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OMG I am OBSESSED!

Obsessed is a 2009 thriller film directed by Steve Shill and written by David Loughery. It was released in theaters in North America on April 24, 2009 and in the UK on May 29, 2009 by Screen Gems Pictures. Filming took place in the summer of 2008.

The Plot – Spoiler here ~ WIDE OPEN~

Derek Charles (Idris Elba) is the Executive Vice President of Gage Bendix and has received a recent promotion from his boss (Bruce McGill). He is happily married to Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles), who is pursuing her business degree. They have a son, Kyle. However, a new temporary worker, Lisa Sheridan (Ali Larter) begins to unnerve him. Derek’s best friend and co-worker, Ben (Jerry O’Connell), reminds him to be careful because he thinks she has her eyes on him. Lisa eventually attempts to seduce him, but he repeatedly rejects her advances. Lisa becomes obsessed and begins to manipulate Derek and Sharon’s relationship, eventually becoming violent.

Apraisal

The film was panned by critics. Based on 52 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a “Rotten” rating from critics with only 19% of reviews being positive with an average score of 3.6/10.Another review aggreatator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, has given the film an average score of 25, based on 10 reviews. Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News stated, “Unfortunately, the whole movie seems constructed just to get the singer/actress into a knock-down catfight, shoehorning one of show business’s sexiest entertainers into a scorned-woman role. And even then, the pay-off feels cheap.” Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film zero stars stating “Everything you need to know is in the trailer.”

Nevertheless, the film grossed $11,209,297 on its opening day and ended its opening weekend at the top of the box office claiming the #1 position, with a total of $28,612,730 from 2,514 theaters, averaging $11,381 per venue.As of June 14, 2009, it has grossed a total of $68,470,495 within the U.S. box office.Internationally, the film grossed an additional $2,740,606, gaining a worldwide box office gross of $71,002,250.

IT’S A MOVIE THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!

Obsessed a 2009 thriller film directed by Steve Shill and written by David Loughery. It was released in theaters in North America on April 24, 2009 and in the UK on May 29, 2009 by Screen Gems Pictures. Filming took place in the summer of 2008.

The Plot – Spoiler here ~ WIDE OPEN~

Derek Charles (Idris Elba) is the Executive Vice President of Gage Bendix and has received a recent promotion from his boss (Bruce McGill). He is happily married to Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles), who is pursuing her business degree. They have a son, Kyle. However, a new temporary worker, Lisa Sheridan (Ali Larter) begins to unnerve him. Derek’s best friend and co-worker, Ben (Jerry O’Connell), reminds him to be careful because he thinks she has her eyes on him. Lisa eventually attempts to seduce him, but he repeatedly rejects her advances. Lisa becomes obsessed and begins to manipulate Derek and Sharon’s relationship, eventually becoming violent.

Apraisal

The film was panned by critics. Based on 52 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a “Rotten” rating from critics with only 19% of reviews being positive with an average score of 3.6/10.Another review aggreatator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, has given the film an average score of 25, based on 10 reviews. Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News stated, “Unfortunately, the whole movie seems constructed just to get the singer/actress into a knock-down catfight, shoehorning one of show business’s sexiest entertainers into a scorned-woman role. And even then, the pay-off feels cheap.” Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film zero stars stating “Everything you need to know is in the trailer.”

Nevertheless, the film grossed $11,209,297 on its opening day and ended its opening weekend at the top of the box office claiming the #1 position, with a total of $28,612,730 from 2,514 theaters, averaging $11,381 per venue.As of June 14, 2009, it has grossed a total of $68,470,495 within the U.S. box office.Internationally, the film grossed an additional $2,740,606, gaining a worldwide box office gross of $71,002,250.

The trailer

HOT- CRAZY- Psycho

: )

Its not Chic when its Bony

Photographer Gavin Bond presents his latest set of Photos that manages to tackles the touchy subject of weight in a cheeky way in this personal photographs. These photos strongly communicate the important message of being healthy in a playful manner. . . . EAT RIGHT and BRIGHT

Spread

Spread is an upcoming 2009 sex comedy film starring Ashton Kutcher.

In “Spread,” Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) isn’t a gigolo. He’s a sexual grifter, a fun-loving, freeloading hipster who understands his greatest assets are his looks and sexual prowess, which he uses to charm his way into the hearts of the city’s richest women and enjoy their lifestyle. Nikki gets a free place to live, fantastic gifts, A-list access, and plenty of sex. The women get to feel young, beautiful… and utterly fulfilled in the bedroom. It’s a mutually beneficial set-up.

Nikki’s latest conquest is Samantha (Anne Heche), a stunning middle-aged lawyer who gives him more than he’s ever had before. But then he meets a gorgeous waitress his own age named Heather (Margarita Levieva). She comes to visit Nikki at Samantha’s house while Samantha is out of town, sees what an incredible place it is… and comes to the mistaken conclusion it’s his. Unbeknownst to Nikki, Heather lives by playing the same game.

