Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer (previously titled Jack the Giant Killer) is a 2013 American fantasy—adventure film based on the fairy tales, “Jack the Giant Killer” and “Jack and the Beanstalk“. The film is directed by Bryan Singer

 

In the Kingdom of Cloister, Jack, a young farm boy is fascinated by the legend of Erik, an ancient king who defeated an army of invading giants from a realm in the sky by controlling them with a magical crown. At the same time, Princess Isabelle becomes fascinated with the same legend.

10 years later, Jack goes into town to sell his horse to support his uncle’s farm. There, Jack spots Isabelle and develops a crush on her, after defending her honor from a group of thugs. Meanwhile, Lord Roderick returns to his study, only to find that he has been robbed by a monk. The monk offers Jack some magic beans that he stole from Roderick as collateral for his horse. Back at the castle, Isabelle quarrels with her father, King Brahmwell, as she wants to explore the kingdom, but he wants her to marry Roderick. Likewise, Jack’s uncle scolds him for being foolish before throwing the beans on the floor and leaving the house.

Determined to be free, Isabelle sneaks out of castle and seeks shelter from the rain in Jack’s house. As it rains, one of the beans takes root and grows into a massive beanstalk that carries the house and Isabelle into the sky as Jack falls to the ground.

Jack, Roderick, and Roderick’s attendant, Wicke, volunteer to join the king’s knights, led by Elmont and his second in-command, Crawe, and climb the beanstalk in search of Isabelle. As they climb, Roderick and Wicke cut the safety rope, intentionally killing some of the knights. At the top, they discover the giants’ realm and decide to split into two groups; one with Jack, Elmont and Crawe, and the other with Roderick and Wicke, but not before Roderick takes the remaining beans from Jack (although Jack manages to save one for himself).

Jack’s group is trapped by a giant, who takes everyone prisoner except him. Meanwhile, Roderick’s group encounters two other giants, one eats Wicke but before they can do the same to Roderick, he puts on the magic crown.

Jack follows the giant to their stronghold, where Crawe has been killed by the two-headed giant leader, Fallon, and finds Isabelle and Elmont. As the giants prepare to kill the rest of their prisoners, Roderick walks in and enslaves the giants with the crown. He tells the giants that they will attack Cloister at dawn and allows them to eat Isabelle and Elmont. Jack rescues Isabelle and Elmont as one of the giants prepares to cook Elmont as a pig-in-a-blanket. The trio makes for the beanstalk, where Jack causes the giant guarding the beanstalk to fall off the realm’s edge. Seeing the giant’s body, Brahmwell orders the beanstalk cut down to avoid an invasion by the giants.

Jack and Isabelle head down the beanstalk, while Elmont stays to confront Roderick. Elmont kills Roderick, but Fallon takes the crown before he can claim it and is forced to escape down the beanstalk. Jack, Isabelle, and Elmont all survive the fall after the beanstalk is cut down. As everyone returns home, Jack warns that the giants are using Roderick’s beans to create beanstalks to descend down to Earth and attack Cloister.

The giants chase Jack, Isabelle, and Brahmwell into the castle, where Elmont fills the moat with oil and sets it on fire. Fallon falls in the moat and breaks into the castle from below. As the siege continues, Fallon captures Jack and Isabelle, but Jack kills him by throwing the final bean down his throat, causing a beanstalk to rip apart his body. Jack takes the crown from Fallon and sends the giants back to their realm.

Jack and Isabelle marry, and tell the story of the giants to their children. As time passes, the magic crown is crafted into St Edward’s Crown and is presently being held in the Tower of London.

 

• Nicholas Hoult as Jack, 
• Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabelle
• Stanley Tucci as Lord Roderick
• Ian McShane as King Brahmwell
• Bill Nighy and John Kassir as Fallon (the two-headed leader of the giants. Nighy plays the big head and Kassir plays the smaller head.
  
• Ewan McGregor as Elmont

source:  wikipedia.org

 

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was very interested in seeing it. The fact that Nicholas Hoult and Stanley Tucci are in it made me excited about the film.

