movie day

watched Rise of Planet of the Apes at SM north then i watched the Korean movie Hello Ghost when i got home. i liked both. so far im managing to watch most of the movies in my 2011 movie list.

Rise of Planet of the Apes is a nice prequel. not sure if this is going to be another film series but with the way the film was done, its seems very likely. i like this kind of science fiction films. with the positive response people are giving it, i dont think it will suffer the same fate of other films which were supposed to be the first installment of a series but no sequels were made due to poor box office performance.

as for Hello Ghost, i thought it was some rip-off of Ghost Town which starred Ricky Gervais (i remember seeing a portion of Ghost Town on HBO and then decided to rent it because i found it interesting. that was when there was still a nearby Video City at Matalino. whenever i see something i like on HBO, i rent it so i can watch it on my preferred time. now, im forced to add HBO's movie schedule on my schedule so i can watch what i want to watch). after watching it, i would say, not really. it makes use of the same concept of a guy who died for a few minutes and when he wakes up, he can see and interact with ghosts. the ghosts then ask the guy to do something for them. there's also a love story element in both films. but the ending is what really makes the two films different. the movie right from the beginning up to few minutes before its ending was very average. its really the ending that saved it. if i were to choose, i like Hello Ghost better because the ending has the effect of making the movie in its entirety better. its like Il Mare (the original version and much better version of The Lake House which starred Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock).

with movie day done, its time to sleep and start writing the position paper tomorrow.