INVICTUS

Kakauwi ko lang matapos kong makapanood ng sine sa Makati, salamat sa aking kaibigan dahil libre yung movie. Salamat sa premier ticket pass namin. hehehe.

Masasabi kong isa ito sa pinaka-magandang movie na napanood ko. Madadala ka talaga ng main character sa flow ng istorya. Para kang mabibigyan ng bagong pag-asa at lakas ng loob. Sa tingin ko ang istoryang ito ay magandang maging halimbawa sa Pilipinas at sa kalagayan natin ngayon.

Ang istoryang ito ay naganap sa South Africa sa taong kung kelang pinayagan ng bumuto ang mga South African's para sa kanilang Democratic Election. Ito rin ang panahon na si Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) ay kakalaya lamang sa kulungan at nahalal bilang presidente ng South Africa. Dala niya ang pag-asa ng pagbabago mula sa pang-aapi sa kanila ng mga dating namumuno sa kanila.

Who are the Angels and Demons??

Sa tingin ko naman ay halos lahat tayo ay naging familiar na sa librong ito ni Dan Brown... Kung hindi ay "shomod" ka na lang dyan... Anyway! Naging controbersyal din ang libro na ito dahil sa parang may mga mali daw na mensaheng pinaparating ang aklat na ito sa mga Katoliko... Kung kaya naman ay ang daming batikos ang inabot ng aklat na ito mula sa Simabahang Katoliko gaya ng isa pa nyang aklat na "The Da Vinci Code"...

Hindi nagustuhan umano ng Simabahang Katoliko ang ibang mga nilalaman ng aklat tungkol sa mga Conspiracy Theories at kung anu-ano pa...

Gaya ng Da Vinci Code na nagkaron ng Movie adaptation ay meron na ring Movie ang Angels and Demons na mas naunang aklat... Noong Linggo lang ay pinalad akong mapanood ang movie na ito dahil sa pangungunsensya sakin nila Chroneicon, Lethalverses at Damdam... Yung 10:30pm movie sana ang mapapanood namin at dahil may pasok ako kinabukasan ay medyo nahiya naman sila sakin, pero panay ang parinig sakin... Tae Kayo!!! Pero dahil gusto ko rin mapanood ito ay napalitan akong panoorin namin ang last full show na 11:30pm...

Yung mga nakapanood ng Da Vinci Code ay hindi daw nagandahan sa movie nito kumpara sa aklat, pero gaya ng ibang book to movies, mahirap nga namang iparehas talaga lahat... Kung kayat hindi ako sigurado kung maganda ang kalalabasan ng movie ng Angels and Demons... At dahil sa noon pa ay sinubukan kong basahin ang aklat na ito, may tatlong taon na ang nakakaraan ay sa kasipagan ko ay nasa Chapter 50 pa rin ako... Lolz!

Pero sa bahagi ng nabasa ko sa ipinalabas sa movie masasabi kong may mga konting changes lang sa story pero kung pagbabasihan ko ang pagkakagawa sa movie ay maganda siya... Walang boring na scenes sa kanya... Dahil sa mahilig ako sa mga mysteries ay nagustuhan ko kung pano ka papaisipin... Ang mga exciting scenes nito gaya ng mga habulan at pag-solve ng mga riddles "Path to Illumination" ayon kay Galileo nung sinaunang panahon... At ang pinaka mahirap na part sa lahat para sa akin ay hulaan kung sinu ang master mind ng lahat ng iyon...

Kung kaya't ang masasabi ko lang ay maganda talaga ang movie na ito at highly recommended ko na panoorin nyo... Kung Dan Brown fan ka man, wag mo na lang muna isipin kung paano siya naiba sa aklat, gamitin mo na lang ang imahinasyon mo kung pano binigyang buhay ni Director Ron Howard ang aklat sa kanyang pelikula...

Sa ibang aspeto naman ng istorya, masasabi kong mas naapreciate ko ang pagiging Kristiyano ko lalo ng mapanood ko ito... Dahil, mapapatunayan mo talaga na tao lang tayong lahat, may nagkakasala at mga nagkakamali maging anu man ang estado natin sa buhay o anuman ang ginagampanan natin sa ating mundo... Ang dapat ay tanggapin natin ang ating mga pagkakamali at matuto sa mga ito at simulang baguhin ang ating mga sarili...

