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Monday, February 10, 2020
Negotiated Relationship
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On the one hand, couples breakup because of such pressure. On the other hand, other showbiz couples breakup for convenience, that is, they realize that being officially together can stifle their career growth. Thus, separation is the only solution they could see to ensure their careers.
When Male Celebrity (MC) was presented a rare opportunity, he already anticipated the reaction of his fan groups and he was right. Even if he would hurt his fans with the project, he opted to see the financial advantage it would give him. After consulting An Advisor (AA), MC realized that cutting-off ties with Female Celebrity (FC) was the only logical decision that could boost his career. Allegedly, AA sees FC as a deadweight in the career of MC and he blames her for the spiraling of MC’s career. MC’s gigs lessened with the presence of FC. His major project was even placed in jeopardy because of FC.
MC opened the idea of breaking-up with FC and presented to her the potential publicity that could be generated. Regardless of the negativity, they will still be in the consciousness of fans and social media. As the cliché goes, good or bad, it is still publicity. MC reminded FC that they needed to stay relevant. Furthermore, MC promised FC that they would still hang-out together and be friends. They would only release themselves from the label of being in a relationship.
At the beginning, FC was uncomfortable with the new setup and MC said that if FC felt awkward, they could officially breakup and be totally free of any personal commitment for each other. FC has fallen too deep for MC and agreed with the proposed setup. However, she expressed her desire that the ‘breakup’ will not be long, as she has invested so much in their relationship.
‘Our ideas about love and attractiveness are so primal, our need for belonging so intense, that most of us are loath to abandon our favorite beliefs on these issues. If you've ever let yourself feel lovable and lovely, only to be deeply hurt, you may see accepting your own body as a setup for severe emotional wounding.’ – Martha Beck
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Movie Review: Block Z
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Movie Review by Atty. Ferdinand S. Topacio
BLOCK Z (2020, ABS-CBN Films)
Starring: Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, Maris Racal, McCoy De Leon, Ian Veneracion, Myrtle Sarrosa, Yves Flores
Written by: Mixkaela Villalon
Directed by: Mikhail Red
BLOCK ZZZZZ…
Everything with Block Z was mostly done right: gorgeous cast, excellent acting, engaging cinematography, snappy editing, tight pacing, competent direction. To be sure, the writing was spotty, but not that much. So why did all these ingredients result in a sum much lesser than its parts?
This movie’s misfortune is that it dwells on a subject that has been worked to death in cinema: zombies. Just recently, the South Korean made Train To Busan (2016) made waves both here and abroad, and quickly became the gold standard for Asian zombie movie. Then there were several seasons of the acclaimed HBO series The Walking Dead. Not to be forgotten is Brad Pitt’s 2013 World War Z, the title of which Block Z is an unabashed rip-off. In the face of all those, plus dozens of others during the last decade, what novelty could Block Z provide?
The plot is easy to follow. Julia Barretto plays Princess Joy, or PJ, a senior medical student emotionally estranged from her father Mario (Ian Veneracion), a band member, whom she blames for not being present when her mother suffers a fatal stroke. The movie begins with PJ being brought by Mario to medical school. There, we are introduced to the rest of the main cast: Erika (Maris Racal), her best friend; Lucas (Joshua Garcia), a school jock and PJ’s persistent suitor; Myles (McCoy de Leon) who has a secret love for Erika; Gelo (Yves Flores), the well-to-do school council president; Vanessa (Myrtle Sarrosa), Gelo’s socmed-savvy vice-president; and Bebeth (Dimples Romana), the university’s conscientious security guard.
The action then shifts to the university hospital, where the PJ, Lucas, Erika and Myles are residents. An unknown woman (Ina Raymundo) is rushed in with an animal bite, while her small child pleads for help. The four try to stabilize her condition, but she flatlines nonetheless. Brought to the morgue, the corpse springs back to life, biting a male nurse. From then on, the contagion spreads throughout the campus. Locked in by a military-enforced quarantine, the friends – with the help of the feisty Bebeth and Mario (who coincidentally brings a victim he had bumped with his car to the same hospital) – use all their skills to try to survive the night and make it in time to a rescue set for five o’clock the next morning.
As I have said, the young cast acquit themselves very well. Julia Barretto delivers as usual, and looks achingly pretty when she, later in the film, transforms into a Lara Croft-type zombie exterminator. Maris is a delight to watch, extremely photogenic and with acting abilities beyond her age. Joshua and McCoy are charming as the besotted young men going to great lengths to protect the objects of their affection. Special mention must be made of Myrtle Sarrosa, who made the most of a supporting role playing a student leader who disregards her own safety to help the many. Only Yves, as Gelo, a self-absorbed elitist concerned only with saving his own skin in the face of the impending annihilation of thousands, failed to make a mark in the acting department.
Unfortunately, the movie had nothing new to offer as far as the zombie genre is concerned. All it could do for the audience was to take every trope and attempt to combine them in a new way. The attempt, however, fails in the main, due to the highly predictable script. Plot twists could be seen coming two or three scenes away. Even the placement of the jump scares could be foreseen a few seconds before they finally appear, thus robbing them of their power to scare. The social commentaries that the director shoehorned into the plot line also didn’t help the plot development, succeeding only in muddling what was supposed to be a lean and simple story arc.
There were also noticeable plot holes. For instance, the movie finished without the origin of the viral epidemic having been sufficiently explained. Neither was the sudden disappearance of the military, who had done a horrifically efficient job earlier in the movie of mowing down every person that moved, zombie or not. And the viewer was largely kept wondering by what reason some were immune to the (for lack of a better term) zombie virus. But on the whole, had the screenwriting been imbued with more zing and freshness, these flaws could have been overlooked.
The result is a movie that suffered in comparison to the others in its class: it was not new enough, or suspenseful enough, or gory enough, to distinguish itself, so much so that halfway through, most of those in the audience were turned into zombies: catatonic, bleary-eyed and sleepy. A bad case of Block Zzzzzz….
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WHO IS THIS KID!!!!!? YOU ARE OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE WHOEVER YOU ARE ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4zHfaXVSw0— Sam Smith (@samsmith) February 8, 2020
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
Bad Feels
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If only celebrities are not confined to the image that their management team has created; if only celebrities can express their feelings and act the way they want and not be judged; if only every project is a sure box-office winner, then the life of Network Celebrity (NC) would be a breeze and everything would be certain.
Over the years, her management team tried to shape NC to what they thought was best to make her into a reliable star of their company. When NC started out, she was promising, as she seemed to be the complete package, that is, she can sing, dance, and act. Moreover, she appealed to fan groups. She seemed to have everything that would fit the package. A quick reality check indicated that NC lacked something important, that is, the inability to hide who she really is and what she feels. Her actions often betrayed her words. One moment, she can convincingly portray the role of an ideal family member, then, in her real life, she only chooses to relate to certain family members. While that behavior seemed acceptable in certain societies and families, majority of the local fans did not buy into it. Thus, NC could not shake off that tag and succeeding efforts to reach out were deemed “showbiz.”
Then, just as when her career was becoming stable, a choice softened everything she had worked hard for. One move made her bashers come to life and bring out all possible negativity against her. Sadly, the bashing created a ripple effect and things turned uncertain. Projects were delayed and endorsements shied away. Then, NC’s behavior, which was a bit unexplainable, manifested at a critical time for a project. Her management team did not like that stunt and allegedly she was warned to fix things, that is, she must learn to play the field for the sake of her career. She tried, but it was too late. The state of the project would have determined her future endeavors with the management. With new faces coming up, opportunities become narrower and NC might suddenly find herself out in the cold.
‘We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.’ ― Kurt Vonnegut
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