Cast
Lee Beom Soo
Yoon Jeong Hee
Nam Gyoo Ri
Kim Beom
Han Na Yeon
Lee Eol
Kim So Hee
Kong Jeong Hwan
Ham Eun Jeong
Jin Seong, Kang I Seul
Choi In Sook
Jo Ah Ra
Director
Yoon Hong Seung
Summary
About 200 days prior to the college entrance exam, a school manages a cram course for its top 20 students. Evaluated only by their grades, school life is so stressful that some students suffer from serious mental problems. A sudden piano solo of "Fur Elise" wakes up the sleeping students and a screen shows the top student, Hye Yeong, dying in a water tank. A voice asks the students to solve a question, to decide the fate of Hye Yeong.
(Source: filmasia.blogspot.com)
Photos: courtesy of www.crunchyroll.com
Monday, October 20, 2008
Death Bell
My Mighty Princess
It is a korean film. As expected from the previous korean movies I've watched, I was not disappointed. The movie is full of humor but with a very superb action. Actually, I already put it on the list of my favorite movies. Very simple movie but very very good. (clap,clap,clap)
Here is the summary of the story.
KANG So-hwi, a beautiful martial arts prodigy, is about to embark on a journey into adulthood. But her journey is like no other. Her super-human strength and martial arts prowess scares away her fellow undergrads and even the boy she has fallen for. Devastated, So-hwi decides to give up martial arts and takes a different path. Her father, a martial artist himself, is afraid of losing an heiress to the family’s martial artistry, and missions So-hwi’s old buddy Il-yeong to persuade her to stay in the field. Meanwhile, the evil Heuk-bong provokes a war to conquer the martial arts world with the legendary Fine Blade he stole in the past, killing every swordsman one after another. So-hwi’s father comes to a showdown with Heuk-bong, but the battle leaves him fatally injured. On the brink of her father’s death, So-hwi picks up a sword again with a burning desire for revenge.
Director
Kwak Jae-yong
(source:http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/My_Mighty_Princess_-_Movie)
Cast
Sin Min-ah - So-hwi/Ok-soon
- Il-yeong
Yoo Geon - Joon-mo
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Secret to Maintain A Fit Body
Lately, I'm getting bigger and bigger.
My nutrition teacher said, if I want to maintain a fit body I should take out what I took in. I should burn every calories that I take in everyday. Since I eat a lot lately, I should take an extra exercise to prevent the accumulation of fat and carbs in my body.
The problem is, I hate tiring myself going out to gym or jogging around the academic oval. Then I discovered a way to burn my extra calories.
The secret? Hmmm...
Try it guys and you'll prove that it is very effective. He he he!
Here are the list of activities and its equivalent calories that are burned before, during, and after 'sex'.
Is it true?
Calories Burned During Sex
Why not you and I have a test? (just kidding)
REMOVING HER CLOTHES:
With her consent
12 Calories
Without her consent
2,187 Calories
OPENING HER BRA:
With both hands
8 Calories
With one hand
12 Calories
With your teeth
485 Calories
PUTTING ON A CONDOM:
With an erection
6 Calories
Without an erection
3,315 Calories
POSITIONS:
Missionary
12 Calories
69 lying down
78 Calories
69 standing up
812 Calories
Wheelbarrow
216 Calories
Doggy Style
326 Calories
Italian chandelier
2,912 Calories
ORGASMS:
Real
112 Calories
Fake
1,315 Calories
POST ORGASM:
Lying in bed hugging
18 Calories
Getting up immediately
36 Calories
Explaining why you got out of bed immediately
816 Calories
GETTING A SECOND ERECTION:
If you are:
20-29 years
36 Calories
30-39 years
80 Calories
40-49 years
124 Calories
50-59 years
1,972 Calories
60-69 years
7,916 Calories
70 and over
Results are still pending
DRESSING AFTERWARDS:
Calmly..
32 Calories
In a hurry
98 Calories
With her father knocking at the door
5,218 Calories
With your wife knocking at the door
13,521 Calories
Results may vary!
THERE'S A LOT OF SADNESS IN THE WORLD
Right now, as you read this,
Over 50 Million couples are having SEX!
And you're on the computer reading my Blog!
(forwarded message from my superior, ha ha ha!)
Thursday, September 25, 2008
UP Film Institute English movies you should not translate in Tagalog
(copy paste from Chad's forwarded e-mail)
English Movies You Should Never Translate In Tagalog
1. Black Hawk Down - Ibong Maitim sa Ibaba
2. Dead Man's Chest - Dodo ng Taong Patay
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer - Uyy... Aminin!
