2 Movies

This week I managed to watch 2 new movies that opened: Bridget Jones Diary 2 and Pa-Siyam.

1) "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" continues from where the first one left off. Bridget is now happily settling into her relationship with Mark Darcy. Things get a little complicated though when she suspects him of having an affair with his colleague. The situation gets even murkier when Bridget ends up working with Daniel Cleaver again. With all of these things happening at the same time, will the ending "And they lived happily ever after." hold true for Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy?

Compared to the first one, this sequel is pretty flat. Nothing much happens and the story is pretty boring. This time watching Bridget make the best of disastrous situations is not even funny to watch. It can be even quite painful. I wasn't even a big fan of the first movie, so I already had low expectations for the sequel. Sadly, I really couldn't find any reason to fall in love with it.

2) "Pa-Siyam" was the new Filipino movie released this week. 5 siblings go home to their ancestral house in the province to attend to the wake of their mother. As dictated by tradition, they hold a 9-day vigil to pray for her soul. During that time though, many strange things happen in their house. Then they realize that their mother's soul is haunting them.

I liked this movie. The story is very simple and it didn't feel forced or artificial. It's not too literal like Feng Shui. (Note: I swear, when I saw that movie, I was really laughing the whole time!) The actors were pretty okay and no one went overboard. Although, sometimes I felt like I was watching a play instead of a movie. But maybe that was how they intended it to be. Hey, if it's a Filipino film that dares to be different, then I'm all for watching it.