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Kung Fu Panda (Full Screen Edition) Review

2009-05-16T21:02:00.000-07:00

Kung Fu Panda (Full Screen Edition)
Kung Fu Panda is a 3D cartoon action comedy movie film directed by Mark Osbome and John Stevenson. The movie was released last June 2008 and was produced by DreamWorks Animation.
The movie starts with an introduction of a running animated Kung Fu character of DreamWorks Animation.

PLOT SUMMARY
The story begin with Po Panda who dreamed to become a Kung Fu hero warrior in China. Po works as an assistant of his father Mr. Ping's famous noodle restaurant in Valley of Peace.

In high mountain of Jade Palace of Valley of Peace there lives a 2 Kung Fu masters- Master Shifu and Master Oogway and the 5 Kung Fu students Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. One day Master Oogway had a dark vision and decided to have a fiesta to select a dragon warrior to protect the village from Tai Lung the leopard. Tai Lung is a legendary Kung Fu warrior who wants to take revenge, the first ever who learned and master the thousand scroll of Kung Fu. He was imprison for over 20 years because of his desire to get the scroll and to become the powerful dragon warrior.

The scroll is an ancient Chinese script to open the secret of having a limitless power and will give the dragon warrior a power that nobody seen before. Everyone in the Jade Palace is forbidden to read it as it is only intended for the dragon warrior. Even the 2 Kung Fu masters are not allowed.

Due to the announcement of Master Oogway, Po Panda insisted to go to Jade Palace in order to meet his 5 Kung Fu idols and watch their Kung Fu stunts, without knowing that on that day his fate will changed. Po Panda tried harder to reach the temple but he wasn't able to get inside the palace which caused to him look for another way and eventually finds himself in the middle of the ceremony while Master Oogway pointing at him. Po was chosen as the dragon warrior by Master Oogway and was assigned to fulfill the accent prophecy of China and to protect the village from any harm, specially Tai Lung

Will Po Panda fulfill the prophecy, will he be able to protect the village from Tai Lung, will he learn Kung Fu or what kind of technique will he learn? How will Master Shifu discipline him? What is Master Shifu's reaction and the 5 Kung Fu warrior Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey to the decision of Master Oogway? And what will happen to the scroll and the village? And will Po learn his father secret of all secrets in making noodles? I'll leave those question for you. Just watch the movie to find the answers.

THE VOICE BEHIND THE CHARACTERS

Po Panda - Jack Black
The fat Panda, with the big belly and was appointed as the dragon warrior. Love's to eat and will do everything just for food. He's the funny guy and will make you laugh all throughout the movie.

Master Oogway - Randall Duk Kim
The old Kung Fu master. His character is very serious. And has the ability to see the future. He was the one who appointed and chose Po as the dragon warrior.

Master Shifu - Dustin Hoffman
The Kung Fu master, who control his feeling over everything. He never laugh or smile on the first scene of the movie. He always reserve himself. He was the master of Po, who decided to teach Po Kung Fu when he realize the pandas weakness. The doubting master of dragon warrior and the who you raised and teach Tai Lung.

Tigress - Angelina Jolie
The master of fierce. I never thought that it was Angelina Jolie who was behind her voice. I didn't recognize it. She's fast and serious while learning Kung Fu. Although Master Oogway didn't choose her as the dragon, her leadership to the other 4 Kung Fu warrior is still strong.

Monkey - Jackie Chan
Ok it was Jackie, my favorite action hero, I didn't recognize his voice also. He works with the team and one of the 5 Kung Fu warrior of Master Shifu. He was trained to have to greatest speed among the warriors.

Mantis - Seth Rogen
The green, small Kung Fu warrior. Fast and strong despite of his size. The cuties guy in the movie.

Viper - Lucy Liu
The shy snake with a make-up. And also one of the 5 Kung Fu warrior of Master Shifu. She is also strong and fast.

Crane - David Cross
The warrior with a hat, he was assigned on height. And also one of the 5 Kung Fu warrior of Master Shifu. Fast and strong.

Zeng - Dan Fogler
The messenger

Commander Vachir - Michael Clarke Duncan
The jail guard, and was assigned to guard Tai Lung.

Tai Lung
The leopard, the legendary Kung Fu warrior, the first ever who learned the thousand scroll of Kung Fu. He was raised and trained by Master Shifu and eventually turned bad throughout the movie.

SCREENPLAY
It's funny and exciting all through the movie. The 3D character are rendered very good, the movement and speed, from head to foot, the fingers, the facial expressions, the movement of the body I love them, it's awesome, from the skin texture, the white hair of Master Shifu, and the old look of the turtle Master Oogway, I can't imagine how many months they had worked for each character to make it move like that, including the scary eye of Tai Lung. The effects are good too, the environment, from the sky effect, the blue fire, the dust, even the water, all good.

