Bride For Rent (Philippines Movie)

Released Year & Length: 2014 (2 hours)

Main Cast:

Kim Chiu as Racquelita "Rocky" Dela Cruz

Xian Lim as Roderico "Rocco" Espiritu Jr.

Synopsis:

Rocco Espiritu and Rocky Dela Cruz have one thing in common: they are both in need of money, fast. On the eve of his 25th birthday, the day he’s set to receive money from his trust fund, Rocco parties, gets drunk, and loses all his money on a poker match. Now he has to produce the amount, otherwise he will lose the client he needs to defeat his father’s TV commercial production company. Meanwhile, Rocky also needs money to pay the rent, otherwise her family will be homeless.

The only way for Rocco to get money from his trust fund is to fulfill the conditions set by his grandmother and that is to get married. That's when he meets Rocky who agrees to act as his pseudo wife in exchange for a “talent fee.” With Rocco's tempting offer and Rocky's need for money, the two seal the deal.

As Rocky and Rocco go through their married life, problems come one after another thus, they are forced to reconcile their differences and work with each other. However the real complication begins when feelings start to grow between the two of them. Will they be able to make their agreement work or will they be a victim of their own scheme and turn their whole pretense into something real?

My Thoughts:

To end the year of 2016, I present to you my favourite Philippine Movie of All Time. Seriously, I absolutely loved this movie. I will tell you that I have watched this movie many times over and never got bored of it and all its comedy. Yes, it's a comedy movie. The laughs and everything was priceless and incomparable to any other Philippine movie I have watched later. The synopsis is a bit much in explaining the story but don't let that get in the way because the movie is so much more than the synopsis. This movie is what got me into the couple's works because their chemistry is just in sync.

Synopsis analysis I guess, it is a typical plot of two leads from troubling backgrounds who meet and change each other's lives and slowly get to know each other deeper until what started as something pretend ended up as something authentic and genuine. When those feelings start rotting away on one's conscience, someone has to do something about it and not let the pretense drown one's voice. What breaks this movie away from the cliche is how they overcome problems and start getting to know each other and start being comfortable with each other. Their story is something not to be missed because of the touching moments in this story and being a hopeless romantic, I absolutely loved the interactions between these two. Besides, there's more to the story than just them, something to ponder about and strengthen in our lives. Find out more by watching, hehehe...

One thing I have to make note of is the amazing soundtrack of this story. The scenes of this movie is further enriched by the beautiful selection of soundtracks. My emotions is further enhanced listening to the soundtracks even though I don't understand it. It just perfectly settles the mood of the scene and make the story that much more worth watching. I get to enjoy the movie even more. Well, it is just something I have to say and appreciate. XD 

This may be your simple love story but I find the cuteness of their interactions and the humor which this story gives, an  A+. The surprising advances by the characters and how the character changes for the better is what makes this story even better. I hope you will enjoy this story as much as I do! Because this story is so worth the chance of at least to be watched once! Enjoy!

Love In The Moonlight (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romantic-comedy, Historical, Drama, Coming-of-age

Episodes: 18

Main Cast:

Park Bo-Gum as Crown Prince Hyomyeong (Lee Yeong)

Kim You-Jung as Hong Ra On

Jin Young as Kim Yoon Sung

Chae Soo-Bin as Jo Ha Yeon

Synopsis:

Hong Ra-On disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Crown Prince Hyomyeong. Hong Ra-On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Hyomyeong is unaware that Hong Ra-On is a woman. The Crown Prince becomes interested in Hong Ra-On. His eunuchs become aware of this and attempt to get Hong Ra-On to become one of them.

My Thoughts:

This was an intricately laid out drama with many twists and turns that I absolutely loved and hated at the same time. Loved because of the depth of emotions laid out in the open by the actors and actresses of this drama, hated because of what it takes in the plot to reach those depths. Anyways, besides those other stuffs, there were genuine funny moments in the story, gag and slapstick comedy that truly gives off a laugh while I was watching it.

This drama came out long ago but I would guess the craze is not over yet. It took 18 hours to finish this and it was not 18 hours of pure enjoyment because there were moments when I truly felt I couldn't finish this drama because I could definitely see where any certain scene will lead to and I don't ever want it to materialize into reality. It did unfortunately but I am glad I persevered to see the ending this story deserves because while watching it, I got some historical information from the comments that definitely scares me due to finding out this story had some adjustments to correspond to history but I was glad that the ending was worth it and they adjusted it to make sense of things.

This story overall was filled with cute romance that is just lovely and beautiful just like anything being shone by the moonlight at night. I enjoyed the story despite the darkness behind some things because of how the main characters brings forth emotions in their relationship and their longing for each other. Seriously, the interactions between the leads once they confirmed their feelings is just to die for and lovely. I could just die at the cuteness of their interactions. Hahahaha.....

