Sunday, April 5, 2020

Zombieland: Double Tap - 屍樂園:髒比雙拼



Zombieland: Double Tap (屍樂園:髒比雙拼) is an 2019 movie. This movie takes place 10 years after the events of the first movie. The film returns Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone in their originals roles. The supporting cast additions are Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Avan Jogia, Luke Wilson, and Thomas Middleditch.



Ten years after the events of the first movie, Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock are shown to have traveled the country and eventually settling down in the white house. From there, we fast forward ten years. Little Rock grows up and wants her independence. Pair that up with Wichita's commitment issues, the sister pair bolt. On their way out, Little Rock ditches Wichita when a she meets Berkeley and heads for their commune. Of course, Tallahassee and Columbus give chase to find Wichita along. The three fear for the safety of Little Rock and travel to find her. Will they be able to get back to their happy family?

This film does not have the surprise factor of the first. The first Zombieland came out years before The Walking Dead became a juggernaut. The Zombie-scape was still in its infancy vs. 2020. Zombieland took a counter culture spin on it and it made it big. There have always been smaller scale zombie movies over the years, but Zombieland launched its into contention with Vampires.

I thought it was a good episode 2 to a storyline that many people can identify with. Although there wasn't as much of a awe and shock factor to this movie, it was rather enjoyable and a fun watch before all these covid-19 madness.

I picked this up via T-Mobile Redbox promo.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Alita: Battle Angel - 艾莉塔:戰鬥天使



Alita: Battle Angel (艾莉塔:戰鬥天使) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson. The movie is based in an 1990s manga called Battle Angel. Battle Angel has also been made into various anime films in the past. This one was produced by James Cameron who couldn't make it due his commitment to do a bazillion more Avatar films.



In 2563, 300 years after Earth was in a massive war, human civilization has merged technology with life forms. You basically have cyborg type beings. Dr. Dyson Ido discovers the remains of an cyborg with its human brain still functional. Ido proceeds to put her together and names her Alita. Alita is immediately curious of the outside world and tries to discover herself. But she gets into danger and finds out that she knows a ancient form of fighting. Which puts a target on her head. Can she navigate the dangers of life and continue to discover herself?



Alita is a classic coming of age story. Even though she's older than all the other characters, she's has the least experience. But she has a naturally "good" heart and is fiercely loyal to those she considers close. The action starts slow but the second half of the film is pretty much all action. Once she has to solve the problem, its non-stop from there.



I don't remember the anime as I watched it back in the 1990s. So I went into this film with only the impression from the trailer. Which showed a compelling story. But the movie itself was a letdown versus what I thought I was getting from the trailer. But the movie itself was still very good due to the CGI, the acting, and the action. There isn't anything particularly unique in their world that would make me clamor back for more. But if they made more, I would surely watch.

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

2020 Apirl Blockbuster Movie Guide

Here are the movies to look out for this month, US Edition.

In these unprecedented times, the US movie system is currently closed. So have the movie releases. The only big blockbuster release is a move to April from March. Many other films have been put on indefinite suspension until the world figures out what normal is again.

My Spy (間諜速成班)



Sources:
IMDB Coming Soon
Box Office Mojo
Wikipedia.org
Taiwan Yahoo! Movies
WMoov Hong Kong

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

2020 US Census - Taiwanese



Sorry, was lazy and didn't get an updated image for 2020. But the census came knocking at my snail mailbox recently. And just like I did in 2010, I answered that my family and I were "Taiwanese" for "Other Asian".

You can read my post from 2010 for the reasons I wrote in "Taiwanese".