Tahniah saya ingin mengucapkan kepada jentera pilihan raya kecil Pakatan Rakyat di Parlimen Sibu semalam dengan memenangi kerusi tersebut. DAP berjaya merampas kerusi tersebut dari Barisan Nasional.
Bagi Barisan Nasional, silalah buat post mortem kenapa anda boleh kehilangan kerusi tersebut walaupun sebelum ini penyandangnya sebelum ini berjaya mengekalkan kerusinya selama 5 penggal. Bagi kerajaan Barisan Nasional di Sarawak silalah buat reform yang lebih meyakinkan rakyat negeri Sarawak yang mungkin sudah beralih angin kepada Tsunami Politik di Semenanjung.
Pilihanraya bagi ADUN akan diadakan tidak lama lagi di negeri Sarawak dan Sabah. Janganlah kerana memikirkan perut diri sendiri dan keluarga anda hilang kerajaan negeri. Memalukan sekiranya anda sebagai seorang ahli politik tidak boleh berfikir seperti kami ini rakyat biasa yang kais pagi makan pagi, kais petang makan petang yang menginginkan perubahan lebih drastik.
Kami bukan mahukan bangunan pencakar langit yang indah belaka, atau masjid-masjid yang dibina tetapi tidak berjemaah. Kami sebagai rakyat Malaysia menginginkan tahap kesaksamaan serta jurang diantara kaum dapat di kawal.
Seperti saya, apa yang saya inginkan adalah hukum hudud dapat dilaksanakan. Buatlah kajian yang lebih jitu serta program penerangan kepada mereka yang bukan Islam tentang hukum Hudud ini. Ia mampu dilaksanakan. Menghalalkan judi bola sepak anda mampu melaksanakan takkan hukum Allah ini anda berdiam sahaja?
Banyak lagi perubahan yang mampu dilakukan seperti menaik taraf sistem pengangkutan di Kuala Lumpur. Melebarkan lagi jarak sistem transit aliran ringan yang lebih meluas ke tempat-tempat strategik seperti di Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Bandar Utama, Kota Damansara. Kawasan-kawasan ini amat pesat membangun dan sistem aliran trafik tidak dapat menampung keperluan penduduk setempat.
Peringatan kepada kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat di Negeri Selangor, kawasan yang sering kali saya mendengar keluhan adalah di kawasan Puchong. Bukankah anda wakil rakyat sudah berikrar untuk menyediakan tempat yang lebih selesa untuk para penduduk. Bukankah anda sudah berkuasa di negeri Selangor? Apakah tindakan yang telah diambil? Janganlah hanya sekadar melepaskan batuk di tangga. Janganlah amalkan janji-jani kosong ditaburkan kepada rakyat. Stop all this "Politiking".
Ingat wahai para wakil rakyat samada dari Kerajaan Barisan Nasional mahupun dari Pakatan Rakyat, anda dipilih oleh kami. Kami berhak menentukan siapa yang lebih bijak untuk mentadbir. Anda semua ini yang berada di bangunan Parlimen berfikir seperi Mat Jenin. Bermimpi sahaja anda mampu.
Ingat peristiwa di Filipina pada tahun 1986, apabila Presiden Ferdinand Marcos (seorang diktator) dijatuhkan oleh rakyat. Dan muncul Presiden Aquino. Itulah titik mulanya People's Power. Sekali lagi gerakan Kuasa Rakyat ini ditunjukkan pada Presiden Joseph Estrada pada tahun 1997 dan bermula era Presiden Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Adakah peristiwa-peristiwa di Filipina sebagai contoh (tempat lain seperti di Indonesia sewaktu Presiden Suharto, kini di Thailand, Perdana Menteri Abishit) berlaku di negara kita Malaysia?
Sudah tentu kita tidak menginginkan ia berlaku kerana apabila berlaku rusuhan, keadaan negara tidak akan aman. Para investors dari luar negara akan lari dan segi ekonomi tahap pelaburan akan berkurangan dan tahap defisit negara akan melambung tinggi. Kita sendiri akan menanggung kerugian. Saya sebagai rakyat negara ini sudah pasti menolak sekeras-kerasnya People's Power.
Apa yang ingin diketengahkan sekarang ini adalah usaha dari anda semua para wakil rakyat meningkatkan produktiviti negara dengan mengamalkan pentadbiran yang bersih dan amanah. Ini adalah kunci kejayaan untuk mentadbir sebuah negara atau negeri dengan baik. Mudah bukan? Ayuh tunjukkan kewibawaan anda semua sebagai pemimpin yang mampu menolak politik kotor, rasuah dan ketidak adilan sebagai amalan harian anda yang akan menjadikan Malaysia semakin tersohor di dunia.
I hope good and best things will come to Malaysia in this near future. Insyallah..
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
PAPAN NOTIS! [Selamat Hari Guru 2010]
SELAMAT HARI GURU...
Saya ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Guru kepada semua guru-guru, para pensyarah terutama sekali kepada Ibunda saya yang pernah mengajar saya dahulu sehinggalah sekarang. Puan Nahidah @ Chick Binti Nani.
Di Kaulah pelita yang menyinari kehidupan daku yang gelap dan memberikan inspirasi untuk berjaya di dalam kehidupan aku selama ini. Terima kasih guru dan ibu ku.
What is Happening?
What is happening to my beloved country?
Kindly be informed that I am writing this of my own opinion on this grave issue.
Legalized football gambling?
Astargfirullahalaim..I am really saddened with this issue. Why you MP's whose faith is Islam can do something like this? Don't you know it doesn't matter what kind of gambling it is still HARAM. All other religion in this world have the same law. Gambling is HARAM. So why Islam MPs from the government is proud to approved this?
Yes. We called ourselves an Islamic Country. How dare we declare ourselves that if we can't even stopped this madness. Gambling is not the virtue in Islam. Oh how I am devastated with this news. You want to probe gambling there is other ways. Other means. Other methods. Not like this.
There is always a way in Islam to stop this. There is always a way to probe this. But why we as a Muslim agreed to this. Better you people in the Parliament stop taking graft from these illegal betting places and start rounding up these people that disobey the law.
No use for me to say more than I can say. The law to legalized is there. So we just wait from the wrath of Allah to come upon us.
Semoga diselamatkan aku, keluarga aku dan sahabat-sahabat aku dari terjerumus dalam aktiviti perjudian dan dijauhkan kami dari bala yang akan menimpa kami dengan kerakusan pihak-pihak tertentu untuk mengaut keuntungan dengan benda yang Haram. Ya Allah, selamatkanlah kami dari sifat ujub, riak dan takbur dan jadikan kami makhluk-Mu yang Soleh dan Solehah. Amin.
Kindly be informed that I am writing this of my own opinion on this grave issue.
Legalized football gambling?
Astargfirullahalaim..I am really saddened with this issue. Why you MP's whose faith is Islam can do something like this? Don't you know it doesn't matter what kind of gambling it is still HARAM. All other religion in this world have the same law. Gambling is HARAM. So why Islam MPs from the government is proud to approved this?
Yes. We called ourselves an Islamic Country. How dare we declare ourselves that if we can't even stopped this madness. Gambling is not the virtue in Islam. Oh how I am devastated with this news. You want to probe gambling there is other ways. Other means. Other methods. Not like this.
There is always a way in Islam to stop this. There is always a way to probe this. But why we as a Muslim agreed to this. Better you people in the Parliament stop taking graft from these illegal betting places and start rounding up these people that disobey the law.
No use for me to say more than I can say. The law to legalized is there. So we just wait from the wrath of Allah to come upon us.
Semoga diselamatkan aku, keluarga aku dan sahabat-sahabat aku dari terjerumus dalam aktiviti perjudian dan dijauhkan kami dari bala yang akan menimpa kami dengan kerakusan pihak-pihak tertentu untuk mengaut keuntungan dengan benda yang Haram. Ya Allah, selamatkanlah kami dari sifat ujub, riak dan takbur dan jadikan kami makhluk-Mu yang Soleh dan Solehah. Amin.
