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The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« on: Dec 21, 2014 at 11:23 PM »
Who's going to watch?

*     “Bonifacio: Gusto mo ba siyang makilala?”
Robin Padilla
Philippians Productions

*      “English only, please”
Sam Milby, Angeline Quinto
Quantum Films and Heaven’s Best Entertainment

*      “Kubot: The aswang chronicles 2″
Dingdong Dantes
Reality Entertainment, Agostodos Pictures and GMA Films

*     “Feng Shui 2”
Kris Aquino, Coco Martin
ABS-CBN, Kris Aquino Productions

*      “Magnum Muslim .357”
ER Ejercito
Scenema Concepts

*      “My big bossings adventures”
Vic Sotto, Ryzza Mae Dizon
Octo Arts, M-Zet Films and APT Entertainment

*      “Praybet Benjamin 2”
Vice Ganda

*      “Shake, Rattle and Roll 15”
Carla Abellana, Dennis Trillo
Regal Entertainment

New Wave entries:

Gemini by Ato Bautista
M (Mother's Maiden Name) by Zig Dulay
Magkakabaung (The Coffin Maker) by Jason Paul Laxamana
Maratabat by Arlyn dela Cruz, an
Mulat (Awaken) by Ma. Diane Ventura.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #1 on: Dec 21, 2014 at 11:23 PM »
Maratabat, Pride and Honor (Arlyn de la Cruz) **1/2 - Loosely based on a true story, namely the Maguindanao massacre in which 58 people were ruthlessly murdered by the ruling political dynasty in a province located in the southern Muslim area of the Philippines. This film is a thinly veiled fictionalized account of the case. The first-time writer-director, Arlyn de la Cruz is a rather famous television journalist (she's fairly famous for managing to get an interview with the leader of the Islamic terrorist group in the Philippines, the Abu Sayyaf).....and it shows. And for the most part, that is unfortunate. The story itself would make for a really gripping film and there are moments where that shines through. Unfortunately, the script and direction fails to rise above "dramatic re-enactment" level. There are so many artistic and cinematic ways she could have gone with it. It's way too in-the-nose and straightforward often overly preachy. Its heart is in the right place but someone with a more firmer grasp of the medium would've made it truly memorable.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #2 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 12:55 AM »
Yung english only please, the leads are derek ramsey and jennylyn mercado.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #3 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 06:32 AM »
Pass unless may magpumilit.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #4 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 06:58 AM »
40th Snoozefest. No offense  >:D
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #5 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 07:25 AM »
Pass unless may magpumilit.

same here ^-^
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #6 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 01:09 PM »
*     “Feng Shui 2”
Kris Aquino, Coco Martin
ABS-CBN, Kris Aquino Productions

This will be shown in XD 4D in SM Mall of Asia.

https://www.smcinema.com/news/feng-shui-xd-4d-cinema

As if Kris Aquino wasn't annoying enough in 2D on TV.
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #7 on: Dec 22, 2014 at 11:37 PM »
Pinanood ko na yung The Hobbit a 2nd time kahapon. Wala nako mapapanood na maganda this week eh. >:D
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #8 on: Dec 23, 2014 at 12:10 AM »
Magkakabaung (The Coffin Maker) (Jason Paul Laxamana) ***1/2 - A single father to a young girl who works as a coffin maker experiences tragedy when his daughter falls ill and dies. Filipino dramas (hell, mainstream dramas in general) tend to try to manipulate tears and emotion out of this. This one refreshingly takes an unsentimental, matter-of-fact approach to death, grief, loss, the realities of life and what life is like for the nation's poor. I kind of love the fact that the filmmaker deliberately made the main protagonist, a grieving father, supposedly a sympathetic figure as not very sympathetic sometimes (you sometimes get frustrated by his actions). It's an imperfect but very well made drama.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #9 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 10:32 AM »
Does this mean no showing of foreign films during the film fest? Thanks...


