Captain America: Civil War

 Released Year: 2016

Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo

Casted by:

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America

Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon 

Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch

Paul Bettany as Vision 

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye

Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter

Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

 Story:

In 1991, HYDRA operatives in Siberia revive Sgt. James "Bucky" Barnes from a cryogenic state and condition him to be completely obedient to anyone who recites certain trigger words. He is then dispatched to intercept an automobile carrying a case of super-soldier serum, and assassinate its occupants.

Approximately one year after Ultron's defeat at the hands of the Avengers, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, and Wanda Maximoff stop Brock Rumlow from stealing a biological weapon from a lab in Lagos, Nigeria. During the fight, Wanda inadvertently causes a building to be bombed, killing Rumlow and a number of Wakandan relief aid workers and increasing the international community's distrust of the Avengers' work.

At the Avengers' headquarters, Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross informs the Avengers that the United Nations is preparing to pass the Sokovia Accords, which will establish an international governing body to monitor and police the rapidly growing superhuman population.[citation needed] The team is divided over the accords: Tony Stark supports oversight because he feels guilty for creating Ultron and for the destruction in Sokovia, while Rogers is distrustful of governmental agendas and wishes the Avengers to remain free to act of their own accord.

Unable to convince Rogers to support the accords, Romanoff bears witness to the ratification of the accords in Vienna, after which a bombing kills King T'Chaka of Wakanda. T'Chaka's son T'Challa vows to kill the bomber, who security footage indicates is Barnes. Despite Romanoff's objections, Rogers and Wilson track Barnes to his hideout in Bucharest and attempt to protect him from the police and T'Challa. Rogers, Wilson, Barnes, and T'Challa are captured. Barnes is soon released by Colonel Helmut Zemo, who uses HYDRA's trigger words to question Barnes about the 1991 mission, then sends him on a rampage. Rogers stops Barnes and sneaks him away; when he regains his senses, Barnes explains that Zemo is responsible, and that he is heading to the Siberian facility where Barnes was held, ostensibly to unfreeze the other Winter Soldiers the stolen serum was used to create.

Rogers recruits Wanda, Clint Barton, and Scott Lang to help him. Stark convinces Ross to let him bring his renegade comrades in, and assembles Romanoff, T'Challa, James Rhodes, and Vision, as well as amateur young hero Peter Parker. Stark and his team intercept Rogers' team at Leipzig/Halle Airport, resulting in a huge battle, during which Romanoff allows Rogers and Barnes escape. The rest of Rogers's team is captured, while Rhodes is paralyzed after being inadvertently shot down by Vision. Romanoff reveals to Stark that Barnes was framed by Zemo, then disappears under the threat of being arrested for not operating under the accords.

Stark follows Rogers and Barnes to the Siberian HYDRA facility and reconciles with them, unaware that he has been pursued by T'Challa. They discover that the other Winter Soldiers have been killed by Zemo; in actuality, Zemo has lured the heroes to the facility to show them video footage from its records that reveals it was Stark's parents who Barnes killed in 1991. Stark turns on Barnes, forcing Rogers to fight for the life of his friend—this is the outcome Zemo has sought, destroying the Avengers from within in revenge for the death of his family in Sokovia. Rogers is able to defeat Stark by disabling his armor, then departs with the wounded Barnes, leaving his his shield behind. Zemo attempts suicide, but is stopped by T'Challa, who takes him in alive.

In the aftermath, Stark gives Rhodes an exoskeleton to let him walk again. Rogers breaks his comrades out of prison and flees to Wakanda, where Barnes chooses to be frozen until a cure for his brainwashing can be found. In a post-credits scene, Parker is recovering from his injuries when his web-shooters project a spider-shaped symbol.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

This is one of the movie I have been waiting for such a long time & its finally here :)  But when me and my friends are queuing to buy the movie ticket,I only fucking realize I did not watch "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" !!! How can I missed that? So shitty, but it doesn't affect my feeling and excitement on watching this. 

