Author Topic: Filipino films (Read 500866 times)

kakabanas · « **Reply #390 on:** Jun 18, 2003 at 02:02 AM »

I watched Miguelito Ang Batang Rebelde recently. I thought it was a good movie .... very good premise ... even nicer build up to the climax ... except for the anti-climactic ending .. which was big thud. It was like someone just hit a balloon with a safety pin and it popped. It was like Brocka was trying to turn drama into action with VERY miserable result. I'd still recommend it though because of solid acting from the leads especially Nida Blanca.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #391 on:** Jun 18, 2003 at 06:28 AM »

"How about Babangon ako't dudurugin kita"

I had the VCD but Gumapang was so discouraging I didn't watch it. I will, eventually.

"There's this movie scene thats stuck in my mind but I can't recall the film. Dina Bonnevie and Dindo Fernando are in a bathtub (at Legaspi Towers) when Joel Torre barges in and shoots them"

That's Init sa Magdamag! That's a great film, Laurice's best, and one of my favorite erotic films...

Oh, can you put a spoiler warning on that?

RMN · « **Reply #392 on:** Jun 18, 2003 at 03:21 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jun 18, 2003 at 06:28 AM

"How about Babangon ako't dudurugin kita"

I had the VCD but Gumapang was so discouraging I didn't watch it. I will, eventually.

"There's this movie scene thats stuck in my mind but I can't recall the film. Dina Bonnevie and Dindo Fernando are in a bathtub (at Legaspi Towers) when Joel Torre barges in and shoots them"

That's Init sa Magdamag! That's a great film, Laurice's best, and one of my favorite erotic films...

Oh, can you put a spoiler warning on that?

Yun pala yun. Wow! This always happens to me. I watch a Filipino film without getting the title only to find out later that ive actually seen a "classic".

Call me crazy but I kinda liked Babangon even if it deals with revenge and is obviously not one of Brocka's best works (though I've yet to see a lot of them).

Please correct me but is Gumapang the one where Charo Santos plays an Imelda like character?

kakabanas · « **Reply #393 on:** Jun 18, 2003 at 10:28 PM »

Quote from: RMN on Jun 18, 2003 at 03:21 PM

Please correct me but is Gumapang the one where Charo Santos plays an Imelda like character?

Yes ... from the hair to the clothes. There was even a scene where Eddie Garcia was campaigning and they sang a duet. Dead on imitation.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #394 on:** Jun 19, 2003 at 01:55 AM »

Charo's a deliberate imitation. Check out Elvira Manahan's in Bagong Hari--I like that one much better.

kakabanas · « **Reply #395 on:** Jun 19, 2003 at 03:09 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jun 19, 2003 at 01:55 AM

Charo's a deliberate imitation. Check out Elvira Manahan's in Bagong Hari--I like that one much better.

I still like Tessie Tomas' Imelda in that foreign produced first Edsa revolution movie. She can be a good dramatic actress ...

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #396 on:** Jun 19, 2003 at 04:26 AM »

Tessie's a good actress. Haven't seen Dangerous Life, didn't hear good things about it. Teresa Loyzaga (was that her?) did a marvolously demented cameo as Imelda in Eskapo.

Charo's good and all, I'll say that much.

ßartmaniac · « **Reply #397 on:** Jun 19, 2003 at 05:22 PM »

Quote from: kakabanas on Jun 19, 2003 at 03:09 AM

I still like Tessie Tomas' Imelda in that foreign produced first Edsa revolution movie. She can be a good dramatic actress ...

Tomas was even nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Mrs. Marcos in that HBO mini-series. She was there at the awards ceremony but didn't win. Well being recognized was COOL enough!

gurang · « **Reply #398 on:** Jun 19, 2003 at 05:36 PM »

Quote from: ßa®tmaniac on Jun 19, 2003 at 05:22 PM

Tomas was even nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Mrs. Marcos in that HBO mini-series. She was there at the awards ceremony but didn't win. Well being recognized was COOL enough!

A Dangerous Life was required watching for school for some reason. Watched it with my family, and I still remember my folks having a good laugh over the way Ruben Rustia pronounced, Marcos-style, the word "frawd".

I also remember that the film was not shot in the Philippines, but either in India or Sri Lanka. The Manila horizon was dotted with mountains.

Was just looking over the cast list at IMDB. I remember who played the principals, but it also is fascinating to see who played the more minor characters. Tony Carreon played Mitra (very predictable), Rolando Tinio played Cardinal Sin (

), Rez Cortez played Gringo (much foresight in that casting), and most astonishingly, Odette "Mama San" Khan played June Keithley.

