Most anticipated movies for the year 2007

There's nothing like Greek myth and history, from thunderous gods to heart fought wars, life then was all about power and glory. The preview itself gave me goosebumps having it be graphically animated to a certain extent to capture the various battle scenes in the movie. Based on a novel from Frank Miller, its narrates a tale of 300 valor Spartans against thousands of Persian men. Guess who was victorious? Dont let the novel spoil it. Expectations 4.5/5


My favourite marvel character, the silver surfer. Rarely on the lips of many but surely one of the great superheroes ever created. Just thinking about it, I use to have a collection of several marvel characters and one consisted of silver surfer. There were marvel cards from 1992 and now I can't find them!!!Hope it is still around. I could tell you more about silver surfer if I had the card but I dont, so gotta wait for the movie...Expectations 4.0/5


Honestly, I never imagined a actual graphical movie from the likes of transformers considering the technicality involved but they did it. I was expecting plain animation like the cartoons I watched everyday but the directors took it one step above. Optimus Prime and Megatron in a real life movie, very nice Hollywood. Certain characters were enhanced but well I am certain the movie is gonna be a big hit. Expectations 4.4/5


Its always good to end with a laugh and there is no other than Mr. Bean himself aka Rowan Atkinson. The guy who can go speechless and still make me laugh my guts out. A great comedian and being a loyal fan of his TV series, cant wait for his movie to come along. Expectations 4.o/5


All cinema bound for me, certainly. Sigh..just wish I had my girl to tag along with me to these new and exciting movies...:(

Have a little faith....

Religion is perhaps the most sensitive and heated topic we can ever bring forward to discussion. There can be endless debates on who's right or wrong and what existed or not. Ultimately we all believe in the same thing, just in the past not everyone interpreted the story the same way. Religious or miraculous events were translated into various versions across the globe , hence all the different writings from powerful storytellers. Well, like all of us we have our own religious believes we choose lead our life's with. I have mine and theeres where my faith lies.

In religious terms, theres nothing more important than faith. Many of us acclaim that our faith is profuse but how often will that words turn into worthy behaviour. If tragedy bestows us, how many of us will remember never too doubt? How many will come to him if everything around them appears grim?How many of us will begin to doubt his existence? How many of us will make sacrifices like Abraham did?How many will question our believes or even run away? The answers are only shared between you and God. A test of faith.

Well, I am one of those who sometimes boastfully speak about the amount and value of faith I have. I have gone past patchy stages throughout my life from a young age, but I've never deserted Him even at every fall I had and every miserable event. There were times I ask Why Lord Why? but I have learnt not to ask questions anymore. I have chose just to love my life, thanking him for what I already have and just the fact of being alive, ccasionally praying for a want or a need. I would consider myself moderately religious, practicing wise. I go to church weekly like everyone else but I always have inner chats with god, which I consider prayers in a way. My way of praying so to speak.

I deem that our lives are only controlled by one person, US. Destiny and fate lie in our hands and its our choices that will shape the future. God is always there helping along the way, answering prayers, having that miraculous touch here and there where he feels necessary but people still fail to notice.

We are the greatest creation on earth without a doubt. Who else can make brains??He gave us all that so we can live our life's as we want it to be. Right or wrong He will be the judge of that hence heaven and hell. So don't ask god why there are people suffering or why is that poor child so unfortunate? Its simply life, science and biology can screw up, much more than just twice.
God can change anything, anytime He wants to. He does it through small miracles everyday, not to everyone but the people who needs it. Don't ask me how he chooses. That's where we leave it up to HIM and His mysterious ways.Just wanted to share this thought of mine..I can go on and on but it will never end...I guess it all starts by just having a little faith....Its where it all begins.

Spanglish anyone?

