Why is Wency so fat? Well, look at the picture!

I hope this pic comes out!

So many things to talk about. So little time.

Shit, that sounds like a theatrical trailer or something.

I should be updating like everyday for other people's joy and time. Why do other people love blogs? Is it because of a life that would like to read? You see, in my opinion, blogs are people's lives that some people admire, envy, or some that other people actually fucking steal. Just ask my cousin Pam, some bitch actually took her words and made them her own. But when Pam found out, all hell broke loose and it involved so much shit that you could actually smell it. Pam can be as sweet as your own best friend but as deadly as Shaquille O' Neal coming down the court running at full speed. Keiko (the bitch) got a taste of her own medicine and was embarrassed. When my brother saw her supposed picture, he immediately came to the defense of the bitch. How come such a beauty would do a horrible thing? Well, the beauty was looking like a beast in real life and my brother refuted his statement. My cousin now has this Blogger power thingy that I still don't have because I am so goddamn lazy.

As of laziness, man, I am such a fucking bum. All I do now is watch tv, surf the internet, sleep, and eat. For bumming around, I decided to do something about it and went looking for a fucking job. My first application is at Tower Records. The guy who took my application didn't sound so enthusiatic about getting it as well: "So I'll take this application and give it to the manager." I hope I get a job pretty soon because I wanna save up some fucking moolah for my up-and-hopefully coming Philippine trip.

My brother signed up for a job at Gamestop. I hope he gets it too because all he does is the same thing I do.. My friend Justin gets $1,400 every two weeks and all he does is wash cars. I wish I had a job like that because I love washing things. Well I gotta go now.

Oldboy
Directed by Chan-wook Park
2003


Brilliance. A word used for art, music, and movies. This is also used for great films such as Schindler's List, Unforgiven, The Matrix, and Lawrence of Arabia. Oldboy is another motion picture deserving of this accolade. This is far and away the best film I have seen so far in 2004. I was speechless at the end of this film. Not by its ending or characters, not even by its incredibly original storyline. But by the feeling of utter perfection after the last credit rolled.

The film begins with Oh Daesu (Choi Min-sik) in police station. He is arrested by disorderly conduct and being drunk. Then after being released by his friend, all hell breaks loose. I will not give the story away as its originality is its best aspect. Chan-wook Park's films are filled with such pessimistic values that its hard to love his films but through only pessimistic ways can optimistic parts come through. I love this film for all its worth. This is a film meant to be seen by only those who can stomach a character eating a live squid, barking like a dog, and cutting off his own tongue.

The best film of 2004. More than deserving of the Cannes Grand Prix in France but more deserving of the Palme' Dor.

Go see it.
It may be sick, it may be beautiful, but there's no doubt this film is powerful.

Grade: A+

Why MTV sucks donkey dicks.


MTV,

I'm beginning to lose faith in you despite the coolness of Pimp My Ride, Punk'd, and Wildboyz. But the rotation of music videos is really pathetic. Let's see what you play:

Twista - Overnight Celebrity
Britney Spears - Everytime
Petey Pablo - Freek a Leek
D12 - My Band
New Found Glory - All Downhill From Here
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Modest Mouse - Float On
Alicia Keys - I forgot the title


These are seriously the only music videos they play from 10pm - 2pm everyday. They do play "other" music videos but these are seriously the only ones they play. I hate each and everyone of them. Some were good, until pressed repeat on the remote control.

Recently, Linkin Park came out with a video for their new single, "Breaking the Habit." My brother happened to download from eMule because MTV won't play it YET. Why not play it? They'll play the music video after a month or so. MTV doesn't even play the new Incubus music video at all!

The dumb thing is that the new Linkin Park video is in my opinion, the best music video they have ever done. A mix of Production I.G. Japanese animation and Linkin Park music creates a really brilliant music video. I especially love the ending of the music video reminding me of A-Ha's "Take On Me" music video. If only bands would think with their heads to create a music video rather than overuse cliches then MTV would be a much better. If MTV does play "Breaking the Habit" I hope they don't repeat the fucking hell out of it.

Rock away, rock away, and happy birthday Chrissie!!!!!

Troy: Epic Masterpiece or epic disappointment?

A movie review

Troy is lavishly shot and very expensive. Do these two things actually mean an amazing masterpiece? Yes and no. Yes, it is a technical masterpiece that fuses state of the art computer graphics with live-action characters. But the negative is much larger, much bigger, and too much to balance out the good. Wolfgang Petersen, who has directed Air Force One, Das Boot, and the Perfect Storm tries to make an epic film. But something happens that no one would predict. He fails.

The film already has the trimmings of a masterpiece: a great story, remarkable visual effects, and credible and non-cardboard cutout characters. But this was when the script was sold and the film in pre-production. Now, with the film in theatres, it is a huge disappointment. Troy was the film to beat in 2004 with its magnificent promotion through theatrical trailers, posters, and it's star, Brad Pitt. But nothing prepared me for the worst.

Let's start off with the good:

The battles in this film, although shot in super-close up, were quite believable and added depth to the film instead of taking away from it. But the meat of these battles were mano e mano. The Hector vs. Achilles battle was particularly the most intense fight since the Thai film Ong Bak and choreographed so well I was at the edge of my seat.

The visual effects, although not Lord of the Rings type VFX, were done quite well (save for the obvious CGI bloodletting during the ending).

