Crazy,Stupid,Love. (2011)

Out of love and looking for a movie to watch? Crazy,Stupid,Love is the right movie to watch. Why? Two reasons. One; being out of love does not give you the right to give up but instead move on, upgrade yourself and who knows you will find the One. Two; love does not necessarily be complicated. But mainly, do not give up on love.

The movie begins starts off with Emily (Julianne Moore) asking for a divorce from his 25 years of husband, Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) at a dinner. It was a rude shock to Cal, the father of three kids and choose to stay mum until his wife, Emily expose the truth that she slept with someone. But Cal chooses to agree with the divorce.

However, it was the part after divorce that turns out harder for Cal. He hangs out at a bar, getting drunk and starts making a nuisance of himself. Cal starts telling everyone about his divorce and making a fool of himself until he meets Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), the hottest known Casanova in the bar.

Jacob starts to help Cal to get back on track getting him a transformation rather than to give up on love after a divorce. Initially, Cal refuses to heed Jacob’s words, seeing Jacob picking up different girls every single day, for he believed in one true love. However, Jacob suavely managed to convince Cal to upgrade and get out there in the market, where he could be enjoying his life again.

Things get more interesting as Jacob teaches Cal on how to pick up girls. But most importantly, Jacob guided Cal to regain his confidence back. He starts talking to girls and eventually have some casual time with them. Cal thought things were starting to look up but he knows that he still loves Emily and his kids.

Amidst Cal’s life to get back in the market with ladies, another character, Hannah (Emma Stone) appeared. She first encountered Jacob in the bar, while he was trying to pick her up but it failed. She has been awaiting the day for her lawyer boyfriend to propose to her. But when the expected big day comes, her boyfriend laid an unexpected offer to his law firm instead of a marriage proposal. Hannah felt so cheated and devastated that her boyfriend was not going to propose to her even after so long being together. In a fury, she heeds her best friend’s advice and broke up with him right away.

She then makes her way to the bar where Jacob frequents, hoping to get laid after blatantly chasing Jacob away the last time they met. They kissed and Jacob brought Hannah to his luxurious home. They ended up talking and spending time getting to know each other instead of having sex. And soon, right after, they realized they have fallen for each other. And it was shocking for Jacob as he is one that does not fall in love.

Earlier on, Cal and Emily had a meeting with his son’s teacher. But it turns out that his son’s teacher was one of the ladies that he had slept with. Cal argued with Emily but realizes that as much as he wanted to move on, he refuses to. But it was all too late. Was it? He looks for Jacob but Jacob was gone. Cal was clueless.

This is where things get tough. But like the saying goes, if there’s a will, there’s a way. The divorce was definitely a mistake to Cal but he knows that he has to amend it someway somehow if he wants to be happy for the rest of his life. And that……. is where I should stop so that you may watch the rest of the movie. Well just another twist part, Hannah turns out to be Cal and Emily’s daughter! Shocking? Yup but things get more complicated too as Jacob is dating Hannah, something Cal disapproves. So how did Crazy,Stupid, Love ended?

The ending was definitely worth watching but it was the whole story plot that made me glued to my screen. Not to mention how incredibly attractive Ryan Gosling is. This may sound crazy but it was my first Ryan Gosling movie I’ve ever watched. This movie definitely makes me want to watch more Gosling’s movies!

In a nutshell, I would give Crazy,Stupid,Love. 3 out of 5 stars! So if you are crazy, stupid and wants to be in love or maybe in or out of love, you should watch this while having a blanket around to keep you warm while watching.

Till my next post lovelies ❤

How Despicable Are You?

With the teaser BA BA BANANANA out in 2012, Despicable Me 2 has finally hit the theatres a few days back. So the question is …have you catch Despicable Me 2 yet? If you haven’t, then what are you waiting for? Quickly grab your tickets and watch the cute minions in cinemas right now. I’ll guarantee you that you won’t regret but instead crave for more minion actions! And if you are still not convinced, then check out my review of Despicable Me 2 below.

The Plot

The movie began with a chaotic scene of a factory being attracted and taken away by a huge giant magnet. The factory was producing a serum known as AK-41, which is highly dangerous and deadly. The serum when injected into anyone or anything, will transform them into a crazy, wild and barbaric purple creature that destroys everything that come in its way. But now the BIG question is WHO IS THE VILLAIN that stole the serum?

