The Adventures of Tintin(2011)

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Trailer

A superb animation by Steven Spielberg. The adventures come one after another and leaves the audience breathless. I like the action-packed storyline. It is different from a Bond movie as there is less sex and violence. Yet there are a lot of thrilling shots and car chases (chasing a bird, LOL).

A lot of the camera shots are thinking-out-of-the-box and complicated as they are made in post production. This enabled the director to creatively manipulate the shots to tell the story.

Character-wise, Tin Tin is composed and have a high integrity. He found the clues for the coordinate but he didn't keep it for himself. Even though he had a plane crash and was fired from a plane, he didn't get hurt at all.

The Captain still has another treasure buried in the sea to find. I'm so looking forward to the sequel, if any.

James May's Man Lab

James May's Man Lab - Budgie Number 35 and Tommy the Cat's Space Funeral


James May's Man Lab is an interesting show that demonstrates different skills to modern man. The presenter James May is humorous as he said, "Welcome to the non-awarding winning Man Lab". I think the programme deserves a thumbs-up for its educational purpose. I really enjoy British television for their educational programmes.

Some of the projects are cool and amazing, such as the High Voltage Festival (season 2 episode 2), pet space funeral (season 2 episode 3), and build your own bar (season 1 episode 2), etc.

However, many projects ended in failure, such as rock-paper-scissors championship (I heard of a better method to win rock-paper-scissors which was not mentioned by any of the experts in the show), search for his father's lost ring, etc.

Anyway, I love the show as it gives me a bit of a laugh. A perfect stress reliever for a hard day.