I love to dance. Since I was kid, I performed numerous times in front of audiences in school and I enjoyed every moment of it. I was also lucky to have gone to a school were they encouraged students to perform. Now, I've learned that they don't have the same shows we had before. It's pretty sad. Those school activities promote unity and camaraderie amongst students, teachers and even parents. Well, who knows what goes on in those Jesuits' minds...
I love romantic comedies especially the ones that make me giddy all over like a teeny-bopper (who uses teeny-bopper these days? LOL). Such is the movie I just finished viewing and after 10 years (yes, it's been that long), the giddy-ness is still there. And why wouldn't it be? With a yummy cast of Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Zach Siler), Rachel Leigh Cook (Laney Boggs...what is she up to now?) and Paul Walker (Dean Sampson). Also in the film are R&B artists Usher Raymond as the Campus D.J. and Kimberly "Lil Kim" Jones. Most of the members of the cast are known if not famous which makes She's All That, all that.
What I rave most in the movie is the simplicity of the plot and how spot-on the movie was to the real highschool scene. Any highschool in the whole planet has their own set of populars whom we all wanted to be and some succeeded and of course, the unpopulars whom many of us were and may still be. The whole plot revolves around Zach who made a bet with Dean, after being dumped by his girlfriend, that he can turn anyone Dean picks from the entire school female population into Prom Queen. And the lucky pick is Laney Boggs, the oddball in their art class. After spending tons of time with Laney, Zach found himself falling for her and vice versa until everything got messed up like how messed up high school should be.
It's a wonderful movie to be nostalgic with. Especially when I reminisce about my own giddy moments in highschool. I realized how funny and enjoyable that part of my life was. Things were simple back then and how I wish I could go back in time and do it all over again. But then I just have to settle for a movie rerun and channel my inner teeny-bopper.
Kiss Me... beneath the milky twilight...
Lead Me... out on the moonlit floor...
La...la-la-la...la-la-la...la-la-la
*blushes*
My favorite American Heroes, the G.I. Joes, the action figures from Hasbro will always be in my heart. However, the real-life G.I. Joes in the movie Rise of the Cobra will forever be in the back of my mind--way, way back and will most probably be forgotten.
The movie was a disappointment and it was not worth lining-up for. It was action-packed but it got boring midway. I even almost fell asleep. Noteworthy though, were the Accelerator suits in action. Although they were more destructive than helpful at times, Duke and Ripcord were fun to watch in those suits.
The story is a little dragging. I think the action scenes and the dialogues didn't have a continuous flow that made the movie mishy-mashy. They focused more on the action.
The actors were ok. Most of them were well-known but they didn't do much for the movie. I think the actors were too big for it. Any actor would've sufficed.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend this movie to waste money on. But if you want to see the action, go ahead. The scenes were not that great. I think the scenes you have imagined when you were playing with your GI Joe action figures would've been far better.
I give this movie a 2/5.
I just watched 1/4 of the movie, Jack at StarWorld. I sat through the final moments because after all this years, it's still such a great movie and I still held back tears.
It's about a boy named Jack who was born with a unique aging disorder that makes him age four times faster than a normal person. And to make things more interesting, he goes to a public school by the age of 10 (well, 40 in his case). I got school troubles by the age of 10, what more for a 10-year-old boy in a 40-year-old body? But we also have a similar experience which is a difficulty fitting in. I was a year advanced in my schooling and I had a hard time fitting in with kids older than me because well, they think more "maturely" ; Jack is bigger than the rest of the kids, older-looking, hairier and probably looks scary to his classmates which makes it hard for him to fit in. But we both went on with our lives and dealt with it (after thinking about giving up).
The movie gives hope. It sends a message of being always positive in difficult times and to do our best in everything. I especially like the part when Jack's private tutor said, "You are not regular because you are spectacular". I agree. We are not Regular Joes. There is a Spectacular Jack in each one of us. It is up to us to let it shine.
