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A Very Special Love (2008)
A very artificial kind of Love
There should be a campaign to ask Star Cinema to at least, stop from making romantic- comedies for a while, though its the only genre making money, otherwise we might end up as diabetics with all these saccharine-filled, artificially and inorganic laden rom-com movies, seriously!
I have to admit that the technical aspects of the film, camera/cinematography, editing, sound (at least some of the scenes doesn't feel canned), and production design (except for Sarah's wig) were noteworthy. But, still, the story and screenplay still needs a lot of work.
To begin with, Miguel (John Lloyd) and Laida's (Sarah) love story is not believable. I'm not saying because he was rich and she was poor, but, it wasn't EARNED. Laida is almost without flaw and her cutesy/naive approach in life, which others might find endearing, is not a strong rationality for Miguel to fall in love in that span of three weeks. First, she's not that strikingly pretty, compared to his ex-gf, and we didn't get to see Miguel's relationship with his Brazilian ex-gf, except for a scene where he makes Laida deliver flowers to her. OK, so we get it that he has no time, but we still don't know how deep the relationship is. Which makes Laida's contrived arrival, being the new editorial assistant, suspicious. And what do we get? Forced "scenes" meant to generate shrieks and "ooohs, aaahs" from the audience. Enough of that!
The sun dance? Where'd it come from? It is funny, but to use it out of the blue without planting it earlier on the movie diminishes its effect. I must say though that the revelation about Miguel's mom was good. At least, it gave some light as to why he's like that.
Still, the story and screenplay feels lacking, and to top it off, we get back-to-back monologue, dramatic scenes between Miguel and his dad, Laida and her mom and the icing on the cake, that very cheesy, nauseating scene in the end where Miguel says sorry to Laida in the rain! All I want to do at that moment is vomit. I'm a romantic person, but there is no romance at all at that contrived, trite, artificial and inorganic moment.
Caregiver (2008)
An effective drama that went too melodramatic
Chito Rono's Caregiver was an effective drama, though, most of the times it was melodramatic, still, there were scenes that worked. The movie, in my opinion, failed to capitalize on the real potential of what the story has to offer.
So, we learn that Sarah is a school teacher, who while teaching English, is taking a caregiver course to work in London. The first few scenes were OK. It was swift and direct to the point. It got, melodramatic when we get introduced to her family.
I find the scene very irksome, loud and chaotic. I mean, why does it have to be like that always? And why does each family member have to have an underlying problem? To give each supporting cast a dramatic moment on screen?
While I do understand that it's meant to generate conflict and tension, the said scenes in the movie did nothing to Sarah and her character. Yeah, we came to witness how flawed her family is, and flaws are good in characters, it makes them more believable. But what is its purpose? Nothing, really. In short, they could go without it and won't change the story, it had no bearing and importance, aside from lengthening the movie.
The transitions were effective. That scene in the market where Sarah is buying winter garments for her trip could've been trimmed and the dramatic monologue edited more. I find it when she put the jacket on and it cut to London effective. It eliminated more melodrama of saying their goodbyes, Sarah and her son already cried a river in the market, c'mon.
The London exterior scenes were gorgeous. The photography was subtle. The "caregiver" aspect of the story started when Sarah meets grumpy Mr. Morgan. Again, this is one of those effective moments which would've been great had the filmmakers took advantage of it. Instead, we again get introduced to the supporting characters, of course, each of them having their own dilemmas in life. My point again is, what does these do to Sarah's character? I believe her husband's not telling her that he's not really a nurse but a healthcare assistant has more weight compared to the egocentric doctor/nurse friend of theirs.
The filmmakers tried doing a lot in crafting the story, where sometimes and most of the times less is more. Another missed and also misused subplot was that of the book, Tess D'Urberville by Thomas Hardy, I haven't read the book, but, based from what I know, it is a story about a young woman, Tess who had to go to work with an Aristocratic family but later was seduced and raped by her cousin. I could see the parallelism between Tess and Sarah working in a far-away land to help her family but the rest of the story doesn't fit. Though it was clever for the writer to include the book, it was poorly integrated into the movie. Sarah's an English teacher for Crissakes, they could've found a book in the beginning where both she and Mr. Morgan can relate to, not just some random book. Every detail in a movie must have a relation to the entire picture.
