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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Simply titled - THE EAGLE
Unfortunately,
like the afternoon movies, the primetime movies are also dubbed in tagalong
(Pilipino dialect) Sad to say, if you can’t beat em cause you
can’t afford cable TV, then join em by watching local channels. All local
channels to date have followed this practice. All movies are dubbed SOB SOB SOB
it seems that people are having nosebleeds just by watching
English movies. Whatever gave me that idea? They have am advertisement/commercial
saying why not watch your favorite in this local channels, it won’t make your
nose bleed cause we’d dub them APPLAUSE APPLAUSE Gosh, what about us ? The few
who appreciate a good movie on its natural form ?
Nevertheless
the show must go on. For tonight their showing a rather nice movie titled THEEAGLE, a 2011 historical epic film starring
Channing
Tatum, Jamie
Bell, and Donald Sutherland. the film tells the story of a
young Roman officer searching to recover the lost Roman
eagle standard of his father's legion in the northern part of Great
Britain.
My
husband’s comment : Why not just make another one? It’s just steel or gold or
something? Let them have it. FACT : The story is based on the Ninth
Spanish Legion's supposed disappearance in Britain.
It
was a good movie, there was a lot of action and a lot of heart. It’s a movie
about loyalty between master & slave that flourished into a deep
friendship. Another realization here is that the Romans suck hahaha well in
most movies they often do. Killing, burning, raping. I am not an expert in
roman history so this is just an observation in the movies I saw. Maybe when I
have the chance I’d look into it. Again, this movie would be a great watch in
its original form – English.
Friday, August 16, 2013
ZEUS is down !!!
My all
time favorite for the US President VS Terrorist Themed movies is none other
than Harrison Fords’ AIR FORCE ONE. For me, it is the undisputed best ! There’s
of course the US President for “Independence Day” Bill Pullman, but
it’s terrorism by aliens so it doesn’t count.
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, it has a Godly ring to it doesn’t it? Mount Olympus is where the
Great Zeus lives so it’s just fitting to put it in contrast with the white
house where the most powerful man in the world lives. And when they say fallen,
I mean they really meant it. This movie aimed to illustrate a destroyed White
House, ALL of the secret service killed, together with a lot of policemen &
innocent bystanders in just 12 minutes. Don’t worry, the scene was not gory, it
was action packed yet filled with emotions. Unlike AIR FORCE ONE wherein the US
President kicked Ass, here a lone shelved secret service went RAMBO & saved
the US President all by himself. It was not “fantastic” so to say that his
moves were far-fetched. It was a combination of brains & brawn. Success in
any endeavor will prove successful in knowing significant information, in his
case the ins & out of the White House literally.
Officially,
Olympus has Fallen is NOW my No. 1. It’s a collectors’ item. And it’s a movie
you would want to watch over & over & over again. Hands up to Gerard
Butler, the lone secret service Mike Banning turned Rambo ! Also to Aaron Eckhart as US
President Benjamin Ascher, I liked him better here than as 2 Face in Batman, he is more of
a Hero beauty than a Villain to me LOL.
Friday, August 9, 2013
PREMIUM RUSH
True to its title this movie
would definitely give you a rush. The whole story is about events amounting
from 2 to 3 hours of none stop bike action. Nothing hi-tech, no special effects
what so ever, just plain cycling power. It contains numerous flash-forward and
flashback cuts of events so you have to stay focused – KEEP UP ! There was no
dull moment ! It also showed that despite technology - emails, text & the
likes, there’s still nothing like “bicycle messenger” ! No wonder they’re
considered in the streets of new York, they get the job done.
A final note thou: Up to this age
& time, is it really true that people are still being smuggled from
mainland ? So sad. I noticed that this issue always comes up in movies.
This movie is a GREAT watch !
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