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Movies on weekends (2) ! ~ ????????2?

Posted by Ching Ya | Posted in Movie Spree | Posted on 21-10-2008

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THE STRANGERS ~ ????

(IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 out of 15,262 votes)

~Check Out The Trailer below~

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From the title, you can guess it’s a movie full of suspense and tension. Why, nobody really feels comfortable with ‘strangers’ being around, right? I’ll cut to the chase…

Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler, remember Armageddon?) & James Hoyt (Scott Speedman, the guy who played Michael, in Underworld) were on their way back from a friend’s wedding reception to Hoyt family’s summer home. From the look on our protagonists, obviously both were upset and troubled by something. Only later we found out that James was upset as Kristen turned down his proposal, for she wasn’t ready for marriage.

Of course, this was not the main problem they needed to deal with, tonight. About 4a.m., the couples were interrupted by a knock on the door, which actually marked the starting point of their worst nightmare. A girl was at their doorstep, looking for someone named Tamara. After explaining to her she got the wrong house, she left. Then, James went out to buy Kristen some cigarettes. During his absence, Kristen was greeted by the girl again, then more knocking and even loud banging all over the house. Kristen was alarmed and scared as she was all alone. She tried to call James on the phone, but the battery was dead. At exactly 25 minutes of the show, there’s a scene that actually gave me goose bumps all over!

Then the show continued with James came back home, questioning the terrified Kristen why she’s holding a knife & blood on her hands etc. Ok, so from this point, we knew there were three strangers with masks, basically guarding them from a distant, and apparently had easy access to their house without them knowing it. So, with their car been damaged, James and Kristen had no choice but trying to defend themselves with a rifle that James’ dad had left in the house. James did fire it, and even shot someone with it, but…. he accidentally killed his best friend who came to pick him up.

Sad and angry, he told Kristen to stay put, while he tried to go call for help with the old radio in the barn. It was not a good idea, and the 3 villains started to play more mean tricks on the couple. So games of hide and seek, shoot and run, loud bangs & screaming continued, until both of them been captured by the Strangers…then… perhaps you should guess the ending.

Actually the show reminded me a lot of Vacancy, a movie by Kate Beckinsale & Luke Wilson. It has similarities at the point where the couple was in disagreement, then were interrupted by unpleasant ‘strangers’ with knocking/banging on the door etc. This movie has a simple and common storyline, the only thing that really creeps me out, are the masks! Although I have to agree, at the earlier part of the story I think it was nicely done, the suspense, the unknowing intruders… However, it sort of got weaker in the middle of it, like James should’ve left with Kristen while they can and not loitering around for the villains whereabouts; James should’ve called for help first after re-discovering his cellphone in the house; and the reason for them being attacked was never clearly explained, except 1 explanation given by the stranger was “because you’re at home”, a little farfetched, don’t you think?

Overall, not too crazy about it. Still, Liv won the Spike TV’s 2008 Scream awards’ for Best actress in a horror movie or TV show in LA. Welcome Back to show-biz, Liv! Happy Halloween!


~ More Movies To Come…stay tuned ! ~


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Movies on weekends! ~ ????????1?

Posted by Ching Ya | Posted in Movie Spree | Posted on 19-10-2008

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So it’s weekend again. After weeks of enjoyable outtings (as you could refer to my blog), I decided to stay in this week. Or maybe I was not having any dates or gatherings or programs whatsoever. haha.. anyhow, it has been awhile since I last watched a movie (drama doesn’t count, ok?). I love Movies, in case you didn’t know. It used to eat up most of my time back in the old days, yeah, I was, and probably still, a couch potato, occasionally though. *chuckle*
I actually watched 3.. maybe 4 after tonight. Anyway, I’ll share with you one by one, maybe you were too busy for a movie, nevermind, hope this post can give you slight ideas, whether or not you should watch them. Instead of going to the big and famous movies, I actually picked some not-so-wellknown & easily-overlooked-ones on the shelfs. You could share your comments on them in case you’ve watched.

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CHAOS THEORY ~ ????

(IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 out of 6,421 votes)

~Check Out The Trailer below~

The story started off with a guy named Frank (starred by Ryan Reynolds), who was trying to talk out his future son-in-law from being a Runaway Groom, after knowing his fiancée had slept with another guy for 2 weeks during their broke up. Frank, as the bride’s dad, told the groom, Ed, his very own ‘extreme’ story & similar experiences.

Frank had always been organized and lived a well-planned life. He had a beautiful wife, Emily (Susan Allen) & loving family, wonderful best friend & successful career as a time-management lecturer (give speeches, motivate people, that sort of thing). Everything seemed perfect until things started to get chaotic one night. He was falsely accused by his wife for cheating, after trying to help a labored woman to hospital. To prove his innocence, he went for DNA testing, only to find out something he wished he never did— he’s sterile since birth!

Frank went crazy after found out his wife, Susan had slept with his very own best friend, Buddy (Stuart Townsend) , before they got married, and his 7 year old daughter, Jesse, was actually, Buddy’s. Feeling betrayed and upset, Frank went wild and decided to let ‘whim’ take control of his life, by card-picking method, stupid things like should he double-time his wife, killing himself, killing Buddy, fighting with guys in the bar etc.

Although most of the funny stuffs happen during these times, but, anyway, after all the crazy happenings, he forgave everyone, for the sake of Love. Back to present, the groom decided to stay marry, both Jesse’s ‘fathers’ are looking at their daughters with contentment, with Susan sitting in the middle. What a beautiful ending! (For the record, the song is called “Tonight & Forever” by The Damnwells, I actually enjoyed it!)

Crazy isn’t it? It’s one of those kinds of movies, that is so unlogical in real life, everything is so tangled up, but in the end, everybody has a happy ending. If everything is THAT SIMPLE! Anyhow, it is enjoyable to watch. I never expect it to be that fun actually. So if you find yourself bored at home, no particular movies you had in mind, perhaps you could try this one, less expectation brings out the gem!
(More Movies To Come…stay tuned)
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