When I heard that there would be a third and final installment of Kimmy Dora, I sighed and thought that it was kind of unnecessary.
Fortunately, I saw the trailer and decided to watch the movie. I was so wrong. This was one of the few instances when the trailer leveled with the quality of the movie.
The Kimmy Dora prequel was as relevant as its first installment (Sadly, I never got the chance to see the sequel).
Click the poster to watch the trailer on Youtube.
Warning: Spoilers after the Jump
Yes we can! Yes we could!!
In the next two weeks or so, we become as hopeful as a little boy wishing for a baby brother or as optimistic as a high school student dreaming to make the world a better place. We are neither fazed by the wind of uncertainties nor afraid of the heartbreaks of winter.
In January, we can be anything we want, do anything we like and try to as much as possible make the new year ours.
Because at least in January, the new year is ours.
We scribble neatly (or not) in our new planner notebooks a long list of resolutions. We make vision boards filled from construction paper and cut-outs from old magazines.Will we get all of them done for the year? No but at least in January, we do.
We change our routines and create new personal superstitions. We pass a different route going to work because it’s faster. We try to commit in documenting every day of our lives in a diary. We brush our teeth before going in to the shower instead of the other way around. We realize how much has changed since January of last year and it feels okay. Though there is still regret and bitterness, it is okay because in January, we welcome and accept change.
We read our horoscopes (western and Chinese). We believe that our luck is changing. We think that we are lucky enough to win the lottery so we buy tickets. We imagine what we can buy with the prize money. How much we will donate to charity and how much we will keep. We look forward to find love for the first time or again for the nth time because in January, everything feels attainable.
We dream. We plan. We aim.
1. Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
One side you’re in the 60’s, on the other you’re in the 90’s. But it’s happening in the same block/neighborhood. All at once. And we have 2 decade-appropriately styled Lauryn Hills in the video.
2. Destiny’s Child – Emotion
Three different stories of heartbreak and loss that are seemingly unrelated, then in the end, we find out they’re all related. The best part is when the members switch screens. It also spawned this hilarious parody.
3. Kyla – Nasaan Ka Na (trans.: Where Are You Now)
I believe this local video was inspired by the previous one (and the next). This shows two sides of a relationship that has gone cold.
4. Cibo Matto – Sugar Water
This is my earliest memory of watching MTV (when it actually lived up to its name, by showing actual music videos) and going “OMG,” “WTF,” “How did they do that?” all at the same time. The left side runs normally, while the right side runs in reverse.
5. The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
From the same director as above, Michel Gondry, the father of trippy music videos, makes IMO one of the trippiest videos of all time.
6. Two Door Cinema Club – Come Back Home
I’m pretty sure the director of this video was (at least, partly) inspired by Mr. Gondry. Its concept is somewhat like a mixture of the two previous ones.
7. Zedd – Stay The Night
The most recent video on the list, director Daniel “Cloud” Campos (he’s the dancing guy in it), makes clever use of light bulbs as a teleportation device — one minute you’re in your apartment, the next minute you’re in your significant other’s bed.
8. Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World
Also from Michel Gondry, IMO one of the best pop videos of all time. It’s fun watching the scene loop over and over and seeing the different little details that change. It’s also clever how all the Kylie’s seem to interact with each other and sing together during the chorus.