Entertainment Weekly's New Moon covers

Can't get enough of New Moon? Then there's more! And I don't think it will ever cease making/publishing anything related to it. Maybe once Eclipse promotion has started, then that's the time they'll stop promoting New Moon-related stuff; and then Eclipse will take their place and start selling theirs. Haha!

Jumping on the bandwagon of anything New Moon is Entertainment Weekly magazine with their collectors' edition of Team Bella, Team Edward and Team Jacob individual magazine covers.

New Moon: Made for the fans

After months of waiting, New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight Saga, is now in theaters. Just in case you're from Mars, like the person sitting next to me, (HAHA!) Twilight Saga is 4-book series written by Stephenie Meyer about a love between a vampire and a mortal.

In New Moon, the new vampire-mortal couple will now start to experience the struggles of having a complicated relationship. And when I say complicated, it's complicated x 10, and the most evident of all these complications is the fact that he loves her as much as he wants her blood.



And now my review ---

• New Moon's color is better than Twilight's. In Twilight, the general color is blue, and I think it best describes Edward's world - cold and lifeless. But in New Moon, director Chris Weitz chose warm tones for the film, somewhat brown and yellowish, to best describe the new leading character in the film, Jacob the werewolf - hot and full of life.
• New Moon has better soundtrack than Twilight. The album alone is a great listening company with tracks from the Killers, Death Cab for Cutie and Thom Yorke. But although the songs exemplify the general melancholic mood of the movie, some of the scoring done were not good. Some of them don't fit in the scene and in effect, it distracted me as a viewer.
• In fairness, the actors were better in this movie. There's an improvement in the acting of the three. Rob needs to improve his American accent and sometimes I can't hear his lines. I don't know if that's his fault or the boom man didn't do his job well. Kristen, I'll admit, I appreciate her beauty in this movie. She had an improvement in her acting here, but I don't know, I think she's still too stoic in some scenes. Billy Burke for me, still has the small yet best performance of them all. When I watched him act as Bella's dad, it matches the character that I have in my head when I was reading the book. I'm so looking forward to the character of Aro and Jane and I think Sheen and Fanning did justice to them. Not that great, but "what the hell!" I still love them and I'm looking forward to them in Breaking Dawn. Mike Newton = funny!; Felix = scary.
• Some of the effects weren't cleanly done. Especially in Sam Uley's cliffdiving scene. It's so obvious that it's CGI! The fight scene between Felix and Edward is good.
• The locations were beautiful! I can't believe that such forest really exists! I thought it just a set, but it's real. Whoever discovered that forest for New Moon, wow man, you're great! And the Italy scene, that's what I exactly envisioned when I was reading that part! The red cloaked people, the clock... Whoa!
• My fave scenes: Bella's dream scene where she found herself facing her old self; Bella's cliffdiving scene; Victoria's wolf chase; the Volterra scene - from the yellow porsche to the Felix and Edward fight scene; and my super like: "Monthly transition" scene, where Bella just sat there moping, and the scene around her changes from month to month...Nicely done.
  
• Some scenes are unintentionally funny. And that's bad. It meant that some scenes were awkwardly acted out that I laughed when I watched them.
• The ending (Edward proposed to Bella informally, then cut to black) which teases us on the next installment, Eclipse, the treatment on that is great. It really got me excited on Eclipse!
  
• Unfortunately, there's still some cheesy scenes in the movie. And I mean, melted Mozarella Cheese! And the cheesiest of them all? Do I really need to elaborate? If you've watched the movie, you should know what I'm talking about. If you're clueless, here's the photo:

Do I still need to explain why? Okay, here's the why. It's like watching a video from a Karaoke song. Two lovers chasing each other, but instead of a beach setting, the chasing was done in the forest.

I love Edward, but this is so cheesy!

To sum up everything, New Moon was made really for the fans. If you're there to fall in love, see Robert Pattinson in his glorious vampire self, feast your eyes on half naked, sexy adult men, and wants to see something visually beautiful, regardless of the content, then this movie is for you. But if you're a diehard book fan and wants to see its film adaptation, you might be happy at some parts, but there are some that you'll be disappointed. And if you're a critic, then you'll find a lot of flaws in this movie and at the end, you'll just say that it's a movie specifically targeted to teenagers and mothers who wants a guy like Edward and Jacob and you'll be sad for them because everything you'll say about the movie will just break their hearts.

--- And by the way, I still think the New Moon book is kinda anti-feminist. The guy left you, you almost die because of depression, then he returns, asking you to accept him again with a begging-eyes-look, then you'll just accept it just like that?! And with a kiss and hug?!? Huh.


Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan.

Robin Thicke's "special" therapy...