When Samantha comes home, she discovers Nikki’s infidelity and he’s put out on the street. With nowhere else to turn, Nikki pulls out all the stops to win Heather over and they begin to form their own kind of bond. Sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship, each shows the other their best grifts, and they unexpectedly begin falling in love – the one thing they can’t do in the life they lead. Soon, the truth of their unfolding relationship forces a choice between love and money, and Nikki has to decide whether he can live on his own once and for all in the hopes of finding something real.

Ashton Kutcher as Nikki

Anne Heche as Samantha

Maria Conchita Alonso as Ingrid

Sonia Rockwell as Christina

Hart Bochner as Will

Sarah Buxton as Helen

Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment

Release date 14 August 2009

Country United States

Spread is an upcoming 2009 sex comedy film starring Ashton Kutcher. But its called Toy Boy in France- which i think it suits the movie more!

Starring:

Ashton Kutcher as Nikki

Anne Heche as Samantha

Maria Conchita Alonso as Ingrid

Sonia Rockwell as Christina

Hart Bochner as Will

Sarah Buxton as Helen

Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment

Release date 14 August 2009

Country United States

What is it about?

In “Spread,” Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) isn’t a gigolo (Wow). He’s a sexual grifter, a fun-loving, freeloading hipster who understands his greatest assets are his looks and sexual prowess, which he uses to charm his way into the hearts of the city’s richest women and enjoy their lifestyle. Nikki gets a free place to live, fantastic gifts, A-list access, and plenty of sex. The women get to feel young, beautiful… and utterly fulfilled in the bedroom. It’s a mutually beneficial set-up.

Nikki’s latest conquest is Samantha (Anne Heche), a stunning middle-aged lawyer who gives him more than he’s ever had before. But then he meets a gorgeous waitress his own age named Heather (Margarita Levieva). She comes to visit Nikki at Samantha’s house while Samantha is out of town, sees what an incredible place it is… and comes to the mistaken conclusion it’s his. Unbeknownst to Nikki, Heather lives by playing the same game.

When Samantha comes home, she discovers Nikki’s infidelity and he’s put out on the street. With nowhere else to turn, Nikki pulls out all the stops to win Heather over and they begin to form their own kind of bond. Sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship, each shows the other their best grifts, and they unexpectedly begin falling in love – the one thing they can’t do in the life they lead. Soon, the truth of their unfolding relationship forces a choice between love and money, and Nikki has to decide whether he can live on his own once and for all in the hopes of finding something real.

There are 2 trailers, The American Trailer and the French Trailer

Trailers:

American Trailer

French Trailer

Judging from the trailers- ill buy the French one. And the name- Toy Boy (Spread is like : Whaaaaaaat? )

Perhaps a good laugh . . . . a feel good movie

: )

KL UrbanScape

Postcards at the Urbanscape.

June 27, 2009 Kuala Lumpur celebrated their 2nd annual art festival at Kuala Lumpur Performance Art Center, KLpac organize by KLUE magazine. This event prove to be an event that had open people’s eyes at the sheer intensity of the art world of Malaysia that had greatly grown from an infancy sometime ago. Though this may seem like a good account to the general perception that Malaysians are incline to the arts, but it is still far from there as it is yet, because a developed nation is not of its economy and the minds but also the general acceptance of art. Art is perhaps crucial in every nation as it is the symbol of everything iconic, Malaysia has none ( the original tribute ) but it has shown promising signs that it will have one soon enough. The general public needs to be educated on art because the general aesthetic idea has become so stereotypical that it has no sense of beauty to it: brick plastered walls, painted white, pitch homes, shinny tiles, pictured traditional images or ornaments, the people needs to be more inclined to play more with their creativity to become more genuine more authentic and more.

The fact that the mass majority of the public are adults in their late 40, the younger generation which are those who participate this event, will perhaps eradicate art illiteracy amongst the mass public in the near future. When that day comes, Malaysia will be a place that many can be proud to look at and appreciate – Rome was not built in one day and so is a nation, and the same goes for the love of art and the acceptance in the world we live in.

It was a wonderful experience to be able to see art works scattered around KLpac, from the walls, the lobby, the corridors and arounf here and there, i just wish KLpac was a lot larger in size because it was too small to accommodate people and art works at one time, but it was just enough i suppose.  There were screenings of Malaysian Inddie Movies, Photography exhibitions, Art Displays, Concerts, Yard Sale, Food Fiesta, Concerts, and Raves. I enjoyed most of it, and i believe many more felt the same as we were there to experience the creative young minds of many.

Everyone was entertained and mix around with people who spoke the same language which is of love of art, Independence, individuality, and above all originality.

