clover'failed'
3.13.2008
I am not used to doing movie reviews (or any kind of review for that matter) but I just had to (really really must) save everyone who hasn't watched this film yet (and is planning to watch it). My dearest moviegoers, BE WARNED.. If you hated the Blairwitch, then I'm pretty sure you'll feel the same for Cloverfield. I just downloaded a copy of it (piracy *haha*) and Jerick and I literally fast-forwarded through it. And for that brief moment, we knew how crappy the film was. Matt Reeves (the director) failed to awe us with his special effects despite the fact that the movie is about an attack of a huge creature. Most of the scenes even showed the actors faces instead of the monster (usually you'll just hear the so-called "sound effects" of the alien). And since the events were shot under the context of a personal handheld camera used by the characters, (tipid sa camera crew *hehe*) watching the motion picture made us woozy (sobrang in motion kasi sila). Lastly, the whole shebang failed to be on par with other Horror/Moster films.. Dapat pa nga hindi sya na-classify under "horror" because the plot *slash* and or scenes failed to scare us. Overall, I am truly disappointed with this movie. To think that I was attracted pa naman by their "mysterious" poster. Buti na lang we didn't watch it sa sine. So for those who still dare to watch it, don't make me say "I told you so" :oP
tara na sa panagbenga (day 3 of 3)
3.08.2008
It was the last of our three-day getaway and we had to leave by 12nn. Nevertheless, we tried to make the most of it. By 8am, we were all up. I quickly turned the tv on to catch the live feed of the parade. Feb 24 kasi naka-schedule yung main event which is the parade of the flowers (kinda like the parade of roses sa U.S.) Luckily, hindi pa sya nag start. We still had time to eat breakfast and dress-up.
The weather hadn't changed. Umuulan pa rin sa labas pero makikita mong marami ng tao sa streets --patiently anticipating the floats. @ 8:30, the parade started at Session Road. And since hindi pa kami ready, we decided to watch it from Harrison Road (the road near Burnham Park). Tamang-tama nga yung pag punta namin dahil parating pa lang yung parade. But because of the crowd, we had to find a good place to watch. Yung tipong konti lang ang nakatayo at saka wala masyadong payong na naka harang. As you all know, hindi naman ako katangkaran so it's harder to see with all the people around *hehe* Anyway, we found a good spot naman and I was able to witness (and video) the amazing floats made of flowers. On top of that, we also saw a couple of stars.. si Iza, Richard, Jewel, Jodi, Jomari, Gerald, Kim and Angelica. Nakakatawa nga kasi after nung mga artista, nagsi-alisan na yung mga tao. At kasama kami sa mga yon *haha* O well, we had our reasons. We still need to go to the market and buy fresh veggies. After that, we need to go back to the hotel, fix our stuff and check out.
By 12:30, we were out on the road and headed for Metro Manila. It was a loooong trip back.. literally. We experienced car (fx) trouble kasi so we had plenty of stop overs. Pagdating nga sa Tarlac, we had to run at 40 kph then sa NLEX naman at 80 kph. Imagine how dreary that was. Fortunately, we made it home naman safe and sound. Gabi na nga lang kasi 9:30 na. Even so, this is one heck of an experience I'll be adding to my list of perfect moments *wink*