My Birthday 2010
OK! Semalam my birthday..My 27th birthday..Everyone has wishes on their birthday..So do I..So what do you think I wish for?
Alright..There is 2 categories for this. One is what I wished for, and the other one is what I prayed for.
What I wished for my birthday:
Pray for me everyone.
Alright..There is 2 categories for this. One is what I wished for, and the other one is what I prayed for.
What I wished for my birthday:
- Blackberry Storm II
- New Watch
- Sunglasses
- Shoes
- Seafood (especially prawns)
- New Job (should I say where?)
- A wife (to care and to hold)
- Honeymoon in Europe (hope you are on board with this my dear)
- Triton
- Pay half of debts (to society terutama sekali bank and to Allah S.W.T)
Pray for me everyone.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
27 Years Old
Today I am celebrating 27th years old of my life in this world. What have I accomplished so far?
Sadly none..sadkan? Well belum lagi sampai masanya untuk betul-betul SHINE. Being one of the brighter's STARS in history. I haven't got a steady job that I like, no wife to love but I hope all of that change this year and hope it will starts this Monday.
Do you think I can have all that? I really hope so...
First stop...Finding a new place to live..and what then? Preparing a house with complete sets of household for the future Mrs. I really hope this year will be different from the last which will ends with happy ending.
Every year when I am growing older this feeling come by..But why? Is it the pressure of growing old without someone by your side? Or is this because you are almost reaching 30 but no one to accompany me by my side.
Should I prepare a proposal for her? I really am ready to take her in my arms. This is not because of I am turning 27. This is truly what I felt. Patient is really a virtue. Oh how I wanted to caress you in my arms and hold you tight. Spend my lifetime with her and doing everything together. How I wish this could happen soon.
Now what about a new profession? Currently I am not very happy with my job. Hoping this Tuesday, good news will reach my ears.
There is more I need to say out loud but I can't. Well this year birthday is truly been dull. Got my cousin to cheer me a bit. Other than that nothing interesting happened.
My dear,
I hope you heard my cries and open your heart for a happy ending..I really hope so.
Rating for today..A DULL day..
Sadly none..sadkan? Well belum lagi sampai masanya untuk betul-betul SHINE. Being one of the brighter's STARS in history. I haven't got a steady job that I like, no wife to love but I hope all of that change this year and hope it will starts this Monday.
Do you think I can have all that? I really hope so...
First stop...Finding a new place to live..and what then? Preparing a house with complete sets of household for the future Mrs. I really hope this year will be different from the last which will ends with happy ending.
Every year when I am growing older this feeling come by..But why? Is it the pressure of growing old without someone by your side? Or is this because you are almost reaching 30 but no one to accompany me by my side.
Should I prepare a proposal for her? I really am ready to take her in my arms. This is not because of I am turning 27. This is truly what I felt. Patient is really a virtue. Oh how I wanted to caress you in my arms and hold you tight. Spend my lifetime with her and doing everything together. How I wish this could happen soon.
Now what about a new profession? Currently I am not very happy with my job. Hoping this Tuesday, good news will reach my ears.
There is more I need to say out loud but I can't. Well this year birthday is truly been dull. Got my cousin to cheer me a bit. Other than that nothing interesting happened.
My dear,
I hope you heard my cries and open your heart for a happy ending..I really hope so.
Rating for today..A DULL day..
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tak Berbaloi
OK! Al Kisah di suatu pagi di hari Sabtu bersamaan 8 Mei 2010...
Ni dah ceritakan last entry..ini sambungannya..dahla haritu main kalah..injured teruk pulak tuh..aduhailah nasib badan..huhu..
