Top 11 Upcoming Movies of 2014

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Top 11 Upcoming and Most Anticipated Films of 2014

Assuming your taste is mainstream, these films are odds on to be the top eleven upcoming and most anticipated films of 2014.

• Edge of Tomorrow

Definitely not the only science-fiction film on the list! (Silently punches through the air)! Edge of Tomorrow - based on Japanese light novel "All You Need Is Kill" - features Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in the lead. The plot is synonymous to the thematic device set in Jake Gyllenhaal's Source Code film - the character gets repeatedly thrown into the same time through a time loop to complete a mission. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Cage - protrayed by Cruise - was thrown unceremoniously into a war, in which he dies minutes into it. Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski - played by Blunt - helps Bill by tutoring him to encounter the same war as he gets thrown into it again and again.

• Transformers: Age of Extinction

No signs of Megan Fox's resurrection or Shia LaBeouf's return! I feel ya, bruh. Cited as a "soft reboot" - which explains the disposal of any Witwicky storyline arc - Age of Extinction introduces Mark Wahlberg as mechanic and innovator Cade Yeager. Resuming four years after apocalyptic destruction of Chicago, Cade purchases a broken down only to discover that the semi is actually an injured Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager, Tessa Yeager - portrayed by Nicola Peltz - and her gear junkie boyfriend, Shane Dyson - played by Jack Reynor - are instrumental in helping to rehabilitate Optimus Prime, who then includes all three of them in their battle against Decepticons, led by Galvatron.

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Ninth on the list - surprised? Continuing from Rise of the Planet of Apes - and it's "Caesar is home" moment - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes does not include Franco's Dr. Rodman role nor Pinto's Caroline Aranha role. Instead, the story arc resumes straight from the post-credits sequence of Rise, where the human-killing virus spreads across the globe and doomed the entire human future. In Dawn, former architect Malcolm - portrayed by Jason Clarke - and leader Dreyfus - played by "Commissioner Gordon" - lead last-remaining human survivors is making peace with the Apes, led by Caesar. Of course, as we all had learnt and acknowledged from every Apes film, things never really worked out between them.

• Godzilla

"We need ... bigger guns!" Guns? Screw it because even fighting jets are no match for 2014's version of Godzilla. The filming of Godzilla ensued with a promise that the story arc and style will remain faithful to Japanese production studio, Toho's series of Godzilla. A reboot, Godzilla features Kick-Ass and Walter White of Breaking Bad as humanity's last hope. No, I mean it. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston portray Lieutenant Ford Brody and nuclear physicist Joseph Brody. The design and portrayal of Godzilla is complete contrast to the Godzilla of 1998 was. The terrific screams of Godzilla sends chills to your spine. Don't believe it, watch the trailer yourself!

• Interstellar

Most have never heard of it! Well, how could you miss out a Christopher Nolan's film? The Nolan-factor solely makes Interstellar a must-watch of 2014. Some might argue about the relevance of Nolan and Interstellar's seventh ranking. The reason is the noir-istic depiction of the scientific story arc present in the film - a Nolan factor. The trailer gives away absolutely nothing but traces of gloomy noir-ristic storyline revolving space traveling. Featuring Oscar-rated Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, the storyline dramatizes on the discovery of wormholes and the voyage of space travellers into it.

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I

Jennifer Lawrence. Yeaps, should be enough. The previous installments in the Hunger Games film series resulted in mass teenage fanaticism over Katniss Everdeen - portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence. Mocking Jay-Part I kicks off right from where Catching Fire ended - with Katniss is being informed that District 12 no longer exists. Katniss reluctantly leads the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the corrupted Capitol. Emotions and reality erupts within Katniss as she herself has to decide whom she can trust and what to do. The third installment features Josh Hutcherson - as Peeta Mellark - and Liam Hemsworth - as Gale Hawthorne.

