The Spook’s Apprentice movie

The Spook’s Apprentice

And here I was squeeing. The announced upcoming Spook movie has changed directing hands. Instead of Tim Burton, as previously announced, it will now be Kevin Lima. [source]

Am a bit apprehensive from the source though. Learning wizardry? Tom nor the Spook don’t have powers, much less be wizards! Sixth sense, yeah, but wizardy? So, um, yeah. I hope they get their facts straight, soon.

About the director, I am not that disappointed, but not eager about it either. Lima directed some Disney movies I liked, eg. Enchanted and A Goofy Movie, after all. But I can’t help feeling that with him at the helm, the movie won’t be something I’d expect it to be: dark, surreal but at the same time warm and familiar.

I’m not sure I made my self clear though. Anyway, I’ll wait and see. 2009 is still far away to judge the whole pre-production. I am still optimistic about this.

For the meantime, I’ll be anticipating the release of the fifth book, The Spook’s Mistake, in June. Oh dear! It’s almost June!

A Field Day

I shall give you a small review then off I go~

We watched The Spiderwick Chronicles last weekend, and it has been the most enjoyable children’s fantasy movie I have enjoyed in a while. It’s been a while since I read the book, but I still know scenes which have been changed or not included, but it didn’t sacrifice the whole spirit of the movie. I loved the books, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Graphics are used sparingly, but when used, it was compelling. Though not very pretty (we’re talking about goblins and ogres here so definitely not pretty) but beautiful. It’s not as grandiose as The Golden Compass or Chronicles of Narnia, but more of a beauty that can be found in the real world and blends in quite well. It’s more of like a fantasy that can actually happen.

The only thing that bothered me was the group on our row that answered their phone and talked as loud as possible. During a turning point scene nonetheless! I had to turn to them and say in a moderate but stern voice:

“Excuse me. Malakas po¹.” And gave them an annoyed look.

It was louder than I wanted it to be, but it silenced them. And that’s all I wanted.

Anyway, enjoyed the film thoroughly. It’s not the best movie out there right now, but still very enjoyable. Am going to watch it again with the sister this weekend since she read the book as well.

And here’s to more anticipated movies for this year and the next~

Excuse me. That’s really loud. ↩

Book of Secrets

Consider this my review for National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

I know, I know. This is really late. I saw the movie the first day it ran, but am doing a review on it’s last weeks. But let me satisfy my own geekiness and let this pass. (Besides, it’s still showing in 2 cinemas at Gateway, so I am still relatively up with the times.)

And also, while writing this entry I realised I didn’t do any review for the first movie. *gasps* That is not right.

So let me remedy that by doing a not-so-side-by-side comparative review. And yes, there may be spoilers ahead so read at your own risk.

For the record, I loved National Treasure, the first. It has it’s B-movie qualities, but I fell in love with it. I wouldn’t have it any other way. And yes, in hindsight, it was definitely better than that other movie that it was supposed to be, code cracking and all that jazz . And let it be said that yes, I was disappointed with that movie. But I digress.

One of the reasons I fell in love with the movie is that it was FUN! Notice how I emphasised the word with bold uppercase letters coupled with an exclamation point? Because that is one element in a supposedly adventure movie I initially look for. FUN!

Nevermind Nicolas Cage love affair with wigs, some ashen acting at some points and overused clichés, it was FUN!

Now for the not-so-side-by-side comparative review (which contains spoilers!!!)

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