The Expendables 2 (2012)

No mothafu**a cobra son's gonna mess with the legendary Norris. All the bloody bodies, bashes, bullets, bombs and bazookas, just fu**ing leave him alone.

You get perks for kicking Bruce Lee's a*s - best intro scene, best intro music and best killer one-liner.

Who are the Expendables?

Stallone as Rambo, Rocky Balboa, cliffhanger, the specialist, Tango, new Carter
Statham as the transporter, the mechanic, multiple bank robber
Li as Wong Fei Hung, Fang Shi Yu, Huo Yuan Jia, Chen Zhen
Lundgren as Universal Soldier
Crews as Old Spies sexbomb
Couture as UFC champion
Van Damme as another Universal Soldier, Street Fighter's Guile, Max risk, kickboxer
Willis as Die hard John, Sin City's Hartigan, 6th sense Doc, Pulp fiction's Butch, Mr. 12 monkey, Mr. 5th element, the jackal
Arnold as Conan, old total recall guy, Terminator, Mr. Freeze, Predator killer
Adkins as the undisputed Yuri Boyka
Hemsworth as ... skip for now
And of course, Norris as the only living actor I know who fought Bruce Lee

Just in case you don't appreciate who they are.

唐山大地震 (2010)

“没了，才知道什么叫没了。”

I know this is supposed to make people tear like a babe. 

And so I get ready, I act cool, trying to play the Rambo game, wanna fend off the presumably feminine tears.

I've almost made it. I failed towards the second last scene. How about you?

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Ok something's not right. I'm not connecting with the style, the characters, the story, the actions, the directions, the villain... basically everything. I feel terrible.

I believe this can flair better, without 'Bourne' in it.

Good actors are shy

Funny I always thought actors are mostly extroverts, if not how can they weep or do outrages performances in front of camera/crowd?

Funny I thought wrongly. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Henry Fonda, Russel Crowe, Johnny Depp... are all as shy and as introverted in spite of their commanding presence, both cinematically and physically.

Brave (2012)

I doubt any more future cartoon creations can be cuter than the triplets.

But of course there will be cuter creatures coming up. Never-ending creativity.

Looking forward to my man

I wish they've darken the tone and normalized his experience.

Please make my hero go through an ordinary man's life, rather than a pretty boy god's tale. Let me worship him as a human. I've got nothing to learn from a god.

My secret

I'm full of hatred and anger all the time. I wish I'd transformed.

Be Afraid and Burn all Bridges

Blind Prisoner: You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak. 
Bruce Wayne: Why? 
Blind Prisoner: How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without the most powerful impulse of the spirit: the fear of death. 
Bruce Wayne: I do fear death. I fear dying in here, while my city burns, and there's no one there to save it. 
Blind Prisoner: Then make the climb. 
Bruce Wayne: How? 
Blind Prisoner: As the child did. Without the rope. Then fear will find you again.

Why do we fall?

Crowd: [chanting] Deh-Shay, Deh-Shay, Bah Sah Rah. Bah Sah Rah.
Bruce Wayne: What does that mean?
Prisoner: "Rise."

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

First view was chaotic, second view was clearer, third view onward is all about absorbing and learning life's lessons.

I pity those who only view once, I understand why they miss Joker. But I learn more practical lessons from this than from Bible.

Anyone can be a hero, 'Batman' is just an idea.

From Joker, to Bane

Challenges can only get tougher and nastier, mentally and physically.

Embrace it, I know it hurts, for only victory can defeat me.

Why Dark Knight?

I finally understand Dark Knight, the freedom fighter who chooses to defy rigidity. He acts on his free will without shackles of norm, based on own conscious and intention for the better of masses.

Can be policeman but he chooses not to, can't express freely in a box. Can't be White Knight too, the real world out there is no sunshine and rainbow but cunning and unforgiving.

Just be flexible, heck care everything else and do your perceived right thing, one day people will understand.

I love Bane

I'm addicted to Bane's accent.

His almighty sea of depth and character, is diffused throughout his accent. Luckily I have his permission to learn from him.

Always Arsenal

    V. Persie E. Adebayor T. Henry
    S. Nasri M. Flamini C. Fabregas
A. Cole K. Toure W. Gallas G. Clichy

Let's wait for Song and 1 keeper to complete the tormented tale.

Inside the Actors Studio

One of the motivational series that I'll cling onto for the rest of my life. What a privilege to listen to their experience every now and then, especially before sleep for me, to keep me energized. 

Hope the season goes on forever but James Lipton is 85 now.