First of all, please take note that I'm not a frequent reader. I only have read two novels, in my whole life. Excluding the ones from school which I was forced to read. Add that up and I guess you could say that I'd only read 5 or 6 books. So naturally, my standard won't be that high and in the end, all of these are of my opinion! Oh, and the third book from Eragon? Bysingr? Totally suck balls.
Anyways! Onto the review!
I find the setting and atmosphere of the book very well expressed. I can instantly imagine the scenario in my head as I read. As in the whole picture. If I was given a brush or a pencil, I think I can actually sketch it out. At first I thought I won't be able to get used to the diary format Bram Stoker used on Dracula, but it blended quite well into the story. The way it's written doesn't make you go "Damn, why the hell did he decided to write in this format?!"
I don't think the writing's anything less, but I'm not that good a judge when it comes to books. Comics, tv shows and movies yes, but not books. The book had much dialogs and little fighting scenes.
I don't which version of the book do I have, but it's written completed and unabridged, and it's published by Classic Library with a dark shade of crimson for a cover. Pictures of the book I'd seen were always orange-ish yellow. But my book's still in a good condition. The quality of the paper is nice, I accidentally got a drop of water on the book while reading and it didn't stain the book! There are some marks on the book though, and some of the words are washed out. But that's due to age perhaps?
There's no problems in remembering which character is which, but between all 4 of the protagonists I don't really see much of a difference between them. But I guess they were distinctive enough.
Overall, I don't think it's anything bad and was enjoyable. It keeps you on the edge and wanting to read more. I definitely would recommend this book!
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
REVIEW: Rapunzel (SPOILERS AHEAD)
Rapunzel!! I'm quite glad I decided to watch this film. While there are some spoilers here, I am not gonna go into much details, since well. I'm typing this after midnight, I'm tired from a whole day of fun. But I still feel like writing a review anyways lest I forget it, so please excuse me.
At first, looking at the characters(well, mostly at Rider and Rapunzel) I instantly thought of Aladdin and Jasmine. From facial expressions, personality to character design. Yup. Sure does. But you don't really mind it after you get into the show, it's not much of a problem.
It's comedic, that's good. It doesn't have any forced humor and it was quite realistic within it's bounds. I was sorta worried after realizing that it's not a Pixar produced film sitting in the cinema. But my worries were put to rest after the film started.
Soundtrack! I didn't really paid much attention to the music, but the songs sang, hmm. They were okay, very Disney-like as usual, but I think it doesn't stand up to the older films such as Mulan. However, the musical parts were well executed into the story and flow. For the first time, I didn't felt like saying "Who the hell would suddenly break into a song in a situation like that?!" while pointing straight at the screen.
Maximus the white horse was very funny, I didn't expect them to give the horse any characteristics when I was watching it actually. The green chameleon is pretty cute and funny too.
The story is nice, the tears are a bit of a cliche, but oh well. It's a tale that existed for a long while already, and there was one version that had the magic tear in it so I don't mind this one.
One of the biggest highlights of this film is definitely the lantern scene, I won't go into this at all though, since it'll just lessen the impact for you. So yup, I highly recommend this film if you wanna enjoy a nice fairy tale with friends, families or a partner!
At first, looking at the characters(well, mostly at Rider and Rapunzel) I instantly thought of Aladdin and Jasmine. From facial expressions, personality to character design. Yup. Sure does. But you don't really mind it after you get into the show, it's not much of a problem.
It's comedic, that's good. It doesn't have any forced humor and it was quite realistic within it's bounds. I was sorta worried after realizing that it's not a Pixar produced film sitting in the cinema. But my worries were put to rest after the film started.
Soundtrack! I didn't really paid much attention to the music, but the songs sang, hmm. They were okay, very Disney-like as usual, but I think it doesn't stand up to the older films such as Mulan. However, the musical parts were well executed into the story and flow. For the first time, I didn't felt like saying "Who the hell would suddenly break into a song in a situation like that?!" while pointing straight at the screen.
Maximus the white horse was very funny, I didn't expect them to give the horse any characteristics when I was watching it actually. The green chameleon is pretty cute and funny too.