4. Love, Actually - Sa Totoo Lang, Pag-ibig
5. Million Dollar Baby - 50 Milyong Pisong Sanggol (depende sa exchange rate)
6. The Blair Witch Project - Ang Proyekto ng Bruhang si Blair
7. Mary Poppins - Si Mariang May Putok
8. Snakes on a Plane - Nag-ahasan sa Ere
9. The Postman Always Rings Twice - Ang Kartero Kapag Dumutdot Laging Dalawang Beses
10. Sum of All Fears - Takot Mo, Takot Ko, Takot Nating Lahat
11. Swordfish - Talakitok
12. Pretty Woman - Ganda ng Lola Mo
13. Robin Hood, Men in Tights - Si Robin Hood at Ang Mga Felix Bakat
14. Four Weddings and a Funeral - Kahit Apat na Beses ka Pang Magpakasal, Mamamatay Ka Rin
15. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ako, Ikaw, Kayong Lahat
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Adik si Harry, Tumira ng Shabu
17. Click - Isang Pindot Ka Lang
18. Brokeback Mountain - May Nawasak sa Likod ng Bundok ng Tralala/Bumigay sa Bundok 19. The Day of the Dead - Undas
20. Waterworld – Pista ng San Juan
21 . There's Something About Mary - May K'wan sa Ano ni Maria
22. Employee of the Month - Ang Sipsip
23. Resident Evil - Ang Biyenan
24. Kill Bill - Kilitiin sa Bilbil
25. The Grudge - Lintik lang ang Walang Ganti
26. Nightmare Before Christmas - Binangungot sa Noche Buena
27. Never Been Kissed - Pangit Kasi
28. Gone in 60 Seconds - 1 Round Lang, Tulog
29. The Fast and the Furious - Ang Bitin, Galit
30. Too Fast, Too Furious - Kapag Sobrang Bitin, Sobrang Galit
31. Dude, Where's My Car - Dong, Anong Level Ulit Tayo Nag-park?
32. Beauty and the Beast - Ang Asawa ko at ang Nanay Nya
33. The Lord of the Rings - Ang Alahero
34. Die Hard - Hindi Mamatay-matay
35. Die Hard, With A Vengeance - Hindi Na Mamatay-matay, Nag-higanti Pa
36. Lost In Space - Mga Tangang Naligaw sa Kalawakan
37. Paycheck - Sweldo
38. What Lies Beneath - Ang Pagsisinungaling sa Ilalim
39. Superman, The Return - Si Superman Bumalik, Naiwanan Ang Brief
40. Cinderella Man - Bading si Cinderella
41. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Nag-trabaho si Charlie sa Goya
42. Blade Runner - Magnanakaw ng Labaha
43. Schindler's List - Mga May Utang kay Schindler
44. Men In Black - Mga Lalaking Namatayan
45. X-Men, The Last Stand - Mga Dating Lalaki, Huling Tinayuan
46. Wedding Crashers - Mga Bwiset sa Kasal
47. The Day After Tomorrow - Sa Makalawa
48. Three Men and a Baby - Ang Tatlong Yayo
49. Catch Me If You Can - Habulin Mo 'Ko
50. A Bug's Life - Ang Buhay ng Isang Surot
51. Die Another Day - Mamatay Ka Uli Bukas
52. The Rock - Ang Shabu
53. Jaws - Panga
54. Back to the Future - Sa Likod ng Hinaharap
55. In the Line of Fire - Tumulay ka sa Alambreng may Apoy
56. Saturday Night Fever - Sabado ng Gabi, may Trangkaso
57. Stepmom - Tapakan si Inang
58. Brother Bear - Kuya Oso 58. Police Academy - Paaralan ng Mga Buwaya
60. The English Patient - Ang Pasyenteng Inglesera
61. Man on Fire - Nasusunog na Mama
62. The Horse Whisperer - Ang Tsismoso ng mga Kabayo
63. Dante's Peak - Ang Bumbunan ni Dante
64. Legends of the Fall - Ang Kasaysayan ng mga Lampa
65. The Forgotten - Ewan
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
UP Prof Quotable Quotes
(Copy paste from Karla's Multiply blog)
The real world is not going to say "Okay, the deadline is moved to here, there, blah blah blah". That's why it's called a deadline. It's already dead. It's not dying, it's dead.
--Prof. Mendoza, Psych 135 class asking for extension of research paper deadline.
