FILM REVIEW: Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (신과함께-죄와 벌)

When Along With the Gods' trailer was released, there was a lot of hype in the social media because it looks promising.  A lot anticipated it and really waited the film to be released especially the film is directed by  Kim Yong-hwa, popular for his masterpiece 200 Pounds Beauty way back in 2006.  Added to the hype is the cast line up leading Cha Tae-Hyun, who recently ventured in producing his own drama,  Ha Jung-woo, one of the highest grossing actor in South Korea, with Ju Ji-hoon and Kim Hyang-gi.

The movie talks about what happens after a person dies. In the movie, it is said that the person's spirit will face the 7 stages of hell and he will be judged based on his sins whether it is punishable or not. Once he pass through all the seven trials, he will be given a chance for reincarnation or to visit their loved ones in dreams.

This movie is actually different than the other movies' plot and story line, it is similar to the popular book by  Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy which I learned way back my High School days. 

Along With the Gods' cinematography were also exceptional, it might just be mostly the work of green screen and post-production, but it was a well prepared and well-thought film.  Camera angles, color grading, and even framing elements in cinematography is shown.

With the star-studded cast and even supporting cast, acting is no longer a question in this film.  Casts are known to be the best in their field, so no wonder this film was a great success.

One good thing about the movie is that it doesn't only leave you with the expensive set and star studded cast, the story gives morals that everyone can relate on.  Of course, prepare for tissues because you know, most of Korean movies ends with you shedding tears at the end.

FILM REVIEW: Twenty (스물)

Twenty is a movie that talks about three friend's struggle in facing their adult stage as they are already in the age of twenty, fighting whether to continue doing stupid shits or focus on building their future.

It starred Kim Wo Bin, Lee Jun Ho, and Kang Ha Neul as the three friends meeting during their high school days because of a girl.  Ever since the 3 had been inseparable.

The story of the movie cannot be taken literally as it is not suitable for minors, in order to grasp the message, viewers should understand deeply the message of the film.  There are a lot of vulgar words in the movie, though it aims to be funny, but it doesn't serve its purpose well.

The script of the movie can be viewed as a good one, but the production wasn't able to sustain the goodness of the script, with sound scoring screwing up the good scenes.

It can also be seen that there are a lot of usage of handheld cameras and long takes at the beginning of the movie but was not able to be sustained, thus making the cinematography and takes inconsistent.

However, actors are good in portraying their role in the movie, knowing that these names are already known to be good in the industry.

If you are bored, this movie should be one of your lists.

FILM REVIEW: Hush (2016)

Hush is a 2016 American psychological horror film directed by Mike Flanagan from a screenplay by Flanagan and Kate Siegel. The film stars John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, and Siegel.

The film talks about a deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life when one night a masked killer appears at her window trying to kill her.

The movie involves only 2 main characters, the killer, and the deaf woman with the supporting role of her friend and its boyfriend.

It started when Maddie was visited by her friend Sarah for the latter to return the book she borrowed. When Sarah was about to return home, she stumbles upon a man who wears a masked.  Sarah hurriedly went to Maddie's house, but it was locked.  She keeps knocking on Maddie's door, but because Maddie is a deaf mute, she wasn't able to notice her friend.  The man, realizing Maddie is a deaf mute, stabbed Sarah in front of Maddie's door and this is where the story really begins.

The story itself is already interesting for the people who really wanted to watch a horror movie without the presence of the ghosts and supernatural being.  This is one of the must watch thriller movie for this year.

The character's role as a deaf-mute greatly added to the suspense that the audience experience upon watching the film.  Several shots were used in the film that expresses greatly with the characters emotion.  POV was also used in the film to add more suspense to the viewers.

Go watch it now if you're bored and want to hype up.



REFERENCES:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5022702/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush_(2016_film)

FILM REVIIEW: The Shallows

Okay! After a long time, I'm back with my blog doing some short film reviews.  Again, I will not call myself an expert, this is just a review from a simple and plain movie watcher.  You guys need to chill!

Let us start with the plot of the movie dealing about a shark.  Of course! Shark movies will gonna sell after the all time favorite shark movie Jaws by Spielberg, but is this shark movie, The Shallows really worth it?  Let us see.

