Lomo or Not?

I love songs with those old jazz/classical/pop vibes. I came across this song in Tumblr last night and now I just can't get enough of it. I posted the lyrics here. Please note however that I don't own the rights to this video. I posted this merely for entertainment value. Enjoy.  Click click! :)

Lyrics and music (c) 2011 Charlene Kaye http://www.myspace.com/charlenekayemusic
Produced by Tomek Miernowski
String arr. by Rob Moose
Video by: Liann Kaye
Shot by Brian Olson and Tom Bunning

Artists: Charlene Kaye and Darren Criss 

CHARLENE:
every night i walked the streets
never dreaming what could happen
sad and so lonely
i saw in the mirror my reflection
staring back at me
i thought, will i ever find what i need?

but i'll wear that dress if you wear the tie
and baby we'll dance through the night
cuz no one's got what we've got going
happiness never held on to me
until you had me see
that together we're just better off

DARREN:
oh my heart's been tried
time and again
always thought that it was me but
i see now just how wrong i was
no, i haven't known you for a lifetime
but somehow i've never been more sure that you're for me
baby please
don't leave, just come and dance with me tonight

but i'll wear that dress if you wear the tie
and baby we'll dance through the night
cuz no one's got what we've got going
happiness never held on to me
until you had me see
that together we're just better off

don't be cruel to me
oh, i've wanted more
and i've been wrong before

so much learning to lose
but you're not a day too soon
so say you feel the same and
we'll never be lonely anymore

but i'll wear that dress if you wear the tie
and baby we'll dance through the night
cuz no one's got what we've got going
happiness never held on to me
until you had me see
that together we're just better off

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I have a new baby. His name is Rupert and he's green. :)

Last night, I had some quality time with him and we took some pictures of the so called Supermoon. It was fun. I'm starting to learn how to use him properly.

I'll be posting more pics.

I just discovered the wonders of Picasa and this is my first product. :) What is vanity. Haha.

I will put a description later coz I'm too sabaw right now but here's what I want to say. I like this guy and his videos and I think he's an awesome awesome talent that deserves to be recognized all over the world. :)

Meet Mikey Bustos. :)

*first of all , I am not good in giving summaries so please forgive me. It's a work in progress. :)

please click the photos for the credits of the pictures. I do not own them. 

Rating: 7.5/10
Directed and Written by: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn and Wasin Pokpong
Release Date: Aug 12, 2010 (Thailand)
Runtime: 118 minutes
Language: Thai
Lead Actors: Pimchanok Lerwisetpibol  (Nam) and Mario Maurer (Chon)

I am not a fan of romantic movies, that I would like to say. I find them cheesy and simplistic and they rarely reflect what happens in the real world. You might have guessed that I am because of my blog's name. I am cynic in every possible sense of the word. When I watch romantic films, I cringe at the scenes where the guy confesses his love for the lead actress (or the other way around), when they kiss and any other scene that shouts "Warning: Too much cheesiness on-screen".   I would like to make it  clear though that I have had my fair share of swooning and kilig moments from some really good love stories like Keith, Spirited Away (yes, that's a love story for me so shut up) and Titanic (perhaps). I don't hate them all coz there are really some good ones out there that can take your breath away and make you believe that true love is indeed true. 

Now, First Love ( A Crazy Little Thing Called Love) has been one of the more popular movies among social networking sites for the past month. Most of my Facebook contacts and Tumblr acquaintances rave about how good the movie is. I, the ever-so-curious-kid, finally decided to download this movie and see what these people are going ga-ga about.

Three hours and 1.9 GB later, the downloading was finished and I started to watch the movie.

(Warning: SPOILERS ahead. Continue reading at your own risk)

The story starts with a photo exhibit at the Siam Museum. A photographer is being interviewed by a group of girls about his works as he explained the subject and theme of his photography. Then a baby started crying and he excuses himself from the interviewers to attend to his "son". A voice-over starts speaking (a girl) narrating how there's always this one person who we keep in our heart regardless of the pain he/she brings to us because he/she will always make us feel that crazy little thing called love.

