Caught this yesterday with Bryan, Julio and Raymond. It was around 3.20pm at OB and Chloe helped us search for movies and the appropriate timings.

Finally, we embarked on Fanboys which was only 90 mins long and not too good of a plot there. Rushed down to Cineleisure, reached there around 3.45 [Fanboys started around 3.40 or so]. Fanboys is for people who have watched and understood Star Wars. If not, you won't be able to catch what they are talking about.

Here's the summary of Fanboys: Set in 1998, the story tells of a group of friends who, eager for the premiere of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - and because one of them is suffering from cancer and wishes to see the film before his death - decide to break into Skywalker Ranch and steal an early print of the film. They travel across the country and on their way they encounter William Shatner, obsessed Trekkies, and bikers who make them undress for water.

Basically, along the way, the group of friends took a detour to find some "geek trouble" with a mob of Star Trek fans. That is one of the funniest parts in this film. If you are gonna watch this film, do have some very basic knowledge of Star Trek too. [So far I only know Captain Kirk, William Shatner (actor in Star Trek who also made a cameo) and some phrases like "Captain's Log"]. Amazingly, I've never watched Star Trek before. =D All thanks to The Simpsons episodes. Still, the bottomline is, you must have a good understanding of Star Wars before you decide to watch Fanboys.

Ending statement: If you know and understand Star Wars, you'll feel that Fanboys is QUITE a good movie [because it's all about Star Wars!], one of the best geek comedy ever, but a lil' short if you ask me. If you don't know much about Star Wars, you're gonna go "Fanboys suck big-time!"

Hurry and go catch it! Only directed to Star Wars fans and people who understand Star Wars.

Below: Btw, this is the main actress [Kristen Bell] in Fanboys and I think she kinda looks a lil' like Princess Leia.

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Shinjuku Incident

Caught Shinjuku Incident a few days ago with the CapGroup.

I really feel this movie is really meaningful and represents part of the illegal immigrants from China.

Summary: In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from China nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan) enters Japan illegally, in search of his girlfriend Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead and his friend, Jie (Daniel Wu) meet in the busy Shinjuku district of Tokyo and take manual labouring jobs to earn money. When Steelhead finds out that Xiu Xiu has married a Japanese Yakuza leader named Eguchi (Kato Masaya), he decides to remain in Japan. When Eguchi was targeted to be murdered, Steelhead saves his life. To consolidate power, Eguchi formes an alliance with Steelhead to carry out his revenge. Soon, Steelhead has become embroiled so deeply in the ways of the yakuza that there is no turning back.

Overall, this movie is worth watching in the cinemas. Bearing in mind that although Jackie Chan is the main character in the film, he dosen't show his martial arts skills this time round. He's more of a subtle character, no more clownish looks from him.

Jackie Chan talked about himself in the film: "maybe one per cent action. Heavy drama."