Two movies (the other one in 3-D)

Laguna, particularly Calamba and Sta Rosa are not provinces any more if you consider that some movies are shown at the same time in the malls here as in the Metro. The hoards of engineers working in industrial parks here should be big enough market for the multiple cinemas of SM and Robinson's.


We own the night was shown at Robinsons Sta Rosa at its first showing date as in Alabang Town Center. We watched the thing and it was great. We'd like to put it along the line of Miami Vice... and it's way better than this Michael Mann film (should be rare for us to say that a movie is better than Michael Mann's). The pace and build-up makes you really side with the Joaquin Phoenix's character. First time to here Talampunay say "sige tadyakan mo! tadyakan mo!" in a movie house. This brother of River also acts superbly, with a hairlip and all. He easily outstaged Wahlberg... but not Robert Duvall. That guy does not act in film. He wears the role like a piece of clothing and plays it.

Then yesterday, we drove all the way to the I-MAX theater in SM MOA to watch Beowulf. At a steep price of 400 per head, gasoline, toll fee, dinner at Icebergs... we were expecting our money's worth. For a first experience, it well did. After watching, can't think of any other way to watch the movie but in 3-D.

Talampunay just commented that Angelina Jolie's real boobs are not like that. I just said, probably not any more. May be five years ago? She also commented that her face was so made up. Well, wait till you see the one who voiced Beowulf. He's the fat frenchman guy (but tougher than Beowulf) guy in The Departed.

Probably the expertise of Zemeckis is in churning out sequences where you really won't move while you're watching. That Man vs. Dragon scene is probably the best "aerial" combat ever. Then there's also that underwater part added as a bonus. (But wouldnt you have bubbles in your brain if you surface up from deep water like that too fast?)

In any case, the movie kicks... kicks twice in 3D. Watch it in I-MAX if you have 400 disposable.

Although it's not a full-fledged concave I-MAX theater we have here... another story.

Balls on the big screen (Betlog sa puting tabing): Lust, Caution

Gusto mong makakita nang tunay na betlog sa pagkalaking sinehan? Panoorin ito:

Pagkatapos, nandun ka na rin lang, pansinin na rin ang napakahusay na sinematograpiya. Parang walang sinayang na film sa pagakakakuha, kumbaga.

Pinili rin ng pelikula na hindi magmadali, kaya magdala ng kakainin sa unang isang oras at mahigit. Pag naka-isat-kalahating oras na, tumigil na sa pagkain. Masusurpresa na sa matapang na paggamit ng pagtatalik bilang expresyon ng tagong (o tinatagong) violence sa isang katauhan.

Kakaibang pelikula. At mahusay talaga si Ang Lee. Sana magkaroon din tayo ng katulad ni Ang Lee na makikilala sa buong mundo. Sana maging kasing-husay ni Ang Lee si Lino Cayetano dahil mukhang nabibigyan sya ng break parati. Sana walang sayanging film si Lino Cayetano. :-)

Mucho dinero gaste concierto? (ejemplo Beyonce?)

Nanood kami nang concert ni Beyonce nuong nakaraang linggo sa Taguig. Patron B, sanlibo ang tiket, isang antas lang ang itinaas mula sa General Admission. Mula sa pwesto namin sa pinakabakod (pinakaharap nang Patron B) mismo... haaaayyy, pagkaliit-liit na lang ni Beyonce.

Sana naman ay iniurong nang konti ang espasyo ng Patron B, papunta sa susunod na Patron A, dahil pagkaluwag at pwedeng mag-putbol sa open space duon mula sa harang ng bakod sa amin, hanggang sa unang likod nang tao na nanonood sa Patron A. Mas maigi pa yata ang nanood na lang sa may labas, direkta sa gilid ng entablado (at baka rin mas rinig pa ang musika).

O kaya sana nangyari ang mga nangyayari sa rock concerts... yung kapag bumanat na nang isang wild na kanta, nasisira ang mga bakod at nagkakaisa ang komunidad papunta sa harapan... walang mayaman o mahirap. May banta man nang bugbugan. :-)

Pero yung nasa VIP yata ay mga walang kwenta manuod... huminto kasi si Beyonce sa isang kanta dahil nakakawala raw nang gana. Kasagwa siguro umindak o masyadong prim and proper yung mga mayayaman sa harap. (O baka nagdyodyok lang din si Beyonce?).