It was then that Gru, the former villain, was being recruited by the Anti-Villain League (AVL) Agent Lucy Wilde and brought to meet the league director, Silas Ramsbottom. Initially, Gru was against the idea of being an undercover working for AVL. But eventually, for the sake of his daughters, he agreed to work alongside Agent Lucy Wilde. It was so adorable that the daughters were so excited to see Gru becoming a HERO instead of a villain. Well, no one can deny that all three daughters, Margo, Edith and Agnes are the second cutest below the minions!

Traces of the AK-41 serum were then found to be in the Paradise Mall. Both Gru and Agent Lucy start played undercover as cupcake makers in the mall. At the same time, they made friends with other owners working in the mall, hoping to capture the villain. They met Eduardo, owner of the Salsa Restaurant. Eduardo resemble so much of a claimed-to-be-dead strong villain called El-Macho. And that made Gru’s suspicions towards Eduardo grew, making him the primary suspect.

So based on Gru’s suspicions, both him and Agent Lucy decided to break in Eduardo’s Salsa restaurant to find the traces of serum. But it was disappointing to find out Eduardo’s secret Salsa recipe in a safe instead of serum. It was then they shifted their attention to another storeowner, Floyd. Despite, their best efforts, Silas were disappointed at their progress in capturing the villain.

Despite being busy with the investigation, the three adorable daughters kept bugging Gru to go on a date. Being haunted by his first failed attempt of asking a girl out, Gru was totally against the idea of meeting a girl. However, in order to make Agnes happy, Gru finally agreed to go on a blind date. But things turned out wrong during the date and Agent Lucy coincidentally saved Gru. That night, a kiss from Agent Lucy made Gru realized his feelings for her.

Just as Gru confirmed his feelings for Agent Lucy, Silas captured Floyd as traces of serum AK-41 were found among the store, leading to the end of investigation for Gru and Agent Lucy. It became more devastating for Gru as he found out that Agent Lucy would be transferred to Australia to work on another case.  Being preoccupied with the investigation, his daughters and his partner, Agent Lucy, he did not realize that his minions were slowly decreasing in number, as they were kidnap by the villain. (Poor minions as they were taken away from their owner.)

It was on a festive night held by Eduardo, where the truth was revealed. Eduardo is El-Macho! El-Macho has been working with Gru’s doctor, Dr Nefario for his comeback. Their plan was to use the serum to transform the minions into a barbaric and wild purple creature to destroy the world. But a changed Gru hesitates to join El-Macho and runs away with his three daughters from the party that night.

But things became worse as Agent Lucy decided to stay instead of going to Australia. She was then captured by El-Macho and used as a threat to Gru. Honestly, El-Macho is so mean and cruel to be doing that, reasons why he is a VILLAIN.

Being a HERO, Gru had to save Agent Lucy from danger but was then attacked by thousands of his transformed purple minions! Dr Nefario then arrived, just in time. He came up with an antidote to re-transform the purple barbaric minions into the normal, yellow adorable minions. Things became more chaotic as El-Macho transformed himself into the barbaric purple creature. Together with the help of Gru’s daughters and the minions, Gru managed to defeat the then transformed purple El-Macho and saved Agent Lucy from being flown into a volcano.

The movie ended with the minions performing their version of ‘I Swear’, changing the words to ‘Underwear~~’, specially for Gru and Agent Lucy’s wedding after 147 dates later.  The movie had such a happy and humorous ending, receiving laughter from all the audience in the cinema.

I would give Despicable Me 2 a 5-star rating! Despicable Me 2 is indeed one of the best movies for the year 2013 so far. Therefore, what are you waiting for? Watch Despicable Me 2 and share with me your ratings of the despicably adorable movie!

Stay tuned for my next post!

 

Toddles,

Ross ❤

 

Silver Linings Playbook

Here’s a review on Silver Linings Playbook after catching it on the 2^nd day of its premiere in cinemas, 2 weeks ago.

Directed by David O. Russell and written by David himself and Matthew Quick, Silver Linings Playbook was a movie full of tension but yet has a deep meaning. Silver Linings Playbook was adapted from, the novel, The Silver Linings Playbook written by Matthew Quick. The film has won numerous awards ever since its premiere on 16 November 2012 in US. Hence, I must say that Silver Linings Playbook is a MUST WATCH. Read on to find out what I think of the movie.

Cast

Bradley Cooper (Pat)

Jennifer Lawrence (Tiffany)

Robert De Niro (Pat’s father)

Chris Tucker (Danny)

Jacki Weaver (Dolores)

Anupam Kher (Dr. Cliff Patel)

John Ortiz (Ronnie)

 

Story Plot

It all begins with Pat, played by Bradley Cooper, being cooped up in a mental asylum after months of treatment for his bipolar disorder. He was then released and eventually found out that his wife, Nikki has left him and his dad, Robert De Niro, had lost his job. Pat became very frustrated and violent towards his parents in search of his wedding videos with Nikki. Even though, he had a restraining order from Nikki, he believed that he would recover and get Nikki back.