Still, I believe, without Rono's direction, Caregiver wouldn't be the movie it is. His skill is evident in the entire movie. The camera placed on the ground where Sarah discovers Mr. Morgan's lifeless body is a beauty. Though, I find it hard to believe, the night before, when Mr. Morgan is almost out of breath saying goodbye to Sarah, he managed to enjoy flying a kite with her the next day!! Also, the scene where she looks for the kite in the woods seems out of place. I felt I was in a Blair-witch movie.
The ending where she decided to stay and leave her husband is brave. This is where I keep on referencing the book, 'cuz in it, Tess D'Uberville died, though I laud Sarah's action, I find it puzzling. I felt that its a twist that the filmmakers had to do to make it different. I maybe nitpicking, but hey, I guess I've expected more from the movie. Overall, its an effective drama that went too melodramatic which could've been great had they concentrated more on the plot's potential.
Tirador (2007)
The Babel effect
Brillante Mendoza's Tirador (Slingshot) is an ambitious film about a mosaic of interconnected characters in the slums of Quiapo. It follows much the style of Babel where the characters are interconnected and their story intertwined, but unlike Babel, Tirador doesn't have a unifying device. In Babel, it was the gun, in Tirador, there was none. Shot mostly hand-held, the images were gritty, raw and tense.
The color, mostly muted and sepia-ish, gives another interesting look of the film. It doesn't really have a main protagonist, which made me less attached to the movie. I believe the main character was the town of Quiapo itself, a district of Manila.
As the characters traverses the labyrinthine bowels of the slums, we get a glimpse of the characters' lives as they go on with their life of poverty, violence and misfortune. The holy week setting mirrors Christ's hardship as its citizens face its daily crosses to survive.
I must admit, though I spent most of my childhood years in Quiapo, I didn't get to witness the dark side that this film portrays. These areas were mostly avoided and ignored, if you don't want to get yourself in trouble. Having seen it again, fused with shocking and gratuitous exaggeration of violence and nudity, I can't help but feel sad for the place.
Sure, some would argue its reality, but there is a fine line between being real and graphic. I am all for realism but sometimes, exercising artistic license doesn't translate you'll be vulgar but it is an avenue and opportunity for an able director to use this right and exercise restraint. I believe the filmmaker went for the gratuity for shock effect, thinking (IMO) these will awe audiences abroad (which is its targeted audience making the film inaccessible to the local patrons.)
As it ended, I didn't really feel anything, sure the style, esp. the photography was astounding, and it was able to sustain the tone up to the end, but as it fades out when that guy picks off that wallet from an unsuspecting devotee of a prayer rally, I felt that it just came full circle and didn't give much of a resolution.
Resiklo (2007)
Recycling is good for the earth, this movie isn't.
Oh well, what can I say, as someone who is involved in movie production, I keep a certain level of lenience when it comes to films that dares to be different with regards to how the story is told. If you strip a particular movie to its core, basically, its no different to any other movie out there, good or bad, Oscar winner or Razzie winner, its, like I said, how its told and that's the main thing that separates the good from the bad ones.
Going back to Resiklo, I must say it started out OK, the opening sequences were fine, though, that huge meteor looked so animated, but the succeeding sequences were good, especially the explosions on earth viewed from outer space. The whole movie starts to falter when we meet the protagonist, good ole' Sen. Bong Revilla, oh man, he's too old to be playing roles like this. So, we see him walking in this huge wasteland, supposedly caused by the alien invasion (which Im also assuming has happened a while back) and we see him in this weird attire yet his face looked like he just stepped out from the Senate. I mean, where is characterization here? Should you look at least, say, filthy, unshaven, haggard and stinking if your world was devastated? I'm sorry, but from the moment I saw him, it all went downhill for me. And as more as we get to know him, the less we feel empathy for him. The screenplay and direction was, pardon me for the word, inept. It was so conscious in making scenes stand out and polished that the director forgot how to organically weave all these scenes.
