2/9/22

A Blog Update

Quiapo, Manila 2017

Many years ago, I've started White Jeepney so that I can express my love in Cinema.  I remember the days where I am always excited to write something about I just watched, whether it's a bad or a good film. It felt like there's always something to talk about. The beginning of inactivity of this blog started when I am no longer a student.  Cinema never really left me despite the years of me not being to see as much movies as I used to, but I discovered something, that is more tangible in terms of my creative preference.

2/3/18

The Last Jedi: How to tell a Saga

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)




Petitions rises to remove Rian Johnson's take on Star Wars Universe which is The Last Jedi on canon is reasonable for the fans who have high expectation or more like prediction on the saga that never went true. After J.J Abram's the force awakens, people's expectation for the Episode 8 has already been set. There was the questions that the previous episode never answered and also there's the characters that needed fleshed off. If you have that expectations, you'll probably get disappointed with The Last Jedi, because all of the things we thought we will see in the movie never happened, and to the whole canon saga, Rian Johnson just despise it and Disney never did anything about it, or did they ?

11/14/17

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.

10/25/17

The End

Logan (2017) a perspective review


Logan is not a superhero film, to start the context with. It is a film about a superhero that is ending. The movie if viewed on a different way on which i was able to comprehend throughout the entirety of the scenery, it is without a doubt a commentary or an opinion to this never ending superhero genre cinematic blow out.

1/27/17

La La Land

La La Land (2016)

La La Land (2016) | Directed by Damien Chazelle

If I'm being realistic, I have to be honest. Damien Chazelle's La La Land might just be one of my favorite films as to date if not of all time. Its a magical film that i got sucked into, without anticipating it. Going back to Chazelle's Whiplash, A movie where I definitely fall in love with, that make me want to see more of Chazelle incredible craft. The guy just love music, and by music I mean Jazz, and he executed it to his films without being so overwhelmed about it. Its just like telling us the love he had on the genre.

8/14/16

Aswang

Aswang (1992)


Aswang (1992) | Directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes

The shape-shifting monster lurking around the rooftop to feast babies through their mama's tummy's pregnancy played by imposing young beautiful Alma Moreno might be one of the best portrayal of an Aswang" in the big screen. Peque Gallaga (Writer and Director) cultural research about the mythical creature is incredible. I can talk about this Depiction for an hour and just have fun with it, played by the childhood memories of what an Aswang could look like.

8/10/16

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad (2016)


Suicide Squad (2016) | Directed by David Ayer

After the campy and lighter tone of DC's comic book to film adaptaion of Batman: Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997), DC Cinematic adventure seems to find its real tone. A darker and more serious type of movies. It all starts with Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and followed by Zacks Snyder's benevolent re-telling of Superman's story Man of Steel, which eventually lead to created Warner Bros and DC own movie universe which now known as "DC Extended Universe".