Alvin and the Chipmunks April 1, 2008

I looove Theodore! Haha after such a long time of wanting to watch this movie I finally watched it over the weekend at BF’s place. I was on my way to pick him up Sunday afternoon to go the mall when he texted me that he was left alone in the house which means we can’t leave - apparently the maids left also. When I got there he was watching There Will Be Blood but he said that I can watch whatever I want since he’s stopping the DVD because he found the movie slow. I can’t really agree yet because I haven’t seen it yet. I chose to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was so light and funny! I found them so cute. I even told BF that I wanted a chipmunk of my own, haha! I’m always like this, whenever we watch a movie (or even just TV) and I see an animal I like or find cute I tell him that I want one, hehe. I wanted a seal once, and a whale, plus dogs, birds, cats, name it! Going back, there were scenes in the movie that I was just smiling and cuddling an imaginary chipmunk in my arms because I found them (especially Theodore) so adorable! Haha I’m sounding weird now Here’s a synopsis I got from this site:

 

In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, find their tree cut down and sent to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet the frustrated songwriter David Seville, and despite a poor house wrecking first impression, they impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact for them to sing his songs. While that ambition proves a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, the dream does come true after all. However, that success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke, plans to break up this family to exploit the boys.

I love Theodore! (look at his glazed eyes, haha)

10,000 B.C. March 10, 2008

BF and I watched this movie last movie last Saturday in Mall of Asia (MOA). A few of our friends were saying that the movie wasn’t that good but we still decided to see the movie and decide for ourselves. The movie was ok, it wasn’t an “Oh my God” kinda movie but it was interesting. I think the plot was kinda shallow and it all revolved around this one guy running after his girl. Now, don’t get me wrong, that’s sappy, cheesy & romantic but this is like an epic movie or some historical stuff and it revolved around this? Oh well, it was a bit suspenseful so we were interested enough to finish the movie. Oh and I guess anyone would run after the girl because she is gorgeous.

 

Here’s a short plot I got from the internet:
When his tribe is attached, teenage caveman D’Leh (Steven Strait) must venture into the unknown to rescue his true love, Evolet (Camilla Belle), and his fellow tribesman, who’ve been enslaved by a clan of mysterious marauders on horseback. Along the way he’ll have to face saber toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, and giant mutant ostriches (seriously).

 

 

Vantage Point March 2, 2008

BF, bestfriend C, our close college friend (also an officemate) G and I watched Vantage Point at Eastwood last night. We caught the 10:30pm screening - and we got there 10:35pm. On a side note, I’m a stickler for things like this; if something is starting at a particular time I want to be there either at least 5-10minutes early or just in time for the movie, program or whatever to start.

Anyway, I’ve heard of the movie in the Oscars and I know a little of the plot when it was being awarded but I totally forgot what the movie was all about so I was kinda pissed that we missed the start - which is where most pivotal scenes in the middle of the movie come from. And then as we were watching the movie I realized on the first flashback how the movie was made. The ‘tagline’ of the movie is 8 Strangers 8 Points of View 1 Truth; literally there are 8 strangers and the story is ‘told’ by showing how these people see the ‘main event’ (don’t really want too much spoilers ). On the 3rd stranger people were laughing as the movie was being shown like it was ‘rewinding’. I was on the edge of my seat! The movie is sooo good and when we met our other friends for drinks after I was telling them to watch the movie! It was so action packed! And every time a (significant) stranger realizes or discovers something important his/her part stops and it goes back to a particular point in the movie and starts again so I was thinking “What did he see?!”, haha, it was a bit suspenseful.

