KDrama: Descendants of the Sun 2016

Main characters:

Song Joong ki as Yoo Si jin

Song Hye kyo as Kang Mo yeon

Jin Goo as Seo Dae young

Kim Ji won as Yeon Myeong ju

I remember when Descendants of the Sun made a buzz when it was aired back in February and people went crazy over it! It was what everyone was talking about, how the scenes were sweet and how hot and handsome Song Joong ki was. Even my friends who don't really watch kdrama watched it and became addict since then. My sister and I didn't watch it until two months later when all the episodes were already aired and I admit it was addicting. But then we thought it was over-hyped since we've seen better dramas.

So the story revolves around the lives of Yoo Si jin, the Captain of Team Alpha, an elite special forces in South Korea, and Dcotor Kang Mo yeon, a cardiothoracic specialist. These two accidentally meet in the hospital where Mo yeon works and there Si jin quickly falls in love with Mo yeon's assertiveness. At first, Mo yeon is skeptical towards Si jin but soon sees that Si jin is really a soldier. They then begin dating but every time they go out something comes up. It's Si jin who usually needs to go because of his job and soon Mo yeon realizes how different the two of them are. Si jin is a soldier who kills to protect lives while Mo yeon is a doctor who saves lives. Eventually they stop seeing each other. 

Mean while, Sergeant Major Dae young (also Si jin's friend) struggles with his feelings towards Myeong ju, an army surgeon. He likes her but he can't risk being removed from the army by Myeong ju's father who is the commander of the South Korean Special Forces Brigade. 

Eight months later, these four meet again this time in Urk carrying their own mission. Si jin, together with Dae young, was sent there earlier to lead his team on a peacekeeping mission while Mo yeon is sent there to lead a medical team. Myeong ju, on the other hand, followed so she can be with Dae young. There, the four of them fall in love again and together they help save lives. 

I actually enjoyed this drama with all its kilig moments and funny scenes. I also understood why girls went crazy over this drama because the writers surely did a good job developing the relationship between Si jin and Mo yeon who had a great chemistry and of course, the intense feelings between Dae young and Myeong ju. And though they did a good job building the relationship between the characters, they did little to the sub-plots and to the plot in general, for me anyway.

 They also have good and funny secondary characters. Sang hyun (Lee Seung joon) and Ja ae (Seo Jeong yeon) were my favorites and Onew as Chi hoon was a surprise to me but nonetheless did a good job.

Descendants of the Sun surely captured a lot of hearts but I still think it was over-rated. Don't get me wrong, I loved it and enjoyed every single episode but like I said, I've seen better drama with better plot. I mean, the plot of this drama had lots of potential with its military and medical stuff going on but they settled on melodrama which is really not a bad thing. I'm just saying that maybe they should've developed the military and medical sides of the show which would be more interesting since I, myself, am a huge fan of action-romance! But either way, I guess DotS's magic worked on a lot of people seeing that the drama's ratings were higher than expected.

Overall I give it a 3-star rating out of 5! It wasn't that bad but it wasn't that great either. I guess people were just too excited to see Song Joong ki in uniform which I admit was really manly and sexy! This drama was also his first role after getting out of the army which I think also helped on gaining viewers since people were waiting for his comeback.

And, oh, I forgot to mention about the bromance in this drama because there was!

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Movie: Captain America: Civil War 2016

★★★★★/★★★★★

Main Characters:
#TeamCap

   

Steve Rogers (Captain America) - Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier) - Sam Wilson (Falcon)

   

Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) - Clint Barton (Hawkeye) - Scott Lang (Ant-Man)

#TeamIronMan

  

Tony Stark (Iron Man)  - James Rhodes (War Machine) - Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)

  

Vision - T'Challa (Black Panther) - Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Funny. Entertaining. Action-packed. 

Captain America is probably my favorite film this year! 

 Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off as Steve and the other Avengers continue to save humanity. But as one incident in Lagos leads to a collateral damage, people start to show distrust towards them and the United Nations decide to pass the Sokovia Accords which will put a leash around the Avengers, meaning they only get to work if the government wants them too. Steve strongly disagrees on signing the accords, believing that the Avengers should remain free to act on their own. On the other hand, Tony Stark and some others like Natasha and Rhodey, agree to sign the accords. 