Then the screen starts to show us Nam (Fern Lerwisetpibol), an awkward little girl, with her friends. It is revealed that Nam is mooning over a high school senior, Chone (played by Mario Maurer) and she is trying all her best to get him to notice her. She and her friends start using a book with instructions on how to get the attention of the person they like. Nam's friends help her do the steps on the book like wishing on a star, hynotizing (sort of) Shone, giving Shone gifts secretly and applying skin whitener to make her beautiful. Oddly enough, certain occasions led to Nam having close encounters with Shone. One significant time was when Shone, noticing a basketball player was bullying Nam and her friends, rushes to their aid and buys them four Pepsi. Shone gets into a fight with the school bully and Nam, hearing about what happened, runs to the place where the fight was taking place. They were too late though. All they found were some drops of blood on the floor and a button. Nam picks up the button and assumed that it was torn from Shone's shirt.

After that, Nam and her friends join the drama club and Nam was chosen to play Snow White. Shone was also in the drama club and he was in charge of the decorations and photography. Although the interaction between the two was limited, Nam was still thrilled because she still gets the chance to see Shone everyday. During the rehearsal, Nam had a  makeover (with the help of Pin, a senior and Shone's friend). Pin asks Shone about what he thinks of Nam and the latter answers Nam looked the same, Snow White with braces. Nam is saddened by the remark. Later on the rehearsal,  Nam almost falls from the stage but Shone grabs her hand to save her.

On the day of the festival, Shone did not go to see the play. However, Nam sees a good-looking guy in the audience. Nam took Shone's absence negatively but what she didn't know was that Shone was with the principal for the awarding ceremony of a photography contest where he won third place. After the play, Nam found a bitten apple with a note, "For Snow White, I tasted the apple and it was not poisoned at all.) Nam hoped the apple came from Shone but her friends dismissed the idea and told her it must have been from the guy who played Prince because they saw him eating an apple. 

The good-looking guy turned out to be Shone's childhood best friend, Top. He develops an interest on Nam but Shone continuously discourage him because Nam is "too young" for him. Nam was then recruited to be the majorette for the city parade. We can see Nam's slow transformation from being an awkward girl to a very attractive lady. She became popular after the parade and boys started asking her out. Nam, however, ignores the attention because all she desires is to get Shone to notice her.

During Valentines Day, Shone gave Nam an uprooted rose (white) plant (yes, not a rose stem but the entire plant). Nam thought it was the moment she was waiting for but Shone quickly adds that it was from his friend. Nam was saddened by that fact. She finds a note that was secretly placed on her bag. It was from someone who was asking her to meet up on the third floor because that person has something to tell her. Nam's hope immediately rose and she thought it was from Shone. Apparently she was wrong. The note was from Top. Top asked Nam to be his girlfriend. Nam did not answer but they started going out since then. She thought it was a way to get close to Shone. Meanwhile, Nam's friends start to feel neglected as Nam misses one of her friends birthday.

While they were having a campfire celebration for Shone's friend, Top and Shone revealed that they had a pact that both will never fall in love with the same girl. Nam was shocked with the news. That night also, Top kisses Nam on the cheek and Shone seemed to be surprised at what happened. Nam stopped seeing Top after that incident.

On graduation day, Nam decided to confess to Shone once and for all. With the help of her friends (who she made up with), Nam goes to the pool and gives Shone a white rose in which she tied the button and a card. She told him that she tried her best to be good enough for Shone but what she should have done from the very beginning is tell him how much she loved him. Shone, taken aback from the confession, accepts the rose. Nam notices the note on Shone's shirt which reads "Pin loves Shone". She realizes that Shone has a girlfriend already (Pin, the makeup artist who turned out to be Nam's friend also) and Nam begins to cry, obviously from the helplessness of her situation. Shone tries to comfort her but Nam walks away after telling Shone that he and Pin make a good couple.

Photo credits: krzl09bggsh.tumblr.com

Nam is seen crying on her room after the incident. Shone, on the other hand, arrives at his house. His father tells him that he has to go to Bangkok that night because he was accepted to train in the Bangkok Glass team ( I think that's the soccer team of Thailand). Shone was gleeful at the news. He runs to the kitchen and opens the fridge and we see the box of chocolate that Nam has given Shone almost two years ago. Apparently, he kept it.

He walks into his room and gets a notebook from his table. It turns out that this notebook is a scrapbook containing pictures of Nam that Shone took over the years. It was a testament of how he really felt for her. (This is actually my favorite part of the movie). It
is then shown that Shone had loved Nam even before she started using that funny book. When he said that Nam looked the same when Pin asked him, what he really wanted to say was she looked the same, cute as always. It is also revealed that he treasured the time when he grabbed her hands but he had to let her go immediately in fear that people might get curious. The apple also came from him and the rose that he gave Nam on Valentines Day was actually from him as well. He just could not get the courage to tell her the truth because he was tight-lipped. What's sweet is that he grew the rose plant himself. :))

He goes to Nam's house and leaves the notebook on her doorstep. He did not say goodbye to Nam.