It took about thirty years before we started making good and honest films about the Japanese occupation. I can't wait for a decade or two from now, when I hope that we will be making honest and undisguised films about the Marcoses, and why they came to be.

wedge · « **Reply #399 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 09:21 AM »

Is A Dangerous Life available in DVD? The last time I saw it was in Indosiar. Naka-series siya, and I missed half of it.

keating · « **Reply #400 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 10:48 AM »

Quote from: wedge on Jun 21, 2003 at 09:21 AM

Is A Dangerous Life available in DVD? The last time I saw it was in Indosiar. Naka-series siya, and I missed half of it.

It was not yet release on dvd, Bro wedge.

Even in vhs hindi ko yata nakita ito sa mga rental shops.

viper · « **Reply #401 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 12:10 PM »

Got a VHS copy of "A Dangerous Life" from one of our friends here at PinoDVD. However, it was the 'compressed' version (less than 3 hours) so I would still buy if they will release a DVD of the complete series.

keating · « **Reply #402 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 12:18 PM »

Quote from: viper on Jun 21, 2003 at 12:10 PM

Got a VHS copy of "A Dangerous Life" from one of our friends here at PinoDVD. However, it was the 'compressed' version (less than 3 hours) so I would still buy if they will release a DVD of the complete series.

Bro viper was it the original one or re-copy from the television broadcast some years back?

viper · « **Reply #403 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 12:26 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jun 21, 2003 at 12:18 PM

Bro viper was it the original one or re-copy from the television broadcast some years back?

I think what I got was US released VHS but as I have said, it is just the 2+ hour version since everything was recorded in a single VHS tape. I remember before it took us 5 beta tapes to completely tape the series. I fact, I can recall scenes from the series that did not see on the tape as it was heavily edited down to 2+ hours.

RMN · « **Reply #404 on:** Jun 26, 2003 at 09:52 AM »

Lolita Rodriguez will be coming back to do a movie for Viva Films tentatively titled "Filipinas". I hope she isn't too rusty...

JaysonLi · « **Reply #405 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 08:45 AM »

Now some of you here kept on bugging me how Celso Ad Castillo's reimagining of Nympha (2003 starring Maricar de Mesa) fared in the box office.

And to make you guys happy, here are the stats:

NYMPHA (2003)

Total nationwide gross: P32,802,922
Production budget: P8,600,000
Prints/Marketing: P1,300,000
Negative cost: P 9,900,000

Now let's do the math based on my formula:

P32.8 M divided by 2 is P16.4 M.
Then P16.4 M minus negative cost P9.9 M is equals to P6.5 M in NET PROFIT.

Now let's do the formula based on what Noel_Vera mentioned, wherein 1/3 of the gross goes to the producer:

P32.8 M divided by 3 is P10.93 M
Then P10.93 M minus neg cost of P9.9 M is equals to P1.03 M net profit.

I want to clarify that although I get box office figures from our movie studios, these people did not tell me how exactly do they calculate their figures and profit/loss. The formula I use is what I learned abroad many years ago.

Thanks for sending email and questions.

Jayson Li
The Philippine Box Office Analyst!
[email protected]

commentary · « **Reply #406 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 11:43 AM »

hey jason, what's Batang West Side's box office? hehe. just kidding.

do you have Gamitans business?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #407 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 12:17 PM »

Jayson, that formula from abroad is roughly applicable to Hollywood films; Filipino films are among the most heavily taxed in the world, over 22 percent.

The net proceeds should be one third, maybe just a little more.

That figure I'm guessing isn't complete yet. Does it include cable and video sales? If not, add maybe one or two million to the figure.

JaysonLi · « **Reply #408 on:** Jul 09, 2003 at 08:53 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jul 08, 2003 at 12:17 PM

That figure I'm guessing isn't complete yet. Does it include cable and video sales? If not, add maybe one or two million to the figure.

Hey Noel,

Nope, the figures I always put in do not include any cable or video sales. They are all and purely theatrical numbers.

Theatrical statistics is what I am after.

If only all the studios here could be very open, then it would be possible to get all annual ticket sales and all annual admissions so that the average price of movie tickets (as well as overall industry sales) all over the Philippines can be determined.

