good mondays

its monday once again and all i did this weekend was watch movies :)
i had to do a little catching up.
of course i started the weekend right...UP Fair

Neal, Pauline and I went to the UP Fair. Well, Neal and I left the office at around 730 and picked up my sis around 8 so naturally we got to the UP Fair around 9 or 930. Good thing my sis came with us because she got us tickets in record breaking time. I was separated for them (had to find a bathroom) so I asked them to get the tickets. There was a line from the gate going up and around the sunken garden, (people familiar with UP lines know what I mean) and I was looking for them there when my sis calls me and tells me they're ready to enter. Details on how she managed it is still unknown :) but I was glad she did.The bands were great :) Friday night was the busiest night, they had 40 bands playing that night so when we got in, the popular bands were already playing. I didn't miss anyone though. We still got to watch Brownbeat All Stars, StoneFree, Milk and Money, SpongeCola, and Radioactive Sago Project.
I forgot that both of them had work tomorrow (I didn't) so we had to go home early. That and the fact that I was the only one familiar with the bands and the songs :) But they're great company, neal is just getting too old to go out to rock concerts :p
We missed Sandwhich though... ahh well, next year then.

I woke up late Saturday morning :) happy happy day. Only to find out that I would be alone in the house that day so I started watching all the DVDs we had lying around the house.

I watched The Incredibles (yes, I was too busy before) and it was a fun movie. Other than the fact that you figure out who the villain is within the first 15 minutes (I blame the Scooby Doo movie for making me paranoid to failed sidekicks), the movie is well made and extremely funny.

I also watched Closer. which was really good, suprisingly, i wasn't as disturbed as i thought i would be. I liked it because it was true to love because:

Love doesn't always have a happy ending.
and
If someone falls in love with you quickly and passionately, how sure are you that same person will not fall in love just as quickly wih someone else?

Natalie Portman was amazing as Alice/Jane especially when she was in a room stripping in front of Clive Owen and she kept saying "Thank you" whenever he gave her money, no matter how he gave it.

I finally finished Kung Fu Hustle. This film had me laughing out loud or staring with awe at the kung fu moves and graphics. I had no idea about the story even after watching the trailer so I was mildly surprised at the way they handled it. The landlady is one of my favorites :) I wanted to watch Shaolin Soccer too but I couldn't make the subtitles work using VLC.

Neal finally came at around 6pm and we went to the new Gateway mall in Cubao. Great mall, small but it had nice stores (Fully Booked is coming soon) and restaurants. We had to eat first because almost all of the seats were already taken for the 730p showing so we had to wait for the last full show.

The movie theater was big and seats were really comfortable. Neal discovered too late that we could raise the arm rests.

We watched Constantine.

Before Constantine started we saw a few trailers, the usual, Batman Begins, Mr and Mrs Smith, Hitch, the last prequel to Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith and Kingdom of Heaven!!!


kingdom of heaven 2005

My excitement is reserved only for Kingdom of Heaven. Don't get me wrong, I love Star Wars, the original trilogy that is not the prequel. Seriously, the last movie doesn't even give me much hope though I have to admit at least the movies are getting better.

I completely forgot about Orlando Bloom hehe silly me. I like the way he acts. I loved him as Paris. People hated him there coz he was a coward and all but if you read the book, that's what Paris was like, self centered, spoiled and a coward who depended on his brother to fight for him. I also loved Eric Bana as Hector and that is saying a lot because Hector is my favorite hero in that book. I actually cried (the book made me cry not the movie) when he died and hated Achilles forever. I'm even planning to get a huge male dog and name him Hector.

Kingdom of Heaven is a movie set at the time of the Crusades. Orlando Bloom plays a blacksmith who falls in love with a princess (yes their love is doomed) and becomes a knight for the Crusades. Yes, he does look dreamy with the mustache and beard hehe sorry couldn't resist. The trailer was great, the war scenes are epic and the cast is wonderful. One more movie to look forward to :)
The trailer can be found here.

Constantine was ok. I was surprised to find out a lot of people were watching it because John Constantine is not a famous comic here in the Philippines. I completely forgot that people will be watching it because of Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weiss (who was beautiful by the way). The effects were nice, the story seems a bit loose. Gabriel was a nice character.