Monday, February 19, 2007

protege (2006) (original title moon to). directed by tung shing yee.

this movie is downright depressing, akin to traffic (2000), though not as extensive in scope as the latter. the mood is bleak, junkies in worldly hell of drugs, dealears and drug lords suffering from delusions of grandiose, and the undercover, simply suffering from too much reality. the undercover found no purpose in trying to bring down the cartel, life as meaningless as corpses being eaten by rats as a result of being tired of trying to kick the habit away, never succeeding. who can save us from such misery? only when we look beyond ourselves.

i like the fact that it is grounded. HK movies normally suffer from trying too hard, too much action, too much colour, too many characters, and it's just a havoc lacking control. it seems directors have become wiser, and a steady flow of films recently produced have seen the effect of afterthoughts in terms of plot, editing & scripts.

Monday, February 5, 2007

the wicker man (2006). directed by neil labute.

what ever you do do not waste your time on this pointless. movie. A remake that did not need to be retold. Everyone coming out of the theater had the same comments. Worst movie I ever saw. Save your time and money!!!Nicgolas Cage was biking down hills, swimming in murky water and rolling down hills while being attacked by bees but yet his suit was still perfectly pressed and shirt crisp white until the very last scene.Although a good cast with Ellen Bernstein and Cage the acting was just as unbelievable as the movie itself. It is amazing how good actors can do such bad movies. Don't they get a copy of the script first. If you still have any interest at all in seeing the movie at the very least wait for it to come out on DVD.

as reviewed in imdb.com

my take...

where do i begin? this is gotta be the worst movie ive watched produced in 2006. i am a cage fan, and you know what, it's no good to watch cage being burnt to death by the end of the movie because i knew 30 minutes in advance that he was the intended sacrifice. it's ok to have the hero whacked off, but for a good reason. you know, like in gladiator (2000), crowe died but not after he killed the evil emperor. not for stupidity as displayed in cage's character. the dialogue is funny-stupid-odd, the combo of a very modern man in cage and the 18th century-like feeling of summerisle.