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dvampyrlestat) wrote2008-08-03 09:47 pm
dvampyrlestat) wrote2008-08-03 09:47 pm
Why am I laughing?
Sorry for posting so soon yet again.
Better late than never.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLE!!!!! Keep that halo twisted, a'ight!!!
And also tolitany_shHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope I get to know you more!!!!
I love it when there are birthdays. It means I'm not the only one undergoing the aging process. Ahem.
Today (Sunday) was pretty much...a full day. After church, accompanied my mom to buy some presents to send to my grandma, then went off to buy some jackets and sweats for my nephew (he's rendering me broke), brought them to this new resto and stuffed myself with pasta. Then met with my BFF Sheryll after lunch so we can watch THE MUMMY 3 together, but it turns out she hasn't had lunch yet, so we went to Kitaro's. She CANNOT eat by herself, so I stuffed myself with the house special kani salad and some ebi sushi. Watched the movie and she kept insisting I dig into her chocolate stash. Got out around 7pm, she has some craving for Italian ice cream so we went to Fiorgelato's while listening to this jazz band perform their set. Had banana split with ice cream of three flavors: Menta, Fragola and Pistacchio.
I had to insist we walk it off for a good half an hour before heading home. I'm so full. I looked at the banana split and went, "THIS IS SO SINFUL." Good thing it tasted go~od.
Ok. Babble, babble, babble. Forgive me.
On to the other purpose of this entry.
Something to think and ponder on....totally lifted fromanteka
Better late than never.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLE!!!!! Keep that halo twisted, a'ight!!!
And also to
litany_shHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope I get to know you more!!!!I love it when there are birthdays. It means I'm not the only one undergoing the aging process. Ahem.
Today (Sunday) was pretty much...a full day. After church, accompanied my mom to buy some presents to send to my grandma, then went off to buy some jackets and sweats for my nephew (he's rendering me broke), brought them to this new resto and stuffed myself with pasta. Then met with my BFF Sheryll after lunch so we can watch THE MUMMY 3 together, but it turns out she hasn't had lunch yet, so we went to Kitaro's. She CANNOT eat by herself, so I stuffed myself with the house special kani salad and some ebi sushi. Watched the movie and she kept insisting I dig into her chocolate stash. Got out around 7pm, she has some craving for Italian ice cream so we went to Fiorgelato's while listening to this jazz band perform their set. Had banana split with ice cream of three flavors: Menta, Fragola and Pistacchio.
I had to insist we walk it off for a good half an hour before heading home. I'm so full. I looked at the banana split and went, "THIS IS SO SINFUL." Good thing it tasted go~od.
Ok. Babble, babble, babble. Forgive me.
On to the other purpose of this entry.
The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
From Shanghai to Shangri-La. Set in 1946, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello) are living a post-archeological dig life in England while their only son, Alex (Luke Ford), is off to college. Supposedly. The couple's life, devoid of mummies and digs and their lives being endangered at every turn, is BORING. So when they were asked to go to China to deliver the diamond that would show the path to the mythic Shangri-La, they grab at it eagerly.
But their son Alex is not in college; he dropped out, and had just succeeded in digging the tomb of the tyrant Dragon Emperor. Complications arise, and the cursed emperor, now a mummy, awakens. And he wants to rule the world.
Right.
What else is new?
Anyway.
Quest for immortality. World domination. Vengeance. Greater Good. And Masochism.
Anyone who relishes the thought and actually looks forward to getting into a tangled mess with thousands-of-years-old mummies is a major masochist.
This film relied heavily on special effects and CGI, which is probably a given in any movie that tackles mythic themes such as this. But the first 2 'Mummy' films had more action and interaction than CGI. And the abominable snowmen? They acted more like apes to me. Like...smaller (and whiter) King Kong.
It's a nonstop thrill ride, almost Indiana Jones-ish. It no longer requires one to think, merely to watch and accept what's going on. While in the first two films we get a glimpse of the psyche of Imhotep - what motivates him, what drives him - on this one, the Emperor (Jet Li) was just plain greedy and evil. And he has to die, period. Hey, no arguments there. They simply want us to take the good guys' side.
Brendan Fraser is back as Rick. He's still Rick. The humor, the gung-ho attitude, but he's a father now, a serious one. What else can be said about him? He's so consistent it's not even worth noting. Lolz.
Maria Bello...now that's another story. She totally proved that Rachel Weisz is irreplaceable as Evie. Even the British accent grated at me. It doesn't fit. Maybe because I've seen her in too-American films (Coyote Ugly, A History of Violence, and The Jane Austen Book Club, plus the TV version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith). I think she's a more than passable actress, but she just doesn't fit in this one. The athleticism is there, of course, but none of the elegance and 'intelligence' of Weisz' Evie. And zero-chemistry with Brendan Fraser. They're supposed to be a married couple, but I cringe everytime they act married.
Jet Li is...Jet Li. Come on. Who actually pays some bucks to watch the guy ACT, huh? They pay to see him kick ass. And he's good at kicking ass. And getting his ass whooped.
Michelle Yeoh is her usual regal self. Just...the narration at the beginning? It looked to me like a lame attempt at copying Cate Blanchett's Galadriel intro in LOTR. Bleh. I love Michelle's costumes in this film, though. Gorgeous colors...
Anthony Wong. Ohmigod. He's wasted in this movie. A very very good (IMO) actor in Hong Kong, but made an errand boy of Jet Li, and does nothing but bark orders to KILL!!!!! This guy can do more. A LOT more.