They've done that in HK, in America, Canada, Europe to name a few and we Filipinos cannot even do that here.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #409 on:** Jul 09, 2003 at 10:45 AM »

They're not going to be more open, and they don't care about being more open, because the BIR can tax the heck out of them.

Like I said, good luck--what you're doing IS valuable, I agree, but they probably don't. And I'd take whatever figures they give you with a grain of salt...

RitchieNolasco · « **Reply #410 on:** Jul 09, 2003 at 09:30 PM »

Revival pala itong Nympha?

Ikaw Noel, could you share with us your views and opinion on this movie and what can you say about Maricar de Mesa?

I read about Nympha in the tabloids and one of the scenes daw has Maricar making love to a tree daw.

Feeling interested ako rito.

RitchieNolasco · « **Reply #411 on:** Jul 09, 2003 at 10:14 PM »

According to Ara Mina, Regal plans to have her star with Kris Aquino and Aubrey Miles in a Pinoy-style imitation of Hollywood's Charlie's Angels.

Stupidly enough however is the current title given to the project, which is "Mother's Angels" (err, Mother Lily's Angels???).

This sort of news is pathetic to hear and it involves 2 big name actresses (Aubrey is simply overhyped and overrated) pa.

Because Viva was able to make local imitations of certain Hollywood hits, make big money and even exceeded the quality of the foreign counterparts (Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw is MUCH BETTER than Notting Hill itself), Regal unsurprisingly jumped into the gaya-gaya bandwagon.

And this is what Monteverde said many months back: "Regal will make only original-concept Tagalog stories for the big screen."

I suppose she excluded Sanib, which is very obviously a poor copycat of The Exorcist.

Looks like Regal is running desperate. Xerex bombed and fell down the cellar in the box-office and Sanib failed to make Monteverde's "Sure to be number 1 grosser in Manila Film fest" prediction come true.

Now Regal will be doing a copycat of Charlie's Angels! Pathetic idea!

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #412 on:** Jul 10, 2003 at 01:36 AM »

Nympha...I was going to say I didn't see it but I think I did, which isn't a good sign. This is the movie where Nympha was killed and there were several suspects? Interesting premise, complex ideas, but really sloppy storytelling (Celso has always had problems with storytelling). A few striking shots. Painful slog, overall. That's about it, I think.

JaysonLi · « **Reply #413 on:** Jul 25, 2003 at 03:09 PM »

Viva's action-comedy Masamang Ugat is doing well in the local box-office despite the negative reviews it got not to mention a somewhat negative feedback from those who saw it.

Budgeted for P18,000,000 and marketed for P1,700,000, MU has grossed P26,492,368 (July 16-23). It's opening gross was P3.9 million.

Jayson Li
The Philippine Box-Office Analyst!
[email protected]

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #414 on:** Jul 26, 2003 at 12:48 PM »

Assuming 26 million gross, they've made roughly 7 to 8 million net so far.

Doesn't sound good. If it goes second week, and it's possible, they might net a few more millions, maybe ten if they're lucky. That'll get them, oh, anywhere from a million to three million net.

Countryside boxoffice is estimated to be half of Metro Manila. That's around four to six million net.

Still in the red. Unless they're exaggerating about the budget, which is possible (is that 18 million an inside estimate, or from a press release?). In which case the budget could be around nine million to ten. In which case they made money.

Who directed it?

RMN · « **Reply #415 on:** Jul 26, 2003 at 11:22 PM »

Willie Milan (?) Who's he???

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #416 on:** Jul 27, 2003 at 03:49 AM »

Action director, usually does Anthony Alonzo action flicks.

Both gay--not that it matters. The to my opinion best action filmmaker in the Philippines is gay...

gurang · « **Reply #417 on:** Aug 31, 2003 at 01:05 PM »

At last night's ABS-CBN 50th Anniversary show, host Ariel Ureta made the claim that from 1973 to 1978, the was the top Filipino box-office star. Any truth or sense to that claim?

indie boi · « **Reply #418 on:** Aug 31, 2003 at 02:02 PM »

I did hear that Ureta was a big box office draw in the 70's though I can't remember the exact words I read in an article on him.

keating · « **Reply #419 on:** Aug 31, 2003 at 06:25 PM »

There was a Filipino movie that I watched many many years ago, during my elementary days where ARIEL URETA is the lead in a trilogy.

The most that I can remember is the VAMPIRE EPISODE where a car hit off the vampire and the glass was broken. Very surreal episode in that trilogy.

Anyone here who can still recall the title but I definitely agree that it can never found anymore in vhs.