It was amazing, the actors were amazing. Nicholas was really good. Stanley Tucci was a great villain. Ewan McGregor was so pleasing in the eyes and he’s also really good.  The movie was very funny, but I expected to see more adventures. The visuals in this film are descent, the Beanstalk looks great and the scenes with the Giants are kind of cool. Nicholas and Eleanor (Isabelle) doesn’t have that much chemistry. The ending was very interesting.

I was delighted by the film. It was fun. I think you guys should see it

 

 

Warm Bodies

 

Warm Bodies is a 2013 American paranormal romantic zombie comedy film based on Isaac Marion’s novel of the same name. Directed and written by Jonathan Levine

 

With much of the future world’s population rendered into an undead horde, R is a young, and oddly introspective, zombie. On a feeding encounter with a human gathering party, R meets Julie and feels an urge to protect her. What happens with that is the beginnings of a strangely warm relationship that causes R to start to regain his humanity. As this change spreads throughout the undead population, Julie and R eventually find they are facing a larger issue even as their friendship is challenged. Caught between the paranoid human forces and the ferocious Bonie zombies who are a mutual threat, R and Julie must find a way to bridge the sides to fight for a better world no one thought possible.

 

• Nicholas Hoult as R
• Teresa Palmer as Julie Grigio
• Rob Corddry as M / Marcus
• Dave Franco as Perry Kelvin
• Analeigh Tipton as Nora
• Cory Hardrict as Kevin
• John Malkovich as Colonel Grigio
• Patrick Sabongui as Hunting zombie
• Tod Fennell as Armed Patrol
• Justin Bradley (uncredited)

 

source: wikipedia.org / imdb.com

 

I don’t usually watch zombie themed movies, but I made an exception this time because of Nicholas Hoult. I mean, look at him, c’mon

damn! the man is really attractive and talented.

The movie was good, it was funny. But for me it started a bit boring but as the story evolves , the movie becomes interesting. Nicholas was great, he portrayed it really well, he was a very convincing zombie. Rob Corddry’s character M/Marcus was funny. He was amazing too.

But I think Teresa Palmer and Nick doesn’t have chemistry. Teresa was fine and she’s pretty, but I really didn’t saw any chemistry between the two. But the love story of R and Julie is interesting and I loved the ending.

The movie was pretty interesting. If you like rom- com films, I would recommend this one.

Beyonce’s Superbowl halftime performance

I’m not a football fan,so I don’t usually watch the ‘Super Bowl’, but I made an exception this time, because Queen Beyoncé is performing at the halftime show.

I’ve been a Beyoncé fan since I can remember. I’ve always loved her songs,her personality and how she inspires a lot of women out there. For me  (and I think for a lot of people too) she is the greatest performer of this generation.

Beyoncé’s full halftime performance:

Setlist:

• Love on Top
• Crazy in Love
• End of Time
• Baby Boy
• Bootylicious (Destiny’s Child)
• Independent Women (Part 1) (Destiny’s Child)
• Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)(Beyoncé with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
• Halo

Beyoncé’s performance was spectacular. It was amazing, breathtaking and she was just… PERFECT. I freaking’ love it.

I started sobbing when Kelly and Michelle came out. I’m such a huge Destiny’s Child fan. I grew up listening to their music. I grew up fan-girling over them. Their chemistry is still there and all of them are just unbelievably talented. I loved that Bey performed ‘Single Ladies’ with them.

