Entertainment 101: Brisingr, Little Fockers…
For your information…
- Angels & Demons by Dan Brown will have a film adaption scheduled to show by May 2009. Tom Hanks still starts as Robert Langdon, joining him are Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra and Ewan McGregor as Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca.
- The third book from the Inheritance Trilogy Cycle by Christopher Paolini has already been finished. Brisingr, which means “fire” in the fictional Ancient Language of Alagaesia, was released last September 20. Instead of being a trilogy, the series will now have four books.
- Scarlett Johansson, who is one of the sexiest women alive according to several men’s magazines, has just married her boyfriend of 2 years, Ryan Reynolds, last September 27 in a quiet ceremony in Canada.
- Following the comedic story of Greg and Pam on Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, the couple will once again return for its third sequel, Little Fockers. All original cast will be returning and Raven-Symone, from Disney’s That’s So Raven, will also join them as babysitter Tamara. No show dates yet but filming will start sometime this year or next year.
Oh, and by the way, nothing as interesting as the news above but hey, today is my anniversary at work! I had been living in Hong Kong for a year now. Cheers! 
Amanda Seyfried is Savannah Lynn Curtis
Savannah has been casted at last. Earlier this year, I learned that one of Nicholas Sparks’ books will have a film adaptation expected to release by 2009.
Dear John is a story of John Tyree, an army officer who made himself a social outcast until he met Savannah Lynn Curtis. It’s a tearjerker that tells how far one will go for love and doing the right thing in the name of it. I personally consider this book as my number 1 from Sparks. I read it three times and every single time, it made me cry. I just love this book.
John’s character will be played by Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, the girl from Mamma Mia, was recently casted as Savannah. I am so excited. I really look forward for this movie. I really hope they will give justice to the emotions brought about by this book.
Lessons from Penelope
It’s Friday night and I don’t have anything to do. So… I went to a nearby video shop and rented Penelope. The movie stars Christina Ricci as Penelope, Reese Witherspoon and of course, James McAvoy!
Okay, I admit, I have no clue what this movie is about. I just rented it because… oh well, James McAvoy. Half the time I was watching the movie, kinikilig talaga ako. Not because of the chemistry between the lead actors, but because how James acted and the way he stares. My goodness! Ahem. Getting cheesy there. So, going back to the movie…
Personally, I don’t like Christina Ricci. This is probably the reason I did not feel the connection between the two main characters. James was better paired with Keira Knightly on Atonement or Anne Hathaway on Becoming Jane. I think classic roles are suited for James. Anyway, I did not feel too much emotion from Penelope in the movie. Reese’s character was, I think, portrayed much better. Once again, she had her natural charisma on screen although hers was just a supporting role.
The story was a little cliché. But overall, it was a good movie. I will spare too much detail but here are some lessons from the film that I want to share:
It’s not the power of the curse. It’s the power you give the curse. Well, of course, this does not literally mean a curse. In real life, the curse could be the trials, hardships, or whatever we may want to call it. Everyone experiences difficulties at one point in our life. More often than not, we feel that life is unfair and that we have nowhere to go. We feel like we are stuck in such a mess and we feel terribly low. Guess what? Everyone else does. Truth is we only feel this way because we allow ourselves to feel it. Every cloud has a silver lining, as the saying goes. The power to control our life is within us. Learn to deal with life; don’t drag yourself down even more.
The world will always move on. Making ourselves feel down will not change anything. The world will not wait for us to feel and get better. It will continue to move forward – just another ordinary day. What does it mean? Nobody really cares enough to pay too much attention. Everyone has their own life to deal with. So learn to deal with our own. Its life and we should keep moving forward.
Appreciate the good things that you have. Contentment is always a big issue. People are constantly longing for more. At some point, we think that by accomplishing something, it will finally give us satisfaction. But when we reached that point, we’ll only realize it’s not the only thing we want. We will always desire for something better. It’s human nature and there’s nothing we can do about it. I guess the key to being happy is appreciating what we have at present. We may not get everything we want, but by appreciating what we have, we’ll realize we have everything we need.
Like ourselves the way we are. Better yet, love ourselves just the way we are. And I don’t mean being a narcissist, overly confident or idolizing ourselves. In relation to the third lesson, we can start by appreciating ourselves. If we do, life will be much easier to deal with and everything else will go with it.
