Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief

Spoiler alert : Do NOT scroll down if you do not wish to be "spoiled"

Recently, I've watched this show :

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief

Synopsis : Zeus accused Poseidon that his forbidden son has stolen his lost lightning bolt. However, Poseidon has not seen his son ever since birth. Zeus strongly warned Poseidon that he would only give 14 days for him to retrieve the lightning bolt. Percy Jackson, Poseidon's son, does not know that his father is one of the Big Three of the ancient Greek Gods till one day, his class teacher, who's actually a Fury decided to make a move and attacked him. Anxious of his safety, his another teacher, Mr. Brunner who is Chiron the centaur, and his best friend Grover with a clutch, who's really just a satyr, decided to move Percy into the camp. During the journey to the camp for the demigods, his mother was abducted by the Minotaur which was directed by Hades. In order to save his mother back, he has to prove his innocence to Zeus that he had not stolen the lightning bolt and to Hades that he has mistaken the wrong person. His new bestie, Annabeth, the daughter of Athena alongside with Grover were set on an adventure to save Percy's mother and stop a chaos from happening in USA. However, things are not as simple as it seems.. is it really just Hades who had mistaken or..? The casts of the show :
	Logan Lerman	...	Percy Jackson
	Brandon T. Jackson	...	Grover
	Alexandra Daddario	...	Annabeth Chase
	Jake Abel	...	Luke
	Sean Bean	...	Zeus
	Pierce Brosnan	...	Mr. Brunner / Chiron
	Steve Coogan	...	Hades
	Rosario Dawson	...	Persephone
	Melina Kanakaredes	...	Athena
	Catherine Keener	...	Sally Jackson
	Kevin McKidd	...	Poseidon
	Joe Pantoliano	...	Gabe Ugliano
	Uma Thurman	...	Medusa
	Julian Richings	...	Ferryman

The main actor casting as Percy (Logan Lerman) is a REAL EYE CANDY <3

Review of the movie :

If you have read the book by any chance, you will notice that the story has been changed a little here and there to adapt to the movie length. It was not a bad movie and I would say the modification didn't really disappoint me but some of the details like having Cerberus in Hell would really be funny. The mother, Sally, wasn't as per described in the book, with the blue waffles and all that, but she's a good mother. To a point where Percy had brought the mother to Empire States Building, entering the Olympus, Sally knows how to activate the lift to the holy land. That surprised me quite a lot. It's more like, wow, how do you know? :S One of the disappointing thing is Annabeth did not show much affection to Luke in the show. She was supposed to be showing her affection to Luke since Thalia and Luke were her best friends since young. In the movie, Thalia and the tree were not mentioned at all. Quite a few loopholes I would say but the settings and the cabins were MAGNIFICENT. I would love to see Clarisse in the show just to piss me off but I was also quite gray to learn that she wasn't in the movie. Perhaps in the next sequel to the movie she would appear..? Well, she has to! She's one of the main cast in Sea of Monsters. 

Personally, the movie could have been better if it was stretched a little longer, there isn't really a "climax" because even the fight with Luke was.. I don't know, not interesting enough. It seem as though Luke was losing to him on purpose.. somewhat. I'm looking forward to the next movie! :) Not really related to the movie.. but Annabeth looks a little like Selena Gomez LOL. But she's hotter :)

Hades, looks a looooot like Nicholas Cage

Goddess Athena (Annabeth's mother)

Lotus Hotel in Las Vegas

Received the shield from Luke (son of Hermes)

Auntie Em :P Medusa :) I thought she died long time ago after being slayed by Perseus during the Clash of the Titans? :/

Logan Lerman <3 AAA Hotness <3

Really if I haven't read the book, I would've given it about 7-7.5 :/

Movie Rating : 6.5/10

Great Day - The Malaysian Movie.

Yeap, today I'm blogging about a local movie called Great Day.

(天天好天)

I watched this movie last night at home alongside with my mum, god brother, boyfriend, and I. 

Spoiler alert : Do NOT scroll down if you do not wish to be "spoiled"

Synopsis of the movie :

Two fathers, Uncle Lim and Uncle Lam live in an old folks' home. Uncle Lim is Hokkien while Uncle Lam is Cantonese. Apart from integral differences of different dialects, (e.g. fighting over Wah Lai Toi and Hua Hee Tai), they always argue about whose children has done better and how filial piety they have been.

While Uncle Lim thinks he may have gotten cancer and don't have much opportunities to see his children again, and aggravated by an argument, the two men decided to escape from the old folks' home to find their children and bring back evidence so the rest of their friends can judge whose children is better. While trying to escape, Uncle Lam hurt his leg leaving Uncle Lim to continue his journey alone. 

Ah Hock is a widower who treasures family relationship very well, when he has free time, he will bring his son Ah Boy to KL to visit Ah Hock's mother who lives with his cousin Liu Duo Hao and needs a better medical treatment as she is becoming more and more forgetful. 

With help from Ah Hock, Uncle Lim reached KL but surprised to find that it is now an unfamiliar territory. Uncle Lim has a son and a daughter. They are both facing problems of their own, but had gone to great lengths in trying to hide them from their father and make their father proud of how well they are doing at the same time. 

Together with Ah Hock and his friend Ultraman, Uncle Lim meets Lam Xiao Xun, whom he thinks he's Uncle Lam's son. Lam Xiao Xun however keeps insisting that his father is dead. But after being touched Uncle Lim and Ah Hock about the importance of family relationship, he decided to follow them to the old folks' home all the way back in Perlis. 

The movie ends at the old folks' home with the gathering of everyone. But is Lam Xiao Xun really not Uncle Lam's son?

Movie Review :

Have you realized that I've been using green words for this blog post? :P Haha cut the crap fro now, let's continue with the comments of the movie.

Aside from being really surprised with the talents of Malaysian actors and actresses, the storyline was basically problems that we would normally face in the real society. Great Day reminds us to respect our elders and also to treasure your family members. Aside from family members, the movie emphasizes on human relationships a lot. 

When I was watching the movie, I couldn't help but thought of my father who was living far away from me. No, he's not in old folks' home but he is living alone. Perhaps if he was living in old folks' home he would have more partner, but it would be cruel too. To come and think of it, isn't loneliness even more cruel? You must be thinking why didn't I live with my father. Simple. My parents are divorced and my custody belongs to my mother. I'm not financially supported myself to take care of my father but once I am I will. Not only has this movie made me missed my father a whole lot more, but also reminded me that I should not let him be lonely for the rest of his life.

In the movie, Uncle Lim really reminds me of my father a lot. He cooks for the family, cares for the children and grandchildren. Although he nags and loves to make a lot of fuss with his friends, he is actually very caring and concerned for their feelings. There was a scene in the movie where his little granddaughter, Joey (yes same name with me lol) went all the way to Perlis just to see her grandfather. It may sound simple and somehow corny to you with words but as I watched it, tears glistened in my eyes and eventually flew down my cheeks.

It's a great movie to watch and a lot of morals could be picked up, so make sure let your children watch it instead LOL. 

This is one of the best Malaysian movies that I've ever watched and I must admit that the standard of the movie is quite high.

Here are some of the pictures from the movie adapted from the website : www.greatdaythemovie.blogspot.com

The entire crew of the movie. :) Ohh heartfelt.

Batu Caves' scene. Boosting tourism much :p

The old folks' home scene. 

Rainy day, cloudy day, windy day.. it's still GREAT DAY.

Movie rating : 8.5/10