Now for the bad:
How can a great book (The Iliad) be adapted into such a boring and almost lifeless movie? The Iliad loved its characters much more and added gods and goddesses to the mix to add more power to the book. The film though, removes the gods and goddesses and just gives the people one God.

The screenplay in this film was downright horrible save for one spot. It was cheesy, laughable, and atrocious. The only segment of the film that contained any great dialogue was during a conversation between King Priam of Troy and Achilles. If the film contained more elegant and beautiful dialogue like this, the film would certainly be a masterpice.

There was only one character that was really annoying in this film, and no, it's not Orlando Bloom's Paris. Everyone has been talking about how Paris is annoying and just plain cowardly. Well, that's how he was in the book and that's how he was here. The problem is the film's main star, Brad Pitt. In the film, the film describes Achilles as a man with presence, Brad Pitt, though, has none. In the beginning of the film, Achilles is sought out and he comes running toward in an army. You're supposed to feel that something awesome was going to happen. Well, nothing didn't. Russell Crowe should have played Achilles. His role as Maximus in Gladiator was brilliant, a role as Achilles would have even been better. Eric Bana does a great job as Hector, another prince of Troy. His character is credible, believable, and shows that he is not invincible. Throughout the entire movie, Achilles never gets nicked, scratched, or cut until the very end. But the brilliant performance comes not surprisingly from Peter O' Toole. Jesus Christ, give this guy a real Oscar already (not some shitty recognition Oscar), his performance in the film is heartbreaking and incredible, albeit just a really long cameo. Diane Kruger, who plays Helen, was as wooden as the wooden desk that I'm typing on right now. Sure, she's really hot (man, that body), but her acting leaves much to be desired.

Another part I really hated was the orchestral score. I don't know but it just plain stunk. I've never hated a score before but this one didn't fit the film at all. Sometimes it would just take scores from other films (Gladiator, Dragonheart) and make it sound a little different to be original. I don't know but that kind of music is just plain gay.

Overall:
I wanted to like Troy but I didn't. I don't hate it but man, after all the hype this has been getting, I wasn't prepared for the shitstorm that was going to hit my eyes. The casting director of the film was going for the hunk factor in the film but should've gotten people who aren't stars yet. When I see Brad Pitt, I see.......Brad Pitt. When I see Russell Crowe, I see Maximus, Dr. John Forbes Nash, Jr., Captain Jack Aubrey, and the Sid 6.7 android.

Grade: C-, An epic that contains a lot of fat but no meat.

My brother, friend, and I have begun to shoot my new film titled Aniki. I hope to get it finished by next Monday. But so far so good.

Friends is finally over. After all the seasons, the battles, the arguments over money......friends is over.

Last night's show wasn't that good in my opinion. Sure, it was a bittersweet episode but it wasn't up to par with the average Friends hilarity. And I was surprised that only 51 million people watched it. I think because with a new CSI going against it and because the DVD of the finale is going to be released Tuesday that people didn't care to watch it anymore. Even the Seinfeld finale got 86 million people to watch it. Shit, if only the M*A*S*H can be stopped. Can you believe it, 110 million people watched the 2 hour finale of that show. Man, that's unbelievable.

Goodbye friends, we'll miss ya.

There was a Joey preview but man, it looked kinda stupid. The show with only Joey is like a hamburger without the meat.

After watching the Spurs defeat the Lakers last night 95-85, there's one thing that's certain. The Lakers will not win the series unless they work as a team. There are currently four superstars on the starting lineup on the Lakers: O'Neal, Payton, Bryant, and Malone. Malone has already sacrificed offense for defense to a mind-numbing degree. The other three though, have some things to learn.

Last night, O'Neal was on fire during the second half, shooting 12 of 14 shots. Bryant, knowing this fire, would pass to his teammate. Payton, with his huge ego decided to be the star of the team. And thus, a 3-point deficit became a 10-point loss. The Lakers were already down 19, O'Neal was whittling the deficit down to 3 and then Payton's ego gets the best of him. Payton has to understand that there is no "I" in team. My opinion is that Payton shouldn't have been bought for this season. All he does is complain and complain about the plays that Jackson gives him. Bryant and O'Neal are undoubtedly the best players on the team and Payton doesn't understand this at all. Malone has understood this and has been an amazing defensive player for the team.

The Spurs, however, were remarkable last night. Tony Parker, a person I never knew before was kicking Payton's ass. He is Payton but only 14 years younger. It's like this kid is on steroids, speed, and crystal meth all at the same time. Even when Timmy Duncan wasn't playing up to par last night, Parker said, "fuck it," and made it his game.

I believe this will end in 5 games if Payton doesn't get his act fucking together.

Mean Girls
Directed by Mark S. Waters

Saw Mean Girls Monday and found it be to be quite hilarious. Paramount Pictures advertised the film as another teenie bopper film but it certainly wasn't. Props go to Tina Fey and her excellent screenplay and the luscious Lindsay Lohan as Cady Harron, she gave quite a credible performance. Take that, Hilary Duff! I was surprised that this film was almost rated R for language and sexual inneundo (which was borderline adult). The ending was too sentimental and sugary for my tastes and at last there's a homosexual character in a movie that's not annoying at all! Overall, the movie was really entertaining and quite funny.

Grade: B