To be frank above all, i enjoyed DJ Fono the most, from 8 till 10pm at The Box ( ground floor hall)  it was progressive genre all the way – totally awesome. A little of a symbolic expression of a progression of the arts to which one day we all can be happy to see what a wonderful country we have made out of the simple understanding and appreciation of the Arts.

Photo records!

Concerts

Sale!!! and the Box ( the place for the indoor shows)

Art displays

More art displays

The rave! – not really but it was awesome coz it was ( featuring my favorite DJ- DJ Fono!)

Smiles!

It was a wonderful experience submerge in ARTS at the URBANSCAPE!

A tribute to a Pop Idol

A man who gave his heart to the world, his soul to Music and an art that will be remembered as only purely Michael Jackson, an eternity. Rest in Peace, dear fellow voice that serves as an angel that whisper to the ear of the many beauty and the good of life.

you shall be remembered of your love.

Dirty Diana

Earth Song

My personal favorite of all his songs, it tells of the need to save our planet and our self. Something we ought do for that this is our only home in the whole galaxy.

This bottle of Dreams

No matter how we look at the beginning; is always the loveliest and most definitely an impression that will haunt you, likely did this come to be is something fond to everyone. Can you be oblivious to all that is happening, sometimes people do.

I see that at one time many months ago, the prospect of a group of people will never change- a pack that is strong and a mentality that can be similar about as shallow as that of water on the tiles in the bathroom. These people do become more, but only around the scope of their own understanding. I may not be someone special but i may not also be someone as such as an idiot. i took many chances with myself and i indulge myself in every experience that the world could offer knowing that this is just a fragment that is nothing more than a period in time that will change and disappear soon enough as it progressed.

I saw many people who are dead struck, and are oblivious yet they remained happy because people around them are about the same. They are the way they are because they are. I cannot instruct them to be otherwise because to them i am no one, and in fact i am no one. But who are they?

I take these people as they are, i saw the groups of people having a time to bond, to socialize amongst themselves and thinking it is one great relationship. Sometimes from my observation from a far is just like looking at a pack of deer’s, waiting for the lion to come and devour them.

The months that pass from then is like at time, it changed because of the struggle and stress they were in. The numbers dwindled and at time they came back, I saw some stayed strong. I saw many who are hard working and I also saw many who were just weeping from the sight of danger that was just right in front of them.

I had them at bay and I served as a ship on the bay’s mouth looking into the port that was in turmoil, i refuse to enter and so I stayed at bay- waiting and looking at the disaster that was just happening. Apart of me was just happy, and another part of me just wanted the port to blow up and be nothing other than a dead town. I was never attached nor would i want to be near, I want nothing to do with them.

This part here is something disturbing because all I can be is just the ship at bay waiting, i w as a huge high tech ship who would be able to assist them if they needed my help. I was there and I deny all calls of help. Because i burnt fuel that was their misery and I blew smokes of joy that only i can understand.

It’s something I love, and something i like. I take things seriously at times and most of it in a professional manner. I make deadlines by crock or by hock and I am happy for that, but i envy many whom are able to bend the rules simply because they look more promising, I envy people whom are just a portrait of a mad hatter and the queen of hearts. They are able to convince the impossible and some are just a figure people to take notice. I do admit though i am about their league, i curse them for which many times I had witness how they are favored more than me; i am jealous and i am not afraid to admit it.

I may be able to come and show up with complete works but i also do admit mine can sometimes be a little off from the fraction of what they are doing- which is perfection. I see things in the visionary ideal and the more of a work that will be able to create a sense. I envy and I envy, i also hate it more when the authorities are there to bend more from them, that’s why i am now going to sit still as i gaze the port that will one day succumb to themselves.

At times, I find that I can be somewhat inconsiderate. They are just people like me and you; it must be my own self that have made the worst.  I am perhaps the enemy. There was one time though I saw something more then all that was there, all of which were my impression for those norms were eradicated and i have not stop thinking about it since.

The one time where we presented, it was a norm for me because i do so many times. I sat down and surprisingly i was in such mood that I chatted with everyone to my surprise, the ignorant was nothing other than the interesting- one out of the norm of course. Amazement, smiles, laughter and the gossip all filled me with enlightens that can be nothing more than just a simple impression seen from a smile on my face.

Sometimes i can say that although we all can be different there is this one thing that makes it beautiful, which is the ability to notice and perhaps see it more than it is, I can say although I may have ill thought to most of the people around me, I still bend to special people like I how I envy my friends; I now understand why.

Alice in Wonderland à la Tim Burton

Tim Burton’s forthcoming Alice in Wonderland looks highly promising: Lewis Carroll’s alternative universe was already populated by oddballs, but photographs released this week hint that Burton will ramp up the weird factor significantly. Meanwhile, an early trailer, screened to journalists in London, shows a 17-year-old Alice (played by Australian newcomer Mia Wasikowska) returning to Wonderland a decade after her earlier adventures – and this time it’s a lurid, nightmarish ¬counterpart to Carroll’s original.

