movie review... bridesmaids 2011

yes ok... i know that the harry potter fever is still in the air and i should go with the wave and write something about it... though am contemplating of doing mah own potter critique, circumstances change when somehow i accidentally watched this very good movie earlier... and i decided to go against the flow and write something about this movie instead...

i cant remember the last time i watched a comedy film which revolves around the wedding theme... and it will be very hard for someone to convince me to watch this type of movies in big screens as my standard for this kind of movie is very high... eventually at first glance, bridemaids would certainly pass mah criteria of a DVD worthy flick... the only reason i watched this is because that's the only movie i can watch in mah free time between mah class... and luckily, this movie really exceeds mah expectations and inspired me to write about it...

the movie revolves around Annie (played by Kirsten Wiig) and how her life was suddenly tossed upside down when her childhood friend Lillian (played by Maya Rudolph) chose her to become her maid of honor... the story seems simple though, but what made it interesting is the injection of Helen, Lillian's bestfriend, in the picture and how Annie and Helen struggle to outdo each other in proving to Lillian who's her best bestfriend ever... the characters in the movie reminds me of the characters in the tv series, desperate housewives... Annie as Lynette Scavo, Helen as Gabrielle Solis and Lillian as Susan Mayer... and when this three characters are put into one movie, the story will surely be a bomb...

overall, i certainly agree that this movie is a marriage of genuine characters, gross out gags, and pathos as this wedding-driven comedy surely refuses to be boxed in and may rival the position of my bestfriends wedding as the best wedding-driven comedy ever...

also, the holywood critics are saying that bridesmaids is a comedy movie that is raunchy and fearless, brilliantly written and shrewdly honest about what’s really going on in women’s lives.

finally, i must say that this movie is well worth of mah time and mah penny.... a movie that will definitely give you a good laugh from start to end and makes you cherish more the different aspects of true friendship... a movie that i will certainly recommend to my friends... i give this movie 4.5 out 5..

the day my life is torn...

in memory of....

JOHN DAVID M. MANLISES

Feb 15, 1980 - July 14, 2002

--- o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o ---

(excerpts from E! life story, 2002) 

 ... thundering clouds awaken me in the middle of mah sleep.. i tried to sleep again but i have this anxious feeling deep within me... i was guessing that it was just the feeling of excitement that kicks in as i know that i'll be visiting him that day... though i tried to stay calm for the rest of the night, there was this moment that bugs me that i just cant get back to sleep....

by morning, though i felt tired, my adrenalin is at utmost high because again, i'll be with him... i just cant thank the Lord that he's finally getting well and will be back home in few days...

on my way, i bought him the latest craze in town, the summit flavoured water... that was what i promised him the last time we've talked....

in the jeepney ride, i suddenly felt some discomfort... it seems that something bothers me and i can't reckon what... as soon as i arrived in the hospital, i felt that i was just dragging mah self... mah footsteps became heavy... mah heart pounded fast.... and then out of nowhere am having cold sweats...

in the elevator, it seems that the ride to the 6th floor took years... when i stepped out, mah phone vibrates... i looked at it and it was a message from my bestfriend's sister...

then i asked mahself, "why would she message me?"...

in that moment mah hands trembles and mah heart pounded much faster... then i felt to weak to open the message...

i summoned all the happy thoughts i can think of that time to built courage within me.... to make me believe that it was just a normal message...

then it reads.... "kuya passed away last night..."

the feeling of world crumbling in mah shoulder felt upon me as i dropped the bottle i carried and i just felt mah whole strength totally gone... i succumbs in the abyss of agony and the hurt within me was unbearable....

the pain made mah body numb and i just cant find the right words to say...

i cant believe that he was gone...

mah bestfriend, mah partner, mah brother... 

now gone...

a very sad moment when God finally decided to take what was ours for a while and will always be His forever...

good luck to me...

i've been busy downloading new tv series and movies this past few weeks... (i mean legal downloads ok! i paid for it, hahahaha).... and after i finished downloading mah almost 300GB of files, i am ready to transfer it to mah external HD for mobility... then whola! this window appeared when i transferred mah first folder...

dang!!! i guess there's something wrong with mah cable, hahahaha!!!!

GOOD LUCK TO ME INDEED!!!!

oh so rejoice!!!

when i opened my youtube account earlier, i ran across sandara's park rejoice commercial... and then it hit me... mah old self kicks me and i started reminiscing the old days... the old days where this jingle ads where so addicting... >darn! am getting gay again with this blog... :-)<

so back to my story, one of mah fave ads before was for the rejoice shampoo tv commercial... where girls with smooth silky long hair, top-billed by a beautiful and gorgeous local talent, sing and dance on an upbeat song that tells a hairstory... the initial tv commercial was an instant success and paved way to more rejoice singles... all the singles were so addicting that everyone looks forward for this ads in tv and certainly flares up any tv programs that carries the rejoice ads... a phenomenon that changes how shampoo ads are created for tv....

i remember that almost all my friends starts to sing and dance along everytime this ad is played on TV... and even years after the ads were aired on tv, i can vividly remember mah old office team singing this song every time we were bored and this time i sing and dance with them...

dang! how i wish we had this kind of ads here... am gettin bored with the lifeless ads here and how i praise the artistry in the type of ads we played in our country....

well without further ado, here are the different rejoices ads that flared philippine tv... and get the dancing shoes out then dance along to these wonderful jingles... :-)

Instant Ayos Jingle feat Mish Maravilla

Straight na Natural Jingle feat Gandakada Girls (Hazel, Jill and Isabel)

Kering Keri Jingle feat Kim Chui

Sunod sa Galaw Jingle feat Jaboom Twins

Walang Sabit Jingle Feat Sandara Park (mah personal fave!)