I watched my first Davao made indie move last Saturday at the Crocodile Park (near the Gallery of Davao).So how did I find the movie? What movie? hehehe Seriously, it was visually entertaining and the music which accompanied the scenes were pretty captivating but I didn't totally get what the movie was all about. I did not understand the message that the movie was trying to convey. Maybe because it was not told in the usual "linear" way and the movie was experimental and unconventional in its approach. I was a bit surprised to know that the movie won a lot of awards not only in the Philippines but in Korea also among others. I found this review of the film which achieved to put into words the things that i wanted to say. Despite not understanding the film, I still salute the people behind it including the viewing I attended and it shows that there's a lot of home grown talent in Davao and we have a lot to expect from the film industry and should be open to "new" things.
September 16, 2009
January 13, 2009
August Rush
I just watched August Rush on DVD last weekend. My friend George gave me a copy of it a couple months before but I forgot to watch it. Blow saw it recently on HBO and said the movie was great including the soundtrack. So finally last week I watched it and I wasn’t disappointed. The movie exceeded my expectations because it’s about one of my favorite things in the world…music. The movie was released last 2007 and it stars Keri Russell (Felicity), Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams.
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.-IMDBThe movie is a bit of a modern fairytale and greatly reminds me of Oliver Twist. It’s inspiring, heartwarming and has a cool soundtrack. This is my favorite line from the movie spoken by Wizard (played by Robin Williams) which for me captures the essence of the movie"You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars."
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November 15, 2007
One More Chance
Bea talking to John Lloyd:
Bea: I need space
John Lloyd moves a seat apart and points to the space
John Lloyd: Space? ayan oh space
John Lloyd Breaking up with Maja:
John Lloyd: Ayaw kitang makitang nasasaktan
Maja gets up from chair and closes John Lloyd's eyes
Maja: para di mo ako makita masaktan
Everybody needs a few laughs...go see the movie! :-)
April 2, 2007
My 23 say on the movie The Number 23
1.Walter Sparrow is a slow reader; it took him 5 days to read a slim book.
2.There is an apparent shortage of paper supply on the movie, thus the need to write on walls and on skin.
3.But there is ample supply of pens or permanent markers.
4.I love the line “I only ask the only thing I know that’s right, “Do you have more coffee?” Panalo!
5.Also, “of course I didn’t get it right then and there”
6.The movie is suspenseful and it keeps you literally hanging on your seat.
7.Jim Carey’s is a really versatile actor but he can’t wipe off that Ace Ventura, Dumb and dumber look on his face…oh wait coz that’ s how he actually looks.
8.It’s been 23 hours since I watched the movie.
9.I am 23 years old.
10.I make things up as I go along :)
11.“There is no such thing as destiny, only different choices”-True
12.“Sometimes there are no happy endings. Only the right one”- True but it would’ve been cooler if he didn’t turn himself in and blamed everything on his Doctor.
13.I didn’t immediately get what Topsy Kretts means, Top Secret pala.
14.It’s a good thing I’m calculator dependent or I would’ve been calculating all the 23s in my life right now….1+1 = dog?
15.It’s 23:00 somewhere in the globe right now.
16.The movie made 23 million US Dollars (Pls. keep item no 10 in mind)
17.My first guess was Walter have Multiple Personality Disorder, turned out he had amnesia.
18.The movie stayed for 23 weeks on the Box office charts (Again pls. keep item no.10 in mind)
19.There is actually an existing belief on the number 23, it’s called the 23 enigma.
20.There would probably be 2 persons who’ll read this post and 30 million others who wouldn’t, canceling all the zeroes, we have OMG!…say it together with me…”TWENTY f*cking THREE”
21.The dog Ned is sooo cute, he deserves to have a movie.
22.The word Fingerling sounds naughty hahaha
23.I am passing the 23 paranoia to you, better watch the movie or else, you wouldn’t have a clue about the entire post that you just read! >:)