The supporting cast were lousy, especially his sons. Their acting was cliché and never really served any purpose to the movie. The only interesting character that came pretty close to convincing was Empress Schuck, but sadly hers was poorly developed. The only thing consistent was making the antagonist as less interesting and boring as the protagonist, at least in that regard, both were balanced.
The screenplay was laughable, and I had my loudest cackle when Sen. Bong says' "over-staying na kayo, dapat na kayong ideport!" What a line! The Christmas sub plot wasn't organically weaved into the story, Mark Reyes should've stayed on this subject, and it would've made the whole story interesting and relatable. That whole "singing/praying" montage was just for show and it felt an MTV that didn't belong to the movie.
As for the dull climax, well, there's nothing much to say, except that you know what will happen. I mean, there's a certain level of predictability in every movie, but how it takes its course is where the ingenuity of the storyteller comes into play.
La misma luna (2007)
overall an effective drama with a lot of loopholes
People who were in praise for this movie should check out the message boards. There were issues raised by one user and I must say they were valid with regards to how realistic the movie portrayed the immigration system in the US and how the filmmaker disregarded it in excuse for creative license.
Anyways, Im not gonna dwell on that, as a movie I partly enjoyed Under the same moon. There were effective moments in the film and the acting was believable. I commend the direction especially in the scene where Carlitos meets his dad for the first time and they have lunch, nothing was much said, but we get a lot out of the interaction of the two.
The movie was contrived at times and I could feel that the situations and circumstances in the movie were a result of adhering to the rules of how a screenplay works. The appearance of the woman who took in Carlitos when he's about to be sold to the pedophile was an example.
Though it was titled "Under the same moon", there were only a couple of scenes that showed them watching the moon at the same time, I think the filmmaker forgot to take advantage of this very potentially powerful sub plot, because the moon symbolizes loneliness and brightness in the dark. Also, when the movie opened, (as the credits begin to roll) I was kinda expecting some shot of the moon in there when the titles appear, but there's nothing.
I like the ending though, that shot of the "walk" sign lighting up is so powerful. Even though we don't see mother and son embrace as they reunite, we knew that they do and thats enough already. But, the use of the "walk" sign was not organically integrated into the movie, I wish that they used it earlier so when we see it again, we'll appreciate it more.
Ang lalake sa parola (2007)
A pretentious, flimsy and dull depiction of what it is to be gay
Though I laud indie filmmakers and their attempt to make films which are not formulaic and mainstream, I cant help but frown on Ang Lalake sa Parola. I can see the labor of love poured into making this film, the director and writer have good intentions, but they just produced a pretentious, flimsy and dull depiction of what being gay is.
There have been countless movies that deals with homosexuality and majority of this films center on society's view on it. I just cringe when a gay filmmaker makes a gay movie about how gays are treated badly, discriminated, abused and made fun of. I mean, if these gay filmmakers continue on portraying gays as like this on film, when will the prejudice stop if the same people view themselves that way?
The way the whole movie unfolded was just lackluster. Even the cinematography, though not bad, wasn't exciting, they had a good locale but they never took advantage of the raw beauty of it. The writing too was awful. The beach scene where Mateo and Jerome "tell" the audience how great and fun the water was just laughable. We know they're enjoying why even say it?
The music was uninspiring and lifeless. Music should be as equally as powerful as the images, so as to give a "signature" effect of the film making it memorable.
As to the parallelism between the old cemetery guy and Mateo's supposed "journey" of discovering oneself, this is where it got too ambitious, the movie tried to give us a lot but in return became lacking.
One More Chance (2007)
An above average melodrama
One more chance is on of those familiar story lines that we've heard, seen and encountered before. Star Cinema, the movie outfit of TV network, ABS-CBN, has presented yet, another love/melodrama/romantic comedy/drama that, as a viewer of their TV arm, has seen over and over before. Anyways, I'm not gonna dwell on the story, because there's nothing new, but I must commend the director for the able and fresh take she took on the movie. I love the close-ups, it doesn't feel like a stage play, and she knows how to get out to a medium or wide shot when needed.
