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Last weekend, I had time to watch several films. My sister, Vivien, bought DVD copies of The
Chronicles of NARNIA and CRY_WOLF. Then I rented two VCDs at Video City-- DEAD POETS SOCIETY and Jacky Chan's BLADE IN A ROSE (not sure with the title).

My family enjoyed watching NARNIA. It's amazing how kids can become kings and queens in another world upon travelling through a wardrobe. Well, the movie has several lessons to impart -- that kids do fight with each other, but deep inside, they really have authentic love for their family. And just like in real life, the black sheep can sometimes make the family unite. Without parents, kids cannot afford to become kids. They are compelled to act like BIG BOYS and BIG GIRLS. The best part of the movie that I like was when the four kids were shown to have grown -- they grew up at Narnia -- and when they finally returned to the land of the mortals, they became kids again. By the way, the computer-generated LION KING made the movie more interesting. Imagine a huge lion with an angelic and innocent face... For the second time (after the movie THE LION KING), a huge lion made me want to cry. I was touched by the scene wherein the lion was being killed by the white witch while the two kids were looking. The kids found out that the lion sacrificed his life for their brother so they might have felt guilty while they were witnessing the lion's death. But in the end, the lion, just like Jesus Christ, was born again.

Another good film was Jacky Chan's BLADE INA ROSE. Actually, the main character was not Jacky Chan but his son, Jaycee (?) . What I love about that movie was the idea of having an ancient land being ruled by amazons. And in that land, all men were slaves! What a fabulous idea! Ha ha!

Cry_Wolf is a story of a group of friends who played a deadly game. Actually, the concept of the movie wasn't new. But this movie will make you think of the next scenario that could possibly happen. When one lady was reported to have been murdered, a group of students sent false e-mail messages which said that the killer was just in the campus and was about to kill more victims. These students even made up a story that included details of how the next victims would be killed. Then, each of them started missing and being killed until only one was left... The last student, the newest in their barkada, found out in the end that his friends were just "playing games" with him. Nobody was actually killed. He then found out that the girl named Dodger, who gave the group an idea of doing such a game, was just trying to mislead the people so they won't find out that she was the murderer on the loose...

The best movie that touched my heart last weekend was DEAD POETS SOCIETY. This film reminded me of one of the favorite movies, THE EMPEROR'S CLUB. Anyway, Dead Poets Society was about an English professor who did not just teach literature but also touch the heart of his students. I bet, this is one of RobinWilliams' best performances. It was a long story that showed how students were transformed from being "calm all their lives" to being who they really wanted to be, even if their parents disapproved of what their hearts desired. Because of parents who didn't have a heart to understand their kids' passion, a student committed suicide. The lesson then was learned by all -- students, parents, teachers, school headmaster. Two thumbs up for this movie!

(note: photos here came from: www.angelfire.com and www.empiremovies.comand www.movieweb.com))

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