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I wish I could be like Jakesully (yeah no spaces not S),

j.i.lo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:59:52 +0000

and have my own Na’vi Avatar, nah even better be a Na’vi itself and have my own Ikran and make my own tsahaylu.

This has gotta be the most fantastic sci-fi movie I’ve ever watched in a long while. So literally fantastic it’s like I was having my own Emerald Dream while still trying digest the reality of Pandora. It is strongly reminiscent of Warcraft 3’s Night Elves, but even better – glow-at-night plants and being able to biochemically bond with animals (what the Na’vi call tsahaylu) beat the Priestess of the Moon or the druids. Anytime.

The 3D’s extremely beautiful, but I think the theme is the most beautiful, if you can see beyond the devastation wrought by the “Sky People” later in the movie. The Na’vi had very few human allies, but these humans stood up and did the right thing of trying to save the Na’vi of giving in to human corporate greed like everyone else. These few humans had the courage to admit that the Na’vi were a spiritually and biologically blessed people, and took a painful and courageous step in opposing their fellow brethren. In the end Jake Sully (who was called Jakesully by the Na’vi) took the side of the Na’vi and finally drove the humans out in a heroic defence of their homeland.

I like to think this drives across a very powerful message to certain people, I’m hoping (a fool’s hope but well, you never know) they can understand that this is not just about beautiful graphics. When you have Russian media giving special attention to a film from Hollywood (think politics) and even praising its message, you know that something’s special about Avatar.

Avatar is definitely the best theatrical eye-candy for me this year, but even more, I’ve never felt so liberated watching a movie. Bottom line, everything about Avatar is fantastic – the graphics, the imagination, the theme, the message, even the duration of the theater version. I was thinking that if they had an extended version of Avatar in DVD or Blu-ray later on I would most definitely snap it.

Now we don’t know about you. Since it just came out we recommend you grab a 3D ticket while it’s still available. Or do yourself a favor by clicking on the play button of the bottom trailer if you’re not convinced. Yet.

Official Avatar Movie

Dawn Treader pics – I like this!

j.i.lo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:42:27 +0000

OMG OMG OMG. I think I’ve just seen the most beautiful Narnian masterpiece so far.

This is how excited I am when I saw it.

Click here to see it!!!

I know I’m a little paranoid but I really <3 that ship Caspian supposedly constructed according to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. CS Lewis wrote that the Dawn Treader

was only a little bit of a thing compared with one of our ships, or even with the cogs, dromonds, carracks and galleons which Narnia had owned when Lucy and Edmund had reigned there under Peter as the High King, for nearly all navigation has died out in the reigns of Caspian’s ancestors.

But look at this!

Look at that window! Look at that flower pattern! Look at that seamlessly polished wood! As the Malaysian would say, WALAO!!!!

See the ship in full size below.

Wah!!!!!!!!

Honestly what Lewis said about the ship seems to be disproved by the set producers. But it doesn’t matter, all it matters is

WE LOVE IT!!!!!!

Narniafans.com, which I must rightly credit for the above pics, reported today that a video of Skandar Keynes (Edmund) and Ben Barnes (Caspian)’s fight scene was just posted. Look at that ship, and look at the coolness of the whole scene.

Cool, cool, cool! And you have to agree with me!

But one thing which may not be so cool is the release date which is 10 December 2010. T.W.E.N.T.Y T.E.N. O.M.G. Oh well guess I have to wait…

*rereads the novel to relive the magic again*

Some updates – new blog and renting films

j.i.lo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:32:31 +0000

Issue #1

Guys, I was busy the past few days. But guess what?

I have a NEW blog again. And this is the one which I promised I would do, for a very very long time – my Korean blog, at www.koreanlikethis.com. Does it sound a ringbell? You bet it does! It’s the family of “Like This” hahahaha!!!!

As you probably know, that blog’s for all my stuff that I know about Korean. For now I’ll probably do some simple stuff like writing and posting pics. But God willing, I will make cooler stuff like vlogging and podcasting in the future, both here and in my K-blog.

So my friends who are into Korean too, please add me to your blogrolls, please help me about Korean, thanks! ㅋㅋㅋ

Issue #2

I don’t know if you know this, but Youtube is currently planning to allow RENTING of movie films. Which means you and I will be able to watch Hollywood films online, streaming, without the hassle of having to download them as in the iTunes store, or the hassle of watching them free but only in the US as in Hulu.com or annoying the big entertainment companies for *downloading* from *some other places*. If this actually happens that means ALL of us may be able to watch our favourite movies on our favourite video channel, with perhaps a favourable fee. I will not settle for anything more than 3 to 4 USD per film because that’s usually how much I pay for watching in cinemas or DVDs.

Is it exciting? I guess it is. It feels like a viable alternative for me I’m certain. I don’t like to download every single movie I’m watching, I don’t like expensive stuff, I don’t like having to live in the US just to be able to watch stuff free.

Where did I get this news:

Lol, guess I’m a little backdated in telling you this news. The whole thing came out in early September and I’m only talking about it now.

