Terminator Salvation: My Movie Premiere Experience

The Terminator Salvation Movie Premiere held last Wednesday at Greenbelt 3, Cinema 2 was a blast! This special screening was made possible by Columbia Pictures and TV5 and I got to watch it with my wife and many other friend bloggers. I have watched the three previous Terminator movies and was not really a big fan, but watching the movie made me want to go and rummage for some copy of the first three ones.

On our way to watch the movie premiere of Terminator Salvation, we met some friend bloggers and plurkers, namely Cher and Rochelle. Driving to Greenbelt 3 was smooth, although we did encounter some traffic in the Makati business district area, but over all it was quick and easy. While inside the Greenbelt 3 parking, however, my car's clutch cable gave way and I was forced to drive the car without using the clutch to shift. It was quite an experience but I was fortunate enough to have eased the car into a parking space.

With all these distractions, I was still so glad that I was able to watch the movie which starred Christian Bale who played the role of John Connor and Sam Worthington as the new terminator, the T600. The movie also included a surprise appearance of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator Salvation was action-packed and the graphics were also spectacular. There were some who thought the ending of the movie was quite lame, but I liked how it ended.

The evolution of John Connor in Terminator

But, because of the violence,it isn't recommended for children and that is also the reason why it was given a PG 13 rating here in the Philippines. Over all, I like the movie and I enjoyed it. Even with all the hassle I had to go through, knowing that after the movie my wife and I had to take public tranportation and that the next day I would have to go back to Greenbelt 3 for the car and replace its clutch cable, I still would watch the movie premiere of Terminator Salvation.

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Never Leave your Partner Behind

A week ago, I saw the movie "Fireproof" and was touched and reminded about the commitments I made to my wife. I especially liked the parallelism made between marriage and the job of a fireman which both experience 'fires' and the application given was to 'never leave your partner behind'. I was glad to have watched that movie with my wife and since we both saw how it nice it was, we wanted to share it with other couples at church.

On Sunday night, during our usual evening service at 6:00 PM, we will be having a movie night service at our church in Makati. We invited as many couples as we can and the mother's group in our church will be taking care of the popcorn so that those who will join us for that event can enjoy "Fireproof" and popcorn at the same time. We really thank God for the new Acer X1160Z multimedia projector that we can use in church. We just hope we'd be able to purchase a computer that can be exclusively used for that projector which will be put to the test this Sunday night. This movie night event is free of charge, so if you feel like joining us, our church is located at the 3/F 9642 Kalayaan Talipapa Bldg., Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

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Watching "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Two night ago, my wife and I watched Brad Pitt's movie entitled "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." It is a unique love story and life story of a man who was born with a unique medical case told from Benjamin Button's diary. He movie is quite long, about 2 hours and 19 minutes. It is very interesting and a bit dramatic, a story spanning the different decades of 20th century, giving a peek of the different highlights of the century. The best scenes for me were the times that Benjamin brought important people in his life to watch the sunset which allowed them to view life in a more positive point of view in the midst of life's imperfections. The movie also features actress Kate Blanchet.

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