Pick Flick: (500) Days of Summer

I've waited for MONTHS just to see this and it didn't disappoint. It lived up to my expectations~ I expected much from it and it still lived up to my expectations. Entonces, I am in love with this movie. Watched it last Friday with my sister. Because I am kuripot, we watched it in Sta. Lucia. Had we watched it in Megamall or some fancy schmancy movie house, it would have cost me P170 per person, at least. But in Sta. Lucia, it's only P110 each. Well, you just have to live with occasional rats scurrying across the floor (My feet were up on the chair the whole frickin' time). Anyway, back to our main agenda...

First of all, the opening credits (that scene right after FOX Seachlight Presents frame) reminded me of a Korean film. Coupled with that illustration of a bench, Korean na Korean ang feel. Plus, it has the quietness of Korean films. Think Il Mare, The Classic or April Snow. While the narration at the beginning also reminded me of Pushing Daisies. How the story jumped from Day 1 then to Day 387 then to Day 49 reminded me of The Time Traveler's Wife.

7 Things About (500) Days of Summer:

1. Although Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) broke Tom Hansen's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) heart, I just can't get to hate on her. She did warn him that she doesn't do the boyfriend thing and she never referred to him as her boyfriend. They just did stuff that couples do but in this day and age, that's not really how the world works. So if you're "special someone" tells you you don't have to put a label on what the two of you have, maybe you'd have to give it a second thought.

2. Summer is incredibly cute. I love her hair and her clothes. I wonder if one could be effortlessly cute as her. And if you noticed, her name is kind of a play on words~ Summer Finn, Finn... gets?

3. The things you do for your crush to notice you, tsk... tsk... Tom had a crush on Summer right from the moment he has set his eyes on her. I loved it how he was acting nonchalant about the fact that he and Summer are in the elevator together, alone together! But not only that, Summer tells him how she loves The Smiths and sings along. And now that he knows what the two of them have in common (aka The Smiths), he uses it to catch her attention. I especially loved the scene where he turned up the volume of his speaker just so Summer could hear it on her way out.

4. Another thing I found funny was how the things Tom used to love about Summer are now the same things she hates about her. Or maybe he hates it because he thinks of them and remembers how much he adores her...

5. It was said that this movie is not a love story but a story about love. But how can this not be a story about love? He falls in love with her, she doesn't. It is unrequited love. Unrequited, meaning not returned, but it still is about love, right? We were forewarned that they won't end up together because Summer just doesn't feel the say way about Tom but that didn't keep me from hoping that they would. But at the same time, I'm also hoping that they wouldn't.

6. It was cruel of Summer to invite Tom over to her engagement party and what's worse, he didn't even know it was her engagement party. Poor Tom, he went there excited about what's in store for him and then shit happened~ the same Summer who didn't even want to call what they had a relationship is now engaged to another man. Imagine how inadequate he could've felt at that time. Marriage is something much more permanent, a label that's harder to erase but she's willing to have that with another. Ouch.

7. I think you know it when you feel it, that's what Tom told Summer when she'll know that she's in love. What's ironic was this was the same line that Summer told her when he asked her why she married her husband.

Tom: You never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend, now you're somebody's wife.
Summer: It surprised me, too.
Tom: I don't think I'll ever understand that. I mean, it doesn't make sense.
Summer: It just happened.
Tom: That's what I don't understand, what just happened?
Summer: I just woke up one day and I knew.
Tom: Knew what?
Summer: What I was never sure of with you .

Double ouch.



As what others have said, this movie is breathtakingly beautiful.

After 10 Things I Hate About You, (500)Days of Summer is the only movie of Joseph Gordon-Levitt I've seen. Used to not like the guy back then but now, now it's a different story. He kind of reminds me of a Heath Ledger sin receding hairline. I hope I would see more movies from him. OKay, back to the movie...

This movie is about destiny, fate, chuchuchuchu... and that there are plenty of fish in the sea. So here I am, much more confused than ever whether or not to believe fate and destiny and that there's a person out there for us. So yeah, whatever. I'm just glad I've watched this movie already and I want to watch it again...

Glee S01 E08: Mash-Up

I'm falling even more in love with this series, episode by episode. I'm just glad that it got a full season and there would be 14 more episodes.

Aside from Rachel and Finn's complicated love situation, I also look forward to Emma and Will's moments together. I know, I know, I am not trying to promote infidelity but because Terri is very annoying character, it's easy to like this "thing" going on between Emma and Will. Will doesn't really think much of it. Mas may malisya si Emma.

