You may remember him from such December hits as The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson (who I think may have gone under gastric bypass surgery, I can't be sure), has did it again with his new (yet old) creation, King Kong. The movie is admittedly long, clocking at a little over three hours, but you're hardly wasting any precious movie viewing time. King Kong may be the most lovable fictional monkey since Homer Simpson, and Naomi Watts is always a delight to watch. Ditto with Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Of course there's WETA providing the special effects fresh off from the success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's almost always a marvel to behold and you'd believe that they were as real as you can imagine them to be. Amazing, amazing, go watch before the Metro Manila Filmfest starts.
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I also got a chance to watch the not-so-new talk of the town, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros before the theatres shelved it (which will probably happen next week, judging from the amount of people who watched in the theatre we were in). Negatives first, I just wish they shot that movie with a better camera and a really good boom mic. Of course, we can't really blame the creator's of the indie film, because success in that genre can rarely be predicted. If it IS going to Sundance, maybe they can make it more presentable. Orrr, maybe the crudeness of it adds to the greatness of the achievement it has attained. What do you think?
Anyway, the movie alternates between childlike innocence, and harsh brutal reality. Quite a funny movie. The homosexual factor is really more of a circumstance rather than the main focus of the film. I think the film is about sometimes having choices and other times having none at all. Hah! How's that last one for an anti-spoiler? You could say that about any film. (Sigh). I guess the point is, don't take my word for it, go watch the film. Huwag antaying lumamig ang pancit.
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Beautiful films, both recommendable, go watch them now! Haha. They're hardly comparable because they're from vastly different genres, but if I had to choose only one I'd go with Maximo, in the interest of promoting Filipino cinema. It's really worth your time. We caught it in Greenbelt 1, which is not bad. It's also showing in Glorietta 1 and a couple of the SM malls.
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