But things changed when he met his best friend’s wife’s sister, Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). Tiffany’s husband died in an accident and since then, she had been called a slut for sleeping around with guys. However, she decided to change and eventually began to get Pat closer to her by offering her help to Pat that is to pass Nikki the letter he wrote. But in return, Pat has to join a dancing competition with her. Even though Pat was very reluctant, he had no choice because he was desperate to get Tiffany’s help to pass the letter to Nikki. Since the agreement, Pat came to Tiffany’s backyard house to practice every single day.

Eventually it came to a point when Pat got a reply from Nikki, a letter which was written by Tiffany herself, saying that Nikki has moved on and wants Pat to move on too. Things heated up with Pat almost giving up in dancing and Tiffany had to lie to Pat that Nikki is coming for the dance competition.

On the competition day, Pat and Tiffany did average even though Tiffany was devastated that Nikki really did attend the competition and afraid that she might lose Pat to Nikki. But it was such a sweet touch to the ending when Pat chased after Tiffany after seeing him whispering to Nikki. Pat confessed his love to Tiffany.

 

My Thoughts

I enjoyed watching this movie a lot mainly because of its story plot and the actors, Bradley Cooper is so handsome and Jennifer Lawrence is just so sexy. They played their character really well that I could emotionally relate to them. Though there were too much dialogue in the movie, in which I had to listen more than to watch, it was indeed necessary to tell the whole story. I like the intense moments during the arguments between Pat and his parents. The close-ups used in the movie were effective to let the audience feel connected to Pat, who is suffering from bipolar disorder.

 

3 out 5 stars!!

Loves,

Ross

Are you ready for MAMA?

Heard of MAMA? I’m really so excited and can’t wait to catch MAMA in cinemas. So based on the trailer, it seems quite scary but what excites me is the story plot. I am very curious as to why is there a child in a closet and why “A Mother’s Love is Forever”, the movie’s tagline.

If you had watched MAMA, do share with me if you would really encouraged me to watch this movie. And for those who have not, watch this trailer.

Excited,

Ross

Addiction To Movies

It’s 2013 everyone!! Happy New Year!! 2012 has been the year I became addicted to watching movies be it new or old movies. The movies may be from past years but I just watched it this year. I have come up with a list of movies I’ve watched throughout the whole year of 2012 and some comments about the movie!

 

Thor (Loved Thor and his hammer though the idea of another world was kind of scary)

The Avengers (The Best Action Movie EVER! Need I say anything else?)

The Vow (Very touching and almost moved me to tears)

Tangled Ever After (I wish my hair was as smooth as Rapunzel but really great story there.)

The Awakening (Boring horror movie ever. A very predicted story plot though)

Paranormal Activity 3 (I love horror and I think it was just an average horror movie)

This Means War (The first chick flick kind of movie I watched ever. Thumbs up)

Mean Girls (So hilarious! Can’t help watching it the second and third and fourth time!)

Despicable Me (The cutest minions ever!)

Wild Child (My friend recommended me to watch and I would say, I LOVE IT)

The Dictator (Dirty and Funny at the same time! A MUST WATCH)

Brave (A cute, brave young girl with red hair. Very inspiring)

Step Up 3 (Watched this again to watch Step Up Revolution but still had no time to watch it!)

Magic Mike (Wooooo!!! Nice movie but could have been better as much as how entertaining it was. Check out my previous posts)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Nice magical fight and ending there. Just love how Lord Voldemort died)

Fighting (AWESOME especially with Channing Tatum as the lead. Check out my previous posts about it!)

Ah Boys To Men (L-O-V-E IT!! Can’t wait for Ah Boys To Men 2 in February!!)

21 Jump Street(Funny and very entertaining!)

Pitch Perfect (Totally in love with all the actresses because of their voices! SONGS ON REPEAT Y’ALLL)

Silent Hill Revelation (Could have been better though!)

Wreck-It Ralph (Great movie to end the year 2012. And of course, A MUST WATCH!)

Here’s a short list of all the movies I watched in the year 2012. There are a few that I missed out or I can’t remember. But I would honestly say that each of these movies are very unique and as a filmmaker, I did take out some learning point from each movies. And as a movie lover, I really enjoyed every single movie that I watched though there were some movies that was not up to my satisfaction.

