2nd Philippine SAMPALOC Awards



It has been a Hollywood tradition to honor the worst films every year via the GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS. This (semi) prestigious rite is much awaited by movie critics and hated by the nominees.The one and only non-coveted award in the history of film-making!

Now, Philippines will have its own version through Philippine Sampaloc Awards, honoring the worst, the stupid and the non-sense in local Cinemas!

After months of process, the voting is finally over and the winners have been laid. Find out if your verdict was right.

View the winners of the 2nd PHILIPPINE SAMPALOC AWARDS .

To all who supported the event, let's see each other again next year! And a hell lot of bloody thank you fgrom the moderator!

300, a history


"The violence doesn't bother anybody because it's done in a way that's not offensive," said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. head of distribution. "People love the movie, they love the originality. The best thing you can have for a film is great word of mouth. When the public is selling the movie for you, that's when you have a real success."

The ancient battle of Thermopylae was the stuff of 2007's first certified blockbuster as the bloody action tale "300" debuted with ticket sales of $70 million over its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The number of movie-goers for the Warner Bros. epic "300" outnumbered crowds for the rest of the top-10 movies combined. If the estimate holds when final numbers are released Monday, "300" would break the record for best March debut ever, topping the $68 million haul for "Ice Age: The Meltdown" last year.

"300" played in 3,103 theaters, about 850 fewer than the "Ice Age" sequel, making its box-office performance even more notable. It averaged $22,567 a theater, a whopping number for a wide release.

The total for "300" includes $3.4 million from 62 IMAX theaters, a record opening weekend for the large-screen format.

"300" bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 movie, Disney's "Wild Hogs," which slipped to second place but held up well with $28 million, raising its total to $77.4 million.

"300," adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel, stars Gerard Butler as Leonidas, king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, who leads his vastly outnumbered men against the Persian invaders.

"It's a new-fashioned version of an epic movie. Great, old-fashioned storytelling with all the brilliant use of the technology available to us now," "300" producer Mark Canton said Sunday.

Heavy on violence, the movie had an R rating, normally a damper on a film's blockbuster potential. But "300" wound up with the third-best debut ever for an R-rated movie, behind "The Matrix Reloaded" at $91.8 million and "The Passion of the Christ" at $83.8 million.

300% Excellence!

300 is the biggest and the must-see film of the year!

Now,folks forgive me for I would not right my own review about this incredible creation.I feel like I am not worthy to write about this film(considering that I am still an amateur)and the film is just too great to receive a review from such person with a little knowledge on writing-stuff(and poor vocabulary),like me.:-(

So,all I can say about this movie is:

"... a 2 and half cinematic festival,with rich visual effects,unforgettable,spell-binding,bloodly imaginative,overflowing with cool!,this film is the essence of having an eye,if you are not blind,then you should rejoice this film was created!!"

Now,what you will read below is a review I got from wwww.joblo.com ,the best site for movie news and freebies.The review tells exactly what I feel about this movie,(It seems like the author and I has the same taste on movies,but he was the one gifted with talents in writing movie stuffs),so enjoy fellas.

And don't forget to watch this movie!

Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is the story of the incredible Battle of Thermopylae where King Leonidas leads 300 of his mightiest Spartans to fight against Xerxes and hordes of his Persian army. One big kick ass battle ensues!

O.K., let me catch my breath! I feel like writing the whole review in caps! First off, GO SEE THIS MOVIE NOW!!!! Second, GO SEE IT AGAIN!!! This was a phenomenal movie! Stylish, brutal and you're glued to the screen the whole time! This is what it's all about folks! I walked out of this movie with a big smile on my face, all pumped up and contemplating whether or not I should become a life-long member of Soloflex...that, or shave my belly hair to look like abs! Yes, we've seen the combination of live action with virtual backgrounds i.e. MARY POPPINS (remember the dancing penguin scene??). O.K., maybe that's not such a good reference, but SKY CAPTAIN and SIN CITY are good examples of this "new type" of genre we're beginning to see. The thing is, 300 takes it to a whole new level. I was totally immersed in the seamless world which they created. In fact, they might as well just take all of Frank Miller's graphic novels and make them into movies at this point. This guy has such a unique and original vision that he's breathing fresh air into cool movies coming out today! And oh yeah, did I mention...go see this movie!

