NW the beast of the southern wild #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Grammar nazis will have a blast watching this film #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Hahahaha ni-blowtorch yung kalan. Kalokang bata #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
“I hope you die, and after you die I’ll go to your grave and eat birthday cake all by myself” #dropmic #hushpuppyout #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Ah ok so literal yung beast. Haha
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Ah the sound of the rain. It’s been too long since I heard that #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Why don’t they just leave? #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
What’s happening? #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Ahhhh so Hushpuppy and her friends are the beasts… Ahhh #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Ah ewan #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Awww hushpuppy 🙁 #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
So, di ko nagets ang #botsw. Although nakakaiyak sya huhu
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
Pero ang galing nung bata! Deserving sa nomination! #botsw
— Aika Pascual (@aikalog) February 17, 2013
AIKA’S TINY NOTES
– I’m not gonna pretend that I ‘get’ the movie. I really did not.
– This film was really poetic. I like poetic movies. I just didn’t like this one particularly. I have no problem with the genre. I am IN LOVE with magic realism. This movie is just, you know, ok.
– The constant movement of the camera made me dizzy.
– I love the POV of the story, though. It’s really child-ish (not childish/juvenile. Just, child… ish). It’s like reading To Kill a Mockingbird, where the narration came from a child. And we see everything she sees. I liked that. That worked really well for me.
– Maybe the POV should be attributed to the little girl, Quvenzhané Wallis. She was beyond awesome. She deserved that best actress nomination. She made me tear up at least half a dozen times. I would want her to win the best actress award because she did a very fine job, err, acting.
– Obviously, I am still picking Lincoln over this, although I am delighted that Beasts of the Southern Wild is nominated. It’s like The Tree of Life – very confusing film, but at least the Oscar people are going beyond the ‘formulated’ films.