The story is nice, the tears are a bit of a cliche, but oh well. It's a tale that existed for a long while already, and there was one version that had the magic tear in it so I don't mind this one.
One of the biggest highlights of this film is definitely the lantern scene, I won't go into this at all though, since it'll just lessen the impact for you. So yup, I highly recommend this film if you wanna enjoy a nice fairy tale with friends, families or a partner!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Kamen Rider Den-O review episode 1 - 12
Yeah, last time I tried watching the series, I dropped it at episode 1 after catching glimpse of episode 11. Now, I'd watched from episode 1 to 11 and soon 12, waiting for another HD batch release by TV-Nihon. Anyways;
Surprisingly, I don't hate Momo as much anymore, I like Kintaros when he debuted and stopped liking him after his debut episodes. Ura...didn't entertained me as I thought he would, I'd always had an impression that he's this awesome smooth talker with style. Okay...so he does fulfill that, but not quite the personality I expected I guess.
Hana is hot. :D as for the story. Some of it proves to be interest and fun enough, but it just doesn't seem to keep me coming back for more except for when I was surprised that Kintaros's debut intrigued me. Ryutaro is one hell of a loser too. I doubt I'll ever grow to like him. I hate the train battles too, seems kinda tacked on. I mean..."Imagins going out of control?" I don't really get that theory very clearly. Wonder would they touch more on that later? I don't really like anime-like humor the show has going honestly.
Surprisingly, I don't hate Momo as much anymore, I like Kintaros when he debuted and stopped liking him after his debut episodes. Ura...didn't entertained me as I thought he would, I'd always had an impression that he's this awesome smooth talker with style. Okay...so he does fulfill that, but not quite the personality I expected I guess.
Hana is hot. :D as for the story. Some of it proves to be interest and fun enough, but it just doesn't seem to keep me coming back for more except for when I was surprised that Kintaros's debut intrigued me. Ryutaro is one hell of a loser too. I doubt I'll ever grow to like him. I hate the train battles too, seems kinda tacked on. I mean..."Imagins going out of control?" I don't really get that theory very clearly. Wonder would they touch more on that later? I don't really like anime-like humor the show has going honestly.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
GARO
For anyone who heard me talking about knights and stuff, well this is the title of that particular show.
First, let us start with the Graphics, designs and visual effects, it's simply amazing for a 2005 series. The designs are perfect. There's nothing I don't love, from the costume of the protagonists to the antagonists, the design of the monster suits are also perfect. Suuuure, call it a kid's show for it's a series about knights slaying demons that eat humans at night, but read on, skip the nudity, gigantic nude fanservices, matured themes, gory graphics, and violent fights. Weaponry looks real and metal-like, the armor the protagonists wears to slay demons from hell called Horrors looks realistic, like really made of metal, it was a very nice touch for them to actually make it look like they were wearing heavy suits of metal that restrain movements a bit. You can get the illusion of that the armors are really heavy.
Secondly the Acting, top notch beside a few here and there. I really like the facial expressions that the main cast of characters manages to do, they look genuine and very believable, big props to Kaoru too, her crying and laughing looked and sounded very real. Even the supporting character, Gonza the butler to Kouga(the main protagonist)had more than just a few lines. He actually was a pillar of the cast as well. I'm not sure of his age, but he pulls off the tone changing very well. Him acting goofy doesn't feel out of place in this very serious series, but when he's pissed, he manages to make people take him seriously instead of remembering him as the "goof-ball" of Garo. The antagonist also composed all the opening and ending songs, and sung every one of those songs too. Kinda shows how they are dedicated to this.
You can get very attached to the characters, the show actually spends time building up the characters and making you feel for them instead of just feeling like you're a third party dude watching the whole thing happen.
Pacing and the balance between the drama and the action levels of the series is also very well thought out. It has some really inspiration and innovative way of filming. Everything fits into place very well, and there aren't any plotholes. The story ties to the epilogue of the series very well, the epilogue is a movie called Garo Beast Of The White Night, and I haven't seen any movie that had such a perfect blend of action and drama in a long while. The fight choreography is also top notch, they don't abuse their armors, and there's a time limit to their usage of the armor as well, and this end up with majority of the fight scenes being the actors themselves(or stuntmen) doing it. I never really thought a story like this could work out so wonderfully. Definitely a very emotional, inspiring and good series and movie.
