Untried Author: 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

The Artist - A Classic Kind of Something New

At first, you might think watching silent film is so old school and boring but not this one. In fact, you can't even stop watching. I myself was amazed by the actors who did so well to act and put on a face that makes you stay and watch the next scene after another.

After watching this film, I was reminded of another favorite classic movie of mine, Singing in the Rain. I would say for both films refer to the era where silent films are on the verge of disappearing because talking films are being made available. This Thomas Langman film will make you cry, and laugh, feel sorry and feel good. It does deserve the awards it's got from the Oscars. In this era were living in, The Artist stands out by taking you back in time when movies were silent with some modern twist in it's music scores.

From among the movies that I've ever watched lately "The Artist" is one movie that I have to concentrate on watching from start to finish. It's not the kind of movie that you can just blink an eye on considering it's nature of being a silent film. This is not just any other bad silent film, this is a sophisticated work of art in a film It has a simple story line but it is profound on the message it wants to convey to it's audience, as the actors will make you go through different emotions through their facial expressions and actions..

This is truly a film you just have to watch. See the trailer:

Friday, February 10, 2012

Mesmerized by SMASH -"The New Most Exciting Series"

I love Musicals! It excites me, And I now have a new favorite! I have not really watched all the musicals in the world but I tend to like almost, almost every musicals that I've seen, even the classics. The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Singing in the Rain, Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rogue, The West Side Story, Mama Mia... I even watched Chicago, and the crappy show Glee, not that Glee is all too crappy but their songs are too copied-ish from random musicals and music artist (some of which I admittedly like) and I only heard one original song that they featured which was Lea Michelle's but it wasn't even that good, for me at least. But now, I'm glad that there is a tv musical drama with aesthetic that I can watch on tv once again, thanks to Steven Spielberg.

Yes, who wouldn't know SMASH? A series with a story line about turning the story of Marilyn Monroe into a Broadway Musical. You don't even have to love musicals just to watch it. Episode 1 was just fantastic and when it ended it made me feel like, aaaw... it's over :-( kind of feel and it makes me excited to watch the next episode next week. Yey, for next week!

I guess it must be the song ending for episode 1 of SMASH that made it phenomenal for a brand new show. The duet between Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty. If you have not yet watched it you can get to hear it from here, If you're the one who've heard it already and if you feel the same way I do, of like hearing it over and over here it is for you: