Avatar Review

This review will be a short one because I don't think any praise will do Avatar any justice. Just go watch this movie. If you are able to watch it in 3D please do so. I will be catching it again because the experience is beyond awesome. The effects are orgasmic and Sam Worthington, the only saving grace in that pile of shit called Terminator Salvation, had delivered a good performance yet again.

Smurfs, now in Hi-def

The very simple story is the only flaw in this one hell of a movie, but the rest of everything had certainly made up for this 2 and a half hour experience. Please watch it. James Cameron had outdid himself and I certainly had totally forgiven him for making Titanic.

Final verdict: 9.5 out of 10. Definitely, hands down, the experience of the decade. (NOTE: experience of the decade is not equivalent to movie of the decade by the way).

Yes Jim, you are worthy of being King of the World once again.

Storm Warriors Review

What would you do if you are asked to make a movie and you are given a good decent budget, a successfully proven franchise to adapt, a cast of heavyweight stars and a team of talented visual effects artists? In case your answer is "No idea", then Storm Warriors shall be your perfect guide.... of HOW NOT TO. Yes, you read it right with caps and bold.

Story
The official synopsis of this movie goes something like this: An evil Japanese warlord, equipped with the most weapons of mass destruction of his time, wants to conquer China. A bunch of patriotic warriors which include Wind and Cloud can't bear to see their country goes to their small neighbours in the East and started resisting him. Unfortunately, the official synopsis is very misleading as the whole bloody plot of this movie is one huge jumbled mess. After the first 10 minutes, the whole movie started to go astray and directionless as the directors (the one hit wonder team called the Pang Brothers) prefers style over substance..... which kind of backfire because the style isn't there as well.


Acting
There's nothing I can really comment regarding the acting as they are simply not given any time at all to act. The script and character development is so bland that even 2012's natural disasters had more character and acting in them. Great actors like Simon Yam, Aaron Kwok, Nicholas Tse, Lam Suet and Ekin Chen are squandered. For example, Lord Godless (Simon Yam), despite being the main villain is only given some angsty lines which portrays him more like a whiny teenage kid then an evil warlord. Imagine a young Darth Vader but more shouting.


Direction
Seriously, I think the only vision that the Pang Brothers seems to had in mind is to see how many movies they can rip it off from and get away with it. The most evident victim of the directors is none other than 300. The style in 300 is breathtaking. Every single slowmotion is done with precise timing which does a good job in enhancing the action scenes. Which unfortunately is not the case for Storm Warriors. Slowmotions are used or in this case, spam so frequently and unsparingly that it is more likely to further enhance your boredom then anything else.

Another victim that seems to be also unmercifully butchered by this movie is Zhang Yimou. During fight scenes in between the slowmotions, The Pangs tried to squeeze in some "artistic fighting" movement like the ones you see in Zhang Yimou's movie (ie. "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers"). In Zhang's version, these fighting scenes are done so beautifully and gracefully that it looks more like ballet then act of violence. However, with this movie, such scenes only serves to drag the movie even further and make the fights look even more nonsensical then a Monty Python's sketch.

Pacing is godawful. Plot related scenes are too brief and non-plot related scens are overly bloated. There's no sense of climax in the whole movie as the movie feels flat and for an action movie.... feeling flat is the last thing you want to feel. The final battle with the movie's main villian Lord Godless is very disappointing. Its like the movie suffers from premature ejaculation. It ended before anything gets to exciting. And to make matters worse the movie didn't end there (I will not go into details as this might consider as spoilers to some), unsatisfied of cumming to fast, it decided to go for second rounds. The result? One hell of a overly bloated and boring fights I had seen recently.


Conclusion
One of the most disappointing movies I had ever seen this year. The only saving grace that this movie had is the beautifully done visual effects. Though not perfect (some scenes look outrageously fake), it is still impressive to look at. Now lets just hope that the producers listen to my wishes and never let the Pang Brothers ever touched this franchise again.

4 out of 10

2012 Review

Ah, Roland Emmerich. I still hold a huge grudge over how he raped my brains with his horrible prehistoric epic 10,000 B.C. If there's any director that I hate more than Michael Bay (in terms of overrated-ness that is) it is Mr. Emmerich himself. At least Michael Bay ain't pretentious when it comes to his movies. He knows and embraces the fact that his movies are meant to be dumb and enjoyable. Also, Michael Bay don't try to cover up his movies with pseudo-Science to make it look smart. I think that's enough about Mr. Emmerich here for now, let's get on with the review to the over-hyped movie of the year, 2012.


