movies

Hotel Transylvania

January 12, 2013 / Filed Under: bonding activity, cartoons, movies

I downloaded Hotel Transylvania today so Ykaie and I could watch it during early afternoon siesta time. I love watching movies with Ykaie because she always end up asking me questions which I love answering. Because this means that the big and small wheels inside her head are working.

Question of the day turns out to be: ” Mommy, can an invisible man see another invisible man??”

Hmmmnn… how should I know the answer to that? I’m not invisible..hee. I just told her I think so because they’re both invisible. It makes sense, right? heehee.

Then came the Request of The Day: ” mommy, gawa mo kong worm cake….”

After seeing Mavis’s worm cake, she wants one for herself! I guess you know what’s gonna be for breakfast tomorrow huh?

Hotel Transylvania is about Dracula, who operates a high-end resort/hotel away from the human world. He goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teen-aged daughter, Mavis.

Rise of the Guardians

December 30, 2012 / Filed Under: movies

Sis, the kids and I still managed to squeeze in a movie during the holidays in between grocery shopping and Christmas shopping. What’s good about watching a movie this time of the year is there are only a few people inside the cinema. I guess everybody’s busy making their list and checking it twice..hee. What’s not good is that since there only few people inside the cinema, it gets a little cold. A northface down jacket is certainly needed. But I didn’t bring any, so I just cuddled with Ykaie on my lap.

This film tells a story about the Guardians (North or Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Bunnymund or the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman), who enlist Jack Frost to stop Pitch from engulfing the world in darkness. It features the voices of Chris Pine (Jack Frost), Alec Baldwin (Santa Claus), Hugh Jackman (The Easter Bunny), Isla Fisher (The Tooth Fairy) and Jude Law (Pitch). The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award of best animated feature film.

This film made me and Ykaie cry at the end….love love love this movie and it made Ykaie believe in them more.

Awesome Aswangs in TIKTIK: The Aswang Chronicles

November 1, 2012 / Filed Under: movies

When my father in law asked Ykaie to watched Tiktik, Ykaie didn’t think twice and immediately agreed. After all, we love watching horror movies at home.

I’ve seen the trailers of this movie and I’ve heard it being endorsed by the cast, however, I paid no attention because to be honest with you, I don’t like Dingdong Dantes. I never liked him.

This movie changed all that. I’ve never been so proud of a Filipino horror movie as I am with Tiktik. It is worth every peso of the ₱220 that you will be paying for in the cinema.

Plot Synopsis taken from their website:

With dark shades on and a burning cigarette between his lips, Makoy will do whatever it takes to get back his girlfriend Sonia, who’s pregnant with their child. He makes the trip to remote Pulupandan, her hometown, and is quickly rebuffed by Sonia’s mother Fely. But Makoy has never been one to give up. With the help of Sonia’s father Nestor and his ever-dependable helper Bart, Makoy stays in town to surprise Sonia on her birthday. But alas, Makoy gets into trouble with a group of townsfolk who transform into tiktik—horrific, man-eating creatures with a taste for fetuses that are still in the womb. They are angry, and they are hungry for revenge. Will their thirst for blood and retribution be quenched? Will Makoy finally get his act together, protect Sonia and their baby, and once and for all prove himself worthy of their love? Who will win in the battle between men and monsters?

Direk Erik Matti nailed everything in this movie. It could compete with foreign movies in terms of special effects, background, visuals, and sound effects but you can feel that it takes deep roots in the Pinoy horror culture……Filipino in every aspect.

Even injecting fun and laughter in a horror film is very Pinoy. Joey Marquez did a very good job in balancing comedy, action and playing the nerdy father of “Sonia”.

Did you know that this is the only Filipino movie that is shot entirely on green screen?

The story of Tiktik was developed over a period of 6 years. The script wasrevised numerous times,the character arcs and plot structure fine-tuned by award-winning writers Jade Castro and Michiko Yamamoto. All in all: 20 months in the making. 5 months of preparation for research, auditions, tests, and construction of 5 major sets in a 2000 square-meter warehouse. 3 months of principal photography. And approximately 12 months of post-production work.

Two thumbs up to TikTik… I could watch it over and over again!