Hindi Ka Lang Pang-Akademya, Pang-Aksyon Pa!

“While motorists and commuters may still have to brace for heavy traffic in Manila’s Sta. Mesa due to the filming of the upcoming spy thriller “The Bourne Legacy” on Monday, much of the filming for the day will take place inside a state university.

In a radio interview Sunday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino said much of Monday’s schedule will be in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) campus.

“There will still be shooting on Monday, but most of the scenes will be shot inside the PUP campus so we don’t expect too much heavy traffic,” he said on dzBB radio.” – report from GMA network.

Who would ever think that our beloved Polytechnic University of the Philippines will be chosen as one of the shooting place of the international movie, Bourne Legacy.  It is true that PUP is not just a place for active students but can also be considered by location managers to be a good place for filming. Join me as I present to you this story of mine as part of the 109^th founding anniversary of our University.

Almost half of the movie was shot in Philippines and fortunately, PUP was one of the many outstanding locations they used for this film. Here’s a report from Balitanghali where some of my fellow Iskolars got interviewed regarding the shooting.

The Bourne films are a series of action/thriller spy films based on the character Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss, created by author Robert Ludlum.

All three of Ludlum's novels were adapted for the screen, featuring Matt Damon as the titular character in each.  Damon chose not to return for the fourth film. The character of Jason Bourne does not appear in Legacy, but mention of his name and pictures of Damon as Bourne are shown throughout the film.

Now, Jeremy Renner

Before, Matt Damon

This fourth installment of Bourne now starred Jeremy Renner as the lead actor.

 Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a member of Operation Outcome, a United States Department of Defense black ops program which enhances the physical and mental abilities of field operatives through pills referred to as "chems". Cross is deployed to Alaska for a training assignment, crosses rugged terrain to reach a cabin operated by an exiled Outcome operative.

Official Trailer

 The Blackbriar and Treadstone programs are publicly exposed, leading the FBI and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to investigate those involved. Retired Air Force Colonel Eric Byer (Edward Norton), who is responsible for overseeing the CIA's clandestine operations, decides to end Outcome and kill its agents. Cross manages to survive several attempts on his life and seeks a way to get more chems, as his have run out. Cross eventually comes upon Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz), his last link to gain more chems. He discovers she has no pills but that his physical enhancements have actually "viraled-out" and are now genetically permanent, so he no longer needs those. He reveals to her that without the help of the mental enhancements, he possesses an unfortunately well below-average IQ. 

Eric Byer As Edward Norton

Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing

To avoid this mental regression, and the hunting CIA operatives, the two travel to a factory in Manila and with Shearing's help, Cross survives the possible mortal process of "viraling-out" of his dependency of the remaining mental enhancing pills. They evade additional attempts on their lives and successfully escape from the Philippines on a Junk.

Here's an amazing behind the scenes footage of Bourne Legacy where they featured all the locations they used in the whole movie. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Ci2JgtSmY

Indeed, PUP continues to produce not only globally competitive students, hardworking graduates, but also, a good place where international film could shoot their incredible stunts and actions. Most of the times, PUP campus only featured in TV news if there were rallies going on or if the students would burn chairs, but this time, we were featured in news because we, PUPians starred on the big screen. Happy 109^th Anniversary PUP!

I would like to acknowledge the following websites that i used as a reference for my entry: Wikipedia.com, Youtube.com, GMAnetwork.com and, Google images. Thank you so much!

By: Robert B. Dinopol

Astig at Sikat ka PUP!

This was Intoy's and Jenny's gate to their school which is actually  located at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila

This week was Polytechnic University of the Philippines foundation week. Regard to its foundation week, our group wants to show us what PUP got. One way of showing is its relevant places that seen on the big screen. One of those movies is "Ligo na u, lapit na me" which is actually an indi film.

The story goes this way: Intoy is secretly in love with his friend Jenny, the most beautiful girl in the campus. Jenny is rich and quirky; Intoy is street-smart and ordinary. But this friendship is not simple, sine Jenny has bestowed on Intoy some perks and privileges, including going to bed with her on the condition that they will not fall in love with each other. Before graduation, Intoy feels that he has to shed his pretensions of being astig and finally profess his love for Jenny. But he is devastated to learn that Jenny is pregnant. Worse, Jenny tells him: "Dont worry, this is not yours." This movie is based on the bestselling novel of Eros A. Atalia, Ligo na U, Lapit na Me is an examination of postmodern love and relationship and the way this generation deals with their love and fear. This movie also showed us that sometimes our first love is not our last. That sometimes they just come and go and leave a lesson in our life. Truly, life and love is unexpected. Everyone can guess and wish for what they want to happen but in reality everything is unpredictable and surprise!

