Storm Rider 2

If you are seeking for summary or preview of this movie, you’re at the wrong page. The title might sound alike yet this is a blog barely related to storm rider. No offense, but I just can’t get it why do we need preview; I mean if you’re planning to go for a movie then just go, why preview? If you were to miss out all the anticipations based on an anonymous’ movie preview, does it worth? If you were to bore to tears your partner on your first date based on some people-you-hardly-know preview, does it worth?

I’m nobody to judge whether shall we opt for a movie preview, not. But one thing for sure, I never did any movie preview before, I just randomly pick my movie every time (as random as it sound, I won’t pick movie that I don’t understand). I know, I know, you don’t want to waste your precious nine bucks for some crappy movie, that’s why you movie preview. You surf every site you know, you read every movie preview you can, you flip every newspaper comment you have and there you go; you lose all the fun. Isn’t watching a movie is all about delight? Where is all the pleasure if you already know what going to happen next?

So while movie previewing is good, random movie selection is simply better. Better in sense of surprises, try bringing your friend or your partner on a random movie and surprise them. And some really good movies are not even on preview; if you ‘round round’ follow the movie preview; you’ll miss all the fun again. More often than not the majority of the boring movies are not on preview, but then again, it might be crappy for them but a whole new different story for you. Who knows? You’re not letting some anonymous’ comment to control the movie you watch, don’t you?


That day I went for Storm Rider 2 with my friend, a nicely-planned-should-be-nothing-going-wrong-movie because of the movie preview my friend read. Even so it bothers me that they combat (or swing their sword) more than they talk, which turn out to be quite a mind-numbing movie. The movie preview is good, the gimmick is fabulous and the publicity is awesome; even Ekin come M’sia to promote. But it’s just an ‘okay la’ movie for me. My friend was quite disappointed because the movie preview looks more attention-grabbing than the actual movie. That’s when he feel like his nine bucks is in the gutter.

Movie preview said “five thumbs up”. I really can’t help but to wonder “If including the thumbs on both hands and feet, where’s the other one? Could it be right in the middle of these four thumbs?” It suddenly makes sense and answered all my queries since nursery school.

Apart from throwing our precious nine bucks to the gutter, watching Storm Rider 2 really bring back a lot of old memories. Ten years ago (can you believe it! it's already ten years), when I’m still in primary school, I watched Storm Rider 1 and me still yearning for more. Ten years later, I’m outside the cinema complaining about it; somehow it just feel like yesterday or should I put it in this way, time passed too sudden for anyone to even realize it. The memory is still clear where I’m shouting, yelling and jumping around whenever I see blood splash from Storm Rider 1. Nevertheless, today I complain that it bother me that they fight more than talk. Feel like down in the dumps indeed!

Ten years is just a blink of eye or rather a screening of Storm Rider series. Maybe the next time I watch storm rider, I’m with my own family already. So, take this chance to cherish what in front of you, don’t waste them like I wasted mine.