As I was saying I have been watching quite a bit of movie and animes this weekend... but I would like to start on the movies first though... so bear with me coz this is gonna be a pretty long ride...
First up... Hostage... starring: Bruce Willis... and that is about the only famous person that I encountered in this movie and I am a bit unaware of other famous actors that I am unfamiliar with...
The story: A well-known negotiator retired from his job after he got a family killed, instead he became the Chief police of err... some county... the main plot is that a group of rough teenagers was going to steal a car from this mansion but instead it turned into a hostage situation (thus the name of the movie, Hostage... noice...) but the only problem to the whole situation is that the father, who is one of the hostage in the family, is working with a very secretive organisation, and this is just my assumption but I think they might be the bad guys :P, kinda obvious.
Apparently this man has been doing something for them and since the hostage situation turned into a national situation they want Bruce Willis' character to retrieve a DVD that the man, who is the hostage but out cold unconcious, is working on for them. And you may ask by this point why did Bruce Willis want to help them? It is because his family is held hostage by the organisation. And so start the game of cat and mouse...
You know what? I am not going to bother actually getting into detail... This is one of those movies that I would really regret going to the cinema for and thus as probably you have noticed by now that I am not bothering with the name of the characters nor the picture...
NEXT!!
Alrighty... next is: Bride & Prejudice starring: Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson (may I say... nice bod :P)This is an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (duh!) but I have to regret saying that I have never read the novel. I need to read it... *sigh when I have time... gosh I have sooo many books that I bought from this basement bookstore but I have not even finished what I have bought... there were a couple... actually quite a lot... hmm... I think I am intellectually deteriorating...
Besides that useless point that I have just point out... this movie is actually pretty good... although I wouldn't really call it excellent though... but I thought the mixing of hollywood with Bollywood with the vibrant colours and the 'oh so cliche' bollywood style of direction it reminds me to the old Indo... where bollywood movies are oh so popular... *sigh... I think I may have enough of Bollywood back then... I thought it was a nice reminiscence though... hehehe...
The story as most of you already know... a lot of arrange marriages... but the most interesting part is how the whole arranged marriage are still a big part in the Indian culture... and so the adaptation to the modern era but with Indian culture being thrown into it is so appropriate... and it is not even made up... love the mum who keeps wanting to have all 4 daughters to be married to rich men... hahaha this reminds me of Kholi who is one of the bachelors... oh... so funny... anyways...
So... Lalita and Will Darcy is sort of the main characters in this movie... Lalita who is the independent and intelligent woman and Will Darcy who is according to Lalita is 'insensitive' and 'arrogant' I'm pretty sure there are a whole lot more than that but can't remember... Lalita reminds me of Emma a lot actually which is a vague and yet cruel reminder of year 12 *sigh...
Anyways... I really dunno if I want to put this into the 'you must see' category... but I am sure that you would surely enjoy this movie... especially when you need a good laugh and humour in your boring life, example... moi... though I have to say Martin Henderson is ok but Aishwarya Rai is soo pretty... sorry...
NEXT!!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE ANIME SECTION!
ALRIGHT!! ANIME!! Now THIS is my field... what did I watch during the weekend?? Or rather this morning really...
First up... Porco Rosso by Hayao Miyazaki... A beautiful story of an air pirate bounty hunter...I love all of Hayao Miyazaki's films actually... I thought this movie is also beautifully made as well... but I have some doubts to it but they are soo minor that you won't notice.
Again I can't believe that this is one of the movies that I thought I need to avoid... From the first go you are already encapsulated into the story... the story goes like this... Porco Rosso is actually cursed by a mysterious spell into a pig but the strange thing is that he became one of the most famous pilot ever but work as air pirate bounty hunter... but this is not one of those stories about breaking the curse as such, going on a journey etc... this goes beyond the physical and more into the emotional side of the story. It follows the character development of Porco as a character and we get to know Porco the human being not his physical appearance and the most realistic thing that I have ever encountered in an anime is how money is such an important thing to the characters in the movie... most animes don't even mention anything that relates to money and thus I thought that this movie really has some sort of realistic approach to it which I thought is the most relevant part in getting in depth into the story...
This is a must... But the thing that I hated the most about these types of movies are the ambiguous endings that they kept putting in the end... I have to say that it is kinda relevant in this story but I cannot help but feel that a little bit of the fantasy is stolen away from me... but this is just my personal opinion... I guess that an ambiguous ending always leaves room for your very own imagination... but sometimes I keep getting those imaginationally deprived days...
But nonetheless besides my intellecutally disabled mind today I thought that this was a beautifully written script and has some breathtaking images... a must...
The next one that I would like to review is... The Cat Returns by Hiroyuki Morita but the concept design is actually by Hayao Miyazaki which I am really surprised about... I dunno why actually...This is a story where a normal highschool girl, Haru-chan, is being thrown into an unexpectedly different dimension... basically the story revolved around Haru-chan rescuing a cat... it turned out that the cat is actually a prince of the Kingdom of Cats. So the king made a proposal for Haru-chan to be the bride and come to the Kingdom... But besides that Haru-chan doesn't want the proposal to be carried forward and so seek help at Cat Business Office where a statue of a cat named Baron... something or rather... it was a very long name and I can't be bothered to research it... sorry... alright getting on with the story... Baron, Toto the crow statue and Muta the cat (not a statue but rather an overgrown white cat) tried to rescue Haru-chan from the Kingdom of Cats... Don't get me wrong but the Kingdom of Cats is not the enemy or some kind of evil thing... and btw... Lune, the prince of the kingdom that is rescued is not the cat with the hat and formal dress, Lune is black in colour whereas Baron is yellow (the cat on the cover)
What I was concerning about about this movie is the character development of Haru-chan whilst she is in the Kingdom of Cats that is supposedly the main theme in this movie. I was rather disappointed that the characted development doesn't really go that far... It was a rather weak development actually... that sort of expected since the movie only span for about 70 minutes... I thought that the 'adventure' of Haru-chan in the kingdom was a bit too short and leaving a rather narrow movement for the character to be developed... I just thought that the story is actually not that bad, even the concept I thought was great but the character development is something that I am kinda concerned about... again... another rather ambiguous ending...
And I am surprised I was actually falling in love with the Baron character... I thought that he was quite the gentleman :P he is a cat that is a statue but I like him... but maybe it's just because of the superficial personality that he got (no man could be like him nowadays)... so gentleman-like... I'm sure that you would fall in love with him when you see him carry Haru-chan whilst going up the tower... *sigh... what a gentleman...I thought that this is something that you might want to see... actually it is not that bad... don't be put off by my review you are your own judge... I just thought that it could do with some development... but nonetheless it was a rather pleasing anime to watch :)
This is for M-ina... yes I have watched Blood and I noticed that I haven't written a review about it... it'll come up soon... as well as a review on Witch Hunter Robin... but I kinda refuse to watch the 5th volume until I get the 6th one hehehe :P and so I need to buy new packets of DVDs... not yet though... haven't got the chance to... will soon... and also need to return your Rurouni Kenshin as well as the Ranma 1/2... as you can see I'm finished with them...
Oh... another extension to the Ranma 1/2 story... I realised that there may be some episodes which are missing like Ranma and Akane having a skating competition with Kuno to win back P-chan... I noticed this through the err... one of the flashback... can't remember which though... and also just a note but I actually know the last couple of episodes, as well as the skating competition, and especially when Shampoo was searching for Ranma from the manga, but that one volume *sigh... but then I think there was a big gap between that one and the next one I read though... hmm... anyways... that is all for today... I'm kinda tired of typing hahaha... lazy bum... anyways... the review on Blood as well as the DVDs are coming soon alright? Alrighty see ya!! (soon... I think...)
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