I could only wish I could write something like this or be one of the protagonist actors in a show like this. This show has just made it to the top of my list along with a few shows.
First, let us start with the Graphics, designs and visual effects, it's simply amazing for a 2005 series. The designs are perfect. There's nothing I don't love, from the costume of the protagonists to the antagonists, the design of the monster suits are also perfect. Suuuure, call it a kid's show for it's a series about knights slaying demons that eat humans at night, but read on, skip the nudity, gigantic nude fanservices, matured themes, gory graphics, and violent fights. Weaponry looks real and metal-like, the armor the protagonists wears to slay demons from hell called Horrors looks realistic, like really made of metal, it was a very nice touch for them to actually make it look like they were wearing heavy suits of metal that restrain movements a bit. You can get the illusion of that the armors are really heavy.
Secondly the Acting, top notch beside a few here and there. I really like the facial expressions that the main cast of characters manages to do, they look genuine and very believable, big props to Kaoru too, her crying and laughing looked and sounded very real. Even the supporting character, Gonza the butler to Kouga(the main protagonist)had more than just a few lines. He actually was a pillar of the cast as well. I'm not sure of his age, but he pulls off the tone changing very well. Him acting goofy doesn't feel out of place in this very serious series, but when he's pissed, he manages to make people take him seriously instead of remembering him as the "goof-ball" of Garo. The antagonist also composed all the opening and ending songs, and sung every one of those songs too. Kinda shows how they are dedicated to this.
You can get very attached to the characters, the show actually spends time building up the characters and making you feel for them instead of just feeling like you're a third party dude watching the whole thing happen.
Pacing and the balance between the drama and the action levels of the series is also very well thought out. It has some really inspiration and innovative way of filming. Everything fits into place very well, and there aren't any plotholes. The story ties to the epilogue of the series very well, the epilogue is a movie called Garo Beast Of The White Night, and I haven't seen any movie that had such a perfect blend of action and drama in a long while. The fight choreography is also top notch, they don't abuse their armors, and there's a time limit to their usage of the armor as well, and this end up with majority of the fight scenes being the actors themselves(or stuntmen) doing it. I never really thought a story like this could work out so wonderfully. Definitely a very emotional, inspiring and good series and movie.
I could only wish I could write something like this or be one of the protagonist actors in a show like this. This show has just made it to the top of my list along with a few shows.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Outing
Today, me, Phang, Shing Yee, Kitty Chin and Calvin Tan went out to watch a movie at Jusco. We finally decided to watch The Expendable. Oh god it was worth the 12 bucks. Hm, a little bit of an uneven screen time issue since we didn't really get to know the characters so well like in The A-Team. The action scenes however are definitely better than The A-Team, then again. Although both shows are about mercenaries, they sort of give off different vibes. So you can't really compare them very well. There were some badass fight scenes. But Shing Yee didn't dare to watch any part of those scenes. AHAHAHA. The show's pretty straightforward and has some vulgarity at the beginning but unless you're the type that get disturbed by even the slight mention of vulgarity, I don't think girls would have a problem with it. Worth checking out, I especially loved Jet Li portraying Ying Yang for a reason. God, one more week and I'm gonna go watch Vampires Suck, I wonder who can go out with me. =/
I'd actually ate quite a lot today. Almost non-stop. Bleh, I'm full now. You can see some photos from my Facebook albums of today's activities. :D Hm, what else did I wanted to talk about? I guess this is all? Oh well. Till next time.