"The aim of policy making is to invoke action! Because action speaks louder than words! You do not just say I love you. You say: If you love me, enter me!" -Dr. Alfonso Pacquing
"Class, next week na lang ung result sa exam nyo. I am having a hard time checking it. I will seek first the divine guidance on what to do about it. Class dont worry about your grade. Let me worry about it." Sir de jesus,envi sci 1
(valentines day) "Ano ba yan? Students ba kayo ng UP? Bakit ang bababa ng scores niyo? Siguro wala kayong date ngayong valentines kaya ganito kayo. Losers!!! When i was your age i had a date. Hindi ba naapektuhan ng UP FAIR euphoria ng grades niyo? Parang di kayo masaya..." (sabay matching tapon ng quizzes sa sahig) "I won't record this. Go find a date." (sabay walk out.) -Sir Doliente,BA.
"I don't give surprise long exams. all exams are announced. Halimbawa, Class, mageexam tayo, NGAYON NA!" -Ma'am Chei Billedo, Psych
"Oo, nagpapaulan ako ng uno... baket? aanhin ko ba nun? di naman ako yayaman dun." -Sir Atoy Navarro, histo I
"Nasa bandang gilid ang fallopian tube. Kaya kung gusto niyong magka-anak ng asawa niyo, dapat nakatagilid kayo habang gumagawa." -Ma'am Meggie, Zoo 10
atheist ako, pero pag nasa bahay, nagro rosary kami ng Nanay ko, eh kung magalit sa kin yun.
--Socio 11 Prof
"you do not fall in love; you rise in love. That's how you love rationally." --Dr. FG david
"Kahit magpakamatay ka pa di mo masasagot yang problem set na yan dahil pang-157 (phy chem II) yan!" - ibid
"Don't take the BAR and yourselves too seriously. baka mabalitaan nalang namin na nag-o-oral summation kayo sa Luneta. O lumulutang-lutang sa PasigRiver. Enjoy yourselves, relax, and read at least 15 hours a day. Nakakabobo ang sobrang tulog. MAg relax ka habang nagbabasa. Magrelax habang nagmi-memorize. "
"Pag nananaba ka sa oras ng exams, ibig sabihin di ka papasa."
"Oh the BAR isn't scary. It's terrifying. It might even kill you."
"Wow. Rape-able." and "Stand up Miss ___ so that I might see the contours of your body."
Ito naman from our Prof. Ancient:
"Mga engineers? Nako. Bihira pumapasa sa BAR."
"Sa mga taga-UP lang ako bilib eh. Pagpasok nila sa lawschool, hindi sila disoriented. Bilib ako sa study habits na meron yang mga batang yan. Some of them look like they eat kamote thrice a day, pero ang utak, di ututin!" (ewan ko kung matutuwa ako dito o hindi)
sabi ng aming dean who is 80 yrs old, "class you're laughing now, but i will predecease you all"
prof: O, meron na bang nakapunta sa inyong XXX
class: (tahimik)
prof: (medyo nadisappoint) Ano?! Puro na lang ba kayo aral? Aral na lang kayo ng aral, ha? Wala na kayong napupuntahan kakaaral niyo!
same prof: Nakita niyo na ba ang Hooverdam?
class: (tahimik uli)
prof: Hehehehe, ang yabang ko talaga!
Second day of classes
Same Prof: (kinuha ang box ng colored chalks) Ano ba naman ito... (tapos iniitsa sa lamesa yung mga dark colored chalks)
class: (tahimik na nagmamasid)
Prof: Class, sulatan niyo ang manufacturer ng chalk na ito, at sabihing tanggalin na ang mga walang kwentang kulay na ito... brown, green, violet. hindi makikita ito sa board. Convince them
class: (tahimik at gulat)
Prof: and .25 incentive sa final grade niyo!
terror prof after an exam (last day na din ng class..): ok class.. see you next sem!
"Ateneo is not a university, it's a diploma mill. Bakit ba nakangiti pa mga estudyante dyan kapag lalabas sila ng gate nila, hindi ba nila nalalaman ang nami-miss nila sa edukasyon?"
"The more wisdom you obtain, the more you shut your mouth. This is because the more that you learn, the more you realize that there are even more things that you do not know. The true mark of an idiot is a loudmouth, the true mark of a wise man is humility"
--Paraphrased galing kay PI100. Puta best prof sa CAL.
Classmate: Ma'am, pwede po bang next week na kami mag report?
Ma'am: Alam mo, God is good. And I am God. So yes, pwede next week.
galing kay sir U eliserio during creative writing class...
"try everything once except incest"
and one day pumasok ng room, galit na galit. hinagis ang bag sa table, nagwawala sa harap ng room dahil hindi daw nasagot ng previous class niya ang question niya. kaya dapat daw masagot namin, ang makasagot may plus points. kapag walang makasagot, lagot kami. ang tanong.... "class, sinong lalaking artista dun sa TV show na wonder years"?
