Summer Blocking Bustering!

I live in Malaysia, so it's pretty much summer all year round and I don't know about other people, but I can't tell what month it is by what the weather is like outside. The exception to this, is the summer blockbuster season, with the huge promotion posters on every highway. Oh yeah, happy times I tell you. All the mind-numbing action packed zombie inducing movies that you can just watch and not think about anything except what's on that huge screen. Unless if you unfortunately went to a cinema with crappy seating plans and ended up sitting behind a really tall guy.

But that's not the movie's fault.

Anyway, it's almost June and to be honest, I don't even know what month summer is suppose to start. But so far, I've seen five "summer blockbusters", and I like them all. Two of them was for free, and thank God those movies weren't crappy cos for some reason, the free tickets that I got before are all for movies that ended up being crappy. So to list my big screen summer adventures:

1. Monsters vs Aliens
This was for free, I saw it last week and it was in 3D. I also wore glasses so I was a double dork that night. I find the whole 3D effect to be quite amazing actually, and considering that it was my first 3D movie, it was a good first experience. The story itself was funny and it's got that wholesome-ness factor to it, cos after all it is a kids movie. To be honest I don't think I'll be that nice to the people who insisted on locking me up for something that I can't do anything about. I get the feeling if Ginormica was some suspect from Law and Order she'd be all, "I want a lawyer! You can't keep me here! I'm an American! I have rights! Give me my one phone call you sons of bitches!

2. Wolverine.
Aah, bulging, as Perez Hilton would say it. The bulge wasn't that obvious although you do get to see Hugh Jackman's ass as he tries to escape after getting that adamantium injection. Shiny. I don't read X-Men comic books or watch the cartoons, so I can't comment on that. I can however comment on Professor X who showed up right at the end, cos if that was Patrick Stewart, dude what happened to your eyes? It looked sooo weird. Are you on botox? Urgh, why?!

3. Angels and Demons.

I saw this on 2D, which was strange at first cos aren't all movies in 2D? What it was, is a more crisp and sharper movie and I was quite amazed at it. No need for glasses, just Ewan McGregor's blue eyes. I adore Ewan ever since the Long Way Down series. And when I thought he was going to sacrifice himself on the chopper I was heartbroken. Then he turned up to be the bad guy. I did not know that, cos I didn't read the book. I just know that things aren't what they seemed, and it was pretty stressful trying to keep up with the good guys who then turned up to be bad guys, the good guys who appeared to be bad guys, but are really good guys, and the bad guy who turned up to be a mercenary so good riddance that he got blown up!

4. Star Trek
I'm quite a Star Trek fan I must admit, not enough to be a Trekkie or Trekker, whatever that's suppose to mean, but enough to know what's going on. I watched Enterprise quite a bit, and there's Deep Space Nine, which I saw a little, and Voyager, which I liked the most. I don't think I ever watched the original Star Trek that was showing back in the sixties. I'm a bit young for that, and I have better things to do that to run around looking for it.

Anyway, I absolutely loved the movie and I'm already planning to watch it for a second time. I kinda wish there's a Star Trek series going on right now so I can jump into that world again. Personally, I don't think that a minidress is a smart choice given the situation that the crew get themselves into. It is however, the right choice given that the situations were dictated by men who liked to see a bit of skin on tv, and on movie screens. After all, Uhura was classy, she knows how to tell a guy to piss off (nicely at that) and is good at her job. I don't mind being her, and sadly I can't say that for a lot of female characters that I see on screen. Ooooh, I almost forgot McCoy. Karl Urban! Eomer! He's almost unrecognisable with that hair and without the beard. But there's always his nose. I'd recognise that nose anywhere!

5. Terminator Salvation
I've never seen any of the Terminator movies. Gasp! But it was easy enough to understand what's going on. It's got loads of explosions and Christian Bale talking like "WHwoh hsenth youh Hhereh?! HAnswer Hmyh qHuesthion!!" Seriously, I though it was the Batman mask, but after this movie, can the guy even speak properly anymore? And I don't get why Marcus has to sacrifice his life and give his heart to Connor. It's war, I'm sure there are a lot of (other) dying people out there, not to mention the suicidal ones. Can't he take their hearts? Marcus is like, half machine, he's an asset in this war. How can they let him die? Broke my heart it did.

Anyway, yeah, it's been a good season so far. So two thumbs up and yay for all coach potatoes who managed to drag themselves off the sofa and go to the cinemas! I guess yay for the film-makers too for making movies that I actually liked. More money for evil Western propaganda huh?