Storyline, effects of course no doubt is good... It only confuse me a bit when Winter Soldier appeared to be such a strong characters and manage to fight along with all these great powerful superhero. But then I found out that this is kind of a part 2 of CapAmerica: WinterSoldiers... so it make sense then... Not sure whether I will be able to find the winter soldier in any online movie website. Any idea?

Night at the Museum

 Released Year: 2006

Directed by Shawn Levy

Casted by:

Ben Stiller as Larry Daley

Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt

Carla Gugino as Rebecca Hutman

Dick Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks

Mickey Rooney as Gus

Bill Cobbs as Reginald

Jake Cherry as Nicky Daley

Patrick Gallagher as Attila the Hun

Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah

Owen Wilson as Jedediah

Steve Coogan as Octavius

Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea

 Story: 

Larry Daley is divorced, unable to keep a stable job, and has failed at many business ventures. His ex-wife believes that he is a bad example to their ten-year-old son Nick, and Larry fears that Nick respects his future stepfather, bond trader Don, more than him.

Cecil, an elderly night security guard about to retire from the American Museum of Natural History, hires Larry despite his unpromising résumé. The museum plans to replace Cecil and two colleagues Gus and Reginald with one guard. They advise Larry to leave some of the lights on and warn him not to let anything "in...or out".

Once night comes, Larry discovers that the exhibits come to life, including a living Tyrannosaurus skeleton nicknamed "Rexy" who behaves like a dog; a mischievous capuchin monkey named Dexter, which always steals Larry's keys; rival miniature civilizations led by Old West cowboy Jedediah and Roman general Octavius; limb-ripping Attila the Hun; an Easter Island Moai obsessed with "gum-gum"; and a wax model of Theodore Roosevelt.

Roosevelt explains that since an Egyptian artifact—the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Akhmenrah—came to the museum in 1952, all of the exhibits come to life each night. If the exhibits are outside of the museum during sunrise, however, they turn to dust. Roosevelt helps Larry by restoring order, and he decides to remain as a guard.

On Cecil's advice, Larry studies history to prepare himself better. He also learns from a museum docent Rebecca Hutman, who is writing a dissertation on Sacagawea but does not feel she knows enough about her subject.

The next night, Larry uses what he has learned to better control the exhibits, however, things go wrong and four Neanderthals set fire to a display, among other things. One of the Neanderthal turns to dust when he leaves the museum at dawn. The next morning, museum director Dr. McPhee almost fires Larry after what happened to the Neanderthal exhibit. He offers Rebecca a meeting with Sacagawea, but she believes that he is mocking her and the museum.

Larry brings Nick to the museum to show him the exhibits, but none of them are alive. They find Cecil, Gus, and Reginald stealing the tablet and other valuable objects. Like the exhibits, the guards receive enhanced vitality from the artifact; wishing to retain their health and fund their retirements, the three plan to frame Larry for the thefts, and disabled the tablet to stop the exhibits from interfering. Nick reactivates the artifact, but Cecil locks him and his father in the Egyptian room and flees with the tablet.

Larry releases the Akhmenrah's mummy from his sarcophagus. The pharaoh speaks English from many years as an exhibit at Cambridge, and helps Larry and Nick escape. The three find the other exhibits fighting; Larry confronts Attila, realizing his behavior came from being hurt a long time ago, and convinces them to work together. Although some of the exhibits capture Gus and Reginald without difficulty, Cecil escapes by stagecoach with Larry, Nick, Akmenrah, Jed, Octavius, Rexy, and Atilla the Hun in pursuit in Central Park, where they stop him and regain the tablet. Jed and Octavius are presumably killed when their remote-controlled Hummer crashes, but they somehow survive. Rebecca sees the exhibits return to the museum before sunrise and realizes that Larry was telling the truth; he introduces her to Sacagawea.