Nine years later, Shone is seen to stop by a showroom with a baby on his back. He sees Pin and gives the baby to her. It is then revealed that the baby was not Shone's son. Pin only asked him to babysit for her.

Meanwhile, a grown-up Nam (now a fashion designer from the US) was being interviewed in a local TV show. She was then surprised when the host shows her Shone's scrapbook and was even more surprised when the host calls on Shone and he appeared on the set holding a bouquet for Nam. The host asked them if there was something they wanted to tell each other and Shone said that he wanted to tell Nam that the button she picked up was not his. Nam then asked Shone if he ever was married and Shone answered "I have been waiting for someone to return from the US". 

The story is really very simple. It may even be predictable at times. What I didn't like about the movie was the rather simplistic (and almost unreal) ending. It was as though the director wanted to just get the movie over with and they did not really think of a better way to end it (or better lines, for that matter).


Another annoying fact about the movie is the recurring themes of how being white-skinned is equated to being beautiful and how important being beautiful is to make boys to notice you. Although these themes reflect real life, it is still disappointing because what the mass media should be showing are things that are empowering women and not things that will just make them feel ugly and discontented about themselves. Call me idealistic but that's my two cents.

The positive side of this movie is the lasting effects it has on the viewers. It can make you think about the story even days after you've watched it. I think the magic of the movie is how it was able to bring back a lot of the high school memories that we seemed to have forgotten due to the other problems we have to face as adults. It triggers your memories of that one puppy love you have so enjoyed during your teenage years and how blissful life was when all you had to worry about were boys and your studies.

It's a feel-good movie, that's a fact. I think another thing that adds to the entertainment value of the movie is the chemistry between the two lead actors (not to mention how good looking Mario Maurer is). The transformation of Nam from that awkward girl to a beautiful lady is also amazing because one would seem to think that the character was played by two different actresses.

Nam (before)

Nam (After) 

See what I mean?

If you are looking for a romantic comedy that will not require you to think deeply, then I guess this movie is the right one for you. It's not boring but it's not spectacular either. It's so-so. Was it worth the download? Somehow. It's definitely something that can keep you company on a rainy night when you just want to feel good and feel loved. ;p

Here's the trailer if you're curious. XD

Search Amazon.com for a crazy little thing called love

So for this year, I need to watch 111 movies. :)  (Goodluck naman sa akin) 


I'll be updating this from time to time until I meet my goal.  I'll be posting the details of each movie plus my rating here. (I'll also try to make my own movie review for each one...kung kaya. HAHAHA).




 Let the challenge begin. :)

*Click the title to be redirected to the IMDB page of each movie.


1. The Blue Lagoon (1980)

    --Directed by Randal Kleiser

    -- Screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart

    -- Starring: Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins
    -- Tomatometer: 12%
    -- IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 

     -- Chocometer: 3 chocolates 

"--Paddy, what is subjugation? --Something I've been trying to avoid all my life."  

2. Step-Up 3D (2010)  

    --Directed by Jon Chu

    -- Screenplay by Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer and Duane Adler

    -- Starring: Rick Malambri, Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner

    -- Tomatometer: 46%

    -- IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 

     -- Chocometer:4 chocolates 

"Some people learn to dance...Others are born to"  

3.Black Swan (2010)  

    --Directed by Darren Aronofsky

    -- Screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin

    -- Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila "Sweet Lips" Kunis and Vincent Kassel

    -- Tomatometer: 88%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7 chocolates

"The only person standing in your way is you. It's time to let her go. Lose yourself"  

4. Inception (2010)  

    --Directed by Christopher Nolan

    -- Screenplay by Christopher Nolan

    -- Starring: Leonardo Di Caprio, Ellen Page, Ken Watanbe, Marion Cotillard,             Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Dileep Rao

    -- Tomatometer: 88%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 

     -- Chocometer: 9 chocolates

"The dream has become their reality. Who are you to say otherwise?"  

