Alfonso Cuarón's "Children of Men" may be the best film I have seen, hands down, all year. Clive Owen's performance is quite amazing. There are two scenes where he breaks down and all you can do is shed a tear with him. But the credit has to go to Cuarón and his cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki. Using Lubezki's way to manipulating natural light, Cuarón presents us a vision of the future so shitty that they even sell suicidal drugs over the counter. There is also one amazing scene that is seen in one complete unbroken shot so phenomenal it has to be seen to be believed.



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Saw Casino Royale last Saturday. It's the best Bond film since 1995's "Goldeneye" (I think I'm biased because of the fucking N64 game, gotta love the Facility level) and I think Daniel Craig is a much better Bond than Pierce Brosnan. I didn't give a shit about Brosnan in the Bond films he starred in. Here Craig is punched, kicked, slashed at, drugged, and tortured so much his balls got itchy. You actually give a shit about him. Eva Green was hot as always and there's one thing I noticed about her. She looks amazingly hot but hotter WITHOUT makeup. I thought I was looking at a different person during the scene where she's putting her makeup on. It was like she was putting on a mask over her beautiful face where she was putting on some makeup. But for all its positives, there's only one negative. When Bond gets some deserved R&R, the film does the same thing as well and the film drags at that point.

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It looks like I was wrong. Pacquiao did win. In mind-blowingly fashion no less. I was right, someone did get knocked out in the 3rd round. I just chose the wrong guy, that's all. I hope that the Pacman goes against Edwin Valero next and knocks his ass out. Oh yeah, the fight looks fucking amazing is high-definition.

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The Philippines may have some of the worst movies ever made (c'mon, the movies are shot on video NOT film) but man, one advertisement on anti-hunger just blew my mind. You can see it here.

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My final project shoot went pretty well. The shoot was pretty fast (about 5 hours) and the actor I recruited (Ben Castro, Jorge's cousin) was pretty cool with what I gave him. I put bologna on his face, I made him chow down a shitload of bologna, I made him look like a pussy, and all other stuff. I just hope that the film gets exposed properly. I was just kinda disappointed that Jorge wasn't there to act as the third roommate. I had to act as the third roommate and Wency hasn't used a Bolex camera before so I hope the shot didn't turn out to be shit.

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I've listened to Incubus' new album (I downloaded it OKAY!) and I'm pretty disappointed. I think I just need to listen to it more but what the fuck happened to the diversity that was in their 2001 album, "Morning View"?