Translate This Page

Search This Blog

Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Social Network

If you are wondering what type of movies to watch, well, "The Social Network" will be the one that I suggest you to go for. Dubbed as the Facebook movie, the movie does not really portray a positive image of Mark Zuckerberg so if you are a fan of the founder of Facebook, this movie might not be suitable for you. Nevertheless, I kinda enjoy the movie...the jokes and the way the actors play their roles are amazing. I like the character that Justin Timberlake played the most. 


Well, if you have yet to watch the Social Network, I suggest you to go watch the movie with a bunch of guys...there are a lot of insults to chicks....for example, "I'm CEO, BITCH!". Well, so it's not advisable to watch with your girlfriends. Haha!! I guess that's all...this is the latest movie that I have watched in the cinema. 

Friday, December 17, 2010

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader



On the same day that I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1, I also watched The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 3D version with my both my sisters. Overall, I find the movie is nice, and I easily rate it four out of five. There are several scenes that are really suitable to watch in 3D, so I wouldn't say it is a waste to spend the extra few bucks for the 3D version instead of the normal one. Those who are used to read subtitles to understand the conversation will badly missed the subtitles as there is no subtitles for the 3D version, like most 3D movies.

It started with Edmund trying to get into the British force by faking his id, and Lucy is there to blow his cover. Then Lucy and Edmund go back to their cousin Eustace Clarence Scrubb's place, where they are staying while both Peter and Susan are away. Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a rather dour and mean spirited little boy and does not like both Edmund and Lucy, so while they are arguing in Lucy's room, the painting of a ship on the wall comes to life, and the three children fall into the ocean to be rescued by the Dawn Treader - the ship and crew of Prince Caspian, who obviously is now King Caspian.

While Lucy and Edmund are delighted to be back in Narnia, Eustace is less than enthusiastic, and complain like most of the time. Caspian, has undertaken a quest to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia, as he had previously promised to Aslan.


They first make landfall at the Lone Islands, which is nominally Narnian territory, but has fallen into degeneracy--among other things, they participate in in the slave trade. While exploring the Island, Caspian, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are kidnapped by a group of slave traders to be sold. Caspian and Edmund are brought to the dungeon while Lucy and Eustace are brought to the auction. While inside the dungeon, Caspian and Edmund met with one of the seven Lords, Lord Bern. He told them on what is happening on the island over the years - the sacrifice to the Green Fog (not sure what they name it already). After that, Edmund and Caspian are brought outside for auction, but since they never made it back to the ship, the crew members come looking for them. A fierce fight turn out between the crew members of the Dawn Treader and the slave traders and obviously the Dawn Treader wins the fight. Lord Bern acknowledge Caspian and gave him one of the Seven Swords...stating that Caspian's father would love him to have the sword.

Next, they stop by another island to pursuit the Green Fog and this is where Lucy was kidnapped by a group of creatures that have one leg (what is that call?) to cast a spell so that the unseen will be seen. This is where Caspian, Edmund and Lucy learn about the Seven Swords and what is the Green Fog. Also here they learn that they will be tempted in the pursuit of the Swords - Lucy who desire to be prettier until she wishes she does not exists, Edmund who desire for more power and Eustace who were tempted by the dragon's treasure and later become a dragon...all these which will be happening later in the movie.

Fast forward, they manage to get another 2 of the Seven Swords and continue their journey to the Island of the Star. By now, Eustace has become a dragon and ware of how bad his previous behaviour was, and uses his strength to help make amends by helping the Dawn Treader crew. Soon they reach the Island of the Star where they find another 3 Lords and Swords and gather the swords at the Aslan's table.

At the last island where nightmares become real, is never seen, but this is where they find the last lord, Lord Rhoop and Caspian brings him on board. Suddenly, horrible water monster appear (apparently is Edmund's nightmare) and the crew of the Dawn Treader battle hard against the monster. Eustace as the dragon form also help but then suddenly Lord Rhoop went berserk and throw the Sword at Eustace and Eustace flies back to the Island of the Star where Aslan transform him back to his human form and he gather the last sword with the other 6. Meanwhile the Dawn Treader crew successfully defeat the water monster and the evil is defeated.