The movie talks about a medical student Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) Still reeling from the loss of her mother, travels to a secluded beach for some much-needed solace. Despite the danger of surfing alone, Nancy decides to soak up the sun and hit the waves. Suddenly, a great white shark attacks, forcing her to swim to a giant rock for safety. Left injured and stranded 200 yards from shore, the frightened young woman must fight for her life as the deadly predator circles her in its feeding ground.

The movie's first part is a boring part for those who wants to see an action real quick, just like my mother, but it plays a significant role along the way.  The next parts, until the last were the most thrilled and breathtaking part of the movie, making you to scream and be worried for the character.

The setting is only in a certain island, and the production people don't need to get a lot of actors for this movie.  There are only a few actors that can be seen in the entire film, and Blake Lively as the main actor.

This movie is highly recommended for those who wants to get rid of boredom.  Though this is just another shark movie, but it has a very different approach compared to the other shark movies I've seen so far.





Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shallows_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4052882/

FILM REVIEW: Pleasure or Pain: A time wasting movie

Pleasure or Pain is the last movie directed by an erotic director Zalman King before he died.  It talks about a wealthy real estate developer, Jack, taking a young woman, Victoria, with him.  They later on get married without Victoria knowing all the things behind Jack's mysterious life.  She will be able to learn more about Jack, without knowing she will learn more about her.

Aside from the movie being erotic, it doesn't give you any spice to like this movie.  It has a lousy acting, making the every dialogue less emotional, and it just gives you an overly sexy voice telling the story of a woman and a man having sex.

This movies features the real porn stars, so it is no wonder why the acting are not really good.  It is more on porn side, rather than showing really what the story is all about.  I know that this film is erotic, but it should have at least a story that can make people be engage to, rather than people only being engage in sex acts where usually all just girls to girls fucking.

This movie doesn't really give you any good in wasting your time.  You should have watch the porn videos of these lovely stars, rather than wasting your time in this movie.

Don't watch this if you are minor, you will not learn something.  This movie is a must not watch movie,

FILM REVIEW: Kung Fu Panda: Chapter 3

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Kung Fu Panda 3 is the third sequel of the famous animated film Kung Fu Panda.  It stared a dragon warrior panda named Po that needs to save the other dragon warriors and their chi that was stolen by the evil Kai.  In order to defeat Kai, Po should learn all about his inner self first, but while he was busy learning who he really is, it's already too late to save his master, and his friends from evil Kai's hands.

As expected, Kung Fu Panda is a much awaited comedy animated film, and it is considered as one of the highest grossing films for 2016.  It garnered positive reviews, especially to Chinese audiences.  Hollywood has been trying to reach Chinese audiences these past few years, and Kung Fu Panda series might be one of the most successful.

The movie started when Kai is fighting with Master Oogway to get his chi, but before Kai can get Master Oogway's chi, he was told about the dragon warrior Po, who will defeat him.

The movie then continue to Master Shifu passing his position to Po as a Kung Fu teacher, but later on, Po realizes that it was not an easy job to teach Kung Fu, then gave up.  He then found his father and decided to learn who he really is, and try to defeat Kai.

The characters in the movie hasn't change since the previous two movie released. It is still expected that Po will bring the fun in the film.  The film would definitely bring joy to the viewers as it does not focus on the little audiences only, but it is for the whole family.

Kung Fu Panda: Chapter 3 movie brings you the lesson about how important unity is when it comes to defeating the darkness.

FILM REVIEW: The Forest

The Forest movie talks about the story of Japan's suicide forest in Yamanashi prefecture.  It s believed that people who visits there never go out alive once they will leave the path.

The story revolves around a woman trying to find her twin sister in the forest after it was gone for how many days.  He then met a stranger and will soon help her in finding her lost sister.  But everything is not quite good as the forest will betray her and use her sadness,

The film's trailer was very good that it can really make you interested in watching the movie.  the cinematography of the film is a big factor in making this a one of sought after movie.  But the movie just simply revolves around finding the woman's long lost sister.  It doesn't give you anything.  Basically, what you see in the trailer, that's already the story and all you need to have next is on how she will do anything for her sister. 

This is another kind of based-on-true-events movies that will never give justice to that label.  I don't find this film appealing to watch, though it has a lot of twists, but it will really leave you hanging.

The film is full of jump scares, but doesn't really work.  So if you're not really into how the film was made, and just simply by having entertainment, you can watch this film, and find out on your own what happened until the end.

