argh.this is what i hate whenever i watch AC again and again and again. Even though it's the best movie EVER, the problem is that whenever i get to the ending it always occurs to me that there's going to be nothing continuing it. Lagi na lang na un na ung tapos -- that's that, and nothing more. It depresses me to think that nothing's going to continue the FFVII legacy/lineage whatever. Sure, there's Dirge of Cerberus, there's Before Crisis, there's Last Order -- but one that concentrates on Cloud and Tifa...nothing...I even though that Last Order was made up of so many episodes -- when i downloaded it, there were so many video files in it. but as it turns out, the files were just the same. I even hate myself for not remembering much of the storyline -- not that it's really my fault, i only watched it, not played it, and FFVII was seven years ago.... But still...I want more...and it depresses me to think there's going to be
nothing next.
I've accepted the fact that the feelings Cloud has for Aerith are just platonic. The grief and guilt just took hold of him for the past two years. cloud loves tifa. tifa loves cloud. god, i want more...
even though hell week is steadily approaching, I'm still not doing anything. i feel so tired and pressured i just want to go sleep for the rest of the week.
Current Music: Promised Land 2005 -- P'unk~en~Ciel
this is bad. real bad.once again, ladies and gentlemen, my elitist-ism is rearing its ugly head. -.-
Anyway, today, i will share my opinions about the horribly terrific, absolutely addictive, glorious and utterly AMAZING movie, called
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. I was an avid fan of the original game where it was based off of, called
Final Fantasy VII, (although i didn't play it -- i just watched my brother play it) and seeing the characters to whom i grew attached made my heart burst with excitement. *fangirlish-giggle* It was absolutely WONDERFUL to see Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Vincent, Yuffie, Red, Cid, Reno, Rude, Rufus, Tseng, Elena, Marlene, Sephiroth and Zack (note the absence of some flower merchant's name) be resurrected into the wonderful world of...finer 3d graphics.
First off, Cloud, in all honesty, looks absolutely hot. He really does. Not like he wasn't hot and handsome during the first FFVII, but really...resurrecting him like that made him
even hotter, if it was possible. He also grew so much cooler (i love fenrir! that motorcycle rocks my world), with all his moves and the slight upgrade of his wardrobe. The animation of his hair was absolutely AMAZING, BREATH-Taking, i say...actually, SQUARE-ENIX did a wonderful job on everything. And when I say everything, i mean everything. Even if the story was quite corny, it was still sooo superb. Absolutely fabulous. Midgar, the ShinRa building, the stupid little chapel where Cloud (damn him) lives.
Another stupid thing -- the place where Cloud lives. C'mon, Cloud, MOVE ON! Living in that stupid chapel where Aerith picked her flowers?! go die, Cloud. I mean, what the hell are you doing?! WHAT the EFFING hell was that about?! Tifa, dammit, TIFA~! She's been there for you, like what, your whole life, and you spend the rest of your life mourning over some stupid flower girl that Sephiroth killed?! Damn you Cloud, Tifa is much PRETTIER than that stupid Aerith! aaaargh!
Argh. That was one thing horribly irritating about the movie -- Cloud having a hangover over Aerith. Wallowing in self-hatred because they just '
let her die'. Cloud, you damn sexy idiot, it was her TIME! and she was killed by the uber sexy Sephiroth, so just go and DIE, Cloud, okay?!
OOOOOOKAY. I love Tifa, so very, very much. She's so pretty. She's so beautiful. Although i would wish for a chest reduction for her, she's still very pretty and kind and cool. That fight scene in the stupid little chapel -- sooo cool. It really was. I can't find the words for it. That fight with Loz (who strikes me as a crybaby and a wuss) was soooo damn cool. And when she landed on the wall, with that pose and that stare -- the BEST. and the way the flowers' petals burst into the air...gee, that fight was really, really awesome. Wrecking a pew with your (not-so-bare) hands...nothing really can beat Tifa. Aerith can never do that in her whole lifetime, even if she does live again.
