Teroka

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, executive produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Set in 1957, this fourth film in the Indiana Jones film series has an older and wiser version of Indy battling agents of the Soviet Union—led by Spalko (Cate Blanchett)—for the crystal skull. Indy is assisted by his former lover Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) as well as the greaser Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) and fellow archaeologist Mac (Ray Winstone). John Hurt and Jim Broadbent also play fellow academics.

The film was in development hell since the 1989 release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, because Spielberg and Ford initially disagreed over Lucas’s choice of the skulls as the plot device. Screenwriters Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Darabont and Jeff Nathanson wrote drafts, before a script by David Koepp satisfied all three men in 2006. Shooting finally commenced on June 18, 2007, and took place at locations in New Mexico, New Haven, Connecticut, Hawaii, Fresno, California, and soundstages in Los Angeles. In order to keep aesthetic continuity with the previous films, there will be minimal use of computer-generated imagery and more of a reliance on traditional stuntwork, and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski has adapted his style to that of Douglas Slocombe from the previous films.

Marketing will rely heavily on the public’s nostalgia for the series, with products taking inspiration from all four films. Anticipation for the film resulted in a legal dispute over an extra violating his non-disclosure agreement, and another man was arrested for stealing a computer containing various documents related to the project. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is scheduled for a worldwide release on May 22, 2008

Let me confess, well, I watched the movie on a DVD before going to the cinema to watch it with my friends. Wanted to see if any of the deleted scenes made any difference to the movie in a whole.

Samantha’s story maybe, but the rest, not that much. I guess audience here wouldn’t know what really triggered Samantha’s action, other than the fact (yang semua orang sudah tahu) that she loves sex. But why after 5 years did she decided to go back to her ownself? Well, I guess thats the missing piece. But honestly, something you could live without throughout the movie.

I’ll try to keep in mind that this is just a movie, and it plays with your emotions as well as your imaginations to understand what each and every girl had to go through.

The whole story, of course revolves around Carrie. I think she got it easy. The highlight of the whole movie, and she doesn’t even have to do full frontal. Haha. Anyway, after her off and on relationship with Big, I guess she deserves that kind of ending, simply because she needed to. I think most girls would still fall head over heels, and would rather have a proposal, then a closet blueprint.
I keep on wondering, if Carrie really truly does want the things she want (selain Big), or she’s wanting the things, she thought Big would want her to want so that he’ll want her. Hmmm..

And there’s Charlotte, every guys dream girl. Hmm.. She dresses, acts, talks nicely, and she’s not all that bad looking. The one that would want to stay at home and take care of the kids. Of all the girls, I’d fall in love with her instantly. To me, I look at her and I think, “Damn, I’d do anything to make this girl happy..”. Macam tu la lebih kurang.

When it comes to relationships, I think Miranda’s is a classic one. Moving to Brooklyn, having a kid, got married. A career, a husband, a kid, a nanny, a house. So I guess people (girls!!) could relate more on what she is going through. Changing yourself for that someone. But sometimes, I guess she forgot that she is in fact in love with Steve. None of that really matter when you love that someone and you believe you guys are meant to be together, kan?
I love that they are in love. So, that’s that.

All in all, the movie was a great addition to the series. Its not easy to move from a small screen to a much bigger one without disappointing at least half of the regular audience.
The first 15-minutes of introduction was done perfectly to sum up each and every character. And I love the fact that they started the movie using a line from the very first episode. (If I’m not mistaken..).

By the way, it was like seeing a summer/winter/fall/autumn fashion show, which don’t get me wrong, was really nice. But you can see that they really wanted to be in the movie, the designers and all. It just had to be in all the scenes, let it be at home, at the store, at Carrie’s apartment, the time she wanted to move, the time she had to unpack. I’m a fashion retard, so all I see is beautiful people wearing beautiful stuff, but I couldn’t understand the whole thing about paying a loooooooooot of money for a shoe.

Someone told me, they could have taken the movie, and just show it on TV rather than creating way too much buzz and promotion about a ‘film’ when there is nothing much to promote about. I’m not gonna go into that, simply because, what makes a good movie. The script. Something new that the audience have never thought of. But this is taken out of a series, so people do know the characters, and what they are like.

You cannot be surprised at an expected attack, no matter how, because you just know. So…

I liked the movie, I think it wasn’t a total waste.

So let me know what you think..

Sex and the City Movie Trailer

I’ll be joining some friends to accompany them to go and watch the movie tomorrow night.

I’m sure there would be a lot of scenes censored.

So we’ll see how that goes.

If you are afraid for the sea, its known as Thalassophobia. But if its sharks that is causing that fear, then you are indeed, Selachophobia. Very little is known about this creature. I must say, I myself, am a skeptical when it comes to sharks, of course. But hopefully, by watching this Film, you would have some knowledge on what sharks are really like.

You have to pretty much see the film for yourself. I couldn’t, and wouldn’t want to explain the contents here, just some facts on what I think of the whole situation.

I think it was very nice of him, Rob Stewart, to be so passionate about saving sharks. I can see his enthusiasm. But if I didn’t know better, I would think he has this weird fetish about sharks and their teeth. Seriously.

I think, it is indeed true, that just because it is unseen (life in sea), we don’t really care what goes on in it. I never knew that 80% of the oxygen on earth comes from the sea. So I see the importance now, on trying to keep the sea as it is, as much as possible.

And with the sharks being at top of the eco marine food chain, it is somewhat important to make sure they continue to exist. So long-line fishing is definitely not the way to go. Rob made some pretty solid reasoning too. I mean, it is just cruel. Everything gets caught in it. And it came to a point in which, its not just about sharks now, but everything else that gets caught and die almost instantly.

(more…)