Movie Watching Indulgence

Well, it has been days since I've treated myself to watching numerous movies and setting aside my goal to finish my blog not later than our baby's big day. Hmmm.... let me think..... I have, just more than a month to finish it.... and here I am again, blogging about other things..... well, I think I just can't let this pass.

If I remember it right, I think I had started my movie-watching indulgence last Friday night. I had started with Burlesque starring Cristina Aguillera. The movie was just like Moulin Rouge except that the former has a better story. I find Cristina's acting O.A. but I love his love-interest partner there. While the movie was on-going, the back of mind was saying, "crap! I'm wasting my time!". And as if somebody has heard me, the movie stopped in the middle part. I realized that I was watching a CD copy only and that the downloaded movie wasn't complete. The time was already 11PM and I could just turn off my laptop to sleep but I somehow felt compelled to finish it even though the ending of the movie was too predictable but I don't know, I just finished it. How? well.... the beauty of internet and the Google search engine. I foundnd sites that allowed the movie to be played through internet streaming. So that was it, I finished it! However, still I regretted wasting my time watching it. Crazy me, huh?

I wasn't able to continue my indulgence momentum the following night as my baby didn't allow me to do so. So I had it on the afternoon of the following day. I watched.... hhmmm...... I forgot....wait for a sec...oh yeah! I remember it now. Just like the movie is unforgettable, no wonder I find it hard to remember now. I watched The Last Song movie of Miley Cyrus. Yikes! I don't like her! I don't like watching her crooked teeth (oooppsss!!! heheheh sorry!!!). I don't like watching her trying to act as a tough teen. She came out trying too hard to act.  However, the movie made me feel as a teen again.. hahahahha!!!! I miss those times!!!

That same night, since my baby slept earlier than usual, I was able to watch Eat Pray and Love by Julia Roberts. The movie run approximately 2hours which just made me sleep late, again! It was just okay. I think the movie fits for those established single women who are at a loss of their track. Maybe this movie will enlighten them. It's a simple, complicated thinking movie. It opens you to a world of a person who has it's unique complex problem when on the other side of the world there are just people who simply are having problems of transversing their everyday lives and of having difficulty making their ends meet. It just made you realize that everyone has it's own purpose on this world, that nobody's perfect and that every person has its own puzzle to solve.

Last night and I hope that was the end of my indulgence, I watched Remember Me of Robert Pattinson. I guess, I have made a good choice of choosing that movie as a closing of  my movie-watching spree because I was moved by it. I was kind of expecting a light-romantic-drama movie considering Rob is there but I was wrong. The story's conflicts are deep and I have to say that Rob did a good job in acting his role. I conclude that the movie is nice. Oh, by the way! the way Robert acted his drinking of the beer and carrying his cigarette smoking, I kinda have a feeling that he's a smoker in real life? because he seems to act it naturally. Anyways, that was it my movie-watching spree.

gem: Blue Valentine

gem: Blue Valentine: "Blue Valentine is a 2010 romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and starred by Michelle Willi..."

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/gossip/michelle-williams-keeps-blue-valentine-ring-1.1051569

So they really got romantically involved huh! Well, who wouldn't in that steamy scenes they had and for a handsome guy like Ryan Gosling.

It's nice to know the aftermath of the artists' life after a certain romantic movie.

Black Swan

Well, all I can say is that no doubt Natalie Portman won as Oscar 2011's Best Actress. You can really feel the emotion Natalie did - acting as Nina who struggled to get the role as the Swan Princess and the challenges that came her way to deliver the Swan Princess's character well (specially the black swan's emotion) through ballet dancing.

I find the movie a classical, melodramatic with a touch of suspense or thriller. Classical because it has got to do with ballet music. Melodramatic because of the background of music being used in some of the scenes. A suspense because as you watched the movie you try to figure out what's happening in Nina's mind.She sometimes see herself somewhere in unexpected places and events. So it's some kind of weird. So this makes you think what's going on. I think we all have evil side of us and as much as possible through prayers, or His guidance, advises from people significant to us (or those who made impact in our lives), we struggled to live in goodness. In this movie, Nina was unable to handle the pressure properly. She was pushing herself too hard that caused her sanity and death in the end.