FILM REVIEW: Theory of Everything: A One of A Kind Film

RATING: ★★★★☆

Theory of Everything is by far one of the most famous biographical movie for it talks about the life of today's famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking.  The movie was based on the book by Hawking's first wife Jane Wilde, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.

At the beginning of the movie, it shows you the journey of Stephen being an ordinary student of physics, and on how he tries hard to have a thesis topic.  His friends was able to have their different thesis topics, but Stephen wasn't able to decide yet.

One day, there was a party held in Stephen's area, and that is where he met Jane through a mutual friend.  They shared talks about their life, and even their ambitions in life.  This is where Stephen shares something about the stars, and everything that we can see in the skies.

His professors and friends are already concerned over Stephen's lack of thesis topic, and time might not be enough for him to defend it.  During a lesson with his professor about the black hole, Stephen concluded to himself that black hole might be the beginning of all.  After it, he was able to formulate, and study about black hole as the beginning of time, and make it as his thesis topic.

On his way to school, Stephen was able to slipped and hit his head on the ground.  He was brought to the hospital, and was able to diagnosed with a motor neuron disease, or we know it now as ALS.  Everyday he is already struggling for his body is slowly showing signs, and thinking about the 2 year life expectancy provided by his doctor.  He also limits himself in seeing Jane, who was that time so worried about Stephen.

In the verge of giving up about life, Jane really tries to confront Stephen, telling him that she love him, and that she would be with him until the last day, that they will face and fight Stephen's illness together.

The Theory of Everything is a good film, and this is not basically for science nerd.  Although the first part of the film is boring for those people who don't really understand science, but the movie has a lot of lessons, especially from Stephen.

Eddie Redmayne brings you back to the young Stephen Hawking.  A reason why he grabbed the Academy Awards among other contenders.  Felicity Jones is also a good point in helping Redmayne do a superb performance.

Theory of everything is not just for the science nerd people, this film is for everyone. Too much lesson from Stephen Hawking. Eddie Redmayne's performance was superb. Again, it is not Eddie that you can see in the film, it really was Stephen. Such a great performance for this film. Such a great film. Sadly, Jane wasn't able to fulfill her promise sticking and fighting with Stephen as long as they live.

Paid Surveys at Home: SCAM!

Have you encountered this website called Paid Surveys at Home?  It promises to give you surveys and paid you money when you completed the survey.  They are promising to offer you big amount of money whenever you answer their surveys.  But let us take a look of this website first.

The website has a Clickbank|Trusted Secure logo at the top of their page.  It even have some testimonials from the "real" people joining this survey site and a calculator to try calculating your supposed "income".  Sounds great right?  Wait.  Read more.


This is what you can see if you'll scroll down their website.  It shows you how this paid survey works and how can you earn money.  It even stated that you can make $20 dollar for a 20 minute survey,  That sounds like an easy money.  It's something like $1 in every minute you take a survey/  Imagine taking a survey for an hour, isn't it a big amount of money?  But before that, let's dig deeper.

If you click the Get Started button, it will route you again to bunch of information and testimonials bragging about this company.  It's good strategy to persuade people, but I don't think anyone would like to read the writings that long.

This is the end of the page.  It only need your name, email address, and country and you are good to go.  But is it really good site and legit?  The answer is a big NO! as in! N.O, NO!  Why?  Let us take a look about it.

After you send this registration, they will send you email regarding your account, and they will going to give you some information how you can start earning using your account.  The bad thing here is YOU NEED TO PAY FIRST, before you can have access in your own account.  That's ridiculous! Why would you pay for something if it is offering you a job?  But of course, I want to be fair, so I asked their chat agent and this is what I received.









As you can see, the virtual chat agent is not really answering my question on why would we need to pay a registration fee.  Why would they think of putting a chat support if they just used a computer or robot in answering the questions?

CONS:

- registration fee needed ( paid surveys are usually free )
- NO "real" chat support
- Testimonials are not supporting them.  Seems like it's same testimonials as I saw way back years ago.
- too good to be true payment for a survey.

Overall, I would proudly say and advice to you to STOP just in case you are planning to be part of Paid surveys at home,  If it's too good to be true, then it is not true.

FILM REVIEW: My Bebe Love #KiligPaMore

RATING: ★☆☆☆☆

The 2015 MMFF competition has been very controversial because of the different awards, and for MMFF committee not releasing the rankings of the movies that participated even weeks after the official release.  But one of the biggest controversy for last year's MMFF was the fight between the fans of the movie My Bebe Love #KiligPaMore and Beauty and the Bestie.  I will review here the former one.

My Bebe Love #KiligPaMore talks about a story of two teenager fighting to keep their relationship because of their family having conflict with each other.  Ana (Maine Mendoza) whose father is an owner of a company (Vic Sotto) and Dondi (Alden Richards) whose aunt is Corazon (Ai-ai delas Alas) fall in love with each other and was able to keep seeing each other secretly.  Until such time, Cora and Ana's dad was able to develop a relationship and ends up together.

Vic Sotto's role in this film is nothing new for he always handles this kind of role.  The story concept is not very new to the viewer's and surely, many people will agree.  The film portrays the screenplay in a messy and incomprehensible for it was not clearly portrayed.  It's like jumping from one story to another.  Just like the previous My Little Bossings.  It is guaranteed to make you laugh in a limited time.

Many fans who were able to watch stated that it was very "kilig" and they would really watch it over and over again, but as I watch the movies, I can't say which part is "kilig".  It was merely dull, and Maine Mendoza's acting wasn't that appealing and convincing.  Though she's good in portraying her role, but viewers cannot simply feel the way she acts.

Editing was horrible for a film that's official entry in a film festival.  There are a lot of split screens as if you are watching the Eat Bulaga's Kalyeserye.  Maybe it's their strategy for the audience, but I don't think it makes a lot of sense.  It depicts two scenes in one screen, but it didn't give a justice at all.  I wasn't able to see such type of portraying of split screen before.

One thing, this movie seems like a set of commercial joined together to make a full length film.  It's not bad to have sponsors and include it in the film, but I guess exposure of sponsors was way too much.  It simply adds up to make the full length movie time justifiable.

I don't think this is a good movie, and I don't even think that this is worth your money.  You will end up  asking what happen to the film and not really understanding it at all.  This movie was able to gain more sales because of the AlDub tandem, and guess if they weren't there, this movie will not really sell.

8Share: Earning Money by Sharing

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Have you heard about the website 8Share?  It promises someone to earn just by sharing websites and referring friends to join.  This kind of strategy has been widely used when talking about online income type of work, and in today's world, we don't know which are true or not.

Since I will be talking about 8Share, let me give you a brief overview of what is 8Share.  According to their Facebook page and their website, 8Share is a private rewards club for social media users who like getting free stuff, earning extra cash every month, and being the first to introduce something new.  It is where members can get the latest news and share it using their social media, even on their blogs.

So, how does it work?  By the name itself, 8Share is all about sharing.  You will going to choose what "specials" you would like to share.  Specials are the list of topics that you can share.

After you spot the topic you like, all you need to do is click the "View this special" and it will route you to the portion where you can already have your unique share link.

 Unique share link is the one you need to share something.  Through this unique share link, 8Share will be able to know your unique visits.  Unique share link is of course, unique, and is not the same link with the other members' link being shared.

You just need to click the "Get your unique share link" or you can also use icons for twitter and google to easily share the link.

After all the sharing, voila! You just need someone to visit the link that you've shared.  Unique visit is equivalent to Php2.00.  Let's say you will have 50 friends to click the link you shared, you will have Php100.00 just by sharing.

Interested in joining 8Share?  If you're in Philippines Click here to join.

8Share is one way of earning money just by doing what you love :)  Try it now and see how your sideline income grow!

Oscar Nominations 2016

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The official full list of Oscar Nominations has been released already, Thursday morning.  Some of the nominees are surprising and first time ever to be nominated, some are already veteran nominees of Oscar.  The Revenant movie starred by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy leads with 12 nods.

Here's the full list.

BEST PICTURE

The Revenant
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Room
Spotlight

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon, The - Martian

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale - The Big Short
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

BEST DIRECTOR

Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
Sicario
The Hateful Eight

BEST FILM EDITING

The Revenant
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

BEST SOUND EDITING

The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian

BEST  VISUAL EFFECTS

Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST SOUND MIXING

The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Bridge of Spies

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Earned It - Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 - Youth
Til It Happens to You - The Hunting Ground
Writing's on the Wall - Spectre

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Ave Maria
Shok
Day One
Stutterer
Everything Will Be Okay

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

FILM REVIEW: Anguish (2015)

theatrical poster

RATING: ★½☆☆☆

Anguish is a 2015 movie that will waste mostly 80 minutes of your time.  It doesn't give you any justice in watching this film.  This film is poorly made.  The screenplay might be good, but it doesn't really give justice to what it's suppose to imply.

Let us define what is the meaning of the word Anguish first.  According to the dictionary, the word anguish means severe mental or physical pain or suffering.  So basically, the name itself explains already the movie.

The movie has a lot of establishing shots which aren't really necessary anymore.  There are also some shots that were put maybe on purpose just to achieve the minimum time for the full length movie.  There's one guy where the camera focuses on him at some point, I waited for what the boy's purpose until the end of the movie, but I failed to find out.  Until the end of the film, the guy was just being focus or sometimes passed by in the camera.

At first it talks about D.I.D, then it talks about demonic possession, then it became like Insidious. You don't even know what it's really all about.  Maybe because it talks about mental illness, but it doesn't really give justice.  It can really make you anguish watching this movie. It's based on a true story, but it doesn't make it any good even with that based-on-a-true-story label.  The horror label wasn't able to be justified.

The last part is the only good thing I find in the movie.  It's where love of the family is shown.

This movie could have been improved.  The story line can be improved.  There are a lot to improve.  This movie is like an experimental movie.

PRODUCT REVIEW: MyPhone My27

Wondering what gift to give during Christmas in an affordable price?  In a hurry to buy affordable yet memorable gift?  Worry no more!  MyPhone unveils MyPhone My27 which is a full powered smartphone for affordable price.

MyPhone My27 Specs

1.3GHz Spreadtrum SC7731 Quad-core processor
1GB of RAM
5-inch FWVGA IPS display, 854 × 480 resolution
8GB of storage, expandable via microSD
8-megapixel rear-camera, flash
5-megapixel front-facing camera
Dual-SIM
3G
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
2000mAh battery
Android 5.0 Lollipop

DISPLAY and DESIGN

My27 is a lightweight smartphone that you can enjoy.  It is equipped with 5-inch display, but feels so smooth and comfortable in your hands.  The display resolution of 854 x 480 resolution is already good for an affordable phone.  Display is so clear like an HD.
It has the power button and the volume button at the side.  It also has the 3 keys at the bottom of the screen which lights up when press ( you can turn it off in settings though ).
The only downside of this phone is the back cover. Back cover is plastic with a rubber-like texture, but considering the price, it's already worth it.

SOUND

Sound quality is good for this phone, it's also loud enough to be heard even if you're in the other room in full volume.  My mother was able to set the song The Prayer as her message notification sound, and it really finishes the whole song which I think is good especially if you are busy, you will not forget that you have a message.  Other phones just provide seconds to a minute of the song in message notification.

CAMERA (will add pictures soon)

Everyone wants to know how the camera works for this budget friendly phone.  Well, camera of this phone is exceptional when you talk about budget-friendly phone.  Though it has the crisp when you zoom it, it still gives you the decent photo you are aiming for.  One problem is that the camera is having a 1-2 seconds delay when capturing, this may be due to its camera not having the auto-focus feature.  Not having an auto-focus camera is good if you are into photography because you can have your shallow depth of field photographs.  I just hope its not that kind of long delay.

BATTERY

Battery life can survive for a day of using like full volume sounds, WiFi, texting, and calling.  My mother is a heavy user because she uses the phone in business, so calls and texts are expected every minute.  The downside of the battery is the charging time.  It takes 3 - 4 hours charging time, even in airplane mode.

VERDICT

MyPhone My27 is a good phone for your budget.  It is already in the latest Android Lollipop.  The features already give everything you want in a smartphone, in a friendly budget.  Though there are some minor problems, but those are not that heavy problem.  My mother has been using this phone for already a month, and so far, so good.

FILM REVIEW: Steve Jobs

(c) wikipedia

RATING:   ★★★★★

Steve Jobs is a biographical drama film about the Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs.  It is portrayed by Michael Fassbender alongside with Academy Award winner Kate Winslet.

The story started with a clip showing Steve Jobs when he was still young and an audio which is like a broadcast show.  Showing clips is not only in the first part, there are many parts of the film showing real clips from different TV shows related to Steve Jobs' life.