5. The Social Network (2010)  

    --Directed by David Fincher

    -- Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

    -- Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake

    -- Tomatometer: 96%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 

     -- Chocometer: 8 chocolates

"You don't have to be an intellectual property expert to understand the difference between right and wrong."  - Mark Zuckerberg

6.The Princess and the Frog (2009)

    --Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker

    -- Screenplay by Ron Clements and John Musker

    -- Starring: Anika Noni Rose and Bruno Campos

    -- Tomatometer: 84%

    -- IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7.3 chocolates

"Yes, you wish and you dream with all your little heart. But you remember, Tiana, that old star can only take you part of the way. You got to help him with some hard work of your own. And then... Yeah, you can do anything you set you mind to."- Tiana's Father

7. Leap Year (2010)

     --Directed by Anand Tucker

    -- Screenplay by Simon Beaufor, Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan

    -- Starring: Amy Adams and Matthew Goode

    -- Tomatometer: 20%

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7.5 chocolates

" May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you."

8. The Secret of Moonacre (2008)

     --Directed by Gabor Csupo

    -- Screenplay by Graham Alborough and Lucy Shuttleworth

    -- Starring: Dakota Blue Richards and Tim Curry

    -- Tomatometer: 20%

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 

     -- Chocometer: 6.5 chocolates

" It is not the pearls but the greed in our hearts which brings us this misery"

9. Jennifer's Body (2009)

     --Directed by Karyn Kusama

    -- Screenplay by Diablo Cody

    -- Starring: Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried

    -- Tomatometer: 42%

    -- IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 

     -- Chocometer: 5.6 chocolates 

" She's actually evil. Not high school evil. " - Needy Lesnicki

10. Made of Honor (2008)

    --Directed by Paul Weiland

    -- Screenplay by Adam Sztykiel

    -- Starring: Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan

    -- Tomatometer: 12%

    -- IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 

     -- Chocometer: 6.5 chocolates

"Nobody in the world makes me laugh the way you do. You're my best friend. I just wanna be with you. "  

11. Chloe (2009)

    --Directed by Atom Egoyan

    -- Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson

    -- Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore

    -- Tomatometer: 51%

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7.4 chocolates

" I try to find something to love in everybody. Even if it's a small thing. Something about the way someone smiles. There's always something, there has to be. I try to make myself generous. I do things I don't want to do. I... I think about what not to criticize. And the strangest things come back to me. " - Chloe 

12. Love and Other Drugs (2010)
    --Directed by Edward Zwick

    -- Screenplay by Edward Zwick, Charles Randolph

    -- Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal

    -- Tomatometer: 48 %

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7 chocolates

 " Sometimes the things you want the most don't happen and what you least expect happens. I don't know - you meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet that one person and your life is changed."

13. First Love (A Crazy Little Thing Called Love) (2010)

    --Directed by Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn and Wasin Pokpong

    -- Screenplay by  Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn and Wasin Pokpong

    -- Starring: Mario Maurer and Baifern Lerwisetpibol

    -- Tomatometer: N/A

    -- IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 

     -- Chocometer: 7.5 chocolates

 "All of us have someone who is hidden in the bottom of our hearts. When we think of them, we always feel a little pain inside. But we still want to keep them. Even though we don’t know where they are today, or what they’re doing, they’re the ones who make us know this — a little thing called LOVE." - Nam

         Click here for my review.

14. Tangled (2010)

    --Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard

    -- Screenplay  by Dan Fogelman

    -- Starring: Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi

    -- Tomatometer: 90%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8/10 

     -- Chocometer: 8.5 chocolates

 "A fake reputation is all a man has." - Flynn Rider

15. Life As We Know It (2010)

    --Directed by Greg Berlanti

    -- Screenplay  by Ian Deichtman and Kristin Robinson

    -- Starring: Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel

    -- Tomatometer: 23%

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.1 /10 

     -- Chocometer: 7 chocolates

"Just because you accept help from someone, doesn't mean you have failed. It just means you're not in it alone" - Messer

16. The Fall (2006)

      --Directed by Tarsem Singh

    -- Screenplay  by Dan Gilroy, Tarsem Singh and Nico Soultanakis

    -- Starring: Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru

    -- Tomatometer: 61%

    -- IMDB Rating:  7.9/10

     -- Chocometer: 7 chocolates

"What a mystery this world, one day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." - Blue Bandit