Denzel, meanwhile -- man was that funny. When i was watching AC for the first time, i thought maybe Denzel was Cloud and Tifa's son. Really, i did. I mean, mako-blue eyes...hair...and that he's being taken care of by Tifa...but then i suddenly realized that AC happened only TWO years after the original VII...so that was a stupid thought. But actually, it was rather cute that Tifa, Cloud, Marlene and Denzel were all living together. ALSO: the whole 'Strife Delivery Service' thing by Tifa-- that made me think that Tifa and Cloud were already
married. I really think the stupidest things.
Marlene said a weird line -- pertaining to Aerith, she said 'Oneesan'. So i thought 'What?!
Kapatid mo si Aerith?!?!?!' And then i remembered Marlene was Barret's daughter. But then, I wondered -- what the hell is Barret doing, leaving his daughter with Tifa? It was then that i realized that i shouldn't think too much.
I also loved the fight scene with Bahamut. Really fine and dandy, i say. Absolutely superb. I was squealing the first time i watched it when i saw the missing characters come in one by one. Barret. Red. Cait. Yuffie. Cid. Vincent. The whole party was reunited, fighting against a god/summon. WHOO! such glory it was -- i liked the part where they all throw Cloud upwards so he can defeat Bahamut. Well, except for the last part, when Aerith took his hand and pulled him upwards.
Damn i hate Aerith.
Anyway, let's get on to the three Sephy-clones, Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz. Kadaj is very deranged yet very sexy (leather!); Yazoo is very cool and sexy (gunblade!) while Loz, is just...Loz. Vina told me a few days ago that Yazoo and Kadaj all looked like matured and adult Rikus.
What else, what else? Sephiroth looked scrumptious, as usual. Very cool single black wing, i say. And of course, all fight scenes were simply fabulous. The motorcycle chases, the swordfights near the ShinRa company building -- hell, even Rufus falling off the building was great. And i absolutely LOVE the super cool feature of the Fenrir -- that whole sword-holding compartments. Not only one -- not two -- not even three or four -- SIX! six damn swords! I love you Cloud.
I hate Aerith. I hate the fact that Cloud fell in love with her, and not Tifa. I hate the fact that she still manages to insert herself into the storyline even when she's already dead. I hate the fact that Cloud still loves her even though she's already dead. I hate the fact that she still lingers on and continues that stupid love triangle between her, Cloud and Tifa, when it's already supposed to be a whole Cloud/Tifa affair. Aerith needs to move on to. C'mon Aerith, you have ZACK! go make out with him in heaven or something!
All in all:
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: Simply magnificent.
Current Music: Chance for You -- Mai Kuraki (chance for TIFA!)
i hate this.i don't really know why, but i really hate it. i don't even know what it is. i just hate whatever it is. even if i'm hating something i don't even know, and chances are you're probably saying that' god, how stupid are you?!' it's still wrecking me inside. o.o I don't really know why -- i just hate something, and god please let me know what the hell it is.
maybe it's because of Advent Children -- no, don't get me wrong, I ADORE Advent Children. I LOVE SquareEnix. In fact, i've prided in the fact that i was one (well i think -- give me this moment since i'm currently hating everything so don't take my word for it -- it's just my feeling) of the few people in my school who were aware that AC was already released. I spent three days downloading the superb movie, tearing my guts out in applying the subtitles, and eager to burn into a cd and share it with every Final Fantasy Fan I know. maybe because i found out that Greenhills started to sell it after i burned a cd of it. ...when i learned that, it's like i felt all my downloading at tearing-of-guts went to waste. yeah, maybe that's it.
