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Thursday, January 06, 2005

Top 10 Movies Of 2004...

Saw a report on the top 10 movies of 2004. That means the 10 most watched movies by Singaporeans. Let's take a look at them.

10th - Van Helsing

Well, what can I say about this film? It's just like every other sci-fi flicks with flashy computer generated animations. The computer generated monster, however, are rather pleasing to the eyes. Nice one. The story's quite ok. The producers managed to pack many monster into this film but you won't feel many things missing. However, there are comments that the main character's outfit is rather similar to that of the character in the animation 'Vampire Hunter D'.

Coincidence? Or discreet plagiarism?

9th - The Passion Of The Christ

I haven't watched this. You see, I'm not a Christian. I know, I know what you are saying. "Non-Christians can watch this too." But I'm just not interested. Heard it's kinda violent and it spurred quite a debate. Different people have different interpretations of the movie as well as the Bible. Oh well...

8th - The Best Bet

What can I say? Jack Neo sure did it again. Although he made the Liang Po Po films seem like some over used rags (We have been watching that fake old woman since we're kids and he still made 2 films outta it), this film sure saved the local film industry. This film appeals to the heartlanders, which I believe is the main reason why it's one of the top 10 movies of 2004. Ridiculously entertaining. Catch it if you haven't, but be warned that it's mostly in Hokkien, so you'll have quite a hard time catching what they say if you don't understand Hokkien.

7th - Troy

Ah... This is a good film. Told the tale of how Troy fell. Portrayed Achilles as a fearless and powerful warrior, Hector as a good leader and good brother and Paris as a weak coward. It's really nice and it appeals to me because I love Greek mythologies. I remember this film made many of my classmates start reading up on Greek mythologies.

6th - Kung Fu Hustle

This film made it to the top 10 despite the fact that it was aired in the last few weeks of 2004. Amazing feat there. Was kinda disappointed with it because it's not funny as I expected it to be. Yes, there were a few slapsticks but those are old stuffs that have been re-used for like a million times. I don't know why, perhaps because we are now older and don't find the jokes funny no more, or maybe his best film buddy Wu Meng Da was absent from the film, but this film just ain't funny to me. It's plot is quite absurb too. However, I still recommend it to everyone. Watch it for the visual effects, don't expect a good laugh. Rumour has it that Stephen Chow has plans on making a sequel to this film.

5th - Shrek 2

This is one good animation. The characters were well made and the voice acting was superb. Its witty jokes will make anyone laugh. Few sequels actually outdo the first film. This film is one of them. The story's good too, incorporating various characters from various fairytales at various times to make the film entertaining. And who can forget the classice scene where the Puss In Boots gave such a cute expression?

4th - The Day After Tomorrow

Doesn't the poster remind you of the tsuami? This film has no big stars because all the money was used to get the effects done, and I must say the effects are really well done. The blizzard and the waves all felt so real that I felt really depressed after the film. I began to think about the future. Will we become like the people in the film? This film will make you ask yourself BIG questions.

3rd - The Incredibles

This film is extremely entertaining and funny. Suitable for the whole family. The animations are well done. The plot is nice and the characters are cute. I'm running outta words to describe this film. It's really nice. Just go catch it.

2nd - Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Personally, I hate Harry Potter films. I don't know why, I just don't like them. I think they are lame. I think they are childish (although you can argue that I watched The Incredibles and Shrek 2). I just don't see what the hype is all about. Screw Harry Potter. Haha.

1st - Spiderman 2

This is the most watched film by Singaporeans in 2004, and I don't see anything wrong with that. Spiderman is like every boy's hero. He is the favourite superhero of the Americans. Maybe because he is vulnerable like everyone and not unbeatable like Superman. Anyway, this film is really awesome. The computer generated moves are so well integrated into the film that you won't even notice anything odd. Also, Kristen Dunst's so beautiful in the film, which she plays a self-sacrificing character. A must for everyone.

Now we've looked the top 10 movies of the year, we'll look at some of the blockbuster flops of the year.

Shark Tale

This film is good and it's one of the top ten films of the year until Kung Fu Hustle came. This film is mildly funny and the characters are designed to look like their voice actors. Well, I guess that wasn't enough. It still got killed by Stephen Chow. Now who's the Sharkslayer? Haha.

New Police Story

Jackie Chan finally went back to the Hong Kong film industry and made the highly anticipated New Police Story. The story revolves around a disheartened top cop making his way back as the country's best again. In this film, he still has his signature big nose (as if he can do anything about it) and really bad hair. Despite the help of heart-throb Nicholas Tse and the cute Charlene Choi, this film still didn't make it into the top 10. This is the greatest flop of all, I think.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

I thought this movie was cool. With the hot Milla in it, I thought this was gonna make it big. I was wrong. I guess there really isn't many Resident Evil fans around in little Singapore, or maybe people are just sick of silly horror films that are really not horrifying at all. I think this is more of an action flick. The monsters were quite well animated, but not good enough. There may be a sequel to this, but it'll take more than the T-Virus to revive this franchise. So there goes this costly movie.

So that sums up this entry. Hope it's informative and isn't boring you guys out. To anyone that made it this far, thank you for your time. Haha.

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Hanged @ 1:33 AM

Anonymous said...: Passion of Christ: same here, i wasn't interested in it too. Not interested in the story of Jesus, not interested in the bloody scenes.
Harry Potter: honestly i also don't like harry potter films that much. the books are much better. go read the books man! haha... there's still 190 days to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is the 6th book for your information, being released. in case you're pissed off, just to clarify, i'm not trying to make you like harry potter. i'm just having my small little hope that maybe IF you ever read harry potter in your life, you MAY actually realised that it's really not that bad. but hey, if you just aren't interested enough to read it, then just take whatever i've said as a joke (HAHA). erm... oh! maybe i can read it to you then. :p; 8:10 PM