12 Greatest Movies of 2012

Isang matinding, “YESSSS!” dahil naihabol ko ito bago matapos ang January 2013. Medyo kakatwa nga naman kung ipopost ko ito ng bandang pa-gitna na ng 2013. So, wala pang ibang palabok, ito ang listahan ko para sa taong nakalipas.

• The Double – This is, in my opinion, one of the best spy/action movies of the year.
• The Help – Award-worthy talaga ang pelikulang ito at iiwan kang luhaan.
• John Carter – I know hindi ito gusto ng lahat, especially ng mga taong inabutan ang orihinal na John Carter legend, pero sa akin, nagustuhan ko talaga.
• Louder Than A Bomb – This is the best documentary I saw in 2012. Very inspiring at pinaiyak din ako nito.
• The Avengers – Joss Whedon, Robert Downey, Jr., and a bunch of other superheroes. This is the best superhero movie of the year para sa akin. (Sorry naman, di ko pa napapanood yung Dark Night)
• I Do Bidoo Bidoo – This is the best Pinoy movie of the year. Very fresh at inspiring din.
• The Mistress – Ang ganda ng atake ng pelikulang ito. Considering the number of movies that tackled this same storyline sa nakalipas na taon, ito talaga ang pinakamaganda for the year. John Lloyd and Bea did great and the screenplay and cinematography was impeccable. Galing galing!
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World – Yup. Sakto dahil sa palpak na end of the world prediction for this year, this movie puts things in the right perspective without scaring you too much.
• Ruby Sparks – This movie is very young at ang ganda ng pagkakasulat. The fact that Zoe Kazan is young explains a lot. You really have to see this movie. This is also a great jump off point to introduce yourself or others to indie/art films. Di siya gaanong artsy fartsy para ma-overwhelm ang regular na manonood.
• The Cabin in the Woods – The best slasher flick ever!
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green – If you want a family movie na magpapaiyak sa mga nanay at magmomotivate sa mga junakisness na magpakabait, ito yun.
• Pitch Perfect – Music + Nerds + GREAT SCRIPT = Perfect movie!

Kaunting pagpapaliwanag lang. Kung hindi nakasama ang paborito ninyong pelikula, wag naman kayong magdamdam. You can suggest kung ano ang nagustuhan ninyo last year. Ipost niyo lang sa comments below. This list is made up of the movies I saw. Di ko naisali ang ibang remarkable movies for 2012 simply because di ko sila napanood. Pero kung ikaw, napanood mo, comment lang! =)

The Lorax: Movie Review

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.

Di ko alam kung pagod o puyat lang talaga ako nung pinanood ko ito kaya naapektuhan ako at naluha. Pero nagulat rin ako sa sarili ko nang bigla akong maiyak dahil sa panonood ng pelikulang ito. Kasi naman, di gaya ng aking nakababatang kapatid, di naman ako environmentalist. Alam kong maling magtapon ng basura and I make it a point that I don’t, pero di ako umiiyak sa tuwing may pinuputol na puno. Alam ko naman kasing kung may isserve na mas mabigat na purpose ang pagkawala niya ay isa itong necessary evil. Kiling man ako sa pagiging mas maka-kalikasan lalo na dahil sa onset ng global warming, di naman matindi masyado ang kapit ko dito dahil I believe in the inevitable doom of man.

Di ko rin naman masyadong na-enjoy yung pelikula. It’s one of the few movies that I had to stop watching every now and then dahil di ako naaliw sa paglalahat ng kwento. Gayunman, it made its point kaya siguro na-move parin ako. It must’ve been Dr. Seuss who got to me.

The Lucky One: Movie Review

I know medyo late na dahil this movie has been off the screen for months now, but hey! You can’t blame me for waiting for the DVD release bago ko mapanood. As much as I want to turn watching movies and writing about it into my full-time job, I can’t. I have an 8-hour job that leaves me with just about 4-6 waking hours away from work each day.

*sigh* But, enough about me. Let’s dive into the movie.

Nicholas Sparks novels are my guilty pleasure. Kasi may tamang dose ng self-loathing akong nadarama every time I finish one of his books. He has this formula pagdating sa pagsulat na paulit-ulit-ulit lang sa mga libro niya. Parang nag-iiba lang yung pangalan, pero halos pareho din yung plot. Naiinis yung poser na critic sa loob ko, pero yung girlaloo naman, pumaparty.

 

I read the novel before I saw the movie. And even if I wasn’t as excited about it as I was with The Notebook, A Walk To Remember, or Dear John, I thought it was okay. Kaya nga lang, dahil I read it around the time when they first released the movie poster, Na-associate ko na agad yung characters sa mga artistang gaganap. I didn’t think it would affect my reading adversely dahil nag-enjoy naman akong imaginin na si Channing Tatum si John sa Dear John before, pero mabilis kong pinagsisihan na ipares ang mukha ni Zac Efron kay Sgt. Logan Thibault. This brings me to the first thing I didn’t like about the movie.