X-Men: Days of Future Past: Movie Review

Thank you, Bryan Singer, for saving the X-Men movie franchise.

Ang Buod:

Since I don’t want to spoil this movie too much for y’all, I’ll give you a very simple summary. The movie is set way into the future. As the trailer shows, this future is pretty bleak for humans and mutants alike. Forget the weird mutant gene drug or the theoretically tragic political mutant annihilation plots from the previous movies in this franchise. Our heroes face seemingly unbeatable and indestructible enemies, the Sentinels.

These robots have the ability to change and “mutate” into machines that are immune to the powers of the particular mutant they’re facing. Plus, they also turn into machines that fire whatever the mutant is especially susceptible to. Think of it as a giant, laser-resistant, Kryptonite monster for Superman.

As a last ditch effort to survive, the surviving mutants, led by the Professor X-Magneto terrific tandem, send Wolverine’s consciousness back in time. This way, the older (and wiser?) Logan can be in the body of the 1973 Logan and keep Mystique from sending the snowball down the hill.

This time-travel plot line lets us see our favorite mutants together on the big screen and made for a lot of happy fans.

Ang Paghuhusga:

I’m switching this review’s format up because I want to keep it as spoiler-free as possible for the poor, pathetic, humans who haven’t seen it yet kaya didiretso na ako dito. I’ll have more of my honest opinions later in the post pero you’d have to hit the genius Read More tag to see them, ok?

I think you should go see this movie. It’s definitely one of the best movies this year. I know that may not mean a lot because we’ve had very few remarkable movies this year (with Thor: The Dark World being a little disappointing and with The Amazing Spiderman 2 just a little better than it’s pretty bad predecessor), pero it’s still worth the full price.

If you saw the other X-Men movies, especially the accursed X3: The Last Stand and all the ridiculously horrible Wolverine movies, you HAVE to see this movie. It’s the only way to alleviate the pain caused by Cyclops’ worthless death and all the other bad parts of the movie franchise. Give Bryan Singer a chance to undo the damage done to your childhood heroes.

The movie had really great action scenes, which were a bit long for me, but just right for all those action junkies out there. The reason why I enjoyed them was because they were very dynamic. It wasn’t just punching and hitting people. They were very creative in their fight choreography. I appreciate that. If you don’t know what I mean, you need to see that one scene with Quicksilver having fun with his powers. If that doesn’t blow your mind, I don’t know what will.

The actors also did a really good job portraying these complicated and multi-layered characters. That was what was missing from the other X-Men movies. All of the characters were just grey, emotional, and pouty, but this emo energy didn’t have depth. They were obviously upset, but I didn’t know and didn’t care about it. If you need proof, I have three words for you: Rogue and Cyclops.

Now, onto the spoiler-ridden part of this review.

The Wolverine: Movie Review

If you’re looking for the best superhero/comic book-based flick ever, this is not it. If you’re looking for a pretty decent movie starring Hugh Jackman, you’re going to have fun.

I wasn’t expecting a lot from this movie. The entire X-Men franchise was pretty much hit-or-miss in my opinion. There were a couple of good ones and a few bad ones. That’s why I wasn’t really that excited to see this movie.

I was on my own when I watched the movie. I was just looking for a quick escape from the real world and with that as the standard, I enjoyed the movie.

Les Miserables: Movie Review

This movie will not be forgotten.

One of the reasons why I had the worst Christmas of my life last year was because I couldn’t see this movie the same day as the rest of the world. I had to make do with the pretty bad MMFF entries of this year na hindi man lang tumapat sa kalidad ng mga nakaraang taon.

So, when it was finally time for me to catch this on the big screen, I was as excited as a kid looking up at Disneyland. Habang nakaabang kami sa mga taong palabas ng sinehan, kapansin-pansin that everyone had this dazed look on their faces. Parang may namatay sa loob ng sinehan. Kung sabagay, totoo naman. Marami naman talagang namatay. Pero yung way kung paano parang lahat ay tahimik na parang something metaphysical happened sa loob made me even more eager to see the film. And when I did, naintindihan ko. Kaya naman pala e. They truly witnessed something amazing.

Rise of the Guardians: Movie Review

Ang pinakamagagandang pelikula ay yung mga napapaisip ka ng di mo naiisip at nadarama mo ng di mo nararamdaman. Yan ang pelikulang ito.

Gone are the days when animated movies are for kids. Dreamworks’ films are deep, thought-invoking, heart-gripping stories dressed in cartoon clothes.

I watched the movie with my younger sister and I couldn’t help but notice the family seated in the row before us. Throughout the entire film, the kids kept asking their parent about what’s going on. The parents, too enthralled (or wag naman sana, equally confused) themselves, couldn’t say anything in response and I felt bad for the kids. Pero di ko rin pinaliwanag sa kanila. Syempre, una sa lahat, ayokong magpaka-bibo dun at manghimasok. Pangalawa, ayoko ring maantala ang panonood ko. At pangatlo, paano mo nga ba ipapaliwanag sa mga kapirasong ka-cucute na batang iyon ang tindi ng pinanghuhugutang konsepto ng pelikula?

Sasakit lang ulo naming lahat.

I remember way back when I was in high school, back when my baon and schedule made limited the number of movies I see, my twin sister and I would spend days (even weeks) dissecting a film. If I saw this with her dati, naku, ilang buwan naming itong topic. Sigurado.

Bakit? Kasi ang daming layers nung movie. Hanggang ngayon nga e punong-puno pa ang utak ko. Parang di pa niya handang iprocess lahat ng nakita at natutunan niya.

Real Steel: Movie Review

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang problema sa pelikulang ito. Kung siya ba, o ako?

Hindi gaya ng maraming ibang tao na sobrang nag-enjoy sa panonood nito ang aking pananaw. Oo. Given na maganda yung graphics at kumpleto ang rekados nito para sumwak sa panlasa ng lahat, pero parang kulang ng linamnam (Insert product plugging here). Nandun si Hugh Jackman para sa mga nag-ccrave ng testorone showcase on screen, si Atom (yung robot) para sa GP na baragan ng mukha, at yung adorable na batang si Dakota Goyo para sa “Awww…” moments.