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Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Yoshke in Movies, Reviews |

Genre: Comedy; Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto

After watching the film, I felt disappointed. I wasn’t expecting myself to like it. But I DID. Tremendously. Haha. And this might be the first time that I’m rooting for an Oscar frontrunner. (Two years ago, I liked Little Miss Sunshine better than The Departed; Crash than Brokeback Mountain; Munich than Brokeback Mountain; The Hours than Chicago.) But then again I haven’t seen The Reader yet. But so far, Slumdog gets all my loving.

People say that there’s nothing new to the story. It’s the same old third-world rags-to-riches plot. But like my Screenwriter mentor said, all stories have been told, it’s HOW you tell the story. Although I’m not sure I agree to that, it certainly applies to Slumdog. What’s amazing about it is how the story is told — how it used an old game show as a vehicle of a usual plot and a foreign setting and culture to make it look brand new. But the truth is, most of the time I don’t care if the story is fresh. What matters to me is if it’s yummy and spicy. And boy is it yummy and spicy.

One awesome thing that I especially liked about this movie is how the setting, Mumbai, seems to have a life of its own. It’s like one well-developed character, reminiscent of City of God, only happy. It changes and grows with the characters. And I sympathized with it. Mumbai is more alive and active than Benjamin Button (haha).

Slumdog Millionaire, although revolving around the many not-so-pretty things about life, is brimming with optimism. It takes us to a life-long journey of a man, who proves that despite life’s infinite hardships — that vicious cycle of overcoming obstacles and then life making some more — there’s always something or someone that can give us that reason to move forward. It narrates his desperate struggles to find it. And to hell with everyone, he will find it.

It’s hard to believe that this is from the same director who bought us 28 Days Later, Trainspotting and Sunshine. But whatever, he managed to incorporate excellent screenplay, editing, cinematography and music and come up with something uplifting.

And oh, I think it’s just about time for an Oscar Best Picture that does not leave us depressed and suicidal, taking a dose of life’s bitter pills, and wanting to kill ourselves to get out of misery. It doesn’t hurt to feel good. 5.0

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Movie Review: Doubt (2008)

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Yoshke in Entertainment, Movies, Reviews |

Genre: Drama; Director: John Patrick Shanley
Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis

My professors at Film school had always said that the measure of a good film is if you are still able to digest the story completely on first viewing after you turn it to mute. Stanley Kubrick also uttered something like that. In other words, it has to be visual. Show, don’t tell, they say. I believed that, too. Until I realized that sometimes, what is told is just as important as what is shown. Films can still be great even with the visuals fading subtly in the background. And I have proven that to myself through films like The Hours, Closer and most recently Doubt.

Doubt is a talkie. Yes, it has some moments of visual representation and it is semiotically rich. (Signs are littered all over the scenes.) But ultimately you won’t survive it if you don’t pay attention to what the characters say. Most of the time, things are said, not shown. But it shouldn’t be taken against the film because it works.

Doubt encourages our moral convictions and, at the same time, questions it. It paints a huge question mark on people’s dangerous tendencies to assume and come to conclusions easily and precariously.

The funny thing is, after watching the movie, you are left in the dark. You still don’t know what really happened. No closure. No shocking conclusion. Yet you are satisfied. There’s a certain comfort in not knowing. And that makes it more beautiful.

Doubt is simple, solid, and strong. Its density and potency it draws from its simple plot made complex by the characters’ strong emotions. It is safe to say that half of the film is its casting. Had the roles landed on people less talented than Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams, it could have been a disaster.

The best thing about this movie is that it can’t get any more realistic than its approach. It is admirable how the filmmakers decide to go against showing what could have been the “key” scenes in the film. Because in real life, we don’t really know. And we can’t always be sure about anything. In reality, when we choose who among the people involved is the one telling the truth or whom to side with, the only thing we have to base our judgment on are our instinct, our morals, and most especially, our faith in these people.

