| still cooling down |
[May. 21st, 2008|09:22 pm] |
| [ | mood |
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| [ | music |
| | Let It Be - Brooke White | ] |
while my bet's still on david cook, i have to admit david archuleta's finale set was really good. i think he and his father strategically picked songs that will appeal to his market and as randy put it he was "in it to win it."
it also doesn't help that cook sang first, giving simon a free hand on giving all three rounds to archuleta amid screaming fans (had cook been last, even if simon says that archuleta won the round, the crowd wouldn't be cheering as much, knowing that cook's on stage).
i thought cook was just sticking to what he does best and to be fair, i think his best performance of the night was his first - but, in my opinion, even that wasn't able to top his best perfromance of the competition (his "always be my baby" version during mariah carey week). as for archuleta, i was really bored with his style some episodes ago, but he did display greater vocal prowess. and finishing his set off with "imagine" was just good. it's my favorite among the songs he sang throughout the competition (the other of the only two songs he did that i like was "another day in paradise").
local ai fans said they're betting on cook to bag the competition because of his unique style, but ali said that reviews all over the internet were raving about an archuleta win. the battle of the davids kinda remind me of last year's final two - blake and jordin. my bet's on blake then but jordin did appeal more to her market and eventually won. but it still hope cook wins though..
anyway, i've been fond of watching old filipino movies lately. i particularly like "bulaklak ng city jail" starring nora aunor and "t-bird at ako" which featured her and vilma santos. "bulaklak ng city jail" was a story weave on different kinds of women thrown in jail during the early 80's, while "t-bird at ako" obviously was a take on lesbianism.
there were hardly any effects and the cuts weren't as clean as they could have been (even during that time), but the acting was rich. the focus was clearly on acting and story (and a bit of technique) and unlike many commercial films these days, they're attempt on social realism was effective, crisp and simple. the irony of both stories were also subtle but still has that "oh" factor (realization). simply put, it was deep, "may pinaghuhugutan." and while both films were peppered with curse words and themes almost always revolved around sex, materialism and the "higher sense" of being mundane, they ended with a focus on redemption.
in fact, to my mind, what we refer to now as indie is actually how our commercial films were made and the commercial films we have now is, i guess, a result of over-showbizifying the movie industry and obviously an effect the age of television (where more and more people can access tv more than they can access movies and star power is gauged by the number of fans you have from the tv soaps you make than the films you do or the acting awards you get). either that or we really have succumbed to a culture of mediocrity.
i'm about to defend my thesis next week, but up until now, i haven't started preparing my presentation yet. i've been sleeping earlier than usual lately and have been waking up earlier than usual too, but i can't seem to have the drive yet to do it; i even have a lot of pending things to do which are pretty easy to accomplish if i just sit on it.
but i feel like just lounging around everytime i wake up. i read the paper, i eat, i take a bath, and i watch tv and once it hist "will and grace" at 4pm, i feel just like watching tv 'till around 8pm. by that time, i'm already tired and will just have enough gusto to surf and check my internet accounts and cook dinner.
after the hype i managed to cook up amid the pressure while i was writing my thesis, it's like i'm still now reenergizing (like a machine which overheated because of over use and is now cooling down while charging its batteries). my presentation plan's in my head already though; i've pretty much visualized what i would do. i just hope i have enough time to pull it off. |
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