Story
It's 2012, it's the end of humanity as the world decided to fuck us good in almost anyway possible. There's some pseudo-Scientific explanation here and there, but fuck that. By taking interests of this movie just by watching the trailers and its other promotional materials you ain't here to watch scientists telling you WHY it will end. You are just here to watch HOW it will end. Practical bunch of people aren't we?

If you can believe a man can out-drive an earthquake that sank the whole of California, outrun a volcanic explosion and can escape unscathed (yes there's not even a scar on John Cusack's face at the end of the movie) despite coming face to face with almost any disaster ever known to man, then yes the story is Epic. If you are a person which have, say a slight bit of common sense, then yes the story is bullshit. The plot is so thin that I wonder if Roland Emmerich did the visual effects first before writing in a story. Or maybe he just hire a 10 year old ghost writer to write the screenplay... Hmmm....

Outrunning a volcano. Usain Bolt should be ashamed of himself.

Acting

If by acting you mean how the natural disaster perform? I say its fabulous. If I were to award next year's Oscar winner for Best Actor, I will give it to Mr. Tsunami himself! Mr. Earthquake comes close with his Jesus shattering performance, but it's Mr. Tsunami's White House smashing scene which killed the President of the United States (which conveniently is a black man played by Danny Glover) that totally swept me away. As for the rest of the human actors, they are just there to be killed by natural disaster or do something heroic and logic bending. If there's one human character that I actually liked was Woody Harrelson's hippy conspiracy theorists.

And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to..... Mr. Tsunami for 2012!!!

Direction

There's only one thing in Mr. Emmerich's mind and is how to destroy the world in the most beautiful way possible and with that, he succeeded. Maybe even outdid himself. Nevermind if the whole movie is way over bloated and too long, he knows that people don't really exactly mind if they get to see almost every single landmark in the world being destroyed by almost every single disaster thought possible. Nevermind if the scene is illogical, no one cares if they get to see people die from disasters. Like that particular scene where almost the whole world is almost destroyed by earthquakes and still one particular scientist from India can call his good friend using his cellphone who is in a cave in China! I hope Maxis is watching. If they can't guarantee me coverage come Armageddon, I am sure as hell changing my telco!

"I want more of whatever disaster you guys can think off right over there...."

Conclusion

Watching 2012 is like watching porn. It excite your senses with its imagery but at the end of the day you get nothing out of it. It is a decent watch and satisfying too if all you want to see is natural disasters as the visual effects are the best I had seen so far.

5.5 out of 10

12 Rounds Review...

Usually at any given day, I would had avoid any WWE (that wrestling organization formerly known as WWF before that panda organization sued them and had their name changed) produced film like a plague. That is because I always strongly believe that wrestling should be the only thing that this company should solely keep their hands on and nothing else. Don't believe me? Look what happen to the previous ventures of the then-WWF in the form of XFL (an American Football league that wants to compete with the NFL) or the World Bodybuilding Federation. Both of them went bust and the most of their movies sucked badly (with the exception of the Scorpion King which I think was pretty decent).

"I am gonna make 5 more movies!!!"

So enter 12 Rounds. When I first heard about it my first reaction was that it is so gonna suck as I thought that it will end up like The Marine (a movie which I sadly watched on the bus on my way to Mersing). As the release date of the movie draws near, something from the poster caught my eye. "From the director of Die Hard 2 and the producer of Speed" both of which happens to be two of my favourite action movies of all time (the 1st being Terminator 2, if you had to ask). So instantly my feelings towards this movie had transformed a 180 degrees from a no-fucking-way-I-am-gonna-watch-this-shit to a I-think-I-should-give-John-Cena-a-2nd-chance.