Here are some tweets from celebs, about Beyoncé’s heart-stopping performance:

But my most favorite are Piers Morgan’s tweets :

(Lately,I’ve been loving Piers Morgan. Not just because of his good words about B, but also he said that Jennifer Lawrence is “the best actress in the whole world right now”)

To sum it up, Beyoncé is extraordinarily talented and beautiful. I love how she outdoes herself every time. The halftime show was a great way to come back from a long break. I missed her and I can’t wait for her to release a new album and to start touring again [BTW she has a new tour it's called " The Mrs.Carter Show: World Tour" ( which I am excited about,but unfortunately my country is not yet part of the tour :'( and I'm still hoping that she'll visit here). Check out tour dates here]

To those people who are saying that the show was just ‘OK’ .Well.. it’s your opinion, but in my opinion it was way,way, WAY beyond OK. And to those haters out there, just STFU Beyoncé is the queen,she’s amazingly talented, you’re just jealous, because you can’t be like her. NO ONE can ever be like her.

And to quote Anderson Cooper :

“It is Beyoncé’s world and we are just living in it”

Silver Linings Playbook

 

Silver Linings Playbook is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay by Russell, adapted from the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles.

 

Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Pat Solatano has lost everything – his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. All Pat’s parents want is for him to get back on his feet – and to share their family’s obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles football team. When Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he’ll do something very important for her in return. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives.

• Bradley Cooper as Patrick “Pat Jr.” Solitano
  
• Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany Maxwell
• Robert De Niro as Patrizio “Pat Sr.” Solitano
  
• Jacki Weaver as Dolores Solitano
  
• Chris Tucker as Danny
• Julia Stiles as Veronica
  
• Anupam Kher as Dr. Patel
  
• Brea Bee as Nikki
• Shea Whigham as Jake Solitano
• John Ortiz as Ronnie, Veronica’s husband
• Paul Herman as Randy
• Dash Mihok as Officer Keogh

source: wikipedia.org / imdb.com

 

If you’ll take a look at some of my previous posts, you’ll see there that I’m a really huge fan of Jennifer Lawrence.I got so excited when I heard that she’s having a new movie. I read about “Silver Linings Playbook” on tumblr. When I saw someone post a trailer of it, I immediately watched it and it impressed me.

It was an unusual film, it was funny and not very dramatic. I love every second of the movie. Some of my favorite scenes are, the part when Pat (Cooper) and Tiffany (Lawrence) had a dinner. I think it was a funny scene, especially when he ordered Braisin Bread. Then when Tiffany asked him why he ordered it, he said that, he ordered it because he doesn’t want it to look like it’s a date.

Jennifer’s scene with Robert De Niro was AMAZING. They were both incredible. When she was saying all these stuffs about, how the Eagles won whenever Pat is with her and all the dates of their games was fascinating.

During interviews JLaw always say that she’s a “horrible” dancer. But for me she wasn’t. They both danced really well and for me that was the most fun scene. I just love how well they executed the dance.

The last scene made me sob. Their love story was unusual. I just love how Pat expressed his love for Tiffany. Bradley and Jennifer’s chemistry is surprisingly good.

One of my favorite lines from the movie was

“there’s always gonna be a part of me that’s sloppy and dirty,but I like that with all the other parts of myself” – Tiffany

 

 

It was a well written movie. I’ve never read the book (but I think I’m going to) The cast was perfect, everyone is amazing and they all portrayed their role very well. Jennifer Lawrence is phenomenal, for me she’s amazing,flawless and very talented. She deserves all the awards and praises that she’s getting.

Well to sum it up, “Silver Linings Playbook” is just breathtaking .You guys should check it out.

This Week's Cover: Your first look at 'Hunger Games' sequel, 'Catching Fire'

Reblogged from PopWatch:

The revolution has been sparked. In this week's cover story, EW traveled to Waikiki, Hawaii where cast and crew were in the final days of production on the eagerly anticipated Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire (in theaters Nov. 21). Just as the revolution that could embolden the people of Panem rests on young Katniss Everdeen’s shoulders, the success of the franchise depends largely upon Jennifer Lawrence.

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I can't wait for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" :'))

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect is a 2012 musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore. The screenplay was written by Kay Cannon, loosely adapted from the book of the same name by Mickey Rapkin. The film was released on September 28, 2012, to moderate box office success and positive reviews.

The film revolves around the Bellas, an all-female a capella group from Barden University. Reeling from a humiliating loss at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, the group struggles to find new members the next year. Beca, a Barden freshman, has no desire to go to college, but is forced to attend by her father, a professor at the university. Wishing to instead move to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a DJ, she takes up an internship at the school radio station, where she meets fellow freshman Jesse. When Beca’s father finds out that Beca has not been attending classes, he offers to let Beca go to Los Angeles if she joins a club and proves that she wants to be involved. After some persuasion from Aubrey, the group leader, and Chloe, she joins the Bellas, along with a group of other women who do not fit the Bellas’ typical mold.

At practice, Aubrey’s controlling nature gets on the nerves of the other girls. She is constantly critical and insists that they use the same set list the Bellas have been using for years, which clashes with Beca’s contemporary style. Meanwhile, Beca hangs out with Jesse—who has joined the Treble Makers, the Bellas’ main rival—despite Aubrey’s warning to the group not to get involved with Treble Makers. Beca plays several of her own mixes of contemporary songs for him, and he compliments her for her talent. He then tries to get Beca to watch the ending of The Breakfast Club, his favorite movie, after Beca tells him she does not like movies because they bore her and she never gets to the ending.

Despite their issues, the Bellas attend the regional a capella competition. On the way to the venue, the group stops for gas where Fat Amy is hit by a burrito by Bumper, a member of the Treble Makers in their own bus. After the other girls clean her up, they continue on to the venue but run out of gas since Fat Amy forgot to actually put any in the bus. They’re then forced to call the Treble Makers to drive them to the venue. In spite of their bland set list, the group manages to place second at the regional a capella competition.

At the semifinals, Beca notices how bored the audience is with Aubrey’s traditional arrangement, so she provides impromptu back-up, mash-up vocals. The Bellas come in third in the competition behind the Treble Makers and another group. Even though the audience was pleased, Aubrey was not and Beca quits the group. The Bellas make it into the Nationals after the other group was disqualified because their lead singer was discovered to be in high school, not college. They get together after spring break, but this time, Beca is not included.

During this time, Beca begins working as a DJ at the university radio station, playing her music on the overnight shift, and also steadily distancing herself from Jesse. She finds a copy of The Breakfast Club and watches it. She realizes how much she needs the Bellas in her life. Her father convinces her to rejoin the Bellas, who she finds falling apart. The now complete again Bellas have a heart-to-heart and decide to kick things up a notch with Beca’s 21st-century mash-ups. At the National Competition, the Bellas sing a piece arranged by Beca, including “Don’t You (Forget About Me)“, the theme from The Breakfast Club. The Bellas win the competition and Beca and Jesse reunite with a kiss.

• Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell
• Brittany Snow as Chloe
• Skylar Astin as Jesse
• Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy
• Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen
• Ben Platt as Benji
• Hana Mae Lee as Lily
• Ester Dean as Cynthia-Rose
• Adam DeVine as Bumper
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Tommy
• Alexis Knapp as Stacie
• Utkarsh Ambudkar as Donald
• Jinhee Joung as Kimmy Jin
• Elizabeth Banks as Gail
• John Michael Higgins as John Smith
• Freddie Stroma as Luke
• John Benjamin Hickey as Dr. Mitchell

source : en.wikipedia.org

I heard about this movie from Elizabeth Banks, who is one of the producers and actors of the movie. She keeps on tweeting about this on twitter.

I have a soft spot for musicals, I love musicals. So when I heard about this movie, I was so looking forward on watching it.

It was well made, I love all the songs they covered, their A Capella  versions are better that the original versions. My favorite part of the movie was the “Riff off “part. Their moderator would say a topic then the a capella groups would think of songs that would fit their topic. I just love how fun that scene looks.

The cast was amazing, Elizabeth Banks’ character, Gail, is super funny. Anna Kendrick’s performance was good. She and Skylar Austin who plays Jesse, has a real chemistry, I love their tandem. Adam DeVine’s character, Bumper is super annoying.The Asian girl is very funny, her funniest scene was when she fell on Aubrey’s vomit, it was disgusting yet very funny, haha. But my favorite character is Fat Amy played by Rebel Wilson, she’s freaking hilarious, I just love her.

