Let’s Take some Trip to Amsterdam

As we are so blessed waking up every morning having lots of time to do certain things, there are those people who are very thankful that they are still alive for a second,  minute, or an hour.

The question is, what would you do if you found out that you do not actually have that unlimited and enough time to roam this world?

How would you spent that remaining time? Would you use it condemning or use it to explore the world and go get over yourself?

This week’s movie will take you to a place where you can treat and heal all your illnesses, maybe not literally cured but somehow touch your life so that you can go out of your own boxes.

Now in Theaters

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

Directed by Josh Boone

Movie’s Constellation

Genres:

Drama | Romance

Stars:

Shailene Woodley,  Ansel Elgort,  Nat Wolff

Produced:

2014

Storyline: Hazel and Augustus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they meet and fall in love at a cancer support group. Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam. Witness how these two great characters use their remaining time and how do they made every single second, moment a life time.

Let’s Take some Trip to Amsterdam

“I believe we have a choice in this world about how to tell sad stories. On the one hand, you can sugarcoat it. The way they do in movies and romance novels... where beautiful people learn beautiful lessons... where nothing is too messed up that can't be fixed... with an apology and a Peter Gabriel song. I like that version as much as the next girl does, believe me. It's just not the truth. This is the truth. Sorry.”

                                                                      - Hazel Grace

          They say we only live once. That’s why we should make every day a good day or a special and perfect day. But it is also a humanely fact that we will all going to die. We should not be afraid of dying provided we make our lives a good life and we all know it’s going to happen. As dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else. We should know how to go beyond ourselves, go out of our comfort zones in order to experience what really life is. We should not condemn ourselves to sadness and fear. Learn how to convert it to happiness. To know you are going to die, to be prepared for it any time. That is better. In that way, you can actually be more involved in your life while you are living.

          We all have the same beginning which is birth and we all have the same end which is death. What makes life unique from one another is that on how we manage and seized every moment. Death just ends life but not a relationship. We should embrace our destiny and live a very inspiring mark in this world.

          Love is how we stay alive, even after we are gone. As long as we can love each other and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love we created will still be there. All the memories will still be there. We will live on- in the hearts of everyone we have touched.

Great and Inspiring Lines from the Movie 

“I just want to say that there's gonna come a time when all of us are dead. There was a time before humans and there's gonna be a time after. It could be tomorrow, it could be a million years from now. And when it does, there will be no one left... to remember Cleopatra or Muhammad Ali or Mozart... let alone any of us. Oblivion's inevitable. And if that scares you, then I suggest you ignore it. God knows it's what everyone else does.”                          

                                                                           -          Hazel Grace 

“I fell in love with him the way you fall asleep. Slowly, and then all at once.”

                                                                           -          Hazel Grace

“Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory.”

                                                                                     -          Augustus Waters 

“You think that the only way to lead a meaningful life... is for everyone to remember you, for everyone to love you. Guess what, Gus. This is your life, okay? This is all you get. You get me, and you get your family, and you get this world, and that's it. And if that's not enough for you, then I'm sorry, but it's not nothing because I love you. And I'm gonna remember you.”

                                                                                 -          Hazel Grace

“My name is Hazel Grace Lancaster... and Augustus Waters was the star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story... and I probably won't be able to get more than a sentence out... without disappearing into a puddle of tears. Like all real love stories... ours will die with us. As it should. You know, I'd kind of hoped that he would be the one eulogizing me. Because there's really no one else... Yeah, no. Um... I'm not gonna talk about our love story, because I can't. So, instead, I'm gonna talk about math. I am not a mathematician, but I do know this. There are infinite numbers between zero and one. There's point-one, point-one-two, and point-one-one-two, and... and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between zero and two... or between zero and a million. Some infinities are simply bigger than other infinities. A writer that we used to like taught us that. You know, I want more numbers... than I'm likely to get. And, God... do I want more days for Augustus Waters than what he got. But, Gus... my love... I cannot tell you how thankful I am... for our little infinity. Hold on. You gave me a forever... within the numbered days. And for that, I am... I am eternally grateful. I love you so much. I love you, too.”

(This is actually eulogizing speech of Hazel Grace in the pre- eulogy of Augustus Waters) 

“Maybe she wasn't loved widely, but she was loved deeply.”

-                                                                                                                                                         -  Augustus Waters

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world... but you do have a say in who hurts you. And I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.”

-                                                                                                                                                        -  Augustus Waters

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THAT THING CALLED TADHANA

They say if you are meant to each other, it will be. If his destined for you he will come back to you.

But how does that go?

Is it all up to the wind?

To destiny?

To some vague force that does not show you?

This week’s movie are for those who loved, lost, yet loved again. In short, fighters… the believers of forever… true love.

