Mr. Ryan Agoncillo Book 16: Katipan, Kapatid, Kaibigan

[PamelaTwo]

Control Tower to Shuttle...

NASAer Countdown...

Three....


Aborted...mag-coffee na lang tayo with Albert.

[marvs_humot]

Where are you, Marvs? Are you still with us?

yes,nandito pa rin dont worry basta jasry forever ako

[carlasweetbloom]

Aalis na talga ako

Bye na good night!

[PamelaTwo]

yes,nandito pa rin dont worry basta jasry forever ako

Owws.... ang saya-saya pala.

Paano ba iyan, Marvs, tawag na ako ni Hubby. Have to go. Sana magkasabay tayo ulit. I would like to get to know you better. JASRY Forever!

Aborted na ang countdown...

PANTAY na ang JASRY and RA

[celine06]

Hello ulit sa inyo, Pam, Carla, & Sam.

Hi marvs. Welcome sa RA...

Ayaw gumalaw ang post ko sa JASRY kaya dito na lang ako magpapaalam.

See you tom.

[celine06]

For my goodnight post, here is the Kikay Kit of Ryan's Girl.

[Juliet Mariano]

am back, may kasama pa kaya ako dito?

[Juliet Mariano]

yes,nandito pa rin dont worry basta jasry forever ako

Hello Marvs! i missed the bonding with you kanina kasi nag mass ako, anyway, sana you will come back!

[Juliet Mariano]

Is this the the pair na pinagdududahan na DI TUNAY NA NAGMAMAHALAN at nagGAGAMITAN lang?

How senseless thinking and beliefs meron ang iba, kung ayaw nila kay Ryan, OK lang but please lang pakibalik lang sana ang KATINUAN ng pag-iisip, di ba nene?

[Juliet Mariano]

ang sarap mag backread nene, sana lagi na lang ganito para manumbalik sa isip natin ang simula nila, nakakakilig na pala, kasi ako dun lang sa US trip nila magsimula na mabaliw di ko alam yung sa Krystala days na yan, although am hoping na magatuluyan sila dun!

[Juliet Mariano]

breakfast lang ako at babalikan ko ang mga banners na ginawa at pics mismo nila Jasry then and now, salamat nene talaga!

[Juliet Mariano]

breakfast lang ako at babalikan ko ang mga banners na ginawa at pics mismo nila Jasry then and now, salamat nene talaga!

[lansubas]

Why the Philippine movie industry is not hopeless pala
By Wilson Lee Flores [/B]

Sunday, September 2, 2007 [/B]The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. — Alfred Hitchcock

The first affirmation I need is really my own. I don’t look beyond that. I don’t read what’s written about it. For me the fun is making the film. — Woody Allen

I am not ashamed to say that I recently watched and thoroughly enjoyed two Tagalog movies. These movies have, in fact, restored my lost faith in the future of the Philippine film industry — My Kuya’s Wedding, directed by Bicol-born Christopher “Topel” Lee, scripted by Allan Tijamo, produced by Regal Entertainment’s Mother Lily Yu Monteverde and starring fast-rising Maja Salvador with Ryan Agoncillo and Jason Abalos; and the independent film Ligaw Liham, directed and also co-produced by Negrense filmmakers Jay Abello and Manny Montelibano, scripted by the triumvirate of Jade Snow, Checcs Osmeña and, Jet Orbida, and starring Karylle with John Michael Lee and John Gilbert Arceo.

A few years ago, the Asian Wall Street Journal quoted top director/scriptwriter Jose Javier Reyes as saying: “The Philippine movie industry is a cancer patient.” Not yet, I would say now, after having been entertained by My Kuya’s Wedding, which is now showing nationwide, and Ligaw Liham, which will be shown again from September 12 to 20 at Robinsons Galleria’s IndieCine. There is hope after all for Philippine movies.

That Thursday evening, when I was rushing to enter Cinema 6 of SM Megamall from the parking area, I was stopped by the sight of a huge crowd of onlookers neatly lined up like they were patiently waiting for the arrival of a head of state or a VIP. When I finally and shyly decided to enter the door of the mall, I was shocked to see the crowd burst into excited shrieks — for a moment I had intoxicating illusions that I was an Asian Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise being cheered on — but I soon hit myself on the head and realized that behind me were some TV male and female starlets coming in, too!

My original plan was to sit somewhere in the back of the cinema, so that I could unobtrusively sneak out when the flick started to grind into drudgery and insult my intelligence like so many other Tagalog movies have before. However, I was trapped!

