Saturday, February 09, 2008

Tag: Recent Movie I Watched

Manang Lovelyn of A Raconteur's Attempt started a tag on movies. Her family watched Ratatouille together and they thoroughly enjoyed not just the movie but also the experience of watching it as a family. Very touching!

She tagged me and I promised to do it, although I am putting a twist to it because I don't have my own family yet =) To take my mind off my paper due this week (wink, wink; the big P is at work again), I am doing this post which is far more enjoyable.
By the way, I also watched Ratatouille last year with my friends. My Indonesian brother, Andreas, blogged about it here. We also enjoyed it.

These are the rules of the tag according to Manang Lovelyn:

1. Link back the person who tagged you and write what was the movie his/her family enjoyed watching recently.

2. Now your turn to tell about the movie your family had just watched.

3. Tell something about the movie and spoilers are accepted.

4. Lastly, write anything that has something to do with movies: Trivia, your top choice or favorites and why, your family's story about your favorite motion pictures, the first film you watched with your husband, any traditional film the family 's been keeping etc...etc...

5. Copy and paste the rules of this meme on your blog and pass the tag to as many friends, bloggers and movie lovers you want. Don't forget to tell them they're tagged and leave a comment here if you're done with the task.

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The twist for this tag is that I am going to tell you about something that I watched alone, not with my family. This Chinese New Year Break, we had a week off from classes. A Filipina schoolmate, Manang Gloria, asked me if I wanted to borrow the Korean series that she bought. The Korean series was All in (photo of the two lead stars above). She warned me that I might get addicted to it. Needless to say, her prophecy was accurate. I was glued to my laptop trying to finish off the 24 episodes (eight cds), and for two days, I slept at 5 am, although it took me longer than two days to finish the series. I'm the type of person who likes to know beforehand what happens at the end, so I couldn't help but watch the last cd first after watching only the first two cds, and then I went back and watched the rest. So unlike some people who dislike those who spoil the movie by relating the ending for you, I love them ehehehehe...

The series was about the love story of Kim Inha and Min Su-Yeon, and how they survived in the world of gambling, casinos, mafias and stuff. You can read the synopsis here. Suffice it to say that they end up together, which is what's important =) Interestingly, the story was based on the life of a Korean pro gambler and chess player, Mr. Cha Min-su, who became a millionaire in Las Vegas.

As to family trivia regarding movies: when I was young, my parents would bring my elder brother, my younger brother and me (my sister and my youngest brother were not born yet) to watch movies at the only cinema in Bontoc, located in the Acofo building. I remember us watching Conan, the Barbarian there; I don't know why it stuck in my memory. Nowadays though, my parents like us to eat out as a family rather than watch movies together.

Unfortunately, the only cinema in Bontoc lost its appeal with the arrival of betamax and cable tv so it closed. It was turned into a bar featuring live bands from the outside. If you stroll along Bontoc's plaza or the main street at night before the curfew at 10 pm, it would be impossible for you not to hear their very loud music. According to reports here, the cinema building has become "the center of Bontoc's gambling universe" and also a prostitution den. What a change!



There, that's it! Now, I am tagging my sis Ganda, my Manong Bet-ew, and Andreas, who has yet to do my tags.

4 comments:

Wil said...

hmmm.... are telenovelas considered movies? hehe. So you're one of the spoiler folks, huh? I'm the opposite. I like to be surprised. :D

Someone who is both a pro gambler and chess player? For some reason, I have a hard time imagining that. hehe

G said...

o ayan, i complied na! meron kayang All In sa divisoria? hehe

lovelyn said...

Grazie Layad! Reading this made me want to try watching Korean telenovelas. Our neighbors are addicted to it. Makahiram nga.

I remember, Bontoc had cable TV first and a movie house before La Trinidad did. Its nice to know you do watch with your family before, treasured memories daw yan kaya it was stuck in your mind.

admindude said...

>>>hmmm.... are telenovelas considered movies?

oo nga parang cheating itong ginawa ni layad :-) kasi di naman movie ang telenovela hehe (peace ha).

thanks for linking to my gambling post.