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Marvel fanatics would understand that Winter Soldier is the redemption they deserve for the boring predecessor. Plus, there's Scarlett Johansson. Scoring ninety-one percentage "fresh", The Winter Soldier uncovers that Captain America - portrayed by Chris Evans - is still struggling to adapt to the contemporary society. However, when the world is threatened by an unknown nemesis, Captain America reunites with Natasha Romanoff - Johansson - and Falcon - played by Anthony Mackie - to fend off the danger.

• Transcendence

C'mon. We all missed Johnny Depp and his "The Lone Ranger" was not Depp-ish at all. Versatile actor Depp features as Doctor Will Caster, whom's primary study field and research is on artificial intelligence. In an ever-revolving world,  Dr. Caster's research allowed him to create a machine that possesses technological singularity. Extremists, led by Bree - portrayed by Kate Mara - shot Dr. Caster, which puts him on his deathbed. Using the machine Dr. Caster himself created, Dr. Caster's wife, Evelyn Caster and best friend Max Waters, played by Rebecca Hall and Paul Bettany "connect him to the AI machine" - which resuscitates Dr. Caster in the virtual realm world. 

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Oh boy, I could already hearing readers subconsciously chanting in their minds, "Whattt?". To begin with, Amazing Spider-Man 2 deals and digs deeper into Richard Parker, Peter Parker's dad's history - something with the Raimi's trilogy completely missed out. I've already reviewed the film's trailer and revealed fraction of details on this second installment of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Check it out!

• The Hobbit: There and Back Again 

What's a year without the mouth-watering finale of The Hobbit? Kicking off from Desolation of Smaug and An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins - played by cunning Martin Freeman - reaches the finale of his mission in helping Thorin Oakenshield - portrayed by Richard Armitage - retrieve and reclaim their Lonely Mountain from the dragon, Smaug - by Benedict Cumberbatch - with the aid of Gandalf the Grey, brought to life by Ian McKellen.

• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Yes, quite simply the most anticipated film of the year - thanks to the incredible story arc the film presents, of course. On the other hand, Bryan Singer is back! Days of Future Past deals with a dystopian world in which mutants are incarcerated in internment camps - as revealed in the Days of Future Past issue #141-142. As highlighted in the official trailer, Wolverine's mind is sent to his younger body to change the past - to save their future.

Quite simply, that's my compilation. Do you disagree to my rankings? Anything to add to my list? Just post your comments below. Thanks for reading.

TJ.

Seven Things to Kill Boredom While Spending Time on the Internet

The Internet can be an overwhelming place. The context in the Internet is so large, it makes Narnia and the Harry Potter universe seemed micro. However, it is not impossible to get lost and bored while spending time on the Internet. On the brighter side, fear nothing my dear Earthlings.

Here's Seven Things to Kill Boredom While Spending Time on the Internet.

• Wikipedia 

For those information-thirsty procrastinators, here's your one stop destination. I'll admit, I am a Wikipedia addict. I used to be an editor in Wikipedia, contributing articles on the Film Industry. Don't be afraid of having "nothing" to search in Wikipedia. You might start on a smaller scale, with searching up on "Steven Spielberg" article in the night and end up reading articles on "Nuclear Binding Energy" at 4 in the morning.

Link!

• Read and Laugh at Rants

I have a question: How the hell can you not laugh at people freaking complaining about their lives? You could start with Facebook or Twitter, where thousands of people - gregarious socialites, sociopaths, nerds and heart broken 11 year old girls - rant about their lives. There is also website - F*** My Life - that allows millions of people to complain and rant about their lives. 

Link!

• YouTube and Vines

The ultimate reason why millions of teenagers are staying up late in the night - YouTube. Famous blogger, Thulasidasan quoted - "I fear the day where televisions, radio channels and music players will be replaced by YouTube will come!" And Vines? Enuf said.

YouTube & Vines

• Stalk profiles

Now, don't lie. You do, I do, we all do. It's grants the person whom stalk a sense of elevation, knowledge and superiority. However, you could also get jealous stalking other's profiles. In some cases, people get pissed after stalking others. So yeah - deal it at your own risk, folks!

• Multiplayer Online Games

Games, bitches! Well, this is not exactly the thing for bored adults or matured teenagers. Still, who gives a shit? There are plenty of games on the Net, which comprises of various categories - adventure, action, racing and sports.

Miniclip & Agame

• Start A Blog

No joke. Of course, some of you readers might have this thought crossing your mind, once or twice. Might take a while to start off a blog but once you kicked off, the responsibility you maintain from starting your blog would keep you going! Ceh, perasaan.

To start - Blogger, TypePad & WordPress

• Google Anything

We all had seen James McAvoy googling himself on Google. Yeah, googling is a verb since 1999. Just type any two words into Google and immerse yourself in the links.

It's Google, bitches!

And there's the list. Thank you for reading - unless you came here for porn links. Screw you!

TJ.

Being Multifaceted

Are you multifaceted? Yes? Is it wrong? Absolutely freaking not.

"I've never tried to measure myself on any scale. A person is more multifaceted than the label they often get stuck with." - Dmitry Medvedev

I agree on full scale to Dmitry Medvedev's quote. Your classmate stays for another extra ten minutes in the Chemistry laboratory even when the class was long over. Right before the Chemistry teacher leaves, he swiftly runs towards the outgoing teacher and fires multiple questions at the teacher. She quickly brushes him off, citing schedule conflict as her reasons to escape. The bell chimes for the second time and he packs his stuff and leaves the deserted laboratory, with books and files burdened on him. As he walks past a few other students, they glance oddly at him and murmur, "nerd." Whatttttt? 

The point is that we live, breathe and walk in a judgemental world. Everywhere we walk and everyone we speak to host a judgemental behaviour within themselves. You speak to all of people casually - oh you're flirty! You rarely speak to anyone or feel shy while interacting in a society - you bloody selectively social idiot. You mind your own business and focus on your education - haha, freaking nerd! It is as if there is absolutely nothing you could do to escape any judgemental views.

But that's not the reason why I am writing this post. I am writing this post to state one thing clearly; being multifaceted is not wrong. It is indeed extremely wise to do so.

The only reason I believe everyone tends to be multifaceted is because their true self - real character - is too odd for the circle. Whatever their real character is, it's so hard to express it because they are afraid they might be rejected, isolated, pressured or even insulted for what they are really inside. An academically well-achieved student tends to lie about his excellent high examination marks to his friends, who got a relatively low or moderate score.

Thus, he fakes his real marks and tell a lower - or specifically, a similar - score with his friends. The bottom line is one is forced to conceal one's true identity to accommodate other's preferences. Do not get me wrong. This is not the "multifaceted" attitude I'm promoting. The multifaceted attitude I'm implementing is an attitude where one knows who to manipulate and earn one's trust and comfort.

To simply put this -  a multifaceted person knows how to talk smoothly and sweetly to one.

Be as angry as Edward Norton - yet know when to become as eccentric as Brad Pitt.

Using such tool, one could convince the most truculent and stubborn person to their own benefits. Because in today's world, everyone is important. Therefore, acknowledge how to talk differently to different people. Still, that would implement some serious trust issues around the circle. Nobody likes James who talk nice to you and talks bad about you to others.

I'll admit. I'm a multifaceted person - not many are gonna like what's I'm confessing, lol. However, to avoid creating and stirring any troubles, I follow five specific rules - taught to me by an anonymous taxi driver - whilst being multifaceted.

• Everyone around you are protecting their own privileges. Everyone around you are multifaceted. Thus, don't feel guilty. 
• As long as you don't want anyone to know your horrible side, it's fine being multifaceted.
• Never ever be multifaceted just for the sake of trying to attains someone's secret or trying to spread rumours or gossips. #disgusting
• Be good though. Do not intentionally be arrogant or turn a cold shoulder towards one.
• Use it to make friends, not to stir up enemies.

Of course, I don't expect everyone reading such subjective scribble to agree with what I'm saying. If you are on the other side of argument, you must have narrowed your perspective of the term - multifaceted. My theorem of the term multifaceted is that one who knows how to be friends with everyone.

Thanks to an anonymous taxi driver - who is responsible for influencing me with such conditions - and Jade.

Scribbler, 
TJ.