Relax.. See A Movie

Editrixia Gomez named Moulin Rouge as his No. 1 film. Apocalypse Now is Nam's Movie of the Month. , Pat writes about Kimmy-Dora, Kawadjan is loving Inglorious Basterds to bits, and Yajnat has just finished watching Confessions of a Shopaholic.

Movies they blog. I should blog about too. Sorry but this may bore you. It's just one of those moments where you want to blog but there is nothing to blog about. Those bloggers above inspired me to write about movies I like. Thanks for the view. 

The recipe for a perfect movie para kay Lyka Bergen.

1. Dark/Tragic  

I always like the feeling of being heavy-hearted after watching a film. Call me a masochist. I enjoy pain. Emotional pain. It's always the poignant journey which is important for me than the destination itself. A happy ending is not my basis for a good movie. 

Lars von Trier's Dogville and Dancer in the Dark plus Gus Van Sant's Elephant

2. Intelligent/Crazy

I enjoy those thought-provoking films where you should think to analyze the anatomy of the whole. Films which you need to see more than once to appreciate and understand. It is like examining Piolo's homosexuality. Parang ganon.

 

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem For A Dream, and  M. Knight Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense

3. Multiple Characters 

My story. Your story. Plus the story of your neighbor's kerida and her manicurita's: interweave all and we'll have a beautiful basket of a plot. That makes a halo-halo palatable (without the beans pls!). 

Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Paul Haggis' Crash, and Stephen Daldry's The Hours

4. Strange/Bizarre

Those films without any easy answers, or answers at all and forces us to search for a deeper meaning. Where to grasp is hard, but worth once held. You know, yung mga kakalokang pelikula! Those films only Miriam Santiago can decipher straightaway.

The Triplets of Belleville; Stanley Kubrik's A Clockwork Orange; and Donnie Darko

5. Children

If there is one thing that can easily makes me smile, and cry, that would be Children. Aren't they cute? And once they're hurt, wouldn't you be dejected? You see, when a child is strained, he or she would move on instantly like nothing happened after. Noticed nyo?

Czech's Kolya, Iran's Children of Heaven, Brazil's Central Station 

6.  Reasonable Violence

Violence is an art-form according to National Artist Carlo Caparas. LOL. But am not talking about his crap. Violence is like Sex. Painful yet breathtaking. Especially when it is done beautifully. With taste! And with no Kris. And the baseball cap.

City Of God, American History X, and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Series

7. Dysfunctional Family

I wonder why? Maybe because my BFF's dad was caught with their gardener in bed naked by his mahjongera wife; A teen sis who is bulimic; a straight bro who is obsessed with Enya; and himself who dresses up girly for the barangay fiesta? Interesting di ba?

American Beauty, The Squid and the Whale, and The Royal Tenenbaums

8. Meryl Streep

She is the movie itself. The best living actress, or for all-time, it is. She is the ultimate gay-icon for me because she can play anyone, including Rosemarie Sonora if you want her to. Ricky Belmonte would have loved her! (In a very gay way possible!) 

The Devil Wears Prada, Charlie Kaufmann's Adaptation, and Death Becomes Her. 

9. Striking Cinematography

I love pictures! I also love pictures in motion! Just like those from Harry Potter's picture albums. Cinematography counts a lot in a movie. It makes the film an art-form that you can get for $15 only. The cheapest art you can get! 

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Tim Burton's Big Fish; and Alfonso Cuaron's Children Of Men

10. Gay

Of course! But not all. Only those with substance. Sex and naked men optional. As long as it can deliver. Those with charismatic characters played by real actors. Made not for the sake of teasing us with those  amateur Pinoy hot bodies. Dyahe yun!

Eytan Fox's Yossi and Jagger, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain; and Spain's Segunda Piel.

Kung walang magawa, Relax... See a movie (and blog about it after!). OK?  Tse! (This post reminds me of Lyka's Tragedy. Ka-etchosang gawa ko noon. Haaay!)