Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Cast:
Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen

Director:
Gareth Edwards

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
15-12-2016

Running Time:
134 minutes

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis:
From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all- new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.



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Nice one! Too bad, everyone in the Rogue One sacrificed during the fight against survival in the space arena.

And, Donnie Yen was really funny (and good!) in the film, different from his portray in the serious Yip Man films. Amused by his quote from the film: "I'm the one with the Force. The Force is with me!" :)


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The Great Wall

The Great Wall

Cast:
Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang, Zheng Kai

Director:
Zhang Yimou

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
29-12-2016

Running Time:
103 minutes

Synopsis:
Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Legendary’s The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. The first English-language production for Yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in China. The Great Wall also stars Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe and Andy Lau.







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Being Matt Damon and Andy Lau fans, we wouldn't have missed this movie. :)

We wanted to experience Gold Class again but didn't expect the tickets to be sold out! Gold Class till the next time then.

Never knew the movie was about war with some monsters! It was an action packed film nonetheless. Love the cinematography - was great! And the Chinese actress (or Commander Lin in the movie, later General).. wow, her English pronunciation was crystal clear!

Love the way they assembled everything together - the West meets the East, the war between the human beings and monstrous beings, greed vs trust and some suggested romance.


Other Matt Damon films we've watched:
The Martian
Elysium
The Bourne Series
And, of course not forgetting one of DC's old time favorites:
Saving Private Ryan

Updated Blog header with new staycation photos

Another 3 images added to the new animated blog header! :)

Oh, how we love staycations! :D






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The Hunt gets better each time

After sending B to her nanny's, I just had to visit the park next to the block and strike off a to-do item on this annual holiday leave!

With the map, I was able to identify exactly where a specific type of Pokemons that I needed was... however, I realized I didn't even have to refer to the map much, as every few steps that I took, there was surely something for me to catch! I just love to hunt in Pokémon nested areas! :)

Caught many Jynxs (ice-type Pokémon) which lead me to my bronze Skier medal. :) Also saw many others... it was a fruitful experience.

Clockwise from top left, meet the jumping (excited) Santa Hat Pikachu, the shocked (possibly at identity being exposed) Jynx, the sleeping baby Abra and the little blue kid practicing his punches:

Of course, I also took my time to stroll around the 2 parks enjoying the scenic views and remembering the times when DC and me used to go running years ago... until it drizzled. :)

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