What more I can say, it's a very good movie. I love everything about it, the colors are good too. The actions and the stunts are nicely done. I can't imagine what kind of hardware specifications they used to rendered all of this.. It's just so amazing!

MUSICAL SCORE
I'm not very familiar with the song title but I guess that was "Kung Fu Fighting". The music background match to the every scene of the movie, from the start up to the end and I love it. The thrilling sound effects makes the audience wonder what will happen on the next scene. Everything was played perfectly.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVIE
I learned that there is no accident, everything that we do are based on our actions.
Never give up on your dreams.
The secret of power is just to believe in yourself and others, specially to your team.
I like how Master Oogway quoted the saying that "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a GIFT, that is why it is called PRESENT"
Too much love can blind and destroy people.
Don't judge the person because of it's physical appearance.

MY EXPERIENCE WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE
I couldn't stop laughing while watching the movie. Po, the big fat panda is really effective. Who would thought that he will became a dragon warrior. I was touched by the love Master Shifu's to Tai Lung and his experience. Master Oogway, I love how he quoted every sayings in the movie.. nicely done and I learned a lot from them. OK! Overall it was funny. Po is really funny. I even forgot that I'm laughing to much, and my friends starred at me and say ssssshhhh.. hehehe.. lol!

CONCLUSION
Kung Fu Panda, overall is a very good movie. Children and adult would like it for sure, specially people that are inspired with 3D effects and 3D animation. Overall the movie gives a satisfying and unforgettable learning experience, that we must not judge people by how they look and that we must not give up our dreams. I appreciate every scene and every words and every sayings. It's worth watching, I'm sure kids will learn a lot from this movie.

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Charlie Chaplin 3 Disc Collector's Edition Review

2009-05-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

Charlie Chaplin 3 Disc Collector's Edition
Modern Times:
The film is Charlie Chaplin's last silent film. Responding to the world economic crisis brought about by the suffering of unemployed workers, he decided to use the image of cinema language to cry. In 1935, has entered the movie has the sound era, Charlie Chaplin could consider using ridiculous exaggerated body language, it is necessary to better than white, and he only in the film soundtrack, and add some audio on the release.

Videos spicy sharp irony, revealing the suffering capitalists oppress workers, pressing to make them sweat Finally the harsh reality, of course, lead to international capital forces rallied together to fight back, some commentators have read the wrong solution, but also helped the forces of evil and powerful. Distortion of public opinion is evident that the film's sharp and profound.

Forever the audience can not forget the main character Charlie was the machine into a lens volumes as well as the assembly line machinery act very numb. Chaplin in his superb performance to show the world the way a representative of the lives of millions of unemployed experienced portrait. Video at the same time he bid farewell to tramp art cinema towards a more sophisticated image of the logo.

Gold Rush

Charlie with gold dream came to kelundike. He escaped the bad luck of being a coward phagocytosis, and fat cross-Jim as a friend. Jim under the protection of Charles Larson villain out of the bully. After the duo broke up, Charlie in a bar dancer met Georgia, and Fall in love with her passion. Jim found a gold mine, but was wounded villain Larsen, suffering from amnesia. Jim along with looking for gold to find Charlie. Later, they finally found a gold mine has become a billionaire ... ...

Charlie Chaplin's favorite works, a "Laughing in ters" a masterpiece, a gold rush frenzy of anguish and dreams, boots, cooking, dog dancing, cliff huts fragment has become a classic comedy movie, when in the United States 6,000,000 astonishing box-office hit, artistic value and entertainment value equally impressive.

Great dictator

Oscar-winning Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Actor nomination.

Charlie Chaplin's self-shooting the film in Hitler's arrogance of the most arrogant, the film of Hitler Gran Canaria ironic plot shows the courage of its moral side. Charles Barber of the story describes the Jews because the Jews Agere dictator Hing issued an arrest warrant . Unexpectedly, in the Austrian border, has been stationed in the German army, where he is mistaken for Xing Agere, and he took the opportunity to gave a major speech on the maintenance of democracy.

"Great Dictator" is Chaplin, one of the most successful movies. Found in movies from the new film, people can see Charlie Chaplin dressed in red-brown military uniforms, is a resplendent ballroom waltz in repeated practice; there Chaplin on stage under the hard way of the following scenarios. Movie film also shows the Chaplin for the movie, another at the end of the design. "Great Dictator" is Chaplin's last act in heartfelt prayer for world peace, and this actually want to come out temporary alternative. According to his original vision, the final act should be two hostile armies are dancing together, and later because of technical problems and give up.

