Red Review

You know what I love? Jesus, video games, guns, football, and Clint Eastwood. Last night I saw the movie Red, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, and unfortunately the movie had only 1 out of 5 things I love. But hey, thats ok, cause the movie made up for it. Red is a movie about an ex-CIA agent (Willis) who is the target of assassination. Now I'll try not to spoil anything, but I might on accident, so read this review at your own risk.

I'll be honest, the beginning was a tad boring and made no sense. One minute Bruce Willis is setting up Christmas decorations and talking with his pension worker, and then the next minute he's fighting off government mercenaries. Eventually the plot will thicken and it all begins to make sense. The acting was really good, I especially liked John Malkovich's character, who is a crazy and sadistic ex-CIA agent who helps Willis throughout the movie. Karl Urban also does a good job portraying Cooper, a CIA killing machine who is the antagonist in the movie. Cold-blooded, but yet inside, he tries to do his best for the greater good of his country. The movie also has a few humorous moments, and also does a great job transitioning between funny and serious. And now finally, the biggest part of Red was the action and th effects. I only have 2 words to describe the action and effects, and I shall only use these 2 words.... FRIKIN AMAZING.....

In conclusion, the movie was beastly, except for the slow start, this is a fantastic action movie. It's not Oscar-worthy, but it defiantly deserves some praise.

I give this movie 4/5 stars :D

THE ASIAN PORTAL OFFICIAL FACEBOOK GROUP

***ATTENTION ASIAN PORTAL READERS!***

If you are not already aware, I have created an official group for Asian Portal. Most of you guys are already part of the group, but if your not already part of the group, I'd like to invite you to join. Just type Asian Portal into the search box in Facebook, then you should see Asian Portal pop up. Go to the group then click join, and if I know you, then I'll add you. Simple as that!

I try to regularly update the group as well as the blog, and I usually post on the group's wall whenever I update the blog. I am really looking forward to increasing the amount of regular readers, so make me a happy Asian and join the group! Please? ^_^

The Social Network Review

Hey everyone, it is currently 11:49 p.m, and I just saw The Social Network. let me start off by saying that I now understand why it won Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globes. Secondly, I now have a new respect for drama movies. But enough of my useless ranting, lets get on with the review. The Social Network is actually based off of a book with a name so long that I'm to lazy to type it here, and that book is based off of how Mark Zuckerburg invented Facebook. SO yes, the movie is based off of the real story of the birth of Facebook. Now i'll try to say my feelings on the movie without spoiling it, so here we go. I thought Jesse Eisenburg did a fantastic job portraying Zuckerburg, and the rest of the cast did a marvelous job portraying the rest of the characters. The plot was pretty good, there were a lot of computer terms I didn't really understand, but I got most of the movie. The atmosphere was very fitting to the college lifestyle, while somehow I just feel that the real story of Facebook's creation had been, "Hollywood-tized" for the big screen, The Social Network was an extremly well-made movie. I give it 4.5 starts out of 5.

Why Chinese Moms are Superior

Hey guys, I made this post just as a test to see if my blog's new template would upload it without screwing it up or something. But just so you guys don't leave my blog without a thought about Asians on your mind, heres an interesting article I found online called, "Why Chinese Moms are Superior" check it out.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html

I Don't Like to Move It Move It

I don't really like to dance. There, I said, happy? Well I don't know why I said that, but since I've already said it, I might as well blog about it. For some strange reason I don't like to dance, well I guess its not strange, I mean there are a lot of people who don't like to dance, but they don't matter, they don't have their own blog, well maybe they, do....... What was I saying? :p

Oh yeah, there are actually only 2 songs in the world that will make me FEEL like dancing. One is the Caramelldansen. If your a fan of internet memes, then you probably know what this is, if you don't, then heres a link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6e7sO1ss0

Yes, if I did dance to this, I would be doing the Caramelldanse dance, not freestyle. However, the other song would make me want to freestyle, the other song is Pjanoo; by Eric Pridz. Its an electronic dance song, and its TOTALLY instrumental. Its actually pretty catchy, and you might have heard it in the 1st trailer for GTA 4 The Ballad of Gay Tony. You might have also heard this song if you live in Britain (it was like on the top 5 songs chart or something). But if you haven't heard it at all, then heres a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbEeJoJ4NV8

So yeah, I hope ya'll enjoy dancing much more then I do.

