[Anime Review] Air

Air


"Not as good as I though" -Bezoe

Story revolving around 2 main characters: Kunasaki Yukito and Kamio Misuzu.

Kunisaki Yukito is searching for a girl. A girl with wings. On his travels, he ends up in a town where he meets Kamio Misuzu, a girl who experiences strange dreams. And the town itself seems to be quite the melting pot for strange events.

There are a lot of suprising event in the anime, but unfortunately I will say this anime is pretty bad. Not only I don't have any favorite girls in this anime, but also the storyline it self a bit boring and confusing. And there are a lot of flash back to the past (Waaay to the past) that somehow connected to the person on the present day.

Overall Rating: C
-Bezoe

Favorite characters: NONE

[Anime Review] Da Capo 1+2 Seasons

Da Capo 1st + 2nd Seasons

"A Must See for Harem Anime lovers!" -Bezoe

1st Season

Every year the flowers bloom. Mysterious Cherry Blossoms blooming all over a crescent shaped island. That island is the island of Hatsune...

The main character who goes to Kazami Academy, Asakura Junnichi, has the power to see the dreams of other people in his sleep. He was also taught magic by an old lady that allows him to create sweets.

One day, Junnichi seems to have seen someone`s dream again while he was sleeping. Inside that dream, a girl who was a childhood friend of his appeared. But, he was woken up by his sister Asakura Nemu, forcing him to come back to his regular life. Nemu doesn`t actually have any blood relation to Junnichi but their bond is deeper than other real brothers and sisters. So deep that it gives the illusion that they`re lovers.

It was another peaceful normal day waking up early in the morning and going to Kazami Academy. Together with childhood friend Amakase Miharu, the academy idol Shirakawa Kotori, the two sisters Mizukoshi Moe and Mako who prefer eating nabe on the school roof for lunch. Going through their day as usual, their childhood friend, Yoshino Sakura, who they thought had moved to America suddenly appears. It was a surprise for Junnichi and Nemu. Sakura tells them, "I came to finish the promise we made during our childhood"...

-Taken from AnimeNfo and AniDB

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2nd Season

Hatsune-Jima was once well-known for its cherry trees, which would bloom no matter what time of year it was. Two years ago, the island's cherry trees lost this ability and all became ordinary cherry trees that bloom only in the spring. Jun'ichi Asakura is now a graduating senior at Kazami Academy, and is surrounded by many close friends, old and new alike. On a stormy summer day, a mysterious young girl, Aisia, arrives at Jun'ichi's door. She is looking for Sakura's grandmother to study magic, ultimately hoping to bring happiness to everyone. When she discovers that grandmother Yoshino had long since passed away, she joyfully assumes (thanks to his error in judgment) that Jun'ichi is able to teach her. Even though she finally understands that the only magic he's capable of is conjuring Japanese confections, Aisia continues her search for magic on Hatsune-Jima. Amid the chaos of her search, Kazami Academy hires new medical staff.
[taken from ANN]

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Yes I'm a bit lazy to type out a full version of my own review =p (but I will though when I re-watch the anime again, since this is one of my favorite), I'm reviewing from my memory right now (Because I've been watching atleast 6 Harem animes for the past 2 weeks- Bad me, I should reviewed it ASAP after I watched it)

But I must say I love Da Capo so much. But there is some part that I'm kinda lost in the transition between the 1st season and 2nd, which I realized when I played Da Capo PC game. For the people that have seen this anime, then I guess you know what I'm talking about (hint: About where the hell Nemu disappeared at the beginning of the 2nd season)

Overall Rating: A
-Bezoe

Favorite Characters:
#1. Asakura Nemu



#2 Kotori Shirakawa


#3 Sakura Yoshino


#4. Mako Mizukoshi

[MovieReview] Bee Movie

Bee Movie

Cast: Jerry Sienfeld, Renee Zellweger, Kathy Bates, Oprah Winfrey, Matthew Broderick

Director: Stephen Hickner, Simon J.Smith

"Bee licious movie"-Bezoe

Barry B.Benson (Jerry Sienfield), is a bee that just "graduated" from Bee College, and he is ready to serve his hive. But he is not interested in making honey for his entire life. Barry tries to find another suitable job but can't find one, until one day he gets a chance to see the human world and finds out that humans eat their honey.

Finally, another Dreamworks animation after their flagship release early this year (Shrek the Third). Is "Bee Movie" another great animation feature from Dreamworks? Or is it just another animation that no one will care about?

