Letters to Juliet (2010) Movie Review

Image from Letters to Juliet at Wikipedia

I consider myself to be a hopeless romantic and because for now I have no love life, I find a romantic comedy movie to watch and make me feel “in-love” through the characters of the story.

A few weeks ago I just knew about Amanda Seyfried, and when I read the wiki page about her, I discovered that she is playing the lead role in all of her movie. I became curious about her because she’s a huge star yet I haven’t heard any rumors about her like I would with all those other stars now. Because of the curiosity, it lead me to watching almost all of her movies and upon seeing the trailer of “Letters to Juliet” I know, I just have to add it on my TO WATCH list.

Yesterday, I got the chance to finally see the movie and I really liked it.

Juliet’s answer to Claire’s letter:

” Dear Claire,

“What” and “If” are two words as non threatening as words can be. But put them together, side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life.
“What If?”
“What If?”
“What If?”
I don’t know how your story ended but if what you felt then was “true love”, then it’s never to late. If it were true then, why wouldn’t it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don’t know what a love like Juliet’s feels like; a love to leave loved ones fore, a love to cross oceans for. But I’d like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I’d have the courage to seize it. And Claire, if you didn’t, I hope one day that you will.

All my love,
Juliet”

Thanks to the The Notebook, I didn’t have a hard time writing it word for word while listening to the movie.

No wonder Amanda Seyfried always gets the lead role in most of her movies, she’s a natural. I admire her simplicity as well.

Have I mentioned I liked the movie? The only down side for me is that sometimes, the sound / music doesn’t seem suitable for the scene. I think it is pretty much predictable, but yet it didn’t stop me from watching the movie, and I didn’t regret doing so.

Trailer vs Movie:

I guess there are a few scenes in the trailer that I haven’t seen on movie. One is the conversation between Sophie and her fiancee on the phone while her fiancee is in an auction, and the other one is when Charlie was driving and he was glancing at Sophie and they almost had an accident.

How I wish every love story is like that. If you are like me who loves happy ending, better watch that movie.

If you want to read more reviews about this movie, check Letters to Juliet on Rotten Tomatoes.

For more info check:

Letters to Juliet official website

Letters to Juiet Internet Movie Database

Letters to Juliet Wikipedia

5 Days to Go, Still My Heart Goes for Gordon

Yes, I love Dick Gordon and I am voting for him to be the next President of the Philippines this May 10, 2010. No matter what others say, win or lose in surveys, for me Dick Gordon is “simply the BEST!”

I was also touched by a post of a blogger saying “Kay Gibo ako Noon … Gordon Ngayon.” The blogger mentioned all the reasons why Gordon is the best candidate. I know the feeling, I was once going for Villar before I remembered the heroic things Gordon had done for the Philippines.

GO GORDON!

Red Ribbon Media Launch for December 2009

There are a lot of benefits of being a blogger. One of it is being invited to an event and be given a free item.

Last December 1, 2009; I was invited by Red Ribbon for the launching of their new products. Undeniably, I loved it even before the event started and much more when it happened. I was expecting so much, but they exceeded my expectations. I love Red Ribbon even more after that.

So, what happened?

Area Manager (SM City Iloilo), Borgz Galagar and Marketing Services Officer, Meyan Lim welcomed us with a smile on their faces. They introduced their mission, vision, values and the most exciting part their new products. Red Ribbon aims to be on the top by 2020 so they keep on adding products and improving their services.

First, we were given a sample of their Grilled Ensaimada with Farmer’s Ham.

Everything on that plate just tasted so good and really perfect for me, even just the simple scrambled eggs.

Next, Chocolate Walnut Fudge with Hershey’s Dark Chocolate and coffee.

We were informed that while other companies would use machines in making decors and cakes, Red Ribbon does it manually. So just imagine the rolls you could see at the side of the cake, is being rolled to perfection by a human hand.

A “tip” was given to us by Meyan, on how to drink coffee with cake: Don’t put a creamer or sugar on your coffee, drink it then scoop a cake and eat. While the cake is still in your mouth, take a sip of your coffee. Compare the taste of the coffee, before and after you had the cake. The coffee tasted better, with a mixture of the cake. Indeed a perfect combination!

With me on this launching is Kathy Villalon of The News Today, Roselyn Villamor of Yuhum News Magazine and a fellow blogger, Mawe of Mawe’s Adobo.

I mentioned above, that I love these events because of free things. So, aside from those free food we ate at the venue, we were given a box of Red Ribbon White Forest which my kids enjoyed. Just see how excited they were to eat the cake.