The disagreement and conflict among the Avengers continue to mount as Bucky Barnes, Steve's bestfriend, is wanted for bombing and killing King T'Chaka of Wakanda when a ratification is held in Vienna. The King's son, Prince T'Challa vows to kill the bomber himself so he goes after Barnes. And despite Romanoff's objections, Steve and Sam still track down Barnes in Bucharest. In a police chase, Barnes tries to get away but T'Challa, now Black Panther, shows up. Steve, Sam, Barnes and T'Challa are captured and taken to a facility where Barnes is questioned by Colonel Helmut Zemo, posing to be someone else. Zemo uses Hydra's trigger words on Barnes asking about the 1991 mission and sending Barnes into a rampage. Steve and Sam stop him and together they escape. When Barnes regains consciousness, he explains everything to Steve and Sam, that Zemo is behind what happened and is probably going to Siberia where Barnes was held and is going to unfreeze the other Winter Soldiers that were created.

What happens next is my favorite part of the movie where Steve calls for back up and Stark, with a mission to bring Steve, Sam and Barnes in, also forms his own team. So then we have Sam, Wanda, Clint and Scott Lang on #TeamCap and Rhodey, Romanoff, Vision, T'Challa and Peter Parker on #TeamIronMan. 

After their small talk and fight which, by the way, is intense, nerve-wreaking and hilarious, Romanoff lets Steve and Barnes escape so they can go after Zemo. The rest of Steve's team is captured while Rhodey has broken a leg after Vision has unintentionally shot him down. Romanoff' then informs Stark that Barnes has been framed by Zemo.

Steve and Barnes reach the Siberian Hydra facility and contrary to what they thought, Zemo hasn't activated the other Winter Soldiers but killed them instead. Stark also follows, now knowing the truth that Zemo has planned everything. And with the three of them as audience, Zemo plays a tape showing what really happened in the 1991 mission of Barnes. It turns out Barnes killed Stark's parents. This new evidence enrages Stark and gives him enough reason to kill Barnes. But Steve couldn't let him kill his bestfriend so the three of them engage in yet another intense fight. It ends when Steve pins Stark down and smashes that thing on Stark's chest with his shield. Steve walks away with Barnes but Stark stops him by saying that his shield was made by his father. Steve drops it down before disappearing. On the other hand, believing that he has avenged his family's death in the Sokovia attack by creating a conflict within the Avengers, Zemo tries to attempt suicide but is stopped by T'Challa.

In the aftermath, Rhodey is given leg braces by Stark. Steve has fled with Barnes to Wakanda where T'Challa gives them a place to stay. But before that, Steve breaks his team out of detainment with a narration while Stark reads the letter Steve sent him. It says that whenever Stark needs their help, he knows he can always count on them.

I really enjoyed this movie so it's a perfect 5 star for me. I watched it with my sisters and I'm sure they loved it too. Oh, we love Captain America! :") But one of my sisters, Yana, is #TeamIronMan. 

 

 

We hope you enjoy the movie as much as we did!
And here's a bonus for you  girls out there. Hihi :")

And oh, in the post-credits scene, of course there's a post-credits scene, we see Peter Parker recovering and accidentally touches his web-shooters projecting something on his bedroom ceiling. And he will return!
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Movie: Home 2015

★★★★★/★★★★★

I always always love animated films and this one is amazing. I mean, it teaches us a lot of things from caring about others/family/friends to not drinking the lemonade from the toilet. Tsk.

The story is about the Boov running away from the planet-destroying Gorg and finding Earth where they decided to inhabit. Led by their Captain Smek (Steve Martin), they relocate humans, whom their captain pertains to as simple and backwards, to other parts of the planet so they can inhabit their homes. Excited and happy about their new home, one of the Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons) wants to throw a housewarming party with his friends. Sadly, he doesn't really have friends and his neighbors really don't like him.

