Monday, May 12, 2008
posted on: 9:47 PM
Recent Movies I've Watched - Movies Marathon
Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) makes weapons for the U.S. government. While testing of one of his inventions, he is wounded, captured and forced to make weapons for the enemy. Instead, he fashions himself a crude power armour to save his life and facilitate his escape. When he returns home, he revises his armour and finds purpose as the Armoured Avenger, Iron Man!
Rating: 8/10
Convinced that his childhood love is the only one for him, Nate moves to L.A. to track her down. Elated that Cristabel is still single and stunning, Nate can't get a date with her unless it's a double date with her best friend June - if only June could get a date. Determined to spend as much time as possible with Cristabel, Nate sets out to find a boyfriend for June. As Nate and June become friends, she emerges from her cocoon and he slowly realises that the girl of his dreams isn't the hottie at all. It's the nottie who turns out to be something of a hottie herself.
Rating: 6/10
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop; the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King.
With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
The Forbidden Kingdom is a mega production starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is director of photography.
Rating: 6.5/10
Super is as super does. Finally, the guys behind the outrageously silly Scary Movie franchise have used their own special powers to spoof superhero movies. After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker develop superhuman abilities like incredible strength and armored skin. Rick decides to use his new powers for good and becomes a costumed crime fighter known as The Dragonfly. However, standing in the way of his destiny is the villainous Lou Landers. After an experiment gone wrong, Lou develops the power to steal a persons life force and in a dastardly quest for immortality becomes the supervillain, The Hourglass. With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed and deeply uncomfortable tights, will the Dragonfly be able to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world? More importantly, will we stop laughing long enough to notice?
Rating: 3.5/10
Dessy Desmond Tan.
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