I'd actually ate quite a lot today. Almost non-stop. Bleh, I'm full now. You can see some photos from my Facebook albums of today's activities. :D Hm, what else did I wanted to talk about? I guess this is all? Oh well. Till next time.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
17 Again review
So I'd watched another western movie. Not much of a surprise isn't it? XD. Anyways, Zac Efron seems to be the actor, to be honest I didn't really recognize him. I'm kinda a sucker for slick of life movies when it comes to real life shows. But I really hate chinese tvb drama shows with a passion. Anyways, it's about a guy who's getting into a divorce given a second chance in life to set things straight. It's a bit on the funny side and kind entertaining. It's rated 18 on HBO, but there's just kissings and a tiny bit of violence involved, the show dealt with family issues(obviously)and sex and relationships I guess. I don't really think there's anything else to say about it really. Not a bad watch. At least I don't regret watching it.
I had a long chat with Seng Hoo just now and currently, I think I have a good idea for some pictures, time to start drawing =w=
I had a long chat with Seng Hoo just now and currently, I think I have a good idea for some pictures, time to start drawing =w=
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood review
64 episode in total. 13 more episodes than the first FMA anime. What can I say? None of the animes really captured the feel of the manga completely. I really love the songs it had offered, especially since I actually sing along with those songs if you know what I mean. Anyways, the animation on FMAB is top notch I'd gotta say. Nothing much beats it so far. It's a big improvement from the first FMA anime. The lack of bold art lines really makes it look good. Some of the scenes from the manga were translated pretty well into the anime.
But here's where the trouble comes in about it, the manga had a lot of moments where the super-deformed face and funny moments happened. In FMAB, many of the funny moments felt super forced and were interrupting some serious situations. I really hated that. Also, sometimes the super deformed faces just seems out of place when used, especially compared to the artwork in FMAB. FMAB isn't what I'll call exactly a cartoony-style show artwork wise. Some of the important events were either skipped or the anime failed to deliver the same amount of importance and impact to the audiences. I honestly think that they shouldn't had rushed the starting point of the show since both the Chimera Girl and Hughes didn't left much of an impact on the anime as compared to the manga and the first FMA anime. The last stand against Father was kinda disappointing as well. Especially when Edward delivered that kick that forced Father to block it with his own hands. There wasn't any impact to that scene at all honestly. The anime kinda moves at a very fast-pace that doesn't leave you much time to breath too. Guess they wanted to reduce the numbers of episodes. But man, it won't had hurt to push it up a few episodes if it means we get breath a bit. The fight scenes are definitely handled very well though.
But oh well, at least the bgms can get you into the mood. The opening and ending songs were all awesome. All of them. The videos are also pretty nice, though I'm a bit surprised that the last OP, Rain by SIDAgain!? Where's my Larc En Ciels!?)didn't had any fighting in it. It's a FMA tradition to have fight scenes in OPs and or EDs!! The ending songs as well as the videos are all about slideshows of pictures of Resembool, Edward, Winry, Alphonse and Hohenhiem. Most anyways. Shunkan Sentimental would be the only fast going song I think. One of the ED focused on WInry, it was a rap song but the ED are generally either bittersweet or sad-ish. The OP are more energetic and about struggling and not giving up.
I'm not entirely satisfied with the ending however. As in the same ending in FMA's manga. I mean, Mustang still doesn't get to be the Fuhrer. Everyone else seems to be having a happy ending. Edward's love confession to Winry was funny and stupid, and oh wow, he sure is a hell lot taller than Winry. Greed's death was surprisnigly more depressing than in the manga. All in all, I guess it's an happy ending. I'll give Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood a 9.5/10.
But here's where the trouble comes in about it, the manga had a lot of moments where the super-deformed face and funny moments happened. In FMAB, many of the funny moments felt super forced and were interrupting some serious situations. I really hated that. Also, sometimes the super deformed faces just seems out of place when used, especially compared to the artwork in FMAB. FMAB isn't what I'll call exactly a cartoony-style show artwork wise. Some of the important events were either skipped or the anime failed to deliver the same amount of importance and impact to the audiences. I honestly think that they shouldn't had rushed the starting point of the show since both the Chimera Girl and Hughes didn't left much of an impact on the anime as compared to the manga and the first FMA anime. The last stand against Father was kinda disappointing as well. Especially when Edward delivered that kick that forced Father to block it with his own hands. There wasn't any impact to that scene at all honestly. The anime kinda moves at a very fast-pace that doesn't leave you much time to breath too. Guess they wanted to reduce the numbers of episodes. But man, it won't had hurt to push it up a few episodes if it means we get breath a bit. The fight scenes are definitely handled very well though.