Starring seven-time Burton collaborator Johnny Depp as the Hatter, the film mixes live action and CGI, borrowing storylines and characters from both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Burton’s partner, Helena Bonham Carter, plays the evil Red Queen (pictured), while Anne Hathaway plays the lovely White Queen. Alan Rickman (the Caterpillar), Matt Lucas (Tweedledum and Tweedledee), Stephen Fry (the Cheshire Cat), and Christopher Lee (the Jabberwock) also take part.

Burton has even signed up Barbara Windsor to play the Dormouse. The film is due for release in March 2010, and will screen in 3D

Tim Burton’s forthcoming Alice in Wonderland looks highly promising: Lewis Carroll’s alternative universe was already populated by oddballs, but photographs released this week hint that Burton will ramp up the weird factor significantly. Meanwhile, an early trailer, screened to journalists in London, shows a 17-year-old Alice (played by Australian newcomer Mia Wasikowska) returning to Wonderland a decade after her earlier adventures – and this time it’s a lurid, nightmarish ¬counterpart to Carroll’s original.

Starring seven-time Burton collaborator Johnny Depp as the Hatter, the film mixes live action and CGI, borrowing storylines and characters from both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Burton’s partner, Helena Bonham Carter, plays the evil Red Queen (pictured), while Anne Hathaway plays the lovely White Queen. Alan Rickman (the Caterpillar), Matt Lucas (Tweedledum and Tweedledee), Stephen Fry (the Cheshire Cat), and Christopher Lee (the Jabberwock) also take part.

Burton has even signed up Barbara Windsor to play the Dormouse. The film is due for release in March 2010, and will screen in 3D

source:Guardian.co.uk

oh look this guy looks like Johnny Depp oh yea it is really him! As the Mad Hatter!

When you see johnnny and Burton- there she is . . . . playing the Queen of Hearts

Anne Hathaway as the white Queen

17 year old Alice- Mia Wasikowska ( dont know who she is but anyways. . . .)

This is a fake trailer but at the mean time it tells somewhat the movie

when it is release some day soon, ill be sure to update this post

i m thinking this would be one heck of a movie- like all of Tim Burton’s

sure cant wait!  :)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an American science fiction action film which was released on June 19, 2009 in the United Kingdom and June 24, 2009 in North America. It is the sequel to 2007’s Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. The film introduces many more robots and the scope has been expanded to numerous countries, most notably France and Egypt.

A major hurdle that was overcome during the film’s production was the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay finished the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptmentby his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Shooting took place from May to November 2008.

Development

In September 2007, Paramount announced a late June 2009 release date for the sequel to Transformers, and Bay began creating animatics of action sequences featuring characters rejected for the 2007 film. This would allow animators to complete sequences if the Directors Guild of America went on strike in July 2008 (which did not happen as the DGA signed a new deal). The director considered making a small project in between Transformers and its sequel, but knew “you have your baby and you don’t want someone else to take it”.The film was given a $200 million budget, which was $50 million more than the 2007 film,  and some of the action scenes rejected for the original were written into the sequel, such as the way Optimus is reintroduced in this film. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said the studio proposed filming two sequels simultaneously, but he and Bay concurred that was not the right direction for the series.

Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman originally passed on the sequel because of a busy schedule. The studio began courting other writers in May 2007, but as they were unimpressed with theirpitches, they convinced Orci and Kurtzman to return. The studio also signed on Ehren Kruger, as he impressed Bay and Hasbro president Brian Goldner with his knowledge of the Transformers mythology, and because he was friends with Orci and Kurtzman. The writing trio were paid $8 million. Screenwriting was interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, but to avoid production delays the writers spent two weeks writing a treatment, which they handed in the night before the strike began, and Bay expanded the outline into a sixty-pagescriptment, fleshing out the action, adding more jokes, as well as selecting the majority of new characters. The three writers spent four months finishing the screenplay while “locked” in two hotel rooms by Bay: Kruger wrote in his own room and the trio would check on each others’ work twice a day.

Orci described the film’s theme as “being away from home”, with the Autobots contemplating living on Earth as they cannot restore Cybertron, while Sam goes to college. He wanted the focus between the robots and humans “much more evenly balanced, the stakes [to] be higher”, and more focused on the science fiction elements. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said that in total, there are around forty robots in the film, while ILM’s Scott Farrar has said there are actually sixty.  Orci added he wanted to “modulate” the humor more, and felt he managed the more “outrageous” jokes by balancing it with a more serious plot approach to the Transformers’ mythology. Bay concurred that he wanted to please fans by making the tone darker, and that “moms will think its safe enough to bring the kids back out to the movies” despite his trademark sense of humor. Kurtzman created the film’s title. The filmmakers considered incorporating the comics’ character of G. B. Blackrock, but Bay considered the name too cartoonish.

