What do I look for in movies?

1) It has to be well-made. And by well-made I mean smooth-editing, decent soundtrack, good cinematography, decent directing and non-cliche writing. I hate movies that are made of scenes patched-up together without a good continuity. Seriously those movies should go straight to the trashbin.

2) Good acting. I can't stand nail-on-chalkboard acting. Sorry.

3) The heart. I believe that every movie has to make sense. Even action movies should make sense. All the explosions and flashy what-nots should have a reason behind it that people could understand. In one way or another the audience should be able to interact with the movie.

When these three qualifications are met, a movie becomes my favorite <3 Here are mine, in no particular order:

1) The Notebook. I always say this: It is the best love story ever told. I'd love to find another story on par with The Notebook. It's one of the book adaptations that exceeded my expectations. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams portrayed Noah and Allie rather well; they are such in perfect chemistry together. I also liked that the movie chose to put more background to their love story rather than how it was done in the book.

2) Definitely, Maybe. It's not for Oscars but it's definitely a feel-good movie. Very satisfying. It's kinda like How I Met Your Mother: The Movie. 

3) 500 Days of Summer. "This is not a love story. But it's a story about love." It was an offbeat movie with unparallel narration but it's as real at it can get. At one moment people are so in love with each other and then after some time, they aren't anymore. 

The soundtrack is to-die-for and the movie is like an artistic canvas all throughout. Check it out!

4) Taken. It definitely left a great impact on me: that I shall never talk (and flirt!) with handsome strangers when travelling because no.1) the prostitution showed in Taken is real and no.2) I don't have a badass father like Liam Neeson to save me.

5) Black Swan. This movie is crazy. But I! loved! it!

6) The Classic. It kinda turned into a sobfest during the last minutes, but boy the sobfest worked. Sometimes when a tearjerker is trying so hard to make people cry it looks stupid already (like when all the characters are crying every minute?), but with this one, it totally made me a crybaby! I loved the subtleness of the whole movie. I felt like I'm just going with the flow, like I'm part of it. Plus the cinematography and the OST are goooood.

7) If Only. The message is so clear that we all should take a leaf out of this movie.