Paranormal Activity (2009) Movie Review

My friend Lizanie encourages me to watch the movie Paranormal Activity. I used to be a brave young child but then I grew up to be a scaredy cat. I was curious and so I watched it. I have read from Wikipedia that the movie have 3 different endings. The one I watched ended up with Katie going back to the room with blood on her shirt and then later Police came and Katie was shot by the police.

I was really scared, but it didn’t stop me from watching the movie beginning to end.

Things I find unrealistic:

• They have certainly proved that there is something weird going on and caught it on camera. However, the boyfriend still doesn’t seem to believe it, to the point that he doesn’t want Katie to call a paranormal expert to help them and he still thinks he is in control. How stupid could that be?
• They are super brave that everytime they sleep the lights are off. If that happened to me, I wouldn’t care about the electricity bill, lights will be on.
• The paranormal expert that they called backed out because he sensed that the spirit was angry and it doesn’t want him to be there. I thought these kind of people are supposed to be brave and would fight to death?
• They are having a hard time looking for people that would help them. I think at 2006 there are a lot of TV series that is about paranormal and for me there are just a lot of people that could help, specially they have videos to prove their concerns.
• I have heard that usually spirits like this live in a house that is quiet but in the movie, the psychic said that it feeds from negative vibes like problems. That is just opposite from what I know. Usually, when something is weird happening in the house, my Mom would go shouting to drove it away and it does. I guess my house is just too noisy for those kind of spirits to live. I am not denying the fact that my house have those unseen entities too, but it is a good one, the one that gives out good luck. Usually, only guests or people new in the house would see, hear or feel them and my Mom has seen them when she was young.

Let’s respect everyone, including those we could not see.

SM City Iloilo Food Bloggers Event

I love food, so when I was invited to this event I could just imagine how full I would be after it and my instincts never failed me.

Casa Ilongga prepared

Crispy Kangkong

Baby Crabs

Pancit Molo

Yukashii prepared

Sushi and Maki

Breakthrough prepared

Scallops

Bangus

Pork Sisig

Fish Sisig

Chicken N Ribs prepared

Chicken

Ribs

Ocean City prepared

Fried Rice

Sweet and Sour

Ox Tongue

Sabor Ilonggo prepared

Pitchi Pitchi, Bayi Bayi

Buko ni Fruitas prepared

Buko Juice and Fruits

Thirsty prepared

Fruit and Shakes

House of Panini prepared

Panini

Bacolod Lechon Haus prepared

Sisig

Lechon Baboy

Mons Takuyaki prepared

Balls

I really enjoyed the food tasting, and the above mentioned deserves a try if you haven’t yet. Who knows, it might be one of your favorite.

Green Mango Restaurant in Iloilo

Last September 29, 2009, Iloilo Bloggers had a meeting with Janette Toral, Aileen Apolo and Jay De Jesus at Green Mango.

We chose to meet on this particular restaurant because they have a space for special meetings such as the ones we (Iloilo Bloggers) had. The main restaurant area is well planned and I just can’t resist to admire the decorations. The different seat designs made for different kinds of people which surely made this restaurant comfortable for me.

We enjoyed the food we ordered and had a great time interacting with each other. I remembered my first time visiting this place was with my family and my Mom just loved it immediately; with a delicious meal that fits into the budget, it would be a restaurant that surely Moms would love.

The Green Mango is located at Valeria street, near SM Delgado, in front of Ace Hardware and Max Restaurant. On its side is Coffee Break, where we went after our meeting. Bloggers introduced Coffee Break to the Luzon bloggers as “The Starbucks of Iloilo,” which Aileen had mentioned on her talk that same day for IT Week 2009 celebration at Robinsons Iloilo.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

I have to be honest, that I have watched this movie more than I should. Just come to think of it, I play this at least once a night since the first time I have seen it. My friend would say, it is like my coffee since it get’s me out of my sleepiness whenever I watch it.

The movie, was the first thing I discovered, because I often ask my friends for a recommendation of a “Romantic Comedy” films. This was one of the suggestions my friends had 2 weeks ago.

So, without any expectations or knowledge where this movie would bring me, I started watching it. After the movie ended, I can’t get enough of it, so I watched it all over again. I never get bored of doing so.

My Review on the actors:
Kat Dennings – I liked her because of this movie. I guess the character Norah fitted her perfectly.
Michael Cera – He also matches the personality of Nick though I would say, he could have done a better acting since there are scenes in the movie that just seems awkward for me.
The Friends – Well, those actors were great. The “gays” were really interesting and to add up, Caroline’s scenes were the scenes to watch in this movie.

After watching the movie, it got me to research more about it. On one of the Youtube video’s I have seen, there was a comment that says “The book is much better than the movie.” So, I get on my ways to acquire the so-called book and read it in one-sitting.

One thing I noticed with the book is that in almost every sentence they say, there would be an F word in it. That is kind of a turn off for me, but I kept on reading anyway.

I was expecting more of the book because I have already seen the movie. Though the story was great, it was far different than the movie.

All in all I guess I could say that the movie could have been better if they stick with what is on the book and the book could have been better if there’s not too much F-word in it.

Before I forget, the Trailer was better than the movie, because there are scenes in the trailer I like that wasn’t shown in the movie. Just like the “first kiss” and “we have the same dentist” scene. Watch the trailer:

Comparisons:

Trailer vs Movie

• First kiss is better on the trailer because Norah’s hands wrapped on Nick’s head gives it a more sexy feel in it. In the movie, it was like an awkward situation. I know they just met and it was kind-of a quicky thing, but the story in the book was all about “how magical” the first kiss was, so it should be a passionate kiss and not just a smack.
• TRAILER { Nick: We go to the same dentist, Norah: Yeah, he’s good. } MOVIE { Norah: We uh go to the same dentist, Dr. Man-o-man-witz. }

Movie vs Book

• The “orgasm” thing in the movie was “frigid” in the book.
• Tris was a bitch all the way in the movie, but in the book on the later part, you would see the good side of her and would make you think that she is not a bad girl.

TV Couple I Love Got Married

This has been a great season for me. I am a Danny and Lindsay (CSI New York), Alex and Izzie (Grey’s Anatomy) and Chase and Cameron (House) fan. All of these couple got married recently, here are the clips of their wedding.

Danny and Lindsay Wedding Day at the Municipal Hall

Alex and Izzie Wedding Day at the Church

Chase and Cameron Wedding at the Garden

Yehey!

Grey’s Anatomy Video Game Review

Last Week March 22, 2009 I saw a video ad on ABC Grey’s Anatomy official website about this Grey’s Anatomy Video Game. Since I am a lover of the show and somehow a game addict, I tried it out. I purchased a PC download which is worth US $29.99. Downloaded the 3 files needed for about 3 hours then I excitedly played the game. I finished playing the game after a week of my purchase. The game is just short, but because of my busy schedule, I barely have time to play with it. Since today is my rest day, I finished the game. Without further a do, here’s my Grey’s Anatomy Video Game Review.

Game Ranking (Lowest 1 – Highest 5) & Explanation:

• Graphics: 2 – Comparing it to the games I have played recently, like Resident Evil video games, the graphic on this game is not that impressive. Though they have somewhat copied the face of the characters, it could have been better. It’s like a game created from the 90′s – out dated!
• Sound: 4 – I am impressed with the sounds. I like the beat on some challenges.
• Gameplay: 2 – The characters walks funny, the voice over does not match the lips, and importantly the story sucks.
• Overall Rating: 2 – It is just not challenging enough.

Strength:

• The challenges that involves surgery are based on real surgeries. If a med student would play this, they would probably learn some techniques. I LOVE the stitching part. Callie always creates good or artistic stitches.

Weakness:

• I would like to say that I am an Alex and Izzie fan. So, for me the storyline do SUCK big time. The game is all about the story.

My Notes:

• There is a scene that I love that involves Alex Karev and Izzie Stevens together. Izzie was having trouble with Miranda Bailey’s baby (Tuck) and she asks Alex’s help in babysitting him.
• The game must have been done before the Season 5 started because it is all about Alex – Ava – Lexie Grey. Again, I am an Alex and Izzie fan, so this is not a good thing for me.
• Christina Yang was linked with a nurse. Imagine that? Doesn’t seem like Christina right? It’s icky, especially the nurse seems to have this boosting self confidence.
• Mark Sloan was paired up with Erica Hahn. I am soo not feeling it. Doesn’t seem like the characters at all.
• Izzie was paired up with a med guy that works for the government. Not my type.

Watched Twilight Movie

I had a date with my friend Ann. We watched Twilight at Robinsons Cinema and we ate at Greenwitch.

At Robinsons, I also met my friend Lorraine and again we played IT (touch and go game) again. She wins all the time. I never get to win that game since we were high school.

My Twilight movie review:

The movie targets teenagers. Since I am not, I find it funny and just reminisce my younger years. But, if I were a teenager, I would love the story.

I heard some people were disappointed with it, but I wasn’t. Maybe because I have no idea what the movie is all about and that I have no expectations of it.

Rating (10 as the highest): 6