I was positive I've watched the movie before, though I couldn't really remember the conspicuous events which took place so I sat down and watched it again, for the second time. A quite brilliant cast, consisting of Adam Sandler(John Clasky as the main character) followed by Tea Leoni(His wife - Deborah Clasky) and Paz Vega(as Flor), fairly a new face in the movie scene.
This is the part where I tell you, I lOVE TV!!!and if you are missing out on shows or movies, you'll be leaving behind a big part of evolution. I have personally learnt plenty about life through it, hence the topic Spanglish...
Sigh....for those of you whom have seen Spanglish, probably get the drift on why the show was different from the rest. As for the various events that occurred during the movie, theres some I try relating it to myself, What would I do if I was in life of that sort? I still dont know. Let me break it down for you. The synopsis.I was going to give my own, nah, just a bit to much to write. For those who missed it and are interested go here:
http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Spanglish/Summary/

So what would you do if you had a sharp-tongued wife(who has just been in a relationship secretively for 11 weeks and slept with him as well), a 13 year old girl(sweet and innocent-presumes everything is ok with her parents and loves them both) and a Latino helper(beautiful, caring, conventional,loving,there when you needed her, genuine,cultured, makes you smile :), resulting in a remarkable feeling of love towards her and vice versa - not because you want to but reason being your marriage in heading downhill and she is just so damm nice -oh... you still havent found out about the other affair here:P) who had a 13 year old girl(brilliant,loves her mother to death but is being influenced heavily but a new culture) . These was John Clasky's life. What he had to ponder upon. What would you do?
I will go WOW!!Am I really in this shit?

Mind my words, no offence ladies, but if she's one then you have to call her one, a b***h. Maybe she wasnt before but definitely turned into one. I applaud John's decision and how he took the stand when she came to confess to him after being consulted by her mother. He never once asked her about him, just if she had Sex with him. Why be angry at him?Why chase him with a bat? Whoever it is, it didnt matter, only one person was at fault...HER. I would probably go through the same process but ouchhhh...really ouchhh its gonna hurt so so badly. Your wife being pleased by someone else... nothing worst...

Well he stayed with her, knowing that the love he had was gone, he stayed for the sake of his child. Perhaps a sacrifice many will find hard undertake. He settled for second best when he had the best right in front of him. He knew all that, but still made the sacrifice for his little girl. Flor knew this, being the gentle lady she is, she left with her daughter who was devastated to depart from her current life because she was adapting to her new culture but the downside, she was turning into one of those American kids( he mum knew that). Having being a cultured Mexican , while leaving with her angry daughter...all she did utter were these words in Spanish with tears sipping from her eyes...¿Realmente deseas ser tan diferente de mí?(Do you really want to be so different from me).....Her daughter than understood, her anger and disappointment vanished..aware what her mother felt she was loosing....her daughters identity...

Amazing how words from the heart can trigger a person inst it....A great movie portraying what the world can be and what it has turn into.

As for me, I can never survive with a cheating wife, definitely cant love her the same way again. I would stay though for my child, a small sacrifice, a child needs a family. At least thats what I think I would do. Its just circumstantial I guess. What would you do?

Filling up empty spaces of time

I have not read a paperback since high school, textbooks were a must, but its been some time since I got a grip of a good novel, 5-6 years to be exact. The last novel I read was a series titled 'Left Behind'. It consisted of 7 editions where I finished 3 but lost interest thereafter due to time factors and the books werent paperback like my current ones...they were photostatted!!! A major turn off...

Now that uni is over, its practically goodbye to textbooks and insideful essays , a glimpse at a colourful bookstore entrapped my eyes like the old days, when I use to run to the SS5 Rent 'A Book store almost on a daily basis to borrow R.L Stine's collection of horror flicks. Ages since completing a novel,I decided to hit Target's bookshelf before leaving Perth and picked out 3 paperbacks which appeared to compliment my interest. One from every theme I chose:-

Nelson DeMille - Wildfire
Laura Caldwell - The Rome Affair
One more after I read it (No.. thats not the name of the book.:P.)

The first was reasonably mediocre, seems like the best way to phrase it. Based on a rumour , the novel was written with a great intensity to pull readers to envisage that the unthinkable is possible. Every aspect of the book was written in different angles, from the mind of a madman to annoying witty detectives.The content is for you to explore. 3.5/5

Now the second book was gripping, a tale of lies and desecration of human lives. The price of infidelity so to speak. A great thriller with fantastic twist. A rather short novel compared to the former but its substance will make you question your understanding of love and lust. In my opinion it was written based on the eventful world we live in revolving around lies and deceit. My personal odium. It just begins there. A great read 4.2/5.

Well there you go.. I am actually rating books now, I wonder how long before 'the empty spaces' will come to be another wish of mine...