Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Twilight invades Philippines




What's with this film anyway, why are they so crazy about this film? is it because of the story? or because of the cute characters? hehehe
I decided to watch this film to find out why people are so obsessed with Edward and Bella (the characters from the film) ...
Let me tell you, its not really the best film I have ever seen but at least they met all my expectations, except for one, no BED SCENE, joke.
Anyway, The theater was full of frenzied teenagers who were obviously cult followers of the book. I think the movie is great, I haven't really read the book, not a fan either but I can say that it was a good film. The actors are great, Kristin Stewart nailed her part well. Robert Pattinson (i hate it when he shows up in a scene, the girls keep on screaming until he vanishes from the scene), well he did well too. What
This is definitely a movie to see.
The only thing I had a teensy problem with was all the super-sweeping camera angles. Very nice at times, but you could tell they liked that way of filming.
Even if you've NEVER read the books, you WILL enjoy this story, also.
I know I'll be back to see it again.

Monday, November 17, 2008

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - a book review



FAREWELL HARRY POTTER

I feel sad now that the Harry Potter series has now ended. I don't know what strucked me, but after reading the last bok, I FELT EMOTONALLY ILL...like SOMETHING INSIDE ME WAS TAKEN OUT...I have been so much attached to the Harry Potter series since the First movie. I have been so much fond of the characters and their journeys...because of this, i feel that it has been a part of my life.
Honestly, I never want the story to end. But, I realized taht evrything doesn't last forever and maybe accept that it has ended, move on, get over it, and keep moving forward.
The last book, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, was for me, tragic and sad. But of course, adventurous. The way the three of them (Harry, Hermione and Ron) fought against the Dark LOrd's Forces, found and destroyed all the Horcruxes, and unravelled the secret of the DEATHLY HALLOWS. The book is great, really great, Rowling did a great job, indeed. Rowling is a very promising author, I love the way she connected
al the past events from year one up to the last, the way she managed to put all the pieces together to solve the problem. By redaing the book I feel that I was one of the characters, I also help to find clues to solve the answer to the mystery, I made a lot of theories, and the thing is, almost all of my theories are correct.
I think what makes it sad and tragic because of all the lives that were lost, all who died to protect Harry. Its sad that they died.
To SIRIUS, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, MAD-EYE MOODY, DOBBY, FRED, TONKS, CREEVEY, LUPIN AND other who had died...may you rest in peace

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."


I'm gonna miss them, HARRY, HERMIONE, RON, GINNY, NEVILLE and LUNA.Im gonna miss the spells that they have used. The hogwarts and the teachers and other charcters. Im gonna miss everything...
Its very hard to say goodbye to them, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE JUST CHARACTERS OF A FICTION NOVEL, BUT FOR ME, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REAL, OTHERS MIGHT FIND IT FUNNY, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THEYRE REAL, THAT THERE REALLY IS A HOGWARTS, AND THERE REALLY ARE WIZARDS AND WITCHES. ITS REALLY HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEM, ITS LIKE SAYING GOODBYE TO A CLOSE FRIEND OR SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN SO CLOSE TO YOU...
im gonna miss all their journeys...
you gotta admit, this will be a great story to tell to my kids someday...


FAREWELL HARRY POTTER....
you may not know it but, you have changed my life, you have changed a lot of lives...

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Ghost Hunt - Story, Characters, REVIEW




STORY
For those of you who have no idea what Ghost Hunt is?

It is an anime series consist of 25 episodes. The story is all about a group of psychic researchers, who goes in haunted places to trap down or exorcise evil spirits. Their group is known as the Shibuya Psychic Research, the group is consist of 8, Shibuya as their leader.

REVIEW
The story is great and scary. Watching it, I feel like I am one of the characters. The show is very entertaining, gets everyones attention, the ghosts are driving me crazy, and the story is really creepy. I learned many things from the show, like ESP, earthbound spirits, ancient stories or people that really occurred from the past that still haunts the present. Great show. There are some portions of it that are funny, especially about the "thing" between Naru, Mai and Masako.
Great, great show...Two thumbs up!!


Well now that you've heard the story, time for you to meet the characters...


MAI TANIMAYA
A 16 year-old orphan and first year high school student who temporarily fills in as an assistant for SPR to repay her debt when she accidentally injurs Naru's regular assistant, Lin, and breaks a camera that was being used in an investigation of an old building at Mai's school (It is later revealed that the camera was covered by insurance, and the reason for her employment is unknown).



KAZUYA SHIBUYA
A paranormal researcher and the handsome 17 year-old president of the SPR, Shibuya Psychic Research. His nickname "Naru" is short for "narcissist", given to him by Mai. Contrary to the other characters, he does not appear to possess any kind of spiritual power, and must count on his companions' abilities and his own intellect and knowledge to solve the cases they investigate. It is later revealed that Naru is an extremely powerful psychic, but using it takes a toll on his body because it is difficult to control and can only be used as raw power.



KOUJO LIN
Originally from Hong Kong. He is Naru's calm and taciturn assistant who rarely speaks more than he needs to. He seems to get most of the unpleasant jobs, and works through the night. He appears to be an onmyoji and has a wide range of paranormal skills from exorcism to summoning spirit familiars. He acts as Naru's guardian to help him find his brother. It is revealed that the three are childhood friends.



Houshou Takigawa
A 25 year old hakkaisou, a Buddhist monk who has left his position, who studied in Mt. Koya. He claims that he left Mt. Koya because they did not allow music CDs. His full-time profession is a bass musician in a popular band.



JOHN BROWN
A nineteen year old caucasian Catholic priest from Australia who learned to speak Japanese with a Kansai accent, thus giving his sentences a rather odd, humorous structure. Good-natured and helpful, he helps Mai and Naru however he can. His means of exorcism is spraying holy water while reciting the first passage of John from the New Testament of the Bible.



AYAKO MATSUZAKI
A 23 year old outspoken, self-styled Shinto miko, or priestess, because she was not raised in a shrine and is actually the daughter of a wealthy doctor who owns a community hospital. She is confident and proud of her abilities, though her attempts to demonstrate them have almost always fallen short.



MASAKO HARA
A spirit medium with a popular television show and the ability to speak to the dead, Masako is a 16 year old girl who resembles a Japanese doll because she is always wearing a kimono, even while sleeping. She has romantic feelings towards Naru and is jealous of how casual and free Naru is when dealing with Mai.


Osamu Yasuhara
A 3rd year top-ranked high school student and president of his school's student council. Yasuhara first appears as a client of SPR as a result of unexplainable phenomena occuring at his school during "File 6". After the case is solved, he continues to help out SPR in what ever ways he can, such as impersonating Kazuya Shibuya at the request of Naru and performing background research off-site while the others are on a case.