IT’S OFFICIAL!
My sembreak started yesterday (yes, just yesterday, thanks to my Accounting exam) and I went to the mall with a bunch of High School friends. Oh, the feeling of not having any academic-related qualms and problems. It’s just ecstatic and addictive. I got myself a new haircut (as usual, the spiky one), bought four books (all worth a hundred pesos) and watched Kulam.
Movie review: Kulam
You probably know me as Americanized in terms of film-watching but since I adhere towards the concept of democracy (wherein the majority’s choice shall be followed), I had to watch Kulam. Or rather, I forced myself to watch it. After I had seen Judy Ann Santos at the movie poster while we were filing ourselves to buy movie tickets, I cringe at the thought. I rarely watch mainstream Filipino movies because of hypocrite-sounding reasons. But the movie’s not really bad after all.
*lits up his third Dunhill Frost cigarette, and I’m really sorry for myself for acquiring another nicotine rush after two months of nicotine cleansing*
It’s a good film to watch. Though you might end up wondering why it’s entitled “Kulam” since it only exhibited a tad of witchcraft in the plot, it nevertheless did not affect the film’s impact on me. Uhh, let me see. The acting’s not really convincing especially with the blind child–her eyes actually flicker twice in the entire movie. At some scenes, the child even had the COURAGE to even hold a Handycam and get videos of her mother (Judy Ann)! The video’s even properly set and focused! How’s that for being blind!?
As usual, the computer-generated graphics isn’t really that good but it wouldn’t make any difference in terms of the movie’s substance.
The plot is definitely two thumbs up. The storyline’s the factor that made the entire thing a horror movie. It’s thought-provoking, something that would confuse you at first but after adding up the right story shards you’ll get the picture. It diverts itself away from the usual horror movies which was entirely predictable.
The movie’s shocking in some ways. Though I’m rarely absorbent (?) when it comes to horror movies (all of my friends felt like cheated when I told them I didn’t enjoy the movie as “horror” since I didn’t even budge while watching it), it’s nice to know that Filipino filmmakers are doing a great job to elevate its already-deteriorating status.
My best friend was ultimately scared. She only managed to watch 35 percent of the film (according to her estimate; I think it’s 40) since she’s always closing her eyes. I told her to fight her fears but she just can’t, she really can’t.
After the movie I bought lettuce and hearts of romaine for the next day’s grilling sessions with Dad.
Wishlist this sembreak
That’s it. I think I’ll be posting something geeky (i.e., a book review) tomorrow. I’m also planning to do something similar with that of Shari’s 24-hour-readathon. But I’m still thinking about it. And I’m working on another fiction about drugs and everything.
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