Thankfully, that initial feeling of avoiding this film was a wrong one....sort of. If there's anyone who knows how to make an action movie, that will be Renny Harlin. After all this guy made so many memorable action flicks but unfortunately, a great director can only do so much if the script suck... horribly. The whole movie is full of bad lines, bad one-liners and a bad story to build-up the action. The story seems to be ripped totally from Speed, Cliffhanger and Die Hard 3. Remember that great elevator scene from Speed? It's there. That "HOLD MY HAND!" scene at the beginning of Cliffhanger? It's there as well. And how about that whole "Simon says mind-games" plot that was the core of Die Hard 3? Sad to say it's the core of this movie as well.

My movie was ripped... Whoa~

Another aspect that this movie had totally neglect, is a need to cast a kickass villain to torment the hero. Instead of getting some kickass villain they have to opt for some unknown actor who can't say.... ACT! Listen WWE, the next time you can't find an awesome actor to play your villain, just grab one of the wrestlers from your roster. I can imagine HHH, Jericho, Randy Orton or heck even Edge could pass off as that villain anytime.

Despite the shitty script, the bad acting and the copy cat storylines there is still some good left in this movie. The action sequences are the only thing that kept this movie from sucking and that should be solely be credited to.. no not Cena, but the director himself. Most of the action sequences at the 2nd half of the movie are well nicely done with some of them being quite breathtaking which was enough from making this movie another crapfest I had the "honour" to watched for the nth time within these two months.

Any lesser director would had made 12 Rounds into this shit-fest

Final verdict? 6.5 out of 10. A decent enjoyable flick if you can totally ignore all that stupid lines spewed out from the characters and just watch the awesome action scenes. How about Cena's acting you ask? Still wooden as like he is cutting a promo in the ring after all he ain't no The Rock or Steve Austin.

The Dark Knight Review

I went into the cinema with sky high expectations of this movie mainly due to all the great superhero flicks that came out this year. My expectations are so high that even one single "off" moment in the movie will disappoint me greatly. Two and a half hours later.... I was impressed. I was awed. I wanted more Batman. And I feel depressed that we can never see another performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker ever again.

The actors... all of them gave it their all as if they all wanted to be nominated for an Oscar. Heath Ledger is amazing. You can never get enough of him. If you think casting Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man is the best casting call ever in comic book adaptation history? Just go watch Heath Ledger as the Joker.

The pacing is flawless. They fully utilize all two and a half hours of screen time to show you as much character development, action and a little bit of humour they could humanly possible. Each twist to the plot is handle with care so that the audience would not be lost half-way watching and still manage to throw in a few great one liners to humour us.

The final verdict? A PERFECT 10. If there's any comic book adaptation that ever deserves an Oscar? Let this be the first one ever. It had also become my favourite movie of all time, relegating The Godfather to second place.

Thank you Mr. Ledger and Mr. Nolan for such a great movie.

Incredible Hulk Review

They call this movie a reboot for the title character. To me its more of a reformat because it had totally wipe clean of any memory I had of the dreadful 2003 Ang Lee soap opera. Just a few seconds into the opening sequence had me smiling from ear to ear. The reference to S.H.I.E.L.D (yes the government agency with the long ass name mentioned in the movie Iron Man), Nick Fury and Stark Industries which clearly shows the direction Marvel is going to take in the next few years leading to the Avengers movie.

A few minutes into the movie you already have this intense chase sequence, where Bruce Banne (the Hulk's puny human alter-ego) is chased by the US military. Chase sequences which always leads to Banner transforming into the Hulk are aplenty in this movie but they are never repetitive as it takes place in different environments and who on earth can get enough of the mayhem and destruction? Maybe Bruce Banner, but definitely not us.

The screenwriting is good as it tends to go into details of things. Not as good as Iron Man's but still good nonetheless. They had done a good job linking **comic geeks take note** a particular SERUM which is developed during WORLD WAR 2 to Bruce Banner's condition. They even try to explain on how Banner's pants never seem to tear despite his clothings and shoes always does when he is transform into the Hulk.

Casting wise there's no complains maybe except Liv Tyler. Talk about stereotype, how many times have we seen her in yet another love-interest-to-the-hero-which-rarely-does-anything-important? If you seen her in Armageddon, you had seen it all. But that.. of course is just a personal opinion.

Watch my movie puny Humans!!!!

