March 2008

The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep

Not much point naming it the “Water Horse” when clearly it’s the Loch Ness monster. But something I found a little unsettling was during its early days, it has an uncanny resemblance to a puppy. A bad attempt at pulling at the heart strings of the little ones, and at the same time, including some […]

Just Like Heaven

Mark Ruffalo is not funny. And he’s far from capable of a leading man in a movie. His performance in Zodiac has been the only one I think watchable.
 
But he wasn’t the only reason that this movie was no good. The script itself, together with the dialogue and story progression, all were not […]

Awake

This movie came with unexpected twists which were a welcome to what otherwise would have been a dull and rather gimmicky project.

The cast wasn’t a bad choice, just that Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen could have done with more chemistry on their parts. Alba played a role that fits her nicely. What testosterone-driven male wouldn’t […]

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Many times the movie was about to get into the groove, it kept pushing and pushing, but somehow it just never got there. It didn’t tank like a few others before it did, but it didn’t become a fun movie that anyone would remember after watching either.

The story of this movie didn’t allow the protagonist […]

Once

This was introduced to me by the guy who introduced me Saw, which was a gem. This one, started out to be something fantastic but fall short in the end.  And I just spent half a day arguing with said friend why it disappointed as he thinks it’s one of the best movies he’s seen.

A […]