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Legion Movie Review

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On February 2, 2010

We were supposed to only watch one movie. We ended up watching two, Paano na Kaya & Legion. Just one look at the poster & I knew that it would be a good movie considering Paul Bettany was playing the lead character.

I was very happy when I saw Dennis Quaid in the movie. Unfortunately, even though I admire the cast, I was not impressed with the story. The Powerhouse cast included Dennis Quaid, Paul Bettany, Tyrese Gibson, and Kate Walsh were just not enough to make a movie a great one because the story is just too weak.

The story is about God who wanted to make humans extinct. Fallen Angel Michael (Paul Bettany’s character) didn’t agree with God’s decision. So Michael helped a group of strangers in a diner, including a pregnant woman who is believed to bear a child that is the only hope or savior of the human race!

Actually, that’s the story, which is followed by people in the diner fighting for their life. Possessed men attacking the diner, biting people, etc. haaayy… felt like an apocalypse movie with a zombie twist in it.

I left the movie thinking what the story was all about and what lessons it was trying to leave with us.

My Rating for Legion: 2 out of 5 stars.

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Paano na Kaya Movie Review

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On February 1, 2010

Long time no update 🙂 So, I had to work the whole weekend because of a deadline. You know how it is, right? Anyway, I decided to reward myself by watching a movie. I asked Lucy, my housemate/yaya, if we could watch “Paano na Kaya” and she was excited as ever! hahahaha!

“Paano na Kaya” is a Filipino Movie. I don’t really watch them that much but I love how Star Cinema makes great Filipino movies! The trailer of “Paano na Kaya” is just too nice to miss out.

Paano na Kaya is a story about 2 best friends, Bogs Marasigan and Mae Chua. Best friends forever but Mae though has been in love with Bogs the whole time. Though it hurts her, she helps Bogs take care of his surprises for his girlfriend, etc. She has always been there whenever Bogs needs her, even went to the point that she neglects some of her responsibilities on her shop just to accompany Bogs to wherever.

Bog’s Girlfriend fell in love with someone else and broke his heart. After that, Bogs & Mae had an interesting exchange of words. That scene was ssoooo emotional and memorable that I actually remembered one line! hahaha! It was so real! I guess, it is one of the reasons why I love this movie so much. IMHO, so realistic!

oh, wait, what’s my favorite line again?

“Ganyan talga ang Pagmamahal nagpapakaTanga… Tanga na kung Tanga, pero Mahal Kita, Mahal Kita!!!”

Actually, there are a lot of interesting lines in the movie that I could relate to. It’s true, you know? Each of us tend to be blinded by love and we do crazy things for love. Such is the realities of life.

What a way to start the love month, February! This is just a simple movie but it touches one’s heart. It definitely made me reflect on how I see love. The actors were so believable too! I say, kudos to Star Cinema for a great, great romantic movie. This is definitely worth watching.

My Rating for Paano na Kaya: 4 out of 5 stars.

White Noise 2: The Light Movie Review

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 1, 2010

While I was enjoying my vacation at home, I spent time watching movies on cable channel, Star Movies. One of the movies that I was able to catch is White Noise 2: The Light. It stars Nathan Fillon (Castle & Firely) and Katee Sackhoff (cast of Battlestar Galactica).

I described this as a suspense movie. I was very much entertained and I believe the movie was well-made. Though the story wasn’t that strong but still well-crafted. This movie was a follow up to the original starring Michael Keaton: White Noise. I should try to catch that movie via DVD or wait till it is shown on Star Movies hehehehe. I heard that it didn’t get good reviews though, not like this 2nd installment which got 86% tomatometer (Rotten Tomatoes).

The movie was about Abe (Nathan Fillon) who witnessed the murder of his wife and son right in front of him. It was such a devastation that he ended up taking his own life. But he was able to survive. Due to this, he got the ability to see the people who are about to die.

Abe was able to identify because the person would have a white light surrounding that person. He felt that he needed to do something with the premonition and ended up saving three lives from dying. Abe also learned that the guy who murdered his wife and kid was still alive. He started researching about the guy and learned that he saved his wife and kid before.

Abe later realized that the killer also had an ability to see death. As he investigated further, Abe discovered that whenever you try to save someone when they are supposed to die, natural forces will punish you for it. Like for example, the ones that were saved will be possessed by evil after three days. And those people ended up killing innocent people in the process.

This led to the conclusion that he needed to rectify what he did by killing the people he saved. Before he could do that though, he ended up getting killed and then the movie ended. Ofcourse there were effects to let the movie end smoothly.

White Noise 2: The Light reminded me of Final Destination. Final Destination was more of teeny-teeny bop movie (which was good). White Noise: The Light on the other hand took the plot more seriously.

My rating for White Noise 2: The Light is 3 out of 5 stars.

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2012 the Movie

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 23, 2009

Last Saturday night, I joined Stef and her family to watch the movie 2012. We saw it at Trinoma Mall in QC. Wow, there were too many people in the mall! I found out that people were lining up to watch New Moon (I’ll post review soon). Good thing, I had already watch that movie. This time, I got a chance to watch 2012.

Thanks Stef!

As I was saying, I watched the movie thinking that I could get to see the ever infamous “2012 phenomenon”. I don’t have time to read. I do know this: December 21, 2012, according to the Mayans is believed to be the end of the world.

The movie stars John Cusack, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt & Woody Harrelson. This is a power cast that portray their role very very well. The movie is really fictional. So if you’re coming into the movie thinking that it would really happen in the next 2 years, then you’d be disappointed. 2012’s effects make the movie unrealistic. It was made to entertain us. It also had touching moments. And yes, I did shed a few tears in some scenes.

Do you believe that the end of the world is near?

Does it matter if it was?

Wouldn’t it be better to believe what the world will make of us? One thing is for sure, the movie taught us that we should stick together. That we should care for each other. Everyone is important. When we stay together and help each other, we’ll be able to succeed.

I liked the movie even though it was two & a half hours long. It is like the movie Armageddon but with a different twist. The special effects were just cool, though as I mentioned, they exaggerated it a little as all the damages can’t seem to harm the main cast 😛

Danny Glover’s character really was touching. He portrayed the US President. He opted to stay with his people even though he had the chance to save himself. How I wish that we have politicians like that in real life. Our world would be a better place to live in.

Anyway, if you have time, do watch this movie. My rating for this is 4 out of 5 stars.