stealth fighter!

hog’s breath was… overwhelming. it was a great dinner altogether as usual, albeit just as slow as we expect woden to be. somehow, though, i think woden will always be a lesser quality as compared to the civic one, even in terms of service.

i am not saying it’s bad or anything, but truly, civic always seems faster and knows when a customer needs or don’t need them.

after dinner, we went to watch stealth, another one of those AI based movies. what with the technology as it is, AI is really not that much of a technological fantasy anymore. i am talking about fully AI-ed stuff, not things like robotic dogs and so on.

i loved that movie! i love aeroplanes, i love fighter planes, and for all that’s supposedly not so good about the movie (some people mentioned in forums that you can see the wires and shit) i love how the cameras allow the audience to “fly” with the pilots.

not to mention the gorgeous scenaries.

i am a little upset at the ending though, i don’t like how one of the more important characters were… treated.

but overall, the reviews of it was a little.. off. it wasn’t just about the pilots stopping an AI from turning everything into ww3. it was also about a plane/AI learning how to feel and cope with it’s feelings. Contrary to most news reviews about it, yes it’s not meant to be a very intelligent film. the beauty of it was really the planes, the emotions in it. just go in for a ride.

it’s movies like these though, that often makes me want to sit in a cockpit and fly a damn plane. rrrrr

oh. and charlie and the chocolate factory.

it was.. just one word: BRILLIANT.

i can not start to describe to you how great it was. we went to watch it during our first “hi how are you yvette i am XXXXXX” when yvette came and wadge was finally free to pull her out with us.

the acting by johnny depp was.. ooeer. cheeky like i expected movie to be. and as far as i am concerned, it went as close as it could possibly be with the actual story by roald dahl. the funny parts stayed funny, and the touching parts stayed touching. i was more awed by the squirrel scene than anything else.

from the various “background” shows i have watched about it, it seems they have brought various well trained squirrels into the same room. having the trainers nearby to actually make them do that scene in perfect sync. one of the best… production i would say, that i have ever seen.

while i would say stealth isn’t meant for everyone, charlie and the chocolate factory is really one movie you can’t miss. beautiful, meaningful, and so full of bitter sweet child hood memories… T_T

i want to know the real willy wonka if there ever was one.