Then the cloud of doubt enters our head to blur that thin line of certainty because it finally sinks in. That the only thing we can rely on is not what we see but what we are told. And it pierces us because we know, although we can always doubt it, that it is true. That in most cases, we can never be sure. 4.5

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Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Yoshke in Entertainment, Movies, Reviews |

Genre: Drama, Fantasy; Director: David Fincher
Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is stuffed with dualities — young and old, birth and death. Unfortunately for Benjamin, the two words that came to my mind after seeing it were long and cold.

First of all, I have to say I am a bit disappointed because I love almost everything and everyone in this film. David Fincher is one of my most-loved directors. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton are some of my fave actors. But amidst the amazing visual display and the technical brilliance, this film awfully lacks something integral — emotional coherence.

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Bulleted Blurts

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Yoshke in Blurts, Health, Movies, Music, Travel, TV |

Status: Perfectly functional.
Music: Smack into You | Jon Mclaughlin

Wow, time flies. January has only a few days left.
I still got tonsilitis. Dammit. But it’s aright, I’m completely functional. Just that my breath smells like a slice of durian you trap in a jar for a week and then you open it and voila… welcome to Payatas. Yaaak.
So now I’m in Batangas with my family. Yesterday, I was in Tagaytay. And it was COLD. I know what you’re thinking. “Come on, it’s Tagaytay, of course, it’s cold. Duh?” Well yeah, but not that cold. I’m always there. Thanks to its proximity to our house here. But it was really cold.
And I realized that listening to my dear Jon Mclaughlin‘s album “OK Now” in a freezing weather is therapeutic. I’m starting to think that I’m only getting better coz of it. (Yeah, screw antibiotics! Men are THE cure! It’s always men!)
It’s Sunday! My favorite day. And it’s not because of the church. It’s Philippine showbiz, baby. Sunday means ASAP 09 and The Buzz. Haha. I looove seeing Ruffa Gutierrez and Kris Aquino bickering on POV (Points, Opinions, Violent Reactions). Gaaawd. They really HAVE to replace Boy Abunda. When he sits in between Ruffa and Kris, he’s getting blander and lamer and uglier by the second.
Been hooked to Tayong Dalawa. Ehehe. Fantastic ensemble. Even Gerald Anderson is impressive. Sana may quotable quotes din like Iisa Pa Lamang, haha.
Andre, Dohna, Ayn, and I are planning to go to Thailand. And Cambodia. And Vietnam. Later this year. Yay! Me excited. Eeeeeeeh.
I’ll be posting my Oscar predictions. But I need to watch all the nominated films first. But even though I’ve only seen a few, my heart already belongs to one film — The Reader. I worship Stephen Daldry. I pray to him before and after every meal. (Char!) And as my friend Ayn pointed out, he has made only three movies, but all of them are Oscar-nominated. (The others being Billy Elliot and The Hours.) I might change my mind after I’ve seen all the films, though.
In a bit more than a month from now, I’ll be turning 23. But I can still barely say I’m a grown-up. It hurts to grow. It hurts to grow.

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Top 10 Most Unforgettable Horror Films

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Yoshke in Lists, Movies |

Note: The list includes Hollywood films only. And these are not a list of the best horror movies but the most unforgettable for me. This is my list after all. Haha. This was originally written for crunkish.com. I know this post is too late for the Halloween but what the heck.

Why do we love watching horror films? Simple. We love being scared. Fear is one of the most powerful emotions. There are many types of fears and there are many things that people fear. One universal fear, transcending cultural barriers, is the fear of death. Although it is not the most common type of fear, if you try to analyse other fears, they all boil down to the fear of death. You do not fear darkness per se, you fear that there might be someone or something we couldn’t see that might threaten your life. You fear heights because you might fall and face a certain death. You fear snakes because it might bite you and inject some poison that would eventually kill you.

And because it is such a powerful emotion, fear of death is something that movies can use and play on effectively. People are emotional masochists. Although we know that we will get scared watching them, we still can’t get enough of them.

Horror movies elicit fear from viewers by using graphic violence or giving life to characters, often of supernatural origin, that will grab that fear inside us and give it terrifying shake. Here are my top 10 most unforgettable horror movies of all time.

