Sunday, January 12, 2014

2014 movie experience

American Hustle: Two con artists forced by an FBI agent to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians (1/2/2014: SantanaRow CineArts) - Way too much dialogues, left the theatre half way through.

Last Vegas: Four senior old friends reunite in Las Vegas and resolve their differences (2/9/2014: onboard flight from NRT to San Jose)

Captain Philips: A true story of a hijacked freighter by Somalia pirates (2/9/2014: onboard flight from NRT to San Jose)

Bad Words: A grownup (Jason Bateman) competes in Spelling Bee (3/31/2014: SantanaRow CineArts)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, second film of the fiction character, good plot and story line (4/5/2014: SantanaRow CineArts)

X-Men Days of Future Past: Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is sent back to the past to stop the creation of powerful killer robot which will destroy Mutants in the future (6/6/2014: SantanaRow CineArts)

Lucy: A young American girl Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) studying and living in Taipei, Taiwan accidentally involved in a drug (highly valuable synthetic CPH4) trafficking.  After the drug burst inside her, she turns into a powerful person. (8/19/2014: Century GreatMall)

Gone Girl: A manipulating wife (Rosamund Pike) stages her own disappearance/murder to avenge her unfaithful husband (Ben Affleck).  A very long (2 hours 20 minutes) movie with lots of dialogues but still keep audience attended.  Possibly a potential Oscar nominee. (10/17/2014: Century GreatMall)

Think Like a Man 2: (12/5/2014: NCL Spirit Star Dust theater)

The November Man: An ex-CIA agent fought to uncover the plot of a rotten high level CIA operative (12/6/2014: UA121 from Barcelona to Newark, NJ)

The Hundred-foot Journey: Indian cuisine blends into French food in a France village (12/6/2014: UA121 from Barcelona to Newark, NJ)

The Theory of Everything: A story of Stephen Hawking (12/15/2014: SantanaRow CineArts)