17. My Sassy Girl  엽기적인 그녀 (2001)

      --Directed by Kwak Jae-Yong

    -- Screenplay  by Kim Ho-Sik and Kwak Jae Yong

    -- Starring: Cha Tae-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun

    -- Tomatometer: NA

    -- IMDB Rating:  8.2/10

     -- Chocometer: 7 chocolates

 "With other guys, try to surrender even for just once, not try to win." - Kyun-Woo

18. The Green Mile (1999)

    --Directed by Frank Darabont

    -- Screenplay  by Frank Darabont

    -- Starring: Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan

    -- Tomatometer: 78%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 

     -- Chocometer: 9.1 chocolates

 "People hurt the ones they love. That's how it is all around the world." - John Coffey

19. The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

   

      --Directed by Michael Apted

    -- Screenplay  by Christopher Markus, Stephern McFeely and Michael Petroni

    -- Starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes and Liam Neeson

    -- Tomatometer: 49%

    -- IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 

     -- Chocometer: 9.1 chocolates

 "To defeat the darkness out there, you must defeat the darkness inside yourself. " - Coriakin

20. Bangkok Traffic Love Story (2009)

      --Directed by Adisorn Tresirikasem

    -- Screenplay  by Benjamaporn Srabua, Navapol Thamrongruttanarit and                Adisorn Tresirikasem 

    -- Starring: Sirin Horwang and Theeradej Wongpuapan

    -- Tomatometer: N/A

    -- IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 

     -- Chocometer: 8.5 chocolates

 "How can two people be boyfriend and girlfriend if they don't see each other? " - Kob




See review here. 

21. Hello Stranger (2010) 

      --Directed by Banjong Pisannthanakun

    -- Screenplay  by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Chantawit Thanasewi

    -- Starring: Chunthawit Thanasewi and Nuengthida Sophon

    -- Tomatometer: N/A

    -- IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 

     -- Chocometer: 8.5 chocolates

 "We're just two broken-hearted people who met each other abroad and helped ease the pain. " - Mey 

*I hate the ending. :(

24. Due Date (2010) 

     --Directed by Todd Phillips

    -- Screenplay  by Alan Cohen, Alan Freedland, Todd Phillips, Adam Sztykiel

    -- Starring: Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr

    -- Tomatometer: 39%

    -- IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 

     -- Chocometer: 5.5 chocolates

"I despise who you are on a cellular level" - Peter Highman."

25.  Charlotte's Web (2006)


--Directed by: Gary Winick
-- Screenplay By: Susana Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick
--Starring: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts
--Tomatometer: 78% (Critics)
--IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
--Chocometer: 5.2 chocolates

"It is not often someone comes along that's a true friend and good writer. Charlotte was both." - Narrator

26. Atonement ( 2007)

--Directed by: Joe Wright
-- Screenplay By: Christopher Hampton
--Starring: Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy
--Tomatometer: 83% (Critics)
--IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
--Chocometer: 8.2 chocolates

I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me.

27. Dalaw (2010)
28. Bulong  (2011)
29. Shake Rattle and Roll 12 (2010)
30. Toy Story (1995)
31. Shrek (2001)
32. Hating Kapatid (2010)
33. 9 (2009)
34. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
35. 3 Idiots (2009)
36. Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
37. The Crime of Padre Amarro (2002)
38. Retired Extremely Dangerous - R.E.D. (2010)
39. Salt (2010)
40. Little Fockers (2010)
41. I Am Number Four (2011)
42.Definitely Maybe (2008)
43. Death at a Funeral (2010)
44. La Vie En Rose (2007)
45. The King's Speech (2010)
46. As Good as it Gets (1997)
47. Blue Valentine (2010)
48. The Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
49. The Queen (2006)
50. The Tourist (2010)
51. The Fall (2006)
52. You Again (2010)
53. How Do You Know (2010)
54. The Secret in their Eyes (2009)
55. Wanted (2008)
56. The Duchess (2008)
57. My Sister's Keeper (2009)
58. Superbad (2007)
59. Just Go With It (2011)
60. Good Will Hunting (1997)
61. Adventureland (2009)
62. No Strings Attached (2011)
63. Nobody Knows (2004)
64. Becoming Jane (2007)
65. Confessions (Kokuhaku) (2010)
66. Jerry Maguire (1996)
67. Never Let Me Go (2010)
68. Zombieland (2009)
69. Nims Island (2008)
70. Just Friends (2005)
71. Irreversible (2007)
72. Still Walking (2009)