After 3 game tak merasa kesakitan dia tapi lepas bukak je kasut..mak aih!!!kuku jari telunjuk kaki dah tercabut and kuku ibu jari kaki terus membiru..tak terkata kesakitan di alami..terasa macam nak pengsan beb..tapi sebab ramai orang kan..kenalah tunjuk ke"Macho"an..hehe..
Lepas game dalam pukul 2pm gerak pergi Mimpi Muor makan tengahari ngan Fahmi and Nany and budak cheeky Nia..hehe..masa bawak motor tuh Allah je tau betapa sakitnya kaki. Tak tertahan beb..tapi masih control macho..hahaha..
That day gak nak pergi nengok wayang cerita Iron Man 2, bolehlah tahan lagi kesakitan yang sedang dialami tapi lepas nengok wayang and lepak malam tuh..kaki dah start Nyut!Nyut!terus ajak Ijad gi Damansara Specialist..Dahla mesin high blood tuh main...boleh reading first 178/179...gila tinggi weih..kecot perut..tak nak gua kena admitted kan malam tuh...tapi at last normal reading 128/75 kot..macam tuhlah..
5 minit pastu jumpa doctor cause sebelum tuh ada one French family bawak anak dia yang asik termuntah..bau muntah tak usah ceritalahkan..memang semerbak macam bau lori Alam Flora..hahaha..jumpa doktor kat dalam dia tanya kenapa? So tunjuklah kaki and mencadangkan suruh di X-ray..weih Doc!!!Gua dahlah tengah bajet ikat perut bukan nih..memang tak nak naklakan..so dia bagi pain killer je..OKlah..balik umah terus makan ubat and flat sampai keesokkan paginya.
Hari Ahad lepas pergi lepak kat umah Kiyai di Putrajaya..Boleh dikatakan hampir the whole daylah kat sana. Makan tengahari, minum petang and thanks kepada tuan rumah dan isteri. Hehe..Sementara menunggu Abg Imam yang sedang sibuk main, gua terlelap sekejap di ruang tamu. Tidak semena-mena, handphone berbunyi and bunyi deringan telefon memang dinantikan (hehe...mestilah suka kan dia callkan). Dengan lagak ala Rambo bangun dengan cergas sehingga tersadung kat kaki kanan terkenalah kat ibu jari..
Hanya Allah sahaja tahu sakit dia macam mana, air mata setitik dua dah jatuh and meraung kesakitan...tak taulah Maria dengar ke tak kan..tapi Ya Allah memang sakit beb!!!Gua rasa macam nak pengsan. Alhamdulillah Maria dah selamat sampai dari tripnya pergi Candat Sotong. Oleh sebab kesakitan amat sangat, letak je telefon gua terus tuju bilik air tercirit beb sebab sakit sangat.Hahaha..
Hari Isnin pergi ofis, sakit dah kurang tapi masih berdenyut-denyut and ibu jari kaki kanan and kawasan sekitarnya menunjukkan kemerahan seperti mengening...Ouch!!!Sakit tu kalau you all nak tau. Takpelah bertahan lagi.
So hari Selasa, bangun pagi terasa sakit lagi, berdenyut-denyut, merah kaki macam biji saga so pergilah masuk ofis lambat. Dalam kul 12.30 baru masuk. Sampai dalam kul 1pm tengah lunch tak boleh tahan tapi masih teruskan aktiviti makan tengahari sebab lauk ayam kampung rugi beb tak habis..hahaha..
Pukul 2.30pm naik dari lunch memang tak boleh handle dah..kepala dah berpusing, dahi dah start berpeluh, dalam pukul 3pm nampak Khu nak turun gi solat so joi sekali. After solat memang biasalah lepak level 36 punya Sky Garden area amek angin. Sebab dah tak tahan lagi, lepas lepak tu terus turun gi Klinik Zarif kat dalam Menara TM tuh.
Masuk je dalam bilik Doc tunjuk kaki, dia kata dah nak kena infection confirm lagi beberapa hari menanah and jadi busuk so die suggest suruh cabut je terus. Sebelum buat keputusan, tanya dulu berapa kena nanti? Doc cakap RM80. Gua pun OK jela, and sempat tanya sakit ke tak. Dia kata tak sakit (tapi dia tipu gua, memang sakit...huhu).
