Movie Trivias

James Bond is considered by many of the author’s biographers as the romanticized version of Ian Fleming who was a womanizer himself. They both went to the same school, same career paths of Naval Commander, loved the same foods namely scrambled eggs and coffee and had the same stature (height). Fleming admitted that his work was indeed inspired somewhat by his service in the Navy’s Intelligence Division of the Admiralty which Fleming actually ranked in the UK Navy. His parents are Andrew Bond, a Scotsman and Monique Delacroix from Canton the Vaud, Switzerland, which were revealed in the novel Her Majesty’s Secret Service. His father being a Scot inspired praise for Sean Connery when he took over the role as James Bond.

The movie was directed and the main character played by Mel Gibson. The movie was part historic and part movie fantasy for it depicts the War of Independence by the Scots who were fighting the British as they overtook their land. Then another lady character in the persona of Queen Boudica, also had the same exploits, this time a woman who takes over the throne of his slain king husband in the war against the invaders. Many of these movies depict actual facts based on historic accounts of epic battles which were to become history. Sir William Wallace, the true Brave Heart was the historic figure behind the movie and was portrayed by Mel.

Hailed as one of the most memorable and accurate epic war movies of all time, the gory and accurate opening scenes of the invasion was so accurate veterans broke in tears prompting the Defense Department’s office of Veterans Affairs to put up a toll-free 800 number for counseling. The movie was hailed as too violent and gory that many countries wanted the film’s graphic scenes cut. Spielberg stood firm opting not to release the film in countries that wanted editing. He also insisted that the film be released uncut even if review boards issue cuts and revisions in accordance with ratings.
There are many unknowns about the film, one of the best is that it was the last (very last) film edited using traditional cut and pasting of the film negatives. Known as linear editing, the scenes are viewed, literally cut and taped together which results in a master negative from which the actual film rolls are made from. The actors all received a few weeks of boot camp except Matt Damon so their resentment of him not getting battered and bruised would show in the film. The opening invasion scene also showed two actual landing crafts that were used on D-Day. The two German Tiger tanks seen in the final battle were actually Russian T-34 tanks made to look like them.

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Anime fanatics gone “banzai!” as a new piece of Shojo anime masterpiece just reached Philippine T.V.’s shores and is currently a hit among otakus. It is a crazy mix of romance, comedy, friendship and pure hardcore silliness that will surely tickle the anime-lover kid in you.

The story revolves around Sunako Nakahara, a not-so-typical female protagonist that is actually a fan of the dark and creepy things instead of the usual sweet and fair stuff you see in most stories. That’s twist enough but there’s more: she actually has to live in a big mansion with four super handsome guys until she becomes a “real” lady.

Yes it sounds as if it’ll be super romantic and all, but believe me, it’s more of light, innocent fun than whatever you’re probably thinking of. Actually, it’s stress-relieving to watch, take me for my word.

It’s now airing at TV5 every Mondays to Thursdays at 6:30 pm and every Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00-6:00 pm. Try and watch it!