But oh well, at least the bgms can get you into the mood. The opening and ending songs were all awesome. All of them. The videos are also pretty nice, though I'm a bit surprised that the last OP, Rain by SIDAgain!? Where's my Larc En Ciels!?)didn't had any fighting in it. It's a FMA tradition to have fight scenes in OPs and or EDs!! The ending songs as well as the videos are all about slideshows of pictures of Resembool, Edward, Winry, Alphonse and Hohenhiem. Most anyways. Shunkan Sentimental would be the only fast going song I think. One of the ED focused on WInry, it was a rap song but the ED are generally either bittersweet or sad-ish. The OP are more energetic and about struggling and not giving up.
I'm not entirely satisfied with the ending however. As in the same ending in FMA's manga. I mean, Mustang still doesn't get to be the Fuhrer. Everyone else seems to be having a happy ending. Edward's love confession to Winry was funny and stupid, and oh wow, he sure is a hell lot taller than Winry. Greed's death was surprisnigly more depressing than in the manga. All in all, I guess it's an happy ending. I'll give Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood a 9.5/10.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
SIC Kamen RiderDark Kiva and IXA
So you guys probably noticed me saying "I love you~" and stuff on Facebook. XD. Most if all not of those are about this. My two new members in my collection. SIC Volume 54 Kamen Rider Dark Kiva and Kamen Rider IXA. They have very good articulation, awesome design, beautiful sculpting and they are super photogenic. They don't look as good in real life to be honest. XD. There are a few accessories for it and the price for this set amounts to RM 230. Which is RM 115 per figure. I'll leave the pictures to do the rest of the talking;
and you can look at the rest on my Facebook account or on my photobucket.
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/TyCKenshin/Kamen%20Rider%20SIC/?start=0
and you can look at the rest on my Facebook account or on my photobucket.
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/TyCKenshin/Kamen%20Rider%20SIC/?start=0
Sunday, July 4, 2010
I'd got "nothing" to lose!
I just watched a comedy movie just now entitled "Nothing to lose." It seems to be a 1997 film remastered and has very very good quality. It's not the best damn thing out there, but it sure is crazy, fun, very laughable and crazy. Okay, maybe not as crazy as animes and all that. But still crazy nevertheless. I'd laughed through the whole show, and I'm the type that frown at Chinese comedy shows. So yeah, I think it's pretty good. Basically, it's a story about a goody-goody CEO white guy, Nick Beam who loves his wife and discovered that his wife is cheating on him. He saw her having sex with another guy in his room, so he drove off into the streets, a black guy T.Paul tried to rob him but it resulted in Nick going crazy and driving his car into traffic and all that stuff.
You should watch the rest yourself so that it won't ruin most of the fun. I honestly enjoyed it thoroughly. It does end with a very predictable happy ending and the white guy has a pretty predictable personality of those goody-goody-two shoes, the events also end up being light hearted at the very end, but oh well. If you want something dark, go watch Black Lagoon, loli vampire sex slaves, a drinking nun that shoot at people with guns, a hot red head Chinese girl with two pairs of gun, a guy who reminds you of Barrel from FF7, drugs, crimes and all that.
But really, somehow it just doesn't make you feel tired of it with this one movie. For more info on this you can read it here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119807/ and no, it's not a black and white flick, I don't know why the pictures on it are black and white.
You should watch the rest yourself so that it won't ruin most of the fun. I honestly enjoyed it thoroughly. It does end with a very predictable happy ending and the white guy has a pretty predictable personality of those goody-goody-two shoes, the events also end up being light hearted at the very end, but oh well. If you want something dark, go watch Black Lagoon, loli vampire sex slaves, a drinking nun that shoot at people with guns, a hot red head Chinese girl with two pairs of gun, a guy who reminds you of Barrel from FF7, drugs, crimes and all that.
But really, somehow it just doesn't make you feel tired of it with this one movie. For more info on this you can read it here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119807/ and no, it's not a black and white flick, I don't know why the pictures on it are black and white.
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