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 December 17, 2009
October 31, 2009 I couldn’t resist writing about this week’s chapter of Naruto. A lot of people dropped a jaw (just like Rock Lee in page 9) when Sakura “confessed” her feelings for Naruto. Now I understand why my friends are practically screaming over Plurk when they finished reading this chapter. With the way she said it, no wonder no one believed her. Not even Naruto.
October 27, 2009
October 1, 2009
And the final verdict? It was worst than I thought. September 30, 2009 Let me interrupt my usual posts to deliver a public service announcement. Last Saturday, tropical storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) wreaked havoc in my hometown, the Philippines. It left Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces severely flooded, submerging even houses and vehicles in some areas. This is the worst flooding that the capital experienced in more than 40 years. Days after the storm, the problem now is to deliver food, water, clothing and medicines to the people displaced by the flood. (More information can be found here.) You can help by donating any amount to the Philippine National Red Cross. They have set-up a PayPal account to accept donations: September 24, 2009 This film was written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and was released last 2007. The
Japanese title is Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (秒速5センチメートル). It is made up of three short
stories in the life of Takaki Tohno, from his elementary school days up to his adult life.
Basically it is the story of Takaki’s first love, and how it affected his life. It has a
simple storyline, but it is coupled with the magnificent scenery and superb animation. It
was a touching story, to say the least. It simply blew me away.
This film was written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and was released last 2007. The Japanese title is Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (秒速5センチメートル). It is made up of three short stories in the life of Takaki Tohno, from his elementary school days up to his adult life. Basically it is the story of Takaki’s first love, Akari Shinohara, and how it affected his life. It has a simple storyline, but it is coupled with the magnificent scenery and superb animation. It was a touching story, to say the least. It simply blew me away. This is not your typical love story where the lead character gets a happy ending. In fact, it portrays the reality of first love. No matter how much you love each other, you will eventually drift apart if you lose contact with the other person. “Five centimeters per second” seems to symbolize the rate at which you find yourself drifting away from a person. A slow rate, but given enough time you just might be surprised at how far you’ve drifted away. And eventually, you will realize that you cannot go back to the way things were. August 28, 2009
Special effects are good, but not great. And geez, why is it that almost every Hollywood villain who wants to take over the world starts with destroying the Eiffel Tower? I wasn’t convinced with the car chase scenes, because they can’t drive like that in the narrow streets of Paris. And come on, am I supposed to believe that the clothing they wore in the Artic base is enough to protect them from the cold? Boo. August 15, 2009
This drama was based on the manga series created by Yuu Watase, but has an entirely different story altogether. They decided to retain the names of the characters from the manga, but this time they are working in a patisserie. I am glad that they decided on adult characters instead of high school students like in Yuu Watase’s work. This enabled the writers of the drama to go in-depth with the concept of love. The story revolves around Izawa Riiko, a temporary worker from the Asamoto company and an aspiring patissier. She was chosen to test the new robot-lover invention, Tenjou Night. There are lots of funny antics in the series, courtesy of Night trying to win Riiko’s love. On the other hand, Riiko is in love with her boss, Asamoto Soushi. Turns out that he also likes Riiko, but failed to express his emotions because of the presence of Night. August 12, 2009 Watched it in 3D today. To be honest, I didn’t see much of a difference, noticed a scene or two popped up off the screen out of the 1 hour, 30 minutes I’ve been there. But since I was wearing the goggles the entire time, I barely realized that it is already in 3D. I did see that the French subtitles were popping up, and it looked blurred the moment I took the glasses off. But since I ignore those subtitles anyway, there isn’t really much of a difference.
It is still a good movie to watch, though I would be perfectly happy even if I was only watching it in 2D. Most of the time I can’t tell the difference when watching it with the glasses and without the glasses. It’s already a visual treat with the 2D version. I’d say, another plus for Pixar with this film. I mean, going to South America by using lots of balloons to lift your house! Leave it to Pixar to think of great ideas for a story.
My favorite character in the film is Russell, no contest. He is just too adorable! So agile too, for a fat kid. Or maybe that’s the adrenaline working. Haha. I love the last scene where he gets the badge for helping the elderly, but looked like he just survived a dragon attack. I was laughing hard at that one.
Another scene that got me entertained was the battle between Carl Fredricksen and Charles Muntz. For one moment, it’s as if you are watching a battle between a Jedi and a Sith. The next scene, they couldn’t attack because their bones were cracking as they raised their weapons. You suddenly remember that these are old people to begin with. Haha!
The one thing that really made me burst out laughing is Alpha. I mean, his voice! The whole cinema was laughing with me whenever he talks. It was just too crazy! You really have to hear it for yourself. Ohohohoho!
This story didn’t make me cry as much as the other Pixar films though. I don’t know, maybe the sad part was introduced a bit too early with the death of Ellie. So when the conflict of the film came up, when Russell left Carl to save the bird Kevin, it was just an ‘aww’ moment for me. Or maybe I was just too busy laughing at the antics of Dug and the rest of the dog pack.
So how did it fare compared with the rest of the Pixar films? Not much, I’m afraid. It’s kind of hard to beat the previous films when you have to compete with a lot of good films in the past: Wall-E, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story, The Incredibles, A Bug’s Life, and so on. Maybe a fourth or a fifth place spot for me among all of the Pixar films I’ve watched.
It is still a good movie to watch, though I would be perfectly happy even if I was only watching it in 2D. Most of the time I can’t tell the difference when watching it with the glasses and without the glasses. It’s already a visual treat with the 2D version. I’d say, another plus for Pixar with this film. I mean, going to South America by using lots of balloons to lift your house! Leave it to Pixar to think of great ideas for a story. July 23, 2009
As soon as I finish watching an episode, I can’t help but proceed with the next one. Who would have thought that I would be hooked with following Aang’s journey as he learned how to control or “bend” all of the four elements while countering the attacks made by the Fire Kingdom. For three days, I was treated to amazing fight scenes among the benders of fire, air, water and earth. Continue reading “Avatar: The Last Airbender”  Tags: Aang, Air, animated series, animation, Appa, Avatar, cartoons, Earth, Fire, Katara, Nickelodeon, Sokka, The Last Airbender, Toph, Water, Zuko  Leave a comment |
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