This Week’s Blockbuster

THAT THING CALLED TADHANA

a film by  Antoinette Jadaone

Movie’s Brochure

Genres:

Romantic-comedy

Stars:

Angelica Panganiban, JM de Guzman, Joem Bascon

Release:

2015

Storyline: The film asks the questions "Where do broken hearts go?" and tells the story of a woman struggling to meet airline baggage requirements who meets a man who comes to her aid. Both in despair out of love, they form a charming friendship that will take them to Sagada in their attempts to mend each other's hearts and together put back the pieces of it that was broken, wasted, and denigrated. Have your bags ready and together let us find ourselves places to forget through.

THAT THING CALLED TADHANA

          There is nothing more I can realize after watching this film, but just self-worth. Many times when people are in loved they are so taken away by their feelings that they easily tend to forget that the most concrete and very foundation of love is loving actually yourself first. Love makes them forget the times that they are happy even though they are alone. Love makes them forget the times that they can find happiness and stand on their own.

          Love also makes people weak. A lot of times when people experience intimate love, when the time comes that it unfortunately ends they tend to feel hopeless and useless. That they can never get back their lives again. Forgetting the fact that before they had actually their life. Our happiness must not depend on others. Maybe we should always remember not to make a person your world because he is just a human.

         We do have different relationships with one another and each of these relationships is special in their own ways. Each relationship is molded with different edges. Different levels. Well if you were to ask me, First of course I do love the Almighty God, then my parents and sister, then my love one, then my friends. It is true that we will never feel the same love we have with two different people (for example), since they are natural uniquely different from each other. The way we love our parents is different on how we love our friends (but for some people their friends are also their families).

          Sometimes people come to our lives but not for good. They just came to teach us a lesson that could help us to better manage our future. They also came for us to realize that there are many ways how to love. That gives us different kinds of love also.

          But then, either of these loves the only thing we can sure of is that each of these experiences, each of these loves has definitely places in our hearts that we carry through to our respective journeys.

          To love is not to forget yourself. To love is to first established yourself-worth so that even these people come and go and they will somehow hurt you… you will still be whole as you, as before they came into your life. The only thing they left then is the memories and the lessons from those experiences you had that strengthens more your personality as a whole person.

          We should not be afraid to love. As sometimes the best lessons to learn through was came from the most painful situations and experiences we had. To love is not to wait for any exchange for the love you gave will be backed in time by the right person, at the right place.

          

        Go continue to love, when you got hurt then cry but after that love again. I tell you, this world is better with love.

Trailer

Just sharing this inspiring story from the film.

THE ARROW WITH A HEART PIERCED THROUGH HIM.

By Antoinette Jadaone

          There was an arrow that was getting tired of his pointy life. Until one day, he woke up feeling heavier than usual. He woke up with a heart pierced through him. “Whose heart are you? How did you get here?” the arrow asked, but there was no reply. The arrow asked everyone he met if they owned the heart; everyone denied that the heart was theirs. Each would say, “My heart hasn’t gone missing”. As the arrow continued the search, he noticed the heart was getting lighter, he did not know why; probably losing weight or he is gaining strength.

          As they passed by, someone asked, “How long have you been looking for the owner of that heart?”, but the heart did not reply, the heart did not need to. The heart just slowly moved back from the arrow, slowly, very slowly, until the heart is no longer pierced through the arrow; and so the heart moved on. The arrow who used to have a heart pierced through him tried to move on, but he was too heavy, and he was dragging himself down. The arrow could not understand why he felt heavier when he actually no longer had the load of carrying somebody’s heart.

         So the arrow tried to go back to his old, pointy life and everyday he would wake up feeling heavier than usual, but there was no heart pierced through him each time. So the arrow decided to be patient and just try to be the old arrow that he was, before he became the arrow with a heart pierced through him; so he can live normally again—and he did.

          One day he just woke up feeling a little stranger than usual, the arrow woke up being tired of his pointy life again. Until he heard a question too familiar that it was not strange at all. “Excuse me but have you lost your heart?” the arrow was surprised, it was the heart who used to be pierced through him—and there was no reply. The arrow and the heart didn’t need any.

The Shallows of Your Fears

Summer feels is approaching. Wanna beat the heat?

Planning for a vacation? You know… #walwalgoals?

Do you want some place to breathe through?

Go! Let’s push that travel goals and try to go in a beach. But wait… what if your #vacationgoals turns to be one of the most challenging situations of your life?

Would you take the risk for this one of a kind experience? Or just cancel all of these and just lay on your bed for the rest of your holidays?

          This week’s entry will take you to a secret beach paradise wherein privacy is literary yours. Oh, I forgot to tell that with you in that secret beach paradise was a big, hungry, and wrathful great white shark. I hope you could enjoy your vacation and stay safe.

