It's finally here!
ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n‘∀‘)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!!
The arrival of this email just made my day:
"Hi Elaine,
Your Play-Asia.com Order#15886588 was sent out today!"
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is finally released today!!!!!!!!!! It was out in the U.S on the 24th but Play-Asia got their supplies slow for some reason and I ended up spending the whole week agonizing over it. I can't wait to receive my parcel but I think I'll RAGE if I see this in the local game stores...
Can't wait for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days to be out in September!
Yesterday Thash and I went to watch Up and it serves to show that Disney-Pixar hasn't lost their touch.
Up is a contemporary Disney-Pixar film, yet it managed to bring back all the nostalgic feelings present when watching some of Disney classics. This wasn't the case with Bolt although it was above average, and I think it's mainly due to the wonderful soundtrack used for the movie. I can't help noticing that because the music this time complements the scenes, as opposed to some Pixar movies where they play random theme songs for no reason at all. There is a short animation titled Partly Cloudy, before the main movie begins and it's equally touching as well. I compliment Pixar for their creativity in including these short films, they are really entertaining to watch.
For those who don't know, Up is a movie about an elderly man, Carl Fredricksen and a Wilderness Explorer boy, Russell, whom he meets and accidentally ends up following him on his flight to Paradise Falls. I love the way they started off the film with a story of Carl's childhood and his meeting with his future wife, and their life after marriage. It was really sweet, and you sympathize with Carl's actions thereafter because all he wants is to fulfill his promise to Ellie. Russell provides the perfect foil to Carl's crankiness and realism, and his motivations for his overeager and occasionally annoying behaviour is because he just wants to meet his divorced father again. The higlight of Pixar films have always been their wonderful characterization, instead of story (Disney films tend to follow the same formula every time) and Up receives that treament and more.
Of course, one has to remember that this is an animation so as to allow room for disbelief. Some scenes like how a house can fly with the help of 10, 000 or so helium balloons is clearly meant to rekindle nostalgia of children's dreams, hence the nostalgic feelings present as mentioned earlier. There were also some over-the-top moments, but these scenes are eclipsed by the superb animation that it was a delight to just sit and watch the characters talk, unnecessary as they are. Overall, Up is a poetic and emotional film on finding one's purpose through a journey. Highly recommended!
The arrival of this email just made my day:
"Hi Elaine,
Your Play-Asia.com Order#15886588 was sent out today!"
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is finally released today!!!!!!!!!! It was out in the U.S on the 24th but Play-Asia got their supplies slow for some reason and I ended up spending the whole week agonizing over it. I can't wait to receive my parcel but I think I'll RAGE if I see this in the local game stores...
Can't wait for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days to be out in September!
Yesterday Thash and I went to watch Up and it serves to show that Disney-Pixar hasn't lost their touch.
Up is a contemporary Disney-Pixar film, yet it managed to bring back all the nostalgic feelings present when watching some of Disney classics. This wasn't the case with Bolt although it was above average, and I think it's mainly due to the wonderful soundtrack used for the movie. I can't help noticing that because the music this time complements the scenes, as opposed to some Pixar movies where they play random theme songs for no reason at all. There is a short animation titled Partly Cloudy, before the main movie begins and it's equally touching as well. I compliment Pixar for their creativity in including these short films, they are really entertaining to watch.
For those who don't know, Up is a movie about an elderly man, Carl Fredricksen and a Wilderness Explorer boy, Russell, whom he meets and accidentally ends up following him on his flight to Paradise Falls. I love the way they started off the film with a story of Carl's childhood and his meeting with his future wife, and their life after marriage. It was really sweet, and you sympathize with Carl's actions thereafter because all he wants is to fulfill his promise to Ellie. Russell provides the perfect foil to Carl's crankiness and realism, and his motivations for his overeager and occasionally annoying behaviour is because he just wants to meet his divorced father again. The higlight of Pixar films have always been their wonderful characterization, instead of story (Disney films tend to follow the same formula every time) and Up receives that treament and more.
Of course, one has to remember that this is an animation so as to allow room for disbelief. Some scenes like how a house can fly with the help of 10, 000 or so helium balloons is clearly meant to rekindle nostalgia of children's dreams, hence the nostalgic feelings present as mentioned earlier. There were also some over-the-top moments, but these scenes are eclipsed by the superb animation that it was a delight to just sit and watch the characters talk, unnecessary as they are. Overall, Up is a poetic and emotional film on finding one's purpose through a journey. Highly recommended!