This is a drama that must not be missed and has to be in the list of dramas to watch. Besides, it entered the year's list of main actors who dramawatchers' fell in love with in 2016.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Thai Movie)

Other Names: First Love

Released Year And Length: 2010 (2 hours)

Main Cast:

Pimchanok "Baifern" Lerwisetpibol as Nam

Mario Maurer as Chon

Synopsis:

The ordinary 14 year old girl Nam is unattractive or in simple terms...ugly. But she's always been secretly in love with an older guy in grade 10 called Chon, the most popular student in high-school. He's hot, perfect and generous, and that's what makes girls go crazy about him, including Nam too. But she doesn't give up easily. She tries to do everything to make her get noticed by the boy she loves, in the hope of him turning around to look at her just one more time.

My Thoughts:

This movie was pure lovely and relaxing to watch. I don't know whether relaxing is suitable because right now my vocabulary is limited to think of a suitable pair for lovely but damn, this movie was just Thai-like for sure. Thai-like as in teaching its viewers, life lessons and moral values that works because Thais are just great at implementing any human values into their works and it blends perfectly to the story and enliven the story even more. The synopsis is just perfect at explaining the story in a way that intrigues you to see what exactly this girl did to earn the attention of her crush and the funny antics she did in that journey which will surely make for good humor amidst the slow but fluffy flow of the story.

On to the synopsis analysis, the crush in this story is so cute and relate-able to the max because who never had the experience where they liked someone and thinks that they are not really that worth the attention and wants to make a change so that the crush will notice them and finally make their life more beautiful. Because that's just it about this story, it relates the story that most people went through and enriches it with values and comedy. Now, that's a story I want to watch for sure because I understand the character and can empathize with the character and seeing the story makes me want to root for the character as if the character was my friend. And it's not just earning the crush attention at stake here, well, watch the movie to find out what else drives her to work hard.

Expect cute advances and jaw-dropping humor also the amazing things that this girl did, when a character pours so much hardwork, you can't help but be proud of her. This is a cute and lovely movie, worthy of being produced by Thais and fun fact, it is based on a true story and I am serious. Won't it be lovely to watch a movie about a real life person's journey which just proves how relate-able this story is because a single person's story won't be enough to garner attention right? Anyways, enjoy!

Jealousy Incarnate (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romantic Comedy. Drama, Family

Episodes: 24

Main Cast:

Gong Hyo-Jin as Pyo Na Ri

Jo Jung-Seok as Lee Hwa Shin

Go Kyung-Pyo as Go Jung Won

Synopsis:

Weather caster Pyo Na-ri and news anchor Lee Hwa-shin are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri has had a crush on Hwa-shin three years ago but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won, a chaebol heir and close friend of Hwa-shin.

My Thoughts:

I just barely binge-watched this drama for a few episodes and I'm hooked. The synopsis is so unfitting of the drama itself which is actual reason why I held off watching this drama in the first place but Jo Jung Seok's cameo in LOTBS and the commenters got me into watching this drama finally and glad I did. I do have to mention I have a slight problem getting used to Go Kyung Pyo's character in this drama since in previous works where I seen him, he plays off the funny, goofy and fun character and the image of him is totally opposite and I do have to say gives off a different charm to him in that manner. I'm like finally seriously noticing him when he's all serious like that. 

On to the story, it is seriously comedic, sometimes exaggerated and sometimes plain funny. I just can't hold on my laughter on the plain funny ones and the huh? at the little exaggerated ones, and exaggerated that it's weird. Anyways, the story is plain intriguing and I'm liking how I am always like "Go, Pyo Na Ri, go!", I am seriously rooting for this character who I saw is plainly underrespected and misunderstood and the times when she stood for herself is when I'm feeling super proud and happy. 

There are so many love triangles in this story that I'm enjoying it but there are too many characters that I get lost as they never gave way to truly explaining a character, it made me like I don't care who you are, let's just get on with the story. The ties between each character is still vague at this point and I can't wait under they fully developed each character correctly because though I am blur about the characters, they are slowly revealing layers of the characters which give them a whole outlook and image that I am intrigued to discover more of what's hidden inside.

The romance parts haven't officially started yet and the fun parts are not reached yet based on news I got while this drama was still airing. And I am excited for those to come because the pace is still endurable at this rate and I can't wait until I don't need to endure anymore. But at this point, the cuteness is still so so cute and the whole "I am definitely not in love with her" act is making it more bearable to watch. The little sparks in between scenes is just divine haha.. 

The story is just getting started and I can't wait for it to start. If you haven't watch this drama, then come watch, because it is super worth it. Besides, you can marathon it to the end while waiting for your other dramas to release new episodes like I did. ENJOY!!