the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor review

months before the release of this movie i was hoping for something really good from director

something that is somewhat similar to the previous installments yet different in a way

but what i had watched recently certainly isn’t similar in any way to the previous Mummy movies

there’s not even a single mummy in sight

well, the title implies that there should be mummies or maybe, creatures wrapped in linen

however, what we see in here is three- headed dragons, the Yeti (abominable snowmen) and a fur- covered triceratops

and there’s Maria Bello as Evelyn O’Connell, replacing Rachel Weisz

she just don’t act like the scholarly Evelyn whose attitude is in contrast to the sarcastic Rick O’Connell

she’s completely different, like another person

i miss Rachel Weisz!!

but i’m glad that Rob Cohen didn’t make a wrong choice in casting Michelle Yeoh as sorceress Zi Juan and Isabella Leong as her daughter Lin

perhaps, i wouldn’t be really bothered about those things mentioned above if the movie was entertaining

the movie was one huge cliche, same old script with same old jokes

the clichés in this movie seem to be never- ending and i kinda like can expect what the next scene will be

the movie progresses exactly like the previous Mummy movies, hardly any different

however there are few hilarious moments

one of it was Rick O’Connell trying to catch some fish for dinner, and with him failing to do so decided to SHOOT the fishes with his gun; during dinner time when the fish is served, Evelyn eats it and found a bullet in the fish

the sight of skeletons being harmlessly skewered by arrows

one more thing that disappoints me is the portrayal of Jet Li as the Dragon Emperor

he doesn’t have a frightening aura as an evil emperor, and he’s kinda gay

he’s just a pyrokinetic and cyrokinetic emperor with a shape- shifting ability, that’s all

his awakening don’t seem like something that will destroy all mankind, unlike what we see in Mummy and The Mummy Returns where unspeakable evil is once more free to roam the Earth and rule

all in all, this movie has managed to entertain me a lil bit and there’s lots of room for improvement

i love the O’ Connells mansion!

my rating: 5 out of 10

heart of greed

i’m really getting addicted with this TVB series, Heart of Greed

besides being a fan of anime, i do love watching TVB serials since i was young

my favorites include Golden Faith, The Trust of A Life Time, A Taste of Love, Vigilante Force, Legal Entanglement, Lofty Waters Verdant Bow, Perish In The Name of Love, Better Halves, The Brink of Law, Greed Mask, Survivors Law and many more which i really think is really impossible to list it all here

after many years of watching these serials, only now did i realize that quite a number of my favorites have lawyer as the main characters and revolve around law

i got somehow interested in this series during the middle episodes after seeing Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong starring in this series

i’m gonna blog a lil part of this series , but i’ll not dwell into the synopsis~ visit Heart of Greed to know more, ok

there’s this antagonist in this series, Wong Sau Kam played by Susanna Kwan

oh gosh, how i dislike her greediness and yea, her appearance

she’s a old hag of pretense *guess she’s too young for that, she’s 52 (in series)*

i had hoped that Alfred (Raymond Lam) and Sheung Joy Sum (Linda Chung) will be together again after the involvement of Shui Mak Mak ( Yoyo Mung) as the third party

i don’t like Yoyo’s character in this series as i feel she’s SLUTTY!

the series progresses with both of them (Alfred and Sum) realizing their feelings for each other after being separated for two years, and Alfred wanted to ask Sum for forgiveness

he even went diving to search for the sea shell with the words “Forever……” i don’t remember the phrase that Sum had thrown into the sea; he was the one who gave her that in the earlier episodes

alas, he was involved in a terrible car crash and the shell was kinda like GONE

he only managed to help Sum think of the last point for her case, calling from a telephone booth with blood oozing out from his injuries

then, he fell unconscious and eventually, passed away

it’s so SAD, and……

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he died and Sum never had the chance to even utter “I forgive you.” and he never had the chance to hear those words spill from her mouth

he died just right before Sum forgives him                   *sobs *

then, after Alfred’s death, Tak Tak Dei finally has the chance to confront her with proposal…

i don’t really like the soundtracks in this series, but i do love the ending theme 心領 sung by Raymond Lam and Linda Chung though

this series is of typical TVB kind of drama, but for some reasons i just love this series

Moonlight Resonance aka Heart of Greed 2

mini dark knight figurines

bought two packs of Nestle cereals and got these two free

Batman and his archenemy, the Joker

these two can make some pretty cool moves:

Batman can give his enemies a double punch on their face while master criminal Joker can kick the asses of his enemies

since i was a kid, Joker was my favorite villain in Batman because he’s different from all the other enemies of Batman like Penguin, Two Face, Poison Ivy and Mr Freeze

his portrayal of Batman’s enemy is different and i seriously love his method of commiting crimes

and yeah, his sense of style isn’t really that bad

autumn

trees dressed in brightly colored leaves with hues of autumn

the bright and warm sun

fresh caramel apples

kids jumping into piles of leaves

the songs of birds

flock of ducks quacking overhead

pumpkin on your fingers

autumn 08= sun kissed and dark colors

plum, brown and camel tones

enhance these with metallic gold, bronze and copper highlights

hues like this paints a scenery of dawn stepping away, and revealing a surreal world

“Eyes of fall are swept in dark shades- reflection of the sun’s retreat amidst a smoky sky”

Laura Mercier

on the other hand, dark colors will create sexy vampy looks

this fall’ll be the best time to experiment with dark colors

be daring and make heads turn!

explore a monochrome palette for deep, intense and sophisticated shades

love this autumn’s makeup coz it focuses on glam rock and gothic looks

reminds me of sexy female vampires and femme- fatales…

yea, and not to be forgotten also is bohemian chic

remember to divert attention from ‘pale’ looks to bright, bold lip colors!

special A again..

Special A, also known as SA had changes in the anime

the studio made the anime turn for the ugly in episode 17: Restraint and Smiling Face

they probably had some new people working on the anime

i was kinda like wonderin on why Hikari look, as is so pretty when i watched the anime

her eyelashes seems very much prettier, as if she used mascara and there’s something different with a hair, very little difference but i just don’t know what is it

then, i read the comments posted by viewers and it confirmed my thoughts

all the other girls in the anime also got prettier but Kei became really ugly, his hair

ewwwwwwwww…….. the color’s a lil bit different and his hair style change a LOT! seriously..

unlike the girls, the guys got a degree uglier because of those LONG EYELASHES!!!

those people working on the anime made Kei look like Yukishijo Toyama in Wallflower WTH

lucky though, Kei still looks good in Minami Maki’s Special A manga..

gotham knight

Batman: Gotham Knight is available in the US and Japan

but then again, it’s not available in Malaysia yet

if the DVD’s are still not available in Malaysia by the end of this year, i guess i’ll be buying it online

if i do, it’ll be my first time buying stuffs online

this 75 minutes Gotham Knight is set supposedly between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight

Batmanime, as fans call it consists of six anime segments by different writers and anime studios; Madhouse, Production I.G, Bee Train and Studio 4°C

the six segments are Have I Got A Story For You, Field Test, In Darkness Dwells, Working Through Pain and Deadshot, in chronological order

imagine having Batman, my favorite childhood (now, teen-hood) hero appearing in anime form

my, this is super- awesome =)

Bruce Wayne in animated form is SO handsome!!

i love all DC Universe animated movies and hope there’ll be more from them

let’s make the bat- signal BRIGHTER =K

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history repeats

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

-George Santayana-

many seem to misinterpret Santayana’s advice, and initially i got the completely opposite meaning

but then i realized that what Santayana had wanted to say was that those who committed terrible acts are condemned to repeat them if they do not remember that they committed them before

if they fail to recognize that an act of theirs was in error

people learn from history and their past mistakes

but in Malaysia, it’s the exact opposite

recently we see history repeating itself again…

the case that made Anwar a homosexual in 2000 and now, Anwar’s sodomy allegation by Saiful Bukhari

WTH!

the leaders do learn from the past, but they just like repeating the same thing again

at least have some originality

Malaysians are smart, not dope the same thing happening twice, come on…

even the world’s most stupid person wouldn’t let anyone catch them in committing the same wrongdoing twice, TWICE

we’re not gullible to such un-wise dirty tactics by the corrupted people

ILLOGICAL! How can a healthy young man can be sodomised so easily?

Do any of you think a 61 year-old man will want to have such a relationship with his 23 year-old aide (or should i say a mole) when he’s already married with grown up kids and all?

utter nonsense. such things only puts Malaysia on the Wall of Shame or maybe something even worst

those accusing him are really DESPISCABLE, making a Deputy Prime Minister into a major criminal and public enemy

obviously, those that planned this lame show are really determined to end the political comeback of this de facto PKR leader

Beijing Olympics countdown

Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games are the ones among my favorite sport events

i’ve always watched the opening ceremonies and closing ceromonies on TV, except in 1998 when Kuala Lumpur became the host city for the XVI Commonwealth Games

i went there with my dad and bought lots of the Kuala Lumpur XVI Commonwealth Games merchandises

this year, i’m really looking forward to the Beijing Olympics

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7 more days to the Beijing Olympics 2008

i’ve got everything planned on 8 pm 08/08/08

nothing’s gonna stop me from watching the opening ceremony ‘live’