"Mamatay na mangopya..."
saka
"Ang hindi maka-100, bobo!".
"im gay. so gay i could show you my penis because it is but an accessory to my body"
-jean navera, spcm1
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES: "Kung may boyfriend o girlfriend kayo na hindi taga-UP, hiwalayan niyo na agad. Walang pupuntahan yan. Hindi kayo magkaka-intindihan. Tapos yung mga anak niyo, magiging bobo. Gusto niyo ba yun?"
ANOTHER PROF: "Hoy girls, wag kayong kukuha ng boyfriend dito sa UP. Pare-parehas tayong mahirap dito. Kumuha kayo ng mayaman. 80% of the child's intelligence comes from the Mother naman eh. Kayo guys, wag kayo kukuha ng bobong babae. Kahit matalino kayo, magiging bobo anak niyo."
STUDENT: Sir, pwede po magpa-sit in yung friends ko?
PROF: From what school are they?
STUDENT: St. Scho po.
PROF: "Go ahead. So they'll realize what they're missing. St. Scho, St. Scho... eskwelahan na ba yun sa inyo?!"
sa PHILO:
"I THINK THEREFORE I AM FROM UP!"
"Class, kaya mahal ang bayad sa mga professors sa ibang school kasi ang bobobo ng mga estudyante dun. Dyuskoh, I used to teach there... at lumuluha talaga ako ng dugo bago maintindihan ng mga students yung sinasabi ko. Ang mahal nga ng bayad, magkakasakit ka naman sa panga kakaulit ng lessons! Wag na lang! Dito na ko sa UP, at least nagkakaintindihan tayo. Diba?"
Dahil kami ang mga huling estudyante ni Dr.David at mahal na mahal namin siya, nag-compile kami dati ng mga quotable quotes mula sa kanya. Ito ang ilan:
"Meanings we find are the meanings we make."
"WHAT YOU LEARN IN UP IS TO GO ON AND NEVER GIVE UP. THAT IF THERE BE
ONE PERSON LEFT STANDING, LET IT BE ME. LET ATENEO FALL FIRST BEFORE
UP..."
"The measure of a man is how many doors he has opened to other people, especially to those he doesn't know."
"To be born is to die. In between they grow and multiply like flies. 6.2 billion people in the world. Kadiri, ano?"
"Why not life? Why call it soul? Call a spade a spade."
"Earth is the only heaven we can know."
"religion is a successful economic institution"
"Do not live long enough to be worthless."
"Domestication of the human male is one of the greatest achievement of the human race."
"I do not know many. I only know enough to teach my classes."
"We do not accept anyone here in class except for those who are members of a certain minority group. For example, gays are part of a minority group, bakla ka ba? If you admit to this class that you are gay, then I'll admit you"
-Prof, to a guy student na nagpre-prerog
"kapatid ng sinungaling ang magnanakaw.
"ergo, gma's marriage to mike arroyo is null and void ab initio."
consti law class, 1st sem, AY 2005-06
"running for summa ka? mapapagod ka lang."
"Bilib ka kay Alan Peter Cayetano? E ambaba ng grades n'un e!"
"Si Miriam, crush ko 'yun dati. Muntikan na maging kami, kaso nasiraan ng ulo, kaya 'yun, iba ang asawa ko."
"Class, gusto ko kayong i-train na mag-English, so when you're here in class, magsalita kayo ng English! Ako lang ang exempted dahil matanda na ako at ako ang teacher!"
Ma'am Vitriolo (2nd to the last meeting)
Okay class, next week, we start the lecture proper.
from my socsci1 prof last sem: "Birds of the same feather FLOCK together...don' t forget the L".
"I'll strangle you, strangle you really hard, smack right in your jugular (pause ng mga 5 seconds), you do know where your jugular is?"
"Be ready with your speech because I am going to lambaste you!"
-namutla nalang yung classmate kong freshie after hearing sir navera sa spcm 1 namin
'bakit parang napakaligaya ng klase niyo? maging sad naman kayo, 5 mins.' - prof ko sa math 100.
"well of course when you sell your soul you have to make an elaborate justification to make yourself feel good."
-Sir Walden Bello, Socio 127, this sem
"ano bang natapos mo? italian 8?"
"punyetissima! " (sosyal pati mura italian!)
"look at me i'm 433 years old pero ang lakas lakas ko pa. eh kung walang gulay eh di kakain na lang ako ng damo. kung wala eh di tubig, kung wala mag-ipon na lang ako ng laway."
-Sir Tiamson, Italian 11, this sem
from Prof Soresca in my spanish 1 class
Prof:"Mr. Gatbunton, why are you late?!"
Student:"Sorry Mam, galing pa ako Las Pinas."
Prof: "Ladies, don't marry somebody from Las Pinas because they have bamboo organs!!"
"there are only two countries who still use Fahrenheit.. the United
States of America and Liberia... a pathetic country in africa"
--Sir Argete
Marx is more Christian than Christ and Christ is more Marxist than Marx. - Sir Lanuza.
sa geol11, ayaw mag-recite ng mga classmates ko..
sabi ni ma'am cathy
"wag na mahiya, you have nothing to lose but your face.."
si sir agapito..habang 2nd exam at malakas ang ulan..
"ang lakas ng ulan, ayos yan at least hindi halata pag umiiyak.."
Class: Sir, sa exams po ba nagbibigay kayo ng partial points?
Prof: Hmm, if I see partial wisdom.
"It's okay to smoke inside my class. As long as you don't breathe it out." -Dr. Obsioma, Biodiversity
"Oh, this is good. It's poetic because it's perfectly stupid." - Ricardo de Ungria last week on my classmate's work.
Prof: Did I remind the class last meeting that we're going to have an exam today?
Class: (dead air)
Prof: Ok, it seems I forgot to remind the class that we're going to have an exam today. I'm giving you five minutes then to buy a bluebook. We're going to have an exam today.
sir tiamson (span 11)
"ayan, di ka makasagot. yung bakal sa ngipin mo naapektuhan na yung pagsasalita mo"
Dr. Gapud during a 3 hour lecture insect taxonomy class... after the 1st hour:
"class, gising pa kayo? mukhang inaa antok na kayo a. i understand, nakakaantok talaga ako maglecture.. . pati nga ako inaantuk na e".
in a lecture class discussing evolution, after nag excuse na lumabas ang isang lalaking estudyante for the 2nd time:
UP prof: o... there goes the Home erectus again. ..
In a lecture class, after giving a joke related to his current lecture topic, UP prof: sa mga hinde natawa, repeaters kasi kayo at narinig nyo na yan joke na yan sems ago... sorry, yan lang kasi ang joke ko e.
during a MSc compre, isa sa mga advisers asked this:
UP prof: are you familiar with the Insect Ecology Book by (the name of the author)?
Grad student: yes sir.
UP prof: that's great... so, anu kulay nan cover nun book na yun?
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM: Two-thumbs up for me
I watched Forbidden Kingdom yesterday at Cinema 3 of Mall of Asia worth Php170.00 plus Php125.00 snack treat of Popcorn and soda. It started at 8:55pm and ends at around 11:00 in the evening.
Casts:
Jackie Chan (Lu Yan/Old Hop), Jet Li (Silent Monk/Monkey King), Collin Chou (Jade Warlord), Liu Yifei (Golden Sparrow), Li Bing Bing (Ni Chang) and Michael Angarano (Jason Tripitikas).
Directed by Rob Minkoff; written by John Fusco; director of photography, Peter Pau; edited by Eric Strand; music by David Buckley; action choreography by Yuen Wo Ping; production designer, Bill Brzeski; produced by Casey Silver; released by Lionsgate. Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes.
New York Times Review
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: April 18, 2008
(http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/movies/18king.html)
At first glance “Forbidden Kingdom,” the first movie to unite the martial arts action stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li, might be mistaken for a pastiche of its genre. Its main character, a Boston teenager named Jason (Michael Angarano), is obsessed with kung fu cinema, and the ways of modern Hollywood might lead you to expect the filmmakers to mock, travesty or wink at this obsession.
Instead they — the screenwriter John Fusco and the director Rob Minkoff — clearly share it. And though it is an English-language film (albeit a heavily accented one), “Forbidden Kingdom” is a faithful and disarmingly earnest attempt to honor some venerable and popular Chinese cinematic traditions.
These include a plot that is at times so convoluted as to teeter on the brink of incomprehensibility, a heavy brocade of martial honor and blurry mysticism, and above all a lot of wildly inventive fighting. The battles were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping, one of the supreme masters of the art, and shot by Peter Pau, whose credits as a cinematographer include “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
Filmed on Chinese locations and studio sets, the movie shows the lavish artificiality that is, in the currently booming Chinese film industry, a sign of authenticity. Mr. Chan made his name in scruffier, scrappier Hong Kong entertainments, but as he has aged into an international superstar, he has come to seem at home just about everywhere. Here he plays two roles: an elderly junk dealer in 21st-century Boston and an itinerant fighter, specializing in the “drunken fist” style of combat, in a mythic ancient China.