Inside the theater, overzealous Regal officials asked me to sit in the front row beside VIPs of Philippine politics and showbiz such as Senator Loren Legarda, Mother Lily, lead actress Maja Salvador’s uncle Philip Salvador and Senator Bong Revilla. My former schoolmate Melinda Montoya and her husband texted me, asking me to give Tagalog movies a chance by watching this one from start to finish; I texted back that I was trapped and had no choice but to sit through the whole film, for better or (groan) worse.

Behind us in the second and third rows were various starlets who came dressed to the nines and smiling like they were attending a debut party or a senior-junior prom — Ryan Agoncillo with his girlfriend Judy Ann Santos, Maja Salvador with her co-star Jason Abalos (he told me he is not related to Comelec Chairman Ben Abalos), TJ Trinidad, Fernando Poe’s daughter Lovi Poe, Beth Tamayo, Dominic Ochoa, Say Alonzo, IC Mendoza, Gerard Anderson, Aaron Agassi, Melissa Gibbs and others.

It is my honest opinion that My Kuya’s Wedding will be a commercial success because it has all the basic elements of popular Tagalog movies such as tearjerker moments and laughs in all the right scenes. But more than box office success, this is a very well-crafted film — from its interesting storyline, sense of humor (not crass or slapstick), good acting (talented 19-year-old Maja Salvador will eclipse other established female stars if she plays her cards right and works hard), pungent melodrama, excellent direction, music and cinematography to even its use of locations, such as the big house in Albay, Bicol.

The movie seems inspired by P.J. Hogan’s 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding, in which Julia Roberts attempts to spoil the wedding between her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée, Cameron Diaz. However, despite some plot similarities, with Maja Salvador’s character trying to sabotage her elder brother Ryan Agoncillo’s wedding to Pauleen Luna (complete with Maja’s gay friend sidekick, similar to Julia Roberts’ gay chum George, played magnificently by Rupert Everett), My Kuya’s Wedding has very original Filipino themes, nuances and riveting twists in the story.

This movie also has uplifting moral and social lessons about sibling love, instead of the usual sibling rivalry; and a refreshing focus on the importance of family in this modern era of dysfunctional relationships caused by socio-economic pressures like the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) exodus, all-night call centers and the harsh reality of broken families.

The only jarring portion of the otherwise excellent script came during the dinner-table repartee between Maja Salvador and Jason Abalos, where they took turns indirectly disparaging domestic helpers in Hong Kong and maids in general. I believe this dialogue was uncalled-for and insensitive, because local and overseas domestic helpers make a decent living and they have nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, not a few of the Filipina Hong Kong nannies and domestic helpers are college graduates or even former public school teachers who have more brains and character than many of our brainless TV starlets or even many of our seemingly bird-brained politicians!

Thanks to the creators and protagonists of My Kuya’s Wedding for this well-made, fun, witty, heartwarming and entertaining movie, which I highly recommend to people of all ages. This is the type of Tagalog movies we, the public, should support — not the trash people shell out for just because it’s studded with overpaid, so-called superstars.

[Juliet Mariano]

am having problems with Pex, sayang ang dami ko pa naman sana na oras ngayon!

[Juliet Mariano]

am having problems with Pex, sayang ang dami ko pa naman sana na oras ngayon!

[tigr5861]

Aaaaay pex asar ako sa iyo, for 2 hours ayaw mo akong papasukin, isang post lang para maiakyat lang to.

[Juliet Mariano]

naku Lhy, ako nga din eh kanina pa ditoat sobrang pasaway sya, binabalik balikan ko na nga lang dahil wala nga na taong bahay kundi ako, kaso di naman sya behave!

[tigr5861]

Why the Philippine movie industry is not hopeless pala
By Wilson Lee Flores [/B]

Sunday, September 2, 2007 [/B]The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. — Alfred Hitchcock

The first affirmation I need is really my own. I don’t look beyond that. I don’t read what’s written about it. For me the fun is making the film. — Woody Allen

I am not ashamed to say that I recently watched and thoroughly enjoyed two Tagalog movies. These movies have, in fact, restored my lost faith in the future of the Philippine film industry — My Kuya’s Wedding, directed by Bicol-born Christopher “Topel” Lee, scripted by Allan Tijamo, produced by Regal Entertainment’s Mother Lily Yu Monteverde and starring fast-rising Maja Salvador with Ryan Agoncillo and Jason Abalos; and the independent film Ligaw Liham, directed and also co-produced by Negrense filmmakers Jay Abello and Manny Montelibano, scripted by the triumvirate of Jade Snow, Checcs Osmeña and, Jet Orbida, and starring Karylle with John Michael Lee and John Gilbert Arceo.

