February 2012
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Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet 2 Directed by George Miller 2011 For whatever the movie was, I think that it toned down getting its message across compared to the first installment but along with that, the movie lost some of its charm. THe first movie was fun, this one is just mildly so. There’s that feeling that the mashing up of songs or even the selection felt off. But there were some really high highs in...
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2011 Year in Review: Best Soundtracks of the Year
I usually don’t mix listing anything movie related to music… Thus this list.
5 Young Adult Now when I hear them songs, I am reminded of how super bitchy terrific Charlize Theron was in the movie. I’d play this while taking a bitchy revenge at someone. 4 Winnie the Pooh I love hearing Zooey Deschanel as much as I love looking at her. Add her quirky sound and personality...
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A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method Directed by David Cronenberg 2011 In a year of what could be Michael Fassbender’s he came out in this and he felt, uncomfortable. I am not saying that he was bad in it, just that, it was lesser of his other 2011 performances. Keira Knightley, showcasing other than sharp edged bones, gave what could be, another uncomfortable performance. When she settled down, it was...
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Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur Directed by Paddy Considine 2011 Hands down one of the bleakest movies of the year. But there was something optimistic about it amidst the dark and rather depressing tone of the film. Everything was morose and angry at the start but Joseph (Mullan) found redemption in an unexpectd way. Ditto Hannah (Colman) who shields her exterior quite well, but find real solace through an...
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The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady Directed by Phyllida Lloyd 2011 I can not shake off the feeling that I was like watching the American version of the Marion Cotillard starrer film “La Vie En Rose”. Both are biopics, both feature really famous gals, and somehow the structure and storytelling are the same. However in “The Iron Lady” the mimicry went to all new heights, thanks to the grand...
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Directed by Stephen Daldry 2011 Who ever knew that this film would still manage to sneak in the best picture race? Anyway, I kinda liked it more than “The Descendants” but it for me was the weakest Daldry movie to date. Unlike his previous efforts, the lead actor in this movie was kinda robotic, and seem to be talking in a very adult kind of way...
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Rampart
Rampart Directed by Oren Moverman 2011 I like the gritty kind of raw feel to the movie. I think that it adds up to the mood and how the environment was set up. But there were also moments that the grittiness and the rawness came across as cheap. Also the visual embellishments, at times felt somewhat out of place. Nevertheless the movie was intense and it got its message across quite loud and...
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2011 Year in Review: Best Albums of the Year
I wasn’t able to listen to a lot of albums last year, so I am just going to list down 5 of my favorites 5 Bon Iver Bon Iver Perfect album if you just want to chillax and be in a good zen mood. The closest I could get to hearing something like Sigur Ros or Sufjan Stevens I guess… 4 W H O K I L L tUnE-yArDs Playful and fun. Ear candy from the first second up to the last. 3 Burst...
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin 2011 There is something very haunting about this film and it is not just the intense performances from the actors that made it that. But how everything was set was quite intense and highly engaging. The unraveling of the past as to what happened to Martha was rattling and mysterious at the same time. I loved how the secrets were told in slow...
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My Cactus Heart
My Cactus Heart Directed by Enrico Santos 2012 To its credit, I think that the movie is trying a lot of things to set it apart from other typical romantic comedies sprouting here and there in the Philippines. But in the end everything was just banal and common ground. The main problem of the movie for me was that the character of Maja Salvador was just not that well written. So what...
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Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense Directed by David Mackenzie 2011 The whole experience of watching the movie for me was uneven. There were high highs and some low lows. The romance part of the movie was pretty underbaked for me. But there was really something going on in there, I just wish that it could have been pushed more. That sort of Contagion-ish epidemic was built up great. It reminded me of Contagion...
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The Future
The Future Directed by Miranda July 2011 I can still remember “Me, You And Everyone We Know” quite well and I love it more everytime I see it even though there are moments in it tthat I don’t fully understand. So another feature by Miranda July is going to be quite a special ocassion for me. And it was. It has the same quirks and charm that her previous has. However this...
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The Descendants
The Descendants Directed by Alexander Payne 2011 Honestly I do not think that “The Descendants” is not as bad nor as good as most people think it is. I think that it is in the middle. Not bad, not good. However among all Payne films, this one seems to be the weakest and this one seem to lack fluidity and ambition as well. It to me was a hodgepodge of ideas, of sequences that...
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One Directed by Bill Condon 2011 I have always defended the Twilight movies since most of them movies were made just for those who follow and loved the books. I have to admit that I liked the previous films, even though the bad acting from actors are glaring, story and redundancies are also glaring. Sometimes you just foolishly like a film. However I can not...
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War Horse Directed by Steven Spielberg 2011 I read a lot about this film, most of the ones I read say that it had too much horse and not too much war. But for me, it was just the right amount of horse and the right amount of war. The movie never felt or aimed to be a war movie. It was more on the relationships of the people that came across that beautiful horse. The movie is undoubtedly...
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Trust
Trust Directed by David Schwimmer 2010/2011 There is something urgent and piercing about this movie. I think that it is really timely and it shows a rather common thing that happens nowadays what with all the Networking sites that are popping here and there. It is really easy to hide ones identity and have someone fall for your trap. The movie is quite unnerving for me, I was once a chatter...
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Water For Elephants
Water for Elephants Directed by Francis Lawrence 2011 Summing it up, “Water for Elephants” for me was a beautiful blah but I could not say entirely that it was boring. I can’t even say that it was bad, it really was not. Thing is, like what I have been saying a whole lot recently, the movie was just uneventful. While we are following a life of someone unfolding as he goes...
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Albatross
Albatross Directed by Niall MacCormick 2011/2012 While I enjoy watching Felicity Jones in this, there is nothing much I could say about the film that is positive. I think that the movie did not go anywhere. I also think that the movie is highly generic despite the indie feel that the movie has. I feel that the movie did not delivery anything new or fresh, I feel like I have seen this movie...
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Footloose
Footloose Directed by Craig Brewer 2011 This movie is bound to be a guilty pleasure, or that movie that really is not that good but there is something in it that makes you want to watch it again. The movie is cliche all over and there are no good to great acting other than what Miles Teller delivered. The dance sequences were good, the lead actors were easy on the eyes and dances beautifully,...
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