I want to scream. I want to pull my hair out. I cannot keep my mouth shut. That was the worst, uncomfortable two hours I've ever spent in a movie theater. Trish says that it was the worst movie she's ever seen. While I'm sure I've seen worse, this one truly inspires the deepest form of loathing from the pit of my stomach. Am I over-reacting? Go see the movie for yourselves. Let's see if you don't start fidgeting and looking for a way out by minute 5.
The movie was pretentious yet stupid. The story was grasping for a life line as it stumbled its way through bad writing and unnecessary plot elements. I find it funny that in a press release for the film it was mentioned that the film is based on an award-winning screenplay. What I want to know is, Which "award-winning" screenplay are they referring to, and are the writers of the so-called award winning screenplay aware of the foul swill that has come out of it?
Holaina asked "Did they (the makers of the film) show this to their friends? And did their friends just all gush over them and pad their egos? Do these people have any taste???" It was an hour and a half of self-indulgence for the makers of this movie.
And again, quality takes a back seat in Philippine cinema. The editing was HORRIBLE!!!! And the sound was even worse. Obviously the cinematographers and the director tried to go for artsy composition shots, with mirrors, fish bowls, colors and shooting inside grills, but with their godawful lighting, it all just didn't work!
Am I being harsh? And as a student, am I even qualified to say all this? Hell, yes I'm qualified to say all this because I'm part of the watching public! And thank God I didn't have to pay for ticket because I would've asked for my fifty bucks back.
For a while we were thinking, maybe we just didn't get it. Maybe there was something we were missing. For a brief moment we just couldn't accept that anything could be that bad...PERO HINDI PA RIN EH! It was a bad movie! There wasn't any deeper meaning to be had, no secret and slow inner revelation had been inspired...it was just a bad movie.
Saving grace, there was none. Although Jake Macapagal was out of place in the company of such bad acting from the other leads. But even then, it wasn't anything special. I don't think anything could've saved this movie.
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