Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

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Star Trek movies series are hubby favorite movies. So, when the latest movie: Star Trek Into Darkness released last weekend, he just directly dragged me to the nearest movie studio, since when we tried to buy the ticket at IMAX studio, it’s sold out. And it’s midnight show :) . Even we missed IMAX version, at least we got 3D show.

At the first, my intention just to accompany my hubby, but end up I like this movie. It’s entertained me, and even I awaked along the show even it’s midnight show. Well, most of time, I fell a sleep in the midnight show, especially for boring movie :) .

As per other movie review, I took the plot this movie from Wikipedia. I only write things that made me impressed or some learning points.

I like this movie since it’s entertained me. The story is predictable, but it will not make you boring. As usual, since this is science fiction movie, the special effects in this movie are amazing.

One thing made me stunning, from Spook conversation why he looks like doesn’t have emotion. He said he experienced too much bad feelings and bad events in the past, and after those incidents he prefer doesn’t involve too much emotions. He choose logic comparing emotion. Well maybe such a defense system, since he avoids to feel hurts. But this conversation explained me, why I experienced ‘numb’ situation when some bad events hurts me too much few months ago. I know, my situation much better, but it’s explained me a lot.

I learned also from this movie that when we face dilematic situation, we need to re-check before we choose which way to go. In this case, when Captain James Kirk, made wrong the decision to believe Harison.

Below is the plot from this movie that I took from Wikipedia:
The USS Enterprise is sent to the planet Nibiru to observe a primitive civilization. Captain James T. Kirk violates the Prime Directive when Spock’s life is jeopardized, exposing the Enterprise to the planet’s civilization during the rescue. Called back to Earth, Kirk is demoted to first officer and Admiral Christopher Pike re-assumes command of the Enterprise. The two attend an emergency meeting at Starfleet Command to discuss the bombing of a secret Section 31 installation in London, perpetrated by former Starfleet agent John Harrison. The meeting is attacked by a gunship piloted by Harrison, who kills Pike. Kirk destroys the gunship, but Harrison flees. With Pike dead, Kirk is reinstated as the Enterprise’s captain. Discovering that Harrison has fled to the Klingon homeworld of Kronos, Kirk receives permission from Admiral Alexander Marcus to hunt down Harrison. The Enterprise is supplied with 72 long-range prototype photon torpedoes, and is ordered to fire them at Harrison’s location once he is found.

Arriving at Kronos, an away team comprised of Kirk, Spock, and Uhura land to find Harrison, but are surrounded by Klingons. Harrison wipes out the Klingons and confronts the away team, but surrenders after learning the precise number of photon torpedoes aimed at him. Returning to the Enterprise, Harrison reveals his true identity: Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically engineered superhuman who was awakened from his 300-year cryo sleep by Admiral Marcus to develop advanced weapons for war against the Klingon Empire. The torpedoes are found to contain cryo pods with his colleagues inside, held hostage by Marcus.

The Enterprise is soon intercepted by a Federation battleship, the USS Vengeance, designed by Khan and commanded by Admiral Marcus. Marcus demands Kirk hand over Khan, but Kirk refuses. The Enterprise warps to Earth to have Khan stand trial, but is attacked by the Vengeance in Earth’s orbit. With the Enterprise severely damaged, Kirk offers to hand over Khan and the 72 bodies in cryo sleep in exchange for the lives of his crew, but Marcus refuses and orders the Enterprise’s destruction. The Vengeance suddenly suffers a power outage caused by Montgomery Scott, who had infiltrated the ship after following coordinates relayed by Khan through Kirk. Kirk allies himself with Khan and boards the Vengeance, where they take the bridge. Khan betrays Kirk and takes control of the Vengeance, killing Marcus.

Khan negotiates with Spock, beaming Kirk and his boarding party back to the Enterprise in exchange for the 72 torpedoes, planning to destroy the Enterprise. Spock instead beams armed torpedoes to the Vengeance, keeping the cryo pods on the Enterprise. The torpedoes incapacitate the Vengeance, and both damaged ships start descending towards Earth. Kirk re-aligns the Enterprise’s warp core, enabling the crew to regain control of the ship, but contracts fatal radiation poisoning in the process. The Vengeance crashes in downtown San Francisco, where Spock pursues Khan as he tries to escape. Leonard McCoy discovers that Khan’s blood may revive Kirk, and Uhura prevents Spock from killing Khan, whom they capture instead.

In the aftermath, Kirk is revived and returns to duty as captain of the Enterprise. Khan is sealed into his cryo pod and stored away with his colleagues. As the film ends, a restored Enterprise is re-christened and departs for a five-year mission of exploration.

Movie Review: Iron Man 3

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Well, actually I am a bit late to write this article since I watched this movie, three weeks ago. But, it’s better late than never …. :) .

I am a fans of Iron Man series. The reason I love this movies, because the main star looks real. Comparing other super heroes movie, Iron Man is more realistic. I like the character of Tony Stark, a genius and an excentric man.

