I watched Griffin and Phoenix last night at the UP Film Center.
It was supposed to be a post valentine date with my friend Kathy. She backed out the last minute. She was in the hospital visiting a relative who is dying of cancer. I sent her text message pointing out how insensitive she was with my feelings. I set the date years before just so she could clear all her appointments, only to be stood up on the very date itself. .
Our text exchanges went:
Kat: So sorry, I can’t make it. My uncle is dying. (smiling face)
Me: You chose your relative dying of cancer over your best friend?
Kat: The doctors said he has only a few days to live. We never thought his cancer cells spread faster than his doctors predicted (smiling face)
Me: The movie will run for just a day. Your uncle will still be alive tomorrow. Go run. You can still make it.
Kat: (smiling face)
Kat understands my irony. Although what bothered me was her constant use of smileys as if her spending time with his dying uncle was something normal or casual like say, playing billiards with him.
I already made a commitment. I promised my cousin to watch the movie sponsored by their organization for a fundraising. I bought two tickets, sayang din. I tried to invite my other cousin who is incidentally staying with us while waiting for his flight abroad (he will be working in Dubai as an Engineer) but he refused. He can’t stand romantic movies unless there are lots of nudity or he is with his girlfriend. I had to bribe him; I promised him lifetime supply of isaw and red horse. He agreed although I could sense later he regretted that decision.
Imagine two grown men watching a sentimental and extremely melodramatic love story of Griffin and Phoenix, surrounded by smooching couples in a theater.
Griffin And Phoenix is a love story about two people who face a seemingly insurmountable obstacle that may stand between them – their impending death. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Griffin decides to take his life by the reins and have some fun before he dies.
With time working against him, he meets and falls in love with Phoenix — but he soon discovers that she, too, is dying of cancer. They have a last chance at love so they decided to celebrate together life and luuuv. So they went out chasing speeding freight trains, sneaking into a theater from the backdoor, skydiving, splashing salt water with each other in a beach shore, climbing water reservoirs tower only to scribble their love with each other, and having sex on a clock tower. They also engaged in an unbridled passionate sex which lasted until morning with only 10 second coffee brakes.
Toward the end of the movie one of them is dying in a hospital. At this point be ready with those cheesy and bloodcurdling declarations of love. Or if you’re hopelessly romantic bring tranquilizers because you will be induced to intense lachrymal exhaustion. Although personally, I wished Phoenix would just turn herself into, well, Phoenix and burn Griffin into ashes so that we could all go home now.
So there.
It was supposed to be a post valentine date with my friend Kathy. She backed out the last minute. She was in the hospital visiting a relative who is dying of cancer. I sent her text message pointing out how insensitive she was with my feelings. I set the date years before just so she could clear all her appointments, only to be stood up on the very date itself. .
Our text exchanges went:
Kat: So sorry, I can’t make it. My uncle is dying. (smiling face)
Me: You chose your relative dying of cancer over your best friend?
Kat: The doctors said he has only a few days to live. We never thought his cancer cells spread faster than his doctors predicted (smiling face)
Me: The movie will run for just a day. Your uncle will still be alive tomorrow. Go run. You can still make it.
Kat: (smiling face)
Kat understands my irony. Although what bothered me was her constant use of smileys as if her spending time with his dying uncle was something normal or casual like say, playing billiards with him.
I already made a commitment. I promised my cousin to watch the movie sponsored by their organization for a fundraising. I bought two tickets, sayang din. I tried to invite my other cousin who is incidentally staying with us while waiting for his flight abroad (he will be working in Dubai as an Engineer) but he refused. He can’t stand romantic movies unless there are lots of nudity or he is with his girlfriend. I had to bribe him; I promised him lifetime supply of isaw and red horse. He agreed although I could sense later he regretted that decision.
Imagine two grown men watching a sentimental and extremely melodramatic love story of Griffin and Phoenix, surrounded by smooching couples in a theater.
Griffin And Phoenix is a love story about two people who face a seemingly insurmountable obstacle that may stand between them – their impending death. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Griffin decides to take his life by the reins and have some fun before he dies.
With time working against him, he meets and falls in love with Phoenix — but he soon discovers that she, too, is dying of cancer. They have a last chance at love so they decided to celebrate together life and luuuv. So they went out chasing speeding freight trains, sneaking into a theater from the backdoor, skydiving, splashing salt water with each other in a beach shore, climbing water reservoirs tower only to scribble their love with each other, and having sex on a clock tower. They also engaged in an unbridled passionate sex which lasted until morning with only 10 second coffee brakes.
Toward the end of the movie one of them is dying in a hospital. At this point be ready with those cheesy and bloodcurdling declarations of love. Or if you’re hopelessly romantic bring tranquilizers because you will be induced to intense lachrymal exhaustion. Although personally, I wished Phoenix would just turn herself into, well, Phoenix and burn Griffin into ashes so that we could all go home now.
So there.
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