Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Notes
Just an update on my previous post about Santa Santita, which I actually cross-posted on my secret online journal (heh) for some comment-whoring. Just some notes on some of the comments:- IndieFilipino.com critic Alexis Tioseco points out that it was Lee Meily and not Mark Meily who shot Santa Santita. Lee (Mark's wife) also shot (beautifully) Mark's Crying Ladies.
- Director Quark Henares told me to watch Bcuz of U because it's "nice (and heart has an underarm scene OMFG!)." Ano, Jam, game? Hehe.
- Jam wondered why I didn't have anything to write about Angelica Panganiban. I guess it's because there's not much to write about. She gave an adequate performance, and her steamy love scenes with Jericho Rosales are only weird because we all know her as a child star. I still think that Katya Santos would have totally been perfect for the role if she hadn't previously been a bold star.
Comments:
11/23/2004 5:47 PM -- 
jem says:
tsk. comment-whoring on his "secret site". si quark lang at ikaw ang nag-usap dun sa comments kaya dumami yun eh.
it's true, however. some pinoy films start out really great, then fall apart in the closing moments, as directors try to tie loose ends up. (the japanese are also guilty of this.) i myself remember enjoying the film booba up to the ending, when it falls flat.
unless the pinoy mindset regarding "great" movie production is reset, the canvas that pinoy films are painted on will get smaller and smaller. there is no hope of a memento, a boys don't cry, a reservoir dogs, a memento, a requiem for a dream, a pulp fiction, a godfather. we will forever be stuck with movies with moral billboards.