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Nokia 3230 Review

2009-05-07T08:35:00.000-07:00

Cellular
Technology: GSM, GSM - Tri-Band
Band: EGSM 900 / GSM 1800/1900 (Tri-Band)
Phone Design: Candy bar
Antenna: Internal
Vibrating Alert: Yes
Polyphonic Ringer: Yes
Melody Composer: Yes
Automatic Redial: Yes
Voice Dialing: Yes
Call Divert: Yes
Call Transfer: Yes
Call Barring: Yes
Call Hold: Yes
Call Timer: Yes
Call Waiting: Yes
Conference Call Capability: Yes
Voice Recorder: Yes
Voice Mail Capability: Yes
Caller ID: Yes
Volume Control: Yes
Ringer Control: Yes
Speakerphone: Yes
Wireless Interface: Bluetooth, Infrared (IrDA)
Computer Link: Yes
Additional Features: Push-to-talk mode
Communicator features
Operating System: Symbian OS 8.0
Synchronization With PC: Yes
Synchronization With: SyncML
Messaging & data services
Supported SMS Functions: SMS Chat
Instant Messaging Services: MMS, Nokia Smart Messaging
Supported Email Protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, APOP
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service): Yes - Class 10
EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution): Yes - Class 5
Internet Browser: Yes
Platforms Supported: Java MIDP 2.0
JAVA applications: Yes
Messaging / Data Features: XHTML Browser
Ring tones
Ring Tone Formats: MIDI, MP3
Multimedia features
Playback Digital Video Formats: RealVideo and RealAudio (RealMedia), MPEG-4, 3gp, H.263 video and AMR audio
Downloadable Content: Audio files, video files, themes, games, ring tones, screensavers, wallpapers

Manufacturer's product description
Get creative with the Nokia 3230 smartphone. Create your own ringing tones, print your mobile images, play multiplayer games over a wireless Bluetooth connection, and browse HTML and xHTML Web pages. Plus, with a 32 MB MMC card and expandable memory, you'll have lots of space to be creative.
Security features
Phone Lock: Yes
Keypad Lock: Yes
SIM Card Lock: Yes
Restrict Access to Phone Book: Yes
Digital camera
Sensor Resolution: 1.3 Megapixel
Still Image Resolutions: 1280 x 960
Still Image Formats: BMP, MBM, JPEG, WBMP, EXIF, GIF
Digital Zoom: 3
Video Recorder Resolutions: 176 x 144 (QCIF)
Digital Video Formats: H.263 video and AMR audio
Organizer
Alarm Clock: Yes
Calendar: Yes
Reminder: Yes
Installed Game Qty: 6
Calculator: Basic
Digital player (recorder)
Supported Digital Audio Standards: AAC, Real Audio, AMR, MP3

Connections
Connector Type: Data port - Pop-Port
Slot Provided: 1 x RS-MMC

Miscellaneous
Included Accessories: Power adapter , hands-free headset
Also Included: RS-MMC - 32 MB
Battery

Battery: 1 x battery
Technology: Rechargeable - lithium ion
Capacity: 760 mAh
Talk Time: Up to 240 min
Standby Time: Up to 150 h
Audible Battery Alert: Yes

Legends - Bob Marley Review

2009-05-02T21:21:00.000-07:00

Legends - Bob Marley
Being a lover of reggae music, and a true fan of Bob Marley, I would definitely recommend this album to anyone who's new to reggae or anyone who's interested in listening to the sound of Bob Marley. Though a lot of reggae songs can be credited to the late great Bob Marley, this album samples most of his well-known and well-loved songs such as "Buffalo Soldier", "No Woman, No Cry" and the much-revived "Waiting In Vain".

More often than not reggae music is associated with summer and the laid-back beach lifestyle. But it shouldn't stop at that. Listening carefully to the songs in this album will give one an idea why Bob Marley can be considered a legend in his own right. Some of the songs speak about optimism and positivity - "Don't worry about a thing, cause every little thing will be alright" (from Three Little Birds") and "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds" (from Redemption Song) -while some speak about unity and faith "One love, one heart, let's get together and feel alright / One Love, One Heart, Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright". (from One Love). Of course there's the hopelessly romantic line "It's your love that I'm waiting on / It's my love that you're running from" (from Waiting In Vain) for all those who prefer romantic and sentimental songs.

Overall, I personally recommend this album to any music lover out there. Aside from the laid-back rhythm, the good vibes and positive messages in the songs will surely inspire anyone and will brighten any gloomy day.

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