The films at CINEMALAYA certainly deserves a wider audience.
TULAD NG DATI is a major breakthrough for Mike Sandejas, the cast playing themselves is sometimes difficult to achieve, but he pulls it off since some of the best and witty lines were delivered among the four friends and they can act. Most of the screen was filled up by Jett Pangan but each one of the band members excelled on their own. Buddy Zabala as the easy-going member of the band was at his best delivering the punchlines in the movie, Francis Reyes who plays the guitar is comically hilarious and can turn into a future comedian, JB Leonor, also came out very well in his screen debut. The scene at the cemetery with Jett Pangan visiting Teddy Diaz is one of the heartbreaking scenes in the movie, and no one can live without the music of THE DAWN if you are inclined to the New Wave genre during the 80's. Envelope ideas emerged from 1986 and became their first hit, SALAMAT still embodies the song of my youth, full of bonding and friendship, uncertainties, insane, crazy feeling that flourished during my high school days. The band showdown scene is a nostalgia trip down memory lane straight from the 80's!
TULAD NG DATI is more than a concert movie. It has reflections and life's simple pleasure to forget the past and move on.
