James Bond - Skyfall: Now Showing in the Philippines

This is the most anticipated James Bond movie for me.  I usually don't care much for James Bond movies, but this one has me curious about the story.  Hope I don't get disappointed when I watch it on its second week, since it is a holiday in the Philippines on Nov 1 & 2.

Skyfall is now showing in most cinemas in the Philippines.  I'll give my review, when I get a chance to watch it, hopefully soon.

Argo movie review

This was not an expected movie to watch for me.  I wasn't expecting to enjoy this film at all when we entered the cinema.  I looked at the poster, what do I see? Ben Affleck as the main lead, I have not enjoyed any movie of Ben Afflect as a lead actor since Daredevil.  The poster does not tell me anything, nor does it make me want to see the movie.  The movie wasn't even promoted in the Philippines.  It was just there, no one knows what it is, nor there was any hype about it.

Since, I already watched Looper, there was nothing else to watch except this movie.  I was not expecting anything from this movie, no one mentioned it to me, or recommend it as a must watch.

From the start of the movie, you know it's a period movie, say late 1970's- early 1980's.  It started good and ended good as well.  Everything was nice, the location, the costume, the set pieces, the actors.  Let me just say, this movie shows Ben Afflect can direct a movie, a good one at that.

So, do I recommend this as a watch for the weekend? Definitely a must watch for me.  This movie, is better than the Three Stooges showing in cinemas right now.  It's a 5 stars out of 5 stars for me.  At the end credits, they show, the scenes and the original photos of the real events and people along side of the movie scenes and actors.

If you, like Saving Private Ryan, or political dramas based on true stories then you will also like this movie.  Not a boring moment for me on this movie.  A highly recommended movie, for me.

The Walking Dead Season 3: Update

The Walking Dead Season 3 is finally on Sunday at 7pm. Finally, I can watch on Sunday, as I relax after doing some chores at home.

The story is becoming intense this time around, having to deal with zombies does that to you I guess.  Life holds little meaning in this zombie apocalyptic world.  I was surprised on what happend in the second episode, there is no cliff hanger at the end.

Looper Movie Review

Okay, I've seen looper on it's first week of run in cinemas.  I have to agree with the clickthecity.com critic that it is a pretty good movie, fresh since the cinemas are usually full of Super Heroes, Horror and Drama movies.

The movie is so good, that even if you're tired and want to sleep, you won't be able to do so.  The movie story and direction has just the right pace, there is no dull moment.  If there was a dull moment, it just took a minute of the movie.

I know this movie will have you nose bleeding from the time travel conundrum of the past action you took will affect your future self, but the future self does not remember doing it until it has been done.  This is why, "Back to the Future" movie works, since the past and future selves do not meet.  That is why there is no flaw, since the both past and future persona do not meet at all or the past persona does not see the future version at all.  The story writing of "Back to the Future" is top notch in my opinion.

Back to the "Looper" movie, see what I did there? The story is basically about time travel where the main character is an executioner of people sent back from the future.  He knows that one of these days, he will be the one to kill his future self.  That is why he is called a looper, the loop will be closed when he kills his future self.  He is not alone, the main character is only part of a group of Loopers.  They (Loopers) receive silver bars as payment, and if you see gold bars strapped at the back of the man you just killed, that dead person is your future self and your contract has been fulfilled.

Cinematography is good, camera work is good.  Story is pretty good, you will be at the edge of your seat.  Even when I was expecting it to be a good movie, it delivered what I was expecting.  I was not disappointed with this movie, and I will probably watch it again if shown in cable.

If you are planning to watch a movie this weekend.  I would highly recommend this movie.  A four and a half (4.5) out of five(5) stars.  I have never seen anything like it for some time now.  I watched last Saturday.

Walking Dead Season 3 on cable

I missed the Season 3 - first episode of The Walking Dead.  I was thinking it was on Sunday on Fox Philippines, when actually it was on Saturday.  I thought it was 8:55pm on Sunday, but actually it was on a Saturday.  I have to check again the schedule for star movies channel, since I only have time to watch on a Sunday.  Or I just download it.

Tiktik - The Aswang Chronicles: Now Showing in Philippine Cinemas

This movie also gets a high praise from the Clickthecity.com film critic.  Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles, looks good for a Philippine production using green screen.

If I was to watch a Philippine made movie this week, I'd probably be watching this movie.  It looks like a Philippine version of Van Helsing movie.

Looper: Now Showing in Philippine Cinemas

Looper is now showing in Philippine Cinemas.  This movie, has a concept of time travel and the mafia using it as a means to dispose of people in the future.

This movie has high praise from the critic in ClickTheCity.com.  Imagine he gave it a five star out of five star. Must be a very good movie.  I'm now excited to watch it.  I'll give my own review, if I ever get to see it this coming weeks.

Taken 2: Movie Review

Well, I finally was able to watch Taken 2 on its first week shown in cinemas.  Not bad, not as good as the first, in my opinion.  But that could just be me.  In fact, when I watched "Taken", I thought there won't be any sequel.  Since, the story will probably be corny or forced just to have a part 2.  Lo and behold, part 2 of Taken.

So, what do I think about this movie? It's a good movie, I'll give you that.  But I feel the rage and anger from a father (Liam Neeson) more in the first movie, this one is a tamed down movie.  In fact, there are scenes where you would think it's just flawed.  Like, you leave a dangerous man in a room, tied up and leave an armed guard outside.  It's like giving the captive a chance to escape.

I hope they don't create a part 3 of this movie, because it will probably destroy this movie for good.  I still like the action sequence, the story on the other hand is just good and flawed.

So, is it a watch this weekend? I'd say if you are a fan of the first movie, than you have the option to watch.  If you have to watch an action film this weekend, there's no other choice, but this movie.  Otherwise, it's a pass, if you have other things to do.

It's a 3 stars out of 5 stars, for me.  It's just not as good as the first in my opinion.  Or I'm just expecting too much from a great film.

Taken 2: Now Showing in the Philippines

I wasn't able to watch the first one in the cinema, but was able to see it on DVD.  The first movie is very good.  I wasn't expecting much on that first movie, but now I'm expecting much better action and story on this second installment.

The story, this time is about revenge of the kidnapper's father on Liam Neeson, since he killed the son on the first movie.  I don't know if it requires you to watch the first movie to enjoy this, or the 2nd movie will tell you all about what happen in the first one.

For you to be excited to watch this one, I suggest you first see the 1st movie, before watching the 2nd movie.  If you didn't like the 1st, then the 2nd won't give you much as well.

What I really like, about the first movie, is how realistic and real time it was made.  You can see the urgency in what he is trying to do, there is not much of a rest period.  He has to save his daughter in the fastest time possible and with the options he has at that time.

I'm not sure, if I can watch this movie anytime soon, but I will try to give a review once I see it in the cinema.