Cinema is Claustrophobic

Roger Deakins and Dennis Villanueve's Sicario (2015)

Cinema is claustrophobic and so what ?

I heard a person saying "He doesn't watch films, he only read book because books gives him more imaginative freedom" and he tried comparing literature to cinema, and that is the moment I realize that dumb people exist in this world and that statement is rather absurd. It should not exist at all. 

It's like comparing a potato into a full blown $1000 smartphone. I'm not talking about filmmakers or authors perspective here, I'm talking about Readers and Audience. Cinema are not mean't to give a freedom of imagination to an audience, Cinema wanted to be claustrophobic.It's a moving picture you see ? Books and Literature literally wanted you to imagine a particular scene, or a character via their description because they are written in a text,. Films slaps you in the face with a scenes, or how this certain character will look like, its just a matter of anticipation of what will comes next. That;s why books are amazing and also that's why Cinema is fantastic, they are fairly different when it comes on approaching they respective people. That's not how cinema works my friend. I love reading, its one of they way I learn things, but it also taught me how different it is to a movie. I thought of cinema, when you first watch a film , its like (what they always say) putting you into a very tiny dark room and locking you up there and die eventually until the credits roll up. Cinema want's to torture you, it doesn't want you to give freedom as an audience, it wants to destroy you. When you get inside that dark room and once that big screen light up, It's either you died not knowing that cinema wants to kill you and you're false argument will turn into preposterous thoughts , or die accepting the truth that cinema is indeed a murderer and you're right about it.

A Throwback

Shake, Rattle & Roll VI

When i was a kid i used to see this film during Halloween and Holy Week in a local TV network.  I've seen plenty of Shake Rattle and Roll film's through the entirety of my life and SRRVI is the only one that appeals me by the fact that i never mind watching it over and over again, and despite of It's old use of Visual effect, the entertainment I've got to this was actually exceptional. I also admired the early SRR films, specially the first one and the second one but i think VI has the perfect fit for my SRR taste until now. It has this three series which is "The Television", "The Bridge" and "The Moon" which for me has a very entertaining stories. It's uniqueness doesn't try to pull too much , it knows where it belongs, It's not so over the top unlike the new the films in the franchise. I'm not saying that VI is the greatest in the series it's just that it has something into it that is so memorable to me, specially that clown who takes children through television, that's a total childhood nightmare out there. Now that's the only that i remember about this film, i forgot more aspects about it because i have not seen it again for a long time, and when i am trying to watch it i couldn't find any reliable sources to see this movie once again. Hopefully someday i found a way to see this movie, because i had a lot good memories in this particular film in the series, and it is very special to me and to my childhood.

Ang Simula at Wakas ay Kapatiran

AKO Batch '81 (1982)

Directed by Mike De Leon

This film is like one of the films i really look up to when i talk about movies. AKO Batch '81 is Mike De Leon's let's say masterpiece of it's time. It shows a fascist nature, getting a metaphorical representation of the  political administration during the 80's, Marcos Administration. I cannot believe myself that such local films like this existed, i was surprise on its nature, no wonder why Mike de leon is like one of the greatest Filipino film director out there.

Oh i love our Films. Filipino Films!

A brief thought about Philippine Cinema.

Florentina Hublado, CTE (2012) by Lav Diaz

The more i discover Philippine Cinema the more i stop worrying about it because little by little i carefully realize that movies in the Philippines is not the problem, there's plenty of better Filipino films out there than what we usually see, its just a matter of discovery, or how many have you seen. Let's start ending this atrocity of comparing Indie to Mainstream Cinema because Films have a respectful divisions; Yes sometimes we hated certain filmmakers about the way they making films, but then i suddenly realize they are not supposed to be worried to because if we hate it then don't watch and if we supposed to watch there's no problem about giving an opinion, just a year ago I write a practically "Rant" about what's going on to Mainstream Cinema of this country because my perspective as an audience hasn't been that wide enough but everything I've said there has a point so I don't considerably regret it. The main thing is if you ask me, Philippine Cinema is doing fine, the movies are doing fine, but the complication is the society, on how they approach our own Local movies, the lack of appreciation is what makes the difficulty in Philippine Cinema. It's not about the Budget, It's not about how big the movie is, It's all about how people see it and appreciate it. We are doing fine but We need to push a little more, so we can expand on how the society see our very own movies. The mission is to expand the vision.

Oh Winter

Game of Thrones First Impression and Season 1 Review

We all know Game of Thrones is one of the most phenomenal Television Series nowadays. Adapted from George R.R. Martin best selling book franchise A Song of Ice and Fire, bringing the lore to life, the memorable characters and interesting narrative.