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P.S. I still love Blogspot.

I do not read fiction books or novels. When I was young, I do but now, I'm no longer interested. My sister reads some and she recommended this book to me. So, I took it and read. The book has simple english. I do not understand the book completely but I do know what's happening, LOL. Must improve my english, hehe.

It's marvelous story, no doubt the author (Dan Brown) is genius. I enjoyed reading through the adventure of Robert Langdon, the same character on the "Da Vinci Code."

The book has been adapted into movie. I was waiting for it but I did not had chance to watch it. I heard it's better than the "Da Vinci Code," however, not better than the book version.

No time to write reviews for fiction books. So I will post the summary taken from the back cover. =D

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization - the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon join forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth... the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

Rating: 8/10

True science discovers God waiting behind every door. - Pope Pius XII

I had the chance to watch the advance screening. The movie started with too much humors, especially from Sam's mother. Some stuff are quite annoying. I hate the introduction part. I even barely enjoyed the last half of the movie.

Although it's huge blockbuster, due of the story line, it's not worth the wait. It has too much unnecessary elements and material. I expected an exciting story line.

The story line does not make sense and there are too much flaws. Basically, good movie should receive around one year to complete the script. However, I heard this movie script took around one month to complete. The writers then was paid USD 8 million. I believe there are people can write better story and can negotiate for half price.

The visual effects look real and there are plenty of robots involved. To have plenty of robots battling together, I do not think it's good idea. According to the visual effect supervisor, Scott Farrar, "After one hard night of rendering computer-generated footage, some of the hardware actually exploded." Oh well, even the computer could not take it any longer. LOL.

Micheal Bay made into Guinness Book of World Records for biggest explosion on film with the actors present. He put the young actors life in danger to shot mindless explosions. Something to be given award for? Whose life was in danger? Luckily Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox able to save their own life. LOL.

Mikaela Banes (cast by Megan Fox) seriously hot in this movie. I have not seen Megan Fox that much hot, with so much make up. Mikaela Banes actually an improved version of Megan Fox, by using CGI. Thanks to the CGI crews who worked on this movie. They did the works well and perfect, until Michael Bay satisfied with them.

The good news, there will be "Transformers 3." Another news I'm not sure good or not - Michael Bay will make it again. I respect for the work he accomplished with the 1st Transformers live action movie but with the sequel, he spoiled it. Shia LaBeouf said next sequel going to be darker than the previous two. Either darker or not, I only want good action movie that I can recommend to every Transformers fan, of any age.

Rating: 5/10

Mikaela Banes: How you know it will work?
Sam Witwicky: Because I believe.

Watch this wonderful stop motion video, created by Yao Liu and his team for his senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. Almost everyone can relate to the story on the video.

Now here's the "Making Of" video. I'm amazed by the team. They are patient and hardworking. I believe the video was not an easy made.

Every time when I'm busy, I feel that I'm not fighting with my works. I'm fighting with those post-it notes and deadline. I manipulate the post-it notes to do pixel-like stop motion and there are some interactions between real actor and post-its. - Yao Liu