Now on the Big Screen

THE SHALLOWS

By Jaume Collet-Serra

What’s about the Movie

Genres:

 Drama | Horror | Thriller

Stars:

 Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo

Release:

2016

Storyline: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. In the taut thriller The Shallows, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude. Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Be careful because what was once in the deep is now in the shallows.

The Shallows of Your Fears

          Gender equality, this was just one of the issues pertinent today. An ideology that refers to the equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for both men and women.  In line with this, in the movie “The Shallows”, Nancy’s character portrays a very good exemplar for what should a modern women would be.

          The first thing I admired from her character was her perseverance. As mentioned earlier the movie is all about a woman stranded on a small island as she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. In there she stands brave and strong together with her determination and willpower that she will survive and will go home soon. To tell it frankly, if I was the one on her situation perhaps I am just crying all day and all night long until I will become a meal of that shark. Personally, I am really afraid of any kind of animals and I don’t know why. Maybe because I feel so anxious, so imagine what more on that great, huge, big fish shark right? But Nancy’s character was different. She made a plan, she observed, and do the best of her ability just to escape from that deathful face off. Her secret was no other than her strength of character.

“Not everyone can be helped.”

                     - Nancy

          She believes that nobody will save her other than herself also. If she really wants to survive and escape from that situation she must be the one moving. That the help that she need is only on the tip of her hands. A woman has her own power and will to do a thing. It does just need some motivation to push through that spirit. Hope, this was the driving force Nancy’s character use. The belief that soon she can go home and be together with her family.

“I’m not dying here.

I'm going to fight.

I am.

Just like she taught us.”

                    - Nancy

          It also takes inspiration for her to be truly brave enough to face that situation. The secret behind her strong personality is no other that her mom. She knows that her mom believes her in all ways. That if she gives up then she will no longer be with her family again.

        Inspiration is the first thing that makes her fight, determination makes her stand, perseverance makes her bigger than the shark, and hope makes her brave and strong enough to conquer her fears. 

Hey! Have some plunge.

Listening to this song actually makes me feel powerful, stronger, and bold. This is just one of the official soundtracks used in the movie. I hope you find those feelings too as you listen to this song. Enjoy!

AN OPEN LETTER FOR ROSIE

Can you still remember your first love?

How about your puppy loves?

How does it feel to be in loved for the first time?

They say love is the greatest feeling one could ever have. It’s a chemical cocktail of happy drugs. As it constantly calls for definition, people still continue to give out love, and to let it come in. But the question is, what would you do if you choose to fall in love with a friend? Would you take the risk to level up the relationship you had or just wanna be a friend for keeps… forever? Would you take the responsibility for the first move or you gotta be just waiting for that right time?

IN CINEMAS

LOVE, ROSIE

Directed by Christian Ditter

About the Film

Genre: Comedy and Romance

Actors & Actresses: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Christian Cooke

Release: 2015

Storyline: Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another... or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies. One awkward turn at 18, one missed opportunity... and life sends them hurling in different directions. But somehow, across time, space and different continents, the tie that binds them cannot be undone. Will they find their way back to one another, or will it be too late? Based on Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel "Where Rainbows End", LOVE, ROSIE is a modern comedy-of-errors tale posing the ultimate question: Do we really only get one shot at true love?

AN OPEN LETTER FOR ROSIE

Dear Rosie,

          If you are just too brave to fess up your feelings to Alex then you would not have been on those situations. Also, tell Alex to stand and try to bet on the game of love (I mean both of you).

“Choosing the person that you want to share your life with is one of the most important decisions any of us makes, ever. Because when it’s wrong, it turns your life into grey. But sometimes, you don’t even notice until you wake up one morning and realize years have gone by…”

          As the saying goes, if you are really meant with each other then you would end up being together. Destiny will make its way. Those red strings knot both on the hands of the perfect match will find its way whenever, wherever… time and distance is nothing if it is true love. But, how long do we need to wait for that perfect time? For that perfect person? Others says true love waits, but the truth is sometimes we are too busy waiting without realizing that we are just wasting our time waiting for nothing. Just like the story of Rosie and Alex. They are both afraid to tell what they really feel with one another. Both are just waiting until one time they had gone wrong. They find happiness with other person.

“… it would be a mistake… if you reject him now. His gonna makes his life miserable and meet the most perfect, beautiful girl in the world just to try and get over you and ended up marrying this other woman and spending the rest of his life for that. Telling himself that his perfect and really must be happy but she won’t be you…”

          Sad to think, we sometimes take certain things for granted, even when we know that we should never take anything for granted. The key is willingness. If we have this, all the things that we will do will be as easy as how the water flows. If we are willing we can give much more than what we have. And so with love. If it is true and nobody dictates you to do that of course it will continually come natural.

