The first time I heard about this serious was about 6 months ago but I never got the chance to see it cause it wasn't aired here. But I have finally come to appreciate the quality, Scrubs is excellent! What amazed me the most is how well written the first episode was. You get to know all the characters right away and it's done very well. Elsewhere you might see attempts to span it over several installments or feel that you barely know the people. In this case, everything fell right into place at the very start and already then I knew I would love the rest. The biggest talking point to me is how well crafted the senior characters are. Both Cox and Kelso are terrific as actors and as characters. On top of that you got the janitor, I love that little inset everytime.

It was not without a great deal of hesitation and prejudice I acknowledged that Tom Cruise would star in this picture. I didn't think he could handle it, I only remembered his performance from pictures with much noise and little substance. I'm happy to say that I stand corrected.

It was the moment I saw the trailer for "The Last Samurai", at a viewing of the "Matrix Revolutions" I believe, that I immediately recognized a desire to see this movie. I found Edward Zwick's direction to be excellent, especially the battle scenes. But it's the Japanese culture that has tremendous appeal and provides incredible inspiration. Above all else, I feel inspired by this picture. Am I to believe the portrayal in the picture, there is one virtue in anciet Japan that prevails above others: honor. It must require an immense inner discipline to live solely by the norms of society, to do what is expected of you and to lead an honorable life. Failure is unacceptable, because shame is the ultimate failure in life.

8.5/10

I couldn't get any sleep last night due to a dental problem so I got a chance to see "Apocalypse Now". Well it's a famous movie and an interesting one at that. It was done in 1979 so compared to today's box office productions, it's outstanding. Of all the Vietnam pictures, this one approaches the subject from quite another perspective. I'll also say I enjoyed Coppola's filming, there is something there about not showing you the full picture and letting you feel the movie that I like about it. It wasn't the ideal watch-to-stay-awake-at-4am flick but it was worth the time. Martin Sheen in the lead was excellent.

This is one of those I might want to see again sometime, perhaps I'll get a better feel of it a second time and hopefully more aware to enjoy it.

7/10

Another thing is I discovered I had seen one of those closing scenes before, it was on Seinfeld. The time when Peterman goes to Burma and Elaine goes to see him, it's even better now that I know where it's from..

I will say that the "Matrix Revolutions" was better than "Reloaded", and it was sufficient to merit positive reactions. At the same time, it was greatly disappointing, seeing as it is the conclusion to a trilogy. Too many questions have been asked that were never answered. The purpose of "Reloaded" seemed to me to broaden the subject and ask questions that were not previously anticipated, perhaps to open our eyes and seek answers we did not think we wanted. As such, I anticipated "Revolutions" to provide those answers, perhaps not in full, but sufficiently to satisfy our wonderings.

In fact what was done, was quite in line with what we saw in the first two episodes. The Matrix world was furthermore opened to us, we were afforded a peek at the machines world and their devices. Zion was also presented further, its defensive measures and strategies. But here the praise ends. We did not learn of Neo's fate, he was as I recall (and do please correct me if I'm wrong) battling with the machines somewhere in the real world, he had accomplished the task of stopping them on his own with his super powers. At the same time, he was exhausted and doing quite badly. Here I feel the link from "Reloaded" was cut abruptly. Suddenly, we learn he finds himself in no man's land, trapped between the Matrix and the real world. Nevermind how, please do tell how this place exists and why it is the "trainman" who dominates. Who exactly is the French guy? Is he a program? How can a program exist outside the Matrix? How can a program exert any kind of power outside the Matrix?

But it does not end there, the list goes on forever. Ok, the Matrix is restored, everything's back to normal. The architect, whatever that is (??) promised whoever wants out can get out. So status quo, then? The machines restore and run the Matrix, which apparently was unsatisfying to the humans, which is why they got out in the first place, so what has come of this? The war is over but for how long? What happens to Zion? Did all the people in the course of the battle die for nothing? Will Zion be wiped out eventually anyway? Will there be a new One? And what indeed happens to Trinity and Neo? What happened to Smith, how was his power broken?

There are those who find satisfaction in the mystery itself, who need no explanation but to me the Matrix as a whole has been a splendid plethora of threads and one would like and indeed expect it all to come together at some point. Granted it has been a lot to keep track of, but once it has not concluded in a meaningful conclusion, it seems all the more questionable to have undertaken this journey.

6/10

I didn't know anything about this flick until I saw it. Turned out to be worth the time. I was captivated at first, very groovy first half hour but then it faded unfortuantely. I really liked Jason Statham in the lead, inspiring performance, haven't seen anything like it in a while. It also has to be said the stunts were excellent. Quite flawless screenplay [up to a point] by Luc Besson.

The place is Monaco, a retired soldier makes a nice living transporting clandestine stuff for various scum. Precision is his virtue, he goes by a set of rules to ensure everything works out smoothly. Predictably, everything goes wrong once he fails to obey his own rules.

7/10