Author Topic: Filipino films (Read 498273 times)

rse · « **Reply #2340 on:** Mar 10, 2010 at 02:55 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Mar 09, 2010 at 05:04 PM

Lino Brocka in San Francisco; Paul Morales' Concerto (2008)

Concerto is a great "war" film. It's up there with Oro, Plata, Mata and Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2341 on:** Mar 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM »

Oro Plata, yes. Tatlong Taong--er...

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2342 on:** Mar 10, 2010 at 06:35 PM »

Miss You Like Crazy (Cathy Garcia-Molina, 2010)

rse · « **Reply #2343 on:** Mar 11, 2010 at 03:50 AM »

Quote from: oggsmoggs on Mar 10, 2010 at 06:35 PM

Miss You Like Crazy (Cathy Garcia-Molina, 2010)

Cathy Garcia Molina is one of the better mainstream directors in Star Cinema's camp. As I wrote before I like her more than Joyce Bernal.

rse · « **Reply #2344 on:** Mar 12, 2010 at 04:46 AM »

I Love You...Goodbye (Laurice Guillen)

An ok drama, I'm a bit disappointed since it's a Laurice Guillen movie. They should have worked a little bit more polishing the script and Gabby needs to learn to act again. He's so stiff in this movie.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2345 on:** Mar 12, 2010 at 01:17 PM »

I was going to say Gabby did good in Manila By Night, but I remembered that was William Martinez, another pretty boy but far more talented. For some reason I keep confusing the two.

rse · « **Reply #2346 on:** Mar 14, 2010 at 02:54 AM »

Bente (Mel Chionglo)
Missed opportunity. I've been longing to see a well-made political drama so I was looking forward to this one. I was disappointed. It's boring, unexciting and poorly written.

Ded na Si Lolo (Soxie Topacio)
Not the best movie I've seen this year but it's quite enjoyable.

R2 · « **Reply #2347 on:** Mar 14, 2010 at 05:30 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Mar 12, 2010 at 01:17 PM

I was going to say Gabby did good in Manila By Night, but I remembered that was William Martinez, another pretty boy but far more talented. For some reason I keep confusing the two.

I haven't seen a lot of William Martinez' films, but i agree with you that he was quite good in City After Dark. It was a daring role (there was that kissing scene), given his matinee idol status at the time. As for Gabby, he was very bankable and critically-acclaimed during the early 90s (he received an Urian Best Actor for Laurice Guillen's Tayong Dalawa). And then that film festival fiasco happened...

rse · « **Reply #2348 on:** Mar 15, 2010 at 02:14 AM »

T2 (Chito Rono)
Very watchable, albeit thoroughly disposable horror-suspense movie. And please stop using CGI if it's not going to be done properly. It's just waste of money.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2349 on:** Mar 15, 2010 at 10:40 AM »

how does it compare to say Spirit Warriors 2? Which I liked, for the record.

halvert · « **Reply #2350 on:** Mar 15, 2010 at 03:43 PM »

Quote from: rse on Mar 15, 2010 at 02:14 AM

T2 (Chito Rono)
Very watchable, albeit thoroughly disposable horror-suspense movie. And please stop using CGI if it's not going to be done properly. It's just waste of money.

I had a problem with the part of the movie when Maricel brought the kid to T2 and the new guardian wasn't there. That should have made alarm bells ring for Maricel. How can a person be a good adoptive parent if one can't even show up to meet her on time? Also, Maricel should have the guardian's cell number. It's practically impossible to not have a cellphone now in the Philippines.
And yes, CGI was rushed, sloppy. The enchanted world looked like HK disneyland.

rse · « **Reply #2351 on:** Mar 16, 2010 at 12:48 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Mar 15, 2010 at 10:40 AM

how does it compare to say Spirit Warriors 2? Which I liked, for the record.

I've seen Spirit Warriors 2 a long time ago, I've forgotten most of it.

Quote from: halvert on Mar 15, 2010 at 03:43 PM

I had a problem with the part of the movie when Maricel brought the kid to T2 and the new guardian wasn't there. That should have made alarm bells ring for Maricel. How can a person be a good adoptive parent if one can't even show up to meet her on time? Also, Maricel should have the guardian's cell number. It's practically impossible to not have a cellphone now in the Philippines.
And yes, CGI was rushed, sloppy. The enchanted world looked like HK disneyland.

The bad CGI threw me off the movie. At it's best it reminded me of Rosemarie's Baby. I also liked that this time they featured the beautiful countryside of the Philippines, instead of the usual Star Cinema approach which is to go abroad.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2352 on:** Mar 16, 2010 at 10:03 AM »

Spirit 2 was mostly comic, and mostly--Vhong Navarro, wasn't it?