          Love is to become brave. To become brave is to move. To move is to go out from our own comfort zones. To go out from our comfort zones is to go by to our limitations. To go by to our limitations is to be free. Free being ourselves and free to love who we want to love. 

Some glance about the film?

NOW SHOWING: HACHIKO A DOG'S STORY

In a world full of “what ifs”…

In a world where fickleness is just roving around… can one still can find essence of loyalty?

Can one still can find a pure and genuine friend?

Is it really worthy to wait for someone? Or should we really just accept the fact that sometimes we really need to give up and move on because this isn’t working anymore and we just find ourselves fighting alone…

        What a splashing questions from a person full of “what ifs” (me actually HAHA!). This week’s movie entry will definitely give us some ideas on how we can answer these endless questions that perhaps on one way or another made us feel bothered.

NOW SHOWING

HACHIKO

A Dog’s Story

Directed by Lasse Hallstrom

BITS OF THE MOVIE

Genre: Drama

Actor & Actresses: Richard Gere              Joan Allen

                       Erick Avari                  Jason Alexander

Release:  2009

Synopsis: The movie was actually based on a true story. In Bedridge train station Japan, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita (a dog breed) and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi. Day by day from this mysterious dog came a miracle. Hachi became an instrument that soothes everyone’s pain, distress and affliction, and the rest made this story award winning and notable to every people who choose to watch it. A movie based on a true story of faith, devotion and undying love.

WHAT HACHIKO LEAVES ME

       Three things makes me realizes this film. First loyalty, second is friendship, and the third was hope. Although the film reflects lots of values to learn from, for me this three things was the most relevant nowadays.

     In a world where people move as quick as the time flies, we sometimes think that we cannot trust anybody. As this world rapidly moving to its axis people just come and go.

“… when I hear about my grandfather and Hachi I feel like I know him. They taught me the meaning of loyalty, that you should never forget anyone you loved and that’s why Hachi will forever be my hero.”

-  Ronnie

         They say there is no love without trust. Just like Professor Parker and Hachi, they were totally and both stranger at first yet they still find to established trust that really gave their relationship a firm and strong foundation that brings true and undying love.

      The loyalty of Hachi makes me realize that it is still possible to trust and love at the same time without getting afraid. The problem of people today is that they are so afraid to love as they could not get the love they gave. They find love as a two way process, that if you love someone he or she should give the love back. Hachi’s loyalty teaches us unconditional love. If it is possible for a dog, for an animal to be specific, to have and give an unconditional love to his owner definitely it will and just as easy as we breathe to give unconditional love to anyone or anybody. Wait, why is it that I talked about love as to loyalty? Because for me, if we love, everything will follow. If we felt the feeling of being love everything will come as smooth as the air. As well as to loyalty. If we trust someone we should not be afraid for what maybe the consequences that we can have. Therefore even it is a mistake to trust that person still we learn something and if you are lucky then you can have all the happiness in the world.

         It is a good thing to have a friend, even if one is about to die. Friendship. How do we really define a friend? In the film, Hachi and Professor Parker conveys that a true and genuine friend will always be there whether at the peak of your happiness or even at your worst nightmare. That they would always wait you with patience as you do your make up, as you take your bath, as you pick your outfit, as you tie your shoes, as you get ready to talk about your problems, feelings, and agonies. Friends are not the people after your family. Because they are actually a part of our families.

        The last thing I learned from the film that really makes me sob was hope. It opens my eyes wider that if I really want to succeed I should do that with much more or better, giving the best of my courage and determination. As Hachi waits for the next day and for the next nine years of his life, I learned that things has always their perfect time. He might not see his owner again but he gave us lessons and a unique story that we could look from whenever we felt we are losing hope to have and find loyalty and true love.

“There’s an element of music that cannot be captured. Life cannot be captured. The moment of creation itself is fleeting.”

- Professor Parker Wilson

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Take a Bite with The Breakfast Club

           First of all, the reason why I decided to take movie review as the theme of this blog is that I have actually this lazy attitude reading books. At first, I usually read it but later on after two to five chapters I actually feel bored. Maybe because I am bothered seeing those thick pages and bunch of papers or maybe because I feel sleepy whenever I read through a period of time. Yet, please do not judge me as if I do not really like books. I do love books but the way on how it must be use is something that I am not really quiet used of. That is where and why I came to love watch movies. Instead of reading books I prefer to watch them. Yes, it is also time consuming to watch a one to two hours of a film yet still more convenient (for me) than reading a hundred page of a book. But then I had this friend that always encourage me to still try to read a book because he says that when stories on book were made to film lots of important details or scenes were actually cut out. Indeed, what is important for me is to know what is that story all about and what can I learn from it that I could use in my everyday life. In the end it does not matter if we read or watch, what is important is that we learned something and we are able to apply it in our real life and we were be able to share it with others.