10. Dracula (1931)

“I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.”

Enter the world of Count Dracula. After a very agonising drive through the Carpathian mountains, Reinfield finds himself in the castle of Dracula, who is a vampire. The sinister count drugs him and turns him into one of his poor thralls. After turning Lucy Weston into a vampire by sucking blood, the count focuses on her friend Mina, daughter of Dr. Seward. The doctor, then, asks for help from a specialist, Dr. Van Helsing, to detect the cause of the mysterious deterioration of Mina’s health. After realising that the count is indeed a vampire, Dr. Helsing prepares himself and Mina’s loved ones for what is yet to come and tries everything to prevent Mina from turning into a blood-thirsty monster.

If you are not the type who watches black-and-white films, you’ll be surprised to still get terrorised by the movie despite its lack of colour. In fact, it helps in the overall effect of the movie. Dracula is considered one of the first classic American horror films.

9. The Others (2001)

“How do you keep them out, when they’ve already invited themselves in?“

Nicole Kidman‘s first attempt to star in a horror film was a great success both critically and in the box-office. She plays the role of Grace Stewart, an overprotective mother to her two children, both suffering from a rare ailment. The kids can’t be exposed to sunlight or they would die. Grace is determined to protect her kids from everything. But that proves to be very difficult as the house they are living in appears to be haunted. As the family and their household help are bothered by the presence of what they call “the others,” they discover one thing about them that will surely shake the sanity of the audience.

This movie is one of the top 10 highest grossing horror films of all time and it deserves every single penny. Critics are all raves about it, too. The minimalist approach sets this film from many in-your-face ghost and monster movies that are rampant in Hollywood. You will surely fear the “others” even when you don’t really see them. This movie successfully builds up the tension in the first hour only to blow your mind (in a good way) in the remaining minutes. The twist is completely nerve-wracking.

8. The Ring (2002)

“You will die in seven days.”

Another film in the top 10 highest grossing horror movies in the history of Hollywood is The Ring, remake of the 1998 Japanese film Ringu. Naomi Watts is a Seattle newspaper journalist who finds out that her teenage niece is scared to death literally one week after she watched a creepy nightmarish videotape (which doesn’t make any sense) at a motel cabin in some rustic area. She gets hold of the tape and watched the video only to find out that whoever watches the tape will die in seven days. To make matters worse, her sort of psychic son watches the tape, too. Now, she has to break the curse or they will die in seven days.

The premise of the story is horrific enough. Add the impressive cinematography, effective production design and beautiful direction, The Ring will scare all hell out of you. In fact, even after watching the movie, you will be thinking about it for weeks. You’ll start to wonder what will happen to the mother and son since the film is open-ended. You’ll also get paranoid of the unlabelled videotape sitting in one corner of your room. And whenever the phone rings, you will be scared to answer. The Ring really inflicts lasting terror on its viewers.

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The Jologs Factor

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Yoshke in Celebrities, Movies, Music, TV, Vanities |

I remember this one time I was having a few rounds of beer with my friends Jon and Marck somewhere in Metrowalk when the conversation suddenly made a sharp curve onto “Jologs Avenue.” I was shocked but delighted to learn that they had a jologs side, too. And it made me wonder if my friend Icang was right when she said, “we all have the Jologs factor.”

I am a hodgepodge.

My personality is a mixture of a wide variety of traits and tastes. For example, my taste in music. I appreciate pretty much anything. As in anything. One time, you see me listening to Vanessa Mae; the next minute I’m humming Kylie Minogie’s Locomotion or Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right. Give it an hour, I’m belting out a Basil Valdez ballad or an Aegis classic. Haha.

When it comes to food, I enjoy gourmet food. But if you drag me to the nearest fishball stall, I’ll gorge on street foods nang walang patumangga.

My interests range from a bit highbrow to downright jologs! And I’m proud of it. Haha. And I admire those people who are not ashamed to free their jologs alter-ego every once in a while.

