Hachiko : A dog's story

by kurohime



SUMMARY :

Based on a true story, this is a movie about a dog, Hachiko and his owner Parker Wilson.
This is a tale about loyalty and love.

It is a story about how a dog can be still very loyal to his owner even after his death.



REVIEW :

This is a really sad and brilliant movie. This movie is so touching and to think that a dog can be so loyal. I mean, it's a dog. It's not even human and yet, that dog has more heart that some humans have.

And to think that it's based on a true story, that makes it even more incredible! I mean, I can't believe it's real!

It's a sad story. No, it's a beautiful touching story that makes you feel sad and yet all warm inside.
Movies like this make me wanna get a dog. It makes me respect a dog or any animal. At the same time, it also show the beauty of relationships and that it isn't just confined to humans.

The cast did a great job! Richard Gere was brilliant eventhough he wasn't around for the second or third half of the movie.
And the dog, oh my god, it is as if the dog can act. I mean, how do they do it?

At certain moments, I will question the dog existence. I mean, could that dog be a visual effect? I mean, Aslan from Narnia wasn't real. So I thought maybe, Hachiko wasn't real.

But the fur of the dog looked too real and when I checked on wikipedia, Hachiko were real dogs. (there were more than one dog that played Hachiko in this movie)

Wow. That absolutely shocked me. Who knew that dogs could act and they are pretty darn good in acting too.

Anyhow, I would definitely recommend this movie to ALL ANIMAL LOVERS~!

I would rate this movie 8.5 out of 10~!

The Green Hornet

Reviewed by kurohime



SUMMARY :

Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the 28-year-old slacker son of widower James Reid (Tom Wilkinson), publisher of the Los Angeles newspaper The Daily Sentinel. Britt is an irresponsible playboy, but his attitude changes when James is found dead from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. After the funeral, Britt fires the staff aside from his maid and Kato (Jay Chou), James' mechanic and a skilled martial artist.

Britt and Kato get drunk together and, upon agreeing that they both hated James, visit the graveyard to cut the head off James' memorial statue as payback. After they succeed, they see a couple being mugged, and rescue them. Britt and Kato are themselves mistaken by police for criminals and chased through the streets, but Kato evades them and he and Britt return to the mansion.

Britt convinces Kato they should become crime-fighters who pose as criminals in order to infiltrate real criminals, and also to prevent enemies from using innocents against them. Kato agrees, and develops a car outfitted with several gadgets and weapons, which they call the Black Beauty. Britt plans to capture Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), a Russian mobster who is uniting the criminal families of Los Angeles under his command, and whom his father was trying to expose. To get Chudnofsky's attention, Britt uses the Daily Sentinel as a vehicle to publish articles about the "high-profile criminal" the Green Hornet.

(adapted from wikipedia)


REVIEW :

Why call it the Green Hornet when the Green Hornet does almost nothing. Might as well call it the Kato or something like that.

Did I like the movie? Well, it was enjoyable but it won't be my favourite or anything like that.

I think Britt is a rich spoiled brat who doesn't know how to do anything. I worry for him. Unlike Bruce Wayne, Britt's an idiot. Atleast, Bruce Wayne is pretending to be an idiot & a playboy. BUT Britt, he's that way.
Yea, I shouldn't be comparing Bruce Wayne to Britt.

But I'll give Britt some credit. It's thanks to his stupidity that the movie is more funny and interesting. Most of the humour comes from him. Ok, he's not all that bad. He was just useless through out 3 quaters of the movie. At the end, he finally DID something.

However, thank god Kato isn't a stupid asian. Atleast, he step up and show Britt that he's not idiot who gets to be bullied. I like that part.

This is just an enjoyable movie. Nothing special. It's not a great movie but it's not the worst either. It's just alright. Something to watch so that you can waste time and escape the world.

ONE thing lacking is that I think Kato should get a nickname eventhough he's just a "sidekick". (I mean, even Batman sidekick has a nickname which is called ROBIN.)

I rate this movie 4.5 out of 10.

Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4)

Reviewed by JuliaAerides

Radiant Shadows is the second stand alone book in these series after Ink Exchange. As it suggest, this book is not really necessary to the storyline but will help us understand the lesser known characters. For Radiant Shadows, we leave the frivolity of the Summer Court and enter the lesser known realm of the Dark Court.

The beginning shows us a scene from Devlin's - the High court Assassin - past where he agrees to shelter a spectral girl in faerie. Fast forward a century, Devlin once again spared a halfing - Ani - from Sorcha, the High Queen who ordered her death with the warning that she may never enter Faerie.

At the present, Ani struggles to fit in with the Hound of the Dark Court due to her father's over protectiveness but also as she was too mortal to fit in and yet held too much of fey to be safe in the mortal world. As Faerie begin to fall apart, Devlin, Ani and Rae, the spectral girl will see the creation of a new court - one that will balance the High Court and will forever seal the passage between Faerie and mortal world.

I'll have to say that this book is awesome but one thing that slightly irked me was that it failed as the continuation of Fragile Eternity. We only get glimpse of Seth, Aislinn and Keenan and throughout the whole book the main canon characters did not really live up to my expectation. Those who are reading this book for Seth...don't waste your money.

In the whole, it isn't too bad but I hope that for its finale, Melissa Marr will bring back the entire storyline back as it was what that originally captivated me.


Verdict: A