kinatay+machete

i saw these two films recently and you know i love violent, kick-ass movies. Machete is two things wrapped into one - a caricature, and a commentary on the absurdity of culture and popular view on current issues in the US, and an old-fashioned shock and laugh horror film. The issue? illegal immigration. In that respect, the movie is like club, it hits you over the head with its message, so that even an idiot can find the irony. In that respect, I applaud the creators for speaking to the level of the common man. However, no thinking person will be so impressed. Is the movie scary or funny? ...not really hehehe though the people will laugh loud enough to make sure everyone else knows they get the joke. The dialogue is kind of cheesy at times. I thought I would have had more fun than I did. I was left thinking this was a little too close to bad movies (trying not to be bad) for me not to feel like I'd wasted my wawart (as if! Lol). It was definitely forgettable. Sorry hinde naman pala: its a trash guilty pleasure with a healthy (if really violent) sense of outrage. It's also Rodriguez's freest movie yet, and possibly his best.
Kinatay is a brutally moral and unpleasantly unforgettable accusation of societal corruption. capturing the chaos of life in the crowded slums and streets of Manila. Unfortunately, the graphic nature of the presentation is so coldly unemotional, straightforward and blatantly in-your-face that aurals are unlikely to feel anything other than anger at being subjected to such unnecessary scenes. But the actors, all were remarkable doing their part. Kakapagod punyeta but two thumbs-up for the no-bullshit, one of the best directors of our generation. We’re not worthy.. We’re not worthy!

If You Run
by The Boxer Rebellion

I'm always here
Waiting for you all alone
Eyes of the night
Just to see, see you home

There's two of us in here
The only only
There's two of us in here
And it's only

I'm always here
All alone without you now
Lights of the night
Just to see you somehow

There's two of us in here
The only only
There's two of us in here
And it's only

Just you wait

If you run if you run
I'll wait
I'll wait for you