Mr. Li also plays two parts, both in the mythic past: the mischievous Monkey King (who uses — what else? — monkey kung fu fighting techniques) and a monk. After an inconclusive and thrilling battle — surely the high point of the movie — the monk and Mr. Chan’s character join forces to help Jason, who has been transported to their world by a magic staff that once belonged to the Monkey King.
An evil warlord (Collin Chou) stands in their way, as does a white-haired witch (Li Bing Bing). Accompanying the monk, the drunk and the kid from Boston is a young woman named Golden Sparrow (Liu Yifei), a fearsome warrior in her own right, who seeks to avenge the death of her parents.
There is both a surfeit of motives and a dearth of momentum driving the narrative of “The Forbidden Kingdom,” which often drags in the expository sections between set pieces. But many of the set pieces are dazzling, even if, by now, audiences may be a bit jaded by high-flying wire work and artful blends of computer-generated imagery and traditional production design.
Still, the film works well enough as a primer for latecomers and a fix for insatiable martial arts lovers. If you’ve never seen a movie like this, it might satisfy your curiosity; if you can’t get enough of this kind of movie, nothing I say about it would keep you away.
“The Forbidden Kingdom” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It has many action scenes, some of them fairly brutal.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
OJT: On the job training
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Binibining Pilipinas 2008 was held at the Araneta Coliseum last Saturday. I would like to congratulate all the winners and to those who were not lucky to win, there's always a second time. Although I was not able to watch the coronation night, I was able to cope up with the videos online and news.
Candidate no. 2 Patricia Fernandez won the Bb. Pilipinas-International title, candidate no. 7 Jennifer Barrientos won as Bb. Pilipinas- Universe and lastly candidate no.15 Janina San Miguel got the crown of Bb. Pilipinas-World. Candidate no.8 Danielle Kirsten Muriel Castaño won as the 1st runner-up and candidate no.18 Elizabeth Jacqueline Nacuspag took the 2nd runner up sash.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Live Show Review
Last Friday, Kuya Thonz and I went to UP Film Institute: cineAdarna to watch the movie Live Show. It is part of the Director's Cut Film Festival: mga eksenang dapat mong nakita...pero... It is a festival of critically-acclaimed and controversial films by the country's finest directors. A centennial project of UP College of Mass Communication.
Direk Jose Javier Reyes was there along with lead actress Ana Capri. Also, Nicanor Tiongson was there, ex-MTRCB chief.
Live Show is considered "most-controversial" in Philippine filmmaking history. This a story of poor Filipinos forced to perform sexual acts in front of paying customers.
Film background
Actually, the original title for the film is Toro. It was shown abroad and joined to different film festivals with the Toro as the title and it was replaced with Live Show when it was about to be shown here in our country. According to Armida Sigeon-Reyna, Toro must only be used to refer to male cow. In the film, the term toro refers to the act of live sexual performance. The film was directed by the award-winning director, Jose Javier Reyes. Ana Capri and Claudia Coronel are the main casts of the film. The film was produced under the Regal Film Productions.
Director's Corner
Director Jose Javier Reyes said that it was one of the satisfying movies he ever created. According to him, he went to the highest heaven and to the deepest hell just for this film. The success of the film in the different film festivals around the globe was the heaven and the controversies was the hell. The film was one of the three Filipino entries in the 50th Berlinale Film Festival and from there different invitations was started. He is very proud as a Filipino because of this film. He was overwhelmed to the acceptance given by the audience. It was hell to him because it became a national issue. During the time of the film, it became a front page of every newspaper and an issue for more than a month. He received many demoralizing acts and judgements for the whole time. But according to him, it made him a stronger person for passing all those controversies.
Moreover, the film was made and dedicated to the Filipino audience but it's them who cannot appreciate it.
Controversies
Aside from the nudity scenes, the real agenda here is a political issue. The scenes are not pornographic and only the sick people will be aroused from the show, that's according to Direk Reyes and Nic Tiongson.
The MTRCB gave the movie a R-18 rating. It was the time of Erap controversies when it was to be shown in the public so they move the showing date. They left the movie unshown until the political issues become stable when GMA succeeded the position of presidency. Also, MTRCB needs also to be re-organized under the new government. Nicholas Tiongson, Dean of UP Mass Communication that time, was appointed to be the new chief. The board review for the film was maintained a R-18 so at last it was shown in the public.