For the guys who love ultra-photo-realistic 3D animation, you will bee disappointed. There's not as the eye candy of Final Fantasy, or the colorful and magnificent ocean of Finding Nemo, or even the very nice lighting and a very ugly ogre (in a good way) of the Shrek series. But hey, Bee Movie is bee-liciously good!.

The graphics are very... yellow-orange the entire movie, but thats what bees look like, isn't it? All the textures look very simple; they are almost as simple as in Toy Story but the lighting and textures are better. But what I like is, for the entire movie, it is not the graphics we pay attention to, it's the story and the comedy.

The story is very nice and give us a lot of knowledge about the bee world, and why they are important in our human society. If you watch Animal Planet then you might already be well informed about the important role of the bee. If not, then "Bee Movie" will fill in some knowledge about bees. Bee-side the story, the humor is good, hey we have the great Jerry Sienfeld here!

But "Bee Movie" is not the best animated movie that's already been produced. It is not that bad, but it's just not the best. It might entertain a lot of children and teens, but I don't think it will be entertaining for mature adults, unless you love animated movies like I do. In conclusion, it is better than "Shark Tale", but not as good as Madagascar or Shrek. But bee-live me, it's still very entertaining. Try not to miss it.

Overall Rating : B+
-Bezoe

[MovieReview] The Warlords

The Warlords

Cast: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei

Director: Peter Chan

"It is a movie not to be miss" -Bezoe

The Story Starts in the 1860s in the late Qing Dynasty. During that period, there was a lot of Kingdoms fighting each other to conquer the city. There was one battle in paticular where all the armies died and all left was the general. His name is Pang Qing Yun (Jet Li). Later in His journey, He met with Zhao ErHu (Andy Lau) and Jiang Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). They sworn to become a blood brother so they can trust each other till the death.

Usually if there is Jet Li in a movie, it will bring the hype pretty high (admit it guys!). But what about adding another 2 superb actors? One is very well known in Hongkong, China plus other Asia regions (Andy Lau), and the other one from Taiwan (yes Takeshi is from Taiwan- 1/2 Taiwan 1/2 Japanese) ?. It should be a movie of the year no?

The opening scene really bring you in to the front seat to see whats going on during the period of time. It was a big battle happened everywhere, a pretty colossal I must say. I also notice some of the battle scene looks a bit like 300 (the scene where theres a lot of foot and head chopping). The action feel very classic Chinese-colossal-style battle. Don't compare it to a fancy Lord of the Ring types, it is more like Braveheart or Last Samurai (replace the samurai with Chinese sword). Even though there are a lot of battles, but it still have a interesting storyline

The Storyline is easy to understand, it is three men that are sworn as a blood brother, so even they are not at the same place when they are born, but they will die together. A lot of turmoil that will shake the brothers relationship in the movies. So I would say the story is very interesting to find out.

Acting wise is a top notch for all the three main actors. Jet Li still got the moves, Andy Lau still got the charm and Takeshi Kaneshiro still got the....look!. Jet Li role is the oldest brothers of three, he looks wise and mean. Andy is the middle, he is hard headed and never give up type. Meanwhile Takeshi is the youngest of three, he is the cheerful one. Even though Jet Li is getting old, but he still can kick a lot of ass in the movie, so get ready to get excited.

It is a movie not to be miss, it might be one of the best Chinese movies of the year. Even though you planning to catch it on weekday special price or weekend I don't care, just don't miss the movie, especially if you are their fans. Even though you not, its ok, you might be one later after watch the movie.

Overall Rating : A-
- Bezoe

[MovieReview] I am Legend

I Am Legend

Cast: Will Smith

Director: Francis Lawrence

"Alot of Holes in the movies...."-Bezoe

Robert Neville (Smith) is a scientist, that try to save the earth from the outbreak that makes billions of people, some survivors after expose to the disease become a bloodthirsty creature. Neville tried to make the cure at the Ground Zero, which is located In NY city. But how can he find the cure for the outbreak? Especially with a swarm of bloodthirsty creatures. Plus since he is the last people in NY, there is no where to ask for help except his 4-legged friend. Will Neville save the world by finding the cure? or will the whole humanity being erase from the earth?