On the other hand, the movie opens me up to the world of ballet dancers. I realized that ballet dancing is that hard. Other than you tiptoe almost all of the time you dance, you also have to watch the food you eat because you need to be thin to be able to carry yourself when doing balancing during dancing. Personally, I don't enjoy watching ballet. Maybe it is up to the person to enjoy ballet because doing it isn't easy. You've got to really be serious to do ballet because it's not just having the ballet dance skills but you also have to be an actress to feel the story of the dance. Well, I know this is just a very sidings because the movie has more to it than just mere ballet. Maybe this is what makes the movie interesting. A drama story within a ballet dancing scenario.

This is a nice movie for people who wants to see a drama with a touch of suspense. Bottom line, it's worth watching it.

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is a 2010 romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and starred by Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. I had watched this movie last night and thought this would just be one of those that I could pass. However, I am very moved by this movie that even in my work, their story and every thing about the movie kept lingering in my mind.

To know about the story pls. visit this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/plotsummary. Read also the trivia about the movie. If you want to see it, download torrent and go to www.butlertorrent.com. Warning though, because this is piracy. :)

The story is contemporary. I like it in a way that it was so natural. Though the story was just a simple untwisted love story, Michelle and Ryan gave justice to their characters. If they didn't perform it well, this movie will just simply be flat. It amazes me how professionals they are in their job. There are love scenes (cunnilingus) done without awkwardness. I think it's really hard to do those kind of scenes, harder than doing action movies. I salute Michelle and Ryan for doing it well.

The following are the memorable scenes I consider with my take on the situation:
1) In the movie there was this part when Cindy was asking Dean what else he can do because she believe he got lots of potentials in life. But Dean was already contented of his current job..... I think this disappointed Cindy, a premed student. I think Cindy wants more of her life while Dean is just okay with what he has as of the moment. This is one of the factor that strained their relationship.
2) I really pitied Dean (Ryan) because he was really begging Cindy (Michelle) not to let go of their marriage for the sake of their daughter not to grow up in a broken family..... I can sort of connect to their situation because my parents had a not so peaceful marriage during their early years. I had witnessed their quarrels from time to time. Somehow, I am thankful that they have hold on to their vows (now their 32nd wedding anniversary is approaching). So I know how a child feels when their parents quarrel with a threat of possibility of separation.
3) The scene that touches me most is when Dean threw his wedding ring after they fought in the hospital. Before their car could leave (it was Cindy who drove the car since Dean was drunk), he got out of the car and I think out of regret, looked for the wedding ring he threw in the bushes..... I can see my father in him hehehehe.... So he really wasn't ready to let go of their relationship. Another is when he asked Cindy to tell him what to do just for her not to divorce him.

The movie is telling us that having a baby isn't enough reason to be married. However, Dean was really very good to raise Cindy's baby even though he isn't the biological father. It just showed how he loves Cindy so much. But I guess, love is just isn't enough. There are lots of things to do to make your relationship work. I believe, it's really a good foundation to know each other well before tying the knot. Both of you should somehow compliment each other, bring out the best of one another, have as much as possible the same outlook in life and are financially ready.

The movie also implied that one should be safe when engaging in a premarital sex because an unexpected baby could inevitably derail you in reaching your goals in life. Though this isn't universal because I believe that everything happens for a reason. It's just up to you how you would take the challenges that come your way.

Just to quote Dean's line in the movie "I feel like men are more romantic than women. When we get married we marry, like, one girl, 'cause we're resistant the whole way until we meet one girl and we think I'd be an idiot if I didn't marry this girl she's so great. But it seems like girls get to a place where they just kinda pick the best option... 'Oh he's got a good job.' I mean they spend their whole life looking for Prince Charming and then they marry the guy who's got a good job and is gonna stick around." 

