17 Again

Reviewed by kuro-hime



Yes, I know this movie was in cinemas quite a while ago. Even so, I feel like reviewing this movie.

Synopsis :

Mike O'Donnell of class 1989 was a star in his high school basketball court with a college scout and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away when he found out that his girlfriend, Scarlett was pregnant.
Almost 20 years later, Mike marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart. His teenage children things he is a loser and his best friend, Ned who is a nerd is now a billionaire. He can't even get a job promotion even though he has worked there for almost 20 years.

Mike is given a another shot at life when he suddenly transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, he may look 17 but he is a 30 something year old man at heart. How will he survive high school in the year 2009?

Review :

Eventhough this story plot has been used in several hundred movies, this movie is still interesting. The pacing of the story is really good. It's not too fast & it's not too slow. And it's definately not boring. This movie can really make you laugh out loud.

Unfortunately, I have to give credit to Zac Efron on his acting skills. All this while, I was a anti-efron person but this movie changed my perception. This reason I watched this movie was because of Matthew Perry but ended up, enjoying Zac Efron acting. He managed to emote really well in this movie and the character seem real.

Unlike all his past works such as High School Musical & Hairspray, I think this is the first movie that display his acting. I hope he picks better projects next time. As for the supporting cast, they did really well too. The movie felt real and relevant to adults and teenagers.

This movie is one of those nice, sweet, relaxing movie that you want to watch on a tired Monday night. This movie is just one of those movie that gives you a nice after feeling. I have no regrets in watching this movie and I have personally watched this movie thrice.

This movie is definately not corny and I think it worked out quite well. I rate this movie 3 stars out of five.

Twilight Saga

Reviewed by kuro-hime



Synopsis :

I'm sure everyone knows the Twilight saga. But if you don't know the Twilight saga, I'm going to just summarise it because telling too much would be a major spoiler and we all know that spoilers are a no-no.
Anyway,this is your ordinary vampire love story. Anyway, in the story we have the main character, Isabella Swan. She's your ordinary quiet girl. So one day, she moves to Forks to stay with her father. Then in Forks, she meets a boy who is a vampire, Edward Cullen. And so the vampire & the human girl fell in love with each other. The saga revolves around this main plot.

Character development :

There's quite a few character development. We get to know Bella because the story is her point of her view. We know what's she thinking and after a while, you can pretty much guess her next move.

Writing Style :

Stephenie Meyer has an interesting writing style that captures our attention. However, from her writing, I can tell that Stephenie Meyer is slightly prejudiced because she made her vampire almost godlike and that she really love her main character, Bella Swan.

Review :

This saga actually has a nice story but for me, this saga cannot be read more than twice because it will lose it's charms. The theme of the story is really good but it has been drag too long to fit in 4 books. There are some books in the saga that were really dissappointing.
The ending of this story somehow felt a little boring and yet disgusting. As much as I enjoyed this book, there are times when I feeling throwing the book on the ground. This book is mostly dissappointing than amusing. Even so, it's pretty good.
I rate it 2 stars.

D.Gray-Man [Chapter 187]

Reviewed by JuliaAerides


"Akuma, monsters born from dead souls mistakenly recalled by their loved ones to the living world, are the weapons of the Millennium Earl, who is intent on the destruction of the world. Allen Walker has been cursed with an anti-Akuma weapon "Innocence", a substance that allows him to kill Akuma and fight the Earl in his left arm and an eye that sees the former soul of the Akuma since his youth. With these powers, he joins the Black Priest Organization as an Exorcist and sets out with other Exorcists to stop the Earl's attempts to annihilate the human race."-adapted from wikipedia

So~~after what? 5 month? DGM has kindly provided a sweetener to its fans (me~!!)who were rather piss at the series of unexplained hiatus - well at least until it returns in November as a monthly release.

Okay. *speechless* All I can say is that (a)exorsist are being attacked left right and centre (b)wow their new uniform kinda sucked (c)Allen has gained an awesome new attack (d)It has no direct link to the previous chapter...just when we're about to know more about Kanda

From the first few pages~We know more about our Noahs than ever before! Really shocking! I'm also surprised that the Earl is a Noah - I always thought that the Noahs served the Earl...

This being us to questions as I thought that Road would be the 1st disciple as they call her the First Child~~Apparently I was wrong. On top of the miraculous pace it is going at, the Noah's seems to have gain an ability to appear out of thin air.

About the 3rd Exorcists...They're quite disappointing after their rather grand entrance to the Order - proclaiming that they could help the exorcist in the war. Seems that even if they could consume many akuma with one attack they are powerless against the Noah.

Anyway, the most surprising news is that they are "born" from something called Alma Karma and that they too can turn into this thing to give "birth" to other 3rd exorcists. Talk about cannibalism. And for some unknowed reason the Earl wants it.

To wrap things up, this manga is very jaw-dropping with many new revelations.

Verdict: 8.9


Additional Review by Kuro-hime

This manga has been in hiatus for too long. And when the new chapter has been published, many fans rushed to read it. In order to please the fans, the chapter is 50 page long.

However, I felt that chapter 187 is very dissappointing. WHY?

1. The art work became more messier & harder to read

2. The Noah looked alike while the characters no longer looked like what they used too. It seems that the characters have morphed.

3. It is actually quite a boring chapter.

In this chapter, the Noahs were unveiled. Isn't that suppose to be exciting? In any D.gray-man fan mind, Noahs are strong, mysterious and maybe even good looking. But when the Noahs was really unveiled, it felt insignificant and nothing special. So that's slightly boring as the characters looked like a photocopy of each other.

And about the exorcists, their new uniform sucked. I think this is the worst uniform design ever. Not only that, the mysterious 3rd exorcist turned out to be lame weaklings. And it also seem the exorcists are losing this battle.

Another thing that made this chapter dissappointing is that this chapter did NOT continue the last chapter. That's quite frusfrating to all Kanda fans. I'm sure all the Kanda fans are asking, "WHAT HAPPENED TO KANDA? WHAT IS HIS SECRET PAST?"

Overall, this anime is just dissappointing and if Hoshino Katsura wants to keep her fans, she should do something. This is not one of Hoshino best works.
Overall, I rate it 2 stars out of 5