Shrek is at least being environmental.
The movie is good at recycling things....
...from the first two movies.
Funny moments are relatively far in between.
The trailer is much better at delivering those funny moments. But the movie, it is (approx.) 90 minutes too long.
Hopefully, this really would be the end of the series.
For the plot summary, click here.
For casts and credits, click here.
Frailty of the human mind and how man views himself in the company of others and of danger is very lucid in this movie...
The movie hypnotically draws out the 'what ifs' situations, the moral choices that should be made in conditions where preservation of the human species is the issue;
Is life really worth saving at all costs in the planet...
Hence there are no qualms in giving enough mayhem and body count, both infected and uninfected individuals, that in the end, one feels exhausted and drained and shortchanged....
For leaving the viewer to question his own existence and moral decisions if such thing would happen (and at the extreme, probably relate it to what is currently happening in Iraq)...
For those who want to be entertained and at the same time talks of existentialism, this movie is worth watching. Go catch this film either in cinemas or DVD. It is also better to catch its predecessor, 28 Days Later.
For the plot summary, click here.
For casts and credits, click here.
What have I done in my life so far?
This seems to be the question being posed by the main protagonists (Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy) in the movie, Wild Hogs...
A buddy movie about four middle-aged individuals who ride their motocycles around their area but eventually starting a road trip. And that soon starts their (mis)adventure.
The movie may be formulaic in terms of slapstick and some gay humor, but it also offers a charismatic and effortless cast, with occasional bit of wit, that deliver the laughs; just make sure that brain cells are best left for studying.
For those who wanna have a hell of a ride without demanding too much from the brain, Wild Hogs is a good lounge movie. Go catch this film in DVD.
For the plot summary, click here.
For casts and credits, click here.
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So where did we come from?
Were we really created in the likeness of a supreme being as claimed by the bible written by humans said to be inspired by this supreme being?
What about Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection which served as basis for evolution? This more or less is misrepresented in the wall painting above....
George Carlin bluntly put it this way: Catholic — which I was until I reached the age of reason
And so we all need to take life seriously...
...will just have a movie marathon over the weekend at my end.
Safer weekend for everybody.
Coming across a game called flyguy inadvertently led to thinking of the point of going over the things you do in your day to day activities.
Why are we doing this? What is the purpose for the mundane things that we do?
Why do we have to wake up each day and go through the rundown of commuting, reporting for work, aimlessly wondering what's for lunch, looking obsessively at the time over and over, up until its time to go out of the office and then go home. Unless you take a detour and do something else to unwind.
My current state of mind provides no answer. If only it is as easy as saying 42.....
For those who want to just play the game, just click the image.
Controls are the arrow keys.
You may find yourself just drifting around and [might] encounter random items. You may not even get the point of the game....
and I think that is the point.
Hurting and despairing seem to be the new trend today...
One can personally feel how much it hurts, knowing that [maybe] you want this [someone/something]....
...but [unfortunately] you can not have that.
This is similar to what the Me and Mrs. Jones lyrics/music below conveys...
It talks of longing and wanting and yearning for that unbridled moment that one can connect to that someone/something...
...but soon realizes that its not really going to happen.
That person just heaves a sigh and futilely...
...mope.
We all have ultimate fantasies about things around us...
Things that would make us look good...
Things that would make us comfortable...
Things that would make us live happily ever after...
Things that would make our lives better.
Unfortunately, it does not happen. That is why it is called a fantasy.
Reality really [sometimes] sucks.
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What have I done in my life thus far?
This might be the question that might come to mind if someone is reflecting on the things that he had (or had not) done up until such moment of reflection.
Would this be applicable to animals perhaps?
Take for example the mouse below.
Does the mouse know that it has been bred in captivity?
Does the mouse know what to become of him as days pass by?
Fed to the upper members of the food chain perhaps?
Or may be killed for the sake of experimentation?
And so, the mouse will ultimately end like the one below in the interest of science.
Is the mouse's existence pointless?
Scientists using it in the laboratories may not think so.
But we can not ask the mouse about that.
Is life worth living only to end up this way?
So depressing.