Gerard Butler plays the main man King Leonidas. Wow! This role is going to catapult this guy's career! If all coaches for team sports were like this dude...everybody would win! His determination, his loyalty to his country and to his men was inspiring to watch. Butler played the perfect King! Cooler than William Wallace and Maximus put together! There, I said it! The rest of the cast was equally great! All the Spartan soldiers deserve some sort of medal for the most "fit" people in a movie...ever. It almost looked fake, but it wasn't! They were all fit to the bone, even the older characters!

The real highlights were the big battles and visuals though. The battle scenes were epic! Zack Snyder creates something very special when filming action sequences, which I haven't experienced since THE MATRIX. It's so simple, and yet, so perfect. Forget bullet-time effects, this is something completely different and cooler! We're used to seeing action start off in slow-motion and then speed up to either mask an effect or whatever, but here Snyder does the opposite and you, the viewer, get to see everything in one shot, up close and personal! We're talking limbs and heads flying off and these crazy close-ups of a blade just scratching the surface of a helmet with sparks flying. It was brutal, very explicit and every fanboy's dream! It was just awesome! 300, in my humble opinion, has the best choreographed battle sequences to ever hit the big screen! Am I selling this film to you at all? Hehehe...

Finally, the background shots were spectacular even though you knew they were all done in CGI. But that didn't matter because they integrated so well with the whole stylish look of the film with its warm brown colors. Even some of the key shots felt like stills out of a painting. Wow.

So should you go see this movie?!? This is one of those rare films for which the trailer gets you jacked up for the release and then when you do go see it, the movie surpasses even those expectations and blows you away!! Fanboys, the sci-fi geeks, the fantasy guys, the comic book nerds and I think even "regular folk" will enjoy this! Pay full price, wait in line, bring a date, go alone if you have to and buy some damn popcorn because this movie is worth every penny spent. And just in case I'm not expressing myself clearly enough: I loved this movie!

A Lavish Dream


I remember watching the movie musical "Chicago" before and I felt like "Wow!,It's the finest I've ever heard (seen),now comes this movie Dreamgirls,(know what?)...Chicago will just be a long lost memory.

From it's fabulous production number (also designs),the blithe acting of Eddie Murphy,and the luminous performance of Jennifer Hudson as she loquaciously belts the most memorable song numbers in a musical(ever),this movie enamors your deepest emotions and will raise every sensitive hair of yours with each powerful and eerie performances and sequences,from start 'till finish.

Elegant in their costumes,(Beyonce is the most wonderful creature I've ever seen),outstanding musical scoring and compositions,This film was delicately woven and sculptured effectively,from the smallest details (back-ups) to the primed elements (actors),and alas! It's another treasure to keep in the film history.

Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr., who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from backup singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own. Curtis reshapes the group to "crossover" from R & B to the lucrative pop music scene. Lead singer Effie gets replaced by the more attractive Deena and is eventually dropped from the trio. The group evolves into a more sophisticated group, The Dreams, with a lighter sound and chic look. They successfully attract a "whiter" audience and The Dreams rise to international stardom. The money, fame, and adulation, however, doesn't bring them happiness.

"SCENE STEALER"
Jennifer Hudson's superb acting (singing or vice versa) is the life of the movie. She owns the entire film and her opulent greatness in every scene earned her an award from various award giving bodies (including the most coveted Oscars) as the Best Supporting Actress (for me,she should be on the list of Best Actresses but she was nominated as support,I think there were qualifications; which I have no idea). Her version of "And I am telling you I'm not going" is the heart of all the parts,she refurbished the song passionately with no holds barrier.It's a must see.

The film,(even if it garnered 2 trophies (only) at the Oscars recently) is indeed a masterpiece.

"Isn't music supposed to express what people are feeling?" someone asks along the way.

"Music is supposed to sell," Curtis (Foxx)responds.

Vivacious and in some point quiet touching. This movie tells us that money,glamor and fame is not everyting,It only means nothing when your not being with someone and much worse is not staying who you really are.

"All of my life I've been a fool,Who said I can do it on my own,How many good friends have I already lost?,How many dog nights have I known?,Walking down that wrong road,There was nothing I could find,All those years of darkness,Looking for some light...."