So there it goes. End of 2012 and welcome 2013! Hope to watch great movies in 2013 and thank you for reading my blog posts. Do share with me some of the movies that you watched in 2012. For now, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GREAT 2013 ahead!

Loves,

Ross

 

WHAT-SY WEDNESDAY

Here’s a little segment I’ve come up with to interact and engage more with my fellow readers. So in this segment, I will ask questions regarding movies and films that begins with What?

Question: What is your favourite movie of all-time?

To be honest, ever since I watched The Avengers, it has climbed up all the way to be my No.1 favourite movie. I’m pretty sure I did mention about The Avengers being my favourite movie in my earlier posts but I just can’t deny that I really loved how the characters were so into the action movie. Not to mention, how AWESOME the story plot is. In fact, I am really looking forward to the sequel of The Avengers  (if there is)!

Share with me what are your favourite movie of all time by commenting. Its great to share because sharing is caring! Looking forward to seeing your comments!

Loves,

Ross 🙂

Silent Hill Revelation

It was a mysterious enough title that intrigued me to catch it on cinemas, few days back with my friends. Silent Hill Revelation, a sequel to the horror movie Silent Hill (2006), was written and directed by Michael J. Bassett.

Cast

Adelaide Clemens

Sean Bean

Kit Harrington

Martin Donovan

Carrie-Anne Moss

 

Plot

It all started with Sharon (Adelaide Clemens) being chased by some monstrous creatures in an unknown carnival where she ended up being burned alive on a merry-go-round. But it turns out to be a dream when she was woken up by her father, Harry (Sean Bean) consoling her. Harry was suddenly killed by a creature from behind. Sharon screamed and woke up from a dream so it turns out that it was a dream within a dream of her dream. Okay that sounds like Inception (it’s a great movie by the way). The beginning was quite intriguing to me because of the suspense that kept me questioning like why did she had such a dream and why is Sharon presuming the name Heather and going to a new school?? I would agree that the audience were kind of trick at the first part of Silent Hill Revelation.

The suspense was greatly built on at the next part where a man started stalking Sharon when she was about to leave school. She called Harry to pick her up as she was scared. Harry asked to meet at a shopping mall but when he was about to leave the house, he was captured by creatures from Silent Hill. Things get heated up when Sharon started to “hallucinate” and see humans changing into some scary creatures. There was too much blood on screen that I could not stop myself from covering my eyes. But I did manage to take a sneak peek when a private investigator, which works for Silent Hill, suddenly chased Sharon.

I assumed that the private investigator was going to catch her but instead, he warned her to run away. But it was too late because the private investigator was killed right in front of Sharon by some creature covered with sharp blades. The murder of the private investigator was being investigated but Sharon managed to run away. The story became more impossible when things happen illogically, like Vincent (Kit Harrington) appeared out of nowhere offering to send Sharon home.

Sharon came home to a message that says “ COME TO SILENT HILL”. Vincent became a savior that offers to help Sharon to bring her to Silent Hill to save Harry despite the fact that Harry had reminded Sharon to not go there no matter what happens. Along the way, Vincent turns out to be the child of the order, son of Claudia Wolf (Carrie-Anne Moss), the cult leader of Silent Hill. In which, he was suddenly being taken back to Silent Hill, leaving Sharon alone in the cold to walk to Silent Hill. Things get more and more weird when Sharon entered Silent Hill and met Alessa’s mother. It was said that Sharon is the inner part of Alessa and that Claudia wants Sharon in order to kill Alessa.

I was looking forward to what was going to happened the moment Sharon entered Silent Hill. Turns out that whatever she dreamt of came true but the climax was weak. Alessa appeared in the middle of a burning merry-go round and hugged Sharon and they became one. In real life, I am pretty sure that something like that would not happened. Somehow, Sharon survived the burn and managed to meet Claudia, where Harry and Vincent was imprisoned. It was pretty hilarious that the script seems pretty immature, like how Harry shouted out to Claudia “You do not hurt her!”

Overall, Silent Hill Revelation was just a 2 star movie to me because of its weak story plot that was built up with a lot of stunning effects and costumes. This 20 million budget movie was good with all the graphics and settings but it failed to capture the audience with a good story plot despite being a sequel to Silent Hill. In case you want to know what this horror-video-turned-film Silent Hill Revelation is all about, do check out the trailer here. Do write your comments about what you think about Silent Hill Revelation if you have catch it!

 

Toddles,

Ross 🙂 

Fighting (2009)

So finally, last Saturday night, I decided to watch Fighting, anticipating all the great actions from the fighting scenes. Here’s what I’ve got to say about it!