During production, Bay attempted to create a misinformation campaign to increase debate over what Transformers would be appearing in the film, as well as to try to throw fans off from the story of the film. However, Orci confessed it had generally not been working.  The studio went as far as to censor MTV and Comic Book Resources interviews with Mowry and Furman, who confirmed Arcee and The Fallen would be in the picture. Bay told Empire that Megatron would not be resurrected, claiming his new tank form was a toy-only character, only for Orci to confirm Megatron would return in the film in February 2009. Bay also claimed he faked leaked daily call sheets from the first week of filming, that revealed Ramón Rodríguez’s casting, and the appearance of Jetfire and the twins.

Reception

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has received negative to mixed reviews. It received a 22% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes at the film’s US debut, and is certified as “rotten”., Nick De Semylen of Empire magazine gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, calling it “a super-sized second helping, but the novelty factor and some of the charm’s gone. Hey, at least there’s more Megatron /Starscream squabbling this time round.” Ray Bennett of the Hollywood Reporter commented on his review that “fan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it’s loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.” Roger Ebert, who had given the first film 3 stars, gave Revenge of the Fallen only one star, calling it “…a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.” Total Film gave it four out of five stars.

Next

As a preemptive measure, Paramount announced a July 1, 2011 release date for a third Transformers film before completion of Revenge of the Fallen. Bay responded, “I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 – they asked me on the phone – I said yes to July 4 – but for 2012 – whoops! Not 2011! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.” Like Revenge of the Fallen, Orci refused to guarantee whether he and Kurtzman would return to a sequel, because “we risk getting stale”.Orci has mentioned he would like to introduce Unicron “for Christ’s sake”.The co-writer also said introducing more Triple Changers would be interesting.(Megatron is already the first Triple Changer in the series, retaining two Cybertronian modes)

Before Transformers was released, producer Tom DeSanto had “a very cool idea” to introduce the Dinobots, while Bay was interested in an aircraft carrier, which was dropped from the first film. Orci claimed they did not incorporate these characters into Revenge of the Fallen because they could not think of a way to justify the Dinobots’ choice of form and were unable to fit in the aircraft carrier Orci also admitted he was also dismissive of the Dinobots because he does not like dinosaurs (”I recognize I am weird in that department,” he said), but he became fonder of them during filming because of their popularity with fans. He added “I couldn’t see why a Transformer would feel the need to disguise himself in front of a bunch of lizards. Movie-wise, I mean. Once the general audience is fully on board with the whole thing, maybe Dinobots in the future.”

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen  released on June 19, 2009 in the United Kingdom and June 24, 2009 in North America. It is the sequel to 2007’s Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. The film introduces many more robots and the scope has been expanded to numerous countries, most notably France and Egypt.

A major hurdle that was overcome during the film’s production was the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay finished the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptmentby his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Shooting took place from May to November 2008.

No spoiler here- coz i have not watch it yet!

Progress

In September 2007, Paramount announced a late June 2009 release date for the sequel to Transformers, and Bay began creating animatics of action sequences featuring characters rejected for the 2007 film. This would allow animators to complete sequences if the Directors Guild of America went on strike in July 2008 (which did not happen as the DGA signed a new deal). The director considered making a small project in between Transformers and its sequel, but knew “you have your baby and you don’t want someone else to take it”.The film was given a $200 million budget, which was $50 million more than the 2007 film,  and some of the action scenes rejected for the original were written into the sequel, such as the way Optimus is reintroduced in this film. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said the studio proposed filming two sequels simultaneously, but he and Bay concurred that was not the right direction for the series.

Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman originally passed on the sequel because of a busy schedule. The studio began courting other writers in May 2007, but as they were unimpressed with theirpitches, they convinced Orci and Kurtzman to return. The studio also signed on Ehren Kruger, as he impressed Bay and Hasbro president Brian Goldner with his knowledge of the Transformers mythology, and because he was friends with Orci and Kurtzman. The writing trio were paid $8 million. Screenwriting was interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, but to avoid production delays the writers spent two weeks writing a treatment, which they handed in the night before the strike began, and Bay expanded the outline into a sixty-pagescriptment, fleshing out the action, adding more jokes, as well as selecting the majority of new characters. The three writers spent four months finishing the screenplay while “locked” in two hotel rooms by Bay: Kruger wrote in his own room and the trio would check on each others’ work twice a day.

