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Honestly, Years ago, I was not into Tagalog Movies when it comes to watching them in Theatres that will worth PHP 150-190 for a single ticket entrance. But for Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and for the love and support of Movie Industry, I started enjoying them in Cinemas with friends and families. This year, movie goers can choose from these Eight entries in different genres such as Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Suspense, Romance, Musical, Biography and Epic.
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| MMFF 2013 Entries. Credit: MMFF twitter account |
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir
There was a special screening of this Movie last December 19 at SM City Cebu Cinema One with Media, Bloggers, Church personnel and other invited Guests and Casts of the movie. Personally, I prefer to watch movie with a special taste on Entertainment and Comedy as we need to chill and smile after those heavy problems and disasters that Philippines encountered but this film did change my MMFF Movies' view as an audience.
LIKE: First of all, the film's Cinematography deserves a standing ovation as it gives Philippines' tourism plus points. This film gives spotlights to the supporting casts which I noticed came from Indie Films like Andrew Schimmer (Project X and Eskandalo), Mercedes Cabral ( Thirst (2009), Thy Womb (2012) and Hiyas (2012) ), Johnron Tañada (Kubli) and others.
For the main cast, I was indeed moved by Rocco Nacino's portrayal of San Pedro Calungsod. Minus his wig and "Bisaya" pronunciation, Roco did a great job and the acting is somehow natural. Spanish character of Christian Vasquez ( Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores) is convincing and I bet if you're not a Filipino, you might see him as a real Spaniard Priest. And my hats off to Robert Correa as Maga'lahi Hirao, He played the role very well which give viewers the urge to somehow hate him in a worst manner (if you know what I mean).
Kudos to writer/director Francis O. Villacorta of pulling this list of great casts and educational movie.
DISLIKE: First as mentioned, I don't like Rocco's wig, it's not natural. Alvin Aragon pronunciation of "bisaya" scripts are irritating most especially that line of "Naka-ihi na hinoon ko sa akong purol." Some scenes don't give viewers idea what were those all about and some have lack of presentation. (But I still like this movie)
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Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy
On the first day of MMFF 2013 showing, December 25, together with friends, I queued myself in SM City Cebu Cinema One entrance just to watch this much anticipated Box-Office Film among the MMFF entries. Indeed, the ticket which is PHP 195.00 worth the wait and standing positions were all over the available space inside the Cinema.
LIKE: As we expect, Vice Ganda who plays the roles of Girlie/Peter/Mark/Panying Jackstone really did a great comedy job. His jokes are new and punch lines were done in the right timing. I wasn't excited to watch this film but my friends were. One of the best and funny scene I love most was with Bakla and Janitor taken in a Mall in which Bakla was looking for a job and got this funny interaction with the Janitor, ooops Spoiler alert!
Aside from Vice Ganda's comedy act, Diamond Star, Ms Maricel Soriano had left viewers crying in some drama scenes. Those serious Family encounters and problems were natural. For sure Block Buster director Wenn V. Deramas has juiced out the casts' bestest acting in this film.
DISLIKE: If you were able to see it's trailer, it's not really convicing to watch plus the jokes and comedies were not that humorous as we expect. I noticed there were scenes which are fake where all Vice Ganda characters need to show and do some interactions. Fake in the way that the eyes of a certain character does not actually give conversation to the other characters. But I believe if properly edited, those were perfect!
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Synopsis [Wikipedia]:
It tells the story of quadruplet siblings played by Vice Ganda which the girl and the boy grew in the custody of their rich father while the "bakla" (Mark) and "tomboy" (Panying) grew in their poor mother.
But destiny makes a way to make their paths cross in an unexpected way. Two of them meet in the mall (The girl, (Girlie)and the Gay, (Mark), wherein one of them was arrested after being mistaken as the one who shoplifted an item. But when things got wrong, Dad reveals they are not just twins, but quadruplets. As the four of them meet and their parents confess the truth as to why they were parted, they will be facing another challenge as one of them is in need of a liver transplant. (Peter)
But since they’ve been separated for a long time and grew apart, there will be hesitations if saving the life of the other really matters.
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Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel
Before our Friends watched GBBT, we did Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel first. But disappointment was encountered.
LIKE: Action scenes between characters were amazing. I was not expecting Eugene Domingo can pull off such great karate moves. Comedy scenes in which Kimmy and Dora started taking different kinds of Jobs from their company were indeed funny and so Laughing-Out-Loud. Rodin Bartoletti (played by Sam Milby) was also outstanding his character, not to mention the skills he showed in this film. The outfit of Kimmy and Dora are adorable, yes I included it here in the review.
DISLIKE: There are "LOL" scenes but most of the time, there were jokes which are hardly absorbed by viewers. Angel Aquino's character is very expected to be the movie's villain (ooops, sorry but it's so predictable) so with Sam Milby's character.
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My Little Bossings
So, yesterday I had a movie date with cousin and younger brother with "My Little Bossings" and it was a disappointment to the highest level.
LIKE: Story-wise, My Little Bossings is a family oriented film. Lessons like Father and Daughter love and love to children is a plus. Ryzza Mae Dizon's wittiness complement's Baby James boring acting skills. Kudos to Aiza Seguerra outstanding performance.
DISLIKE: Kris Aquino and Baby James's actings are plain and lame. It's better for Vic Sotto to be with Enteng Kabisote's Film than this - it's his worse movie ever! Film's Sponsors have so much exposure than it's story, it's distracting!!! Some scenes are better to be off out of the film, they just don't make sense.
Schedule to Watch this week:
Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay
Boy Golden: The Arturo Porcuna Story
Kaleidoscope World
10,000 Hours
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