I enjoy Will and Emma but at the same time I feel sorry for Coach Ken. And to add insult to injury, his players chose glee over football.

This week's most surprising twist was Puck pursuing Rachel. I thought it was for real. It wasn't. But although it was short-lived, I kinda liked it. Actually, Puck and Rachel was the second most surprising. The most surprising was... Sue falling in love. Sue was nice while it lasted... but now that she found out she's been had, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Beware Will Schuester, I think you might be getting much more than a slushie facial~

GG S03 E06: Enough About Eve

Ahhh, Gossip Girl... I used to love this series truly, madly and deeply but it's just not the case these days. It breaks my heart to admit that I'm starting to get sick of it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm tired of their relationship rigodon. I'm sick and tired of every episode with minutes and minutes of canoodling and PDA-ing all over the streets of New York. One more scene with Serena on a PDA-fest and I swear I'm gonna barf.

What's weird is that the character who I used to not like during the previous season is now the character I like~ Chuck Bass. Who knew he is capable of love, right? So now that he's showing his softer side (and has done wihtout his DOM-ish tendencies), it kind of endears him to me. I heart Chuck Bass

The only constant thing I love about GG is Blair Waldorf. Sure, her wardrobe isn't as nice as it was two seasons ago but I love her just the same. It's just sad that hehr manipulative ways could make her lose Chuck :( Just when I thought finally, someone has found happily ever after in GG's neverending game musical chairs.

Hilary Duff aka Olivia Burke is a breath of fresh air in this series that's starting to get old. And she also puts Vanessa in her place without being mean... But until when is she going to be all sugar and spice and everything nice?


Speaking of Vanessa, OMG I REALLY WANNA HIT HER IN THE HEAD! Argh, I super duper hate her. I love Blair because she can put Vanessa in her place in her own mean ways and I love Olivia because she kinda does that too without meaning to. This episode, we all saw that Vanessa is such a sellout, as with every episode. Kadiri si Vanessa. She's so loathsome even her own mother doesn't like her. Haha. Kapal niya! She even bitches about Olivia behind her back when Olivia's been nothing but very very nice to her. Olivia even brought her a giant claw back from Japan!


Would we be seeing Vanessa and Blair as BFFs in the near future? I feel they could be having an alliance against Olivia Burke who seems to be the university's queen bee as of the moment with her celebrity status and she's not even trying.

But I could be wrong... I'm almost always wrong when it comes to my predictions as to what would happen next. There was one episode when Chuck and Dan, who shared antipathy towards each other, landed inside jail together~ I thought they would be friends all of a sudden. Turned out that was too shortlived to make my assumption even valid. Anyway, new episode can be downloaded later :D TTFN!

Glee S01 E07: Throwdown

It's war between Will and Sue. Entertaining, no?

That Sue Sylvester character is genius. I don't know if such a person exists in real life but if there is, I hope I don't ever encounter him/her. Sue has got the funniest lines in this series. She might be the show's antagonist but I'd say that it wouldn't be the same without her in it. Jane Lynch makes a perfect Sue Sylvester.

Sue: You're right, Will, I've been trying to destroy your club with a conviction that I can only call religious. And you wanna know why? Because I don't trust a man with curly hair. I can't help picturing small birds laying sulfurous eggs in there and I find it disgusting.

Do they go on to college, I don't know. I don't care. Should they learn Spanish? Sure, if they wanna become dishwashers and gardeners. But if they wanna become bankers and lawyers and captains of the industry, the most important lesson they could possibly learn is how to do a round-off.

When Sue threw a fit after Principal Figgins told her that nobody cares about that anti-embolism stockings video, I kind of remember someone. Haha. Well, not really to that extent but close.


I hate Terri. What's funny is when I took a test on Facebook to determine which Glee character I am, I got Terri. Oh my. I hope she gets found out sooner. I actually find it ridiculous that Will has never even touched his pregnant wife's belly. I mean, my sister's pregnant and I'm only her sister but I can't help but touch her pregnant belly once in a while. What more if you're the father, right? And for how long will Terri go on with this lie? Until Quin gives birth? POssible but really how can they keep up with this? Plus, Will would be so heartbroken if he finds out Terri's pregnancy is a hoax. Then again, this is a TV show. Fiction, in other words. Everything is possbile.

No Air performance, FTW! Complete with wind-blown effect...

Love it! Now Quinn notices there's something going on between Finn and Rachel ;) Not that Quin has any right to get mad since she is not really carrying Finn's baby. And in this episode, Rachel owns up to it.

