What is your profession? Ga'hoole! Ga'hoole! Ga'hoole!

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS - THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE

okay, you need to watch this movie in 3D! why? because I said so, ok that's me being arrogant.. or maybe I'm just too lazy to explain.. ok you win. Well... you do the math..

#1 its a 3D film, everything is CGI (computer generated)

#2 tons of Flight Scenes (don't tell me you expect the owls to swim or walk all throughout the movie) aerial scenes are where the effects of the 3D glasses usually excels.

#3 the movie was written and shot with 3D in mind (for this one you'd have to google around if the producers had 3D in mind when creating the film and really did use 3D technology in making it.) It's not really hard to search about this one.

in short, the "Effort" was given in order to make this movie worth watching in "3D".


Next question: WHERE TO WATCH THE MOVIE in 3D?

> Greenhills Promenade (in San Juan) = P320 (with cheese popcorn + iced tea)
> Gateway (next to Araneta Coliseum) = P270 (with popcorn and drinks)
> Ayala Malls (Trinoma, Greenbelt, Glorietta etc.) = P300
> SM Malls (SM North, South, East, West, yeah they're everywhere) = P200
> IMAX (SM Mall of Asia / SM North Edsa) = P400-500
> Eastwood Mall (Eastwood Libis) = P300-400 (with unlimited pop-corn I think)

For the Quality...

> Dolby Digital 3D = Ayala Malls/Greenhills/Eastwood (better 3D quality compared to SM)
> Gateway = haven't tried yet, sorry not sure if they're also using Dolby Digital 3D
> SM Malls = there's a reason why its only P200. That should be enough explanation.
> SM IMAX = again there's a reason why it costs P400-500. (IMAX - best 3D quality to date)


okay after all the stuff above, is the movie good? Of course! When did I watch something that's considered not good?! I paid for the movie so no matter how horrible it was, I should convince myself that IT is GOOD! but thank God there's no need to do that. I enjoyed the film!


Story wise, it's your usual kiddie story where this dreamer dude becomes a hero in the end, but what you're after here are the great visual effects. The environment of Lord of the Rings, the Spartan-Like Soldier Owls, it's like Watching Lord of the Rings and 300 but with Owls instead of real people! ;) now if you dig that kind of idea, then this movie is for you!

art by Alodia Gosiengfiao

and to wrap up everything, here's a Video of Cookie monster being interviewed at a New York radio station...

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Pirate vs Legit Copy (which is better?)

Warning: The Diagram which you're about to see might affect your outlook in life PERMANENTLY... if you have a collection of Original DVDs please close this window now and avoid realizing the sad truth. Thank you.

Ain't it true?


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Valid at the following Yoshinoya Branches:
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Promo Period: August 1 to September 30, 2010

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Jackie Chan & Jaden Smith puts the original Karate Kid to shame!

This Movie throws away all the bad things in the 1984 original and exceeds in all areas where the original film failed to become!

Definitely how The classic Karate Kid should have been 26 years ago!

There couldn't have been any better Martial Arts teacher than Jackie Chan!
(Jet Li? nah it wont be as fun compared to watching Jackie)

Now if the lines above doesn't convince you yet to watch this movie, then read on for the full review...


But before that, here are some quick facts, KARATE originated in Japan which is their Martial Art system of unarmed combat. In this movie however, the setting is in China and The Karate Kid is taught KUNG FU, not Karate. Okay, I've kept you waiting long enough, on with the juicy stuff...

Jaden Smith (son of Will Smith) plays the role of Dre Parker a kid who was raised in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move landed him in China. In the land where the art of Kung Fu is a norm, Dre gets floored by the class bully. With no friends in a strange land, Dre finds himself cared for by their local maintenance man Mr. Han (played by Jackie Chan). As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.


THE GOOD:
The best ever Karate Kid film to date, hey it may be Kung Fu but who cares? I guess it pays homage to the original film and aims to revive its legacy after the succeeding failures with the movies KarateKid II, III and The Next Karate Kid. The fight scenes are simply awesome, if you're a fan of Jet Li and Jackie Chan, then this movie won't disappoint! Teaches great values and will be an inspirational treat for Kids! Acting is just superb, Jackie Chan play's the Kung Fu Master role very well and remains to catch everyone's heart.


THE BAD:
Like in most Good vs Evil films, I just really find it hard to believe a Hero gets trained for a few weeks time and then beats up the baddies who've been training all their life, in this case training kung fu since childhood. This has been the usual recipe and has been used by many movies for countless of times. But then again, what's good about this movie is they didn't really mention how long The Karate Kid was trained and well, maybe there's just something special with Mr.Han (Jackie Chan) that makes his training good enough to make a hero of a kid overnight. But if you really compare this Karate Kid to the original film, this one really gives you at least enough reasons to believe that 'yeah, I guess it's possible for him to have won the tournament'. Since the setting is in China, you may encounter some difficulty understanding some of the lines by some of the cast, especially Jackie Chan.

The Karate Kid opens on June 11, 2010 (Friday) in all Cinemas Nationwide.

Movie Runtime: 2 hours

Main Cast:

	Jaden Smith	...	Dre Parker
	Jackie Chan	...	Mr. Han
	Taraji P. Henson	...	Sherry Parker

Special thanks to Ms Sharon and SM Megamall Cinema for the Movie Invites!


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Upcoming Movies to watch out for...

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Coming Soon (Next Month): [] The Twilight Saga: Eclipse [] The Last Airbender


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