More and More Movies

I would say that last week was my movie week. It was the first time I watched six movies in a week; each movie for each day. I guessed it was resulted from my boredom and lost interest of many things. I really don't know; lost my focus, no direction and de-motivate. Anyway, let me recap and summarize these four movies; here they are:

It's a Wonderful Life

This Cantonese comedy movie is about Thunder, a God who likes to boast and use his intelligence to help innocent people. One day, he was reminded by his girlfriend, the Saint of Nine Heaven that he had pledged his guardianship to a fat boy that he had saved thirty years ago. The boy will face the end of his life on New Year's Eve and it is now the time for Thunder to fulfill his pledge to resolve the boy's trouble.

Thunder arrives in the human world and disguises as Don's cousin. Thunder lends his magical powers to Don without Don's knowledge. Suddenly, everything is going Don's way, while Thunder without magical powers is hit with a streak of bad luck, both causing havoc with comedic consequences. Meanwhile, Thunder also tries to help Don's family and Fon feel in love with him. Meanwhile, Thunder finally gets to know Brad's evil plan which will put Don to his doom. But at the same time, the Emperor of Heaven along with the other Gods comes down to the human world to arrest Thunder.

I'd say that this is one of many stupid movies I ever watched and a bit regretful. Not worth to spend RM10 for this 2 hours movie.

Norbit

This is another very funny movie by Eddie Murphy. This guy really knows how to make us laughing all the while. So cool!! Eddie Murphy plays the role as a meek guy who is pressed into marrying a monstrous woman. When he subsequently meets the woman of his dreams, he has to figure out a way to be with her.

Well, nothing much to expect from this movie as I expected many slapsticks jokes and humours. The values portrayed are not so suitable for kids.

Protégé

This is another Cantonese film I watched last week. It is about a well-intentioned narcotics agent, Nick (Daniel Wu) deep undercover on the lucrative heroin trade in Hong Kong. He is forced to deal with the hypocrisy and despair in a life of drugs and crime, as he plays protégé to one of the key players of the game, "Banker" (Andy Lau). In the eight years he has been infiltrating the heroin industry, he finds himself corrupted by the easy money and his new found power. Unable to separate himself from his undercover persona, he immerses himself into his role as a drug trafficker.

Nick also meets Jane (Zhang Jing Chu), a single mother living in poverty who has fallen prey to the dangerous narcotics that has also claimed her estranged husband (Louis Koo). Her brief affair with Nick, gave her hope for a new life, an escape from the past, but the re-emergence of her husband brings with it some dire consequences.

My comment for this movie is worth to watch and got its own values. Though many say that we shouldn't watch movie for values but I think sometimes we can indirectly learn many things and understand our society better by watching movies. Now, I can imagine how hard to be a uniform guy. Thanks to our genuine cops for ensuring the stability of the country.

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls is a movie about three close friends from Chicago; Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson who form a singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr., who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from backup singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own.

Well, I enjoyed all the songs in this movie; superb vocals. Who says Beyonce can't act??

I'm looking forward to watch other nice upcoming movies like Bridge to Terabithia (showing now) and few others to be listed here. Sometimes, it's not all about the movie. I just need a good time for myself or maybe better if I say that I'm on my movie therapy!