Les Miserables

I've been meaning to share this video since I saw the extended trailer while living the life two weeks ago. Apart from The Hobbit, this is what I am looking forward to before the year ends.

At least I'm hoping they'll show both films before THE festival block books all cinemas and before I head to the place where cinemas don't exist. 

Why I think this film is love:

1. The choice of Hugh Jackman as Prisoner 24601 is fitting. Much like I definitely see Russel Crowe as  Javert.

2. Still on the cast, I am excited to see Helena Bonham Carter's take on Madame Thernadier. I imagine it would be a treat seeing her abuse Cosette.

3. Then there's Anne Hathaway who's doing the real, fragile version of I Dreamed a Dream. I love her line "There's something selfish going for the pretty version... she's (Fantine) devastated, she's literally at the bottom of a hole looking up and realizing that she's never gonna climb out of this". Her shaved head, disheveled look are perfect.

4. Of course, Tom Hooper. If you remember The King's Speech and how you feel for Colin Firth's King George VI, well Mr. Hooper is the Director of the film.

And so because we all love Lea Salonga, I'll end this post with Eponine singing On My Own.

And Lea Salonga's I Dreamed A Dream during the 25th Anniversary concert at the O2 Arena.

Please bring Les Miserables to Manila, I beg of you.

Ang Pangarap ni Ernesto

My Househusband, Ikaw na! 

One of the seven entries in this year's Metro Manila Film Festival. 

According to Wikipedia, a househusband is a husband that chooses to stay at home instead of working at a career.

I can sense someone inviting me to a movie date. =P

P.S. Here's the rest of the 2011 MMFF entries.

The PANEManian

Today I got my Panem Citizen Card. 

Uh-huh! I am officially a PANEManian. For those who are not familiar, Panem is where The Hunger Games is set, post - apocaplyptic America. Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol and 12 surrounding, poorer districts. The Hunger Game is an annual televised event where the Capitol forces each district to field one boy and one girl for a massive televised battle in which each contestant fight it out to be the sole living survivor. The Hunger Games were conceived by the Capitol in the aftermath of a rebellion known as the Dark Days. The main purpose is to assert their control and power over the 12 Districts.

So I am a citizen of District 6. The main industry of the district is transportation, explaining my role as a Router. The rest of the districts have their own industry to cater the needs of the flamboyant Capitol.

The heroine of the three-book series is Katniss Everdeen, who against all odds survive the cruel Games in The Hunger Games (Book 1), inspired an uprising in Catching Fire (Book 2) and freed Panem from the clutches of the Capitol in Mockingjay (Book 3).

This is a brilliant marketing campaign for the March 2012 release of the movie.

Touted as the next to inherit the Twilight series success in the cinemas, I am betting Hunger Games will make it big next year. 

Should you be interested, the three-book series is engaging - in a tweener kind of way.

If you want to get your Panem Identification Card, go to this link.

First Look: Katniss Everdeen

When Jennifer Lawrence was chosen as the Hunger Game's Katniss Everdeen, there were numerous doubters.

For one, our heroine is supposed to be olive-skinned and has that tough-chick look.

And look what the producer has released:

The first picture of Jennifer as Katniss Everdeen!

Doesn't this make you excited?

This image conveys that she can be the best archer and can survive an arena with the toughest living conditions.

Never in a second had I doubted that Jennifer can be the perfect Katniss. She has acted alongside veteran actors, has won an award at the Venice Film Festival and has received an Oscar's Best Actress nomination for her role in Winter's Bone.

They did not choose someone with her achievements for Harry Potter and Twilight. Just saying.

For those who aren't familiar with the Hunger Games trilogy, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where North America once stood. This is where a powerful government working in a central city called the Capitol holds power. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death. The Hunger Games exist to demonstrate not even children are beyond the reach of the Capitol's power.


The movie is set to be released in March 2012.


I'll be watching! -(",)-*wink*