Round 11: A well-deserved relaxing weekend

Man, it sure feels great to wake up these days without having to spring upright and look at the clock in half-conscious panic to see if I've overslept or not....*big grin*

Reaching home after the last paper on Thursday, I felt kinda....like, jobless? As if suddenly there wasn't anything for me to do or keep pushing myself anymore. Haha...yes, it dawned on me: the holidays are here.

Naja, there were still loads of things to do. Clear notes, tidy the room up, do the laundry, reload the fridge, check out those boxing gyms/unions...boxing again!! Woohoo....do have I missed slamming punches and shadow-boxing:P


Caught the midnight slot of Die Hard 4.0 on the same Thurs night with a buddy. Was a pretty spontaneous decision, one that I hesitated for a bit, given that I was already awake since 1am the same day to mug. The movie was as good as I expected:slightly above than average storyline, a couple of useless characters who totally disgusted me with their utter inefficiencies, and a whoop load of kickass muthaf**king explosive action with the good ole John McClane.


Since every other blogger is like going goo-goo over Transformers, I thought perhaps I'll do a lil analysis about Die Hard 4.0.


A main selling point about our dear John is his sense of recklessness and how he, MacGyver-style, albeit a tad less ingenious, improvises the situation on the spot, without seemingly needing to take other factors into consideration. And like every other carefully-coordinated stunt in movies, the outcome always turns out in his favor.


*Spoilers ahead. Read at your risk if you have yet to catch the movie:P*

And of course, the hordes flock to watch Die Hard for the stunts. Which action-film fan can deny that? In this installment, from the taking-out of one of the killers through the apartment stairway window with a fire extinguisher, John crashing a car into a tollbooth to deflect it upwards taking out a helicopter, John driving a 4WD and ramming Mai(Maggie Q) through 3 walls and eventually down into a elevator shaft, the highway chase between John and a F-35, till the very last bit, where McClane gives his trademark "Yippie-ki-yay" and shoots himself through his chest at poor "crucified" evil meanie Gabriel(Timothy Olyphant) pressed behind him.

Last but not least, this movie was also banking its success on the fan base built over the years from the Die Hard Series. It's certainly a play-safe approach a few other films coming out this summer have taken. Think Pirates 3, Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, Ocean's 13, Harry Potter (oooh all are grown up now and even cute adorable Hermione has tits!) and even The Bourne Ultimatum, scheduled to be out 3. August in the States. Seems like the producers still do believe in the saying: Third time's the charm.

And like every other consumer, I, too will be giving my money away because the gf insists.
Okok perhaps only just the first one...and for the others...well, I'm just a 23 yr-old guy with a little boy at heart*eyes suddenly twinkle big big* Hahaha....

*Movie Poster credits: http://en.wikipedia.org*