I want to become a Samurai...

With all the things that I have to do, last weekend was kinda busy for me. However, no matter how busy or how tired I am, I still manage to squeeze a bit of time for the following movie.

'Rurouni Kenshin'
Originated from the infamous Japanese Comics,
'Rurouni Kenshin', comes the movie 'Rurouni Kenshin'.
Probably due to the time constraints that they have,
therefore the script of the movie and the original
story are slightly a bit different. However, the actors have
managed to portray the original comic characters nicely.
And probably due to the fact that the fighting scenes
in the Comics and the Japanese Anime were too magnificence
and too interesting, therefore it kinda make the fighting
scenes in the movie a little bit too dull. :(

* Click here to find out more about the Japanese movie 'Rurouni Kenshin'.(Japanese Website)

This isn't a pornography - 'Thermae Romae'

If an individual has been watching the same genre/type of movie continuously, it tends to become pretty boring pretty soon. Therefore, from time to time, I will try to watch various types of movie.

The above shows a picture of the movie 'Thermae Romae',
which is based on the infamous Japanese Comics.

Regarding the movie
A bathroom designer from the ancient Rome
has dropped into a whirlpool of time and
he has ended up in the modern Japan. He
managed to incorporated the designs that
he has seen in the modern Japan into the
ancient Rome. And at the same time protect
the ancient Rome?

My Opinion
Through the movie, one gets to learn about
the culture of the Japanese bathroom, the
things that they eat, etc... which makes
it pretty interesting, especially when the
script writers can blend the bathroom idea
into the movie in a pretty interesting way.

(By the way, the oldest public bath house isn't from
Japan. It seems that the earliest public bath house
was built and found in Europe.)

* Click here to find out more about the movie 'Thermae Romae'. (Japanese website)

Double Face

Do you have an interest for Hong Kong Movies? Which is your favourite Police Action Movie during the period 2000 to 2010?

As for myself, my favourite Police Action Movie during that
period of time will ought to be 'Infernal Affairs'.
Throughout the whole movie, there's lots of tensions and when you
topped it with the good acting skills by the cast, it has definitely
made it into one of the 'must watch'/favourite movie on my list.

In fact, the original movie was so good that it has managed to catch
the attention of 'Hollywood'. The 'Hollywood' movie 'The Departed' was
based on the story of 'Infernal Affairs'. Despite of the amount of
infamous actors that were involved in the movie, I don't find it
better than the original movie. (In fact I find the ending of
'The Departed' kind of silly, which once again proven that 'Hollywood'
aren't capable in making good replicates of the original movie.)

In fact, Japan TBS TV and WOWOW have collaborate with each other
and they have created this TV Special known as 'Double Face', which
is based on the original story of 'Infernal Affairs'.
The story are pretty much the same, but additional factors have been
added into the story to make it even much more interesting. Besides
for the tensions that you will be getting, the ending of the movie
was pretty interesting too. In fact, I find it as good as the
original movie. (Though I still prefer the original movie. :P)

* Click here to find out more about the Japan TBS TV Special 'Double Face'.
  (Japanese website)
^ Click here to find out more about the Japan WOWOW TV Special 'Double Face'.
  (Japanese website)

Movie: ZA

Take note, I'm not going to talk about the cosmetics brand 'ZA' over here. The topic that I'm going to touch over here would be 'Zombie Apocalypse'. Probably as we move into the future, there seems to be more and more talks on the end of the world and it seems that 'ZA' has become one of the hottest topic nowadays. (Especially when there are more and more infamous games titles based on 'ZA', and same goes for TV series, movies and even books.) Therefore, it have also led me to ...

Poster of 'Resident Evil: Retribution', taken from Cathay Cineplexes Website.

Basically, all the Resident Evil movies have a pretty straight forward
plot. The main female protagonist have to escape from a place and reach
her destination as fast as possible. As the story moves on, she will be
teaming up with different groups of people that will be fighting with all
sorts of zombies alongside with her. So what makes this sequel different?
I guess that would be the ending of the movie where you finally sees...,
and that's when you finally gets to see a possible ending to the sequel. :)
Well, if you have been following the Resident Evil sequel for the past few
years, it's a must for you to watch it. But if you haven't been following
the sequel for the past few years, you don't need to spend a lot of time
looking through the first few 'Resident Evil' movies.

* Click here to find out more about the movie.

Movie: Hope Springs

How would your marriage turns out to be when your kids have grown up and move out of the house? Do you think that your marriage is perfect? Or does your marriage ended up to be a job? And all you need to do is go home, do your own stuff, sleep in your bedrooms, etc...? Though this move has been portrayed to be a Comedy, the plot is so good that to some extent, it has turned out to be pretty meaningful. If you think that your marriage is getting more and more dull, give this movie a try and perhaps it will teach you a new trick or two. :P

Poster of 'Hope Springs', taken from Cathay Cineplexes Website.

* Click here to find out more about the movie 'Hope Springs'.

Movie: the power of a little wish - ted

Be careful of your little wish, it might ended up bringing you both good and bad memories. :P Either ways, this movie has proven the fact that teddy bears isn't just for a kid, when it have been made into a movie, it can bring an adult lots of fun too. I guess no one will ever hate a sociable bear that can brings you lots of fun in your life, but at the same time turn your simple life upside down. :P Okay anyway, though the plot of the movie was pretty straight forward, but you can hear roars of laughter throughout the movie. Sometimes it really doesn't matter how good the plot can be, it's the way you can making and expressing it. (Like the TV-series 'Mr. Bean')

Here's a poster of the movie 'ted'.

* Click here for the official website of the movie 'ted'.

Hiroki Narimiya - An actor that looks like Joker

After I watching the Japanese movie 'Nana' 7 years ago, my first impression of 'Hiroki Narimiya' would be a actor that looks like 'Joker'. Since then, he seems to be appearing in some of the TV dramas and Japanese Movies that interests me. His willingness to try out all sorts of roles and his acting skills just never stop to amaze me.

The above shows the DVD box of the movie 'Gyakuten Saiban'.
It's based on the Japanese game 'Gyakuten Saiban'.
In the movie, 'Hiroki Narimiya' was playing the role of an
inexperience lawyer that believes in justice and at the same
time passionate with what his doing. Out of nowhere, he's
getting himself involve in the murder case of his superior
and the suspect is the younger sister of the decease?
One of the interesting part of the movie would be the facial
expressions that his showing in the movie.
Either ways, with an interesting plot and a amazingly good
group of actors, this is a movie that you should be watching
whenever you are free. O.OV

* Click here to find out more about the movie 'Gyakuten Saiban'. (Japanese website)