Whenever I watched a movie, commercial or a teleserye and I saw some PUP spot, I feel so grateful to be one of the students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. I do also says that "Wow, Sa school ko yan a!" Seriously, I'm proud of it. I just want to say Happy Anniversary PUP! Stay great ;)

by: Maria Aira B. Sobrevinas

P.S Thank you for google chrome, wikipedia and youtube for the videos, images and texts I used. Thank you so much!

Miss You like Crazy

"Tulad ng, kung ga'no mo kamahal ang isang tao.

Madalas nalalaman mo lang kung gaano mo siya kamahal pag wala na siya sayo.

And when you lose that person, you lose a part of yourself too.

Umaasa ka na lang na sa paglipas ng panahon, maibabalik mo kung ano ang nawala sayo. 

O kung hindi na maibabalik ang dati babaguhin nalang ng panahong ang lahat ng bagay.

Pero bakit parang hindi binabago ng panahon ang puso mo?

Bakit kahit kung alam mong tapos na ang lahat pilit mong binabalikan yung simula?

At lagi mong tinatanong, pa'no kaya kung mas minahal mo siya? Pa'no kaya kung hindi mo nalang siya 

minahal? 

Pa'no kaya kung hindi nalang kayo nagkakilala, para mabura nalang sya sa alaala mo?"

                                                                                     - Allan Alvarez (Miss You Like Crazy) 

'Miss You Like Crazy' is a 'ferry tale love story' between Allan Alvarez (John Lloyd Cruz) and Mia Samonte (Bea Alonzo). The two strangers met on a ferry boat, unified actually by a stone. Yes, a stone! Mia, one of the passengers of the boat, was tired and exhausted from work and her ambiguous family. She expressed her pain and hurt by writing them on stones. Allan Alvarez, who was actually seen her lot of times and her stones was attentively watching Mia and her stuffs. One time, Mia consciously left her stone with mournful writings on it, and Allan picked it up. Allan thought she was in suicidal tendency so he interfered with Mia. That's the time they've known each other. 

One of the scenes in the film was taped in Polytechnic University of the Philippines. In the story, the character of John Lloyd Cruz was actually graduated in Bachelor of Banking in Finance. 

Polytechnic University of the Philippines arch at the back :)

"..everybody has to go with the time, except yung pag-ibig. ang pag-ibig may sariling time frame, may sariling panahon hindi yan pinipilit."

To watch the trailer:

(Note: Pictures and videos are courtesy of Star Cinema)

by: Regine Raboy

"KIDNAP" ( Pride of PUP )

"From the movie to a life lesson"

 PUP Sta. Mesa is now celebrating it's 109 years of Excellence. In connection to this, we featured movies related to the celebration of our Sintang Paaralan. So I'm proud to present you a movie which is exclusively directed by my co-PUPian, Mr. Hector Barreto Calma. He also won two major awards: Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for this movie.

 

 

 

The film “Kidnap” is one of the  Two entries from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines that  bagged several major awards in the recently concluded 2nd PNP Film Festival last August 7, 2012 at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

 

Set in the  city of Metro Manila, the story tells a lot about the plight of some of our unfortunate brethren living in the most impoverished and trying circumstances of life.

 

Actor Mon Confiado perfectly breathed life to and undoubtedly sustained such an enigmatic character that solicits so much awe and unperturbed emotional engagements from his viewers.

 

Kidnap is a story of a taxi driver gradually becomes a criminal. Sam, played by Mr. Mon Confiado, who loves his son so much was framed up by a kidnapper.

 

 

 

 

 PUP Sta. Mesa is known for a Political School.  Compare to some school, PUP students are aware for what is going on in our society, specifically for its student activism that honestly, makes me ashamed for it sometimes. This school also has a limited budget so that our facilities is not satisfying one's.

Yet as time passed by, my disappointments turn to pride.

There are many things that i must be pride of such as broke the record of World's Largest Human Rainbow. PUP formed the human rainbow to celebrate the university's centennial.

Producing outstanding students

inspite of the lack of budget and facilities.

(PUPians rank 6th, 7th in September 2013 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination

  PUPians rank 4th, 6th in September 2013 Registered Master Electrician Licensure Examination)

It only a mirror of Filipino idiom, " Ang Kahirapan ay di hadlang sa tagumpay.

And in connection to the movie (Kidnap )  and from that information I read  about PUP, I realized that no matter life seems so unfair, still we will continue to fight. Hindi ibig sabihin nahihirapan ka, susuko ka na. Hindi ibig sabihin kulang ka, hihinto ka na.