Dr. McPhee fires Larry after seeing news reports of the strange events around the museum—such as cave paintings in the museum's subway station, dinosaur footprints in Central Park, and cavemen sightings. He rehires him after he sees that these events raised attendance. Larry, Nick, and the exhibits celebrate.

During the credits, it was shown that Cecil, Gus, and Reginald weren't turned over to the authorities and are now working as janitors at the museum.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment: 

The first movie is always the best among all series of movie which proves it right again in this Night At the Museum series. It is based on the children book of the same name by Milan Trenc. Not only the idea is wild and excited, its never being film with this topic and everyone loves it very much. Ben Stiller never fails to make us laugh and yes one again he did it :)

The Object of My Affection

 Released Year: 1998

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Casted by:

Jennifer Aniston as Nina Borowski

Paul Rudd as George Hanson

Amo Gulinello as Paul James

John Pankow as Vince McBride

Allison Janney as Constance Miller

Alan Alda as Sidney Miller

 Story: 

Social worker Nina Borowski is a bright young woman living in a cozy Brooklyn apartment. Nina attends a party given by her stepsister Constance and her husband, Sidney. There Nina meets George Hanson, a young, handsome, and gay first grade teacher. Nina tells George that her stepsister is constantly trying to fix her up with somebody from higher society, completely ignoring the fact that Nina has a boyfriend, Vince. During the conversation, Nina offers George a room in her apartment as she has just heard from his boyfriend, Dr. Robert Joley, that George is looking for somewhere to live. George, not knowing about Robert's plans, is taken aback and heartbroken, and after the party the two split up. George accepts Nina's offer and moves into her apartment.

The two soon become best friends; they watch films together and go ballroom dancing. Everything is great until Nina announces that she is pregnant. Vince, the baby's father, wants to marry her, but his constant care drives Nina crazy; she leaves him and asks George to help raise her child. For some time, they live together in her apartment in Brooklyn. Everything is perfect again until Nina finds that her love for George is growing every day, especially after he tells her he had a girlfriend in high school, leading her to believe they might have a sexual relationship.

One afternoon, George and Nina are about to have sex when George gets a phone call from Robert who tells him how much he has missed him and invites him away for the weekend. George is confused but agrees to go. Nina feels threatened and gets jealous. George and Robert do not re-establish their relationship, but George meets Paul James, a young actor, and the two fall in love and have sex. Meanwhile, Nina is staying with Constance at a vacation mansion and is extremely moody. She has a horrible time and decides to head back home and asks George to return as well. She is mugged on the way and a friendly police officer, Louis, gives her a ride home. Nina and George decide to invite Paul and his elderly acting mentor, Rodney, for Thanksgiving. Paul stays the night and has sex with George, resulting in a fallout between George and Nina.

The following day, they start arguing again at George's brother's wedding. Nina fully explains to George her feelings for him. George, who loves Nina as his best friend, tells her that he wants to be with Paul. A few hours later, Nina gives birth to a beautiful girl she names Molly. Vince, ecstatic, visits her in the hospital, but when he leaves to complete paperwork, Nina and George remain alone with Molly. Nina asks George when he plans to move out to which he replies that he doesn't know. She asks him to move out of her apartment before she gets home from hospital, stating that it would hurt her too much to have him stay any longer knowing that he doesn't love her.

The end of the film takes place at George's school eight years later, in which all of the characters go to see Molly in a musical production that George has directed. Nina is now in a relationship with Louis, and George is with Paul, both of them now happy. The film ends as Nina, George, and young Molly (who refers to George as her "Uncle George") walk together down the sidewalk, hand-in-hand, on their way to get coffee.

 L² Scored: 5.5/10

L² Comment:

This movie is based on Stephen McCauley's same title novel in 1987. For me, the movie is just kinda so so, a bit bored in some parts. I have not read the novel before, therefore no comment on it; but the movie did not describe the relationship and how sparks were created between Nina & George in a good details way... Love the way how Paul Rudd acted in this character, but Anniston is a bit dull, don't u guys think so?

