[blog/review is quite long hehe]
i downloaded this movie just because of owen wilson,… haha, plus mukhang maganda kasi, malamang, mafi-feature yung paris…
edi pinanood ko nga,… ang boring nung umpisa…. medyo… tas edi dumating na yung part na nakakapagtunnel through na nga sya sa past… nung una, di ko magets… kasi naman, i’m not familiar sa mga taong pinagbabababanggit, scott and zelda fitzgerald, then ernest hemingway, medyo nagkaclue na ako kasi parang narinig ko na yung hemingway haha… tas nabanggit na yung mark twain, ts eliot, then yun, gets na… andun din si pablo picasso pala hahahaha… pati henri matisse, salvador dali… PURO ARTISTS… then i said to myself, how can i say that i’m into arts, when i don’t even know much of these people… i mean, i love literature too, sculptures, paintings, and all, but i don’t even know THE GREAT PEOPLE of these things… ang alam ko lang eh yung common lang din sa lahat…
nung MAPEH, MSEP, whatever nung elem at hs eh dinidiscuss din naman yung mga ganito, hindi lang ganun kasevere kasi hindi naman kami art majors hahaha… may maituro lang, chos! eh naiirita pa ako nun kasi, i dont want to memorize them all… nakakalito sila… plus the spelling pa ng pangalan nila… yari sa exam pag mali ang spelling… bat kasi aarte ng names nila… haha…
so, ayun, as i was watching the movie, nakapulot na naman ako ng mga quotes and favorite lines…
If it’s bad, then I hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good, then I’ll be envious and I’ll hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer. ~ Ernest Hemingway
Like! May something talaga sa words ng isang writer… cool
The job of the artist is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. ~ Gertrude Stein
Di ko masyadong super gets… ang hirap iexplain kasi… haha… but I like it… parang sinasabi na, ‘that’s your role as a writer, as an artist’ na ‘you’re not an ordinary person’… mga ganyan ba hehe
All men fear death. It’s a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we haven’t loved well enough or loved at all, which ultimately are one and the same. However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears. Because when you are sharing your body and heart with a great woman the world fades away. You two are the only ones in the entire universe. You conquer what most lesser men have never conquered before, you have conquered a great woman’s heart, the most vulnerable thing she can offer to another. Death no longer lingers in the mind. Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, and for loving, become your sole reality. This is no easy task for it takes insurmountable courage. But remember this, for that moment when you are making love with a woman of true greatness you will feel immortal. ~ Ernest Hemingway
Flowery words… it sounds so good… waaah, wala akong masabi,… gusto ko lang ishare kung gano kaganda yung lines na yan… like what I’ve said, ang cool ng isang writer haha…
No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure. ~ Ernest Hemingway
Nung marinig ko ‘to, naalala ko yung natutunan ko sa isang teacher, nakalimutan ko na kung sino… uhmm, sino nga bay un? Haha, di ko talaga matandaan… ang alam ko lalaki eh “write to express not to impress”… lalaki nga ba? Baka babae, naisip ko bigla kasi baka yung English teacher ko nung high school… I don’t know… tsk
Nostalgia is denial – denial of the painful present… the name for this denial is golden age thinking – the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one one’s living in – it’s a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present. ~ Paul
Agree! Haha, wala lang… I find these lines true… makes sense…
Ernest Hemingway: You’ll never be a great writer if you fear dying, do you?
Gil: Yeah, I do. I would say it’s my greatest fear.
Patay ka Gil! Hahahah… sa movie na ‘to, Gil is an aspiring writer… he’s long been working with this novel, but he finds it difficult to allow someone to read and critique it… not until he met ernest hemingway, who suggested giving it to gertrude stein. Madyo madalas yung ganitong situation sa mga writers talaga eh nuh… parang natatakot silang macritique yung gawa nila, fearing that it might be bad, yung ganun, yung masabi na nangplaigarize, etc…
Inez: Gil, just pay attention. You might learn something.
Nairita ako dito… kasi ba naman, yung isang character sa movie, si Paul, my god, nagmamarunong… he has a degree, or what… he’s known to be SMART… that’s why they believe him to be SMART, and they believe everything that he says… kakainis lang kaya yung ganun… tas tong si Inez, nakakairita, pinapahiya nya yung fiancé nya sa harap ng ibang tao… Gil could use some encouragement from her, but no, nangda-down pa tong si Inez… and sa movie, wala silang ginawa kundi mag-away… sa umpisa ng movie lang ata sila hindi nag-aaway… the rest, nagsisigawan, etc… parang wala naman silang something in common… ang weird, kasi they’re getting married, tas ganun hahaha… kaloka
Gil: 500 francs for a Matisse? That seems fair! So, can I get 6 or 7?