At iyan ang pinatunayan ng aking Sintang Paaralan, kapwa ko PUPians,kaya from this I'm proud to say, "I am a PUPian. "

 

BY:MARYA SONYA GAMARA

 

SOURCE:

 http://www.pup.edu.ph/newscenter/?go=913

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14605818-film-review-hector-calmas-kidnap

  https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=KIDNAP+HECTOR&

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wekUOfYv2_w

 

 
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14605818-film-review-hector-calmas-kidnap

 

One of my Favorite Films of All Time: Se7en

David Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself? 
John Doe: [interrupts] A woman... so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this s**tty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever.

It was one of the most memorable lines in the mind puzzling psychological film, ‘Se7en’. Starring with the Hollywood’s finest actors, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey and Gwyneth Paltrow, written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by David Fincher, it definitely rocked the cinemas in the year 1995. It was one of the best crime movie I had ever watched, aside from the films Zodiac (2007) and The Bone Collector (1999).  It left every audience a thrill on their hearts and I am pretty sure the film was tattooed on their minds as well.

The story was all about two detectives, Detective Lt. William Somerset, the veteran one, and Detective David Mills, a rookie and a newly transferred detective. The duo will investigate on the series of murders in their town and they will try to capture the infamous serial killer.

The film was actually inspired by ‘Seven Deadly Sins’, which was written in the various passages in the Bible. The seven deadly sins include pride, lust, wrath, envy, gluttony, greed and sloth. Every victim in the film characterizes one of the seven deadly sins, and it’s the prime basis of the serial killer, John Doe, on who is going to be on his murder list.

The crime was designed according to what sin he was into. The first on his list was the ‘Fat Man’, the one who barely walk due to his massive weight. The cause of the death is too much eating, until he had internal hemorrhage and hematoma. You can have the direct link of his sin to Gluttony. 

Second one is a lawyer, the one who lords the money by lying in the court with all of his breath to give freedom to rapists and murderers.  And that sum up to the sin, Greed.

Other Sins and Murders:

PRIDE

The victim had her nose sliced off and a bottle of tranquilizers glued to the palm of one hand, and a phone to the other, she seemingly chose suicide over calling for help, because of her pride in her former appearance.

SLOTH

A man was shock after coming out of some kind of chemically induced coma that has kept him immobilized in bed for exactly one year.

 LUST

The victim is knifed to death by her (sex trade) client wearing some sort of lethal strap-on device, while a gun is pointed at his head.

The film was intended to be dark that you can actually feel the eerie atmosphere as you watch the film.  The rain and the architecture of the environment gave its audiences creeps and chills which technically added texture to the film. The killer’s brutish and violent way of killing is actually a kind of teaching, or rather, according to Detective Somerset, “He’s preaching.”  Yes, the killer’s killings are actually lessons he want to share to the world. It feels like at some point on his life, he wants to change the world in a way that everyone will definitely remember, and it is the art on his murders. 

What’s in the Box?

The ‘What’s in the Box’ Scene was definitely one of the most unforgettable scene in the history of all films. For me it’s a classic, we are stunned and inquisitive at its best, for it’s like the world we lived in momentarily lost its oxygen, that we need to gasp air with our earnest.

In most crime films and novels, the ending was fairy tale. I meant there’s happy ending like the protagonists captured the killer, or the murderer was killed by the central character, and then ta-dah! Happy ending. But this particular film, they changed the generic way of finale and it’s pretty unpredictable. This is what I love about ‘Se7en’; it can daze an audience on each and every scene throughout the film. And even after the audience watched film, they will tend to think and think and think on how spectacular it was. 

Sources:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100321170842AAiPwrq

http://www.ranker.com/list/seven-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes

(Note:The pictures and videos are not mine. Publishing of these materials are possible through New Line Cinema)

by: Regine Raboy

"Mi película preferida" (My favorite movie)

“Facing the Giants”

                                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMW5xRgBPI

All of us are facing different giants in life. It could be giants of problems in the family, in school, in work place, or in the society we live in.

    

  Admit it or not, when tough times come, we choose to run rather than to face it. This movie will absolutely inspire you and help you to deal with your giants. But first, let me tell you the story.

Plot summary

How to face your giants?

1.        Know your giants

In the movie, before they determine the problem of the team, they first identify and solve the problem within themselves.

Like what         did. He realized that lack of purpose is the problem as well as his foot ball team attitudes.

2.        Know the purpose

 Every trial has its own reason and purpose. Search for it and focus on what is good.

3.        Stretch your strength

 Develop your talents, abilities, and skills at the highest level

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vB59PkB0eQ

4.        Turn your weakness into strength

Ø All of us had its own weaknesses. David, the team kicker, had a many insecurities. He always says he is weak and small. But when he trusted God, that God can turn his weakness into strength, he make up the things he can’t believe that he can do.

5.        From fear to faith

Face your fears, worries, and anxieties with confidence that you can do it by trusting God as the movie portrays

By Marya Sonya Gamara

Source:

https://www.google.com.ph

https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=facing+the+giants&source

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMW5xRgBPI