Street Kings

Street Kings, which stars Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans and a lot more, is a good cop movie. Essentially, the plot was executed well and the actors fit their roles perfectly. Keanu Reeves was able to portray his character as a confused but ultimately effective cop. Check out my complete movie review here.

Forbidden Kingdom... Not That Good

I believe that The Forbidden Kingdom was a hit because two great Kung Fu Masters were starring in that film. Jackie Chan and Jet Li teamed up in a movie for the first time and I think the producers used this well. I know that this is enough to make people go to the movie, but I’m not sure if this enough to sustain your interest all throughout the movie. Check out my review on this movie in Moviezen.

One thing that really annoyed me was the forming of the names of Jackie Chan and Jet Li together using the letter J as a connector. The first time I saw it in the movie poster; I thought it was weird especially for a Hollywood film because it just shrieks amateur to do it that way. I think there should have been a better way of presenting it without making Jet Li’s name an afterthought. Because the way it was written, you don’t see Jet Li’s name immediately. You only see it because you think that something is hanging there on the side that just catches your attention. That’s when you see Jet Li’s name.

I thought it was forgivable to do it in the movie poster, but they incorporated it into the introduction of the movie! Ugh! I think it would have been better to just flash their names side by side. I think they did it that way because they are trying to incorporate the Chinese and Western culture together. Chinese words are usually written vertically as opposed to the horizontal way of writing English. But it just doesn’t work! Similarly, making the ancient Chinese people speak English is surely a disastrous and hilarious way of fusing the two cultures. Again, it doesn’t work!

Watch The Forbidden Kingdom if you like great Kung Fu stunts and choreography. Surely, that’s one thing they did right! But if you are looking for depth in the plot, you will be disappointed and you will just find yourself both annoyed and amused with the way the Chinese characters are delivering their English lines!

Doomsday

Doomsday starring Rhona Mitra is a quality entertainment! You can see different "eras" in one movie! There is a punk rock era, old Scottish era, and modern futuristic era! How cool is that! The setting and costumes of the actors and actresses are appropriate and makes the movie experience more realistic and pulls you into the movie. Check out my article Doomsday: A Quality Entertainment to find out more about the movie!

Seventh Harry Potter Book Split Into Two Movies

Harry Potter fans are delighted when the makers of the Harry Potter movies decided to split the seventh book into two. It's their way of creating more revenue for the last Harry Potter book and also their way of satisfying the Harry Potter fans. Check out my article about how the makers of the Harry Potter movies will be making a lot of money by splitting the book into two movies.

Keanu Reeves' Back In Action

Can you remember Keanu Reeves’ last action movie? It’s been a while but it definitely is one of those movies that were often talked about. His last action movie was Constantine in 2005. My take on it is that Keanu fit the role of John Constantine perfectly, which is why it was a top box office hit! Well, he was also cast as Neo in the Matrix Trilogy and we all know how well those movies turned out. He will be next seen in the new action-movie Street Kings that has a highly effective trailer and will surely be a hit in theaters soon. Watch the trailer now!

Fool's Gold really is a fool's gold!

Have you watched Fool's Gold yet?

Fool's Gold stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in a romantic comedy with a treasure hunting, action-adventure plot. Hudson plays a frustrated history scholar while McConaughey is a treasure hunter. She is in the process of divorcing him when he discovers a fragment of a plate that may lead to an 18th century treasure-ship wreck. Then their adventure begins along with the rekindling of their love.

Although there were funny moments in Fool's Gold, I was often spacing out during the movie. I think it was because the movie had so much dialog in it. I believe that they would have done a better job of "telling" the story of the treasure if they used clips, pictures, or a re-enactment rather than the lead characters' narration of what happened. It was a very long "what happened to the treasure" story which is not easy to follow with all the different Spanish characters and the convoluted plot. Also, the actors' facial expression and mannerism s were just a tad bit too trying hard to make the story exciting. It was boring and annoying.

The action-adventure part of the movie was not very exciting which failed to live up to the promising plot. Much like a fool's gold! What's a fool's gold? Well, according to Merriam Webster, it's any of various pyritic minerals resembling gold. It just resembles gold but is actually worthless, just the same with the movie Fool's Gold.

10,000 B.C.

I watched 10,000 B.C. simply because of lack of alternative. At first, the movie was just okay for me. There are some romance bit, some funny bits here and there, but it was mostly a very shallow movie. The casting and makeup are not realistic of the era they are portraying. It just screams Hollywood version of a movie set in 10,000 B.C. Just great looking actors and actresses (Steven Strait as D'Leh and Camilla Belle as Evolet) but they really did not have that much grasp and understanding of what the people during that era are supposed to act or sound like.

10,000 BC is similar to the movie 300. I am talking about the "spear throwing" scene wherein D'Leh threw a spear to kill the The Pyramid God, the head enemy. Of course it was done in slow motion so all I can think of is "Oh my god, it's probably going to fall short or it probably won't kill the enemy, just like in 300!" And then the spear hit the Pyramid God and the he falls down the flight of stairs without any grace at all! I was simply stunned because I can't believe that his role was just finished like that. I thought he would have done some other evil thing to make the story have more depth and plot. Sadly, the highlight of his role is his falling down the stairs and tumbling just a tad bit too long.

The last scene just screams of a Hollywood ending when Evolet died and came alive again. It was a classic Hollywood ending of the hero and heroine ending up together and living happily ever after. They shouldn't have killed Evolet in the first place. It was a lame attempt to give the plot a twist!

Anyway, the main conclusion is, the movie plot and story was not very good. I simply liked the setting and the fact that it tells of a story during 10,000 BC and we can get a glimpse of what was life then.