So startlah mini surgery tuh..Ada 4 orang training nurse, sorang pegang lutut, sorang pegang tray, sorang ready ngan kain and sorang lagi tukang amik video and gambo (WTH..amek gambo?Gua ngah sakit dia pergi amek gambo..)
Start je procedure gua mulakan ngan jeritan manja..auwww!!!(hanya 2 harkat)itu baru test2 je samada gua kebas ke tak..belum potong ke gunting lagi...dia kuarkan forcep pulak...time ni gua bantai jerit 8 harkat beb..meleleh air mata gua menahan sakit sebab darah beku tu melekat kat daging...memang gua nengok kaki gua merah ngan darahlah..kesian gua...hahahaha..
Gua nak cerita lebih sekarang ni terasa seram sejuk teringat betapa sakitnya hari tuh...macam nak terabut nyawa..fuh..Alhamdulillah skang semuanya OK..and gua gi kerja tak perlu pakai kasut..Yahooooo...nikmatilah gambar dibawah sebagai reference pada kaki gua yang injured disebabkan main futsal. Tak Berbaloi!!!
Ni dah ceritakan last entry..ini sambungannya..dahla haritu main kalah..injured teruk pulak tuh..aduhailah nasib badan..huhu..
After 3 game tak merasa kesakitan dia tapi lepas bukak je kasut..mak aih!!!kuku jari telunjuk kaki dah tercabut and kuku ibu jari kaki terus membiru..tak terkata kesakitan di alami..terasa macam nak pengsan beb..tapi sebab ramai orang kan..kenalah tunjuk ke"Macho"an..hehe..
Lepas game dalam pukul 2pm gerak pergi Mimpi Muor makan tengahari ngan Fahmi and Nany and budak cheeky Nia..hehe..masa bawak motor tuh Allah je tau betapa sakitnya kaki. Tak tertahan beb..tapi masih control macho..hahaha..
That day gak nak pergi nengok wayang cerita Iron Man 2, bolehlah tahan lagi kesakitan yang sedang dialami tapi lepas nengok wayang and lepak malam tuh..kaki dah start Nyut!Nyut!terus ajak Ijad gi Damansara Specialist..Dahla mesin high blood tuh main...boleh reading first 178/179...gila tinggi weih..kecot perut..tak nak gua kena admitted kan malam tuh...tapi at last normal reading 128/75 kot..macam tuhlah..
5 minit pastu jumpa doctor cause sebelum tuh ada one French family bawak anak dia yang asik termuntah..bau muntah tak usah ceritalahkan..memang semerbak macam bau lori Alam Flora..hahaha..jumpa doktor kat dalam dia tanya kenapa? So tunjuklah kaki and mencadangkan suruh di X-ray..weih Doc!!!Gua dahlah tengah bajet ikat perut bukan nih..memang tak nak naklakan..so dia bagi pain killer je..OKlah..balik umah terus makan ubat and flat sampai keesokkan paginya.
Hari Ahad lepas pergi lepak kat umah Kiyai di Putrajaya..Boleh dikatakan hampir the whole daylah kat sana. Makan tengahari, minum petang and thanks kepada tuan rumah dan isteri. Hehe..Sementara menunggu Abg Imam yang sedang sibuk main, gua terlelap sekejap di ruang tamu. Tidak semena-mena, handphone berbunyi and bunyi deringan telefon memang dinantikan (hehe...mestilah suka kan dia callkan). Dengan lagak ala Rambo bangun dengan cergas sehingga tersadung kat kaki kanan terkenalah kat ibu jari..
