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Avatar: Best Movie of 2009

rebzombie — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:24:56 +0000

So what if Avatar is the live action version of Pocahontas? It doesn’t change the fact that it’s the best movie that came out in 2009. I watched Avatar in IMAX 3D and it’s by far the best movie experience I ever had, ever! James Cameron outdid himself with this one.

Avatar immerses its audience into Pandora, a planet that reminds me of World of Warcraft’s Zangarmarsh and Nagrand. The visuals are on the league of their own. Everything seems believable, down to the tiniest detail. The fauna and flora of the planet and the blue Na’vis were true-to-life that you’ll forget that you’re watching a fake planet.

There were times that Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) reminded me more of Jar Jar Binks than Pocahontas. But overall the actors did a good job. Special mention goes to Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, and Sigourney Weaver as Doc Grace Augustine. Giovanni Ribisi as Parker the greedy corporate guy was forgettable but his role is still essential for the whole story. Michelle Rodriguez provided the eye candy for us guys who are getting tired of seeing the blue boobies on-screen.

Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang): Gives me the goosebumps!

Avatar gave me goosebumps as well. It was the first ever IMAX 3D movie that didn’t give me a headache after. It’s the type of movie where in the specials effects outperform the human factor of the movie but I’m not complaining. Someone should promote James Cameron from being the King of the World to The Emperor of the Universe.

Best Fast & Furious Movie

rebzombie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:39:49 +0000

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster are back to reprise their role in the fourth and probably the best Fast & Furious movie to date. Even Han from Tokyo Drift made a cameo. If ever Vin Diesel is planning to do another one, the story must be deeper, the action more intense and the cars much faster than Fast & Furious 4. Right from the first truck-jacking scene, the audience was made to experience action packed sequences not scene from the previous F&F movies.

The fourth Fast & Furious installment featured car chases but the cars are not the stars of the movie, unlike the first three F&F. I was hoping to see more cars and street races. This is the only disappointment I had with this movie.

This time the focus is on Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Just like in the first one, they are trying to get into a drug cartel. But this time around, they have their own reasons for doing so. Or so they think.

If only Letty didn’t offer to drive for Campos in exchange for Dom’s freedom then they would not be in that predicament. Diesel and Walker were both going for Campos’ boss, not knowing that he’s in front of them all the time.

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel): I like 20% angel, 80% devil.

Although Dom is talking about Letty, this could be said about Fast & Furious 4. It got all the nice stuff together with badass action. It might not win an Oscar but it rejuvenated the franchise. It is definitely the best of the series so far.