One of my friends, Aila, may be one of the most conio-looking Atenean in the world. She has this conio aura. But heck, she used to watch “Ang Pangarap Kong Jackpot.”
Another buddy, Marck, translates English songs to Tagalog (and vice versa) whenever he’s bored, which is like every day of his life.
Robin just can’t get over the glory days of the Juday-Wowie loveteam!
RJ will introduce your jaws to the floor once he enumerates his crushes — Jean Saburit, Jennifer Mendoza, Shirley Fuentes, Bunny Paras, Tina Paner!

And me, well, I have more than my share. It’s innate. In fact, everything I touch magically becomes jolog-ish. Haha. Here are some of my J-Facts (jologs factors).

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Hugh Jackman to Host Oscars

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Yoshke in Celebrities, Hotties, Movies, News |

He sings, dances, acts on stage and screen, and he’s [People Magazine's] “Sexiest Man Alive….”

Hugh Jackman was announced Friday as the host of the 81st Academy Awards, a marked departure from the academy’s standard of big-name comedians. Jon Stewart who hosted in 2008 and 2006, and Ellen DeGeneres, the 2007 host, were the latest in a line of funny emcees since 1990. Billy Crystal did it eight times, Whoopi Goldberg took on four, Steve Martin did it twice and David Letterman and Chris Rock each had a shot.

As the parade of A-list comedians continued, ratings were in steady decline. But with new producers, a new director, new set designer and even a new music director, the academy has been hinting for months at an all-new look and feel for this year’s Oscars telecast on Feb. 22.

Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Hmmm. I hope he’s funny. But I am sure to watch the show whatever. Haha.
image courtesy of tinypic.com

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Movie Rundown: The Dark Night (And Other Batman Movies)

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Yoshke in Movies, Reviews |

Note: I was supposed to write a full-blown genre criticism of The Dark Knight but I figured writing something too Film-graduate-ish is uncalled for. So here are some random thoughts about it and the other Batman movies. For what it’s worth, I saw the following movies again recently. You know, just to refresh my memory.

The Dark Knight (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller; Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman

One of the things I hate the most is too much hype. This unsolicited noise has always spoiled fine movies such as Brokeback Mountain and Atonement for me, not appreciating them because they did not reach the high bar that the hype made me set for them. And this is precisely the reason I want to watch movies on its opening day. And yes, I saw The Dark Knight on its opening day. Haha.

The Dark Knight is the first uberhyped film ever that I could swear deserves all the noise around it. It gave me everything I expected and hoped for in a Batman movie, and then some. And with all my biases aside (being someone who worships Christian Bale and Batman himself), I can say that this is the best mainstream superhero movie ever to grace the silverscreen.

Director Christopher Nolan surprised me with Batman Begins, giving me exactly what I wanted — a realistic approach. After all, Batman has no superpowers and did not hail from some faraway planet. And like its protagonist, the film fosters a cinematic atmosphere that is believable yet alarming. A superhero movie in which every character is justified, motivated, and above all, human.

With this very credible headstart, Nolan managed to expand and intensify the story with The Dark Knight. Just when you think you’re seeing a formulaic action flick — gripping chase scenes, breathtaking fight sequences, jaw-dropping stunts— it destroys the sub-genre’s many conventions. Like in all Batman movies, the America-as-the-world-superhero idea is absent here. The superhero admits he can’t do things on his own and not for long. The superhero is willing to sacrifice his reputation for the greater good. It is indeed a superhero movie but Batman isn’t the only superhero here. We see superheroes in the political arena, in the judicial system, in law enforcement, and of course, in the people, as represented by Harvey Dent, Jimmy Gordon and Batman. All bear a potential to beat the menacing times.

The movie isn’t about Batman. It is about Gotham and how its people struggle to make their city a better place. But I couldn’t help but feel like watching a Batman movie in a “Godfather” setting. But what awes me most is that its moral subtext sneaks up on you that you’d forget that it is a superhero movie. It poses ethical dilemmas and redefines heroism through Joker, a man who has an unrelenting passion for mayhem. Joker is everything we want in a villain — opaque, heavy, and “immovable.” He shakes our definition of evil, questions our self-righteousness, and challenges our moral social decisions to a massive degree.

It has to be expected that Heath Ledger steal the show. Ledger’s Joker is so insanely awesome and genuinely frightening that I would never see clowns the same way again. If he receives an Oscar nomination for this performance, it will not be because it’s such a pity he passed away but because he earned it. And, of course, the rest of the cast are also highly commendable. Lucky for Ledger he had the most challenging role.

Oh Gawd, why am I so serious? 4.7

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Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Thriller; Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes

Prior to The Dark Knight, I considered Batman Begins the best superhero movie ever. Actually, I thought it was a toss between this and Batman Returns (though I enjoyed Begins a bit more). I’m a writer and what I want the most when seeing a film is some emotional connection even when there is no way I could relate to the character. And there had never been a superhero movie with excellent character development until Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan dug deeper into Bruce Wayne to let the audience see what made Batman the Caped Crusader. It makes the audience understand where he’s coming from and explains what drives him. The movie is action-packed as expected but what sets it apart is that it offers a thrilling psychological tour into the mind and soul of a troubled superhero. 4.5

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Batman and Robin (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller; Directors: Joel Schumacher
Stars: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alicia Silverstone, Uma Thurman, Chris O’Donnell

Batman and Robin is my least favourite of all the Batman movies. Why? Simply because it has an undernourished story covered with the glamour of its cast, on which it capitalises. The plot is just sooo lame and loose. Take away Batman and it wouldn’t feel like a Batman movie.

On the good side, of all the Batman movies, this might be the one that children would enjoy best. After all, everything in it is kinda, er, what’s that word? — Immature.

Thank God George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Alicia Silverstone and Uma Thurman are SOOO HOT. They made all the points here. 2.0

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Batman Forever (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Thriller; Director: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Val Kilmer, Chris O’Donnell, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman

Batman Forever is pretty enjoyable and makes more sense than Batman and Robin. But this Schumacher movie pales in comparison to its predecessor Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. I have a number of issues with it.

1. Tommy Lee Jones’s Two Face is very much like Jack Nicholson’s Joker. It shouldn’t be the case. Two Face is one heck of a conflicted character whose past is well-known to the public (the public in the movie and the public in the real world). I would have loved it had I felt for Two Face even just a little in this film. But sadly, na-uh. He’s an empty character. Or seems like it.

2. The Riddler and Two Face look like twins. Nuff said.

3. Bruce Wayne’s trauma wasn’t given much attention. It should’ve been explored and exploited. It’s a good dramatic mechanism that could’ve driven the entire plot.

But because Nicole Kidman is in it, I still enjoyed it a lot. Haha. 2.5

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Batman Returns (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Thriller; Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Michael Keaton, Michell Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito

The bat, the cat and the penguin. Batman Returns is one heck of an effective comedy that I almost forgot it was a Batman movie. Haha. It’s just sooo hilarious. But aside from its entertainment value, there are two things that I love, love, love about this Batman movie — the cast and the subtext.

1. The Cast. Michael Keaton was my fave Batman until my Christian Bale tried the batsuit on. I just love his jaw and lips. Haha. I also fell in love with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Catwoman. Feisty much. And Danny De Vito is just fantastic as the Penguin. Very, very convincing.

2. The Subtext. Batman Returns is “semiologically” rich and politically loaded. It’s full of signs and representations. The bat. The cat. The Penguin. The penguins. The circus. The sewer. Each character seems to represent a social group struggling to work their way to the top of the food chain. Uh, power. Meow. 4.5

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Movie Rundown | July 2008

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Yoshke in Movies, Reviews |

Wanted (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller; Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Stars: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman

I love love love this film. In fact, of all the movies I’ve seen this year, this is my favourite. Although many would have expected a complex plot, Wanted has a simple, solid, brave storyline which is executed beautifully. Technically, prepare for a visual orgasm. Might be a bit overdone, the editing and camerawork are stunning.

It kinda felt like I was watching a David Fincher masterpiece. (I actually thought he directed it.) I felt like watching Fight Club with more suspense, more violence but less ideologies. I was oh-so-prepared to be mesmerised by James McAvoy but it was Angelina who got me. I’ve always considered her hot but in this film, she’s HOTTT. Damn. I guess it’s time to update my fave films list. 5.0

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Get Smart (2008)
Genre: Comedy; Director: Peter Segal
Stars: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway

I must admit that I only watched this film because of Steve Carell (and Anne Hathaway but primarily Steve). I like his brand of comedy and I love many of his films — The 40-Year Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Dan in Real Life. But Get Smart is not smart at all. It’s disappointing. It’s funny, alright. But I felt like I missed 30 minutes of the movie. Everything happened in a breeze. For example, Smart and Agent 99 falling in love made me go “What?! Where did that come from?!” It is established poorly and the entire process of falling isn’t really shown. The flick is wildly entertaining but that’s just it. It’s empty. 1.5

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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Genre: Comedy; Directors: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Stars: Jack Back, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane

Of all the 3D films I’ve seen, this flick left a mark on me — as the most predictable. Really. I kinda knew what would happen in its every twist and turn. Nevertheless, it is still very solid and effective. Yeah, Kung Fu Panda is solid albeit formulaic. It’s nowhere near Shrek, Ratatouille or Finding Nemo but everyone will still surely give this panda a high-five. It cracked me up big time. And to be honest, that’s good enough for me. 3.5

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Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
Genre: Comedy; Director: Michael Patrick King
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

I know it’s one heck of a lengthy movie but it seemed short to me. I wanted more, more, more. And mind you, I was never a fan of the TV series. But I really really enjoyed it. I actually kinda regret that I only saw one season and still not religiously. I know the film is not as solid and cohesive as any decent film should be (more like a 3-hour TV season finale, if you ask me) but I enjoyed it. Immensely. 3.2

*images courtesy of shaggy4do.wordpress.com, apple.com, blog.indiewire.com, buzzsugar.com

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Some Quote, Some Football, Sam Milby

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Yoshke in Blurts, Hotties, Humor, Movies, Sports |

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“Ang hirap kasi sa inyong mga Amerikano, ang hilig n’yong makialam. Ang hilig n’yong makisawsaw. Sa Iraq, sa Vietnam, sa Pilipinas…. Eh kung hindi ba naman kayo pumunta dito nung Panahon ng mga Kastila, eh malamang hindi kami nadamay sa World War II.”
— Toni Gonzaga’s character, “You Are the One”

Something I did not expect from a Toni Gonzaga - Sam Milby romantic comedy. Haha. But it was the highlight of the movie for me.

Speaking of Sam Milby, I don’t usually like him. But have you seen his latest Bench Blackout billboards? The hot ones, yes?

Damn you, Sam. Damn you, really. Haha. You almost got me there. Hehe.

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And oh, by the way, despite being very sick lately, I’m actually in a very festive mood. Germany is through to the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after beating Portugal in the quarterfinal match. Honestly, I had been expecting a Germany-Netherlands showdown in the final until the Dutch were murdered by the Russians yesterday.

Anyway, I really hope the Germans would meet the Spaniards instead of the Italians. After all, Spain is my second favourite national team. (And David Villa, my second fave player. Miroslav Klose, you know you’re my #1 guy.)

Robin, you had better prepare my P1000 because Germany is sooo gonna win this whole Euro thing. I can smell it. Thanks for betting, haha. And Jon, don’t worry, as promised, if my team wins, I’ll treat you and some of our former officemates to a little booze party. Promise.

Oh Lord, I don’t wanna cry again…. Maybe not. Hey, it’s not THE World Cup.

Weise zu gehen Deutschland!!!
image courtesy of istockphoto.com and coleenpbb of pinoyexchange.com
and thanks to babel fish haha

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On May 31, 1985, tragedy struck when 41 tornadoes hit Canada and the US, leaving 76 people dead. At the same time, a doomed couple in the Philippines were having the best orgasms of their lives. Nine months (280 days) later, a healthy baby boy was brought into this world by normal delivery. That was exactly a week before Microsoft had its initial public offering.

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