Here’s a few more films I’ve seen so far, I thought I’d share them with you specially to those film fanatics like our friend who signs on as “a movie fan”. Kaibigan, anong masasabi mo sa mga films na to?
Stardust
Adapted from a novella by Neill Gaiman na lumabas sa DC Comics, it is a film about sorcery, magic, love, greed and the usual triumph of good against evil. It stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro and Claire Danes. Although ang totoong bida dito is a relatively unknown English actor named
Charlie Cox. Support lang sina Michelle who plays the horrifically funny lead of a triumvirate of aged wicked witch sisters, si Claire Danes as the fallen star na love interest in Tristan (played by Charlie) at si Robert De Niro who, because of his unquestionable acting prowess, eh hindi ko na ku-kwestiyonin ang pagtanggap ng role as a gay pirate captain in this movie. Siguro nga, if you’re as secured as he is in his stature, wala ka nang reservations to do a role like this.
And because it’s a fantasy film, major player ang animation crew who did some wonderful CGI that kept my niece glued to the tv set despite her usually short 8-year old attention span. Kahit ako, na-capture din ni Matthew Vaughn (Director) in his style of story telling. Ito yong tipo ng fantasy film na pwede kong panoorin ulit whenever it comes up on cable.
Naiiba at fresh ang storyline. Maganda ang production values, camera works, lighting, scoring at makinis ang pagkakagawa ng pelikula.
Ang hindi ko lang masyadong nagustuhan is the fact na mis-cast yata si Claire Danes dito. Coz her facial features suffered pag katabi na nya ang love interest nya. Charlie Cox is a cute, pleasantly boyish type of guy. Kaya naha-highlight yong hindi kagandahang face ni Claire. What I mean is, hindi na nga maganda si Claire, itabi mo pa sa isang good-looking guy, eh di lumabas na pangit. It’s not that I don’t like Claire (although nagmaldita sya some years back when she said something bad about the Philippines). But let’s face it, she’s far from the likes of Reese Witherspoon na kahit pointed ang jaw eh cute tingnan. Or Sarah Jessica Parker na kahit medyo matigas ang facial features eh maganda pa rin ang mukha overall.
If I were the casting director of this film, si Sienna Miller na lang ang gagawin kong love interest ni Tristan instead of playing a minor role coz she’s a lot more pleasant to the eye, and she looks like a star (the role) more than Claire. Wag pong magagalit ang Claire Danes fans, but I’m talking about suitability to the role here.
Other than that, nagandahan pa rin ako sa film and I would suggest you watch it lalo na kung mahilig kayo sa mga ganitong films. It’s highly entertaining.
I Am Legend
Next picture pa lang ito in theaters pero kumalat na ang DVD (obviously pinirata). At kahit advocate din ako ng anti-piracy, wala akong choice kungdi bumili sa bangketa dahil hindi ko na aabutin ang regular theater run nito.
Sabi kasi sa isang entertainment program na napanood ko early December, blockbuster daw ito sa US. Kaya na-curious akong panoorin. But after I watched the film, wala akong makitang reason para maging big hit ito. Corny and highly improbable ang istorya. Para sa akin, ito yong mga fiction films na hindi convincing kaya lumabas na pangit.
It tells the story of Robert Neville (Will Smith), a brilliant scientist in New York na na
ging ghost town dahil tinamaan ng deadly virus na pumatay ng lahat ng tao within the city leaving him (Neville) as the lone survivor. Ang siste, hindi naman pala talaga sya lone survivor dahil sa gabi, lumalabas ang mga mutants – mga taong tinamaan ng virus pero hindi namatay. Parang combined zombie and night of the living dead ang kwento huh. May kasama pang Rambo dahil si Doctor Neville eh hindi lang brilliant scientist, he is also a machine gun-toting macho man na pinag-bababaril ang mga mutants pag sinasalakay sya sa gabi.
For three years daw he was living alone in the big expanse of New York city. Tapos everyday, he’s sending radio calls to reach out to any survivor. Eh bakit hindi na lang kaya sya nag-drive to other cities like New Jersey or crossed to Canada na lang? May dalawa syang sasakyan plus the thousands of cars, buses and all forms of transportation that stood still na parang na-freeze ang frame except for Robert. Ay, sabi nga pala sa byline, The Last Man On Earth daw. Kaya pala wala na siyang mapupuntahan. Pero teka, last man on earth? Eh New York lang ang pinakitang naging ghost town ah. Pano naging last man on earth? Di bale sana kung pinakita rin ang ibang major cities like London, Tokyo, Sydney at Paris na ghost town na rin.
Tsaka, saan nanggagaling ang news program na pinapanood nya? And oh, by the way, who’s running the basics like water and electricity kung sya na lang ang natitirang buhay, that is, normal na tao, sa mundo? Ano ba…. paulit-ulit kong sasabihin, kahit fiction ang story, dapat naman may logic.
Tapos heto na nga at may na-meet syang mag-ina na galing sa New Jersey na papunta sa isang state where there is a community of survivors. Eh buti pa yong mag-ina, hindi naman brilliant scientists pero alam na may colony somewhere in Vermont.
Hindi sumama si brilliant scientist sa mag-ina and chose to stay and be a hero. Pinasabog na lang nya ang mga mutants nong umatake sa bahay nya. Of course kasama sya sa na-dedo don sa pagsabog. Kaya I Am Legend ang title. Aggghh!!! Legend ka dyan!
Sayang si Will Smith dito dahil ho-hum na naman ang nakuhang role. After I heaped praises on him on The Pursuit of Happyness, semplang na naman sya dahil sa kagagawan ng mga walang kwentang trabaho ng mga writers at ni Francis Lawrence (Director). Though yong book daw from where it was adapted, I Am Legend written by Richard Matheson in 1954 was a big hit. Siguro sa mga mahihilig sa zombies, hit talaga to. Whatever.
Charlie Wilson’s War
Powerhouse cast ito. Puro Oscar winners – Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Julia Roberts (Erin Brokovich) and Tom Hanks who had two (Forrest Gump and Philadelphia). So you would expect brilliant acting and yon nga, nominated sya for 5 Golden Globe Awards including best motion picture (comedy or musical), screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), lead actor for Tom, supporting actor for Philip and supporting actress (?) for Julia. Tingnan na lang natin if they will win (Jan 13th yata ang awards night).
Stardust
Adapted from a novella by Neill Gaiman na lumabas sa DC Comics, it is a film about sorcery, magic, love, greed and the usual triumph of good against evil. It stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro and Claire Danes. Although ang totoong bida dito is a relatively unknown English actor named
Charlie Cox. Support lang sina Michelle who plays the horrifically funny lead of a triumvirate of aged wicked witch sisters, si Claire Danes as the fallen star na love interest in Tristan (played by Charlie) at si Robert De Niro who, because of his unquestionable acting prowess, eh hindi ko na ku-kwestiyonin ang pagtanggap ng role as a gay pirate captain in this movie. Siguro nga, if you’re as secured as he is in his stature, wala ka nang reservations to do a role like this.And because it’s a fantasy film, major player ang animation crew who did some wonderful CGI that kept my niece glued to the tv set despite her usually short 8-year old attention span. Kahit ako, na-capture din ni Matthew Vaughn (Director) in his style of story telling. Ito yong tipo ng fantasy film na pwede kong panoorin ulit whenever it comes up on cable.
Naiiba at fresh ang storyline. Maganda ang production values, camera works, lighting, scoring at makinis ang pagkakagawa ng pelikula.
Ang hindi ko lang masyadong nagustuhan is the fact na mis-cast yata si Claire Danes dito. Coz her facial features suffered pag katabi na nya ang love interest nya. Charlie Cox is a cute, pleasantly boyish type of guy. Kaya naha-highlight yong hindi kagandahang face ni Claire. What I mean is, hindi na nga maganda si Claire, itabi mo pa sa isang good-looking guy, eh di lumabas na pangit. It’s not that I don’t like Claire (although nagmaldita sya some years back when she said something bad about the Philippines). But let’s face it, she’s far from the likes of Reese Witherspoon na kahit pointed ang jaw eh cute tingnan. Or Sarah Jessica Parker na kahit medyo matigas ang facial features eh maganda pa rin ang mukha overall.
If I were the casting director of this film, si Sienna Miller na lang ang gagawin kong love interest ni Tristan instead of playing a minor role coz she’s a lot more pleasant to the eye, and she looks like a star (the role) more than Claire. Wag pong magagalit ang Claire Danes fans, but I’m talking about suitability to the role here.
Other than that, nagandahan pa rin ako sa film and I would suggest you watch it lalo na kung mahilig kayo sa mga ganitong films. It’s highly entertaining.
I Am Legend
Next picture pa lang ito in theaters pero kumalat na ang DVD (obviously pinirata). At kahit advocate din ako ng anti-piracy, wala akong choice kungdi bumili sa bangketa dahil hindi ko na aabutin ang regular theater run nito.
Sabi kasi sa isang entertainment program na napanood ko early December, blockbuster daw ito sa US. Kaya na-curious akong panoorin. But after I watched the film, wala akong makitang reason para maging big hit ito. Corny and highly improbable ang istorya. Para sa akin, ito yong mga fiction films na hindi convincing kaya lumabas na pangit.