Klaus Weasley · « **Reply #2353 on:** Mar 21, 2010 at 07:38 PM »

Anacbanoa (Christopher Gozum) *** - I saw this film at the Alex Tioseco/Nika Bohinc series of screenings at Fully Booked, The Fort. The star rating is purely arbitrary. I have very much mixed feelings about this film. On one hand, I deeply appreciate its artistry: The cinematography, what the filmmaker is trying to do (mixing poetry with beautifully shot documentary images). On the other hand, I also feel like dismissing it as pretentious drivel. Either way, it's an interesting film.

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2354 on:** Mar 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM »

Thanks for coming, Klaus. Hope you could have stayed behind for the Q&A.

halvert · « **Reply #2355 on:** Mar 29, 2010 at 09:02 PM »

tanong lang: bakit nagpapalabas ng mga classic pinoy films like Himala, Ina kapatid anak, Itim, etc. noon sa channel 2 pag holy week? ibig sabihin ba na parang penitensya manood ng pelikulang hindi gawa ng star cinema?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2356 on:** Apr 01, 2010 at 12:32 PM »

Lino Brocka and other Filipino films at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, 2010)

The Green Zone (Paul Greengrass, 2010)

Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)

The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009)

The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2357 on:** Apr 05, 2010 at 06:23 PM »

Ateneo Video Open 11: Short Narrative Finalists

indie boi · « **Reply #2358 on:** Apr 06, 2010 at 03:14 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Apr 01, 2010 at 12:32 PM

Lino Brocka and other Filipino films at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, 2010)

The Green Zone (Paul Greengrass, 2010)

Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)

The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009)

The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)

Hey, Noel. You should probably post a link to your article in last month's issue of Rogue. That was a good read -- and a new picture, hehe.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2359 on:** Apr 07, 2010 at 10:02 AM »

They took forever posting that. I finally gave up and forgot about it. Will do.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2360 on:** Apr 07, 2010 at 10:21 AM »

Hi, indie, do you have a link to that? I searched around their website--reviews: film, features: film, even used the search function but nada.

indie boi · « **Reply #2361 on:** Apr 07, 2010 at 02:58 PM »

Sorry, I don't have a link. I actually read the article on the mag itself. I was hoping you had it stashed somewhere online.

The PDVD guys really should read it, it will give pause to the people who worship at Cameron's, ehem, Altar.

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2362 on:** Apr 07, 2010 at 08:25 PM »

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 07, 2010 at 02:58 PM

Sorry, I don't have a link. I actually read the article on the mag itself. I was hoping you had it stashed somewhere online.

The PDVD guys really should read it, it will give pause to the people who worship at Cameron's, ehem, Altar.

True. Our friends from CinemaOne should read it too, so they can start releasing their films on DVD. Whatever happened to Confessional, Sherad's films, etc.?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2363 on:** Apr 08, 2010 at 11:13 AM »

Yeah. The Rogue folks promised it would be posted sometime last March. I suppose I could just put it up myself.

indie boi · « **Reply #2364 on:** Apr 10, 2010 at 09:36 AM »

Rogue's online component is not well managed at the moment. I was supposed to help them fix it but my boss decided to back out at the last minute.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2365 on:** Apr 10, 2010 at 02:30 PM »

The search function is crap, I can't find anything on the website, and the drop down menus seem redundant and circuitous. I can't navigate through the thing if I had a GPS system.

Klaus Weasley · « **Reply #2366 on:** Apr 10, 2010 at 06:19 PM »

Mario O'Hara's Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos is available on DVD (with a blurb from you, Noel, I saw). Is it worth a blind-buy?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2367 on:** Apr 11, 2010 at 02:00 PM »

I...don't know. I hear the transfer's okay, not great, it has no features or subs. If that's the only way you can see it, I guess, but I'd wish you could at least see a projected or at least clear print.

Mind you I do think it's great and all, but I've learned to at least consider how people might react to, say, a fuzzy video image. A pain, but there you are.

rse · « **Reply #2368 on:** Apr 11, 2010 at 03:06 PM »

Quote from: Klaus Weasley on Apr 10, 2010 at 06:19 PM

Mario O'Hara's Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos is available on DVD (with a blurb from you, Noel, I saw). Is it worth a blind-buy?

I have this on DVD. There are no chapter stops. No subtitles. It includes a photo gallery. The transfer is good for its age (pinoy standard). And of course it's a great movie and it's the only legit transfer that's available out there (of course it's also available on VCD). It's reasonably priced. Buy now.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2369 on:** Apr 12, 2010 at 03:59 AM »

If he says so, then I'd say go for it.