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Saigon to HCMC (3)
To go to the ferry by Saigon River, I chose a less “popular” route: Still walk from Pham Ngu Lao to the Tran Nguyen Han Square, then go through Ham Nghi all the way down to the river. From there, walk...
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Saigon to HCMC (4)
Cu Chi Tunnel is a must-visit spot in HCMC. Built during the Vietnam War by Viet Cong (the communist gorillas of North Vietnam government that time), the whole tunnel system is more than 200km long and...
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Saigon to HCMC (5)
War Remnant Museum is both a famous place of interests in HCMC, and a place for history education by Vietnam government. The curious thing I found about it is, it’s purely for propagation of the war...
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Saigon to HCMC (6)
Notre-Dame and Central Post Office are two "traditional" buildings you will find in major European cities that of tourists' interests. Here in HCMC, you will find them also, and again, in French...
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Luxiousness In Recession -- X-men Origins: Wolverine
It is said that every economy recession period is also a "golden age" for film industry, for ppl tend to choose cheaper ways of entertainment (i.e., a movie ticket instead of an air ticket), and more...
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Saigon to HCMC (7)
Some misc stuff:1. To send a postcard from Vietnam to any other country, you need a VND9000 stamp. Stamps are available @ the post offices (working daily) and many souvenir stores. You can either ask...
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Pieces of Memory – “Star Trek”
I’m not a real Star Trek fan. When this classic TV series was being broadcasted in China, I only caught up with several episodes, here and there. My only remaining impressions about it are the skinny...
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Should-Not-Delete Deleted Scenes – Angels & Demons
I’m a huge fan of Dan Brown, esp Angels & Demons. So you can imagine that how excited I was when I saw its trailer in the cinema for the first time. But when I finally bought the ticket and sat...
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Small vs. Big -- Night At the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
There are some movies that did a pretty good job in small details, but failed in the big picture. The long-waited sequel of the big hit in box office, Night In the Museum 2, unfortunately joined the...
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Unsuccessful Extension of the Classics – Transformer Salvation
Terminator 1 & 2 are two classics: One showed us the infinite possibility of “time travel” in fictional world, while the other one introduced one of the most impressive robots in history. And of...
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As Subtle As a Japanese Dish – Departures
When you heard the rough story of this Departures (or Okuribito in Japanese), and when you knew that this is a Japanese film, you just knew what you gonna see. Subtle emotions, subtle story-telling...
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Embarrassing Hybrid – Blood: The Last Vampire
Another movie adapted from popular comic books, this Blood: The Last Vampire (titled as Last Blood in Japan) combined the production team (including director) from Hollywood, beauties from Korea and...
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The Real “Ever After” – The Young Victoria
There is a rather unknown movie by the legendary Romy Schneider (in case you don’t know her, she is the Princess Sissi forever) about the same topic of this one. But that version is a pure...
View ArticleRose In the Brambles – Sunshine Cleaning
Just saw Emily Blunt as the gorgeous and noble Queen Victoria in “The Young Victoria”, it’s really a bit hard for me to see her in a Gothic outfit playing a troubled-and-not-so-teenager teenager. Plus...
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Older, and Nicer, Maybe? – “Duplicity”
When I first saw the poster and the trailer, I thought that it was a challenge to “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, and with Julia Roberts on the board. But actually it looks more like a spin-off of “Ocean’s”...
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Better in School -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The first minute of this movie really lighted the fire: Flying together with the Deatheaters caused me feel like car-sick, and the collaps of the Millennium Bridge also brought some "Armageddon"...
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Era of Passion -- "Public Enemies"
That was an era called "The Great Depression", and now it's the era called "The 2nd Great Depression". That was an era that ppl hated the banks that "robbed" their money so that any bank robber could...
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Splendid Feast – “G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“G.I.Joe” was the only “boys’ cartoon” I watched during my childhood. Now I could even hardly remember the names in it, don’t mention the stories. But the theme song still rings the bell – “G.I.Joe,...
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The Magic of Sandra Bullock
She is not a “pretty girl” any more, but she still got the magic. After “Speed”, she got bad shots like “Speed 2” and “Miss Congeniality 2”, but she got more good ones like “Miss Congeniality”,...
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Golden Ages Once More -- "Inglourious Basterds"
Again, I was attracted to cinema by Brad Pitt. Not Quentine Tarantino, cuz so many movies related to his name really disappointed me... Lucky for him, this time he made it right.There are 5 chapters...
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Legend on the Stage – “This Is It”
Although I knew it is just a final milking from the cash cow by the production company, after watching this “Final tribute to MJ”, I still felt sad and sorry for his departure.He belongs to the stage:...
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An Overwhelming “Buffet” – “2012”
There are only two questions that you need to ask for any doom-day movie: When it comes, where will you be and who will you be with? Anything else, like the special effects, humanity issues, religions,...
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The Next Harry Potter? – “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”
This is one of so-called “blockbuster” movies – Don’t expect too much in the storyline, acting or more complicated things, just enjoy the show. Most ppl will draw the wallet once they read the line of...
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Roles in "Sai Lo Hid"
Sornram Theappitak as Khun Krai Peeriya (later Luang Krai)Sattawat Doolayawijit as Muen ThipUsanee Rakkasikorn as Mae Yuean (younger sister of Khun Krai, wife of Muen Thip)Sorapong Chatree as Khun Pra...
View ArticleThe Bourne Legacy review
On the contrary to most reviews available online now, my feeling is that the first half is actually more content-compacted than the second half. Literally, there's no subtitle on the screen for the...
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