"Live a Legacy" campaign

     Adidas Global Brand AMbassador DJ Neil Armstrong launches "Leave a Legacy" campaign here in the Philippines.  He has made waves in the music industry by being Jay-Z's tour DJ and sharing the stage with the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye West, P. Diddy and Linkin Park.

     Adidas has always been a part of my life, since my high school days, I always see to it that I'd wear no other shoes except Adidas.  This because I like their material than other shoe brands which tends to rot away if you don't wear them always.  With Adidas, even if it's a shoe style they released some decade ago, you can see the same style being restyled or repacked in the stores and are still being crazed about today.  This could be one of the reasons why they released Adidas Originals which mainly sold everyday wear like shirts, jeans, jackets, shoes and much more.  Most of which are a legacy themselves like the Samba which is a staple shoe in the Adidas closet.  It's the kind of shoe which evolved just a bit and is still being worn today after years of being released in the market.

     Me and my Angel got the opportunity to be invited to a sunset BBQ party at the Skye Lounge at the Fort area.  The place was a really cozy one and gave us a relaxing mood as we enjoyed the company of our blogger friends and also listen to DJ Neil's mixes.  DJ Neil Armstrong is the founding father of the DJ Collective: the "5th Platoon", and over the last 9 years, he's also become an icon in the sub-genre of Hip-Hop known as "Mixtape Culture" and has worked closely with hip-hop artists like De La Soul, The Roots, Company Flow and Biz Markie, to Kanye West, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and Wyclef Jean.  His mixtapes represent DJ Neil's unique music taste and have been featured in the press, most notably by Rolling Stones, Vibe and MTV.com.

     The party is also a kickoff to a Facebook contest that Adidas Philippines is going to launch. The application is simple, gear up in your Adidas Originals apparel, snap a picture, then post it at www.facebook.com/adidasphilippines and you can win yourself Php 50,000 worth of Adidas products!

Here's a sample of a mix he did that I really liked: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHd4hPZXnOE

Dark Shadows

     Dark Shadows is one of the many movies I have watched coming from acclaimed director Tim Burton and one of my favorite actors Johnny Depp.  I've always liked their movies together like Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.  I always had the liking of how Tim Burton was able to mix the darkness and colors of the films he had made, and how Johnny Depp was able to shine through them with his acting skills.

     In this movie, Depp plays the role of Barnabas Collins, a wealthy playboy that broke the heart of a witch named Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green).  In turn, she killed Josette du Pres (Bella Heathcote) the lover of Barnabas and also turned him into a vampire.  After which she led the town on sealing Barnabas inside a coffin and buried somewhere in the town's forest.  After two centuries, Barnabas is accidentally freed by a construction team.  Puzzled by the new things he's seen, he returns home to his ancestral home Collinwood Manor and finds it in ruins and his descendants, dysfunctional and harboring dark secrets as well.

     The story goes on as Angelique finds about Barnabas' freedom and swore to win his love or be locked up again in a coffin.  Barnabas fights back by rebuilding the family business and win back the respect of the town his family had build so hard, the town of Collinsport.

     It really was such a treat to have watch this movie...  The scenes were as superbly done by the master himself, Tim Burton who was able to yet again make the darkness alive.  The funny antics of Johnny Depp really elevated the scenes, like the love scene they had at Angelique's office or simply him cursing at the McDonald's sign after he got freed.  Every character really played their parts well, even the silent old maid who never even said a single word.

     This movie is a must see to those who want to have a good laugh with the family or a lovely evening with their love ones.

Opening across the Philippines in May 10, 2012, “Dark Shadows” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Dark Shadows: Character Infos

Synopsis: In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.  But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family.  

Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.  The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Green).  

A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.

Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972.  He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin.  The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.  

Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist,

Dr. Julia Hoffman (Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.

Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, 

(Jonny Lee Miller);

her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz);

and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath).

  

The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, 

played by Jackie Earle Haley, 

and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, who resembles Barnabas' long lost love Josette, played by Bella Heathcote.

     

Opening across the Philippines in May 10, 2012, “Dark Shadows” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

The Avengers

     After a few years of waiting, at last I was able to watch The Avengers at SM Megamall last Aug 26th.  And I must say, it was worth the wait!  From the moment the movie started, I had goosebumps all over from the anticipation and thrill.  I was so glad to have been there to be one of the many who waited for this movie of the year!  And I knew that this movie would surpass the gross sale of the top movies from the past, and it did.  Below is the sales it had after it opened in the Philippines cinema and the other countries as well.

