Dark Shadows

Girl: How could I miss the movie when there's Deppy the great! This is the 8th time Johnny Depp is working with Tim Burton. At first, I wasn't a fan of this sort of dark movies. "Sweeney Todd" was the film that kinda made me start to adapt to the style.

Dark Shadows was better than I expected! The trailer was a little cheesey at first, but the actual film was great. Funny and witty lines, unique characters, old-school tunes and beyond awesome acting from depp. I think this is probably my favourite Depp & Tim Burton collaboration!

Boy's Review: 4.5/5
Girl's Review: 4/5

Cabin In The Woods

Boy: If not for the 'noise' created by our friend, we wouldn't know much about this movie. The fact that many relate this movie to 'SAW' kind of irks me because I'm fearing I'll be watching another movie that simply focus on the gruesome scenes. 'Cabin in the Woods', who would have thought it's such a horrifying movie? Definitely not me.

To be honest, I don't know how to feel for this movie. There's a variety of scenes - some make you laugh, some make you feel disgusting and some simply just bore the crap out of you. The whole movie simply revolves around the woods. Most of the story makes complete no sense, probably it's for the sake of moving the movie on.

Gruesome scenes exist and it's pretty much lame on some portion, especially when you see a wide variety of monsters. I'm not a fan of this movie per se but for a movie with such twists, it doesn't fancy me any bit at all.

Boy's Review: 2/5
Girl's Review: 2/5

The Avengers

Girl: Much anticipated film for 2012! The big blockbuster which gathers the mightiest heroes, including favorites such as Captain America, Thor, Iron man and Hulk. Among all the heroes, my favourite got to be Iron Man (mostly because of the actor himself) but my personal favourite hero movie still got to be Thor. Well that's if you exclude the X-Men series.

To be honest, I was kind of afraid that it will end up disappointing us instead. Especially when there was SO MUCH expectations and hype about it since the very first day. But it's true, it is good. Even better with the Gold Class Treatment (gosh, where can I buy that chair?!).

It was witty with humor and captivating at the same time. But I was kinda lost mid-way, couldn't catch up with their dialogues. But after a while, you know the gist. Heroes vs Bad Guys. Heroes must kill Bad Guys to save the earth, not very difficult aye?

But to be frank, I think the film featured a tad too much on Iron Man. Since he's probably everyone's favourite - rich, charismatic and attractive. But, I'm not complaining!

Boy's Review: 4.5/5
Girl's Review: 4/5

The Vow

Girl: Knowing that there's Rachel McAdams in the show, I knew I had to catch it. & there have been waves of raves for the show way before it was due to screen so naturally we had the expectations for it. Especially so when its inspired by a true event.

It was a joy watching the pairing of Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, they look so cute together! It was romantic, alluring and an inspiration for couples to watch. I especially love this quote from the movie, which I sometimes still recall now and then.

"I chose to stay for all the things he did right and not for the one thing he did wrong."

Thought the ending could be done better though, it seemed a tad too abrupt for me and it is a pity *spoiler alert* that Paige didn't regain her memory. On a random note, I kind of like the name Paige. Name for the second girl? ;)


Boy's Review: 4.5/5
Girl's Review: 4/5

Gone

Boy: Amanda Seyfried. What can I say about her. Her role in the movie 'Time' has deeply impressed me. She's one of the actress whom can really act and I must say, plus her nice figure and strong character appeal, she's the one to watch for.

The movie couldn't find a better actress than her. Casting her as a main cast truly bring out the essence of this movie. The thriller brings me the suspense I've have always craved for and the trailer simply just put a stop to the speculation and make me put this movie under my 'wanted' list.

True enough, she did not disappoint. A pity the running time was shorter and more could have been done to elaborate on the ending.

A nice thriller full of suspense. The flow of the story was nice, on how she ended up standing by what she believe while others simply just think of her as a lunatic because of her dark past.

Really, it could have been a far better movie:-
- More could have been told on her past
- More could have been told on her relationship with her sister
- More could have been told on what the suspect is like and his profile along with criminal history
- More could have been done to elaborate what happen at the end

Nevertheless, despite the lack of the above-mentioned, it was a well portrayed movie and thumbs up for her effort. Probably because too much focus was on her, the running time shortened and hence, lack of elaboration on the rest.

Boy's Review: 4/5
Girl's Review: 3.5/5

Wrath of the Titans

Girl: I've always been a fan of Grecian and gods kind of movie. The stories never fail to intrigue me. Wrath of the Titans didn't disappoint me, in fact I thought it was better than Clash of the Titans. Love the execution and special effects especially the part on the 100 doors. But some part of the story plot was a bit lame, like the ending part. In fact I found it a bit gay. But still, I enjoyed the film pretty much.

Boy's Review: 2/5
Girl's Review: 4/5

The Hunger Games

Girl: The Hunger Games wasn't the must-watch film for me but since it was showing on the Grand Cathay that week, we gave it a shot. It was pleasantly quite a good catch, I like the interesting concept of each district fighting out and eventually having one winner. The most interesting part has to be the rules, having sponsors helping you when you're at wit's end. Found it a tad draggy though. But overall, pretty good.

Boy's Review: 4/5
Girl's Review: 4/5