It has been some very hot weeks but this past couple of days felt like burning. The cloudless sky is a light blue till way after half past six in the evening. Today though, on the 15th of the Chinese calender and the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration, the moon looked the
Thank goodness there’s Donnie Yen. He has single-handedly brought back Chinese martial arts to the silver screen now that Jackie Chan and Jet Li are cutting them down. I have to admit that some roles suited him better than some others but fortunately he’s a competent actor as well. 14 Blades technically did not require
Jackie Chan did good. Both with the acting and with his screenplay. I’m very surprised that this didn’t suck one bit. Although the story was in no way fantastic as it was pretty much linear throughout, but what it did was entertain. What Chan did with the characters was very smart. He’s the one who
It’s been so cloudy the past two days but it just wouldn’t rain. At least it’s not too hot today
It has a very classical story, it’s almost like everything jumped out from one of those classic Penguin story books. But having said that, everything was just too predictable. Once you can see the ending, it’s just a matter of going through the motion. No mystery was left and, for a science fiction story like
Long title, and I’m a bit confused. When I watched the movie, it only showed “Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief” on the screen. But “The Olympians” is on IMDb.com. Anyway, that’s not important. What’s important is how poorly this movie was written. And such a pity too. It had a good cast, a good