Ant-Man

 Released Year: 2015

Directed by Peyton Reed

Casted by:

Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp

Corey Stoll as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket

Michael Douglas as Hank Pym

Bobby Cannavale as Paxton

 Story: 

In 1989, scientist Hank Pym resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D. after discovering that they attempted to replicate his Ant-Man shrinking technology. Pym believes the technology is dangerous and vows to suppress it.

In the present day, Pym’s estranged daughter, Hope van Dyne, and protégé, Darren Cross, have forced him out of his own company. Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which he shows off to a horrified Pym.

Several months after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, well-meaning thief Scott Lang is released from prison. He rejoins his old cellmate, Luis, who tries to recruit Lang into his gang for a burglary, but Lang wants to live an honest life. Lang's ex-wife is engaged to a policeman named Paxton and will not let Lang see his daughter unless Lang provides child support.

Unable to hold down a job due to his criminal record, Lang agrees to Luis' offer. Lang breaks into a house and cracks the safe in the basement, only to find nothing but an old "motorcycle suit" that he takes home. Trying it on and pressing a button on it, he inadvertently shrinks to the size of an insect. Terrified by the experience, he returns the suit, but is arrested on the way out. Pym, the homeowner, visits Lang in jail, posing as a lawyer, and smuggles the suit into Lang's cell to help him break out. Pym manipulated Lang through Luis into stealing the suit as a test, and wants Lang to become the new Ant-Man and steal the Yellowjacket from Cross. Van Dyne has been spying on Cross for Pym, though she still resents her father for not talking about her mother or allowing her to use the suit herself to stop Cross. Pym and van Dyne train Lang to fight and to control ants. They have him steal a device from the Avengers' headquarters, where Lang gets into a fight with Falcon.

Pym tells van Dyne the truth about the death of her mother: she was Pym's counterpart, the Wasp, and sacrificed herself to disable a Russian nuclear missile, in the process disappearing into a subatomic quantum realm. Pym warns Lang he could suffer a similar fate if he overrides his suit's safeguards.

Cross perfects the Yellowjacket suit and invites Pym to the unveiling. Lang, along with his gang and a swarm of flying ants, infiltrates the Pym Technologies building during Cross’ event, sabotages the servers, and plants explosives. When he attempts to steal the Yellowjacket suit, he is trapped by Cross, who had anticipated the theft. Cross, having both the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits, sells the technology to Hydra. Lang breaks free of the trap and takes out the Hydra agents. As Cross escapes, the explosives detonates on the chemicals that vaporizes Pym Technologies.

Cross dons the Yellowjacket suit and fights Lang. Lang traps Cross in a bug zapper, but before he can destroy the suit he is arrested by Paxton. Cross takes Lang's daughter hostage to bait Lang. Lang again fights Cross, and shrinks to subatomic size to penetrate Cross' suit and sabotage it. Both Cross and Lang uncontrollably shrink away into the nothingness of the subatomic realm, but Lang perseveres and finds a way to reverse the suit's mechanism, restoring himself to normal size.

In gratitude for Lang's heroism, Paxton covers for Lang to keep him out of prison. Seeing that Lang survived and returned from the quantum realm, Pym wonders if his wife is alive, too. Luis tells Scott that the Avengers are looking for him to join them through an intended tip from Falcon.

In a mid-credits scene, Pym shows van Dyne a prototype of a new Wasp costume, and offers it to her. In a post-credits scene, Wilson and Steve Rogers have Bucky Barnes in their custody. Unable to contact Tony Stark due to "the accords", Wilson states that he knows someone else to contact.

 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

One of the Marvel's hero again~ So happy to watch this movie with a comic fans' friend who understand a lot of the original movie and pointed out some part which is a bit weird of this movie. Haha, for me i've no idea about ant-man, except i saw him appear before in the cartoon version. Overall i like the storyline and i m sure they will put ant-man into Avengers soon... 

