29 June 2009
Fuckin' awesome.
21 June 2009
I'm a sucker for end of the world movies. Here's the full-length trailer for the apocalyptic 2012.
14 June 2009
Me: Class, the widow's peak hairline is dominant over the smooth one.Class: *confused look*
Me: You don't know how it looks like? It's like having a protrusion of hair in the middle of your forehead. *demonstrates*
Class: *confused look*
Me: It's like Vegeta's hair.
Class: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Labels: anecdotes
31 May 2009

When Roger Ebert reviewed Tarsem's The Fall he started with describing it as "a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms," and went on to say that it is "a movie that you might want to see for no other reason than because it exists. There will never be another like it."
A case when Ebert puts the exact words in my mouth. The Fall is pure visual extravagance filled with images that are never seen in film. Tarsem, also director of The Cell (a film I rave about only to myself), produced some things here that only he saw in his wildest imaginations and put them on celluloid. And to do this he went to more than 20 different countries -- budget coming mostly out of his own pocket -- for four years, just to get that perfect shot. Such indulgence, but he created beauty anyway. However if Tarsem still doesn't die happy, then he must be very, very discontent.
Labels: movie reviews, tarsem, the fall
09 May 2009

In spite of the fact that I know absolutely nothing about the world of Star Trek, I was still very excited as I trooped to a mall probably ten kilometers from where I was coming. For some inexplicable reason I felt agitated but in a good way -- there was a definite spring on my feet. A miracle, as my my right foot was just operated on five days ago.
When I entered the theater, I immediately knew the reason: I knew I was going to be with my kind. The bespectacled, geeky, nerdy fanboys who had eagerly awaited the movie the moment its production was announced. The moment this was verified was when a certain movie trailer started rolling. Something about the military and the Eiffel Tower being destroyed... At the time I was so sure everyone was frowning at the screen, discerning the scene. Then, the title showed: G.I. Joe. I erupted with a "woah," alongside fifty other boys. Then I burst into boisterous laughter at this realization.
Then the movie itself came, a glorious two hours of nonstop action that kept my eyeballs unmoving. There were occasional whispers of "this is so awesome," mostly to myself. I learned about the stories of Spock and Kirk and Sulu and Chekov and others. This, being a prequel, provided the backstory of each of those characters, amidst the backdrop of beautifully constructed space and spacecraft, interwoven with a score that is well-composed. It grabs you from the beginning, and despite the, looking at it now, thin plot, it never lets go until the last few frames.
The theater was clapping as the credits were rolling. Thanks, JJ Abrams.
P.S. The Cloverfield Monster makes a scary cameo!
Labels: chris pine, movie reviews, star trek, zachary quinto
03 May 2009
I did not expect that I'll be spending the long labor weekend in crutches. I had this infection on my right foot which went from bad to worse, that I finally resigned to my mom's wishes to drive me to the hospital. Once there I got the routine check-up, then the doctor announced that my sole would have to be sliced open. I was fine with that.I laid down on the operating bed, face down. I put my handkerchief on my mouth in anticipation of the pain. Then it came. In fucking tsunami waves. The needle piercing my sole was the worst pain I have had in a while. Then the actual slicing. Then the cotton rubbing antiseptic on my flesh. I could not help but groan and whimper.
Amidst all this, however, I remained updated with the boxing match, thanks to my mom who loyally brought a transistor with her on the emergency room. The doctors and nurses were huddled around my table, but I doubt if it was their curiosity for my medical case that made them do so.
Labels: musings
14 April 2009
Who would have thought that this old woman who looks like Bellatrix Lestrange's closest ally would sound like a Broadway diva? The best, most heartwarming audition to a talent show I have ever seen.
Labels: Britain's Got Talent, music, Susan Boyle
07 April 2009

WOWOWEE.
SRSLY, VIVA??!!! SRSLY???
06 April 2009
I didn't know we're planning to overtake the Petronas and Taipei 101 with a gambling edifice.
The name is Pagcor Tower, will be 665 m high, and is slated to be launched on 2012.
Yeah, why not?
26 March 2009
This came in the mail today.And when I opened it,
WEEEEEEEE!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU ANGELA!!!!! I promise I will send you something too!!
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