The Plot of the movie is very easy to guess hows the story will progress, Especially if you are a Zombie/Creature/Gory Monsters fan. Yep, beside this movie said to be a third remake. I think it is also a mix of a lot of zombies movie blend it together to make I am Legend. Couple movies that instantly cross my mind such as : 28 Days & Weeks Later, Resident Evil, Dawn of The Dead, a bit of Silent Hill movie and even Parasite Eve (oh yeah!). Too bad there was a lot of holes in the movie that makes you wondering what happen or why it happen. But no worries, its still entertaining.

I must say, Will Smith did a really good job, he made the movie believe able and we can feel the sympathy of a person who live alone.. well with a dog. Theres a couple of intense sequence that I can guarantee makes you jump from your seat. There was some funny scene also but in a cynical way. Sound effect was very good! it makes the movie more "alive!". But can't praise too much for the special effects though, it looks good but it definitely won't win any SFX award this year.

Go see the movie when it play in your city, especially for zombie movie fans, it worthed. For a non zombie fans, no worries, Will Smith will entertain you.

Overall Rating : A--
-Bezoe

[MovieReview] Hitman

Hitman
DIRECTOR: Xavier Gens

CAST: Timothy Olyphant, Olga Kurylenko, Dougray Scott

"Thank Goodness its not Uwe Boll's Movies" -Bezoe

Finally we can see Agent 47 in movie!, but is it good? We all know most of the "Game to Movie" genre never been good. There are countless of bad Game to Movies out there, that literally it is pain in the rear to even watch it.

Agent 47 (Timothy) is a heartless Assassin raised and trained by a shadowy Organization simply known as "The Agency. Since at a tender age, he already been trained to be a professional assassin that stay unknown by the FBI or police. After the agents "graduate" from the training facility, he is ready to do the job giving by "The Agency" to earn hard cash. Even the task is very hard, the agents can finish the job easily and rarely failed, because failure means the end of the contract and maybe their life.

The first thing that I highlight is the cast. I say Timothy Olyphant is a decent actor (he is not bad in Die Hard 4.0) but he is not the right cast for Agent 47 and I'm sure a lots of movie goers out there agree. Jason Statham or Vin Diesel are my personal choice (even maybe Bruce Willis?). Timothy can't bring the real Agent 47 emotionless into the movie. I though he will put some weight and muscle to play the character but he is too slim to be 47 and don't have the edge of looking like 47 from the game.

As far as storyline goes, it is enjoyable from start to end but its easily predictable. Fighting scene are ok, not so great. Nika Boronina (Olga) is hot though, and her acting is pretty good. recommend to catch the movie. The last thing I will mention is Thank goodness its not Uwe Boll's Movies.

Overal Rating : B+
-Bezoe

[DVD Review] Equilibrium

Equilibrium (2002)
Cast:
Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson, Angus MacFayden, Sean Bean, William Fichtner.
Director:
Kurt Wimmer
Genre : Sci-Fi

Ok its an "old" movie, so what?

lets the review begin ^_^

Libria, a Metropolis that ruled by a ruler known as "Father". In order to create a "perfect" society, where there are no crimes, wars, murders and other violence. All of Libria Citizen requires to use a drug (Prozium) that will erase their violence behavior and other senses, such as joy, love and compassion from the world around them. But not all people happy about the rules. So there are a Resistances that trying to fight for the freedom of senses. In orther to keep the society in place, "Father" have a special force to tackle the Resistances, the special force is call Tetragrammaton Cleric who is highly trained in Gun training and also martial arts called "Gun Kata".

First I will say, congratulations Kurt! you make a superb movie with a low budget (Estimated 20 Millions - source wikipedia). Unfortunately the movie not a big hit worldwide, or even in US market. But nevertheless this movie earn the right to be "must seen" movie of all time from me.

Secondly, Beside an ugly cover, I hate the dvd box that have quote "Forget The Matrix, This movie will Blow you Away!" . Yes it did blow me away, thats why Im reviewing the movie and become one of my all time favorite. But I must get this straight, Equilibrium can't be compare to The Matrix...

The movie have created a fighting style that was very interesting to watch (and maybe learn) called Gun Kata. Gun Kata is a combination of fighting with guns that can literally make it almost unbeatable from any angle. The action scene very well done even though not perfect. The gun fight scenes were very memorable and I can guarantee that. Christian Bale as Cleric John Preston is a right choice, he played the character very well and I guess thats why he got the role for Batman Begins (kudos to Bale).

So, I recommend to get the DVD, its under $10 now which is cool.

Overall Rating: B+
-Bezoe