The movie was aca-mazing ,haha, but I hated the ending. I didn’t get the closure that I want. I heard the producers are thinking of making a “Pitch Perfect” part 2, which I think is a very good idea.

House At The End Of The Street

 

House at the End of the Street is a 2012 American horror-thriller film directed by Mark Tonderai and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Max Thieriot.

Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret.

 

• Jennifer Lawrence as Elissa Cassidy
• Max Thieriot as Ryan Jacobson
• Elisabeth Shue as Sarah Cassidy
• Gil Bellows as Officer Weaver
• Eva Link as Carrie Anne
• Nolan Gerard Funk as Tyler Reynolds
• Allie MacDonald as Jillian
• Jordan Hayes as Penn State Waitress
• Krista Bridges as Mary Jacobson
• James Thomas as Ben Reynolds

source:  en.wikipedia.org / imdb.com

 

Last 12.08.12 ( Saturday) me and my best friends, Joyce,Clet and Alliana watched “House At The End Of The Street” . I’ve waited so long for this movie, I’m such a huge fan of Jennifer Lawrence. I just love everything she do and everything about her. I don’t really watch horror films, I’ve watched some, but they didn’t really scare me so much, so I decided not to watch those kind of movies because they’re boring . But I made an exception with this one, like what I said I’m a fan of JLaw, that’s the reason I watched it.

When we were at the movie house already, Joyce almost backed out, because she promised her self that she won’t watch any horror movie anymore, because she gets scared easily. hahaha. 

The movie started at 1pm. It was a really good and scary film. I seated next to Joyce and she keeps on covering her face whenever she gets scared which is funny on my side. haha. I love the story of the movie, it was confusing at first which I like so that it would make me think.

For me the scariest parts were when Ryan was on his way to the basement and opened the door of Carrie Anne’s room then she jumped and scared him, I totally screamed during that scene. Another scary scene was when Carrie Anne was able to escape from her room and was trying to get to the Cassidy’s house, during that Elissa was home alone. When she opened the door, out of nowhere, her friend Jillian appeared. I also got scared during the part when Elissa was at the basement and she got officer Weaver’s gun and flashlight . His flashlight was actually dysfunctional that time, so when Elissa was trying to make it work, suddenly Ryan showed up and almost killed her,but she killed him first.

Jennifer Lawrence’s performance was phenomenal, she never fails to satisfy me with her talent. I can’t get my eyes off of her whenever she’s on-screen. My best friends also loved her performance and praised her.It was the first horror film that really scared the hell out of me. You better watch it,if you haven’t seen it yet. You would totally love it.

When we were about to leave, I was my friends from Tarlac State University. They were a few seats behind us, so I went there and say “hi” to everyone. I love seeing them, it always makes me very happy.

On our way out, we passed by the “Human Genes” store, it’s a clothing line here in the Philippines. Then I saw that they have a huge photo of Rob Kardashian, which made me super happy,because I have a huge crush on him.

Then we went to the grocery store to buy something. When we were near the frozen section, we saw this fish display at the seafood section. Then Alliana was so amazed she even said “there’s a shark” haha .

 

After we went to the grocery store, I asked them if could go to the bookstore and they said “sure”. On our way there, I saw my sister from another mother, Danica. Seeing her made me happy, we had a little chit-chat. I can’t wait to see all my girl friends from high school.

Well to sum it up, I had a fun day. Hanging out with my best friends is always fun and exciting.

Our day wouldn’t be complete without taking pictures, here are some of my faves :

(Top left: Alliana&Me , Top-right:  Clet&Me. Bottom-left: Me& Joyce, Bottom-Right: Me&Alliana)

(Top: Joyce , Me. Bottom: Alliana,Clet)

 

Among all our pictures from that day, this is my most favorite: