reviews/rants/okray

the movie, "the da vinci code," premiered in the philippines today, and my friends and i caught the first screening in galleria. goodness, they had six (yes, six!) cinemas showing the movie. upon entering the cinema, giselle got pulled aside for a rather lengthy interview. they also started it wonderfully with the question, "are you Christian OR Catholic?" *rolls eyes* what happened to the Moslems? the movie is controversial to them as well because it attacks Jesus, one of their greatest prophets. why not ask what they think? also, why separate the Catholic from the Christian? Catholics are technically Christians because Catholicism is a sect of Christianity. hay naku...

like all other hyped-up movies in the past, "the da vinci code" did not deliver. it had some good moments (i loved how sir ian mckellen portrayed teabing!), but not enough. in the words of simon cowell, "it lacked the x-factor. it wasn't bad, but it was just okay."

speaking of american idol, i was crushed to see elliot yamin go tonight. he proved to be *the* underdog of the competition. true, last night wasn't his best, but he was always better than katharine mcphee. why don't i like katharine? because she tends (okay, loves) to go overboard with her songs. she puts so much "ornaments" in her songs - runs, falsettos, multiple modulations, grace notes, etc. remember simon's apple pie comment? it made perfect sense! she could've done great if she just sang the damn melody. instead, we got a song which had everything in it that it just didn't make sense anymore. it's annoying!

highlights of the show last night were kat's "somewhere over the rainbow" and taylor's "you are so beautiful." kat very slightly oversang "somewhere," but not as much as her other songs. i guess that's why i liked it so much. taylor's performance was so amazing that it made me cry! go soul patrol! :D

from left to right: kat, patty, giselle and yours truly


verse for the day (on the Bible):
blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. [revelation 1:3]

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