A few years ago, the Asian Wall Street Journal quoted top director/scriptwriter Jose Javier Reyes as saying: “The Philippine movie industry is a cancer patient.” Not yet, I would say now, after having been entertained by My Kuya’s Wedding, which is now showing nationwide, and Ligaw Liham, which will be shown again from September 12 to 20 at Robinsons Galleria’s IndieCine. There is hope after all for Philippine movies.

That Thursday evening, when I was rushing to enter Cinema 6 of SM Megamall from the parking area, I was stopped by the sight of a huge crowd of onlookers neatly lined up like they were patiently waiting for the arrival of a head of state or a VIP. When I finally and shyly decided to enter the door of the mall, I was shocked to see the crowd burst into excited shrieks — for a moment I had intoxicating illusions that I was an Asian Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise being cheered on — but I soon hit myself on the head and realized that behind me were some TV male and female starlets coming in, too!

My original plan was to sit somewhere in the back of the cinema, so that I could unobtrusively sneak out when the flick started to grind into drudgery and insult my intelligence like so many other Tagalog movies have before. However, I was trapped!

Inside the theater, overzealous Regal officials asked me to sit in the front row beside VIPs of Philippine politics and showbiz such as Senator Loren Legarda, Mother Lily, lead actress Maja Salvador’s uncle Philip Salvador and Senator Bong Revilla. My former schoolmate Melinda Montoya and her husband texted me, asking me to give Tagalog movies a chance by watching this one from start to finish; I texted back that I was trapped and had no choice but to sit through the whole film, for better or (groan) worse.

Behind us in the second and third rows were various starlets who came dressed to the nines and smiling like they were attending a debut party or a senior-junior prom — Ryan Agoncillo with his girlfriend Judy Ann Santos, Maja Salvador with her co-star Jason Abalos (he told me he is not related to Comelec Chairman Ben Abalos), TJ Trinidad, Fernando Poe’s daughter Lovi Poe, Beth Tamayo, Dominic Ochoa, Say Alonzo, IC Mendoza, Gerard Anderson, Aaron Agassi, Melissa Gibbs and others.

It is my honest opinion that My Kuya’s Wedding will be a commercial success because it has all the basic elements of popular Tagalog movies such as tearjerker moments and laughs in all the right scenes. But more than box office success, this is a very well-crafted film — from its interesting storyline, sense of humor (not crass or slapstick), good acting (talented 19-year-old Maja Salvador will eclipse other established female stars if she plays her cards right and works hard), pungent melodrama, excellent direction, music and cinematography to even its use of locations, such as the big house in Albay, Bicol.

The movie seems inspired by P.J. Hogan’s 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding, in which Julia Roberts attempts to spoil the wedding between her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée, Cameron Diaz. However, despite some plot similarities, with Maja Salvador’s character trying to sabotage her elder brother Ryan Agoncillo’s wedding to Pauleen Luna (complete with Maja’s gay friend sidekick, similar to Julia Roberts’ gay chum George, played magnificently by Rupert Everett), My Kuya’s Wedding has very original Filipino themes, nuances and riveting twists in the story.

This movie also has uplifting moral and social lessons about sibling love, instead of the usual sibling rivalry; and a refreshing focus on the importance of family in this modern era of dysfunctional relationships caused by socio-economic pressures like the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) exodus, all-night call centers and the harsh reality of broken families.

The only jarring portion of the otherwise excellent script came during the dinner-table repartee between Maja Salvador and Jason Abalos, where they took turns indirectly disparaging domestic helpers in Hong Kong and maids in general. I believe this dialogue was uncalled-for and insensitive, because local and overseas domestic helpers make a decent living and they have nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, not a few of the Filipina Hong Kong nannies and domestic helpers are college graduates or even former public school teachers who have more brains and character than many of our brainless TV starlets or even many of our seemingly bird-brained politicians!

Thanks to the creators and protagonists of My Kuya’s Wedding for this well-made, fun, witty, heartwarming and entertaining movie, which I highly recommend to people of all ages. This is the type of Tagalog movies we, the public, should support — not the trash people shell out for just because it’s studded with overpaid, so-called superstars.

THANK YOU LANSUBAS FOR THIS VERY GOOD REVIEW, NO DOUBTS THAT IT IS INDEED A VERY GOOD MOVIE.

[Juliet Mariano]

ang gaganda pa naman nung mga pics na pinost ni Nene di ko na mabaklikan kanina pa, sana OK ka na ngayon Pex!

[tigr5861]

naku Lhy, ako nga din eh kanina pa ditoat sobrang pasaway sya, binabalik balikan ko na nga lang dahil wala nga na taong bahay kundi ako, kaso di naman sya behave!

Kita nga kita sa Jasry kanina, naka backread ako ng konti di naman ako maka log in. Nanood na lang ako ng EL at Rated K sa Elsa TV.