I Love You, Man

Released Year: 2009
Directed by John Hamburg

Casted by:
Paul Rudd as Peter Klaven
Jason Segel as Sydney Fife
Rashida Jones as Zooey Rice
Story:

Peter proposed to Zooey and she agreed and only to found out that Peter has no close friends at all to become his best man. Therefore, Zooey has been aggressively urging Peter to find his own friend before the wedding. Peter has been going out to meet guys which some of them are too old or some of them are gay man.

Finally, Peter met Sydney whom he find is very cool. Both of them love the badn "Rush" and they even went to the concert together with Zooey which Zooey found its very irritating as the 2 guys ignored her. During the time when Sydney accompany Peter to buy his tuxedo, Sydney ask a favour to borrow USD 8k from Peter. Peter decided to lend the money to Sydney and ask whether he can be his best man on his wedding night.

The money borrowing issue was found out by Zooey and both of them argue on this. Zooey also moved away from the house to stay with her girlfriend. Next morning, Peter found out that Sydney has used the 8K to put Peter's photo on billboard for advertisement on his real estate. Feeling puzzled and angry, Peter told Sydney he does not like the action that has been make and request Sydney to return back the money and took down the billboard. On that night, Peter ask for forgiveness from Zooey and the 2 couple become lovely again.

Losing Sydney as his best friend, Peter feel lonely and ask all the weird guys to be his best man. Later on, Peter received a lot of calls regarding his billboard advertisement and everyone wanna ask Peter for business. Now only Peter realised Sydney is actually helping him, but due to his pride, he did not call up to clear up the things with Sydney. Zooey can feel that Peter missed Sydney a lot and she also realise Sydney is not a bad guy. Therefore, she call up Sydney to attend their wedding.

Before the wedding, Peter finally got the guts and call up Sydney to attend his wedding. Sydney finally make it to the wedding and the both guys are friend again.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

A relax comedy film by Paul Rudd, not really my cuppa movie so i didn't went for the cinema at that time. But this has to depends on who the movie u r watchign with :)

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Released Year: 1997
Directed by Baz Luhrmann

Casted by:
Leonardo Di Caprio as Romeo Montague
Claire Danes as Juliet Capulet
Harold Perrineau as Mercutio
Paul Rudd as Dave Peris

Story:

In the fair Verona, there's 2 gang which is Montague and Capulet who do not like each other and always fight for their life. But during one party that the Capulet have, Romeo from the Montague and his gang sneak into the party for fun. In the party Romeo met Juliet and these 2 youngster quickly fall in love with each other crazily.

By the help of the nurse, Juliet managed to meet Romeo for a few times without the notice of Mr & Mrs Capulet. The both of them have sex. While Mercutio, Romeo's best friend has a fight with Juliet's cousin. Romeo came to stop them but was injured. Mercutio get upset and try to fight back but was killed on spot.

Feeling anger and sad, Romeo found Juliet's cousin and kill him instead. After that Romeo was afraid that the police will lock him in jail, therefore he met up with a priest and ask for help before he run away from the city. The priest told Juliet to take a medicine which will make her look temporary death so that the Capulet parents will not force Juliet to marry the young and good looking Dave Perris which is the Government Son.

The priest has post a mail to Romeo regarding the fake death of Juliet, but the letter did not reach Romeo. Hence, when Romeo heard that Juliet has die, he gone crazy and rush back to the city. He threathen the guard and went into the funeral place where Juliet lie at there. Feeling sad, Romeo drank a poisonous drug to end his life. But before he clsoe his eyes, Juliet Came alife again from the medicine she took earlier. With regret, Romeo passed away sadly.

Poor Juliet saw her Romeo has dead, silently pick up the pistol and ended her life too.

L² Scored: 2/10

L² Comment:

Basically, this is from William Shakespear and i thought i would enjoy it like hell. But hell no... i totally don't understand anything that they said. The production team has move the whole scene to the modern world which is difference from the novel but the dialogue remain as those classic thingy. My headache get worse when i listen to all those dialogue. Sorry, i dont like this movie at all.