Hanya Allah sahaja tahu sakit dia macam mana, air mata setitik dua dah jatuh and meraung kesakitan...tak taulah Maria dengar ke tak kan..tapi Ya Allah memang sakit beb!!!Gua rasa macam nak pengsan. Alhamdulillah Maria dah selamat sampai dari tripnya pergi Candat Sotong. Oleh sebab kesakitan amat sangat, letak je telefon gua terus tuju bilik air tercirit beb sebab sakit sangat.Hahaha..
Hari Isnin pergi ofis, sakit dah kurang tapi masih berdenyut-denyut and ibu jari kaki kanan and kawasan sekitarnya menunjukkan kemerahan seperti mengening...Ouch!!!Sakit tu kalau you all nak tau. Takpelah bertahan lagi.
So hari Selasa, bangun pagi terasa sakit lagi, berdenyut-denyut, merah kaki macam biji saga so pergilah masuk ofis lambat. Dalam kul 12.30 baru masuk. Sampai dalam kul 1pm tengah lunch tak boleh tahan tapi masih teruskan aktiviti makan tengahari sebab lauk ayam kampung rugi beb tak habis..hahaha..
Pukul 2.30pm naik dari lunch memang tak boleh handle dah..kepala dah berpusing, dahi dah start berpeluh, dalam pukul 3pm nampak Khu nak turun gi solat so joi sekali. After solat memang biasalah lepak level 36 punya Sky Garden area amek angin. Sebab dah tak tahan lagi, lepas lepak tu terus turun gi Klinik Zarif kat dalam Menara TM tuh.
Masuk je dalam bilik Doc tunjuk kaki, dia kata dah nak kena infection confirm lagi beberapa hari menanah and jadi busuk so die suggest suruh cabut je terus. Sebelum buat keputusan, tanya dulu berapa kena nanti? Doc cakap RM80. Gua pun OK jela, and sempat tanya sakit ke tak. Dia kata tak sakit (tapi dia tipu gua, memang sakit...huhu).
So startlah mini surgery tuh..Ada 4 orang training nurse, sorang pegang lutut, sorang pegang tray, sorang ready ngan kain and sorang lagi tukang amik video and gambo (WTH..amek gambo?Gua ngah sakit dia pergi amek gambo..)
Start je procedure gua mulakan ngan jeritan manja..auwww!!!(hanya 2 harkat)itu baru test2 je samada gua kebas ke tak..belum potong ke gunting lagi...dia kuarkan forcep pulak...time ni gua bantai jerit 8 harkat beb..meleleh air mata gua menahan sakit sebab darah beku tu melekat kat daging...memang gua nengok kaki gua merah ngan darahlah..kesian gua...hahahaha..
Gua nak cerita lebih sekarang ni terasa seram sejuk teringat betapa sakitnya hari tuh...macam nak terabut nyawa..fuh..Alhamdulillah skang semuanya OK..and gua gi kerja tak perlu pakai kasut..Yahooooo...nikmatilah gambar dibawah sebagai reference pada kaki gua yang injured disebabkan main futsal. Tak Berbaloi!!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Orange Team
Ok..This is a story of me..Happened last Saturday on the 8th of May 2010. I was invited to join the Infra Team for the Averis Futsal Tournament and as usual I shall be playing as a Goalie.
Well seriously I was very reluctant to play the game as you all should know I am not interested in sports but in the spirit of the game (LOL) and because the BOSS asked (I rather used the word FORCED) to join his team, so I said Ok.
Saturday morning came, got up and get ready. Ride my bike to Segambut and arrived around 9.30am. Supposedly the game starts at 10 am but for some circumstances they delayed it for half an hour (this usually happened to Malaysian).
The game, alright I was not very happy with the team. 2 of the team members arrived late and that left us with 4 people. First game versus the Black team. Darn right I saved a lot that first 5 minutes but after that the BOSS suffered and injury (I shall say that the injury can be justified as a small injury..which by the way is just scratch on his knee..Urgghhhhh). We had to play with 3 people and imported 1 person more from another team (and another country..hahaha..the name was Joseilton...his a Brazilian).