Isa ko pang nagustuhan ay kahit na pinigilan ng Vatican na mag-film si Ron Howard sa Vatican ay naipakita niya ang kagandahan ng Vatican Rome... Remake lang ang set na ginawa nya upang maituloy lamang ang movie... Ngayon ay parang gusto kong isama sa listahan ng mga bansang pupuntahan ang Vatican Rome...

Sa movie lang na yun nakita kung gaano kaganda ang Vatican... Pagkakataon ko rin ito upang mas maramdaman ang aking pagiging Katoliko....

The JOKER Movie

I know that a lot of bloggers and enthusiast will write about how great "The Dark Knight" movie is and how Christian Bale has portrayed Batman so well... Everyone would also say that this is the best Batman Movie that came out so far and I totally agree with that...

With what I am about to say may angry all the Batman Fans out there... But I believe that THE JOKER played by Heath Ledger has outshined Batman in this movie...

Yes, Christian Bale has also portrayed Batman very well especially in this new movie... He has given justice to the role... But I think his image here i quite different from what Batman should have been in the comics... The type of person who likes being alone and keeps everything to himself... I don't know but this is how I saw it...

I think "Two Face" was a great additional character to the film, but I think it did not really shown of what his true character is in the movie... He played a little part in the end only...

Now for me, the high light of the movie is really THE JOKER....

It seems that THE JOKER has really over shadowed BATMAN in this movie... It's how Heath Ledger has really given life to JOKER that you almost can't tell if it's just acting or a really person... It was really quite disturbing how he does everything in the movie... The voice and laugh was really great (I hope it's not just any dubbing or effect) because it really has given life to JOKER... THE JOKER here showed Mannerism that is not in the real character of the real JOKER in the comics... But I must admit it has added more creappiness in his character...

I also think Heath Ledger is the best JOKER character compared to the veteran actor Jack Nicholson... It's as if he has become the character that he is portraying, being the JOKER himself inside...

More importantly, we must not forget to give praise to the person who wrote the story for this film... All hands down (samba) to Writer: David Goyer, for coming up with a great story for The Dark Knight... He scences keeps me guessing on what will happen next and what will Joker do next... The Joker really had taken control of all the situations in the movie... How he plotted against everyone, The Mob, The Police, Batman and everyone else... Putting up a show for everyone, being the new breed of Gangsters in town... Fueled, not by money and greed but the sheer passion for crime, havoc and chaos... He keeps on manipulating people, bring-out the inner demons that everyone has in themselves... He even turned a great man "Harvey Dent" in a villain which is "Two Face"...

Their is one line of JOKER that keeps on lingering in my head "You Complete Me"... At first, it made me laugh because it's a very corny line to say in a very good movie but come to think of it, that line has a deep meaning into it... "You Complete Me", may sound mushy but the true meaning is that, NO HERO can be really called A HERO without having an ARCHENEMY... A Villain that almost equals the Hero... Because without an Archenemy he is not a Hero, he is just a normal crime fighter... Just like SUPERMAN and LEX LUTHOR, CAPT. AMERICA and RED SKULL... Before anyone can really be called a Hero is when he has proven himself by defeating his greatest enemy that is were he will really be known...

I would also like to add something on my blog... Last July 17, Thursday, I was suprissed that our company was given a Movie Pass by one our partners "ACER". It was chance to watch the Movie early on and the best thing is for FREE... Our company was given 10 tickets of this, but ofcourse it was given to our Marketing Manager. She was the one who distributed it to the people inside the office who wanted to watch the movie... I also got a ticket, but unfortunately I had alot of work to be done on that day, 4 meeting with a client and I even have to got to Antipolo to deliver a service unit for my bosses client... I just told our Marketing Manager that I could not watch the movie since I will be out the whole day... And the sadest part it that the ticket is only applicable on that day only...

After my 3rd client visit, I called the client from Antipolo is it's ok with them for us to make the delivery on the following day, and they agreed... So I returned to the office earlier that expected... My ticket was already given out to someone else already, I wanted to get it back but I opted not to... My reason is plain and simple, most of my officemates will be watching and we aren't really that close so I think I won't enjoy watching the movie... I would rather spend and buy my own ticket and watch it with my friends...