Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Watched the movie yesterday and it was good. For the adventure and the swashbuckling followers this movie is a good one but if you are more on the story side I would say that it is simple same story of family rivalry and power grabbing.

The story revolves about The Dagger of Time that turns back time. It enables the holder to go back a few minutes in time thus enabling one to change that moment to one's advantage. The story is set on the reign of King Sharaman of Peria during the 6th century. The main character, Prince Dastan(played by Jake Gyllenhaal) was an orphaned boy that was adopted by King Sharaman after an incident in the market place. Dastan's courage to defend a friend against the King's guards impress the king and it ended up Dastan being adopted by the King making him Prince of Persia with "no royal blood and no eye for the throne."

After the short introduction, the movie starts with Prince Tus, the next heir to the throne, Prince Garsiv and Nizam(the kings brother and adviser) on the way to Alamut, a known Holy city, to conquer it due to the reports of the city supplying arms to Persia's enemies. The king's commands was not to harm Alamut because it is holy and neutral city. Tus asks his brother and Nizam if they should attack but awaits what Prince Dastan's opinion. Dastan grew up to be a courageous man and led a group in the Persian army. Dastan reminded Tus of their father's command and he said that the weapons might be planted but in the end the advice from Garsiv and Nizam prevailed. Dastan requested that he lead the first attack then but was told that he was too young for this. The attack was to be made at dawn.

Hard headed as he is, Dastan went to do a backdoor attack on the city by entering it before dawn. Together with Bis and his friends they were able to enter and open one of the city's gates, signaled it to Tus and Garsiv's men and entered the city without much damage. Meanwhile the head of Alamut, Princess Tamina(played by Gemma Artenton), prayed to the Gods. In there last resort Tamina ordered one of Alamut's guard to bring to safety Alamut's Dagger of Time. The guard was accidentally killed by Dastan and was able to get hold of the dagger. The news reached the king but the king was furious of what Tus did. The king goes to Alamut and ask Tus to give him evidence of Alamut's treachery.

Tus busied himself looking for the weapons and ask favor from Dastan present to the king Alamut's praying shroud. The king announce that the proposed marriage of Princess Tamina to Tus to unite their empires was not to push through but instead Princess Tamina will be wed to Dastan. Dastan was taken aback and was speechless for sometime. To interrupt the scene Dastan presented the praying shroud to the king but upon wearing it the king was burned and killed. Dastan doesn't know why and he was accused of killing the king. He ran to save himself and he ended up running with Princess Tamina. From there the story brings you to the adventure and the twist of the movie.

 The movie also mentions about destiny being a connection between two time periods. But in the end as the story goes destiny is what we chose it to be rather than something that one must follow even if it means losing someone that you love. Destiny is a choice that only  you and me can make.

Robin Hood

As a birthday present to myself last Sunday, I went to see Russell Crowe's movie Robin Hood.

The story did start with the the story that we all know. This movie traces back the reason why Robin Hood became an outlaw and started dwelling in the deep forest of Nottingham. Robin Longstride(Russell Crowe) was an archer in King Richard the Lionheart's army. A tragic event happened when Richard was killed in battle and Robert Locskley, one of the king's knight, was task to bring back the crown to England and to bring the bad news. 

Meanwhile in England, John who is next in line is preparing himself to be the king of England and enjoying his life with a French girl. One of his men,Godfrey, was traitor working with Philip, King of France. Godfrey intercepted Robert in his mission to bring back the crown when Robin Longstride with his companions were on there way to go back home. Robert was killed by Godfrey and Robin and his men drove them away. Robert ask Robin to promise him to bring back his sword to his father in Nottingham. Upon knowing the mission of Robert, Robin dress themselves as knights and went to bring the king's crown and bring the good news. With that John becomes king of England.

The first problem John has to solve is England's rising financial problem and thus the need to enforce tax collection. John assigns the traitor Godfrey to do such work. But Godfrey on the other hand has a different mission. He went to the northern part of England acting in the name of the king forcing people and villages to pay up their taxes at the same time arrange the first batch of French soldiers to prepare for Philip's arrival.