Second half, the 2 missing people arrived and join the game but how unlucky we are I have conceded a goal before the half time whistle. I thought with enough people on the team it helps but it did not. I can only depend on one person that day. The others, 2 were helplessly tired after 5 minutes of game, the other 1, Oh how I wish I can blow my brains out.
Should I continue with the other 2 games?
Better not because it was embarassing and not worth it to play on that day as I suffered a serious injury. I shall tell on that story tomorrow. Enough for now. For the people in Blue Team, Congrats as you deserved to win and it is really the Clash of the Titans. Final Red versus Blue and both team are from IT Tower. IT Tower is the best. Hahahaha...
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Iron Man 2
How to Watch Iron Man 2:
Step 1: Realize it’s tough to beat the first one. It’d be difficult for any additional Iron Man incarnation to surpass the original, but Iron Man 2 is a worthy follow-up.
Step 2: Love the Iron Man. I guess you could say the element of surprise that the realization that someone so unlikely as Robert Downey Jr. could actually pull off the role of a lifetime but he is gone in IM2. I remember when they cast the actor. I thought “What an odd choice for a superhero.” But now, you can’t even fathom the idea of anyone else playing Tony Stark. The actor mixes just the right amount of snarkiness, arrogance, thoughtfulness and brawn and in IM2, the characterization only deepens. This time around, having announced to the world he IS Iron Man, Tony has become a rock star, negotiating world peace and creating the Stark Expo, where all number of inventions can be displayed. Except he’s really just putting on a brave face since the palladium in the arc reactor keeping his heart pumping is slowly poisoning him. But he can’t think about that now, too many other distractions.
Step 3: Squash Uncle Sam. The U.S. government demands he hand over the Iron Man suit and the technology to run it, publicly viewing it as a threat but secretly wanting it for their own military purposes. While snively rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) just wants to steal it. Even Tony’s good friend Lt. Colonel James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) isn’t on his side. Cheadle, who replaces the original’s Terence Howard, and Rockwell are both welcome additions, especially the always good Rockwell, who adds a lot to IM2’s greatly enhanced funny bits.
Step 4: Pass the Pepper … Potts, that is. Tired of all the minutiae and thinking he’s going to die soon anyway, Stark appoints his personal assistant Pepper as the new CEO of Stark Industries. As the will-they or won’t-they couple, Gwyneth Paltrow and Downey Jr. banter like pros, throwing in the zingers much more than they did in the original. I suppose it’s all that sexual tension built up. Speaking of sexual tension, Scarlett Johansson slinks her way into the cast as Tony’s new personal assistant, the mysterious Natalie Rushman, who may or may not be moonlighting as a secret agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. Lead by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), they are looking to possibly recruit Stark. And finally, the villain. Mickey Rourke plays Whiplash, a tatted up Russian baddie/engineer genius, who’s father once helped Tony’s father create the arc reactor – until the elder Stark had him deported for nefarious deeds. Like Cheadle and Rockwell, Rourke’s presence, too, adds a certain level of credibility to the proceedings. Rourke never takes it too over the top, but still uses his subdued manner and physicality to intimidate.
Step 4: Maintain the status quo. Director Jon Favreau has a deft handle on the subject matter, no question, with a few key action sequences sprinkled among the contemplative scenes. And with the clever screenplay by actor/writer Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder), IM2 ups the ante and keeps the Iron Man mythology humming without feeling forced, also setting up Marvel’s other upcoming adaptations. So why do I say the sequel doesn’t surpass the original? Because it just can’t quite reach that same level of excitement the first Iron Man gave us. The film never seemed like an introductory story, much like many comic-book adaptations (i.e. X-Men, Spider-Man, etc.), which then makes their sequels more compelling. Iron Man had it going on from the get-go, with Downey Jr. exceeding all expectations. In essence, all IM2 is required to do is to continue laterally along the comic-book lines, which it does entertainingly and successfully.
Level of difficulty in watching Iron Man 2: None. It’s going to make another butt-load of money.
wow..wow..wow..5 POPCORNS I should say..
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