A few things made of win.

1. The Yoshi Burger
So. That's the Yoshi Burger from TokyoCafe (at The Block, SM North)... and yes, I totally got it JUST BECAUSE OF ITS NAME. xD But that aside, it was made of awesome. I know there's really not a lot of... diversity to expect from cheeseburgers , nonetheless it was pretty damn good. My mom and I went there last week. I'm sure the rest of the stuff on the menu is promising too only now I'm probably too obsessed with the Yoshi to try anything else.

2. James Dean
I think I'm in love I've found a new fandom. I can't stop watching this. xD I actually ended up writing about him for work. "...young, irreverent, non-conformist, and a loner," I said about him and his rebel image. *swoon* ~(_^_)~♥ But really, apart from the bad-boy image, he's just absolutely amazing as an actor. There's just something really raw and pure about it, it's like he's not even acting. I saw him in Giant years ago (plus another short movie), but I've yet to see Rebel in its entirety, so--DVD hunt this Saturday, I guess. xD Text or IM or something, if anyone wants to come with.

3. Wall-E
WATCH IT. It is bar none the best-looking Pixar film ever. I can't stop saying that. Especially the parts at the beginning. And especially how they made it look like it was shot in film, instead of all synthetic-looking like CG usually is. And I'm glad it was as cool as it was, otherwise I would've looked like a total asshat after I had to... to... preemptively rave about it in a magazine article. xD xD xD OH HEY yeah btw I was published this month. Check out August's issue of SPEED, I have a few articles in there. \(>v<)/ I... forgot to blow my own horn ahead of time, sorry. Ohoho. I DIGRESS. Wall-E was fantastic. It was witty even without dialogue and the CG was kickass.

Anyway that's it for now. More meaningful post some other time or elsewhere. xD I just felt like I had to update here since it's been a while.

The Forbidden Kingdom: (not surprisingly) kickass.

So yesterday I yanked my dear mother out ouf bingo to watch The Forbidden Kingdom. She loves Jackie Chan too so it was pretty easy.

(SPOILER ALERT, though I'm not giving away the ending.)

The Forbidden Kingdom. Was. AWESOME. An easy addition to my list of favorites. The nod to Drunken Master was very very cool, and let me tell you: just the fight sequence between Jackie Chan and Jet Li was worth the price of admission. It was long, brilliantly choreographed, and showed off the different styles of two equal fighters. In fact, it was so evenly matched, it was almost as if to mock those fans that still won't abandon the age-old debate over who can kick whose butt.

Of course I didn't like everything about the movie--to be honest, I would've liked it better if they'd just done away with the whole subplot about the kid, whose personality borrowed a little too much from Karate Kid's Daniel-san. Not to mention he looks almost exactly like Shia Lebouf. I have nothing against Shia Lebouf, he's just not my idea of a kung fu warrior.

But the subplot didn't get in the way of the ass-kicking, so the movie is overall still a winner. The fact that it was so over-the-top in some parts (Monkey King!) just made it even more fun to watch, and right for the genre. (If you want something believable, go watch that Patrick Dempsey wedding movie, you pansy.) There was plenty of comic relief. And the fight scenes were pretty frigging sweet.

If you're a fan of both Jet Li and Jackie Chan... you don't need to be reading this. If you're a fan of either one, you'll end up loving the movie and liking them both. And you saw the trailers and the posters, right? Proclaiming the two masters, brought together in a movie--"Never before. And maybe never again." Maybe never again. So start placing your bets on when they'll come out with the sequel.