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  • Blue Beetle (2023) reminded the times when we get excited for superhero movies, and delivered what the trailers showed. This movie felt like I was transported to 2000s.

  • Last day today of the first of two consecutive long weekends!

    I plan on cleaning up cabinets, closets, and shelves and putting up anything eating up space unnecessarily at Really Really Free.

  • Ang daming dapat iprocess sa Third World Romance, kahit pa sabihin nating medyo preachy sya at overly explained na. Example yung linyang, "pinakaimportante, pinakasimple pero mahirap yung maging masaya." Nag effort talaga yung creatives to downplay the drama whenever possible. Like dun sa 1st breakdown scene ni Charlie, sinabayan ng nagvibideoke na wala sa tono. Malayo yung shot, hindi yung cliche close up habang nag wawalling. Funny pa kasi humihigop ng cup noodle. Gutom is real.

    May confrontation scene pa while serving the customers at sinabayan pa ng Angelus so nagpause sa sagutan para magdasal. Minsan inconvenient talaga ang religion, actually madalas. The devil is in that detail.

    Feel good at escapist movie sya. Fine. Kasi nga mahirap maging masaya. Every chance you get is win kahit may pagka delulu na. Ang hindi lang happy ending ay di naparusahan yung isang kapitalista. Wala naman yata nakapansin.

    Plus panalo talaga aktingan ni Charlie. Yung mata-mata acting sa pagbukas ng shoebox, ang daming subtext. Dun sa last scene, gusto ko talaga yung marunong magtimpla ng tawa, iyak at kilig sa isang bagsakan lang. I think mas challenging yun sa mata-mata acting.

  • Dumating yung bill ng insurance with investment chuva. 3 thoughts

    1. May paper bill pa talaga sa panahon ngayon.
    2. Kailangan magbayad ng insurance dahil yung government natin walang maitutulong kapag namatay ka. Maniningil pa sila ng taxes bago malipat sa mga naiwan mo yung assets mo. The worse the government is, the more insecure the citizens feel, the better it is for insurance companies.
    3. Yung investment portion, naiipon sa isang entity na syang may power kung saan pupunta ang pondo. May power syang magdecide kung anong business ang tutulungan at anong business ang tsutsugihin. At pera namin ginagamit nila.
    • Some people don't even have emails or don't know how to access them, so it is understandable that paper bills still are a thing.

  • I thought safe space ung movie kung saan konti lang manonood like, Third World Romance. Halos isang dosena nga lang kami nanood that screening time, pero may bahing ng bahing sa bandang likod at ubo naman ng ubo sa bandang harap. Second movie pa lang ito na napanood ko sa sinehan this year. Yung di sikat pinapanood ko kasi medyo stressed pa din ako about covid.

    Naririnig ko yung mga ubo at bahing nila, pero di ko narinig yung mga tawa nila dun sa ilang mga funny lines. May mga linya si Charlie na gusto ko pumalakpak at sumigaw ng, "Guuurl, boogsh!" Pero seen zone lang sa iba.

    Baka panoorin ko uli ito para samahan yung kawavelength ko. May symptoms kasi kaya pass muna sya. Kaso meron pa ba ito next week?

    Sana lumabas sya sa mga streaming platforms by Christmas, for another teaching moment sa mga pamangkin ko.

    • As a cinephile for over a decade, Most audiences are getting worse and worse. Darating ng late (~20 mins), binubuksan ang flashlight habang naglalakad, nagso-scroll ng TikTok at pesbok during screening, naguusap na naooverlap ang movie, and mooore... Wala nang pake mga staff ngayon kahit ako pa mismo na nagsasabi sa kanila.

      Kaya ako, mas prefer ko manood ng picture either early screening or last screening. Hindi ko na mabilang ilang beses na ako lang mag-isa sa loob ng sine. Earlier, I watched Blue Beetle on IMAX, and only me and one lady seated afar watching it. At the end, sinabihan ako na, "Oy ikaw pud ata naginusara nagtan-aw ug Oppenheimer kadtong walo ra ta sa sulod? Unta ingon ani lang no? Walay sagabal" Haha.

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