Wednesday, February 22, 2012

walkout queen

am i just getting old? it's not too easy to make me happy nowadays.

recently, i watched Before Sunset again and it lost its magic to me. for some reason, i find them fake. i can see them acting, especially julie delpy. though i still love the ending when she sang.


i haven't liked all the recent movies i watched in theaters. this week i watched Hugo then earlier, Unofficially Yours. before them, i saw Tintin, The Road, Shake Rattle & Roll (the latest one). ugh to the three. The Road is going to be shown in the US. i'm not surprised because i think it was really made for American audiences. there's nothing Filipino in it.  

anyway back to Hugo. i didn't know what it was about except for the fact that Martin Scorsese directed it so i entered it with an open heart, ready to like it. but then while watching, i got the feeling that they tried avoiding Cinema Paradiso which was what the story should have been, a father-son story. but they veered away from it so the revelations came out flat in my opinion. they build up the Hugo-granddaughter plot, even investing so much in Borat's character that they forgot Ben Kingsley's character. naturally, why would i care if the boy start investigating about his past? i didn't care for it at all. i didn't care for any character, even that of Hugo. bring him to the orphanage please!  


being so disappointed, i blamed erik for watching that instead of Unofficially Yours which at least i know i would enjoy because of JL. so we watched it last night. 



at first i was kilig because of JL's ka-cute-an. he's like sushi hahaha! but then after an hour or so with nothing happening and his character not really progressing, i got bored. soon after, his cute antics didn't work for me anymore because the story was not going anywhere. i even started questioning why Angel would have feelings with this needy, puppy-eyed JL who's actually a wimp just like the guy in 500 Days. for such a strong woman, why would she love a guy like that?  

i don't know the culture in newspaper offices but when i was watching it, i was thinking the Angel character fits more in the advertising world than in newspaper where most employees are conservative and academic. but of course, that world has been used a lot of times in (Star Cinema) movies already so they needed something new.  

i didn't finish all movies i mentioned (except for The Road). if you liked any of the movies i mentioned, please tell me why. please...please...

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on a positive note, i'm loving Sherlock! at least the first episode which runs for an hour an a half. first season only contains 3 episodes. it's funny, witty dialogues, entertaining with a lot of bromance between Sherlock and Watson :)



at least i have something to watch after Entourage. that's another TV series i recommend!

2 comments:

  1. heard a lot of good reviews for Sherlock (tapusin ko muna ang Top Chef Texas haha, baka marunong ako magluto after)

    watch A Separation. simple premise but the development of the story is engaging enough :-)
    also watch The Artist (would have preferred a different ending though) LOL!

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  2. Top Chef na recent yan di ba? Yung kina Paul? Pinapanood din namin yan ni Erik. I'm rooting for Paul. Ayoko dun sa dalawang babae.

    Sige panoorin ko nga yang A Separation. yung The Descendants din gusto ko sana panoorin e. sa DVD na lang

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