But anyway, if i will have to watch a pinoy movie I may incline to watch the Andres Bonifacio movie by R Padilla... 
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #10 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 10:43 AM »
Does this mean no showing of foreign films during the film fest? Thanks... 

Yes, except for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in IMAX cinemas.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #11 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 01:11 PM »
P147 million in ticket sales registered on opening day according to this video from ABS-CBN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii4pNN1jfyo

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #12 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 06:26 PM »
MMDA reports first two days' take of P182M at MMFF

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported a two-day income of P182 million from the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 40th year edition, higher by about 12 percent than last year.

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said that this year’s opening–day gross was P146 million, compared to P128 million last year.
 
As of 1 p.m. Friday (Dec. 26) the day's ticket sales had already reached P36 million, which was also higher than the P32 million of last year.
 
Tolentino said that the festival is expecting to surpass last year's P987 million gross income.
 
"We are expecting a gross income of P1.1 billion this year," he said.

Among this year’s top grossing films, so far, according to Tolentino, are My Big Bossing’s Adventures and Praybeyt Benjamin, as well as horror films Feng Shui 2 and Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2.
 
He clarified, however, that the exact figures concerning each entry have yet to be determined.
 
"We will announce the ranking of all the entries on January 4, after the showing, to prevent trending," Tolentino told reporters.
 
The four other MMFF official entries include the historical drama Bonifacio: '
Ang Unang Pangulo, the romance-comedy English Only Please, action film Magnum Muslim .357 and horror film Shake, Rattle & Roll XV.
 
Meanwhile, the awards night is scheduled on December 27, which will be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.

Proceeds of the annual Holiday festival are being distributed to the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation Inc., Motion Picture and Anti-Film Piracy Council, Film Development Council of the Philippines, and the Optical Media Board.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/101877/mmda-reports-first-two-days-take-of-p182m-at-mmff

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #13 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 09:42 PM »
That's kind of a hollow victory since they're the only films being shown. It's kind of like bragging how successful your store is when it's the only one in your whole town.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #14 on: Dec 27, 2014 at 05:17 AM »
Any recommendations? As much as I would like to support MM film fest, sadly wala akong mapili mukhang nakakasisi manuod.
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #15 on: Dec 27, 2014 at 06:00 AM »
Yung Kubot medyo intriguing. Kaya lang hindi ko napanood yung part 1.
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #16 on: Dec 27, 2014 at 07:36 AM »

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #17 on: Dec 27, 2014 at 10:44 AM »
That's kind of a hollow victory since they're the only films being shown. It's kind of like bragging how successful your store is when it's the only one in your whole town.

Well said. Kung baga sa pusoy, the people are being FORCED to GOOD!
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #18 on: Dec 28, 2014 at 12:15 AM »
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 (Erik Matti) ***1/2 - This is the sequel to Erik Matti's own Tiktik and I have to say, it is a HELL of a lot better. Two years has passed since the events of the first film which, in a dark prologue, lead to the death of Macoy's wife. This time he's in Manila and he's fighting a different breed of aswangs. The film has builds on and expands the mythology of the first film and improves on it. The screenplay is a lot stronger. It also mostly succeeds in blending a genres. It goes from scary and serious, to an exciting eye-popping action movie, to rather broad, laugh out loud comedy without missing a beat or feeling like it's jarring. Lotlot de Leon, playing an aunt, is a real scene stealer. Her role could have easily been annoying but she manages not to be. It's almost feels like Edgar Wright directed a Raid movie with monsters. No joke!

