A Movie I'll NEVER Watch

This is a movie I will never attempt to watch:

Don't get me wrong. I love dogs. Way too much.

The reason I will not attempt to watch this is because I am 100% positively sure I will bawl my eyes out. Any movie related to animals I for one, will cry. I have read about the legendary Hachiko and no, I do not like how it ends.

I know I will cry during the movie, after the movie, once in awhile when looking at my dog, Jackie, once in awhile when I unconsciously thought about it, and every other time when I purposely think about it (don't ask me why, I don't know. It just happens).

I have seriously, a soft spot for animals (even when it's animated). And this will be something I will carry on forever since the first watch.

It has been 23 times of watching Free Willy since it 1st came out in 1994. Here we are in 2010, I still can't stop tearing up when ever I do watch it. I guess the sense of losing/ being apart of someone/ something you really love gets to me. Heck, I cried watching Toy Story 3.

That's why I enjoy watching violent movies like Scarface, 300 and The Hill's Have Eyes. There aren't any character(s) to sympathize, really. Plus the movies are merciless. Angst and violence, blood splatters, oooh, I love.

I'd prefer this:

than this:

on any given day.

Okay, okay,  you got me. *hands up*

*Sighs*

Truthfully, I want to watch Hachiko so badly. But I'm scared. I might need someone to hold both my hands, hand me tissues, someone to hug and at the end, laugh. Because, I tend to feel rather silly afterwards. Hee.

To your dog, you are all it has. The love is real, the compassion is real. It has no tricks up it's furry paws. 

(Somehow, I have managed to turn this entry into a Public Service Announcement.)

I should stop now. *sits on her two hands*

Love,

Natasha A. Juan

The Expendables Hath Tickled My Funny

I watched this movie yesterday:
                                                   

It has been said that The Expendables is:



And so they say. My personal opinion? The only thing that I like about this movie is/ was:



Yes. Him.

Aside from the All Star cast in this movie there was nothing memorable about it. Yes, it is full blown action packed, explosives here and there, knifes and weapons it is a pretty much predictable movie. Nothing pretty much goes wrong in the movie. Maybe its just me or was it Sylvester Stallone? Haha. (excuse me, while I snicker).

Every time I see Sylvester Stallone I felt like laughing/ laughed. I laughed when he ran, I laughed when he smiled and I laughed when he cried (on other encounters when I saw his face, popcorn got shot out from my nose). Maybe it was the botox or face-lift or what ever surgeries Hollywood surgeons practiced on him ( I guess thats why its called practice). I just could not take him seriously.

I would like to say the same goes for Mr. Terry Crews. He was Hale Caesar in the movie who happens to be a weapon specialist. He wasn't too shabby in this movie, not as bad as Sylvester but it was hard for me to take him seriously as well. Maybe it was because of this:

In a split second I recall Mr. Crews singing Vanessa Carlton's, A Thousand Miles in the White Chick.

Then, there is Jet Li. Who is named Yin Yang in this movie. Cliche much? Well we all know Jet Li knows how to fight well. In this movie he was made fun of his height. And his fights? Nothing we haven't seen him do. He did not fly. I want to see him fly. Why didn't he fly. Please tell me why? (Sorry couldn't help it, it rhymed.)

I realized that I somehow dropped my jaw a couple of times halfway throughout the movie. Then I realized it was just the sound effects.

Okay, okay, I guess I'm not giving much credit to the movie or it's all-stars. I'm too much of an imaginative person, I know, I know. It is out of my control. Do watch it though, I must say it is somehow an entertaining movie.

Why didn't I mention the other stars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin (grabs 2 cans of beer and slams it against each other, but nothing happens), Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts and bla bla bla, (oh, there was one funny eared guy but I don't know who he is) is simply because I am lazy and I don't feel like copy and pasting from Wikipedia.


Thank you for viewing.


Have a nice day.





Lot's of love,
Natasha A. Juan






                                                                                                      

Amelie De Poulain

I have watched this movie countless times since 4 years back. To me it is still awesome.( I also think I have mentioned about this movie a couple of times here in my blog.)


Here's something I found from YOUTUBE.


And no. it's NOT some typical rom com flick as it is summarized here in this Youtube video. This by far is the most interesting and with the most in depth characters I have came upon.


Seriously, to those who have not watched it please do. Oh yeah, it's in French(sexy, no?). Not to worry, theres always subtitles.







Much love,
Natasha A. Juan

While You Were Sleeping

This was what Lucy said to Peter who was is a coma in a hospital:



















Do you believe in love?
Nah, I bet you don't,
You're probably too sensible for that.
Or,have you ever like seen someone
And you know that if only
That person really knew you,
They'd of course dump the perfect model
They were with and realize that you are
The one they want to grow old with?
Have you ever fallen in love
With someone you've never even talked to?
Have you ever been so alone
You spent the night confusing a guy in a coma?

I Have Watch This Countless Times

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain





This movie is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starred by Audrey Tautou.

Well basically, this movie is about a girl named Amelie who as a child is mistaken by her father, a doctor that she has heart defects. She hardly has real life contacts with other people because of this concern. Amelie resorts to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty.

As she becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress, she found a lost treasure that had belonged to the former occupant of her apartment. She decides to return it to him andseeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass.

But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. She then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of.

This movie will not be appealing to you if you hate movies with alot of conversation. But I DARE you to watch it. You really would not know what to expect. It is the most interesting, beautiful and brilliant movie I have watched so far and it has been years since I first watched it.




(Above) Little Amelie and her imagination.






Natasha A.Juan