Potter and Messi

Just watched the new Harry Potter movie, and I think it's a solid continuation of the last one. It's more focused this time around. Right off the bat, it's about Voldermort, with the lighter macigky stuff being put as a side story. And some cool new characters were introduced too, like Nymphadora Tonks played by the newcomer Natalia Tena, who is hot, by the way (why else would I mention her out of the all other new characters). And like most movies, the fight scene at the end of the movie was awesome. It looks as if they put most their special effects money on that fight scene, because there are some parts of the movie where the special effects looked cheap, but still better than the effects from the first movie. Harry Potter movies ain't all about special effects, the movie is mainly for kids, but there's enough depth to the story that adults can actually enjoy it without the need to turn off their brains.

Messi's goal
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Apart from the movie itself, another awesome thing that I saw today was Loinel Messi's goal against Mexico today. After watching that goal I had to clean the walls because it blew my brains out. The moment he chipped that ball, my brain went, "no way... No Way", then it happened, the ball went in, and my brain exploded. Argentina meet Brazil in the finals, my bet is on Argentina.

Cloverfield Trailer

Apple HD 1-18-08 (Cloverfield) Trailer

JJ Abrams, the creator of Lost, is working on a movie called Cloverfield, or at least that's what people are calling it. The title of the movie is still a mystery, but the trailer gives an idea of what the movie is about, and it looks awesome. Some say it's Godzilla, but whatever it is, it's good. At first, the Blair Witch style camcorder camera work made me assume that it was going to be a low budget indie thing, but then, at the end of the trailer, you'll see how kick ass this movie is going to be.

Hayden Panettiere Bikini Pics

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She looked good in Heroes but few episodes towards the finale, it looks as if she had consecutive bad hair days. Plus, her acting during those episodes weren't good, but it's hard to make it good with lame dialogs from the script.

Wimbledon - Federer Wins, But More Importantly, Ivanovic Is Hot

Roger Federer just won Wimbledon, 5 times in a row. Great match between him and Nadal. Nadal is improving fast, and Federer, even though he's superb, his form is stagnant. If things keep going on like this, Nadal will become the better player soon.

Ana Ivanovic

But that aside, the main thing that I've discovered from the tournament is that Ana Ivanovic is HOT. Even slightly hotter than Sharapova. That is one of the greatest discoveries this year.

Die Hard 4.0 Is Way, Waay, Waaay Better Than Transformers

I watched the 2 movies back-to-back over the weekend, and Die Hard was beyond expectations, Transformers was a disappointment.

McClane's 'Da Man!

At first I thought the PG13 rating was really going to hamper the "McClane"ness of the movie, but I was wrong, and this is one of the rare times where I'm wrong is a good thing. The movie really kicked ass. Its in-your-face action really worked. The tradition that McClane is one bad ass cop that's not invincible but can kick ass when it matters was done really well. And the action wasn't mindless too, it had a purpose. They didn't blow things up just for the sake of blowing things up, it contributed to the story and character development.

The hacker taking over the U.S. plot really looked believable, and they didn't dumb down the computer/hacker thingy like Transformers and so many other movies did. Overall, the best action movie in a very long time. I would happy if there was a sequel if it's going to be this good.

You know why the Autobots' logo is a sad face? It's because this movie sucked.

Then there's Transformers. They claim that there's more than meets the eye, but I say there's not much you can see with your eyes in this movie.

The way they designed the robots, coupled with their choice of camera work (which is usually shaky and quick close shots), it's hard to make out what the robots are doing most of the time. They design these robots to look kind of organic machines with small mechanical parts joined together. That made it hard to make out the the robot's features because everything looked like it was camouflaged. Even when they're not moving if hard to make out where's the head, which limb is the leg, and which is the hand.

Plus, they littered the movie with stupid, Stupid, STUPID jokes that just killed the mood. They made this a fluffy movie. They didn't show any respect. It would've been a lot better if this movie was more serious without all the stupid jokes.

Now I hate Michael Bay. He destroyed what could've been an awesome movie. Transformers got to a bad start, and it's sad that the sequel (I'm sure there'll be one) will as bad or worse. They need to remake it to make good, but that's not going to happen.

I really, Really, REALLY hope they don't mess up the ThunderCats movie.

Natali Del Conte... Mmmmmmm...

Natali Del Conte

Natali Del Conte on Cranky Geeks episode 68.

Natali Del Conte On Cranky Geeks Episode 68
Update:
Another cute video of here from Cranky Geeks episode 77 can be seen here.

2007 MTV Movie Awards

I just finished watching the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. This year's host, Sarah Silverman, was great. Her jokes were the highlight of the show.

Sarah Silverman has good jokes.

Mike Myers got one of those lifetime awards. At first I thought it was going to be lame, because he hasn't been very funny in his past few movies, but surprisingly it was good. The gag about not being a sell-out was really funny.

Mike Myers selling out to Pontiac.

And Cameron Diaz, who presented the award to him, wore this ridiculously short skirt. It'll be very hard to not see her panties (if she's wearing any) when she's sitting down. She'll need to cross her legs constantly.

A short skirt and Cameron Diaz.

Other things that happened, Jack Nicholson's acceptance speech was incomprehensible. Jerry Bruckheimer is afraid of his writers, specifically the writers of his Pirates movie. You can see/hear him whispering to Johnny Depp telling him to thank the writers of the movie. And speaking of Johnny Depp, he's still stuck in the 80s, at least in his fashion sense. He wouldn't be out of place if he walked in on the set of 21 Jump Street dressed the way he was. And the flailing hand gestures of Captain Jack Sparrow is actually natural to him, and not something he made up for the character. You can see it during his acceptance speech.

Depp stuck in the 80s. Torn-at-the-knee jeans & shirt tied around the waist.

Depp with Bruckheimer.

And this year, they have user submitted video spoofs thing. They are trying to get on teh user generated content bandwagon, and all 3 of the user submitted videos they showed were lame. The one they did themselves was very funny.

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MTV Movie Awards 2007 spoof video.

And Rihanna performed live, and I was really impressed by it (the performance). She can actually sing, and the song was good too. The other performance was from Amy Winehouse. I've heard her name before, but never knew that she was a singer. She's not that hot, and I couldn't care about her music. Her performance, with her 60s hair and moves, with tattoos all over her arms, to be honest, she looked retarded. And she has bad teeth too.

Rihanna: Good.

Winehouse: Meh..

Then they presented the awards for the Best Summer Movie for this summer, and Transformers won. I'm more excited about The Simpsons Movie than Transformers. Of the all the 8 nominees, the one's I'll go watch at the theater will be Transformers, Rush Hour 3 and Harry Potter. I wish I could watch the Simpsons Movie at the theater, but I doubt it will ever be shown in Malaysian theaters, and even if it was, it'll be censored to death.