This Means War: One Awesome Movie

Rating: 10/5! Awesome! :)

Ever experienced sitting through an entire movie laughing your ass off because it was just so hilarious? Well, if you have watched this movie, you know what I mean. Two spies who happened to be best friends fighting over the same girl? Just genius!

Casting-wise, I have to say that the chemistry between Chris Pine (FDR) and Tom Hardy (Tuck) is so cute (yes, I meant the two leading men. :D) As for Reese Witherspoon (Lauren), I have to say she still looks as lovely as she did back in her Legally Blonde days. I don't even care about the age gap between the three.

Being a fan of Chuck and Nikita, I was excited to know that McG was the one who directed this movie. It was just so freakin' hilarious from the beginning to the end! I'm babbling here because I can't tell you how much I love this movie. Plus, I'm totally crushing on Chris Pine too! Tom Hardy, your accent is awesome (I absolutely love the pun in the movie about him being British).

It was a bit of a surprise when Lauren finally chose because I was gunning for her and Tuck's relationship. But as my friend Karen had pointed out, when they include someone in the cast (in this case Tuck's ex-wife) who would look good with the other guy, the partner-less guy always gets the girl. And to think that FDR was ready to give up Lauren for his best friend too! Well, both of them were actually willing, but of course, we all know how it works. :D

I'm going to cut this review short and just invite you to watch this movie if you haven't done so. Go ahead! You have my blessing. :)

Reviewing The Vow

Rating: 2.5/5

Okay, I know a lot of people liked this movie, and I did too, because it was such a unique story. And it's inspired by true events too! Plus the team-up of Rachel McAdams (Paige) and Channing Tatum (Leo) is just so hard to resist. 

Casting-wise, I don't think anyone else can play such amazing roles other than these two. I don't know most of the rest of the cast though, so I can't say anything about them. 

Story-wise, I kind of think that this movie has no climax. It opened with Tatum narrating about moments, moments, and lots of moments colliding into one another. It was kind of boring for me though. I would love to hear his voice some more, but not when he's narrating like that. And when Paige had the amnesia (it's been so long already, am I still spoiling anyone?) I think she was a little too mean. There was one scene when she went out with her friends and she just let Leo standing there are the bar while they talked about their high school lives. I mean girl! Even if you had amnesia, you could at least be polite to the person who had been trying so hard to fight for you. 

I would have wanted more outbursts from Leo! I mean, if I were in that position and my spouse suddenly turned into someone who hates everything she used to love, heck I would throw tantrums too! But you know what they say, a sick person needs to be pampered. Paige did get A LOT of pampering too. It was just too much.

I expected this movie to be really dramatic. We were actually hesitant to watch it at first, but we succumbed to the call of the big screen at the end. You should know that I am a crybaby, so I expected to cry at the lines that they were going to throw at one another. Imagine my surprise when the only line that made me cry was the one from Paige's uptight stereotypical suburban mother. 

So there. I am disappointed, that's all. 

Dessert Alert! Parvati Review

Rating: 5/5! :)

For some time now, Karen has been asking me to go to this desserts and pasta place called The Parvati Store, which she saw on Facebook. But since we don't like commuting very far often, we tend to keep to Glorietta and Greenbelt to hang out. The nearest Parvati branch was at TriNoma. So when we finally had something to do at TriNoma (Karen attended a wedding planning seminar there), we said we would not leave until we have tried this place!

But luck wouldn't allow us to eat at the small branch since it was always loaded with diners. Their food must have been really popular--not even a single chair was empty! As a last resort, we just decided to get two of their famous desserts to go--macarons and truffles! And I have to tell you, you should try these out! 

Choco Truffles, PhP299. You simply need to taste these! 

Box of 12 Assorted Macarons in four flavors (chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel, and  queso de bola), PhP350

Excuse me for the poor quality of photos. The lighting in our condo is mostly dim and yellowish, thus, flash or no flash, I can never get the quality right. 

Let's move on to the taste. There isn't really anything else to say but that these desserts are to die for! I highly recommend that you get these macarons and truffles home with you. Oh, and it has a long life even away from the refrigerator. Trust me. We had to travel from TriNoma to the Ayala MRT Station, shopped at Forever 21 at SM Makati and spent some time at various shops in Glorietta before we finally decided to come home and eat our desserts. Even then, the desserts were still delectably amazing. I couldn't help but sigh with every bite. 

Because of these treats, now I have a reason to brave the MRT just to visit TriNoma. I will definitely try this again. :)