After a couple of days, Nicholas Tiongson was received a call from the Malacanang to recall the movie. He was also ordered by the late Cardinal Sin to do the same thing because according to the movie review board of the CBCP it is pornographic. It was a real pressure for the Malacanang and the church to take an action because they are bombarded with protests from different conservative groups to stop the showing of the film.
Finally, the chief of MTRCB had a fast talk with PGMA. He was personally ordered to recall the movie. He fully defended the film as a R-18 film and there's nothing wrong with it. One more thing, the board has no power to recall film that has been released already. From that, the President empowers the duty of the MTRCB. Also, from his talk with Cardinal Sin, his eminence adviced him five times to resign of he cannot recall the film. It was really hard for Nicholas Tiongson since the movie has a moral significance.
Behind this agenda, according to Nicholas he was chosen to become the MTRCB because of the advice of the Cardinal due to the fact that he was an ex-seminarian. And when an film director adviced the president that recalling the film is like killing the film industry, no comments were received from Malacanancg since then.
Eventually, the movie was recalled and Nicholas Tiongson resigned from his office. According to him, he cannot work in position where his boss cannot work with him unlike during his CCP years that he can stand any controversies because they have the same principles with his boss.
Reyes and Tiongson claim that they are the first victims of aggression of the Arroyo regime. According to Tiongson, Arroyo doesn't have her principle. She is the typical Filipino politician who stay away from pressures just to remain from here position.
My Review
It was true that only sick people will get aroused from the film. There are frontal nudities and sexual scenes from the film which you cannot even take to look at it anymore.
It was a story of a family narrated by the eldest son. Their mother is a whore and she makes a living from that to feed her three children. Eventually, the son became a bayaran and work in a club which offers a torohan-live sex. The mother also sell her daughter to become a bayaran pero nilayasan din siya after. The mother got a cancer in the ovary and the youngest son stay with their mother to take good care of her. But eventually the mother died in the end.
Ana Capri was also their as a part of the club. She work there and when she got pregnant, she gave away her child because she cannot bear him. Her world revolves around the movie in taking a chance to take his child back, from her dream as being friends only, when she was stop seeing her son. She tried to kill herself many times and she was always saved by Hilda Coronel, her friend.
Hilda was also part of the club. She does it to make a living for her family in the province and for herself also. Aside from doing the torohan, she is also a querida of a rich chinese businessman. Her ultimate dream was to go to Japan and live a good life. She was able to raised money from the chinese, but eventually her gay friend who is responsible for her application to Japan was robbed out.
They are more characters in the film who portrays the poverty . There is this gang, who recruits the youth to become part of the team nad they are persistent to get the brothers to join. Some of them get in due to easy money, and one of the died. There is also this nurse, who happened to be the love interest of the narrator, went abroad and sentenced to death because of stealing. There is also this partner who quit from torohan and eventually got a child. The guy became a hardworking construction worker but work became limited for him. The girl do some paglalako but their earnings cannot suffice the needs of their child. Eventually, they return from being bayaran and went back to torohan. There is also a scene there, an old woman exploiting a child to foreigners just to make money. Also, a man who commercializes a lamay ng patay for them gamble.
If I gave a rating for the film, it would be 9 out of 10. The cinematography is very good. The theme has a great social relevance. Story wise and script, it is very natural that it's like watching a real scene. The actors and actresses are very good, but they need to improve in their crying scenes because some are pilit. The film is not pornographic, it's a real art. An ART of a real FILM ARTIST.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
A Message...
This a chain mail circulating in the web right now and luckily a friend of mine sent it to me. I found this mail very interesting and some kinda importance so I'm posting it to my blog. Hope we learn something from it. I am not sure if this is really from Geroge Carlin.
For the information of everybody, George Carlin is a famous comedian in the 70's. He was born on May 12 1937. He is an award winning comedian, actor and author. Carlin is especially noted for his political and black humor.
He was married to Brenda Hosbrook and they had a daughter, Kelly.
In 2001, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th annual American Comedy Awards. If you are wondered how does he look like, here is his picture.
And here goes the mail the I've got...
What a difference a sad event in someone's life makes. GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died...)
Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.
A Message by George Carlin: The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
George Carlin
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Fire Rabbit: Astrology
What is Astrology?
Astrology (ə strólləjee) n.- study of planets and human behaviors: the study of the positions of the Moon, Sun and other planets in the belief that their motions affe ct the human behaviors (Encarta.msn.com).
According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, astrology is the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects.
Astrology comes from the Greek work astr + logia refering to the study of the stars. Divination by interpreting the stars, now known as astrology; one of the ancient systems of prophecy. It was developed in Babylon and later carried to Greece, ascribing heavenly thrones to gods as represented by the sun, moon, and planets.
From their movements, wise men divined the purposes of such deities, taking into account the phases of the moon, eclipses, the proximity of planets to the brighter fixed stars, and other phenomena, including the positions of constellations other than those forming the signs of the zodiac.
Some examples include, the new moon rising in a cloudy sky presaged victory in a coming battle, while, if it failed to rise as an anticipated time, it became an omen of defeat.
When astrology advanced as a science, the casting of horoscopes and other exact calculations replaced the old traditions and astromancy became less significant. Its systems are largely obsolete, but its lore has survived as modern superstitions, such as expecting bad luck if you look at the moon over your left shoulder, or making a quick wish when you see a shooting star.
It’s interesting to note that astromancy became astrology and astrology became the science we now call astronomy.
The investigation of the (alleged) influence upon the weather, climate, etc. of planetary and stellar phenomena, such as sun-spots, phases of the moon, comets, meteors, and planetary conjunctions. This was a branch of an older natural astrology; and the term is often applied to a pretended prognostication of the weather, which is no better than modern “astrology”.
Fire Rabbit
Eastern Gem Stone: Pearl
Easter Ruling Planet: Jupiter
Wester Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Yin or Yang: Yin (Dark/Feminine)
Eastern Gem Stone: Pearl
Easter Ruling Planet: Jupiter
Wester Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Yin or Yang: Yin (Dark/Feminine)
Combined Zodiac (East meets West):
The Sagittarian Rabbit
These are probably the most open-minded of the Rabbits finding comfort in just relaxing at home. They don't get caught up in the sensitive characteristics of the normal Rabbit and would rather be a little less emotional and a lot more comfortable.
These are probably the most open-minded of the Rabbits finding comfort in just relaxing at home. They don't get caught up in the sensitive characteristics of the normal Rabbit and would rather be a little less emotional and a lot more comfortable.
Month of the Rabbit: March
Lucky Colors: Blue, Grey, White
Zodiac Position: Fourth
Direction: East (E)
Hours: 5:00am - 7:00am
Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 19 and 35.
Lucky Colors: Blue, Grey, White
Zodiac Position: Fourth
Direction: East (E)
Hours: 5:00am - 7:00am
Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 19 and 35.
Horoscopes provided courtesy of Suzanne White and Master Rao.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Chinese Horoscope
I was checking my App invitation in my Friendster account and I found this interesting Chinese Zodiac Horoscope application courtesy of Suzanne White and Master Rao.
My Signs:
Ancient Symbol: The Fourth
Element Symbol: Fire
Ancient Symbol: The Fourth
Element Symbol: Fire
Animal Symbol: The Rabbit
Here is the detailed description of my horoscope sign.
Brief Description
Rabbits are kind, affectionate but often over cautious and can be superficial at times.
General Description of All Rabbits
Rabbits, like their animal counterparts, are quite calm people who do not exhibit aggressive behavior and will avoid confrontation at all costs. When angry about something, a Rabbit will approach it calmly and considerately, hardly ever raising his voice or becoming visibly annoyed. Because of their serenity, Rabbits seem to miss things, whether they are confrontational in nature or not. However, the Rabbit is quite keen and pays close attention to the situations developing around him. He is intelligent and quick and can talk himself in or out of most situations with no problem.
The Chinese Rabbit is one of the most stylish creatures of the Chinese Animal Signs and finds interest in different cultures. He is classy and sophisticated, and can be found adorning one of the latest fashion magazine cover looks. Rabbits also like artistic ventures, such as painting and music and are generally quite present in these worlds. They love top express themselves, which is evident when joining them at home for a function or a cup of coffee.
Positive Traits
sensitive, tactful, home loving, refined, prudent, discreet, long-living, ambitious, cultured, well-mannered, artistic, considerate, scholarly, suave, graciously hospitable, modest and unimpeachably virtuous
Negative Traits
snobbish, secretive, pedantic, complicated, haughtily indifferent, self-indulgent, hypochondriacally, punctilious, judgmental, self-righteous, deceptive, self-centered and terminally condescending
Detailed Description of The Fire Rabbit
Fire adds an unspoken magnetism and mystery to the Rabbit. These creatures have a burning desire to get out there and live life to its fullest. They are active and adventurous and love anything that sparks their creativity or curiosity. They can throw tantrums here and there, if provoked, but most of the time they work very hard to avoid conflict or unpleasant confrontations. Fire Rabbits are charming and tend to push their emotions into the backs of their minds, but will speak up if necessary.
Assessment:
Fire + rabbit = ME
AMAZING!
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