Finally. Luke Ford. I kept thinking, "this is a pimp-Luke-Ford movie." It is, believe me. Kinda like Indy 4 is a pimp-Shia-movie, only more blatant. For this role, he does ok. He's very convincing as Rick's son. Bigger than Brendan, too. lolz. I'd like to see more of him.
Ah. The Jet Li-Michelle Yeoh fight. I went, "Holy...! My dream fight!!" (see, I've already seen jacky-vs-jet, so that one's done.)
This is a close-to-mindless thrill ride. Watch it for its punches, but don't expect the elements that made you enjoy the first 2 films of the franchise.
From Shanghai to Shangri-La. Set in 1946, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello) are living a post-archeological dig life in England while their only son, Alex (Luke Ford), is off to college. Supposedly. The couple's life, devoid of mummies and digs and their lives being endangered at every turn, is BORING. So when they were asked to go to China to deliver the diamond that would show the path to the mythic Shangri-La, they grab at it eagerly.
But their son Alex is not in college; he dropped out, and had just succeeded in digging the tomb of the tyrant Dragon Emperor. Complications arise, and the cursed emperor, now a mummy, awakens. And he wants to rule the world.
Right.
What else is new?
Anyway.
Quest for immortality. World domination. Vengeance. Greater Good. And Masochism.
Anyone who relishes the thought and actually looks forward to getting into a tangled mess with thousands-of-years-old mummies is a major masochist.
This film relied heavily on special effects and CGI, which is probably a given in any movie that tackles mythic themes such as this. But the first 2 'Mummy' films had more action and interaction than CGI. And the abominable snowmen? They acted more like apes to me. Like...smaller (and whiter) King Kong.
It's a nonstop thrill ride, almost Indiana Jones-ish. It no longer requires one to think, merely to watch and accept what's going on. While in the first two films we get a glimpse of the psyche of Imhotep - what motivates him, what drives him - on this one, the Emperor (Jet Li) was just plain greedy and evil. And he has to die, period. Hey, no arguments there. They simply want us to take the good guys' side.
Brendan Fraser is back as Rick. He's still Rick. The humor, the gung-ho attitude, but he's a father now, a serious one. What else can be said about him? He's so consistent it's not even worth noting. Lolz.
Maria Bello...now that's another story. She totally proved that Rachel Weisz is irreplaceable as Evie. Even the British accent grated at me. It doesn't fit. Maybe because I've seen her in too-American films (Coyote Ugly, A History of Violence, and The Jane Austen Book Club, plus the TV version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith). I think she's a more than passable actress, but she just doesn't fit in this one. The athleticism is there, of course, but none of the elegance and 'intelligence' of Weisz' Evie. And zero-chemistry with Brendan Fraser. They're supposed to be a married couple, but I cringe everytime they act married.
Jet Li is...Jet Li. Come on. Who actually pays some bucks to watch the guy ACT, huh? They pay to see him kick ass. And he's good at kicking ass. And getting his ass whooped.
Michelle Yeoh is her usual regal self. Just...the narration at the beginning? It looked to me like a lame attempt at copying Cate Blanchett's Galadriel intro in LOTR. Bleh. I love Michelle's costumes in this film, though. Gorgeous colors...
Anthony Wong. Ohmigod. He's wasted in this movie. A very very good (IMO) actor in Hong Kong, but made an errand boy of Jet Li, and does nothing but bark orders to KILL!!!!! This guy can do more. A LOT more.
Finally. Luke Ford. I kept thinking, "this is a pimp-Luke-Ford movie." It is, believe me. Kinda like Indy 4 is a pimp-Shia-movie, only more blatant. For this role, he does ok. He's very convincing as Rick's son. Bigger than Brendan, too. lolz. I'd like to see more of him.
Ah. The Jet Li-Michelle Yeoh fight. I went, "Holy...! My dream fight!!" (see, I've already seen jacky-vs-jet, so that one's done.)
This is a close-to-mindless thrill ride. Watch it for its punches, but don't expect the elements that made you enjoy the first 2 films of the franchise.
Something to think and ponder on....totally lifted from
antekaFive Friends Everyone Should Have
The Uplifter: This person's favorite word: yes. You could tell her you're trading your six-figure income for a career in offtrack betting, and she'd barely pause before yelping "Go for it!" Don't you need someone who looks past the love handles to notice the extraordinarily gorgeous you?
The Been There, Done That: Your friendship is based on the deep roots that come from knowing each other through all the big and little events that propel us into adulthood.
The Truth Teller: Once you've established that the hard news is spoken in love, you'd be smart to seek out this person's perspective. They're your conscious, your compass.
The Martha MacGyver: She knows everything from how to get candle wax off your cat's ear to the proper length gloves to wear to tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. She’s as resourceful as the FBI, the CIA and Interpol combined.
Unlikely Friend: Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive," Anaïs Nin wrote. This is the friend that shows you a world outside yourself. Takes you somewhere you never would have ventured alone.
...do you have them?
The Been There, Done That: Your friendship is based on the deep roots that come from knowing each other through all the big and little events that propel us into adulthood.
The Truth Teller: Once you've established that the hard news is spoken in love, you'd be smart to seek out this person's perspective. They're your conscious, your compass.
The Martha MacGyver: She knows everything from how to get candle wax off your cat's ear to the proper length gloves to wear to tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. She’s as resourceful as the FBI, the CIA and Interpol combined.
Unlikely Friend: Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive," Anaïs Nin wrote. This is the friend that shows you a world outside yourself. Takes you somewhere you never would have ventured alone.
...do you have them?