lisaisms

play in this order:

corinne bailey rae - trouble sleeping
rilo kiley - portions for foxes
maximo park - shiver (natalie imbruglia cover)
silverchair - the greatest view
taking back sunday - make damn sure
we are scientists - it's a hit
the white stripes - take me out
sophie ellis bextor - catch you
spiller - groovejet (if this ain't love)
arctic monkeys - leave before the lights come on
snow patrol - never gonna fall in love again


being stupid on purpose. mahirap ito.

when i went to australia, i bought a Roman Polanski 3-DVD collection which included Knife in the Water, Repulsion and Cul-de-Sac because it was a good deal (AUD 30). i'm not familiar with the films, but i did watch Rosemary's Baby in horror film class (thank you Andrew Ty!) and The Pianist.

Repulsion is slow most of the movie, which i guess is true for most polanski films. i like that there's very little dialogue because you can concentrate on the visuals. that's the thing i love most about black and white: you can pause it at any point and have a great still shot. because of the minimal resources and technology, filmmakers have to pay attention as much as they can to light and shadow, sound and silence, resulting in classic masterpieces.

it's been almost an hour after watching the movie, lights are now turned on and i'm not alone anymore, but i still can't shake it off. there's one word that accurately describes what i'm feeling right now: praning.

the film depicts Carol, a seemingly innocent girl who basically went psycho. she lives in an apartment beside a convent with her older sister who has a boyfriend, and Carol hears them having sex at night (thin walls, tsk tsk). Carols is left in the apartment for a few days and during that period, she hallucinates A LOT and does things which are um, not normal.

polanski challenges our idea of reality and shatters it. why did Carol go loco? what is real in the first place? throughout the duration of the film, i have been deluding myself with the idea of a happy ending. fortunately, polanski shatters that one too.

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nevermind the season 2 image. i watched season 1 of Prison Break for the first time last weekend (yes, i know how late i am). and between watching that and playing Halo 2 on the xbox, i've piggified again.

anyway, in fairness, i was impressed. for a TV series, the acting is actually good. the guys playing Bagwell and Bellick are really good. ironically, the star of the show is the worst actor of the bunch. but he is pretty. so pretty, in fact, that he's distracting-- and i'm not really sure if that's such a bad thing.

for some reason, Wentworth Miller reminds me of Matt Damon. i think it's because he'll be known as Michael Scofield forever.

because i cannot resist a free movie.

i've never been a fan of jason bourne or matt damon, so i really wasn't expecting much from this movie. oddly enough, i liked it. i didn't watch the Supremacy (or maybe i did but just forgot), but after watching this last installment, i want to watch the trilogy from the beginning. don't get me wrong, it's not THAT great; the guy got amnesia, wants to know who is really is and what happened, action, blah blah blah... you get the picture and besides, you don't really expect much from an action movie.

but what i liked about this movie is that it wasn't trying to be great at all, at least in my opinion. it's not your typical action movie where there are explosions everywhere, ridiculously cliched speeches, insane stunts and invincible protagonists. Bourne has a fairly simple plot: he was trained by the CIA to commit murder, the lost his memory and wants his life back. not so much dialog and explosions. the chases are cool but not overdone. the fight scenes are actually minimal compared to other action movies. characters are logical and equal (i.e. no upstaging). the ending fit just right. and thank god there was no romantic stuff going on.

i don't think the Bourne trilogy is good enough to be included in the greatest films of all time. but matt damon is going to be known forever as jason bourne.

i just hate it when i want to say something funny or witty but i end up saying something stupid. sablay na hirit.

because even if i don't want to admit it, or even think it's possible, the truth is that i want to impress him in one way or another so he would at least find me interesting.

instead he probably thinks i'm ditsy and full of crap. hahahaha.

pathetic, i know.

image, which is actually a shirt design, is from a softer world.

i realize that i haven't been blogging for a while. been busy with "stuff." therefore, a pathetic rundown of what i have been upto, NOT in chronological order:




of course i saw The Simpsons Movie! who hasn't?





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apparently malas ako sa live games. ateneo lost in the 2 games i watched live. haha. in the game versus UST: