Captain Marvel - The Interesting Origin Story of One of the Strongest Avenger

As a movie that had been long anticipated due to the ending of Avengers: Infinity War, surely this one would be a definite must see film for me and my wife. But since its premiere date fell on an even date, it was challenging for us to see it in my favorite Dolby Atmos theater due to the even-odd plate number restriction. So we decided to see it on the following day which happened to be a public holiday. Well let us go on directly to this movie now.

Brief Story Line

Vers (Brie Larson - Kong: Skull Island, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World etc) was a warrior in Kree planet who seemed to be having memory problem. Sometimes she would have dreams that she could not understand which involved a mysterious woman (Annette Bening - Being Julia, The Kids Are All Right etc). While on a mission with her team leader & trainer Yon-Rogg (Jude Law - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Cold Mountain etc), Vers was separated and reached the earth where he met with S.H.I.E.L.D agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson - too many films to his credits).

The Marvels - A Fun and Enjoyable Superhero Movie with Nice Chemistry of the Lead Characters

Few days ago this latest movie from Marvel Studios had its wide release including in Indonesia. As fans of Marvel movies, my wife and I would not want to miss the chance to see it in the cinema. So we went ahead to one of our favorite cinemas with Dolby Atmos system for better experience yesterday. All right, I shall dive into it now.

Brief Story Line

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jakson - Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Incredibles 2 etc) with his team that also included Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris - They Cloned Tyrone etc) who were onboard SABER station, experienced an energy disturbance later revealed to be a jump point anomaly. Nick asked the help from Carol Denvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson - Fast X, Trainwreck etc) to investigate the occurence as it was near her location. She found out that it was due to the action by Krees new supreme leader Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton - Fresh Meat TV series etc) which threaten the peace talks with the Skrulls and potentially lead to war. 

Fast X - Another Spectacular Installment in the Fast and Furious Series

When this movie was released mid of last week, my wife and I were still on holiday and unfortunately the film was not playing there yet. So we had to wait till this weekend to go and see it in Jakarta. We chose our favorite cinema with the Dolby Atmos sound effect. OK, I'll get on with it now. 

Brief Story Line

After their last adventure, Dom (Vin Diesel - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 etc) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, etc) were enjoying their lives as newlyweds taking care of B (Leo Abelo Perry). Meanwhile Roman (Tyrese Gibson - Morbius etc), Tej (Ludacris - End of the Road etc), Han (Sung Kang - Raya and the Last Dragon etc) and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel - Army of Thieves etc) went on a mission in Rome as instructed by Little Nobody (Scott Eastwood - Wrath of Man etc).

Trainwreck - A Romantic Drama Comedy with Sports Background

Once again I watched a movie on TV in the hotel where I was having vacation with my wife during her free 1 night stay. If I am not mistaken, this movie never played in Indonesian cinemas. I guess it was due to the movie having R rating there and it was not having the star fame power in here and it was also a drama comedy. Anyway, I was hoping to see another action movie that premiered at 8 PM but I was too late coming back to the hotel room so I instead watched this one that started at 9 PM. So what was the movie all about? Let's have a read below, shall we?

Brief Story Line

The movie started with the scene of young Amy and Kim being told by their father Gordon (Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2) that monogamy was not realistic and he was getting a divorce with their mother. This message seemed to be getting in the heads of young Amy until she became an adult and 23 years later became a woman who love to party, drink and even sleep with lots of guys. Amy (Amy Schumer - a famous US stand up comedian) now was working at a men's magazine and was given the assignment by her boss Dianna (Tilda Swinton - The Grand Budapest Hotel) to interview a sports doctor Aaron Conners (Bill Hader - Men In Black 3 and voice actors of Inside Out, Finding Dory). Despite her best effort to reject the assignment as she had no knowledge whatsoever on sports, Amy had no choice but to interview the doctor.

When she came for the interview, Aaron was amazed at how ignorant Amy of sports matter & stars. Even when LeBron James the very famous NBA player came to Aaron's office, Amy could not recognize him. In short, the interview seemed busted. Later on that night, Amy went to the movie with her boyfriend Steven, a person who seemed to be addictive of body building (played by WWE wrestling star John Cena - The Marine, 12 Rounds etc). Steven was very upset upon finding out that Amy had been sleeping around with other guys despite his assumption of having exclusive relationship.

Meanwhile, Amy found out that her sister Kim (Brie Larson - 21 Jump Street, Room etc) was pregnant with her husband who was a widow with 1 child named Allistair. The news was informed to Gordon who now stayed in a facility since he was having health problem. He was happy to found out he will be a grandfather but Kim who really detested her father because of him divorcing her mother, was very upset that he did not recognize Allistair as his grandson. Their relationship came to a new low and Kim insisted Amy that she would rather move Gordon to a much cheaper facility. Amy received this request while testing exercise equipment with Gordon and she was a little bit shocked which resulted to her having difficulty breathing. Aaron helped Amy and from that moment on, they became closer and started dating.

With this new odd relationship, Lebron who was Gordon's close friend was very happy for him as it had been quite some time since Gordon had a serious relationship with a woman. But Lebron also was cautious of Amy whether she was serious enough to Gordon or she would break his heart. Amy herself actually felt unsure about her feelings, especially since she never had a meaningful relationship with men.

So can this couple be together and defy the odds? Can Kim and Amy forgive their father for his decision of leaving their mother? Find them out in this romantic drama comedy with emphasis on the comedy.

End of Brief Story Line

As I said earlier, I watched this one as it was the only one that I could watch from beginning that night. But I did not regret watching the movie. It had some funny moments and I had few laughs as well. Please do not expect this one to be the type of romantic comedy such as those movies with Hugh Grant, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Richard Gere as stars. Since the main stars were actually stand up comedian in US, the movies had some funny one liner during their conversations.

The movie also had few cameo appearances by sports stars in addition to Lebron James, such as Chris Evert and others. Also cameos by Matthew Broderick, Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomei. I enjoyed watching Amy's confusion of having actual romantic feeling towards Aaron and also Aaron's oddly romantic strong feeling towards Amy who was not really his type. Amy's work relationship & problem with her boss and co-workers in the magazine also interesting to see. My most memorable moment was actually the scene where Amy was exercising at Aaron's facility coz I laughed the hardest there. And there were also some touching scenes involving Amy, Kim and her father.

Oooh I did not quite enjoy the ending as I think it was a little bit too cheesy for resolving their problem. Overall though, the movie was actually quite fun to see. I know that the movie was still playing in HBO Asia this week and probably few weeks later. However, some people may not be able to relate to this kind of movie and humor. Nevertheless if you are looking for this type of movie, then you can definitely try to watch this one and hopefully you have fun like I did.

Happy watching!

Mike's movie moments rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Though Personally I Prefer The Original, This Is Still A Fun Sequel and Should Please Fans of The Games

This movie already had its advance ticket sales in Indonesia since around 2 weeks ago, and my wife and I had bought them for yesterday's show for quite a while. Hence we were able to see this movie on its first day of release which was quite rare for us. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

After the events of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Mario (Chris Pratt -Mercy, Onward etc) and his brother Luigi (Charlie Day - Honey, Don't!, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia TV series etc) continued their plumbing business where they later met & befriended young dinosaur called Yoshi (Donald Glover - Mufasa: The Lion King, Community TV series etc) during one of their job. Meanwhile Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie - Happy Gilmore 2, The Curse TV series etc) who followed in the footstep of his father Bowser (Jack Black - Anaconda 2025 reboot, Kung Fu Panda 4 etc) was trying to free him and plan to dominate the universe.

Avengers: Endgame - The Perfect Ending!

One of the most anticipated movie of the past few years had finally reached Indonesian cinemas this week. In an unprecedented event, the movie was having its advance ticket sales 1 week before, as opposed to the usual previous weekend. And to top it off, the sale started from 12AM where some shows starting as early as 5AM for 24 hours. Unfortunately since my wife and I were not aware of how early the tickets were being sold, we did not get the chance to buy the online tickets for its first day premier on 24 April. But we were fortunate enough to still got them for the following day. Anyway last night we saw this movie in my favorite theater with Dolby Atmos sound system. Well let us get on now.

Brief Synopsis

After the events in Avengers: Infinity War, the remaining heroes such as Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Natasha/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Rhodey/War Machine (Don Cheadle) were looking for ways to reverse the effects done by Thanos (Josh Brolin). Joined by other heroes who also managed to survive like Nebula (Karen Gillan), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), they worked hand in hand and did whatever it take to save the world once again.

End of Brief Synopsis

At last, after 11 years of going through more than 20 movies, we finally got to see the conclusion. And it was a truly wonderful and amazing conclusion really worth the wait. The story was fantastic, awesome and really emotional which truly summed up our feelings. What amazed me was how the movie makers were able to provide a balanced story on each of the original Avengers. Yes, this one was more focused on those heroes which I thought was a great move, especially since we fell in love with Marvel movies because of them in the first place. It felt like a wonderful appreciation to the hard works they had done to bring the beloved characters alive all these years.

KONG: Skull Island - Reboot of One of the Most Iconic Monster of All Time

This is another film that has caught our attention for the past month or so. It was telling the story of one of the most iconic monster for many decades, i.e King Kong. In addition, the trailer to the movie that has been playing for many weeks added an element of excitement and buzz which made my wife and I very enthusiastic to watch it. Which is why when the movie premiered yesterday, my wife had immediately bought the tickets in the morning via online. It was actually the first time we used online mode to buy tickets to a movie. A little bit late, right? But better late than never. Anyway, we shall start with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

It was 1973 when the US government had just stopped the Vietnam war and decided to pull out all their armies from Vietnam back to the US. Randa (John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane, Patriots Day etc) an agent of Monarch which was a secret government body, and his colleague Brooks (Corey Hawkins - Straight Outta Compton, 24: Legacy TV series etc) who was a geologist, were able to convince the senator to have an expedition in a new found island in the Pacific ocean. The island was called Skull Island and was hidden all this time due to heavy rain and storm surrounding it.