Then he accidentally meets Tip (Rihanna) in a convenience store while running away from the Boov cops after sending an invite to every alien on the galaxy, including the Gorg. The invite is supposedly just for Kyle, whom Oh thought is his friend, but instead of just pressing "send" he accidentally presses "send all". It causes panic to the Boov, thinking the Gorg would find their new home that's why Captain Smek orders for Oh to be captured because it's his fault. Oh runs away and decides to go to Antarctica where there is no Boov living. 

Tip, on the other hand, lost her mom (Jenifer Lopez) while the Boov are relocating the humans. She's able to avoid that thing that sucked her mother away from her thanks to her cat named Pig. She's hiding in their home when one of the Boov comes in making her leave. She drives her car and stops in a convenience store where she meets Oh. It's when their adventure begins.

I really love the story because it's about family, friendship and doing the right thing. I like that Tip waited and never stopped looking for her mom even though she never had an idea where she might be until Oh. It's also nice that even though she and Oh started off on the wrong foot, they still ended up being good friends. They found a friend in each other that I cried when I thought Oh was crushed when the Gorg's mothership didn't stop on time. And giving back what Captain Smek took from the Gorg is the bravest thing Oh has ever done. It's what made him a more capable leader than Captain Smek. 

The movie is  a 5/5 for me. You should watch it and see for yourself why.

I also fell in love with the songs because they're all good.

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TV Series: Scorpion (2014)

★★★★/★★★★★

Main Characters:

Elyes Gabel as Walter O'Brien

 Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen

Robert Patrick as Agent Cabe Gallo

Eddie Kay Thomas as Tobias "Toby" M. Curtis

Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn

Ari Stidhan as Sylvester Dodd 

Riley B. Smith as Ralph Dineen

Synopsis from Wikipedia:

Walter O'Brien and his team of outcasts are recruited by federal agent Cabe Gallo of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to form Scorpion, said to be the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats around the globe. The team includes O'Brien, one of the most intelligent people in the world with an IQ of 197, and his friends Sylvester Dodd, a "human calculator" dealing in statistics; Happy Quinn, a "mechanical prodigy"; and Toby Curtis, a "world-class shrink" (a Harvard-trained behaviorist). Paige Dineen is a former waitress whose intuitive interaction with people translates the real world to the team, and they, in exchange, translate her young mentally gifted son, Ralph, to her.

 I especially love this series for a lot of reasons and one of which is because of how hilarious and entertaining the characters are. And I'm not a math or science genius but I like it when they talk about technical stuff. Tsk. I also love Paige and Ralph and though a lot of people say Katharine McPhee can't act, well, I still like her. Lol. I just think that Paige's character really suits her. :P

 Ralph Dineen

Paige Dineen

[Toby, Walter, Sylvester, Agent Gallo, Happy]

So the series revolves around these genius people, Walter, Toby, Happy and Sylvester as they try to help Agent Gallo of Homeland Security on defending the country from  high-tech threats of our modern world.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. :)

Movie: Dragon Blade 2015

★★★★★/★★★★★

I watched the movie with my family last Sunday and just like any other Jackie Chan film, it made us laugh and cry and laugh.

The story is about Huo An (Jackie Chan), the commander of Protection Squad who is tasked to watch over and maintain stability between the warring 36 nations in the famous Silk Road. But he and his subordinates are framed of smuggling gold by someone and are sent to the Wild Geese Gate where they undergo forced labor. They are building a city in the Wild Geese Gate and everyone comes from different nation which makes it very chaotic because everyone just fights over small things. It is under General Huo Qubing who thinks that no one in Wild Geese Gate is greater than him. Then enters Lucius (John Cusack) and his army with Prince Publius, heir of the Roman consul, who flee from their home to the east after saving the Prince from his own brother, Tiberius, who wants to kill him so he can have the power. 