Pareho kaming sumag-ayon na di na uulitin ang manood sa kasinglayo ng Patron B. Nagtanong si mahal kung kaninong concert karapat-dapat na gumastos nang limanlibo pataas para makapanood sa harapan. Pagkatapos nang masusing pag-iisip, ang sinabi ko ay Michael Jackson, basta hindi lipsynch. Pwede na rin siguro Eminem. Ang kay mahal naman ay Avril Lavigne daw.

Niwey, kasama ang pagod magdrayb palabas ng Da Fort at pabalik ng Sur, pwede na rin ang expiryens. Layb na layb ang pagbanat talaga ni Beyonce, kinanta ang Listen, at kahusay ng sayaw (mula sa napapanood namin sa JumbotronTV). At syemps oks na kasama si labs sa concert, natuwa rin sya... at natulog (nang-away rin nang konti) habang sa byahe.

Boyfriend Criteria

Found in this blog: todolist

From someone courting...

I used to know a lovely lady who had a killer smile. I wonder where she's gone. I surely miss her.

A poem for that special lady...

BECAUSE YOU SMILED
I raised my head and saw you there
Across the room from me.
A smile had started in your eyes
And it was - good - to see.
One moment, then it reached your lips
And lingered for awhile,
I wonder - "Do you know the joy
That traveled with your smile?"
A smile is such a little thing,
And used so sparingly.
Sometimes - it's awfully hard to do,
But - Oh - it's good to see.
When I feel tired, or low within
As I often do,
It's good to look across the room
And have a smile - from you.

Pinoy Movie Titles

Sana magkaroon tayo nang mga mahuhusay na pamagat ng pelikula, tulad ng mga ito noon...

"Kung mahawi man ang ulap"
"Nagalit ang buwan sa haba ng gabi"
"Kakabakaba ka ba?"
"Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang"
"Ganito kami noon, paano kayo ngayon?"


Hindi tulad nang mga karamihan ngayon na hango lang sa kanta. La kwenta.
Maigi pa ang "Patikim ng pinya," medyo pinag-isipan.

Reluctance

Reluctance
by Robert Frost.

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last long aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch-hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question 'Whither?'

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?


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The last four lines are the killer. Who would yield with a grace to reason? If the reason is leading to someone/something not in your favor? Who would go with the drift of things, when that drift leads to your own sadness? Then, except in the movies or books, all endings are sad. No exemptions.

Small point: tungkol sa pagsakay sa siksikan na jeep o bus

Ayaw ko nang katabing dumadagan sayo pag biglang kadyot o andar and sasakyan, imbis na humawak sa estribo.

Tignan mo pag sumakay ka ng dyip, sa routine ng pagkokomyut, karamihan ng tao ay nasa kanilang pribadong oras para magmuni-muni. Sa umaga, malamang iniisip nang lahat ang kanilang suliranin sa eskwela (halimbawa pag may eksamen, mga topic na kulang pa sa rebyu) o sa trabaho (mga nakalimutang gawin at kailangan nang tapusin).

Ngayon, pag bigla ibibigay sayo sa iyo ng katabi mo ang bigat nya dahil sa katamarang humawak sa estribo, hindi ba masasayang o ang iyong "train of thought?" Istorbo sa pinakamababawa. Mas nakakabwisit ito kapag nakatayo sa siksikang bus.

Posibleng pasintabi lang siguro kapag ang tao ay maliit at hindi talaga abot ang estribo, may bitbit ang dalawang kamay na di talaga kayang maibaba. o kababaihang iniiwasan naman ang matsansingan. O ang pinakamamahal mo ang dadagan sayo. Dabest yun.

A quote to refer to when about to explode at work..

"There is only one sure means in life of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility, and disillusion. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money." -- from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

Hudapak: Lino Cayetano

Hudapak is Lino Cayetano?, a friend asked.

Found some answers in an article...

"For the past months, everybody’s been hearing and talking about how hard
the intense and goodlooking young director has been working on his first film
project, “I've Fallen For You.”

Star Cinema is quite happy with the results. “We are very happy that Direk Lino came on board for this project. He is very meticulous, hardworking and it showed in this endeavor,” this according to producer Marizel Samson-Martinez.
The movie is very close to Direk Lino’s heart as he injected family values into the film. Direk’s only wish was, “Sana noon pa ako gumawa ng pelikula para napanood ng Daddy ko.”

[as if everyone can just borrow a cybershot and film a feature length!] Then the movie reportedly sucked big time. Did he get to direct because of connections and his tabloid-fodder good life?