After all the points of view of these different (significant) stranger, wherever their particular scene left off , it came together in one huge scene! And then you start to discover what they saw earlier and everything falls into place. Oh this movie is goood. Two thumbs up! Very, very good. Here’s a synopsis of the film I got from IMDB:

President Ashton (William Hurt) is attending a global war on terror summit in Spain. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) are two of the Secret Service agents assigned to protect him. This is the first action that Agent Barnes has been in since he took a bullet for President Ashton six months earlier. We really dont know if Agent Barnes is up to the challenge of protecting the President. Shortly after President Ashton is escorted to the stage in the plaza by the Secret Service, he is immediately shot twice by a rifle from a window and falls to the floor. The crowd is in shock and chaos breaks out all over, especially, when bombs begin to explode. Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) is an American video-taping the event to show to his children that he was actually there at this historic event. He believes that he has the picture of the man who shot the President. Agent Barnes sees the tape and has a clue to that person. Several different people witness the event, and only through their eyes do we see the truth behind the assassination attempt.

The Golden Compass December 10, 2007

BF and I watched the Golden Compass yesterday at Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas. I originally wanted to watch in Greenhills because we still have a cellphone we need to sell but I got to pick him up around 2pm already. The screening was at 2:10pm in Greenhills and 2:30pm in Galleria. We weren’t able to withdraw extra money so we just had enough to pay for the tickets; really funny because we gathered all our coins and bought a regular drink, hehe.

I liked the movie. BF was kinda fidgety in some parts of the movie, though. When I asked him why he answered me that it was dragging and had a lot of ‘dialogues’. Where’s the action daw, haha! But he finally figured it out by himself that maybe since this is a trilogy it would need to establish it’s story first; it’ll have to describe the players first before it actually shows the ‘action scenes’.

Here’s a synopsis of the first installment of The Golden Compass - okay, I didn’t realize it would be so hard getting a summary of this. All that showed up after searching for it is about the controversies of the movie. It is being said that the author of the book is an Atheist and the story is how he’s making the church the antagonist in the story and how he’s like convincing the children to turn away from them.

I just copied the review a friend of mine did it is pretty much the version I want to put here.

Lyra Belacqua played by Dakota Blue Richards is an orphan living at Jordan College in an alternate universe. In this world, every person is accompanied by a daemon, which is a physical representation of their soul in animal form. In short, it was their animal counterpart. The young Lyra’s daemon is named Pantalaimon which manages to change his shape in any manner it wishes unlike those adult, matured daemons.

In one occasion, Lyra was introduced to Mrs. Coulter which was played by Nicole Kidman. Mrs. Coulter gave her the idea of going to a trip to the far north and offered her to become an assistant. Delighted with the idea, Lyra agreed. Before she left, however, the master gave her a strange golden instrument called an alethiometer, which is capable of telling the truth. The master, though, failed to illustrate how the thing works and instead warned Lyra to keep the instrument only to herself. [Photo of alethiometer on the right.]

After some time, Lyra realized that Mrs. Coulter was involved with the Magisterium’s General Oblation Board which will use children to investigate the intercession. Her friend, Billy Costa and Roger have been taken. She eventually fled the auspices of Mrs. Coulter and was rescued by the Gyptians.

During her travels with the Gyptians, Lyra learned how to ask the alethiometer pertinent questions and how to interpret its responses.

Upon arrival in Trollesund, Lyra meets Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby played by Sam Elliot, who offered to help her but first he wants to get a friend out of trouble. His friend’s name is Yurek Byrnison, an armored ice bear. The bear was exiled from his home after losing a fight upon betrayal by Ragnar, the current king. [Photo of Lyra/ w Yuker Byrnison]

The bear — after several adventure with Lyra — went with the Gyptians to help Lyra bring back her friends to their respective families. Inside the experimental station, Lyra asks Roger to get the others ready to escape. She has to hide under a table almost immediately because the experimental station staff and Mrs. Coulter come in. However, she was captured by the staff and was placed in a device where children are separated from their daemons. The separation is almost complete when Mrs. Coulter, looking terrified, runs in and stops the procedure.

Outside the experimental station the children confront the guards. But the group of Lyra intervened and eventually won the battle.

Overall, I liked the movie and I got curious enough to wait for the next 2 installments and watch them.