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #19 on: Dec 28, 2014 at 01:11 AM »
Here is the complete list of winners:

New Wave Student Short Film Special Jury Prize: Kalaw
Best Float Award: Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
Youth Choice Award: Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
Best New Wave Film: Magkakabaung
New Wave Best Supporting Actor: Kristopher King, Maratabat (Pride and Honor)
New Wave Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Sevilla, M. Mother's Maiden Name
Best New Wave Film Director: Jason Paul Laxamana, Magkakabaung
New Wave Best Actress: Zsa Zsa Padilla, M. Mother's Maiden Name
New Wave Best Actor: Allen Dizon, Maratabat
New Wave Special Jury Prize: M. Mother's Maiden Name
New Wave Best Picture: Jason Paul Laxamana, Magkakabaung
Best Child Performer: Ryzza Mae Dizon, My Big Bossing
Best Festival Sound Engineering: Wild Sound, Bonifacio, Ang Unang Pangulo
Best Musical Score: Von de Guzman, Bonifacio, Ang Unang Pangulo
Best Original Theme Song: Bonifacio, Ang Unang Pangulo
Best Makeup: Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Best Visual Effects: Mothership Inc., for Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Production Design: Ericson Navarro, Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Best Editing: Marya Ignacio, English Only, Please
Best Cinematography: Carlo Mendoza, Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
Celebrity face of the night, sponsored by Erase: Nadine Lustre
FPJ Memorial Award for Film Excellence: Bonifacio, Ang Unang Pangulo
Mavshack Male Star of the Night:
Mavshack Female Star of the Night:
Best Original Story: English Only, Please
Best Screenplay: English Only, Please
Best Director: Dan Villegas, English Only, Please
Best Supporting Actor: Joey Marquez, Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Best Supporting Actress: Lotlot de Leon, Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
Gat Puno Antonio Villegas Cultural Award: Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
3rd Best Picture: Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
2nd Best Picture: English Only, Please
Best Picture: Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
Best Actor: Derek Ramsay, English Only, Please
Best Actress: Jennylyn Mercado, English Only, Please

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #20 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 08:32 AM »
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #21 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 11:25 AM »
^haha! Nagreklamo pa... E from the story to screenplay, to director and actors, mukhang dapat English only ang nanalong best picture!

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #22 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 11:28 AM »
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Earlier, Robin told the audience at the PICC that 'Bonifacio' has earned only P10-million so far, a long way off from its staggering budget of P100-million.

ang laki pala ng lugi nito  :o
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #23 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 01:15 PM »
ang laki pala ng lugi nito  :o

Does this mean the movie is really not worth watching? or mga mabababaw lang talaga ang mga pinoy at mas gusto nila mga patawa ng mga bakla?
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #24 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 02:54 PM »
Madalas talaga talo ang mga serious movies during MMFF sa mga slapstick films dahil sa mga bata.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #25 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 02:56 PM »
Does this mean the movie is really not worth watching? or mga mabababaw lang talaga ang mga pinoy at mas gusto nila mga patawa ng mga bakla?


ganyan din yata sir nangyari sa previous mmff, yung worth watching nilangaw din
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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #26 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 03:26 PM »
Does this mean the movie is really not worth watching? or mga mabababaw lang talaga ang mga pinoy at mas gusto nila mga patawa ng mga bakla?

Hahaha! Kung maka "bakla" naman si kuya.... haha...anyways...

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #27 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 03:51 PM »
kaya stick to the same old formula ang mga komedyante. maliit gastos at saglit ginawa pero laki kita. less is more ika nga.

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #28 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 04:16 PM »
Saw KUBOT last night, twas an OK movie for me. I liked the first one better except when the aswangs started turning, the FX and CGI seems rushed. KUBOT kinda lost the eeriness of the first one which i liked a lot. And i think the story/script/editing needs a little tweaking. Naguguluhan ako sa mga transitions e. (And this goes for almost every pinoy movie). Maybe because ive so much high expectations (I really liked the first one and was so impressed) kaya parang kulang. Anyway its a fun movie, worth your while and money, c'mon lets support our own, napag iiwanan na tayo ng ibang asian countries e :)

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Re: The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival
« Reply #29 on: Dec 29, 2014 at 04:49 PM »
@ hekelef, thanks for your review. Di ko.na papanoorin to. Teka, hanggang ngayon wala akong mapiling panuorin!?
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