Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian

Genre: Comedy / Family
Watched With: My Snooqums @ The Cathay (24/05)
Snacks: None

And I didn't even watch the first one yet.

Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has moved on from being a security guard to becoming a succesful inventor.
But he still has a soft spot for the living museum pieces at the American Museum of Natural History and when he finds out from curator Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais) and (animated) Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) that the artifacts are being moved to Smithsonian Institution in Washington he realizes how much he will miss them.

But after the artifacts are moved and the magical tablet that was brought along has animated several other artifacts at the Smithsonian including Egyptian king Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) (who has come BACK to life) has enlisted the help of evil henchmen Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest), Napoleon Bonaparte (Alain Chabat) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal) to get rid of the meddling artifacts and take over the world with his army of the undead.

So Larry makes his way all the way there to try and save the lot.
And along the way he gets help from the newly-reanimated Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) and General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader) among others.
So can Larry save Jedediah (Owen Wilson), Octavius (Steve Coogan) and the rest of his friends in time?

Okay maybe I should have watched the first one first.
Cos this one kinda sucked.
The trailer to the first one alone drew more laughs from me than this whole sequel did.
But my brother apparently liked it.
So that means it MUST suck right?

Final Verdict:

Angels & Demons

Genre: Mystery / Drama
Watched With: My Snooqums @ GV Grand (16/05)
Snacks: None

The Pope has just died.
Vatican City is abuzz with a new Pope about to be elected.
But all is not well.

An ancient secret society called 'The Illuminati' has suddenly re-appeared centuries after their torture and banishment by the Vatican in ancient times.
The Illuminati have stolen a major scientific breakthrough from a laboratory in Switzerland - they've managed to create and harness antimatter (which is like as if God creating stuff at the point of initial creation).
And this antimatter is a highly explosive force. (We're talking nuclear here)

So Inspector Ernesto Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino) calls upon the renowned Prof. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) to help with investigations - much to annoyance of Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård) who believes the matter should be settled internally by the Swiss Guard instead.

So Langdon along with a professor from the lab Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) must race against time to save some kidnapped cardinals and prevent the antimatter from blowing up Vatican City while at the same time dealing with the attention and pressure from Vatican In-Charge Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor) and the chief cardinal, Cardinal Strauss (Armin Mueller-Stahl).

Can Langdon prevent a disaster in time?
Let us pray.

Unfortuantely no matter how hard you pray I think you're going to end up saying "Eh, this was not as good as The Da Vinci Code lah."
A lot of people expect this movie to surpass the standards set by the first adventure involving Professor Langdon and unfortunately this new installment does not deliver.

Who knows? Maybe it's just me.
But somehow I think several people might have guessed who the bad guy was before the movie even hit the halfway mark.
And no. I did not read the book first.
In fact. Maybe this should be enjoyed as a book instead of as a movie.

Never mind. Let us pray.
(For something better in future)

Final Verdict:

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Genre: Comic Book / Action / Adventure
Watched With: Miss Q @ FilmGarde KLP (07/05)
My Dad & My Brother @ GV Tampines (20/05)
Snacks: Strawberry Pocky & Grape Soda
None
Hidden Scene: 2. One before and one after the credits.

Rawwwwrrrrr. *shing*

Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor (Liev Schreiber) are special.
They seems to be stronger than other kids and can't seem to get hurt.
It's also obvious that they don't age normally because they've fought in countless wars together spanning decades apart.

Government agent William Stryker (Danny Huston) and his lackey Agent Zero (Daniel Henney) recruit the 2 to join Team X for the government.
So along with other mutants like John Wraith (Will i Am), The Blob (Kevin Durand), Bolt (Dominic Monaghan) and Wade Wilson aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), they carry out secret missions for Stryker - many of which are ruthless killing missions which Logan is sick of doing and walks out on the group.

He moves to the Canadian countryside and settles down with a schoolteacher Kayla Silverfox (Lynn Collins) and he thinks things are going well.

But after awhile, it's obvious that Victor is not going to let him off scott-free for walking out on him.
And when Stryker suddenly re-appears and offers Logan the chance of a lifetime to become Wolverine and have his revenge - Logan accepts.

So who's got the ulterior motives here?
Can Logan sniff the bad guys out from the good before it's too late?
Will this movie suck balls?

Unfortunately, it does. A little.
I guess the biggest mistake I made is that I expected them to be loyal to the original comic books but there's no way Hollywood would do that right?

So enjoy this as an action movie. Not a comic book movie.
And looks out for appearances by other mutants you've all been waiting for like Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), Emma Frost (Tahyna Tozzi) and Cyclops (Tim Pocock).

Final Verdict:

Horsemen

Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Watched With: Miss Liana @ The Grand Cathay (03/05)
Snacks: Popcorn

Come and see.

Detective Aidan Breslin (Dennis Quaid) is a troubled man.
After losing his wife to cancer years earlier, he has completely immersed himself in his work and in turn neglected his 2 sons teenager Alex (Lou Taylor Pucci) and the younger Sean (Liam James).

But then the murders start happening.
Murders revolving around Kristen (Ziyi Zhang), gruseome killings and a group of individuals who regard themselves as the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Pestilence. War. Famine. Death.
Looks like Detective Breslin and his partner Stingray (Clifton Collins Jr.) are in for a full shift at work.

This movie had such great promise.
Even throughout the greater part of the movie you'll be gripped wondering what's going to happen next.
And as it always happens. Towards the end. You might figure out what's going on.

Very good idea for a movie. Very horrible ending.
Plus. It could have been a lot more gory if you ask me.
Better wait for the DVD on this one kiddos.

Final Verdict: