Films to Watch This End 2009

1. Avatar - The story’s protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former U.S. Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush jungle-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms, some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Na’vi, a sentient humanoid race, who are considered primitive, yet are more physically capable than humans. Standing three meters tall (approximately 10 feet), with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Na’vi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Na’vi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence.
Philippine Playdate: December 18, 2009
Predicted Rating: 5/5 stars

2. Ninja Assassin- Raizo (Rain) is one of the world's deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world to be a myth. When Raizo's friend is executed by the clan, Raizo flees into hiding. He later reemerges, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) is a Europol agent who investigates money linked to political murders and finds that it is linked to the Ozunu Clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), and retrieves secret agency files to find out more. The clan, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Hiding in Europe, Raizo and Mika must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan.
Philippine Playdate: November 25, 2009
Predicted Rating: 4/5 stars

3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon - On Isabella "Bella" Swan's 18th birthday, Edward Cullen, the vampire she loves, and his family throw her a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, she gets a paper cut, which causes Edward's adopted brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by her blood's scent and attempt to kill Bella. To protect her, Edward decides to end their relationship, and the Cullens move away from Forks. This leaves Bella heart-broken and depressed.
Philippine Playdate: November 20, 2009
Predicted Rating: 5/5 stars

In the months that follow, Bella learns that thrill-seeking activities, such as motorcycle riding, allow her to "hear" Edward's voice in her head. She also seeks comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eases her pain over losing Edward. Bella later discovers that Jacob is a werewolf. He and his fellow werewolves protect Bella from the vampires Laurent and Victoria, the latter of whom seeks revenge for her dead mate, James, whom the Cullens killed in Twilight.

4. Paranormal Activity - Micah, a day-trader, and Katie, a college student are a young couple "engaged to be engaged". Katie claims that a ghostly entity has haunted her since her youth and believes the ghost has followed her to their two-story tract house in suburban San Diego, California. Micah buys a video camera in the hopes of capturing paranormal activity on film, a project that will ultimately last three weeks. During a visit to their house, Dr. Fredrichs, a self-professed psychic, assesses that they are being plagued by a demon which feeds off "negative energy" and is intent on haunting Katie no matter where she goes. Dr. Fredrichs also recommends the two contact Dr. Abrams, a demonologist, and Micah's reluctance to do so leads to frequent arguments between the couple. Each night, Micah leaves the video camera on a tripod in their bedroom to record whatever might be occurring while he and Katie sleep. He manages to document several phenomena such as objects moving on their own, lights and televisions switching on and off, and sounds ranging from voices and growls to footsteps and loud thuds. The strange occurrences in the middle of the night soon involve Katie awakening to spend several hours standing by the bed and staring at a sleeping Micah, and going outside to sit on the backyard swing. She ultimately does not remember her behavior the following morning.
Philippine Playdate: November 25, 2009
Predicted Rating: 4.5/5 stars

5. Amelia - On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) along with her navigator, Fred Noonan (Christopher Eccleston) is on the last leg of an around-the-world flight. Moving in vignettes from her early years when Earhart was captivated by the sight of an aircraft flying overhead on the Kansas prairie where she grew up, her life over the preceding decade is gradually unfolded. As a young woman, she is recruited by publishing tycoon and eventual husband George Putnam (Richard Gere) to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean, albeit as a passenger. Taking command of the flight results in a success and being thrust into the limelight as the most famous woman pilot of her time. Putnam helps Earhart write a book chronicling the flight, much like his earlier triumph with Charles Lindbergh's We, gradually falling in love with his charge, and they eventually marry although she enacts a "cruel" pledge as her wedding contract.
Philippine Playdate: December 2, 2009
Predicted Rating: 4.5/5 Stars

My Favorite Songs (updated)

1. Girls Generation - Genie
2. Super Junior-M - Super Girl
3. Girls Generation - Chocolate Love
   
4. Super Junior - It's You
5. F(x) - La Cha Ta
6. Tokio Hotel - Automatic
7. Shinee - Ring Ding Dong
   
8. Adam Lambert - Time For Miracles (new)
9. SS501 - A Song Calling For You (La La La)
   
10. Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra
    

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Here's the rest of my faves:

11. Girls Generation - Gee
12. 2NE1 - I Don't Care
13. Super Junior Happy - Cooking? Cooking!
14. Big Bang - Haru Haru
15. Big Bang - Gara Gara Go!
16. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne - Down.
17. Selena Gomez - Falling Down
18. Panic At The Disco - New Perspective
19. Yui - Again
20. Paramore - Ignorance

My Favorite Films of the Year

1. 2012 - 5/5 stars
2. Transformers 2 - 5/5 stars
3. The Hangover - 5/5 stars
4. District 9 - 5/5 stars
5. Angels & Demons - 4/5 stars
6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - 4/5 stars
7. Monsters vs. Aliens - 4/5 stars
8. Knowing - 3.5/5 stars
9. Fast & Furious - 3.5/5 stars
10. Drag Me To Hell - 3/5 stars

2012: We Were Warned for Awesomeness!

2012 is a very great film! When we went to the cinema earlier, we didn't get into the cinema that early. We need to pass a very long line. After the line, you must watch only 1 screening but it's worth it. My 130 pesos didn't waste!

n 2009, a huge solar flare erupts on the sun. One of the protagonists, Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an American scientist, travels to a copper mine in India to meet his friend, Satnam (Jimi Mistry). His friend has discovered that Earth's core temperature is increasing rapidly. Adrian returns to Washington D.C. and submits a report to the Chief of Staff, Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), who immediately takes him to see Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover), the 45th President of the United States. In 2010, Wilson tells other heads of state and heads of government the situation at that year's G8 summit and billionaires all over the world buy plane tickets for a billion euros. In 2011 the original version of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris is replaced with a decoy, and is sealed away to keep it safe from the impending disaster.

The story jumps ahead to 2012, to Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer, and his ex-wife, Kate (Amanda Peet), and children, Noah (Liam James) and Lily (Morgan Lily), who live with Kate's new boyfriend, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy). Jackson takes his children on a camping trip to Yellowstone, where he meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio segment that addresses the Mayans' prediction.

Enormous cracks soon develop along the San Andreas Fault, California, and disruptive shaking occurs in the San Francisco Bay area. Despite government assurances that all is fine, Jackson grows suspicious.

After hiring a private plane, he drives to Kate's home to save his family and Gordon from the impending earthquakes of the Earth's crust displacement. Jackson quickly collects his family, and Gordon pilots a plane out of the city. Los Angeles then collapses into the Pacific Ocean.

When the plane runs low on fuel, they are forced to land in Wyoming. Jackson uses the moment to contact Charlie, regarding a map to ships being built in order to save humanity. They return to Yellowstone to find Charlie, only to discover that he has gone to the mountains to watch the approaching catastrophe.

After getting hold of the map they discover that the ships they are searching for are in China. Jackson and his family leave just in time as Yellowstone Caldera erupts, killing Charlie. Meanwhile, an earthquake destroys the Vatican, killing the Pope and the Italian Prime Minister.

In order to get to China they board an Antonov An-225 at McCarran International Airport, with Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buric) and girlfriend Tamara (Beatrice Rosen), as Las Vegas is destroyed by earthquakes and ravaged by a volcanic ash cloud from Yellowstone.

While in the air, the group learns that the plane does not have enough fuel to reach China: they've passed Honolulu, Hawaii, which has been inundated in lava. As they're about to ditch the plane they discover that they are no longer above the ocean: the Earth's crust has shifted thousands of miles and they are heading towards the Himalayas. During a crash landing on a glacier they manage to escape from the plane safely by using one of the luxury vehicles in cargo as a raft, only to be abandoned by Yuri. The pilot of the plane, Sasha (Johann Urb), dies when the plane falls off a cliff.

Meanwhile, the President dies when he stays back in America and the White House is crushed by the USS John Kennedy as well as tsunamis. The Chief of Staff escapes America with Helmsley and the First Daughter Laura Wilson (Thandie Newton) in Air Force One, and he becomes Commander-in-chief of America. Air Force One heads to China. Satnam dies when the tsunamis hit India. The Dalai Lama also dies when the tsunamis hit Tibet.

The group eventually find their way to the ships with the help of some locals and are smuggled aboard with the help of a Buddhist monk, Nima (Osric Chau) his brother, Tenzin (Chin Han) and their grandparents. Tsunamis begin to engulf the Indian peninsula, and a giant wave eventually reaches the ships, which turn out to be arks constructed to save the heads of state, hand-picked individuals chosen to repopulate the earth and the rich elite, who could afford to buy tickets (which was earlier mentioned that tickets were €1 000 000 000).

Adrian convinces the leaders of the G8 to let on more people into the ark by quoting Jackson's book, but as the gates open again, Gordon fell between two gears and was crushed, while Tenzin was injured. Meanwhile Yuri and his two sons are trapped beneath the gate and as it closes again, Yuri manages to lift one of his sons onto the gate but as the gate closed further, he had to throw his second son up, causing him to fall to his death.

As a tsunami sweeps in it picks up the parked Air Force One causing the heavy plane to crash into the ark, breaking the ark from its anchor. Tamara drowns within the ark. The gates are jammed and the ark ends up on a crash course for Mount Everest. Jackson fixes the problem with the help of his son and the ark crashes but slows down enough that the damage is minor. When the flood eventually recedes, the captains of the arks decide upon the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa as a suitable place to reestablish humanity. Jackson reconciles with his family, and Helmsley and Laura start a relationship. The movie ends with a view of the world showing the dramatically changed African continent.

There are many emotions rounding up in the film like suspense, thrill, laughter, drama and excitement. I highly recommend this film to you guys. Watch it before it expires :))

This will be my film of the year next to TRANSFORMERS 2

Watch the trailer here:


Rating: 5/5 stars

My Top 10 favorite Songs (updated)

1. Girls Generation - Genie
2. Super Junior-M - Super Girl
3. Girls Generation - Chocolate Love
   
4. Super Junior - It's You
5. F(x) - La Cha Ta
6. Tokio Hotel - Automatic
7. Shinee - Ring Ding Dong (new)
   
8. Super Junior Happy - Cooking? Cooking! (new)
9. SS501 - A Song Calling For You (La La La)
   
10. Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra (new)
    

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Here's the rest of my faves:

11. Girls Generation - Gee
12. 2NE1 - I Don't Care
13. Panic At The Disco - New Perspective
14. Big Bang - Haru Haru
15. Big Bang - Gara Gara Go!
16. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne - Down.
17. Selena Gomez - Falling Down
18. Chicosci - Diamond Shotgun
19. Yui - Again
20. Paramore - Ignorance

My Top Favorite Songs (updated again)

1. Girls Generation - Genie
2. Super Junior-M - Super Girl
3. Girls Generation - Chocolate Love
   
4. Super Junior - It's You
5. F(x) - La Cha Ta
6. Tokio Hotel - Automatic
7. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne - Down
   
8. 2NE1 - I Don't Care
9. SS501 - A Song Calling For You (La La La)(new)
   
10. Big Bang - Haru Haru (Day by Day)
    

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Here's the rest of my faves:

11. Girls Generation - Gee
12. Flo Rida - Jump
13. Panic At The Disco - New Perspective
14. Chicosci - Diamond Shotgun
15. Big Bang - Gara Gara Go!
16. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A.
17. Selena Gomez - Falling Down
18. All Time Low - Poppin' Champagne
19. Yui - Again
20. Paramore - Ignorance

My top 10 fave songs (updated)

1. Girls Generation - Genie
2. Super Junior - It's You
3. Girls Generation - Chocolate Love (new)
   
4. Super Junior-M - Super Girl
   
5. Big Bang - Haru Haru (Day by Day) (new)
   
6. 2NE1 - I Don't Care
   
7. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne - Down
   
8. Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A.
   
9. Paramore - Ignorance
   
10. F(x) - La Cha Ta (new)
    

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Here's the rest of my faves:

11. Girls Generation - Gee (new)
12. Flo Rida - Jump
13. Panic At The Disco - New Perspective
14. Chicosci - Diamond Shotgun
15. Big Bang - Gara Gara Go!
16. Tokio Hotel - Automatic (new)
17. Selena Gomez - Falling Down (new)
18. All Time Low - Poppin' Champagne
19. Yui - Again (new)
20. Ely Buendia & Francis M. - Higante (new)