Bunso: at first sight..

think positive

confirmed..

we'll be expecting again..

anxious we may be at first..
but now it has turned into excitement..

just grow there our "bunso"..
your kuya inigo is waiting for you..
december it is!

The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

my wife got me a dvd of this movie last week because she said maybe I could be interested in the movie since I’ve been to nanjing last february..so the long holy week holiday made a perfect time to watch some movies..

i thought this is just another movie that will make me sleepy..perfect for the night..but I was wrong..

I can say this is quite a disturbing movie..but in a good sense..the film really is a blast..i just caught myself emotional..stapled..the level of sentiment heightens as the movie goes..

I quote wikipedia:

“The Flowers of War, previously titled Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing, is a 2011 Chinese historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. It is set in 1937, Nanjing, China, during the "Rape of Nanjing", at the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city. The film is based on the novel 13 Flowers of Nanjing, by Geling Yan.”

the movie really depicted the rape of nanjing..figuratively..and literally..i just can’t help but hate the japanese that time..and it reminded me of “Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos” (no god in three years) film in the philippines..which also showed the merciless japanese era in the philippines back then..

moving back to the movie..the characters..my favorites would be george and the mighty soldier..their heroic spirit is overwhelming..

they say heroes are born in war..but you don’t have to be a soldier to be one..you should see how george protected the girls and made an unselfishly sacrifice in the ending..

and the mighty soldier..he’s not just an ordinary soldier..a sharp shooting sniper with a superb strategy..though he died early in the move but he has done a marvelous endeavor to save the girls from harm..he died with an explosion..and killed the sadistic japanese troop by himself..yes..alone..

what is very droll in the movie is the chance of having a mortician in the event..so the prostitutes had the chance to disguise as the high school girls..

the ending of the movie is a big “fill in the blanks”..what do you think happened to the prostitutes?? to george?? to the girls?? you are tasked to think of your ending, i guess..raped??escaped??died??lived??

great movie..commendable indeed..i’ll give it a perfect five stars!!