Orci described the film’s theme as “being away from home”, with the Autobots contemplating living on Earth as they cannot restore Cybertron, while Sam goes to college. He wanted the focus between the robots and humans “much more evenly balanced, the stakes to be higher”, and more focused on the science fiction elements. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said that in total, there are around forty robots in the film, while ILM’s Scott Farrar has said there are actually sixty.  Orci added he wanted to “modulate” the humor more, and felt he managed the more “outrageous” jokes by balancing it with a more serious plot approach to the Transformers’ mythology. Bay concurred that he wanted to please fans by making the tone darker, and that “moms will think its safe enough to bring the kids back out to the movies” despite his trademark sense of humor. Kurtzman created the film’s title. The filmmakers considered incorporating the comics’ character of G. B. Blackrock, but Bay considered the name too cartoonish.

During production, Bay attempted to create a misinformation campaign to increase debate over what Transformers would be appearing in the film, as well as to try to throw fans off from the story of the film. However, Orci confessed it had generally not been working.  The studio went as far as to censor MTV and Comic Book Resources interviews with Mowry and Furman, who confirmed Arcee and The Fallen would be in the picture. Bay told Empire that Megatron would not be resurrected, claiming his new tank form was a toy-only character, only for Orci to confirm Megatron would return in the film in February 2009. Bay also claimed he faked leaked daily call sheets from the first week of filming, that revealed Ramón Rodríguez’s casting, and the appearance of Jetfire and the twins.

The Receptions

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has received negative to mixed reviews. It received a 22% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes at the film’s US debut, and is certified as “rotten”., Nick De Semylen of Empire magazine gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, calling it “a super-sized second helping, but the novelty factor and some of the charm’s gone. Hey, at least there’s more Megatron /Starscream squabbling this time round.” Ray Bennett of the Hollywood Reporter commented on his review that “fan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it’s loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.” Roger Ebert, who had given the first film 3 stars, gave Revenge of the Fallen only one star, calling it “…a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.” Total Film gave it four out of five stars.

So what’s Next ???

As a preemptive measure, Paramount announced a July 1, 2011 release date for a third Transformers film before completion of Revenge of the Fallen. Bay responded, “I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 – they asked me on the phone – I said yes to July 4 – but for 2012 – whoops! Not 2011! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.” Like Revenge of the Fallen, Orci refused to guarantee whether he and Kurtzman would return to a sequel, because “we risk getting stale”.Orci has mentioned he would like to introduce Unicron “for Christ’s sake”.The co-writer also said introducing more Triple Changers would be interesting.(Megatron is already the first Triple Changer in the series, retaining two Cybertronian modes)

Before Transformers was released, producer Tom DeSanto had “a very cool idea” to introduce the Dinobots, while Bay was interested in an aircraft carrier, which was dropped from the first film. Orci claimed they did not incorporate these characters into Revenge of the Fallen because they could not think of a way to justify the Dinobots’ choice of form and were unable to fit in the aircraft carrier Orci also admitted he was also dismissive of the Dinobots because he does not like dinosaurs (”I recognize I am weird in that department,” he said), but he became fonder of them during filming because of their popularity with fans. He added “I couldn’t see why a Transformer would feel the need to disguise himself in front of a bunch of lizards. Movie-wise, I mean. Once the general audience is fully on board with the whole thing, maybe Dinobots in the future.”

Can you believe it! it’s fully book till next week!

ARGH!!!!

dont comment about the plot on this post or else ill snap!

o h l o o k : UP!

A 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios about a cranky old man and an overeager Wilderness Explorer who fly to South America in a floating house suspended from helium balloons. It is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and premiered by opening the 2009 Cannes Film Festival as the first animated film ever to do so. The film was released on May 29, 2009 in North America and is scheduled for release on October 16, 2009 in the United Kingdom. Up is director Pete Docter’s (Monsters, Inc.) second feature-length film, and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson and Jordan Nagai. It is Pixar’s tenth feature film and the studio’s first to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D, and is accompanied in theaters by the short film Partly Cloudy.

What it about?

Carl Fredricksen is an introverted young boy who meets an energetic girl named Ellie and discovers they share the same interest in adventures as their hero, famed explorer Charles Muntz. Ellie expresses her desire to move her clubhouse to Paradise Falls in South America, a promise she makes Carl keep. Carl and Ellie wed and grow old together in the old house where they first met while making a living as a toy balloon vendor and azookeeper respectively. Unable to have children, they also try to save up for the trip to Paradise Falls but other financial obligations arise. Just as they seem to finally be able to take their trip, Ellie dies of old age, leaving Carl living alone, becoming sour and missing his wife terribly. As the years pass, the city grows around Carl’s house with construction as Carl refuses to move. After a tussle with a construction worker over Carl’s broken mailbox, the court orders Carl to move into Shady Oaks Retirement Home. Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie, and uses his old professional supplies to create a makeshift airship using ten thousand helium balloons which lift his house off its foundations. Russell, aWilderness Explorer trying to earn his “Assisting the Elderly” badge, has stowed away on the porch after being sent on a literal snipe hunt by Carl the day before.

After a storm throws them around for a while, they find themselves across a large ravine facing Paradise Falls. With their body weight providing ballast allowing Carl and Russell to pull the floating house, the two begin to walk around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls while there’s still enough helium in the balloons to keep the house afloat. As they walk towards Paradise Falls, Russell finds a colorful tropical bird which he names Kevin, not realizing that the bird is actually female. They later run into a dog named Dug with a translating collar that lets him speak. They discover Dug’s owner is Charles Muntz, who has remained in South America for several decades to find and bring back a large species of bird (which turns out to be Kevin) in order to restore his reputation after bringing back a skeleton of the bird and being called a fraud because scientists thought he faked the evidence. Carl is initially thrilled to meet his hero, but when he realizes that Muntz is after Kevin and will kill without a moment’s thought in order to capture her alive, Carl takes steps to save the bird and escape from Muntz. Thanks to Kevin and Dug they escape Muntz’s pack of vicious dogs, led by Alpha, but Kevin is injured during the escape.

As Carl and Russell assist the injured Kevin to her chicks, Muntz and his dogs arrive in his airship, led by a tracking device in Dug’s collar, and sets Carl’s house on fire, forcing Carl to choose his house over Kevin. Muntz and his dogs quickly capture the bird and fly off. Though Carl successfully gets the house on the ground overlooking Paradise Falls per Ellie’s wish, he has lost Russell’s favor. Carl, settling down in his house, finds Ellie’s childhood scrapbook and discovers her mementos of her life with Carl after they were married, and a final note from her thanking Carl for her adventure and an encouragement for him to go on his own. Invigorated by Ellie’s last wish, he goes outside to see Russell, only to find him giving chase to Muntz. Carl lightens the weight of his house by dumping furniture and his possessions, allowing him to chase after Muntz with Dug by his side, leaving his and Ellie’s two special chairs behind together as a memento of his accomplishment.

Russell enters the airship through a window, but is captured by the dogs. He is tied up and left to fall to the earth, but Carl saves him and keeps him tied up in the house. Carl and Dug board the ship, and are able to lure the guard dogs away from Kevin to free her. Carl and Muntz duel face to face and fight (Muntz with a sword, Carl with his cane), while Dug is able to wrest control of the dogs and the dirigible from Alpha. Russell frees himself but clings to a lifeline as he finds the house in a dogfight with biplane fighters. When Carl shouts for help, Russell distracts the dog pilots and regains control of the house to rescue his friends, who are now on top of the blimp. In pursuit, Muntz shoots out some of the balloons, causing the house to land and slide off the airship. Carl manages to trick Muntz inside the house while saving Russell, Dug, and Kevin; Muntz falls to his doom, while Carl’s house drifts off into the clouds — a loss Carl gracefully accepts as being for the best.

Carl takes Muntz’s dirigible and returns Kevin to her chicks, and then returns Russell and Dug back to the city. When Russell’s father snubs his son’s Senior Explorer ceremony, Carl fulfills that role himself to proudly present Russell with his final merit badge, the grape soda badge that Ellie presented to Carl when they first met. Afterward, Carl, reinvigorated in both spirit and body from his adventure, becomes a cheerfully active community volunteer with a strong father like relationship with Russell, Dug, and the other Wilderness Explorers. His house, through happenstance, has landed exactly where Ellie envisioned it — overlooking Paradise Falls

Reception

Up has received nearly universal acclaim from critics. As of June 13, 2009, Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 181 reviews, with an 8.6/10 review average.The film also holds a score of 88 on the review aggregator

A 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios about a cranky old man and an overeager Wilderness Explorer who fly to South America in a floating house suspended from helium balloons. It is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and premiered by opening the 2009 Cannes Film Festival as the first animated film ever to do so. The film was released on May 29, 2009 in North America and is scheduled for release on October 16, 2009 in the United Kingdom. Up is director Pete Docter’s (Monsters, Inc.) second feature-length film, and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson and Jordan Nagai. It is Pixar’s tenth feature film and the studio’s first to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D, and is accompanied in theaters by the short film Partly Cloudy.

What it about?

S p o i l e r    alert !. . . . . .

Carl Fredricksen is an introverted young boy who meets an energetic girl named Ellie and discovers they share the same interest in adventures as their hero, famed explorer Charles Muntz. Ellie expresses her desire to move her clubhouse to Paradise Falls in South America, a promise she makes Carl keep. Carl and Ellie wed and grow old together in the old house where they first met while making a living as a toy balloon vendor and azookeeper respectively. Unable to have children, they also try to save up for the trip to Paradise Falls but other financial obligations arise. Just as they seem to finally be able to take their trip, Ellie dies of old age, leaving Carl living alone, becoming sour and missing his wife terribly. As the years pass, the city grows around Carl’s house with construction as Carl refuses to move. After a tussle with a construction worker over Carl’s broken mailbox, the court orders Carl to move into Shady Oaks Retirement Home. Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie, and uses his old professional supplies to create a makeshift airship using ten thousand helium balloons which lift his house off its foundations. Russell, aWilderness Explorer trying to earn his “Assisting the Elderly” badge, has stowed away on the porch after being sent on a literal snipe hunt by Carl the day before.

