The good thing about holidays is that you get to watch movies which you missed during the year.
:)& I've been watching (or eating) lots of them. Here are some short reviews...
As usual,
Spoiler Warning if you haven't seen those flicks.
The Incredible Hulk
The Hulk (2003) was the worst movie I've ever seen! That film left me incredibly frustrated, so fricking angry at myself - why? Why? Why did I watch that movie?
The Incredible Hulk thus is a reboot of the Hulk franchise but fortunately it does not tell the same story. It's like a sequel, but with a much better storyline.
The Hulk still looks fake, but at least he doesn't have super-elastic medium-sized shorts! The Abomination being a stronger adversary, the film delivers some fantastic action scenes.
The beautiful Liv Tyler is the right choice as the damsel in distress but most credit goes to Edward Norton for really embodying the role of Bruce Banner.
Oh yeah, Tony Stark (Iron Man) makes a special appearance at the end to talk on a team he's assembling -
The Avengers. 
As for the sequel, it looks promising with Bruce trying to control his transformation via yoga. Do you remember Mr. Blue having his brain deformed - he'll become the
Leader.
Verdict: Awesome blockbuster on par with Iron Man.
Wiki: The Incredible Hulk
Quantum of Solace
To watch this new James Bond movie, you need a background knowledge of Casino Royale – which I didn't have.
:( 
The Aston Martin DBS makes it appearance only in the first 5 mins... & then it's gone!
The plot is complicated (something about water?), James Bond uses no gadgets & his injuries heal fast enough for the next scene. But all these negative points are covered up by some great action scenes - although I do hate those abrupt scene changes during fights...
Verdict: Average movie with some good bang-bang stuff.
Wiki: Quantum of Solace
Death Race
With a scenario straight off a videogame - prisoners doing races on prison grounds in deadly cars.
Sounds crap? Not really - it does have some wonderful car action & you'll like it if you are a Jason Statham fan.
Verdict: Love those death races, especially the Dreadnought!
Wiki: Death Race
Wanted
Again another action movie. As in death race, plot is kinda stupid - 1000 years ago, weavers invented binary code from cloth which tells fate killings!?
But given that we're dealing with assassins here you can expect some damn good action. Adrenaline allowing heightened senses to slow down time! Firing bullets in curves - bending bullets is possible... with supercomputer calculations!
Verdict: Great action movie which makes you overlook the fake plot & bad narration. Special supporting appearance by Angelina Jolie.
Wiki: Wanted
Eagle Eye
That's one fricking hell of a movie. It's like I-Robot in a 2008 setting, much closer to reality.
It really raises some serious questions about who's watching over Big Brother. We are being monitored 24/7 but do we really know what's being done with all that data?
It may be centuries before we invent an AI of the same level as ARIA, but there's no doubt only a computer can "think" to such extent, calculating every single possibility.
The intrigue & the non-stop action in Eagle Eye keeps you entertained while you keep quizzing yourself - who's behind this? Terrorists?
Verdict: Fantastic movie! Shia LaBeouf doing what he's best at - saving the world!
Wiki: Eagle Eye
The Dark Knight 720p
I've always wondered if I'll be able to watch HD content one day... & if there was a movie which I would have wanted on Blu-Ray, it would have been The Dark Knight - one of the best movies ever!
But since I do not have an HDTV nor a Blu-Ray player, I have satisfy myself with 720p rips. Btw 720p has a massive resolution of 1280x720.
Playing 720p rips requires at least a Core 2 Duo. Anything less means some serious concessions in terms of quality. That's why we need the best x264 codec available - CoreAVC. CoreCodec CoreAVC reduces CPU usage by up to 50% for x264 playback. It can be configured as an FFDShow codec or directly in KMPlayer or MPC.
Even then my CPU (P4 3.06HT) ran at 100% to play a sample of the Scene version of TDK (DVD9) on the CoreAVC codec. My dream of watching insane quality stuff seemed to be broken until a 3GB 720p re-encode of 1080p TDK was released. Having much lower bitrates, I knew that this would definitely play on my PC.
The quality is awesome. Every skin detail, every background effect, the scars on the Joker, the structure of the Batpod - near-perfect quality! (Click on those pics!)
& since The Dark Knight has all action scenes in IMAX, this is 10x better.
Sound? Digital Theatre System (DTS) makes you enjoy ultimate auditory experience.
CPU usage was 85-90%, but with CoreAVC, that dropped down to 70%. If you still have any doubts about the insane quality, check back my
The Dark Knight review - I've replaced all screencaps with 720p ones.
:) 
I also downloaded The Dark Knight extras - the immense hard work they've put into that movie reinforced my conviction that TDK is the best movie ever!
