Transformers: Age of Extinction

So..

My last review was almost a year ago, I guess growing up sucks the time out of you then. The thing about being 22 is that you don't have much time for everything. A little tad of this and that, then suddenly blinking brightly in front of your eyes like a neon sign; 2014. Not to forget, 2015 is just around the corner. *sigh*

I should stop ranting about time because you people will get bored and I'm not Einstein (amen to that?).

Let's talk about the highly anticipated movie that has been released last week, Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Roughly speaking, everyone thought it was bad. It was real bad even some of you guys are not willing to pay to see it on the big screen. Is it really that bad? Come on guys, there's no bad movies. Especially from Michael Bay, give that man some credits. Growing up watching Armageddon and Pearl Harbor made me realized what kind of man he is and make no mistake I'm not even close to where he is standing right now, if you know what I mean.

The thing is, after I watched Age of Extinction, I feel great and not bad at all. I still remember what I said after it has ended, "That's the kind of Transformers I'm talking about!" and I stand by what I said. When I was a kid, Transformers has been playing a major role during my free time. I'm not the kind of guy who goes out anytime I want because I preferred staying in my room and watch these awesome movies, where the real imagination whistled. Yes, I'm a nerd, get over it. I like the way all of  the Autobots kicking Decepticons' ass and they always win, every single time. It gives us kid hope and now Michael transformed it into a big, cinematic movie. Every fanboy in every corner of the world will watch this and I'm one of them.

In my opinions, a lot of people complaining about it mainly because they are too hooked up on the first trilogy. What's more irritating and annoying is they keep comparing those two Transformers. Before Age of Extinction was released, Michael did say that it's going to be a reboot and it has nothing to do with the first trilogy. But we are aware with the timeline of the Transformers universe and Age of Extinction has taken place a few years after the apocalyptic event in Dark of The Moon (spoiler alert).

About the cast, some preferred Shia and to some, Mark Wahlberg is the perfect choice for this reboot. I'm a big Marky fan and I think he did great. Not to mention that hot lady, damn that girl needs to be in every movie ever produced because she's too hot. I'm just kidding, I think she's hot and she is too, did a great job on this movie.

What about the plot? I'm not gonna write any more spoilers for you guys but what I can say is, Transformers movie should be about Transformers and this time, Michael did it. Who gives a damn about human and other political stuff, I watch Transformers because I wanted to see them fight real bad and at some point, Michael gave us the idea of vulnerability of a hero and I liked it. I was confused at first what's been going on but towards the end, I managed to grab the straight-into-hole plot. All in all, I was pretty satisfied with this movie. A lot of action has taken place and honestly, sometime I find it hard to know what's been going on because them robots got into fight and at the same time, there was debris all over the place and I have difficult time to differentiate what's what. I guess it's just me, don't mind that. The CGI in this movie was too amazing I almost forgot it wasn't real. You kinda feel it in your eyes, you know what I'm saying? I love CGI, thank you to whoever invented those tech. Highlight of the day for me was when Optimus riding Grimlock and the way he screamed before slashing and tearing them bad guys apart. The kind of chills I've been waiting for a long time, again maybe it was just me.

To round things up, for those who haven't watch it yet, what about give it a try? Forget about the first trilogy and don't bother with what's everyone been talking. Just buy the ticket and imagine you watch the Transformers for the first time. Trust me, it gets better.

Happy Ramadan.

The Conjuring

"She made me do it!"

It has been years since the last time I watched a very good horror movie. James Wan did it once again. This is so far the scariest movie from him. If you want goriness, you can always watch the Saw franchise, if you want creepily disturbing movie, you have Dead Silence, but The Conjuring is downright scary.

After the Saw franchise, I wanted more from him. He delivered a good scripted movie in Insidious, it's about the astral traveler in our modern time. Then I heard he's currently writing a sequel, next chapter of that movie. Back then, I wasn't aware of The Conjuring. Yes, I saw the teaser poster of The Conjuring and I thought it was okay, until the second poster came out. To top that poster, it says based on true story. After a while, the third poster blown my mind, which I featured in this post. This poster immediately grabs my attention.

If you put a face on horror movie, you already won people's heart. It's much more scarier if there's a face in horror movie. Let's take Wes Craven, we have Freddy Krueger and The Ghostface Killer. Not to mention John Carpenter's Michael Myers and Victor Miller's Jason Vorhees. In The Conjuring, we have the doll that looks like James' Billy in Dead Silence.

In my opinions, James did an amazing movie. From the beautiful mid-century sets to the mind-boggling casting, this movie fits everything perfectly. Vera Farmiga's facial expression in this movie was beyond my imagination. She did an amazing job in the Orphan and she did it again this time, so far the best performance from her.

The script was simple, beautifully written and yet nightmarish. No poltergeist, no serial killer and no killing doll, for sure, but James did delivered that dreadful feeling in this movie. It's hard to make a scary movie, but when you do, you have to make the audiences wanting more and more. That's what good horror movie is all about, wanting more even though it's killing you on the inside. I won't watch scary movies with people, I'd prefer watching it alone because when you are alone, you can actually feel the movie, feel the creepiness behind it's audio and surround yourself with a blanket of darkness.

Talk about the audio, The Conjuring delivered a very good grisly and horrid sounds. I think it's the same composer from Insidious, might do a reading on that. It's nothing like Hans Zimmer's or Gerrard Marrino's, it's more of a combination between Akira Yamaoka's and Jason Graves'. It has that creepy essence of eerie and spooky, which is perfect.

Horror fans out there should watch this movie. You can either leap out of your skin or sit tightly in you safe heaven without giving it a try. This movie left me feeling terrified and I hope there's more from James Wan.