It tells the story of Robert Neville (Will Smith), a brilliant scientist in New York na na
ging ghost town dahil tinamaan ng deadly virus na pumatay ng lahat ng tao within the city leaving him (Neville) as the lone survivor. Ang siste, hindi naman pala talaga sya lone survivor dahil sa gabi, lumalabas ang mga mutants – mga taong tinamaan ng virus pero hindi namatay. Parang combined zombie and night of the living dead ang kwento huh. May kasama pang Rambo dahil si Doctor Neville eh hindi lang brilliant scientist, he is also a machine gun-toting macho man na pinag-bababaril ang mga mutants pag sinasalakay sya sa gabi.For three years daw he was living alone in the big expanse of New York city. Tapos everyday, he’s sending radio calls to reach out to any survivor. Eh bakit hindi na lang kaya sya nag-drive to other cities like New Jersey or crossed to Canada na lang? May dalawa syang sasakyan plus the thousands of cars, buses and all forms of transportation that stood still na parang na-freeze ang frame except for Robert. Ay, sabi nga pala sa byline, The Last Man On Earth daw. Kaya pala wala na siyang mapupuntahan. Pero teka, last man on earth? Eh New York lang ang pinakitang naging ghost town ah. Pano naging last man on earth? Di bale sana kung pinakita rin ang ibang major cities like London, Tokyo, Sydney at Paris na ghost town na rin.
Tsaka, saan nanggagaling ang news program na pinapanood nya? And oh, by the way, who’s running the basics like water and electricity kung sya na lang ang natitirang buhay, that is, normal na tao, sa mundo? Ano ba…. paulit-ulit kong sasabihin, kahit fiction ang story, dapat naman may logic.
Tapos heto na nga at may na-meet syang mag-ina na galing sa New Jersey na papunta sa isang state where there is a community of survivors. Eh buti pa yong mag-ina, hindi naman brilliant scientists pero alam na may colony somewhere in Vermont.
Hindi sumama si brilliant scientist sa mag-ina and chose to stay and be a hero. Pinasabog na lang nya ang mga mutants nong umatake sa bahay nya. Of course kasama sya sa na-dedo don sa pagsabog. Kaya I Am Legend ang title. Aggghh!!! Legend ka dyan!
Sayang si Will Smith dito dahil ho-hum na naman ang nakuhang role. After I heaped praises on him on The Pursuit of Happyness, semplang na naman sya dahil sa kagagawan ng mga walang kwentang trabaho ng mga writers at ni Francis Lawrence (Director). Though yong book daw from where it was adapted, I Am Legend written by Richard Matheson in 1954 was a big hit. Siguro sa mga mahihilig sa zombies, hit talaga to. Whatever.
Charlie Wilson’s War
Powerhouse cast ito. Puro Oscar winners – Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Julia Roberts (Erin Brokovich) and Tom Hanks who had two (Forrest Gump and Philadelphia). So you would expect brilliant acting and yon nga, nominated sya for 5 Golden Globe Awards including best motion picture (comedy or musical), screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), lead actor for Tom, supporting actor for Philip and supporting actress (?) for Julia. Tingnan na lang natin if they will win (Jan 13th yata ang awards night).
Adapted from the book of the same title by George Crile, it is based on a true story of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, Tom was somehow convincing as a politician who lobbied for the US government to spend
billions of dollars to support the Afghan rebels to win their war against the Soviets. Somehow convincing ang sabi ko dahil may isa akong problema sa portrayal nya – he was from Texas pero bakit walang Southern drawl akong narinig from him? Saludo na sana ako and I was ready to give him back the praises I took away from him after that disastrous role in The Da Vinci Code. Pero parang hindi ko gagawin in this film. Not yet. It was better than TDVC, but not at par with his wonderful portrayals of previous roles.Buti pa si Julia as the politically-connected socialite na talagang nag-effort mag-drawl. She must have taken inspiration from my fave Meryl Streep na kahit pa anong accent ang kailangan sa role, ginagawa. Because it is part of the characterization. Kung galing South ka, you should have that heavy accent. Ang isa pang maganda kay Julia dito sa movie na ito, she successfully portrayed a classy, rich, powerful, bitchy, hypocritically god-fearing unfaithful wife whose involvement with the Congressman includes both vertical and horizontal activities. Iilan lang ang naiisip kong kayang gawin ang ginawa ni Julia dito. Nicole Kidman siguro, and Charlize Theron perhaps.
Yong role ni Philip ang hindi masyadong importante. I mean, it was third lead na after Tom and Julia and it could have been given to any other brilliant supporting actors. But hey, Philip’s got the Oscar too kaya sige, isama na siya sa cast as the former CIA operative na na-frustrate maging isang diplomat.
At dahil based on a true story ito, gumamit si Mike Nichols (Director) ng actual footages of the Afghan war. Maganda namang lumabas. Ang problema lang, huwag kang mag-expect ng maraming action scenes. Coz the film is not about the action in the Afghan war. It is about political maneuverings kaya most part of the film eh puro daldalan.
But if you’re the kind of film buff who goes for movies of political theme, I’d say you should watch this one. Maraming nakaka-intrigang revelations tungkol sa mga nangyayari sa corridors of powers ng US pagdating sa pakikialam sa mga problema ng ibang bansa.
There you go. Comments?
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