Author Topic: The Peque Gallaga Thread (Read 124731 times)

jdv1229 · « **Reply #180 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:25 PM »

Quote from: oggsmoggs on Jan 29, 2006 at 10:27 AM

Glad you liked it as much as I did, Jojo...

thanks oggs... Vincent Nebrida told me that only true blue film buffs would appreciate Pinoy Blonde.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #181 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:26 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:24 PM

Wala pa, Jo. Dvds always late here, man. Even the likes of KARNAL, CITY AFTER DARK and the others.

bakit kaya? i'll be receiving my dvd's of Karnal, Manila By Night, Cain At Abel & Ina Kapatid Anak sometime this week. can't wait to see these movies!

keating · « **Reply #182 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:29 PM »

Quote from: Jojo Devera on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:25 PM

thanks oggs... Vincent Nebrida told me that only true blue film buffs would appreciate Pinoy Blonde.

Yeah, agree 100%. One of my cousins who devoured Hollywood flicks walked out from the film.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #183 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:31 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:29 PM

Yeah, agree 100%. One of my cousins who devoured Hollywood flicks walked out from the film.

really? i just wish i saw the movie with you guys... ang sarap siguro ng discussion natin about the film 'no?

keating · « **Reply #184 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:33 PM »

We will debate on it once you come home, Jo regarding Brocka & Bernal. Noel will be the moderator.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #185 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:39 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:33 PM

We will debate on it once you come home, Jo regarding Brocka & Bernal. Noel will be the moderator.

hahahaha! that would be fun... ikaw kasi maki Bernal ka eh.

keating · « **Reply #186 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:42 PM »

LOL! How did you know it, Jo? But in defense of Brocka, most of his films are character driven. Gallaga favors Bernal, that's why I favor him also hehe.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #187 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:44 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:42 PM

LOL! How did you know it, Jo? But in defense of Brocka, most of his films are character driven. Gallaga favors Bernal, that's why I favor it also hehe.

alam ko naman yan kasi Gallaga is one of your all time favorites. di lang ako sure, mas marami yata akong Brocka movies na ipinadala sa yo.

keating · « **Reply #188 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:48 PM »

Gallaga was Brocka's actor in Gumising ka, Maruja & the one with June Keithley, Maya Valdez. The one movie of Brocka which has a long title......can't remember, Jo.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #189 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:51 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:48 PM

Gallaga was Brocka's actor in Gumising ka, Maruja & the one with June Keithley, Maya Valdez. The one movie of Brocka which has a long title......can't remember, Jo.

oh yeah he was in Gumising and Lunes, Martes, Miyerkoles, Huwebes, Biyernes, sabado, Linggo. most of the time he appeared as an actror in Brocka movies.

keating · « **Reply #190 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:53 PM »

Yeah that's it, Jo. Savvy ka tlga hehe. Was that the longest title in Philippine Cinema? Sounds like a Celso Ad Castillo movie.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #191 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 08:56 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 08:53 PM

Yeah that's it. Jo. Savvy ka tlga hehe. Was that the longest title in Philippine Cinema? Sounds like a Celso Ad Castillo movie.

i would think so... hindi naman kasi masyadong mahaba ang Nagalit Ang Buwan, right?

keating · « **Reply #192 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 09:01 PM »

Gallaga's acting career didn't prosper but he was good as the best friend of Christopher de Leon in O'hara's TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS.

Incidentally, one of his all-time favorites.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #193 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 09:06 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jan 29, 2006 at 09:01 PM

Gallaga's acting career didn't prosper but he was good as the best friend of Christopher de Leon in O'hara's TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS.

Incidentally, one of his all-time favorites.

did he really say that? i couldn't say the same for Christopher he hated his performance in Tatlong Taon...

jdv1229 · « **Reply #194 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 09:09 PM »

i thought Peque was also good in Abaya's Rizal.

keating · « **Reply #195 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 09:10 PM »

Gallaga look-up to O'Hara's TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS. Jessica Zafra interviewed Peque in Flip Mag in celebration of Oro, Plata, Mata's 20th anniversary.

keating · « **Reply #196 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 09:11 PM »

Quote from: Jojo Devera on Jan 29, 2006 at 09:09 PM

i thought Peque was also good in Abaya's Rizal.

I always forgot Abaya's JOSE RIZAL. Maybe because Montano was just having a monologue in that movie.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #197 on:** Jan 31, 2006 at 01:32 PM »

Gallaga was excellent in that 1896 TV movie--one of a series Eddie Romero produced. He's a wonderful actor, I think.

