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Gasp! (No Air spoof vid)

How do you love?

"Real love is always one-sided. Swerte na lang kung pareho kayo."

-Christophe Pacaud

Errrr... you sure?

"Paglalabanan ng 7 idol hopefuls and anim na sluts para sa Top 12!"

-Raymond Guttierez
Pinoy Idol (June 13, 2008)

Sigh, where did the soul go...

My comments for Pinoy Idol tonight:

Gretchen: The Way You Make Me Feel

All the judges hated it. I loved it. She brought a fresh approach to the song.

Ren: Wind Beneath My Wings

I blacked out after she said I want you to know I know the throot. Ogie said best performance ever. I disagree. It was pretty lame.

Mae: Listen To Your Heart

Sorry, this was just sooooooooooo generic. If you’re looking for Pinoy Idol as in Sheryn, Sarah, and Rachelle, then that’s it. That wasn’t a compliment. Wyngarde criticized her as flat. Huh? Not. Dude needs to learn to listen.

Penelope: Everything I Do, I Do It For You

She was good. Not earth-shattering good. But she did the song justice.

Jayann: Kiss

Sounds a li’l like a slight-less refined Beyonce/Aguilera. She definitely got the right amount of sleaze that Ogie was lookin’ for. Liked it.

Meryl: I Feel For You

Sorry. This literally sounded like a bar band performance. Nothing special at all. Wyngarde did call her ‘the best’.

Carol: Must’ve Been Love

Too much ‘cambio’. She sounded like she couldn’t decide what genre the song was.

Hey surprise! I agree with Wyngarde saying she should give her best in the song.

Regene- With or Without You

The arrangement for the song was too low. It ruined what could’ve been a good intro. I’m on the fence on this one, she sang it all mellow-like. It was a rock ballad though. I’m not sure if I like it or not.

At this point, Tracy, seriously, drop the multiple wardrobe attack…

Sue Ellen- More Than Words

Sorry but the flat-ironed headtone is really beginning to piss me off. Can you imagine a whole CD of this? Dang. (another shot at the wardrobe by Wyngarde). All the judges seem to generally like her. Go figure.

Jeni:

Too much yelling.

For tonight, I'd say Gretchen gets my vote. Get better girls. You lost the soul singer already. Put some of your spirits in.

Death Note: The Movie

When I picked up Death Note and its sequel Death Note: The Last Name, I thought it was yet another made-for-movies pseudo-anime treatment of a popular fad. Boy was I glad to be proven wrong. Death Note is an intelligent psycho-thriller that'll take you on a roller-coaster train ride that YOU KNOW is gonna be a fabulous wreck at the end.

The story follows Light Yagami, a bright young cadet with a strong sense of justice. As we later on learn, justice is pretty ambiguous, and really quite relative. Disillusioned at the fact that criminals are free to walk without paying for their crimes, his life is turned upside down when a bored Grim Reaper gives him the power to take away life with the use of a Death Note. Soon the audience begins to wonder whose side their on. Light, whose brand of justice deals death to whoever is labeled a criminal, or the enigmatic detective L, hidden in the shadows who has passed judgment on Light as even worse of a murderer than those he punishes. The story is a winner in that the subject matter truly is a worthy topic to debate on.

Two things work against the movie though, both of which however, can be viewed necessary. The first is that the Grim Reapers Ryuk and Rem are done in complete CGI, designed nearly identical to their anime and manga versions. To those who don't dig CGI characters, it can take a lot away from the film. But if you can get past the designs, the characterizations are pretty much done well. The second problem is that the movie is rather long. The second film is more obviously lengthened. Of course the fact that Death Note is several volumes long is the reason. There's only so much you can remove to try to still keep the film intact.

Watch these movie on a weekend afternoon when you got nothing to do. These movies have enough twists to keep you on your toes. Gore is kept to a minimum thank goodness. It's not so much an emo flick as it is a brilliant psy-war tale. Highly recommended.

Read all about Death Note at wikipedia. But try not to read too much. You wouldn't want to get spoiled.

Wikipedia article on Death Note

Here's the trailer.

Pinoy Idol- good points and some duh moments

Let me start by saying that the initial performances on tonight's epsiode got me to thinking "Wow, these guys are pretty good" sadly that didn't stick.

Walton Zerrudo performs 'She's Out of My Life' pained and emotional, staying true to the feeling of the song and his own emotions. He states beforehand that he's singing it for his mother who had passed on.

Guess what Wyngard Tracy, the third judge, says- "Just enjoy your performance. You're too intense. Enjoy the song."

Mr. Tracy, if you ever find a way to enjoy that type of emotion, lemme know.

"You're the one who never lets me slip." sings Rye Estrada who runs thorugh "Your Love" like a cheese grater on a microphone, oozing nervousness (or overconfidence in tremolo). Oddly enough he gets praise from Ogie Alcasid and Mr. Tracy. Oh well.

Jolina Magdangal didn't let Sherwin Marquez's criminal performance of "How Do You Hill a Broken Heart"

Oh and Toffer Rei's "we goo-nah lib our lives Stigmatized" was a direct copy of the original, except for the awful pronunciation. He's got a cool name though.

I enjoyed how Mr. Alcasid critiqued Dio Paolo for oversinging 'Angels Brought Me Here'. I'm so glad for that cuz I was beginning to think there's no such thing here in the Philippines, where remade ballads have lost all their melody with all the vocal gymnastics. Mr. Tracy criticizes his choice of song. Whuh? He's a balladeer. It's a ballad. Oh well. His opinion.

Original Dub of Marian Rivera's Sunsilk Commercial

This commercial is the original version which was aired before being pulled and dubbed over with the voice of someone who IS NOT Marian Rivera. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Marian Rivera. Sher's adorable. But really someone's gotta help her out during shooting and dubbing with the pronunciation and stuff. The problem was apparent when she took on the role of Bella Aldama in Marimar. There she was forced to gobble up and spit out whole chunks of English that she clearly didn't have time to prepare for. I don't blame her. Not everyone's got great English. But the production crew- the director, has got to make sure her casting's right. Bella Aldama is a rich 'inglisera'. They should've made certain she acted wholly the part.

Public Nudity is now allowed in the Makati area...

Not just allowed, but even encouraged. Take a look at this sign under the walkbridge between Landmark and Greenbelt 3.