Song of the Day: Hotel California- the Eagles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIURlnIrErE

Frankly, this is the last song I would ever dance to, just saying...

Inception Review

Recently I have just the 2010 Blockbuster Inception. And to put it simply, I thought it was brilliant. The plot was amazing, the shot sequences were suspenseful, yet action-packed, all the actors did a good job with their roles, and special effects were out of this world. There are A LOT of things I could say about Inception, but I'll just list the things I liked. The movie concept, of trying to put an idea into someone's head, while making it seem like that person thought it up, was a really good idea. There are few movies that make you think, most movies just throw the answers out to you, but not Inception. You never knew what was going to happen. I actually thought Cobb's (DiCaprio) team was going to fail in their mission to put that idea into the rich guy's head. But one more thing that has everyone talking, was the ending. I will admit, the ending was a bit confusing, but after about five minutes after the movie ended I finally understood. The top was beginning to topple, but it still kept spinning, I think the director wanted us to decide for ourselves, wheter DiCaprio's kids were real... or just another dream. All in all I LOVED this movie, and if I ever get another chance to see it, I'll watch it.

I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars, and 2 thumbs up. Inception is number 2 on my personal top 5 movies of all time list. (Right behind Forrest Gump)

Basketball and Soccer and XC Oh My!

You guys want to know the 2 American-played sports that people in Asia play? Basketball and Soccer! Besides that they have like Badminton and stuff, but really, do you know anyone who plays Badminton?! I don't, and I'm Asian, lol XD

But seriously, its sad that even we're not that good, well, let me rephrase that, Asians who stay in Asia are good at sports. Hard to believe right? But it's true! So yeah, and Asians in America aren't good. Mostly cause our parents moved here to give us a better education, not to become the next Kobe. So yeah, I suck at basketball..... Big surprise eh? I'm so bad, I think Coach A hates me now. And due to a special request, I shall also talk about my experience as a Cross-Country runner. I suck..... And thats all I really have to say about that. No! Im being serious! You ever seen me run? I usually end up like fifth-to-last at meets..... :'(

But people like Micah or Kent, well thats who you should talk to if you want to know what it feels like to be a good XC runner. :)

Awakening

Just a quick heads-up, this post is more of a rant, so if you aren't interested in an Asian ranting about stuff, or if you are pregnant, I would recommend skipping the paragraph below, and go straight t the one on the bottom.

Imagine your in a hospital, then you wake up to find it abandoned, you go exploring and you go outside, and then you find London to be almost completely destroyed.... Oh yeah, ANDS IT COMPLETELY OVERRUN BY ZOMBIES!!! Yeaaahhh, I totally did not rip this analogy from (28 Days Later), but the point of this is that I'm annoyed by the lack of people in the grade (not gonna say the grade we're in to prevent them Predators from knowing what grade I'm in, but ya'll know what grade I'm in) Anyways, the lack of people in my grade who are online on FB, I'm mean seriously, theres like NO ONE online usually, so I have no one to chat with! Sad isn't it?Plus the fact that I can't text, and talking over phone is kinda awkward in this day and age, I need more friends online! Theres only Freshmen online most of the time, maybe I should start chatting with them, but I don't want to! No offence to any Freshmen readers. So in conclusion, I would like to ask, someone please chat with me, I don't want to seem desperate, but I really am. maybe its because I've been alone during Christmas Break, but who knows? Who knows?

THIS IS THE FIRST POST OF 2011!!!! I hope everyone has a great year this year, 2010 was one of the best years of my life, thanks to ALL of my friends, reader of my blog or not, I still love all of you guys! :D