And so, discordant as it may seems, reality has a way of tying loose ends of what might a person wants.
And at the end of the day, we still try our best to antagonize and deviate from the path that we tend to follow...
Reflections of things that can not be undone but rectified (probably) in the future...
Or things that one is so trying hard to control according to his bidding that probably will do good for his future...
Or things that are beyond his control but can still have a significant role in his future.
Safer weekend for all people.
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[disclaimer: comic not my own. will acknowledge the website once i recall where i got it]This would be the situation if children/teenagers (without being exposed to sex education) become parents with children. See related post below or click here for the origin of this rant.
People/sectors are sometimes too shallow and narrow-minded that its such a waste of time and space for arguments and reasons they would never understand.....
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From ABA-AKO partylist poster, claiming that they would be the savior of the Filipino nuclear family....
What the.....
Think 75 per cent of the 90 million Filipinos living below poverty because of ignorance and lack of access to basic reproductive health services....
This partylist should not talk about moral issues as their platform...
Its hypocrisy...
They should talk of other alternative programs if they want to be altruistic and all....
How pointless...
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How unfortunate that this film, heralded as among the best of 2006 is belatedly shown here in the Philippines. I was really curious as to what the film is really about.
After watching the film, my only reaction is -- WOW.
That is how I was really blown away by this magnificent film. To think that it draws some parallelism about what our country has gotten into in terms of what we really want and how we want things to unfold.
A superb review is found in Rebel Without A Clue, a weekly column by Patricia Evangelista appearing in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Click here to view her full article.
For those who want to watch an intellectually and visually stimulating movie, go, watch this film either in cinemas or DVD.
Overview courtesy of imdb.com:
In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. Written by Tim
This is the story about a young girl... and the fantasy world she created, to survive the harsh reality... This movie teaches us how children survive the real world, which they are not prepared for, and how adults forgotten this ability, disregard it as nothing, missing its "power"... Written by John
"Pan's Labyrinth" is the story of a young girl who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her mother's new husband in a rural area up North in Spain, 1944, after Franco's victory. The girl lives in an imaginary world of her own creation and faces the real world with much chagrin. Fascist repression during the first years of Franco's dictatorship is at its height in rural Spain and the girl must come to terms with that through a fable of her own. Written by Ben McIntosh
For casts and credits, click here.Barely having some sound sleep, this would be the state of my mind.
Have a memorable and safe weekend!
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From the column of Ellen Tordesillas:
Pray for Jayjay
What struck me in that Pieta-like picture of Edith Burgos holding the picture of her missing son was the close resemblance of Jonas Joseph (Jayjay) to his father Joe Burgos, press freedom crusader and founder of We Forum and Malaya. [click comic to enlarge]
Other countries must be seething in jealousy.
The Philippines' celebration of Labor Day coincided with the showing of Spider-man 3. In cinemas nationwide, there were long lines literally snaking throughout the floor were the cinemas are located.
The movie both delivered and disappointed.
It delivered the nitty-gritty action and suspense, drama and comedy that we love in the first two Spider-man movies. It further reaffirms the action hero's iconic status over other superheroes.
It disappointed in a sense that the movie focused too much attention to one stage of Peter Parker's personality and his tendency to be too self-absorbed in his importance as a hero. In this aspect, the movie fails to give equal emphasis on the villains. There was little screen time to Venom. The movie could have provided a different level of excitement had Venom been given more screen time like Sandman (because in the cartoons/comics that I had watched/read, Venom is probably the most difficult villain that Spider-man faced, but in the movie, it was rather abridged). This is probably the dilemma with movies faced with two antagonists. Had there been only one, it could have provided more 'soul' to the movie like Spider-man 2 (which I believed is so much better because it focused only on a single antagonist).
But this minor flaw was circumvented towards the climax of the movie. Spider-man again returned to his element. And heck, it was one hell of a movie ride.....
And definitely, this is not the end of the franchise, based on how it ends.
Overview courtesy of the Spider-man Official site:
Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet-black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he is struggling to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes overconfident and starts to neglect the people who care about him most. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.
For casts and credits, click here.