After a storm throws them around for a while, they find themselves across a large ravine facing Paradise Falls. With their body weight providing ballast allowing Carl and Russell to pull the floating house, the two begin to walk around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls while there’s still enough helium in the balloons to keep the house afloat. As they walk towards Paradise Falls, Russell finds a colorful tropical bird which he names Kevin, not realizing that the bird is actually female. They later run into a dog named Dug with a translating collar that lets him speak. They discover Dug’s owner is Charles Muntz, who has remained in South America for several decades to find and bring back a large species of bird (which turns out to be Kevin) in order to restore his reputation after bringing back a skeleton of the bird and being called a fraud because scientists thought he faked the evidence. Carl is initially thrilled to meet his hero, but when he realizes that Muntz is after Kevin and will kill without a moment’s thought in order to capture her alive, Carl takes steps to save the bird and escape from Muntz. Thanks to Kevin and Dug they escape Muntz’s pack of vicious dogs, led by Alpha, but Kevin is injured during the escape.

As Carl and Russell assist the injured Kevin to her chicks, Muntz and his dogs arrive in his airship, led by a tracking device in Dug’s collar, and sets Carl’s house on fire, forcing Carl to choose his house over Kevin. Muntz and his dogs quickly capture the bird and fly off. Though Carl successfully gets the house on the ground overlooking Paradise Falls per Ellie’s wish, he has lost Russell’s favor. Carl, settling down in his house, finds Ellie’s childhood scrapbook and discovers her mementos of her life with Carl after they were married, and a final note from her thanking Carl for her adventure and an encouragement for him to go on his own. Invigorated by Ellie’s last wish, he goes outside to see Russell, only to find him giving chase to Muntz. Carl lightens the weight of his house by dumping furniture and his possessions, allowing him to chase after Muntz with Dug by his side, leaving his and Ellie’s two special chairs behind together as a memento of his accomplishment.

Russell enters the airship through a window, but is captured by the dogs. He is tied up and left to fall to the earth, but Carl saves him and keeps him tied up in the house. Carl and Dug board the ship, and are able to lure the guard dogs away from Kevin to free her. Carl and Muntz duel face to face and fight (Muntz with a sword, Carl with his cane), while Dug is able to wrest control of the dogs and the dirigible from Alpha. Russell frees himself but clings to a lifeline as he finds the house in a dogfight with biplane fighters. When Carl shouts for help, Russell distracts the dog pilots and regains control of the house to rescue his friends, who are now on top of the blimp. In pursuit, Muntz shoots out some of the balloons, causing the house to land and slide off the airship. Carl manages to trick Muntz inside the house while saving Russell, Dug, and Kevin; Muntz falls to his doom, while Carl’s house drifts off into the clouds — a loss Carl gracefully accepts as being for the best.

Carl takes Muntz’s dirigible and returns Kevin to her chicks, and then returns Russell and Dug back to the city. When Russell’s father snubs his son’s Senior Explorer ceremony, Carl fulfills that role himself to proudly present Russell with his final merit badge, the grape soda badge that Ellie presented to Carl when they first met. Afterward, Carl, reinvigorated in both spirit and body from his adventure, becomes a cheerfully active community volunteer with a strong father like relationship with Russell, Dug, and the other Wilderness Explorers. His house, through happenstance, has landed exactly where Ellie envisioned it — overlooking Paradise Falls

Reception: They say

Up has received nearly universal acclaim from critics. As of June 13, 2009, Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 181 reviews, with an 8.6/10 review average.The film also holds a score of 88 on the review aggregator website Metacritic as of June 1, 2009.The notable film critic Roger Ebert has awarded the film four out of four stars.

Up ranked number one at the box office its opening weekend, grossing $68,108,790 in North America. This was a stronger return than analysts had been expecting.The film had an unusually small drop-off of 35% over its second weekend, earning another $44,244,000.Initial estimates projected the film holding on to the #1 spot in its second weekend, but revised figures placed it in second, less than $1M behind the Warner Bros. comedy The Hangover  but over $25M ahead of the Will Ferrell remake of Land of the Lost. It currently has earned a total of $187.2 million domestically as of June 14, 2009.

Dug, the talking canine, was awarded the Palm Dog Award by the British film critics as the best canine performance at Cannes Film Festival. Dug beat out the fox from Antichrist and the black poodle from Inglourious Basterds.

its something to look back on- a movie that u can apreciate an adventure that is imaginative.

Totally awesome!