Lucius wants to take over the Wild Geese Gate so they have somewhere to rest in. They initiate an attack to the Wild Geese Gate which Huo Qubing bites and in the end only puts them in danger because it's just a trap. General Huo Qubing and his army are captured and Lucius is ready to make another attack but Huo An thinks of a plan. He talks to Lucius and Lucius tells him he wants to take over Wild Geese Gate but he says no. Therefore Lucius asks him for a duel which he agrees on. They are both skilled in fighting and I can't really say who would win until a sand storm comes. They continue fighting but Huo An worries that if they continue, then they will all die including the Prince. In the end, he agrees on letting them in and giving them food and medicine.

The story continues as Lucius tells Huo An their story and Huo An does the same. The next day, they receive a message telling them that they need to finish the city they are building in 15 days or else they will all be punished. Thinking that it would only be possible if they have more man power, Huo An makes a deal with Lucius. With Lucius' army helping them to build the city, Huo An promises to help Lucius deliver a message to the Parthian Empire. 

They all develop their friendship over time as they work and begin caring for each other after having a good time working together. Now Huo An realizes that it is really possible to have peace between the 36 nations and the idea makes him happy. The scene is very touching because everyone is singing and then Prince Publius also wants to sing and he sings their anthem (I'm not sure if it's their national anthem) which makes everyone cry.

The next thing that happens, the evil Tiberius is marching towards the Wild Geese Gate with his thousands of army. Lucius wants to face him but Huo An stops him, telling that he can't win against him. Huo An offers help but Lucius tells him that it's not his fight and he doesn't want him to get involved with it. But Huo An, like it or not, will help anyone who needs help. He thought of asking for help from his friends back home so he comes back home only to find that his enemies has followed him. He saves his wife and the children with the help of the people he encountered back at the silk road. They are able to get away but Hua An loses his wife and some new friends. 

While Huo An is fighting back home, Wild Geese Gate is being taking over by the army of Tiberius. They offer Huo Qubing and the other prisoners gold in exchange of handing Huo An over to them. They also captured Prince Publius and his servant almost killing Lucius in the process. Lucius does everything to protect the Prince but there are too many of them against him. They take Prince Publius and his servant with them back to their home.

When Huo An comes back to the Wild Geese Gate, they tell him what happened and the condition. Tiberius threatens to kill them and their family if they don't hand Huo An over to him so everyone is furious and asks Huo An why they wouldn't do what he says in order to save themselves and their family. Huo An tells them that if what they wish is to hand them over, if it will give everyone peace, then he will be happy to give himself over to Tiberius. This scene also makes me cry. (I'm such a cry baby!) Anyway, what happens next is that they pretend to hand over Huo An to Tiberius. What they really want is to get inside the palace so they can save their friends (the Prince, Lucius and his army) but they are already too late. The Prince and his servant are already dead, not having a choice but to end their own life. 

Huo An then confronts Tiberius and Tiberius actually asks him to side with him buthe says no. Tiberius also tells him who framed them back then. It was his Lieutenant Yin po (Choi Si won). (and we were very very VERY disappointed when we found out because Si won wouldn't do that in real life!) Huo An doesn't believe him and is sent to the cage with his friends. But they wouldn't go to a lion's den without a plan, would they? They steal the keys from the guards without them knowing and when it's time, they free themselves. They escape and fight for their way out the palace.

 

Huo An looks for Lucius first and he finds him chained in one of the rooms. Lucius is beaten up and his eyes are already sucked out. Huo An tries to free him but he can't get to break the chains. They talk for a while about why Huo An is there and he need not to go save him and that Lucius entrusts his army to Huo An. Then one of the guards sets the room on fire. Huo An still tries to get closer to Lucius but the fire is already spreading. In the end, he is left with nothing but to end Lucius' life so he won't suffer anymore.

Outside, everyone is fighting and Huo An and his friends are getting killed one by one. But they don't give up. They fight until they find their way out.

When they are finally out, they see another thousands of army ready to kill them. I know they're losing hope but they still want to fight saying that they will fight together until the end. They are ready to attack when different armies from different nations start to show up one by one. They are the nations of their friends at the Wild Geese Gate. It gives them hope and together they fight. 

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It was a really good film and Jackie Chan never disappoints!! :) 

Watch it and see for yourself. :)

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