Fighting (2009) is about Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum), a gentle son of a wrestling coach that earns a living by selling fake products in New York City.  He then faced a group of “thieves” who were trying to obstruct him from selling fake products by the streets. Things get violent when the group of “thieves” started to attack Shawn and snatched his products. Everything became chaotic and messy.  Being persistent, Shawn fought back to get his items. It was quite clear that a man was behind this set up, trying to see if Shawn was strong enough to fight back. True enough, Shawn fought back till he had to run away from the cops.  This fighting scene made me felt intrigued to finish watching the movie despite the fact of the unstable and shaky shots along the way. I would honestly say, the first fighting scene was indeed crucial in the first 5 minutes of the movie and I have to compliment the Dito Montiel, writer and director of Fighting, for this smart move.

The plot gets more exciting as Shawn met Harvey Boarden (Terence Howard), a guy who offered him a ‘job’ where he can make easy money. In fact, Harvey was the one who set up the theft in the beginning. Being stubborn, Shawn was reluctant to believe Harvey’s words but later on, he changed his mind. Money was the motivation. Shawn had to earn a living thus, he trusted Harvey and agreed to be a fighter and had to wait for Harvey’s calls or sms every single day for a fight. It was here that I thought that Harvey was some kind of agent hiring professional boxers or wrestlers but I was wrong. The twisting plot became more exciting because things became unpredictable in this movie thus far.

Along the way, Shawn met a girl, Zulay Velez (Zulay Henao) who lives with her daughter and grandmother. They met in the beginning when Zulay wanted to buy the fake product from Shawn. They met again in a club after Shawn’s first fight and that was when sparks flew between them and they became closer. However, things got way too complicated when Shawn found out that Zulay and Harvey knew each other. I think this was interesting because I was also shocked to know that there was something going on between Zulay and Harvey. But it turns out that Zulay had been helping Harvey to bet on fights and they had always pretended that they didn’t know each other. This was quite confusing at first but intelligent because many would have thought that Zulay and Harvey are having a relationship or sort of.

The last fight was the most anticipated scene. The moment Shawn bumped into his rival, Evan Hailey (Brian White) back in those school days, we all can guessed that something was going to happened between Shawn and Evan. It was inevitable that the tension arise whenever they made eye contact in the club will eventually lead to a big finale fight.

Throughout all the fight scenes, it was obvious that Shawn is someone who possessed no great skills but his positive attitude and determination finally leads him to victory and this is the kind of movie I enjoy watching. I would give Fighting (2009) 3 and ½ stars!

 

 

“All I’m saying is that I don’t wanna lose!” – Shawn MacArthur

To those who have not watched it, do check it out and feel free to share with me your views on this action-packed movie.

Toddles,

Ross

French Film Festival 2012

On 5 December 2012, I was honoured to be able to help out in a large-scale event, French Film Festival. This event was in-line with Asia TV Forum & Market | ScreenSingapore, Asia’s leading entertainment content event that was from 4 – 7 December 2012. There were press conferences, gala premieres and International Emmy Awards Nominees Panel and screenings. There were gala premieres of great movies like The Last Tycoon, produced by Bona Film Group and The Wedding Diary II and many more.

So on that day, I was ushering the VIPs and guests to the movie screening at Cathay. The movie screening on that day was the French Film, Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un bonheur n’arrive jamais seul). It stars Sophie Marceau and is directed by James Huth. Even the French model-actress Sophie Marceau attended the event.

It’s sad that I didn’t get to take a snapshot with Sophie Marceau L

My classmates and I were so psyched and excited to be able to get a snapshot like celebrities on the red carpet.

It was definitely a great experience to be able to witness how a media event worked and seeing some of the known directors attending the event, especially for me, a budding filmmaker. I would like to thank my friends who gave me an opportunity to be a part of this great event!

Feel free to ask me any questions by commenting.

 

Happygirl,

Ross 🙂 

 

 

 

Ah Boys To Men Review & Jack Neo Exclusive Guest Talk!

Directed, produced and written by Jack Neo, Ah Boys To Men has hit the box office of S$3 million as of 20 November 2012!  Ah Boy To Men is a Singapore comedy film that explores the many challenging issues that any National Service(NS) men faces when they enlisted into the Basic Military Training (BMT). For those who do not know, Ah Boys To Men is filmed to commemorate the NS45 and is the first local film to be released in 2 parts. In fact, it is the first movie to be filmed in Pulau Tekong.

Cast

Joshua Tan ( Ken Chow)