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Alice in Wonderland the Movie is WONDERFUL!!!

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*Yes, that is me drooling over this gigantic poster of Johnny Depp XD*

Yep, due to the demands of my sister, Lelai, we decided to watch “Alice in Wonderland” in SM Marikina, starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter and Anne Hathaway. And I regret the fact that I watched it so late despite of it’s continued commercials and promotions (though I wish there was like an Alice in Wonderland promotional hand sanitizers that would look like one of those Drink Me bottles in the movie… that would’ve been awesome).

It’s the first ever 3 Dimentional (or 3-D) movie I’ve ever watched, and I’m glad that it was. Like some men say, “You never forget the first time”. Hahaha! The movie marks the 7th time Director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have worked together since Edward Scissorhands, and it shows during the movie how well they work together. Depp (as always) fit right into the character, The Mad Hatter. And as usual, yours truly swooned at the sheer gorgeousness of Mr. Depp (I’ve had the biggest crush on him since I first saw Edward Scissorhands XD).

Helena Bonham-Carter’s performance was very good, as expected, and I saw a bit of resemblance of her acting in a previous movie of hers, Merlin. In fact, I would think that she patterned her speech from her character there, named Morgan le Fay. Plus next to Mr. Depp, she had some of the funniest lines in the movie. “SHE KILLED MY JABBER-BABY-WOCKY!” Classic. XD

As for the other characters, they did an excellent job. Kudos to Mia Wasikowska, who played a great Alice, and Anne Hathaway who portrayed the White Queen. I never thought that a silly (albeit graceful) White Queen would be possible, but she did it rather well.

OH! And don’t get me started on Allan Rickman. He voiced one of the stranger characters in the movie, Absolem, also known as the Caterpillar. Mr. Rickman wasn’t physically present in the movie (although his face was supposed to be imposed on the features of Absolem, but this was changed by Tim Burton) but he and fellow actor Christopher Lee (who voiced the Jabberwocky) nearly stole the scene by doing what they did best, acting through their voices. Mr. Lee actually had only two lines, but they were two very good lines that shows the power of the Jabberwocky. As for Mr. Rickman, I swear there is something strangely seductive about his voice… it almost made it seem like his character in the Harry Potter franchise (Severus Snape) is one sexy wizard, even he’s a slimy, oily character. XD

But of course, we can’t talk about the movie without talking of the 3D effects, and (pardon the language) it was SO frickin’ awesome! I’ve heard that James Cameron (director of Titanic and Avatar) criticized Tim Burton by filming the movie in 2D before converting it to 3D digitally, but it worked out rather well. Everything popped up with the help of the 3D glasses, and it emphasized the objects in the screen beautifully. In fact, it was so realistic that my mom (who watched it with us) felt like ducking whenever something charged towards the screen, and my sister and I felt like reaching out our hands to touch the flowers… or Johnny Depp’s yummy, made-up face. XD

All in all, it’s a great family movie, and it’s pretty good for the kids too, since there are moral lessons that could be learned from it. As for me, I’m going to go search for more Johnny Depp pictures. I swear, even if I drooled every single drop of spit in my mouth, Mr. Depp would be so worth it. XD

THERE SHE IS!!!

Surprised you, didn’t I? XD

Anyway, I thought I’d take a break from my usual “Of…” title to tell you about a cute find that I saw on the InterNet.

Honestly, the Internet is such a great tool for people who get easily bored (like me XD).

So I was searching through YouTube again, and I found this wonderful video derived from a flash animation called “There She Is!!!” by a Korean animator named “amalloc”.

It tells the story of Doki and Nabi, and how they struggled against discrimination in their world because of their love for each other… since Doki is a rabbit and Nabi is a cat.

I find that this animation is such a great way to tell a story since our world, similar to theirs, is full of discrimination and prejudice. I mean, for amalloc’s world, it’s the discrimination between cats and rabbits. But for us, it’s the discrimination between the rich and the poor, or people of different religions, ages, races and even genders.

Just look at the recent issues between same sex marraiges. It has been around for ages. Being a Catholic, I find that though I do agree that though God made only man and woman, there is no way to say that God didn’t make a man with a woman’s heart, or a woman with a man’s heart. I think for me, if the same sex couples would follow the 10 Commandments in their life and in their married life, then… I find nothing wrong with them being together.

(Anyway, this is just my opinion. No need to bite my head off for this, since I totally respect the opinion of other people.)

If you want to see more of amalloc’s animations, here are the links of his 5 creations in YouTube, or you can visit his site here.

There She Is! Part I
There She Is! Part II: Cake Dance
There She Is! Part III: Doki And Nabi
There She Is! Part IV: Paradise
There She Is! Part V: Imagine

THERE SHE IS!!!

Surprised you, didn’t I? XD

Anyway, I thought I’d take a break from my usual “Of…” title to tell you about a cute find that I saw on the InterNet.

Honestly, the Internet is such a great tool for people who get easily bored (like me XD).

So I was searching through YouTube again, and I found this wonderful video derived from a flash animation called “There She Is!!!” by a Korean animator named “amalloc”.

It tells the story of Doki and Nabi, and how they struggled against discrimination in their world because of their love for each other… since Doki is a rabbit and Nabi is a cat.

I find that this animation is such a great way to tell a story since our world, similar to theirs, is full of discrimination and prejudice. I mean, for amalloc’s world, it’s the discrimination between cats and rabbits. But for us, it’s the discrimination between the rich and the poor, or people of different religions, ages, races and even genders.

Just look at the recent issues between same sex marraiges. It has been around for ages. Being a Catholic, I find that though I do agree that though God made only man and woman, there is no way to say that God didn’t make a man with a woman’s heart, or a woman with a man’s heart. I think for me, if the same sex couples would follow the 10 Commandments in their life and in their married life, then… I find nothing wrong with them being together.

(Anyway, this is just my opinion. No need to bite my head off for this, since I totally respect the opinion of other people.)

If you want to see more of amalloc’s animations, here are the links of his 5 creations in YouTube, or you can visit his site here.

There She Is! Part I
There She Is! Part II: Cake Dance
There She Is! Part III: Doki And Nabi
There She Is! Part IV: Paradise
There She Is! Part V: Imagine