OR, maybe my inner-elitist-fan's getting a hold of me again. after all, i don't want anyone spoiling my fandom. i hate it when that happens. hatred takes hold me as soon as i realize that you're beginning to irritate me -- especially when it comes to fandoms. yes, i know, i don't have the right to be an elitist fan, but i can't help it. i'm just one of them. especially if you don't know a damn thing and yet you pretend you know
everything. argh, i hate this. i hate this so much. i want this feeling to go away, right now.
or maybe because i'm just a bit moody today. not really a bit -- a whole lot moody. i find little things irritating. or maybe god just planned this day for me to be irritated with everything. and boy when i get irritated --it's a whole new level. this definitely isn't my best day. and to top it all off, **'* *** ******! yes, that's a stupid reason, but i'm that...er...whatever. one last thing i need to cheer me up, and it's not there.
ANYWAY, let's move on: Gackt's newest album,
DIABOLOS was released today, and i just downloaded it. just finished it a few minutes ago, and am now listening to it. Passed over the track
Misty and
Farewell, currently listening to
Noesis, which is a whole lot different than the normal
Noesis found in the
Todokanai Ai to Shitte Itanoni Osaekirezuni Aishitsuzuketa single. Once i finish listening to all of it i'll provide opinions here, in this damn blog.
what else? i want to vent my anger NOW and NOW, so that the next day i won't be this irritated anymore, even though i know i'll still be irritated.
i already vented my anger out in my cwj journal in regard to the costume problems.
it's topin's 16th birthday this saturday. we're planning to eat out after school this friday.
...i really want this to disappear tomorrow.
Current Music: Ash -- Gackt
Whew! GACKT CAMUI really does like LOVE you on Friendster!Hahahahaha....anyway...okay, today is the sixteenth of september. Two days away (or maybe one day away...whatever) from my dreaded ACET exam date. I really don't know why, but I'm still not studying for my ACET. I tried earlier, but i just couldn't....concentrate. o.o I'll try my best the whole day tomorrow...and i DO hope that i accomplish all needed tasks.
I already got my grades for the first quarter of my final year in STC. O.o and i must say i'm quite pleased with the results -- (not to brag or anything, I'm just overly pleased) 4 line of nines, i think. :P and i gained an 85 in physics! and an 86 in trigo!! and 89 in RELIGION (highest grade ever in religion, hindi kasi ako banal).
ANYWAY...eto, sept. 16 na...sobrang...waaaaah. ewan ko ba. second quarter na, at DANCE PRO '05 is coming up real fast. yak. hahahahaha...kakagawa ko lang ng costume design...at...sana maganda XD
Kani-kanina lang...pinanood nmen ng kuya ko (yakeekadiri) ung movie na
If Only. Si Michelle kasi eh. Pinagpipilitan. Di ko tuloy mapanood ung
Love, So Divine. Si Kwon Sang Woo pa naman un...sayang...sabi ni Vina nagsasayaw daw si Kwon Sang Woo dun...
OK, ACET na naman ung nasa isip ko...XD
Hmm, what else? last Saturday we (Mich, Monik, Topin and I) went to DLSU to submit our forms...and get our EXAM PERMITS. i apparently just had bad luck that day because i was the only person from our little quartet to be separated and put into the stupid room L330. while all of them were in L331. O.O DLSUCET is to be held (mine) on OCTOBER 2, 2005, 2:00-6:30 PM. kung pwede lang iski-skip ko na ung ACET...
and in fairness naka-commute na ako from DLSU papuntang Rob Place Ermita! XD alam kong malapit lang un, pero pabayaan nyo na ako -- para sa akin malaki un! and to depend only on first-heard directions!!! i feel so proud of myself! *gringringrin* ...kahit na manyak ung nakatapat ko sa dyip...
My download of Gackt's single
Todokanai Ai to Shitte Itanoni Osaekirezuni Aishitsuzuketa disappeared. : (. now i won't be able to hear him sing the super long song title. Oh, he was on the cover of the PatiPati magazine (i saw it on gakuhai) and he looked...er...inappropriately effeminate on it. He had his hair on extensions and DREADLOCKS (yo homies!) and he looked deathly pale yet super sexy at the same time. How he managed to do that, while STILL looking effeminate, i did not know. But the latest pictures of him have him having short hair (you know, short hair really looks good on him) and long, straight hair. (straight hair looks good on him too, even long) I believe the long straight hair was for the APPLE ad he's making...or for the interview. i don't know -- all i know is he looks
damn good.