Ever since "Lost without You" has hit the airwaves, I've been a fan of Robin Thicke. I think he's an underrated singer and his label doesn't work double time to promote him not only in the states, but also in the other parts of the world. I wish he'll do a concert here in the Philippines. I would love to hear him sing live.


Please!!!


If you'll listen to his songs, you can feel the love for his wife, Paula. And I really envy that girl - they've been a steady couple, her husband has one of the sexiest voice I've ever heard, and his songwriting skills, just WOW.

And now, he's back with a new song, and I think girls who haven't celebrated their 18th birthday yet must listen to this song with their parents. (Hehe!)

The title is Sex Therapy - and it is really sexy and the way he sang it, it made me feel relaxed, as if the place has gotten colder and you'll feel like you want to close your eyes and just rest after listening to it.

And for twilight fans out there, there's a mention of "twilight" in this song! Haha!


I think the album will come out on December 15, can't wait to hear all the cuts!


If you don't believe me, watch this ---

And here's the lyrics if you're still not convinced:

Whoa (4X)

Stressed out, uptight,

over worked, wound up,

unleash what you got,

let’s explore your naughty side,

follow me where we go,

we don’t need no bread crumbs,

cant you see baby,

you’re the only one,

you are woman,

you are woman,

let me be your medicine,

cuz I got one thing on my mind,

I’ll be your valentine,

spread your wings and baby fly away

(Chorus)

It’s your body,

you can yell if you want to,

loud if you want to,

scream if you want to,

just let me love you,

lay right here girl,

don’t be scared of me,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

It’s your body,

we’ll go hard if you want to,

as hard as you want to,

soft as you want to,

just let me love you lay right here,

I’ll be your fantasy,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

Whoa (4X)

Whoa (4X)

Baby let’s settle for you to,

just let your baby ,

I’ll lick you down,

make you feel like you got a body,

ha Ha Ha Ha Ha the doctor’s here four you,

take you like Twilight,

I'll bite your neck,

you don’t have to stand in the rain

I’ll get you wet, yea

push you up against the wall,

turn you out and turn you on,

yea, yea, whoa

(Chorus)

It’s your body,

we can nut if you want to,

loud if you want to,

scream if you want to,

just let me love you,

lay right here girl,

don’t be scared of me,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

It’s your body,

we’ll go hard if you want to, (Baby its your body)

as hard as you want to,

soft as you want to,

just let me love you lay right here,

I’ll be your fantasy,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

Whoa (4X)

Yea (4X)

Girl it’s your body,

we can do whatever you like,

girl its your body,

we can do whatever you like,

It’s your body we can ride and rock and roll,

ride and rock and roll,

ride and rock, oh oh oh oh,

(Chorus)

It’s your body,

we can nut if you want to,

loud if you want to,

scream if you want to,

just let me love you,

lay right here girl,

don’t be scared of me,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

It’s your body,

we’ll go hard if you want to,

as hard as you want to,

soft as you want to,

just let me love you lay right here,

Girl dont be scared of me,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy,

Shawty, shawty it’s your body,

we can do can do can do, (sex therapy)

shawty, shawty it’s your body,

we can do whatever you like,

just let me love you,

lay right here girl,

don’t be scared of me,

give you sex therapy,

give you sex therapy.

To Cebu Pacific (part 2)

Last time, I blog about my online double booking experience at Cebu Pacific.

So I called the bank, and they said that Cebu Pacific has already cancelled the second booking and I won't be charged anymore. I only have to pay the first booking when my bill arrives next month.

It may have took them weeks to process my case, but nevertheless,

thank you Cebu Pacific for doing something about it.

And I wish you've already started doing some improvements in your system

so that this won't happen again.

Think about it, you'll be able to save yourself from headaches that you'll get from irate customers if you've already started fixing it. This may cost you, but getting customers' trust is all worth it. =)

Skechers Streetdance Battle New Champions

I was at the Araneta Coliseum awhile ago for the coverage of Skechers Streetdance Battle Finals.

10 highschool and 15 college dance crews battled it out for the 100,000 cash price and the bragging rights of being the best and the sickest dance crew in the country.

And Wow. These kids can really dance!

At the end, University of the Philippines-Diliman and Claret School were crowned new champions of the 5th Skechers Streetdance Battle.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You shouldn't watch Paranormal Activity alone

Another "random thoughts" post about a movie that I just recently watched.

Just watched Paranormal Activity 
at SM Megamall.

Thank you Azrael for the pass. =)

Now, some of my thoughts..

It's scary, it kept me wondering, I screamed at the ending, I liked it.

The sleepwalking. Scary.

The scene wherein the girl had a sudden change of personality and was talking to "something" other than her bf with a lovestruck look on her face, scarier.

The ending, scariest.

More writeup about it in the coming days. I need a breather. I'm too scared to even recall the scenes so that I can write something about it.