What movies should I watch?

j.i.lo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:16:19 +0000

You may be a little surprised but I’m very spoilt for choice so much that I don’t really know what to watch. Say lol?

Here’s the thing. As you can see by now, I talk movies and music in this blog, although I very much like to keep a personal feel to it. After all, this is my own blog, not a gossip/movie/music/review blog. And I’d like to watch every movie in the cinema if I could help it, but I simply wouldn’t have the time to do so, plus my expenses would explode if I did so.

But then again, if I don’t watch some movies, I can’t talk about them in my blog can I? So do me a favour please? Recommend me some movies this September. Preferably something you yourself have watched and find interesting, or will watch. If you can’t figure out what movie to recommend, here’s the webpage of the cinema I frequently go to. You can see that the page shows movies that the cinema is soon showing this month. You can also see movies the cinema is currently showing, under the “Now Showing” section.

You can recommend me as many as you like, and I’ll try my best to watch all of them (lol). But one rule of thumb: I HATE horror! Yes, call me a coward, but I don’t watch horror period. And before you call me biased or anything, John Campea of The Movie Blog felt Halloween 2 (which I don’t know will be aired over here or not) was so bad he just said “F*ck this movie”. And this guy watches movies for a living! So not all movies are created equal, and some of the most debased movies are horror. At least, what I think.

So, back to the question, what should I watch? I’ll really watch what you guys recommend me. Serious.

A question – would you watch movies like these?

j.i.lo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:22:23 +0000

First, 2012. If you haven’t had a sneak peek, try this below.

In case you are wondering why 2012, it’s an open secret that the number was chosen based on a supposed prediction using the Maya Long Count Calendar that creation will end in 21 December 2012. How and why, it’s not really publicly known, but apparently the producers have taken it upon themselves to construct the imagery of the event in the said calendar.

I think I’ll watch the movie anyway, for the entertainment value. Plus, we need to know more about Mayan culture don’t we? 2012 will be released worldwide in November 2009 and is expected to arrive in Malaysia in December.

Would you watch a movie like this? Question 1.

Question 2. Would you watch a documentary film that may just get Wall Street bankers (some say banksters) a little nervous?

If so, you’re in love with Capitalism: A Love Story.

I think many people especially outside of the American world will be quite surprised about the inner workings of their corporate government, after watching this. Michael Moore (the producer) is no stranger to controversy, but most of us are. My advice: tread lightly if you want to watch this. I believe it has already been approved for viewing in Malaysia but when, I don’t know. But for sure this will not get a U (general viewing) rating from the censor board.

The film is expected to be released in October 2009.

The question: Would you watch it?

3rd, yet another documentary film, this time about the food we eat.

I gotta feeling that organic lovers will feel energetic after watching this. It’s like “See, we were correct and you weren’t!”. Personally I wouldn’t go for it – stuff inside the film is actually google-able, and I already knew that much about corporate food myself. However creating awareness is the key – Wiki reports that after the film was released in 2008 (what?!), several food conglomerates including those involved in GE responded either by lambasting the film itself, or establishing counter claims or actually making use of the film to project a positive corporate image as was done by Chipotle. Brilliant?

I think the ONE-YEAR old film couldn’t make it here. Nevertheless like Bruno it’s currently showing in Singapore so you know where to find it.

Question – provided you were able to watch Food Inc, would you?

Please let me know via the comment box. Thanks a lot to the guys and gals who actually took time to comment these few days – you rock my day ya know that?

I Like This – The Disney Magic(s)

j.i.lo — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:20:09 +0000

How long has it been since we last saw the REAL magic of Walt Disney?

I mean, the REAL one?

It’s been such a long time that I thought Disney has decided to deviate from its original vocation for good. I had started to abandon my expectations about Disney, until yesterday.

I saw this in cinemas…

Although I expect many fans of the old Disney magic will love this very much (including me), still I don’t expect Disney to churn out stuff like this year after year like what they did in the 90s. Probably a nostalgia to remind us of it. Meanwhile in addition to the Princess and the Frog, you can expect something like “Alice in Wonderland”

and the ever-surprising-us-with-ownage-animation Pixar Studio’s “Toy Story 3″

I know I will catch the Disney magic in cinemas when they’re released – next year. Until then I can only dream about it.

Fairy tales have not died just yet.

Movies Like This – Brutal Bruno!

j.i.lo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:46:48 +0000

Now this is one hell of a “Mockumentary” that didn’t quite make it to Malaysia. Reason: check out the vid below:

I so LOL-ed when Bruno was asked:

How did you find your son?
I swapped him.
Swapped the baby for what?!!!
For an iPod.

Anyway if any fellow Malaysian really really wants to watch this otherwise hilarious comedy, you need to go downunder to Singapore. It’s in the Merlion’s cinemas already.

Funny why the censor board decided not to allow this when I believe Dance Flick (which is allowed) is like 10 times worse? Yeah Dance Flick sucked terribly even for a so-called parody movie AND they also had explicitly sexual (including G.A.Y.) references.