Robin went to Nottingham to fulfill a dead man's wish. But in the process he learn of his true linage that his father was a mason who was killed because of his beliefs that the king of England needs its subject not the other way around. And the sword that he was to bring back to Robert's father was actually his father's own sword. A line was inscribed in the sword saying "Rise, rise again until lambs turn into lions" which means to never give up. John was finally informed of Godfrey's betrayal and the other barons are now working together to overthrow the king. In the end Robin ask if he could speak and brought the same philosophy his father was trying to ask years back, that is to every English man to have liberty by law. John agreed in order to defeat the French with a united England but right after the victory John did not keep his promise. 

Thus Robin Hood was declared an outlaw. Together with his comrades and the orphan children they retreated to the forest and as the legend says they rob the rich and gave it to the poor.  

Killers

Spencer Aimes(played by Aston Kutcher of Punkd) is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt(Katherine Heigl of Grey's Anatomy), a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love and married her without telling who he really is.

Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street.

Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his pain-in-the-ass in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances and just plain survive.

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy has proven an unlikely success. While medical dramas are one of Tv's best bets in the formula department, Grey's Anatomy seemed from the beginning a pale and banal iteration of the formula. A cast that seemed cut from the fashion section of an old Sears catalogue, and stories filled with hyperbolic doctors screaming codes and demanding many cc's of mysterious substances. Oh, and lots of that 'paddle' thing as well. But it wasn't long before the serious caught on, and for good reason, the writing is, at its core, very story motivated, and behind those pretty faces are solid actors that emote as well they vogue.
 
After achieving success at such a fast speed, however, it is a questionable move the series is making trying for a spinoff. First, they are planning on extracting one of their favored characters from the shows dramatic dynamic, Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery (played brilliantly by Kate Walsh.) This will no doubt leave a huge hole in the dramatic fabric of the show. Next, in setting up the spin off, they are in a sense using the opposite formula. Instead of filling the cast with talented 'barely knowns', they are padding out Walsh with a host of well know actors including Tim Daly, Chris Lowell, and Taye Diggs.
 
Probably the biggest risk involved in this endeavor is the impact on Grey's Anatomy itself. Were the spin off to fail, simply shifting Walsh back to Grey's Anatomy might not be such an easy task. Walsh has been so central to the dramatic balance of Grey's Anatomy that the writers will surely have to accommodate for her absence by creating a new equilibrium on the show. This could, in fact, throw Grey's Anatomy off as well. Enough that the show itself could suffer and eventually fail.

It is impossible to say whether any of this will happen, but one thing seems for sure. Year three of Grey's Anatomy seems to be just too soon to have a Spin Off.

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The Twilight Saga - Eclipse the Movie - A Choice Between Vampire and Werewolf

If you enjoy watching movies, you must be familiar with The Twilight Saga. The Twilight Saga movies are adaptations of the books written by Stephanie Meyer in the same titles. The first movie, Twilight, was reaching its success in 2008. Furthermore, the second movie, New Moon, was also following the success of the first movie in 2009. In the middle of this year, Summit Entertainment will bring Eclipse as the third movie for all fans of the Twilight Saga in throughout the world.

In this third movie, you will find that a new Victoria. In the previous two movies, the character of Victoria is played by actress Rachelle Lefevre. The new Victoria in Eclipse will be Bryce Dallas Howard, an actress that born in Chicago on March 2, 1981. She was starring in some movies such as The Village (2004), As You Like It (2006) and Lady in the Water (2006). Besides, she was also replacing Nicole Kidman in Manderlay (2005).

Some interesting things also happen during the making of this third movie. Jackson Rathbone, the actor who plays Jasper Cullen, accidentally lost his script one day, and suddenly that script got leaked on to the Internet. However, people do not need to read this script to know what will happen in the movie. People know everything about the plot clearly from the book.

Surely, Eclipse is a continuance for the previous two movies. However, the focus now is about some choices should be taken by Bella. Mysterious killings are happening in Seattle that makes the condition worse. Meanwhile, Bella once again should face dangerous situation resulted from the effort of Victoria to kill her. Bella also still have to make a choice between Edward and Jacob means that she has to choose between love and friendship. Besides, Bella also need to make a decision while her graduation is quickly approaching, namely choosing her death or life.

If you are movie lover or even a fan of The Twilight Saga, you can enjoy this movie in the middle of the year. This movie will be released in United States on 30 June 2010. While waiting for the movie, I think you can read the book first to make you know better about the movie.

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