Last monday
I passed one of the most difficult challange I've ever face. It's
walking on fire. I tell you what it is.. one of the course I'm taking
right now is about how to manipulate our brain and tell our brain what
we want, not letting the brain decide for us. We learn that there's
nothing we're incapable to do, anything is possible if we want, if we
believe in ourselves. So, the challange is, we have to overcome our
fear of getting burn, and tell the brain that it's not impossible to
walk on fire. That's gonna be the test, and it will be scored. So, last
monday night, the teacher set a 4 m path full with burning charcoal and
kerosene.. and we have to walk through it! And I choosed to be the
first man to do that. why? cuz sooner or later I gotta walk through it
anyway.. so why wait? Plus I really believe the more I worry, the more
that will burn my feet off. So right away, I walked through it, lots of
people watching, and guess what, I successfully passed it! i got a lil
part of my feet got hurt, but it's only hurt less than a day. It's good
that I've passed the challange, knowing that I'm able to do just about
anything, if I have self confidence. okay... enough of that.. now since we're close to the end of 2003, and as I dedicated this blog mostly to the movie entertainment, I'm gonna bring you all back thru the year 2003 and see how the movie have been for the last one year.
2003 The Movies FlashBack
THE YEAR OF SEQUELS
If we look back, there are a lot
of sequel movies this year. There are 23 sequels, that means there are
the average of 2 sequel each month. Some of them even released in a
short period of time. Has Hollywood run out of idea? I don't know, but
really, there are a lot of interesting things we could see about these
sequels. Look at Matrix for example. After the successful first
Matrix in 1999, the sequel Matrix Reloaded was released around
June and then the third one, Matrix Revolution followed just 6
month after! This is the first time two sequel got released at the same
year. Despite that some people got dissapointed with Matrix Revolution
result;which I think it's a great movie; this trilogy have made records
and still listed in top box office. Then we go to Jungle Book 2.
The first animated movie was made long time ago, and now we have the
sequel. The same thing goes to Return To Wonderland, the sequel
of Peter Pan. (more than 30 years). Freddy vs Jason is a unique case.
This movie combine 2 horror icon from the eighties, which bring my
memory back to the 70's when they made Dracula vs Frankenstein,
or Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman which was made in 40's for
example. Some of the sequel failed to follow the success of their first
ones, like Final Destination 2, Charlie's Angels Full
Throttle, Analyze That. There's more sequel to wait next year, such
as Kill Bill 2 and Spiderman 2 for example. And don't forget
The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King that will be available
real soon. I really can't wait to see this movie! what about you guys?
:)More sequels in 2003 are: Scary Movies 3 , X 2, Terminator 3 The Rise of The Machines, Star Trek: Nemesis, Jeeper Creepers 2, Legally Blonde 2, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, Dumb and Dumberer, George of the Jungle 2, Tomb Raider The Craddle of Life, Bad Boys II, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, Ripley's Game, American Wedding, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Internal Affairs 2: The Missing Years.
THE YEAR OF SUPERHEROES
Maan.. this' been fantastic year for superheroes fans.
There are lots of superheroes back to action around us, such as X 2,
Dare Devil, followed by Hulk, then Bulletproof Monk, and LXG (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Not only these, there are also non comic superheroes as well. Named like Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines and Matrix: Reloaded and Revolution. The good news is, looks like the superheroes will still keep in business. The B class movie: The Punisher will be released soon. And wait for Spiderman 2 next year (check out the costumes.. they are really G.R.E.A.T!),Fantastic 4, Iron Man, Batman and even Superman. (When will the Green Lantern be made? I like that superhero, c'mon Hollywood!!)THE YEAR OF REMAKE MOVIES
The year 2003 is also the year of remakes. Freaky
Friday is a remake that hits the box office with more than US $ 100 million result. Holes and Lizzy Macguire are remakes from tv series. Peter Pan, Walt Disney classic that have been released in several version now has come again. And I won't forget about the remake of the classic horror movie, which introduced slasher genres to movie history, Texas Chainsaw Mascara..err.. i mean Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There are also remakes from Asian movies. After the success of The Ring, remake of Ringu, the Japanese original version, more asian movies will follow its footsteps. The
Eye, Jelangkung (the evil doll) and Internal Affairs will
have their hollywood version. Next year, wait for movie about
Alexander The Great, that will be made in two version! one's
made by Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killer), with the cast
like Collin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hoplkins and
possibly Val Kilmer. The other one is Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) and Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York), with cast like Leonardo Dicaprio and Nicole Kidman. These two different movies with the same story will compete
each other at the same time. This is gonna be great!
