The Aspiring

Hey hey! Starting this blog, and I am just actually copying this idea from Estephanie Frank, a friend of mine. I just thought-- hey Nika, stupid wanting to be a screenwriter/director someday wherein I don't freaking watch A LOT as in A LOT of movies like the aspiring people like me. So what the heck! I'll start this blog and see if I'll be better next year! Disclaimer: Don't believe on my ratings, it's not professional rating. It is solely based on my emotions and feeling at the time I watched the movie. So, don't watch high rated movies I rated. Smile :)) AND BTW, I realize, I am stupid, and weird. I have this very odd preference and taste for movies. People might not like my opinion about the movies, so if you are reading this DO NOT TAKE THE BLOG POSTS AND THE RATE SERIOUSLY. This blog is made specifically for my own growth. Love love. Pardon with wrong grammar and SYNTAX ERRORS

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

102. Temptation Island (2/5)

101. Hanna (3.75/5)

Friday, August 12, 2011

94. Taken (3/5)



After 4 months, I cant remember a lot from this movie.

I remember it is a movie about a father wanting to save his daughter. Very action-packed, but it is not for me. I love the fast thinking yet calm mind of the protagonist. Very composed and effective.

I give this movie 3/5

93. X-Men First Class (3.95/5)



Ok, again, I am trying to make a review after months of watching. I hate the fact that I don't watch these movies of Cinemas. I am such a loser that I only watch it on DVD. No money and no friends to watch with (bitter).

As a kid, I remember bits of scenes and sequences from the X-Men cartoons. That time, I love Jubilee so much, as much as I love Beast. So, I have a certain connection to the X-men characters. They had been a part of me as a child.

But then again, this movie showed the backstory of Professor X and Magneto. Come to think of it, what makes the movie great is the drama and the complexity of the character's relationship to each other. Even though it is fantasy, the realness of human emotion is the reason why the movie is great.

I don't know, but I love Magneto better. He is not as bad as he may seem... it is just a matter of what you choose in the end, and sadly he chooses to be bad. Movies now justifies the humanity of each characters that even antagonists are depicted as JUST HUMANS--- people with emotions and reasons why they are that way.

Sad for Magneto. He chose to be bad. He must have believed in goodness. Well, we can never understand... we aren't mutants after all. In the contrary, i find the young professor X so POWERFUL yet all-knowing. The all-knowing irritating kind.

And I also want to react on the milieu! it is funny how this movie somehow made it appear that it happened within the history, we just didn't know this happened. I want to make something like this. Fiction that gives distortion to history! Haha!

I give this 3.95/5, but maybe if I watched this on a CINEMA screen, I might give it a higher rating.

Monday, August 01, 2011

92. Paprika (3.75/5)



So, I was amazed with Inception. Then my brother introduced me to this anime. He said that this is the Japanese version of Inception. He said that one of his friends recommended this to him-- a friend who thinks that Inception is just a rip off from this movie.

I watched it with high expectations, and indeed, it bombarded me with high levelness. This movie brought me in to realization that I am, indeed a product of mainstream media. Fine, I love the dreamy sequence and the attempt to make something refreshing and something that makes you feel with the movie, but its just to much for me. I hate it when I don't get the storyline entirely.

I still love Inception because few watches and you'll understand the intricacies of the subplots. Paprika however feels like a REAL DREAM where things are rumble jumble and you can't seem to grasp what message the movie wants to tell you. I maybe stupid, but the thing I hate about Paprika is that it wouldn't be appreciated by many. Only intellectuals will understand.

But I love the freedom... I think the concept of dreams and reality mixed together is somehow scary for me, that's all. :) The movie is still great, its just not for everyone. :) BUT I DO ADORE SATOSHI KON SO MUCH! HE IS A FREAKING GENIUS! I can't level with him! Not in a million years! I can say that I wouldn't do anything like this.... but I adore him so much, what kind of mind he has! My Golly! :)

I give this movie 3.75/5

91. Ang Tanging Ina Mo: Last na To! (2/5)



I honestly don't remember a lot of things about this movie. This movie should suppose to make mark on me because this film bagged a lot of awards, but I honestly I need to force my brain cells to remember some bits. By not remembering, I think it was just an OK film. But then again, it is perfect for the Filipino masses too, I just can't relate that much.

Hmmm, well, now, I must say that I am slowly remembering things... and I now remember the relationship of the two brothers on the film, played by Marvin Agustin and Carlo Aquino. It brings me back to thinking that yes, this movie has strong message and reflection of the Filipino Family. I can say that I can relate on the two characters, specially the fight between the siblings about money! As in! In a way, this movie could be easily relateable if you are a Filipino and lives in a big family composing of different personalities. It also shows us how hard a mother's job is.

Hmmm, I suddenly want to give it a higher grade... so, instead of 1.25, I'm now giving it a 2.