In this article, I will not write by my self the plot from this movie. For the plot, I took it from Wikipedia. I just want to write the some things that made me impressed.

In this movie, the Iron Man look a bit weak. Even he got panic attack. Well, it’s remind me to myself :) . When something traumatic hit you soo many times, it will cause you get anxiety or panic attack. It’s described a super Hero with his human being side. When I watched this movie, I smiled, since I felt I had friend with similar problem. Well, a bit lame maybe… :) .

Another thing I learned from this movie, we need to be careful with our act. Sometimes, we didn’t know or even reaalized that our acts could be hurts others and causing others doing something beyond your imagination to revenge our acts in the past. So, watched your mouth and acts. Be good to others.

The special effects in this movie so amazing, especially I watched it in IMAX studio. I like the scene when so many replica Iron Man, flying around.

Below is the plot from this movie that I took from Wikipedia:
Tony Stark recalls a New Years Eve party in 1999 with scientist Maya Hansen, inventor of Extremis—an experimental regenerative treatment intended to allow recovery from crippling injuries. Disabled scientist Aldrich Killian offers them a place in his company Advanced Idea Mechanics, but Stark rejects the offer, humiliating Killian.

Years later, Stark’s experiences during the alien invasion of New York are giving him panic attacks. Restless, he has built several dozen Iron Man suits, creating friction with his girlfriend Pepper Potts. A string of bombings by terrorist the Mandarin has left intelligence agencies bewildered by a lack of forensic evidence. When Stark Industries security chief Happy Hogan is badly injured in one such attack, Stark overcomes his stupor and issues a televised threat to the Mandarin, who responds by destroying Stark’s home with helicopter gunships. Hansen, who came to warn Stark, survives the attack along with Potts. Stark escapes in an Iron Man suit, which his artificial intelligence JARVIS pilots to rural Tennessee, following a flight plan from Stark’s investigation into the Mandarin. Stark’s experimental armor lacks sufficient power to return to California, and the world believes him dead.

Teaming with Harley, a precocious 10-year-old boy, Stark investigates the remains of a local explosion bearing the hallmarks of a Mandarin attack. He discovers the “bombings” were triggered by soldiers subjected to Extremis, which at this stage of development can cause certain subjects to explosively reject it. After veterans started exploding, their deaths were used to cover up Extremis’ flaws by manufacturing a terrorist plot. Stark witnesses Extremis firsthand when Mandarin agents Ellen Brandt and Eric Savin attack him.

With Harley’s help, Stark traces the Mandarin to Miami and infiltrates his headquarters using improvised weapons. Inside he discovers the Mandarin is actually a British actor named Trevor Slattery, who claims he is oblivious to the actions carried out in his name. The Mandarin is actually a creation of Killian, who appropriated Hansen’s Extremis research as a cure for his own disability and expanded the program to include injured war veterans. After capturing Stark, Killian reveals he is the real Mandarin; he has kidnapped Potts and subjected her to Extremis to gain Stark’s aid in fixing Extremis’ flaws and thereby saving Potts. Killian kills Hansen when she has a change of heart about the plan.

Killian has also manipulated American intelligence agencies regarding the Mandarin’s location, luring James Rhodes—the former War Machine, now re-branded as the Iron Patriot—into a trap to steal the armor. Stark escapes and reunites with Rhodes, discovering that Killian intends to attack President Ellis aboard Air Force One. Remotely controlling his Iron Man armor, Stark saves some surviving passengers and crew but cannot stop Killian from abducting Ellis and destroying Air Force One. They trace Killian to an impounded damaged oil tanker where Killian intends to kill Ellis on live television. The vice president will become a puppet leader, following Killian’s orders in exchange for Extremis to cure a little girl’s disability.

On the platform, Stark goes to save Potts, and Rhodes saves the president. Stark summons his Iron Man suits, controlled remotely by JARVIS, to provide air support. Rhodes secures the president and takes him to safety, while Stark discovers Potts has survived the Extremis procedure. However, before he can save her, a rig collapses around them and she falls to her apparent death. Stark confronts Killian and traps him in an Iron Man suit that self-destructs, but fails to kill him. Potts, whose Extremis powers allowed her to survive her fall, intervenes and kills Killian.

After the battle, Stark orders JARVIS to remotely destroy each Iron Man suit as a sign of his intention to devote more time to Potts. The vice president and Slattery are arrested. With Stark’s help, Potts’ Extremis effects are stabilized, and Stark undergoes surgery to remove the shrapnel embedded near his heart. He pitches his obsolete chest arc reactor into the sea, musing he will always be Iron Man.

In a present day post-credits scene, Stark wakes up Dr. Bruce Banner, who fell asleep listening at the beginning of Stark’s story.

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From some previous articles, you can see my moody situation   .  Well, as I wrote, some incidents made me sad, and even depress.  Plus my condition not really support it, midlife crisis, perimenopause and too much free time, made the condition worse.  … Continue reading →