Just to give you an idea of how commendable the movie is, this movie as well as the main stars have been nominated many times by different award giving bodies in the US. So go watch it!

The Tourist

I had a very much high expectation of this movie knowing that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are the main stars. If circumstances would've permitted me, I surely would've watch it in big screen but now I'm glad I didn't. I agree with the comments of most viewers in IMDB. Angelina and Johnny just didn't have the chemistry to pose as lovers. Maybe because I was so used to watching Angelina in a tough character and Johnny in a comical character. Though they delivered their acting well, there's just no "kilig factor" when their eyes met or when Frank (Johnny) looks deeply to Elise (Angelina) showing how attracted he is to her. The story was okay, but I found there's something lacking. Again, I think it's the lack of chemistry between Angelina and Johnny. Also, the story of the movie is too small for a big Angelina. The only actor who fits there was Paul Bettany. I really like this guy ever since his The Da Vince Code movie. I hope to see him win an Oscar Award in the future.

Initially, based on the theatrical thriller I thought its a big action movie and that the love story is just a sidings but it turned out to be the other way around.

Guys! just watch this if your intrigue to see if Jolie and Depp's lovey-dovey acting are okay. 

Love and Other Drugs

I've just watched this movie. I find it some kind of feeling good kind of movie with a mix of drama and humor. I rate it 7 out of 10.

This movie is really for adults only since the love story part could not be given justice if bed scenes aren't to be showed. Bed scenes were the foundations of their love story. It has to be done to make it a convincing, interesting and a natural one. Lots of naked bodies were exposed by the main characters. I could really salute them for being so professional specially Anne Hathaway. Unlike our local artists here who just specializes in one genre. Like a local artists who specializes in drama alone, would have to be it for the rest of her career because if she'll go beyond that like exposing her body parts, her package or wholesome image would be smeared. Her fans might not like it, hence she'll not be marketable anymore to the masses who are her and her manager's milking cow. This drama local artist must as much as possible protect her image. On the other hand, Anne Hathaway's first starring role movie if I'm not mistaken was Princess Diary, a wholesome one. However now, in this movie she didn't mind her fans. She did what she has to do to give justice to the movie. She came out here in sexy roles but she acted really good in the drama parts. So kudos to her! I think she delivered it well. She's an all in one artist. - a sexy drama actress which I have no doubt makes her one of the marketable talent.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, whatever the pronunciation of his family name is, surprised me of his good humor or shall I say "medrep convincing power" acting. I found his acting okay. I'm not a fan of him.  In fact I just know now his true name. I didn't like him to be the starring actor in Prince of Persia. I think his sense of humor acting in that movie was trying hard. However, in this movie he's natural in it.

The movie gave me a wider insight as to what medreps' lives are. How slave they are to the doctors and that a medrep has to be a good (not O.A.) charmer to charm the doctor's secretary or receptionist.

The movie also showed me a little insight on what Parkinson's disease is and how patients of this illness cope. Now I feel the need to Google it to learn more about it.

The title of the movie Love and Other Drugs is really fitting. The story is partly about the uncommitted relationship that has later on bloomed to LOVE. It also revolves in  certain pharmaceutical company (Pfizer), how they market their drugs  and how they trained their medical representatives to be a competitive one. One thing that struck me is the use of the lighted matchstick in timing their practiced speech about their products. They have to deliver in brief their speech introduction to start a conversation with a doctor. Also, I found it amazing - the giving of ballpens. Now I know that this gesture (the ballpen with the drug name in it) is really consciously part of their marketing tactics. How lucky are those doctors' receptionists because they're the abundant receiver of tokens (one of the pros if they're many) though one has to be cautious if a medrep is like the kind of Jamie. She'll surely end up in bed with him (heheheh).

Take it from me. If you're bored and want some different kind of love story, I believe this is the movie for you.

p/s I'm going to sleep late again! wwheeewww!!! this will surely worsen my skin problem. :(