What made me totally forget about the 2003 snore-fest is the mind blowing action sequences. All of it done in great detail. Watch how the parts from the cars fling all over the place when the Hulk uses it as a weapon or how each bullet that bounced off the Hulk's body is painstakingly shown. The final fight sequence had me smiling as soon as it started right until the end of it. Gamma clap? It's there. Hulk shouting "HULK SMASH" it is there and that two words alone is worth watching the movie alone (at least for comic book fans that is :-P).

The final verdict? A solid 8.8 out of 10. Solid comic book adaptation. Awesome action sequences, some great casting of Edward Norton as Bruce Banner and the best of all, erase all that painful memories you had watching the 2003 version. The bad news however, is that this movie might raise your expectations for The Dark Knight to some unreachable heights.... Oh yeah do look out for a certain superhero right before the credits....

Flash Point Review

I had never been a huge fan of Donnie Yen honest. I always deem him as an inferior martial arts actor compared to the likes of Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah and Jet Li whom I had grow up watching and idolizing. I never really liked him, not even in the excellent Wilson Yip directed SPL (a.k.a Sha Po Lang) in which IMHO is great because of Simon Yam, Sammo Hung and the then-HK-movie-industry-rookie Wu Jing in which he plays a cold blooded silent assasin for the triads which will even make Luca Brasi feels like a n00b.

Then came Dragon Tiger Gate, a flick which the trailers feels much more cooler than the movie itself. True, I must admit that the movie's redeeming point is none other but Donnie Yen himself but his GODMODE-ON in nearly all his scenes is a huge turnoff for me.

Fortunately for me, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and decided to catch his latest flick which is currently showing in the cinemas now called Flash Point. Ok to be honest, its not really that benefit-of-the-doubt bullshit that got me buying tickets for this flick. Its the trailer of this movie that got me excited about this movie. Because in the trailer, there is zero dialogue, zero cliched-plot-revealing-flashing-words-on-the-screen and is very straight to the point by telling you this is a martial arts flick because all you ever see in the trailer other than the movies title are kicks, punches, armbars and a beautiful executed german suplex. And being the huge sucker for martial arts movie I did not seem to care about the lessons I learnt from Dragon Tiger Gate and just rush to get the tickets to the movie as soon as I have the free time to watch it once it is released.

Ok so now, on with the movie's review. Ok here's a brief synopsis of the plot. Donnie Yen plays a no-nonsense cop, just cop who is ruthless when it comes to catching criminals (which in other words is a 100% total opposite of Malaysian cops) and is trying hard to catch a band of villainous ruthless Vietnamese brothers. While Louis Khoo plays the undercover cop as the lackey of these villains. Well if you ask me, the plot is nothing but a build up to a huge one on one brawl towards the climax. The movie started at a slow pace for the first 45 minutes to 1 hour with time given for "plot development". After that it is a non-stop martial arts fest which is perhaps the most realistic looking fight choreography that I had ever seen in a movie. Instead of using traditional kicks and punches that is used in most martial arts movies, Flashpoint uses MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) which is much more rawer, intense and realistic.

In most martial arts film when guy A kick guy B to the floor, guy B will bounced back up almost immediately or guy A gives him enough time to do so. But not Flashpoint. A strike that takes down the opponent is usually followed up by more punches, kicks or even submission holds such as the deadly armbar. In other words the fight scenes is done very nicely in a very smooth uninterrupted flow of punches, kicks, throws and locks which I had never seen before in any martial arts flick and all these are directed by Donnie Yen himself.

Well despite its flawless fight scenes I do have a few major complaints about this movie though. Donnie Yen and Louis Khoo just doesn't have on screen chemistry. Both of them don't seem to "connect" with each other at all. Also Fan Bing Bing in the movie serves no purpose other than being a very sweet eyecandy. Not that I mind or anything, but she's being cast into the wrong role IMHO.

Overall Flashpoint is a must watch martial arts movie for all fans of this genre. I give it an 8 out of 10 stars.

P.S: To those who have no idea what MMA is, try searching for it on Youtube.

Transformers Review

Despite Transformers being perhaps the coolest movie event this year, which is mainly due to its great CGI effects, Michael Bay still deserves to be shot... maybe not as much as he should before.