“THE AVENGERS” MAKES P281-M IN 5 DAYS, 

BIGGEST OPENING EVER IN HISTORY!

     MANILA, April 30, 2012 – It's the superhero team up of a lifetime. Now, it's shaping up to be the highest-grossing film – for all time!

     “Marvel's The Avengers” rewrote Philippine box-office record books when it grossed a monumental P281-million opening weekend gross nationwide – the biggest debut ever in history, this was revealed by Victor R. Cabrera, managing director of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Philippines.
     “It's practically a box office tsunami that has so far drowned, wiped out and rewritten every local record in its first five days of play,” adds Cabrera.
     Foremost of the records to fall is the highest opening weekend, previously set by “Spider-Man 3” at P236-million (a benchmark set in 6 days back in 2007).
     Since it opened last Wednesday, April 25, “Marvel's The Avengers” has surpassed daily records in its path set by various blockbusters:
     Biggest Wednesday Ever: P56.6-M, beating “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s” P55.4-M.
     Biggest Thursday Ever: P44.1M, smashing “Spider-man 3’s P28.4-M
     Biggest Friday Ever: P45.3-M, outgrossing “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’s” P44.1-M.
     Biggest Saturday Ever: P66.4-M, breaking “Transformers: Dark of the Moon’s” P60.8-M.
   Biggest Sunday Ever: P68.5M, outlasting “Transformers: Dark of the Moon’s” P60.8M. Sunday's receipts for “The Avengers” also now holds the distinction of the all-time biggest single-day gross in the country.
    Other milestones achieved were fastest time to cross the P100-million mark (in only two days) and P200-million (four days).
     With another non-working holiday looming tomorrow, May 1, box office sales for “The Avengers” may be set for more records.
     Playing in almost 500 screens, “The Avengers” posted the biggest sales in SM North EDSA (P17.85-M), SM Mall of Asia (P15.02-M), SM Megamall (P12.51-M), Trinoma (P10.27-M), SM Cebu (P9.53-M), Glorietta 4 (P7.60-M), SM Southmall (P6.76-M), Newport City (P6.64-M) and SM Fairview (P6.63-M).
     Rounding out the Top 20 cinemas are Gateway (P6.06-M), Eastwood (P5.58-M), Power Plant (P5.49-M), Greenbelt 3 (P5.13-M), Festival Mall (P5.08-M), Robinsons Ermita (P4.77-M), Robinsons Galleria (P4.73-M), Alabang Town Center (P4.63-M), Market! Market! (P4.50-M), Shang Cineplex (P4.30-M) and Ayala Cinemas Cebu (P4.27-M).
     Overseas, the superhero film also bowed in 38 other territories and has brought in a whopping $178.4 million since opening April 25. It opened at No.1 in every single one of those territories while setting opening weekend records in many South and Central American countries. Some of the individual numbers include $24.7 million from the UK, $19.7 million from Australia, $15.9 million from Mexico and $12.9 million from Korea.

     And that's not all... in the USA... The Avengers Smashes Opening-Weekend Record with $200.3 Million!

Read more at: http://www.eonline.com/news/avengers_smashes_opening-weekend_record/314126#ixzz1uScGlXF8

Here's an Avengers-revised rundown of the top 10 all-time opening weekends, as compiled per BoxOfficeMojo.com stats:

1. The Avengers, $200.3 million
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $169.2 million
3. The Dark Knight, $158.4 million
4. The Hunger Games, $152.5 million
5. Spider-Man 3, $151.1 million
6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $142.8 million
7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, $138.1 million
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $135.6 million
9. Iron Man 2, $128.1 million
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $125 million

     It had all the action, drama, and even comedy mixed so beautifully that you definitely would be entertained from beginning to end.  You wouldn't even realize the time because of how much you'll enjoy watching it.  Me and my fiance had to watch it again because I insisted we watch it in IMAX.  The first time we saw it was under regular cinema, and I must say it was so much worth the price.  I really enjoyed it so much that I even forgot that I was watching it the second time around!  Each character's portrayal was so amazing and I laughed so hard on Hulk's funny side like after he tossed Loki around and said "Puny god" afterwards.

     I'm even more anticipating the Blu Ray of this movie because it will contain 30mins of extra footage not shown from the movie!  I wonder how long it will take before the sequel comes out?  Would it be Infinity Gauntlet or an Infinity War?