WISH ME LUCK ON MY ACET!!
Current Music: Black Stone -- Gackt
cwj story. bwiset.
ROLES
Jane looked at the Post-it tapered to her corkboard. Luck was definitely not on her side. Her mother sure didn’t fail on reminding her that she was to sit Mrs. Miller’s children that night. Why did it have to be that night, of all nights? She had a math test coming up the next day, and she can’t afford to fail it. After all, pilots have to be good in math. And she wanted to be a pilot.
She frowned as she remembered what had happened that morning. Tim had looked at her with that smirk on his face, seeing that she was again looking at a copy of a flying magazine earlier in the library. Jane furrowed her eyebrows together. She hated it whenever Tim acted as if her dream was so impossible. Just because she was a woman didn’t mean that her dream of being a pilot was laughable.
Because of her irritation she was unable to control herself. Jane got mad at Tim and threw the ring he gave to her back to him. Why did he have to act so chauvinistically towards her dream, anyway?
She was knocked out of her train of thought when the shrill ringing of the phone entered her ears. Jane picked it up, bracing herself for what she would hear if ever it was Tim that was calling.
Jane was not going to let herself be won over if ever Tim was going to try and convince her of anything.
“Hello Jane, is that you?”
“Yes.”
“Would you mind telling me what I did wrong?”
Jane paused for a moment, taking a breath. Nope – she wasn’t going to be taken over this time.
“You’ve got the nerve to ask that?”
“Nerve?” Tim sounded confused. “Just what did I do anyway?”
“Every time I mention being a pilot, you sneer.”
“But you don’t –”
“I don’t have the time to argue – Mrs. Miller wants me to baby-sit.”
She hung up.
With a sigh, Jane sat at the dining-room table, staring at the cover of her math book. She was having a hard time concentrating. Sure, the children were already fast asleep – they were already tucked tight in their beds, sleeping the night away, with their tummies full of food. Unfortunately for Jane though, her anger at Tim had taken hold of her too much that she had forgotten to fix herself supper. She would’ve taken food from Mrs. Miller’s refrigerator, but the Mrs. Miller didn’t leave a note saying that she was free to help herself to snack.
Jane continued to stare at the cover of her textbook. She just couldn’t study when her stomach was growling like a mad lion, making sure that it was felt and heard. But its growls were defeated by the doorbell though, making Jane peer through the window to check who had dropped by.
She fell silent – it was Tim.
Carefully she opened the door, greeted by a smiling Tim, holding out a container quite larger than normal.
“I brought you some pizza I made.”
Jane kept her silence. There he was, being thoughtful again, just like he always was. Like the time he saved some leftover fudge for her; it was like a lifesaver, since she was so hungry when he gave it to her.
Today was just like that instance, except…saltier.
“Eat up, it’s my own recipe.” He said.
“Your own recipe?” Jane asked, mouth full of pizza. Manners were of no importance anymore – she was hungry, and that’s that.
“Yes. I wanted to be a cook – a good one. A chef. I thought you’d laugh at me. I guess that’s why I kept asking you if you were sure about being a pilot. I was trying to…well, get confidence from you.”
Jane looked at him, pausing from her meal. “Tim, I wouldn’t laugh at you.”
“I’d never laugh at you either.”
They both laughed.
“How about pizza on your first flight? My pizza! And please,” Tim took off the ring off his finger, “take this back.”
So what if the ring was covered in tomato paste? There was no time to care – she was all too happy.
-plot: Alison Brookston
-#23 Alexandra Jane C. Gonzales, iv6
thank you nikki!