Rachel (to Quin): You're right. I helped you not because it's the right thing to do but because I have romantic ulterior motives.

Love triangle na ito!

Still, I applaud Rachel for what she did, even if she did with because of her feelings for Finn. If it were me, better for the school to find out about my nemesis' predicament. Why would I go out of my way to protect the person who's supposed to be my rival? Even if she did it for Finn, that's still hard to do.

Heartbreaking, 'no? Sure, he does love Quin but I'm sensing that Finn's starting to fall real hard for Rachel, most especially after her altruistic acts. Too bad Finn can't ditch Quin for her right now.



I am pro-Rachel & Finn but in real life when this is the case, huwag na kasing makigulo. If you insist on being in a relationship with a guy who's already committed, you're just digging your own grave.

Ang Buntis na Makulit

Bow.

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My little sister who is 31 weeks pregnant seems to be attracting accidents here and there.

Last Friday, she slipped down the stairs and landed on her butt. Fortunately, she and the baby were okay. After what happened, you expected that she would be more careful and take extra precautions. But apparently, she's not. Yesterday, she got into a car accident on her way to work. Her car crashed into a CRV around 3pm because she fell asleep while driving. She fell asleep! WTF, right? Turns out she was working on some project the night before and slept a little past 5 AM. We had to bring her to the hospital last night because she was having contractions. She and the baby are okay but her contractions have to be stopped. She stopped having contractions already but she's still in the hospital for observation. I hope she'll be okay soon.

One more thing~ SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT! Every frickin' time I hitch a ride with her, I tell her to wear her seat belt but she just won't listen. Thank God nothing happened to her and to the baby. Nakakaawa at nakakainis siya at the same time.

GG S03 Eps 3, 4 and 5 Round Up

Haynako. Been really really busy these days~ hodgepodge of many, many things. I don't know why October is being such a pain in the arse. Because of these more important things that have been happening in our lives, I was unable to do my weekly takes on Gossip Girl and Glee and I wasn't able to blog more often like before. Anyway, here's my short takes on GG's episodes 3, 4 and 5.

Episode 3- The Lost Boy

Creepy love team rigodon, I swear. I'm getting sick of these supposedly college students switching partners just like that. And what's weirder is that they belong to the same circle and seems like they're okay with that.

Take Serena and Dan, for example. Once upon a time, they were so in love with each other but then shit happened and then suddenly they were step-siblings. Nate, Chuck and Blair also make a weird, weird set-up. Nate and Chuck are best friends. Nate and Blair were once an item. Nate and Blair broke up because Chuck and Blair hooked up and now they're going on a double date? Although Blair and Chuck's relationship is starting to grow on me. It seems like Chuck is really changing his spots...

Eeew.. Nate is such a manwhore. Plus, I really hate that Bree Buckley actress. Not the character, take not. Hope they got another actress for Bree Buckley's character.

Poor Scott. Now I know where his emo-ness is coming from.


Episode 4- Dan de Fleurette

Yay! Hilary Duff (Olivia Burke) is finally here! I kinda missed seeing her on TV. I used to watch Lizzie McGuire religiously. Though I admit seeing little Lizzie all grown up sends me into panic mode. They grow up so fast. ** sigh **

Lucky, lucky Dan Humphrey. How does he manage to attract such beauties when he is not really that cute. Well, I used to think he was cute way back when he still didn't think too much of himself. I'm excited to see more of of Dan and Olivia. Would Serena suddenly get all territorial over Dan? I'm sensing there's still some sort of "feelings" between Serena and Dan. Or maybe that's just me holding on to the original pair I oh-so-loved?

With Blair unable to find minions in college, she goes back to Constance Billard where she once reigned supreme. I can relate to this so much. During my first days in college, I super missed high school and kept coming back to my old, HS campus. Because everything in college is unfamiliar, I kept coming back to this familiar place. Eventually, I grew out of HS and got into the groove of being in university. I know Blair will eventually grow out of her teenybopper sleepover phase. Haha.

I'm really beginning to like Chuck Bass...


Episode 5- Rufus Getting Married

Finally, Rufus and Lily got married. After 48 years and too much drama, they finally got hitched. And also in this episode, Rufus and Lily finally find out Scott is their love child. Their brood's getting bigger, y'all!


And I'm going to end it with that. Am super lazy to add anything else to this round up. New episode later today. I'm going to "make bawi" (quoting our Comcalc prof, Ms. Larios) in this week's episode.

TTFN

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