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Re:Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #120 on: Feb 13, 2008 at 01:20 AM »
I hope anyone of you can help me out.

I just remembered this Lito Lapid Film where he use a knife and place it on the head of his gun where the time he shoot it up it was sliced to two projectile that hit two badguys?

Any Idea of the films' Title
The title of the movie is San Basilio.  Lapid's character is known as Julio Valiente.

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #121 on: Feb 13, 2008 at 01:30 AM »
Typical Sequence of a Pinoy Action Film:

1. The Protagonist is introduced as a very peaceful guy.
2. He will be bullied by goons and will choose not to fight back.
3. Members of his family will be executed by his enemy (example of his enemies are congressman, mayor, Governor, rich and powerful person)
4. He will take his revenge, (he will be bullet proof hehehehe) with lots of ammunitions.
5. He will kill all his enemy during the lengthy gunfight scene.
6. He will kill his main rival last but will have a hard time doing so because his rival is also good just like him.
7. The police will arrive last.

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #122 on: Feb 13, 2008 at 05:47 AM »
?? Doesn't the antagonist usually beat up the protagonist?

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #123 on: Jun 20, 2008 at 01:33 AM »


           I noticed that those lead actors who are not supposed to be killed but had to be shot in the scene are always hit by the shoulders! But if their fate is sealed, they will surely be shot right through the heart!

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #124 on: Jun 20, 2008 at 01:18 PM »
 :)
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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #125 on: Jun 27, 2008 at 04:37 AM »
         

               Why do a character in filipino films always stop the person who is about to leave only to be told, "Wala."
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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #126 on: Jul 22, 2008 at 10:33 PM »


         This scene is not only evident in filipino movies that when someone is hiding from a baddie, he/she can't but help sneeze thereby jeopardizing his/her life! Or alternately, when stumbled on a breakable thing...



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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #127 on: Sep 21, 2008 at 01:45 AM »


       A typical dialogue in Filipino films: "O, ba't parang nakakita ka ng multo?" ;D



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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #128 on: Oct 12, 2008 at 01:25 PM »


       Actors always have to stand up and walk slowly when delivering lengthy dramatic lines.




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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #129 on: Nov 15, 2008 at 10:08 AM »
       
       This scene is staple in local horror-comedy. Usually a leading lady will hold someone else's hands only to find out it's not her companion's but of a severed hand, a zombie or what have you! ;D

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #130 on: Nov 30, 2008 at 12:47 AM »


    "Wala" is probably the most convenient answer when something is being asked in a tagalog movie.

    "O, ano'ng nangyari sa mukha mo?"  "Wala."
    "Ba't parang pinagtakluban ka ng mundo?"  "Wala."
    "Umiiyak ka ba?"  "Wala."
    "Sino'ng nang-away sa 'yo ha?"  "Wala."
    "May problema ka ba? Puwede mong sabihin sa 'kin."  "Wala." ;D



   

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #131 on: Dec 07, 2008 at 12:41 AM »
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All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

There's actually a very good reason for this: No telephone numbers in the U.S. starts with 555. If a phone number has to be said or shown in a movie or a TV show, it will almost always start with 555 to avoid accidentally getting an actual phone number of an actual person. There will be always curious and/or crazy people who will try out the phone number when they get home. And the studio and the production can be legally liable to a lawsuit should the phone number turn out to be real and the owner of the phone complains. Hence, all phone numbers in U.S. movies and TV start with 555.

My contribution to this thread: If the lead character of a Filipino dramatic film is female, she is almost always a passive, mahinhin, sometimes very religious character. 
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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #132 on: Dec 08, 2008 at 02:41 AM »

          When a very tempting proposal is being offered to a leading actress (say, money to buy medicines for her ailing mother), she will at first refuse the offer, but the next scene will prompt her to call the leading man and accepts it.

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #133 on: Dec 10, 2008 at 01:58 AM »
There will always be a scene where the lead characters will have to sing a solo number.  >:(

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #134 on: Feb 15, 2009 at 08:51 PM »
       
        Our old comedy flicks usually has a 'coconut-falling-over-the-head' scene with added funny sound effects once the coconut hit some poor actor's head. This was a staple in pinoy films that has a beach scene.

           
        Movie producers back then doesn't have enough budget
        to post a beware sign when they shoot a beach scene.


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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #135 on: Feb 19, 2009 at 12:13 AM »
        
      In drama movies, a supporting character (usually a father or grandma and at times wheelchair-bound) usually suffers a heart attack and always ends up dead; and it's usually caused by witnessing the quarrels between the bida and the kontrabida.

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Re: Typical Filipino Films
« Reply #136 on: Feb 20, 2009 at 02:54 AM »
     
     Usually in a pinoy drama, a character has the urge to say the years, months, days, hours, minutes when talking. ;D

      In KUNG MAHAWI MAN ANG ULAP

      Rustan (Christopher De Leon): "Isang taon?"
      Catherine (Hilda Koronel): "Isang taon. Ten years, five hours and two minutes!"

      In TO LOVE AGAIN

      Ramon (Charlie Davao): "You're late."
      Candidia (Liza Lorena): "Maybe before but not this time."
      Ramon: "But you're still late Candida. Eighteen years, six months and five days pero hindi ka pa rin nagbabago."


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