Haha… ang cute kasi dati, nung unang panahon, yung works ng artists eh not much appreciated, praised, etc for its beauty and worth, pero ngayon, makapresyo yung ibang tao, kala mo eh… kahit ng mga hindi pa sikat eh, grabe makapresyo, what more na lang kung magbenta ka sa panahon na ganito ng halimbawa na nga eh Henri Matisse painting?! My gosh, benta mo na buhay mo ata [OA hahaha]… pero ganun talga, kelangan mo pang mamatay muna bago maappreciate ng madlang people ang works mo… sad… medyo ganun din naman sa field of science, kaya nga matatanda na yung nakakareceive ng nobel prizes, bukod sa matanda na sila ng magwork sa subject nay un haha…
That’s what the present is. It’s a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying. ~ Gil Pender
Like ko lang.. la lang hehe
Inez: You’re crazy! Paul and I? Where did you get such an insane notion?
Gil: Where? From Ernest Hemingway. He figured it out. Guess what, it makes perfect sense.
Inez: Gil, your brain tumor’s acting up again!
Sounds crazy nga naman! Hahahah kaw ba naman makarinig ng ganyan… weirdlang eh nuh! Sino ba namang hindi makakaisip na may sakit sya sa utak hahahaha… parang kapitbahay lang nya si ernest hemingway na nagchismis sa kanya na may ka-affair yung fiancé nya hahahaha
That’s the problem with you writers, you are so full of words. But I am more emotional. And I’m gonna stay and live in Paris’ most glorious time. ~ Adriana
Pinagtatalunan nila dyan kung magstay sila sa 20’s or 1890’s… si Adriana, from 20’s, si Gil 2010’s, nagulat si Adriana nung makarating sa 1890’s, si gil hindi na, kaya nasabi na rin nya kay Adriana na ganun nga, na galing sya sa 2010… eh si gil, sinasabi nya na ayun nga, ayaw ng tao yung present nila, kasi iniisip nila na hindi yun yung golden age… tska, yung drama na nabanggit kanina… yung nahihirapan sila magcope sa present, etc…
Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No you can’t. You couldn’t pick one. I can give you a checklist or argument for each side. You know I sometimes think how’s anyone ever gonna come up with a book or painting or symphony or sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can’t cause when you look around every street, every boulevard has its own special art form. And when you think that in a cold violent universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean, come on, there’s nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space, you can see these lights, the cafes, people drinking and singing, I mean, for all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
Naaaaah! Gusto ko magpunta sa Paris!!!!!… gusto ko magstay ng matagal dun, so I can familiarize myself around the place, you magfi-feeling ako na taga-dun ako, na gamay ko na yung place… nung magpunta kasi kaming hong kong, alam mu yung compressed sa 3 days yung pamamasyal… you can’t even enjoy each place kasi you have the itinerary to follow… tas yung ang ikli talaga ng time para maglibot, to think na ang liit lang ng hong kong… kaya ayun, hindi nasulit… sa Thailand naman, I convinced my parents na mag-one week kami dun… and that we don’t take a tour package, that we go on our own, yung ganun ba… I would like to stroll at night, shop, see the place, enjoy… yung parang napapanood ko sa movies na tourist yung bida, pero parang taga-dun na, kasi ayun, malayang nakakapamasyal kung san, na ang tanging hawak lang ay yung map… and we experienced that… sobrang saya… nakakaenjoy… we took trains, at ang ganda ng train system nila… cool… [though we took arrangements din sa airport kasi nag-offer ng private tour, good enough kasi private, dib a, may tour guide, may van, nice deal na rin]… I can say na mukhang pinas nga lang talaga, pero iba pa rin in a sense… mas malinis, mas matino yung tao, to think na Bangkok na yun, city, so feeling ko parang Manila na maraming magulo hahaha…but no, mas maayos sya… nice people din… saya… sabi nga ng kapatid ko, kung papipiliin, sa Thailand namin gustong pumunta ulit… pero Korea daw muna sabi nila, mga baliw hahaha… k-fever, you know… ahhaha
Ernest Hemingway: Writers are competitive.
Gil: I’m not gonna be competitive with you.
Hemingway: You’re too self-effacing. It’s not manly. If you’re a writer, declare yourself the best writer! But you’re not as long as I’m around, unless you put the gloves on and settle it.
Sometimes, you just got to believe in yourself… mahirap yung panghihinaan ka din ng loob… I sometimes feel incapable… pero iniisip ko na lang yung mga naachieve ko na… yung mga extraordinary things na kaya kong gawin… yung edge ko sa ibang tao… yung ganun ba… I try to uplift my spirit so I can go on… cause nothing will happen if I’ll continue to pound myself na hindi ko kaya yan, hindi ko kaya ‘to… that’s what I’m constantly telling my sisters… they gotta believe themselves… I think they’re afraid of responsibilities kaya ayaw nilang gawin yung best nila… sabi nung isa kong kapatid, ‘ayaw kong maging matalino, or magkaroon ng mataas na score, kasi sa akin na naman sila mangongopya, at laging ako ang iistorbohin sa acad stuff, ako lagi magiging leader’, etc… TAMA… may ganyang thing ang mga students talaga… Gawain ko yan nung HS… kaya laging winiwish ko na may competitive akong kagroup, para di na kami magtuturuan kung sino leader hahahaha… I have poor leadership skills, that’s why I really can’t believe how I handled those committees in my organization… hahahahaha