Alright to be honest I have totally no expectations of this movie at all. Mainly its because it is directed by Michael Bay. Not that I really hate that man or anything but once you seen one of his movies you had seen it all. The way he does thing is similar, be it Armageddon or Bad Boys or even that dreaded crap called Pearl Harbour. Another reason is Megatron's new design. While others like Prime, Bumblebee, Barricade and Starscream is redesigned into a much cooler version of their cartoon-self, Megatron is a hundred steps backwards. Don't get me wrong, the Alien Jet movie version is fitting and cool but his Robot design is..... crap.

Ok enough about my expectations, here's my RM0.02 about the movie. Ok despite all the Michael Bay cliched camera works, badly done pacing and extensive use of explosions (well at least his over-explosions are very well done here), the movie is actually good but unfortunately, it had nothing to do with Bay. The only reason why this movie is so freaking cool is because of the robots themselves. How they were animated in so much detail like how Prime turn his face plate off while talking and turn it on while fighting. Their transformation sequence are also animated in great detail that had me drooling all over the place.

The voice acting is perhaps the best of them all. The voice acting is so good that even those cheesy cartoonish lines sounded perfectly. I mean with Peter Cullen reprising his role as Prime surely can never go wrong right? But what really surprises me is Megatron. I never expect Hugo Weaving a.k.a Agent Smith a.k.a Elrond to voiced Megatron so flawlessly and of course "badass-ly". And of course comparing Hugo Weaving with Peter Cullen is kinda unfair since one is Optimus Prime himself while the other is just a voice actor :P

The one thing that makes this movie far from perfect is that Bay tend to focus more on the soap opera that revolves around the humans rather than the robots and also the very anti-climatic ending which would leave you "WTF? Is that all?" after the end.

Overall this is a must watch movie. Despite the anti-climatic ending and the very Bay-ish cliched cameraworks and pacing, the robots itself is worth the price of the tickets ^_^.

Overall Score: 8 over 10.

P.S: Bay is still a bad director ^_^ and if you still haven't seen the Transformers Animated Movie (or do not even know of its existence) do go watch it.

Spiderman 3 Review

As everyone who had watched the previous two Spiderman movies know, the Green Goblin story arc is still not completed and before part 2 ends, we were shown how Harry Osbourne found out that his best friend is his Spiderman and also how he found his daddy's secret "Goblin" room where he kept all his Green Goblin stuffs there and how they hint that Harry is going to be the next Goblin. So this movie is basically the climax and the end of the Goblin story-arc with a couple of villians and themes thrown in.

The movie opens with a brief introduction of all the movies heroes and villians. Something like how the Sandman escaped from prison and how he is forced to be a criminal under some circumstances and how Peter want to propose to his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. We are also shown how strain both Harry's and Peter's relationship had become and how Harry had indeed became the Goblin and wanted to take revenge on his pal Peter Parker for "killing" his dad and how the Symbiote (those things that gave Spidey the black costume) came down to earth from a meteorite. After a brief introduction of the characters the movie wasted no time and jump straight into one of the best action sequence I had ever seen between Spidey and the Green Goblin. The effects are breathtaking and the action are greatly choreograph.

The character development in the movie is excellent. How they build up the relationships between the characters and also I expect the director can build up the hatred Eddy Brock had towards Peter Parker in such a short time. The comedic timing of the movie also well done, with most of the comedy relief coming from Jonah Jameson which is portrayed excellently by J.K Simmons. Do look out for Bruce Campbell's cameo in the movie as the French restaurant manager which is really hilarious.

My only disappointment for this movie is how they do not have much time to develop the coolest and greatest villain in Spidey's rogue gallery which is Venom. He is simply given to little time to develop. True the hatred between Parker and Brock is there but the chemistry between Venom and Spidey is just not there. Instead of be given a whole new story arc just to himself, he is been relegated to just a supporting villain. Hope they can bring in Venom for the next story-arc. That would indeed kick so much ass.

Overall this is a great movie and also a great curtain closer to the Green Goblin story-arc. Despite the minor "Venom" disappointments, I really love this movie. I give it a 9.2 out of 10.

Some afterthoughts: After being teased several times of being the next-possible villain, could the next story-arc revolves around Doctor Connors (Peter's lecturer) and his transformation to the Lizard? Or could the next arc be a symbiote extravaganza featuring Carnage and Venom? After all Sony did sign a 6 movies deal with Marvel and I don't think they would want to stop at movie number 3 judging how the Spiderman movies is their biggest cashcow.