I don't blame keats for forgetting Rizal. It's a forgettable movie.

keating · « **Reply #198 on:** Jan 31, 2006 at 01:37 PM »

Gallaga over shadowed Montano in their confrontations in that Rizal flick.

Noel, what was the title of that Eddie Romero series, Noli or Fili?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #199 on:** Jan 31, 2006 at 01:48 PM »

1896. didn't you see it? Mario's was excellent, "Alitaptap sa Gabing Madilim," based on a Lualhati Bautista screenplay. Best of the lot, I thought, and the only one that didn't go overbudget.

keating · « **Reply #200 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 07:22 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jan 31, 2006 at 01:32 PM

Gallaga was excellent in that 1896 TV movie--one of a series Eddie Romero produced. He's a wonderful actor, I think.

I don't blame keats for forgetting Rizal. It's a forgettable movie.

Abaya is a competent filmmaker, more genius than Lamangan IMO. I don't know what went wrong on that bioflick of our national hero.

Was Montano miscast? I still want to see the dvd of RIZAL mainly because of the docu.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #201 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 07:41 AM »

I don't think either of them are geniuses myself; I reserve that term for a very select few--Brocka, Bernal, the two De Leons, O'Hara, Ad. Castillo on his good days.

Was Montano miscast? Jaime Fabregas spoke better Spanish. I'm hardly an objective observer, but I thought Albert Martinez was a genuinely intelligent, intense Rizal. And I can't imagine a Rizal that smirks, the way Montano does.

Actually, Gardo Verzosa, who was a terrible Andres Bonifacio in Marilou's movie, was a moving Rizal in O'Hara's Sisa.

keating · « **Reply #202 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 07:45 AM »

I haven't seen O'Hara's SISA and yeah Albert Martinez as Rizal in Aguiluz' RIZAL SA DAPITAN deserves a respect in his craft.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #203 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 09:32 AM »

Not to mention Joel Torre's enigmatic Sphinx of a Rizal in Bayaning Third World. They're all better than Montano.

keating · « **Reply #204 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 04:50 PM »

If Aga Muhlach pushed thru with the GMA produced JOSE RIZAL, without Montano in the cast, do you think it could have been better Noel, with the same crew headed by Abaya?

keating · « **Reply #205 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 11:45 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jan 31, 2006 at 01:48 PM

1896. didn't you see it? Mario's was excellent, "Alitaptap sa Gabing Madilim," based on a Lualhati Bautista screenplay. Best of the lot, I thought, and the only one that didn't go overbudget.

Thanks, Noel. I'll try to look for both tv series.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #206 on:** Feb 03, 2006 at 04:08 PM »

The story I heard was that Mike de Leon gave Aga some material and books on Rizal and asked him to read up on him. Later, he finds him reading Archie comics.

Was talking to this sexy/beautiful/talented scriptwriter (yes--there are creatures like that, and I'm not telling you who!) once when she was finishing up a script for Aga, and I noticed she was writing in all kinds of stage directions. I pointed this out to her, and she replied "if you don't put in very clear directions, he's likely to bump his head on the door."

keating · « **Reply #207 on:** Feb 04, 2006 at 06:16 PM »

Aga was not good in grasping directions, Noel?

Speaking of O'Hara, I've just seen Brocka's GUMISING KA, MARUJA for the first time. O'Hara was good as Freddie especially before the finale. He stood out during the confrontation scene with Roces & Salvador.

Too bad Gallaga had only a small role in that film. He's thin and sporting a moustache. And Joel Torre had a cameo role as the visitor in the house.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #208 on:** Feb 04, 2006 at 11:29 PM »

Quote from: keating on Feb 04, 2006 at 06:16 PM

Aga was not good in grasping directions, Noel?

He barely has the brainpower to grasp.

O'Hara was okay in Gumising Ka (I thought the real hero was that incredible house). You should see him in Stardoom, Tubog sa Guinto, and above all Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang.

keating · « **Reply #209 on:** Feb 05, 2006 at 01:34 PM »

I'll see TUBOG SA GINTO tonight. Back to Maruja....yeah that incredible mansion house was the real lead in that movie.

Although I've been to my father's hometown only once........Negros Occidental boasts of superb ancestral houses that can beat those in Vigan, Ilocos.

Mike de Leon is still the master of gothic horror. ITIM scares me up to now but MARUJA has some scary moments particularly when the ghosts of Manny Ojeda & Mary Walter appeared to Susan Roces.