Well, just two of them for today, actually.

V For Vendetta

I've never read the graphic novel, but I don't think that should stop me or anyone from enjoying the movie. And that I did, so anything I say here might be sniffed at by snooty folk who've read the novel. But anyway, I loved it so much that I will definitely buy an original DVD of this movie. ^_^ Like Miss Rich said, "timely. im surprised government hasnt pulled the graphic novel off the shelves yet" and I'm even more pleased that the movie isn't being pulled out of theaters, incendiary as it is, but that would only mean that the government has something to fear, hahaha. I don't think this film will be the ultimate tool for mobilizing the masses, although it left me with the feeling of wanting to shake and slap everyone to wake up.

Hugo Weaving is definitely amazing in his role. The voice is a killer as always, and it's incredible how he manages to exude emotion even while wearing the mask. Dude can do anything after all, from being an evil agent, a sheepdog, a drag queen, and an elf, so why should I even be surprised? His eyebrows have more talent in them than any members of young Hollywood nowadays. Natalie Portman was all right, she usually is, although I kept noticing her accent slipping from time to time. And I don't know if any of you noticed, but Rupert Graves looked a lot like Noli de Castro to me.

Heehee.

Seksing-Seksi (Mapanghalina)

My father was actually getting quite engrossed in Mr. Suave tonight. During commercial break however, he switched channels, stopping on ABC 5 which was showing a 1950s film entitled, yep, Seksing-Seksi (Mapanghalina). We didn't catch the beginning of the film, but what we saw went like this:

Young girl is in love with a guy her mother disapproves of, while the father is quite cool with it. After getting thoroughly scolded by her mom, she runs off and cries in her bedroom. Later, they find out the girl ran off with the guy. They head to his grandpa's house in the country and pretend they're married. The girl sleeps in the bedroom, while tge guy fidgets and is mightily uncomfortable apparently due to raging hormones, so he sleeps in the stables. Later on they get married, after which the guy lights judge's cigarette and newly-married couple go off. Once outside, the guy goes back for his lighter, leaving his bride outside to wait by the car. Some guys jump her and carry her off. Guy goes to the police station to report the kidnapping and overhears a nearby girl's story about a kidnapping she witnessed. He deduces that she's talking about his wife, so they speed off to the evil men's hideout. The evil men fight over who gets to ravish the girl first, with one knocking the other out. The girl pretends to give in just so he can untie her hands then proceeds to beat up the man. Her husband rushes in and beats around seven kinds of hell out of the two men. Many minutes later, a police squad arrives, something which often happens in Filipino movies, I've noticed. Why the hell do these officers of the law leave all the action up to civilians anyway, and they just arrive to clean up the mess?

Anyway, the next weird part is that a bunch of men--scientists, according to them--headed by the earlier girl's father are sitting around a table upon which a bunch of women in skimpy-for-their-time swimsuits are walking in circles. Apparently, they're studying what makes women so sexy and attractive and which one of those women is the sexiest. A few scuffles break out among a couple of the men while ogling the women, and some of the men try to feel up the women, resulting in them getting their asses kicked by the women. Everything soon settles down and the men ask the girl's father who the sexiest one is. His wife's dressmaker, a gay guy, comes in, and the man proclaims him the sexiest, by virtue of his having both gender's qualities. The women get mad at him and proceed to beat him up as well.

We find him in the hospital later, with his wife still crabbing about their little daughter, who soon arrives with her husband. And once they've exchanged greetings, all is forgiven.

And with that oddly-titled, admittedly silly, and entertaining movie, I now want to get my hands on older Filipino movies. It was jolly great fun, plus it's not everyday that there's a movie that made both me and my parents laugh like hell.