March 28, 2004

all about movies

i just watched ju-on 2 with aa, candace, and alfredo. it was alfredo's idea. i already had my reservations regarding the movie (as i was sorely disappointed with its predecessor) and if not only for the fact that i had already watched the butterfly effect, i would have opted to re-watch that movie instead. hee. not that ju-on 2 sucked as much as ju-on. in fact, i though it was creepier and more coherent than the first movie. however, it still couldn't rise to the level of fear i had when i watched the ring (the japanese version, of course).

anyway, i won't go much into nitpicking the film, as this is not one of my movie reviews. i just think the film provides a great excuse to profess my love for movies. yes, i'm a movie lover (perhaps a "bad-movie-lover" at that). every week for the past two years i have never failed to watch at least one movie. i've tried my best to keep track of them, but somewhere between matrix revolutions and the hulk, i lost count.

so many movies, whew! and i have no desire to stop. i think that movies for me are outlets by which i release all the tensions brought by the academic and emotional stresses of a college life. especially now that i have the independence, the finances (hee), and the company to back me up, i don't think i will ever stop. movies are fascinating things, and my engagement in them is even more fascinating still. sometimes, i just wonder how many hours i have spent in moviehouses, worrying whether we could get the front seat, resisting the urge to go to the comfort room, controlling the intake of popcorn lest we'd be left with none even before the trailers end, smiling, weeping, laughing. i wonder if it was all worth it. and if it wasn't, i wonder what it was that i could have done.

interesting questions really, but the answers aren't really within my reach. who cares, right? people have accused me of being too serious, of thinking too much, and i guess they're right... for now. right now, all that is that i can do is to sit back, relax, and watch a movie.

posted by kerwin ray :: 12:50 AM :: ""