Finally the group meet up with Aslan and Aslan show them His Kingdom. Although Caspian wishes to go to Aslan's Kingdom, he knows that he got a lot of work to do in Narnia - as the King of his subjects. Reepicheep seeks the permission from Aslan to go to His Kingdom and Aslan permits him to do so, and so he venture in a small boat through an ocean of flowers until they reach a wall of water that extends into the sky. Aslan tells Lucy, Edmund and Eustace to return to the Earth and that they should learn to know him by another name in their own world. He then sends the children home.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1



I just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 over the last weekends with my siblings and my brother's girlfriend. While many friends have already told me that this movie is kind of boring, I found that it really depends on how you really want the movie. I am more towards the plot instead of the fighting scene, so I would say that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 is not bad actually. I would rate the movie at 4 out of 5.

The movie begins with tRufus Scrimgeour, newly appointed Minister of Magic, addressing the magical world about Voldemort slowly returning to power. Meanwhile, Severus Snape arrives at Malfoy Manor and informs Voldemort when the Order will move Harry from Privet Drive, according to his source. As Voldemort preparing his evil plan to kill Harry Potter, he borrowed Lucius Malfoy's wand to avoid battling with the twin wands and then murders Charity Burbage, Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts.


Back to the good guys, the Order arrives to meet Harry with some of Harry's friends and took the Polyjuice Potion to become Harry's doppelgängers (something like clone). Next, Harry and his duplicates paired began their way to meet at the Burrow in separate direction to avoid Harry being killed in the middle of the transfer. Everyone of them reached the Burrow safely except for Mad-Eye Moody who was killed in the skirmish and George has a bad head wound from a curse Snape conjured. Because of this, Harry felt that he has allowed too many people to die for him and plans to leave the Burrow to find and destroy the Horcruxes, but Ron manages to convince him to stay until after Bill and Fleur's wedding.

Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour arrives at the Burrow and distributes the items from Dumbledore's last will and testament to Ron (the Deluminator), Hermione (personal copy of "The Tales of Beetle the Bard"), and Harry (the first Snitch Harry caught and the missing Sword of Gryffindor).

During the wedding, Harry talks to Elphias Dodge, one of Dumbledore's old friends and the one who wrote about Dumbledore's legacy, and Ron's Aunt Muriel, a gossiper, and learns that the Dumbledore family once lived in Harry's hometown, Godric's Hollow. Suddenly, a Patronus message sent by Kingsley Shacklebolt appears and warns that the Ministry has fallen, Scrimgeour is dead. Then, Death Eaters appear and kill some of the wedding guests in order to search for Harry, so, Harry, Ron and Hermione disapparate to London.

While discussing their next move in a cafe where they are taking refuge, two Death Eaters came and have battle with the three main casts of the story, and the trio won the duel and leave the place for Grimmauld Place, where they discover that Regulus Arcturus Black, Sirius' younger brother, is the R.A.B. from the false locket found at the end of Half-Blood Prince. They find Kreacher in a cabinet and then Kreacher reveals that the real locket was in the house, but Mundungus took it when he looted Grimmauld Place. Harry sends Kreacher to retrieve Mundungus, who explains that Umbridge extorted it from him in return for not revoking his peddler's license.

They capture and impersonate three Ministry members and enter break into the Ministry, but are quickly split up: Hermione to the courtrooms with Umbridge to witness a false trial, Ron to the Head of Magical Law Enforcement's (Death Eater Yaxley's) office to deal with a lingering rainstorm charm, and Harry is left free to wander since he serendipitously copied the Death Eater Runcorn. Harry finds Umbridge's office, but could not find the locket inside the office, and makes his way down to courtroom, and met Ron halfway. They and Hermione stun Umbridge and take back the locket, and attempt to leave the Ministry. However, their Polyjuice Potion wears off, and during the battle to Floo away, Yaxley catches hold of them as they appear at Grimmauld Place.

While Hermione teleports them away to a forest, Ron was hurt in the escape from the Ministry which prevents the group from moving to another location. In the mean time, they try to destroy the locket, but it proves to be indestructible to their magic, so they are forced to take turns to wear it in spite of its negative effect on their morale. As the trio move about, Ron becomes increasingly suspicious and jealous towards Harry who looks to become more than just friend with Hermione - this is also the effect of the locket. Harry and Hermione have argument with Ron and he left the group. Harry and Hermione are forced to teleport away, leaving Ron no way to return even if he wished to.

Harry and Hermione decided to visit Godric's Hollow to meet Bathilda Bagshot, a magical historian who "knew the Dumbledores more than anyone". While their visit to Godric's Hollow, Harry discovers his parent's gravestone, Hermione noticed that an old woman who seems to be observing them while they pay their respects. Harry guesses that the woman is Bagshot, and they follow her to her home. Harry sees a picture of the teen from Gregorovitch's memory, and Bagshot takes him to the attic when he asks her whether she knew the guy. Meanwhile Hermione wanders downstairs and finds signs of a bloody attack, and realizes that the real Bagshot must be dead. At the attic, the woman decomposes before into Voldemort's snake Nagini, and after a fight Harry and Hermione escape with the only casualty being Harry's wand.

In the forest where they spend the night, Harry sees a patronus doe while keeping watch, and follows it to a frozen pond. He discovers the Sword of Gryffindor at the bottom, but as he swims to reach it the locket goes berserk and attempts to drown him. Ron appears and saves him, grabbing the sword, and Harry convinces Ron to try and destroy the Horcrux. When Harry opens the locket using parseltongue, a monstrous black cloud erupts and shows Ron terrible visions - his fear, spiders, a ghostly Harry telling Ron that Mrs. Weasley wanted him for a son, and a ghostly Hermione mocking him and asking why she would choose Ron over The Chosen One, and the two forms begin kissing. Ron angrily attacks the locket with the sword, destroying the Horcrux.

Next the trio decided to pay Lovegood a visits because Harry realizes that he saw that Lovegood wore the symbol that Hermione keeps seeing in the book. At the Lovegood house, Mr. Lovegood teaches them about the Deathly Hallows, which is an invincible Elder Wand, a Resurrecting Stone, and an Invisibility Cloak. However, when the trio attempts to leave, Mr. Lovegood reveals that the Death Eaters have taken Luna, and he must keep them there until they arrive to see his daughter again.

Then the Death Eaters come attacking the place and the trio escape in the ensuing attack, but teleports back to a former campground, where a group of Snatchers are waiting to capture them and take them to the Ministry. Hermione uses a Stinging Hex to disfigure Harry's face, but when the Snatchers see Harry's scar through the swelling they instead take the group to Malfoy Manor to collect a reward that was set for Harry.

Since the Malfoys and Bellatrix cannot be sure that the disfigured person is Harry, despite the fact that he is traveling with Ron and Hermione, they refrain from summoning Voldemort until the swelling dies down. However, Bellatrix sees the Sword of Gryffindor, which she believes resides in her vault at Gringott's Bank. She imprisons Harry and Ron in the cellar, where they find Luna, Ollivander, and a goblin. While that happens, Bellatrix tortures Hermione to try to find out how they got the sword. The goblin was summoned upstairs to be interrogated, and out of nowhere, Dobby appears.

Since Dobby can teleports freely around the manor, Harry asked his favour to free Luna and Ollivander before breaking Harry and Ron out. The two of them then go to rescue Hermione and the goblin, but despite winning the duels with Dobby's help, Bellatrix throws a knife that stabs and kills Dobby as teleports out of the Manor. Harry gives Dobby a proper burial on the beach where they appear.

The movie ends with Voldemort visiting Dumbledore's White Tomb on the islands near Hogwarts, and splits open the coffin to steal the Elder Wand.

Friday, December 3, 2010

[Lyrics] Kara's Jumping Lyrics - Korean Version



Romanization Lyrics

Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up
Jumpin' up Jumpin' up

seulpeun gieok jiullae jeomjeom
meoreojineun neoreul jabeullae Jump Jump
nal gidaryeotdeon geu siganeuro dasi gallae

aesseo barae ye aesseo barae iye
aesseo barae aesseun mame geuttaeui U&I

*Just nothing better Only YOU
gieok sok neoreul kkaewo Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
jamdeun sarangeul kkaewo Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
geuttaero Jumpin' up Only YOU
neoege Jumpin' up Only YOU~~

Jumpin' up Jumpin' up

dasi barae ye dasi barae iye
dasi barae aesseun mame geuttaeui U&I

* Repeat

take on me take on me take on me ye~

U U U U
take on me take on me take on me ye~

neon naui daia Only YOU
eoreum sok neoreul nogyeo Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
nokseun chueogeul dakka Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
geuttaero Jumpin' up Only YOU
idaero Jumpin' up Only YOU~~

Nothing Only YOU
gieok sok neoreul kkaewo Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
jamdeun sarangeul kkaewo Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Only YOU
geuttaero Jumpin' up Only YOU
neoege Jumpin' up Only YOU~~

Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up Jumpin' Jumpin' Jumpin' up
Jumpin' up Jumpin' up