300 (Review)

Just watched the movie and there's only one word to describe this swords-and-sandals masterpiece: BEAUTIFUL.

Set in 480BC and is loosely based on Battle of Thermopylae where King Leonidas led a group of 300 men to defend their lands from the incoming (estimated) 1 million-men Persian horde led by the megalomaniac Xerxes, the ruler of 100 nations a.k.a the King of Persia.

Plot-wise it is pretty straightforward but that's what makes this film amazing in the first place. A simple plot with lots of details been taken to the characters and a whole lot more is given to the visuals. Every single frame of the movie (not counting the opening credits) is a work of art. The movie is presented in a lack-of-colour comic book style that it is like watching a comic book coming to live.

The action scenes are amazingly detailed and it is perhaps the most accurate depiction of the violence of war during ancient times than any other movie I had watched. Slow motions are applied so frequently and with beautiful timing in action sequences that pulls me right into it. Every single thrust of a Spartan's spear into Persian flesh is depicted in extreme detail and every single action scene choreograph beautifully that it is as if you are watching a very beautiful dance rather than watching half-naked man in underwear slaughtering overdressed barbarians.

This is definitely going to be one of my Film of the Year candidate for this year. Only one complain though. Why is ultra violence deemed ok by the Censorship Board (most of it, if not all is not cut at all) while artistically done sex scenes are not? Weird double standards there....

P.S: Now if only Zack Snyder can direct the upcoming Warcraft movie.... hmmmm....

Doom Doom Doom

Just back from the movie Doom and unlike most games-based movie, this one actually is decent. I don't know why they say this movie is based on Doom 3 since I think the storyline is more of a Resident Evil than a Doom. Instead of hell's forces invading Mars, its genetic engineered demons on a killing spree. The only similiarity between the movie and the games is the violence and gore. Heck, who cares, Doom don't even had a real storyline anyway.

The action in Doom is actually decent and I actually got excited at some parts. Even the emotional scenes are decent. The Rock's performance in this movie is great but still I would be happy if he does his signature moves on some monster. There is also a first person shooter (fps) view near the end of the show which I find it very funny. Its one of those laugh out loud moments in the show and I think the producers put it there for comedic effects as well as to satisfy fans of the game.

There are a few annoying moments in the movie which is the censoring of the word "Fuck" and dub it with other words by our censorship board. I would appreciate if the censors do not censored of the part where The Rock describe the BFG as Big Fucking Gun.

Overall Doom is a decent flick if you do not have high expectations of it especially if you are expecting the movie to be like the game in terms of storyline. I give this film a 6 out of 10.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

For those who are still ignorant of what on earth AC is, it is basically a sequel to the PlayStation classic RPG Final Fantasy VII. It is set 2 years after the events of the game. The plot? It is about 3 Sephiroth (the main villian in FF7) clones searching for the head of Jenova (an alien that came from the sky a few thousand years ago) so they can destroy Planet using it by spreading it cells causing a disease call Geostigma and resurrect Sephiroth. Ok, I won't spoil anymore of the story so I will just stop here.

So how's the show you say? To me the story have lots of potential if it is made into a 20+ hour game but by squeezing all of it into an hour and a half movie plainly kills it. Everything happen so fast that there is hardly any character development. To make matters worse, Square Enix tried to focus on so many characters at once. The villians are not even one tenth the badass of Sephiroth. What's worse, they are all a bunch of crybabies >_<. Apart from the story, the graphics is awesome. Unlike Final Fantasy Spirits Within (the crappy movie with the Final Fantasy label), the lipsynching is near perfect. The computer generated characters are able to express their given feelings perfectly unlike in Spirits Within where the character's eyes look so dead. The action sequence is good as well. The fight scenes (reminds me of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with all those flying) are beautifully cheorograph. After all this ranting, here's my conclusion. AC is nice only if you didn't expect too much from the storyline from the start. For me, other than the storyline and the fact that Aeris only appear in the show for only a mere few seconds its actually a nice show. What's more, there are lots of eye-candy coming from all the female characters. I am never a Tifa fan but all I can say is Tifa is damn hot in AC, Yuffie is cuter than ever and even Elena the Turk is beautiful. No comments on Aeris since I am a huge Aeris fan so I am a bit bias on how she looks.