Earworm: Fallen~~Franz Ferdinand

...but not as crazy bout the 2nd instalment: Peti Lelaki Mati (Dead Man's Chest) as i was about the Curse of the Black Pearl. Hence with high expectations come equal disappointment.
No doubt, Captain Jack Sparrow has his hilarious moments, though some others were a bit contrived and uncalled for--like the Paprika spray. but the cannibal island was good man, laugh out loud moments aplenty, especially with the boney Zorb-esque trap too. Another flaw in the movie is that it seemed to run on laughs, a bit running on empty with the flimsy plot. Don't get me wrong, laughter is good, but I expected a greater level of entertainment, that I could get totally absorbed into the movie, already towards the end i was feeling a slight drag. and being a sequel, it had been inflicted with the middle child syndrome, ending with a cliffhanger(albeit a cool one), i did long for Davy Jones to be done with. He was a rather good villain i have to say, felt a bit sorry for him, cruelty begets cruelty, though his ugliness and sliminess repulsed me.
Once again, Will has rather dumb brash lines or maybe im saying this coz im no longer obsessed over Orlando Bloom lol. ok, i only remember one good line he had--which was when he countered Davy Jones during the liars' dice game.
And Elizabeth, oh you betrayer--though some would argue she kissed jack to chain him to the mast, i think she had her cake and ate it too.. kiss her secret fantasy, and did the right thing by sacrificing him too. the intention was there what with the wonky compass. will and elizabeth were meant to be together!!! poor will.. and had to agree to go after Jack in the end. give him a piece of his mind perhaps. with dumb lines again no doubt.
I would have liked to see more interaction between bootstrap and his son, that would have made DMC less of a-laugh-a-minute and more humanised.

Rating: 6.5/10

Superman Returns
I didnt think much of the movie, it seemed like just another movie to me. also since my expectations were not much, it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. i gave it a chance. lex was melodramatic, i didnt watch enough of the originals to know whether the character was meant to be. there's nothing really much to say about the movie actually. i just sat through it. Brandon Routh has a slight resemblance to Christopher Reeve. Lois Lane was less of a damsel in distress than say, Mary Jane Parker. James Marsden is once again stuck in the losing side of a love triangle. Superman left his legacy in the world. I wont bother to give it a rating.

I watched the movie in Bukit Raja, Klang though.

Klang Bak Kut Teh was really nice! Thanks for the treat SF =) of course i preferred the original, not the dry one.. the soup was really tasty and loved the yau char kwai too.. somehow it tasted so familiar despite me not touching it for a decade perhaps? And i love SF's living room's marble(?) tiles. lol