Noah

Theme: The first environmental green warrior. Preserving the wildlife DNA for the future.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars. Not sure if the plot follows the scriptures or science. Maybe a bit of both.

Where: Qantas A330 to Melbourne

Audience: Economy passengers

Sound System: Sony noise cancelling ear phones.

Activity: Biceps stands, bicycle pedaling

Multi tasking: Culling and throwing out journals.

Like: There was a biblical green peace warrior who was fierce and focused to the cause. There was death and destruction in trying to maintain the path.

Check it out: http://www.noahmovie.com.au/theatrical/

Cast: Russell Crowe as Noah

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Unbeatable

A kung fu movie about gaining confidence and making up to family. 

Seen on Qantas entertainment system.
Actor: Singh hartihan bit to,  Nick Cheung,  Crystal Lee

Director: Date Lam

Some simple strength training after your meal. Available at http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/simple-strength-training-tips:

Having fit muscles allows better extraction of oxygen and nutrients. It also lets your body store sugar and call it up more effciently when required. This is good for people with sugar problems such as diabetes.

Beginner’s simple strength boosting exercises

A sturdy chair with armrests and athletic shoes with non-skid soles are all you need for these simple strength building exercises. 

Seated bridge

 

Sit slightly forward in a chair with your hands on the armrests. Your feet should be flat on the floor and slightly apart, and your upper body should be upright (don’t lean forward). Using your arms for balance only, slowly raise your buttocks off the chair until nearly standing with your knees bent. Pause. Slowly sit back down. Aim for 8–12 repetitions. Rest and repeat the set.

Triceps dip

Put a chair with armrests up against a wall. Sit in the chair and put your feet together flat on the floor. Lean forward a bit while keeping your shoulders and back straight. Bend your elbows and place your hands on the armrests of the chair, so they are in line with your torso. Pressing downward on your hands, try to lift yourself up a few inches by straightening out your arms. Raise your upper body and thighs, but keep your feet in contact with the floor. Pause. Slowly release until you’re sitting back down again. Aim for 8–12 repetitions. Rest and repeat the set.

Standing calf raise

 

Stand with your feet flat on the floor. Hold onto the back of your chair for balance. Raise yourself up on tiptoe, as high as possible. Hold briefly, then lower yourself. Aim for 8–12 repetitions. Rest and repeat the set.

A Touch of Sin Tian Zhu ding

Theme: People driven to despair resort to violence. 4 Unrelated stories in modern day china of individuals pushed beyond their tolerance.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5

Where: qantas flight from Sydney to Perth on a Saturday evening. 

Sound System: Sony Noise cancelling ear phones

Activity: Yoga and aeroplane planking

Like: cinematography; dislike the violence of the events and the inability to resolve them in non violent manner by the potrayed "working class". 

Cast: Jiang Wi (miner), Wang Baoqiang (robber), Luo Lanshan (young factory worker), Zhao Tao (receptionist), 

Director: Jia Zhangke

Tracks

Theme: Loneliness drives a woman to walk? Physical hardship alleviates emotional pain?

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars if your are not West Australian; 4 out of 5 stars if you are

Where: Qantas 737 with individual screens from Sydney to Perth May 2014

Audience: 6 month baby in the back seat crying their eyes out, not mine

Sound system: Sony noise cancelling ear phones

Activity: Qantas anti deep vein thrombosis exercises from Qantas in flight magazine

Multitasking: Reading journals

Like: great western Australian scenery and how Rick the photographer is so supportive and the movie is Rated M...

Check it out at: http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3938335.htm They don't have their own movie web site.

>>Quote from ABC site: 

Tracks

Rated M

Review by David Stratton

In April 1977 Robyn Davidson began a 3,200km trek from Alice Springs to the West Australian coast accompanied by three adult camels, one baby camel and a dog named Diggity. An adventurous outsider who rejected city life, Robyn, played in the film by MIA WASIKOWSKA, reluctantly accepts sponsorship from National Geographic magazine which means she has to put up with the occasional presence on her trek of American photographer Rick, ADAM DRIVER. But mostly she's alone in the outback with the animals.

Robyn Davidson's story has been a film project for many years; at one time Ray Lawrence planned to make it with Julia Roberts mooted for the leading role. One of the great strengths of the film that has finally been made is Mia Wasikowska, the tremendously versatile young actor, who gives the character a stubborn, flinty determination. The Australian outback, superbly photographed by Mandy Walker, becomes a key character in the film, and the camels themselves are wonderfully cranky and unpredictable. Wasikowska is so good you almost resent Driver's occasional appearances.

There are fine cameo performances from Rolley Mintuma, as Eddy, an aboriginal elder, and John Flaus as an old Afghan who teaches Robyn how to relate to camels. It's not easy to make an absorbing and entertaining film out of such an austere subject, but Curran and his team have certainly succeeded.

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Cast: Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver

Director: John Curran

Lego

Theme: Anyone can be special in something or or have a special skill. Especially in Lego land!!

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

Where: Hoyts Garden City -  a movie cinema

Audience: 2 teenage boys, teenage girl and 40 something woman

Sound System: Movie theater surround sound

Activity: 1 leg & 1 hand stand, stomach curls

Multitasking: none but watching the kids enjoy the movie

Like: Music from the movie "'Awesome'". The concept that everyone can be special in something if they try. Average guy Emmett tries to save legoland with help from various lego character against the bad guy president business.

Awesome theme song sample at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdM

Check it out at: http://www.thelegomovie.com/

Cast: Chris Pratt as Emmett, Will Ferrell as President Business, Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius, Elizabeth as Wyldstyle

Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Man of Steel 2013 Superman

Theme: We are not alone and there are cosmic philanthropist beyond the stars. Aliens who grow up in Kansas United States are American.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5

Where: Living room with 9 meter ceiling on Imac screen

Audience: 2 teenage boys, teenage girl and 40 something woman

Sound System: Apple Imac 23 inch speakers

Activity: Snacking, shoulder exercises

Multitasking: none

Like: Dark scenes from Krypton. Man of steel as a rampaging untrained school backyard fighter. New twist to how he met Lois Lane. How Lois already knew Clark Kent was superman when he joined the Daily Planet.

Check it out at: http://manofsteel.warnerbros.com/index.html?home

Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner

Director: Zack Snyder

Drug War 2013 Hong Kong

Theme: Drugs a risky and deadly business with lots of money. In mandarin with English subtitles.

Where: Qantas flight domestic in Australia on Boeing 777

Audience: Dad 77 years old

Sound system: Airplane headphones

Activity: Air bicycle riding - flex your hips in the seat - simulate bicycle riding in the air. Pump your hands back & forth horizontally.

Multitasking: reading journals. trying to follow mandarin language and remember some words.

Like: Gritty reality of life and crime in China. Dislike the wanton violence.

Check it out: Drug War at www.imdb.com

Cast: Ryker Chan, Ka Fa Wai, Louis Koo, Michelle Ye, Yao Gang

Director: Johnnie To

The Great Gatsby

Theme: Guy builds an empire for gal. Gives everything for girl then sacrifices everything for her. Despite giving her everything the tragedy is the circumstances don't allow her to acknowledge it. An American dream tragedy.

Where: Dining room with projector for viewing - screen size 2.5 by 1.5 m approximately

Audience: Teenage girl and 40 something woman.

Sound system: Sony laptop computer speakers.

Activity: Washing dishes after dinner.

Multitasking: None apart from the dishes

Like: The drama and the American dream. Raw capitalism. Well choreographed scenes.

Check it out: http://thegreatgatsby.warnerbros.com/

Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Tom Buchanan, Carey Mulligan

Director: Baz Luhrmann