luified:the luiboi experience

Friday, April 17, 2009

Note:This is just a temporary post since i havent decided yet if would continue using this site or just simply create a new one and oh,before i forget,this is a lengthy post to make up for lost times.

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blog = a sell-out band?!

wow.after a long hiatus here i am with a new post.i know i mentioned that in my last that it would be my last up to the time that i find my inspiration back to write and that time is now.Its not like something miraculous happened,or there's a divine intervention that made me write this post,it just happened out of my sheer boredom.Uploading posts/updates shouldnt be forced,or simply because you needed to.I think that's what i've learned during my hiatus.Now that blogging has became part of pop culture,it seems like blogging felt like a band selling out.

I find it hard to continue blogging because it felt like im just trying to be in,when in fact i was a part of those few people who started blogging (5 years ago,if im not mistaken) when it wasnt as popular as it is now,a time when most people only knew friendster.im just surprised to see that blogging became this big,i guess thanks to those social-networking sites like multiply,myspace,facebook and of course,the ever popular,friendster.Though i might be mistaken since as my friends say,"facebook is the new friendster".Im not really into social-networking that much,i just got accounts on those sites to keep in touch w/ friends and family.

Going back to the comparison i made that blogging nowadays really feels like a band that sold out.Lets compare the blog/blogging as an indie/underground band and i,one of their long-time fans.i as fan,really loved the blog when they were just starting out,when it was only of few of us who supported it.It felt like the blog was a part of us,our own little website in this big world wide web.But then came a time when the blog became popular,it became a massive hit,when we were only a few hundred fans now it boomed up to millions of adoring fans.That's when it hit me.I lost my love for the blog.it was no longer our "blog" but everyones.it came to a point when it was us who started to blog seemed like were the ones tryin' to be in or posers.

Though in the end,just like any other fan,we would want our favorite bands to achieve success.Even though they have sold out,they never really changed,its just that feeling of jealousy that we they were no longer ours but we share them with everybody else.Even if the blog has gone worldwide,even it were no longer that underground band that nobody knew,its still blogging and as loyal fans,the way we truly are would continue to support and update our blogs regardless if its still in or not,all for the love of blogging.hehe.

anyways,i dont know if what i've just wrote even made sense,its just my way of saying i started to blog again.hehe.On with the post...

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Movie Review:
Dragonball Evolution

i watched this movie with no expecatation whatsover.i've heard from friends how bad this movie was.Didnt even bother to read any reviews either.i just said to myself,im still gonna watch it with no matter what even if im gonna burn a few bucks.

that being said,the movie itself turned out to be good.Normally,the verdict in review comes out in the end but i just felt like writing it already since most of you have also heard how bad this film was prior to watching it.i repeat Dragonball is not great nor is it a must see movie type but it was GOOD,decent.A lot of you might think,am i out of my head?is this what ive turned into after a long time of not making reviews,i could no longer tell which ones are good and the ones that are bad?Its not like that,moview reviews are the opinions of the people who wrote them and this is mine.

Of course,i have to explain my conclusion and heres my two-cents about it.Lets start of with the good points about this movie.First,i would have to say that Chichi was hot!i know its weird that it would be one of the first things that i would have to say about the good parts about the movie.Sorry,but i just couldnt help myself,its just that my hormones ruled over.Anyways,she is indeed one of the few good reasons why you or should you decide to watch it.Next would have to be the special effects/cgi and fight scenes,they werent spectacular but again,it was decent.I loved the slow motion effects during those fight scenes.Another reason would be Chow Yun Fat simply because it was him.Im a bit biased over here since im a fan of the guy but if you've seen any of his flicks you'd understand what im talking about.Stephen Chow,he's not in the movie (he's one of the producers) but if you've also seen his works,you know that this movie has some comedy in it.I think he was also the guy behind orchestrating the fight scenes in this movie because the fight scenes has some "kung-fu hustle" flavor into it.Most of the things about this movie are pretty much the average,which could also be a bad thing.

Moving on,these are the reasons why the movie turned out NOT to be great (or its just my way of saying what sucks about this movie).First of all would have to be the story telling.Dragonball had been an established anime and this movie had failed to attempt in recreating it.The creators were trying hard to make this movie be like the anime.It seems like it was forced.You'd get confused as if they were trying to make a new Dragonball story but also forcing to incorporate the anime into it.To start off,where would you find an american boy,named Goku?They failed with the casting.Since they already couldnt find the right actor to play the part why bother sticking to the original name?Its a good thing that as far as Goku is concerned its only his name that's weird,wait till you see Yamcha,his character was a disaster.When he showed up on the screen,i really didnt knew who his character was not until he introduced himself.Didnt like him,he was the only person who really acted bad.He was an actor but the way he speaks seems like it was dubbed.i dont know why?!Also the story telling was a bit off,in the beginning of the movie it tells how the world was almost conquered by the villian,Piccollo but was successfully stopped by a few monks by entrapping Piccollo into a container.Fast forward,a few scenes after,BOOM!There's Piccollo up in the sky and you would wonder how did he get there?Dont ask me,i dont know either!There's a couple of inconsistencies in the movie,if they were trying to re-write the anime's history,at least they should have kept their storytelling right.

The script would have to be one of the reasons why most people think that this movie sucked.This is not the dragonball that we grew up watching.That's simply it,i couldnt say more.

Overall,just like what i've said in the first part,Draonball Evolution is good.Lets just say that its wwwaaayyy better than Street Fighter:Legends of Chun-li.If youve seen that movie,you'd get the picture.That movie isnt even worth making a review.If ever you'd make one,it wouldnt be a review but a warning for those who dare watch it.

If you dont have anything better to do,no budget to go out of town,i suggest that you go out and cool down at the movie house and see this flick.Its worth your time should you have nothing else better to do.Should you decide to watch this movie,all im asking is that you do the same.Just try watching it with open minds,no expectations and you might just even like the movie.Enjoy!

RATING:
3/5

Movie Review:
Street Fighter:Legends of Chun-li

As mentioned in my other post,this is not even a review.I just wrote this simply because this movie was mentioned in my Dragonball review.Just for the sake of comparison,i would just like you to know how i rated this movie.

RATING:
1/5 (simply because Kristin Kreuk was in it)

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