Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
A Very Special <3
Year: 2008
Genre: Romance / Comedy
Director: Cathy Garcia Molina
Starred by: John Lloyd Cruz, Sarah Geronimo
Synopsis by Wikipedia:
Laida is a modern-day Belle. She works hard to provide for her family while believing that someday she will meet her prince charming and they will live happily ever after together. That prince charming is none other than Miggy Montenegro, the youngest of the Montenegro clan—a well established family in the business world. Laida dreams of meeting Miggy every day and every night. These dreams lead her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at Miggy’s newly established men’s magazine Bachelor despite it being a long shot, hoping that working in the company will allow her to be close to the man who invades her dreams every night.
By some sort of luck, Laida lands the job. Overwhelmed by the being in the presence of her crush, and by her instant employment, Laida remains blind to the fact that the Miggy she dreams of is very different from the real one. Miggy in person is a hothead who thinks he’s always right. The word “sorry” doesn’t mean anything to him. Everyone is scared of him, except Laida, who is always ready to defend her dream man. Blindly she caters to his whim, even when he sent her to be his proxy on his date with his girlfriend, breaking her heart a little. Her co-workers question her unrelenting dedication to such a monster but when Laida proves quite loyal to the man, gossip about Laida’s feelings for their boss starts to circulate. Laida, to defend herself, unwittingly reveals information about Miggy’s personal life which earns her his ire. Being shouted at for the first time by the man she dreams of opens Laida’s eyes to reality. And her awakening in turn leads to Miggy’s rude awakening of why people do not like him.
No one has ever talked back to Miggy before. No one dared tell him their opinions and or suggestions. Miggy was always right and that’s how he likes it. But when Laida, a simpleton who just follows his every command tells him to his face that he is wrong, Miggy begins to wonder if the reason for his failures could actually be him. For the first time Miggy apologizes. And this opens the door to a whole new world of a lot of “firsts” for Miggy. With the help of Laida, Miggy slowly learns to be a teamplayer. With the help of Laida, Miggy slowly learns the value of loyalty.
But Miggy’s conflict with his siblings keeps pulling Miggy back to his old ways, and not even Laida’s presence in his life can clear the shadow cast on him by his family. Laida does everything she knows just to help Miggy at the expense of time with her family. As Laida and Miggy’s fight to save the magazine become more intense, so is their fight to keep their intentions and emotions at bay. Will Laida and Miggy ever figure out the right combination to solve their problems in business and in their personal lives? Or will their mismatching personalities, despite their common interest and goal keep them from ever figuring out their perfect pair?
Leave u guys with the trailer =)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
One True Love
Year: 2008
Genre: Romance
Director: Mac Alejandre
Synopsis by Wikipedia:
Finally after three years of courtship, Migs (Dingdong Dantes), a medical intern, marries simple and unassuming Joy (Marian Rivera), a nurse in the hospital of Migs’ residency. Several days before the wedding, his first love and childhood best friend Bela, a sophisticated woman, (Iza Calzado) returns from Canada, still single and in love with Migs.
The young couple meets an unfortunate incident turning their newly-found bliss into a tragic existence. Living with Migs turns out to be an agonizing experience as his new state of mind gets more complicated as days pass. A creature of serenity, Joy refuses to name her pains and secretly vows to make Migs remember their love that was inexplicably lost and waiting to be rekindled; faithful that along the way, his heart will remember what his mind forgets.
Will Migs ever find his way to recovery and into the arms of the one he truly loves? Will he find the missing piece to form the conflicted puzzle that is his heart? Will he able to pick up from where he left off or would he rather be with his present and incidentally his past love?
Seriously, I'm not really sure how I felt towards this movie. When I 1st saw the trailer, I was awed and was eager into watching this. But then, I really don't know. The storyline was not that bad, doesnt have the wow-factor and it's not real. But couldnt blame them. Cuz if the ending were the other way round, I'm sure the fans would boo-ed this. The difference between Korean/Japanese and Filipino movie is that Korean/Japanese movie's ending is realistic and Filipino is still the happily-ever-after ending. No, I'm not saying is a bad thing cuz if it were me, personally, I would be devastated if the ending was the other way round or not what the fans wanted, di ba? Nywz, the thing that I love about this movie though is that the actresses, Marian Rivera and Iza Calzado really expresses their feelings up to the point that if it were you being them, it would really hurt. Which means you will understand and felt what they are really feeling. Watching them crying, makes me want to cry too. LOL. Oh well, I guess I do like the storyline cuz usually it wud be a "copy" from other western movie. This one too but in a different way. However, even though I might like this movie personally, if u ask me, I wouldnt recommend people watching it. If you wanted that "O-M-Gawd" kinda thing, nope.. It's not there. Cuz towards the end, you would say "Huh.. Ohhh okay.. Is that it?" So, yeah. But out of curiosity, just go watch it. Haha. I'm rating it 2.5 out of 5.