The film shows Jobs' life before being a successful CEO in Apple.  It also shows how he failed as a father.

The first part of the film is all about the Macintosh launching.  It can be seen in the film how people became very excited about the release of Macintosh, the challenge that the team needs to overcome, and how they manage to proceed with the launching despite the short span of time to fix the issue.

The second part is all about Jobs' second company after he was fired in the Apple.  He created NeXT and was still able to make people very excited for the new product he invented.  In this part, it again shows some real clips from the news.

The third part shows the launching of iMac G3 and the different revelations about the ups and downs of Jobs' life.  

The overall screenplay focuses more on how Jobs as a father.  This biographical drama film focuses more on Jobs' life behind every camera and news the world see.  Though the main concept of the film is all about the challenges that Jobs' facing, and how he manage to overcome it, but the overall story revolves on how Jobs became a successful father to his child.

Another contender for acting in Academy Award. Michael Fassbender bring Steve Jobs to life, he nailed the role.  Audiences might think that it was Steve, but no, it was just Michael portraying Steve by letting you see and think that he is Steve.

 Much lesson can be learned from this movie. The ending is heart-wrenching. Success is nothing without family.

One iconic film from the life story of one iconic person.  Steve Jobs is a must watch movie for all the movie goers out there.

FILM REVIEW: The Danish Girl

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(c) Wikipedia

RATING:   ★★★★★

The Danish Girl movie is based on the true story of Lili Elbe, the first ever known recipient of sex reassignment surgery.  It was during this time that being lesbian, or gay, or bisexual is not widely accepted by the people, and such preference considered someone as crazy.

Lili Elbe is being portrayed in the movie by Eddie Redmayne, famously known for his role as Stephen Hawking which makes him grabbed most of the Oscars awards during that time.

The Danish Girl is a heartbreaking story, telling audiences what unconditional love is all about. It breaks the heart of the viewer every time Gerda would talk to Lili reminiscing their life with her then husband Einar (now Lili).  Gerda's unconditional love for Lili is such an awakening part to all people that being different is not a flaw.

 Cinematography for this movie is great.  They used mirror shots which are superb. Almost perfect.  Showing the set using the line perspectives and great angle gives a great cinematography of the film.  Production Design and set design for this film is flawless.  You will really think that it's shoot just as the time of 1920's.

Sound scoring is good and precise.  More emotion is being released through the help of sound score especially at the end. 

Tom Hooper is already known for his exceptional works, and this will not disappoint anyone.

Eddie Redmayne is a strong opponent for Leonardo DiCaprio in getting the Academy Award in acting this time.  Redmayne might again win Oscars for this film.

FILM REVIEW: The Revenant

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RATING:   ★★★★½

The movie is based on the actual happening of the life of Hugh Glass when he was abandoned by his hunting team after he was badly attacked by a bear, telling that Glass would soon die because of the damaged he received.  Amazingly, Glass was able to survive and was able to seek revenge to Fitzgerald.

Leonardo DiCaprio has always been good in portraying his role, but this role might be a big chance for him to win the Oscars. No wonder he stated that this is the most challenging role he ever played. Just like his role in Wolf of Wall Street, Leo was giving his best in portraying the role, he even ate real raw bison, but Leo wasn't Glass in this movie, he is still Leo portraying Glass. 

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s work has always been promising. Though this project was put on hold for a long time, this movie is by far one of the best work he ever accomplished.  I would give a shot that Iñárritu might won another Oscars for directing this time.

Tom Hardy’s acting is superb in this movie. It added to the feels of betrayal when you watch it.  Hardy is really suited for the role of Fitzgerald.  Betrayal feels just by looking at the eyes of Hardy.

The movie is set in natural surroundings, meaning no green screen involve. Natural sound of nature. Natural lighting. Imagine how superb is that! Editing is great too, but I noticed a hair not coming from the actors though (see picture below) . Very minimal dialogues. Don’t get me wrong, minimal dialogues is a good choice.

hair seen not from the actors

Sound score is not that good though. I don’t think it will make it to the Oscars, or even Golden Globes.

STRIKING LINE:

Glass: "Revenge is in the hands of God"

UPDATE:

The Revenant leads the Oscar nominations with its 12 nods!