As for the debit side, the editing could have been improved, again, the unnecessary and over use of the theme song in the montage and dramatic moments, some parts in the script where the characters "reveal" to the audience information, cliché scenes on Popoy's being controlling and the ineffective use of secondary characters, I mean, James Blanco, why was he blind? So, they could use the pun in "the love is blind" sign on Basha's tshirt? Really, I don't get the point? They could've used the secondary characters more, not just as caricatures or comic relief. Remember they are characters! They should have a purpose in the story. Not like what Dimples Romana's role of giving out the message of the story, c'mon!
The message or the lesson in a story is better shown not told.
A Love Story (2007)
A well intentioned movie with implausible story and characters
I really want to like A Love Story, but I was just bothered by how the entire movie took its course. Film-making-wise it's above par, but I just don't feel sympathetic with the characters and the story. I must say that the animation movie Ratatouille has more emotional weight and character arc than the characters in this movie!
To begin, all the characters that we should care about here are rich and well-off. Now, how can most of the majority in the country, who has more low-mid income class than mid to upper class relate to them? I felt that it's alright that they should be beset with all the problems in the world just to balance out their privileged status in society.
Anyways, among the three leads, I find that the character of Angelica Panganiban is at least, the most believable one. She's the one who changed the most in the end. From a slutty party girl in the beginning, she evolved into a mature, often paranoid (which is expected as she was cheated upon), forgiving and wise mother in the end. That scene in the hospital where she begged Maricel to leave Aga is really good. And even though she was quiet in the next scene wherein Aga and Maricel (as the doctor) pretends that they don't know each other, she clearly stood out. Her quiet and subtle performance was the strongest among the three.
As for Aga, I don't really care for him. I would've been more satisfied if he ended up with nobody in the end. He's selfish. He has all the money and success in the world yet he takes that for granted. At his age, at 38, he hasn't grown up and still towards the end he's still the same. He's afraid of making choices and standing up with it.
In the movie, he even said, that he will leave his wife just to be with Maricel, now, what kind of a man is that? Then, later, when he learns that his wife is pregnant, he stays with her? If he truly LOVES Maricel, like what his character says, he should've made a choice and be with her. I know, people will react, well how about, the kid? Well, he made the choice of pursuing a relationship with Maricel in the beginning, so again, it's all about choices.
His monologue wherein he had a fight with his brother-in-law where he revealed all his angst is just so poorly developed. Again, i don't care with all the crap he said, he's rich, his family's rich, and nobody can have all the things in the world. If he had an unhappy childhood, well, that's fine, he's rich anyways, lol.
The subplot with Aga's father having Alzheimer's is under researched. His illness is Alzheimer's not amnesia for goodness sake!
As for Maricel, again, it's not believable in her character to be with Aga, who after, was left by her husband for another woman, is now the other woman. I know, people will say its LOVE, but, if Aga's character was YOUNGER, like that of Angelica's, it would at least make sense and we could use the argument that she was just attracted to him and she fell in love later on. But, they're almost the same age, and at her age, and after all the relationship mishaps she has experienced, would she be much WISER and EXPERIENCED now?
And what's with the random opening shots? Like, "5 YEARS LATER", we open up to a cheesecake? What's that? I don't see the connection? Film is a visual medium, and sadly, it wasn't used much in this movie. They could've staged the "accidental meeting" of Angelica and Maricel (which is a common thing in Pinoy movies) some other, more visually logical way.
I also find that the intended CONCEIT on who's the mistress or the wife thing in the beginning of the movie didn't work. C'mon! Again, we the audience, as the filmmakers wanted to, were supposed to believe that Maricel is the wife to shock us with the twist that she is in fact the mistress. But, they show scenes of her, being the IDEAL and LOVING wife that she should be to Aga, and the next scene, we see Aga and his family having a gathering, minus his "WIFE" and all he could reason out was she's busy? AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH MARICEL'S CHARACTER AS EARLIER SHOWN. If they showed her as a loving and ideal wife, shouldn't she be in those gatherings despite her busy schedules? But of course, its a PLOY so that they can lead us on to believe that she's the wife, and later on be shocked that she's the mistress. This I believe back fired, because in their attempt to make it unpredictable, it ruined the twist in the end.
And i know I should not complain about the often and unnecessary musical score that's prevalent in pinoy movies, but thought I should just mention it.
Paano kita iibigin (2007)
God is good, this movie isn't; If Lance "never got there", I didn't get this movie either.
Oh well, finally, I was able to watch the latest much-hyped Star Cinema release, Paano Kita Iibigin. I actually watched two movies that day, Knocked Up and Paano, but I purposely watched Knocked Up first because I want to focus more on the latter. The reason being, is I must say that I'm quite impressed at how Paano generated reactions from other movie review websites. I'm glad that people, are now responding to the quality of movies they are presented, which is what we, as moviegoers should do, because this movies, foreign and local, should, in the first place cause a reaction, stir up discussions and open up debates.
Anyway, going back, I must say that I really kept an open mind and got rid of any biases or predispositions towards the usual comment that Pinoy movies are always sub-par and copycats of Hollywood movies. Well, sadly, my 2 hour experience watching the film just reinforced that belief.
The weakness of the film is the screenplay. It just wasn't good enough. True, there were elements of Jerry Maquire in the film but, if you're going to copy a good film, why just not go all the way and copy all it's good elements. But, this film tried its darndest effort to keep away so it won't be accused of being a copy cat that it just didn't make sense.
For example, I really think it's Lance's fault why his wife died. He's supposed to be rich, educated, some President or whatever of an airline company, but he's just too STUPID to DRINK and DRIVE! C'mon! No wonder they got into an accident, why the hell can't they drink on a restaurant or a bar, or even where they had the wedding. Sure, some would argue, they were celebrating, but, jeez! To use the accident which causes his wife's death as the inciting incident as to why Lance becomes miserable and suicidal, ruining his life and wasting all his money so that he could find refuge in the beach resort he owns, which so happens the same resort that Martee will be vacationing, so they can meet and fall in love, blah, blah, is just so freakin' SHALLOW AND CONTRIVED!! Can't they think of anything more believable? The thing is they have a problematic script in the beginning with weak conflicts yet they still pursued it so they could give in to the Piolo-Regine team-up. That is mostly the problem with Pinoy movies, they write scripts tailored for its stars, not prioritizing the story.
I must commend the acting, though, it's the only good point of the movie, Piolo Pascual has range and sensitivity. As for Regine, she was good here, and please, stop with the "cutesy" mannerisms, she's supposed to be in character, not the Regine Velazquez songbird, show host or whatever she is in real life.
As for Eugene, she wasn't really that good here as what most people say, I like her better in other movies like, D'Lucky Ones. If she's gonna be the comic relief (which she's always is), she's better off with being over-the-top.
Another thing they could've done is edited the movie more. I was surprised that Joyce Bernal, being an editor before she ventured in directing, didn't utilize her talent and expertise in that field. Take for example that scene where Lance went to Manila and he's saying goodbye to Martee (what a name!). It just didn't work for me! The fading out of the truck as it leaves suggest time passing for a long time, or impending doom, but after that scene, we cut to Lance being in Manila to talk to his brother. OK fine, there was an impending doom, but, it's not just plausible for Lance's dead wife's relatives, who's dead for one year, still mad at Lance for not apologizing. I mean, it was said that they waited for Lance to come out of his coma, but in the opening scene we see Lance in his race car all waken up, why didn't he talk to them during that time?!
That goodbye scene between Lance and Martee would've been effective if after the truck faded away, we cut to six months later without any explanation. Because sometimes, things are better left unsaid to give your viewers thinking time and be absorbed with the movie. The problem with this movie is they try to explain to much, as in, telling the audience what they feel and mean. C'mon, don't treat your audience as stupid, always treat them as intelligent because they are!
That monologue between Lance and Martee towards the end, is what just made it too unbearable. It's just too MELODRAMATIC! I just don't buy all that verbal exchanges crap they said. It's emotional blackmail, to make you cry so you would say, "Oh, what a movie!" Please!! Anyway, the reason why I mentioned Knocked Up is because I think, even this is a Hollywood movie, Paano is in the same level for both this movie is character and story driven, no CGI or any special effects, just a plain good old story with characters we're supposed to care about. But, sadly, the Pinoy film ends up very unsatisfying in this one. So, be sure to catch Knocked Up when it opens, it's a delightful, charming and sweet film.
Txt (2006)
I just don't buy it!
I was more interested in watching the Special features section of this movie in DVD, the movie was so passable, unoriginal and clearly for a horror movie, doesn't have any horrifying moments, oh wait there's one creepy scene, its the scene in that food store wherein the vendor notices a lone guy with his head bowed down that looks like the "ghost" but apparently it was just a customer texting his girlfriend, creepy but became funny at the end, and it actually was the only effective scene in the whole movie. Anyways, I don't know how accurate this movies' claim on the special features that its director is the first and ONLY filipino who was ACCEPTED at USC Master's in Film. There have been hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in southern California for many years now, and to claim that is pure arrogance and misleading. I don't know where they get their facts and statistics. Mike Tuviera, being the son of TV producer, Tony Tuviera is sure is lucky to have his film debut with all the necessary support a good dad can offer, plus with other friends in the business, and his education at USC, one would expect a very intelligent and promising directorial debut, but its just disappointing at the end. Another overrated film overall.
Tuhog (2001)
A rarity
Jeffery Jeturian's Tuhog is one of those rare moments in Philipine cinema which when you encounter, it will leave an indelible mark on you. Jeturian's style reminds me of the late-great Lino Brocka whose films are mostly about poverty, life in the barrio, and self-redemption. I just wished that with its very rich soul, the movie would be perfect if it was technically enhanced from the color, sound and cinematography, it will be at par with the Oscar best pictures. Tuhog uses the film within a film concept, when a director and a screenwriter approaches a young girl in the barrio who was raped by her "grandfather" to get the rights to make her life story into a movie. As they interview her to recount what happened, we see flashbacks of events that led to the rape. Here we learned that her supposed grandfather was actually her father who also raped her mother, his daughter! This is a very sensitive and shocking revelation, but the director didn't go on hysterics and over-the-top direction to reveal the twist.
Sukob (2006)
Technically superior film, plot too thin, overall, its so overrated.
I watched Sukob here at Cerritos, CA because of the heavy promotions it had on TFC, plus with all the claims that it was to date, the highest grossing "Filipino film of all time". I must say that I'm impressed with the technical aspect of the film. Chito Rono's films have been visually superior before, and Sukob is no exception. I'm really excited with his film-making style and given the chance to direct a movie here in Hollywood with a Hollywood budget and equipment, I believe he will be at par or even better than M Knight or say, Christopher Nolan. Anyways, what Sukob lacks is a credible, logical plot, well, OK, since this is a movie, and since they did put effort on the technical side, we could forgive the silly plot. But, given its silly plot, the movie went a very predictable route, again, maybe we could spare its predictability a bit, the movie did made up for its good sound, stunning cinematography and ensemble performance. But what seems to be the problem with this movie? Why does it still feel lacking? My answer is, the ending, where they killed off Kris Aquino's character, (and to remind the viewer's about the medium's warning that someone has to die, they played her voice over, what are we stupid?) they should've let her live, I believe it would've been more satisfying. Here is where the movie falters, when it tried to be "credible", where in fact the plot wasn't in the first place. I mean, if you know you have a plot that is problematic in the beginning, stick with it, the supposed "curse" wasn't really explain well, and the superstitious belief of 2 siblings getting married in the same year or a death in a family and marriage in a year spells bad luck, c'mon, it sounds silly! But since people believe in that, we have to respect that, but, another but, that doesn't mean that it'll be a good plot for a horror film. Again, I'm gonna contradict myself, Sukob was a technically-good film, but as for story and weight, its very thin. The issue with this film is although it is good, it's so overrated.
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Disturbing and Powerful
When i first heard of Greg Araki's Mysterious skin, i immediately had a curious interest and desire of watching it. I've always been attracted to small, independent films (though not all),. I don't know the director and his filmography because I haven't heard of him. But what I didn't know was the experience I will have after watching the entire movie. All i know was its about two boys one a hustler and the other believes he was abducted by aliens in rural Kansas, sounds weird huh? Well, weird is not exactly the word to describe this interesting movie. Disturbing and powerful, I believe is aptly better. What we are in for is a deep, shocking, and truthful portrayal of sexual child abuse and how this crime affects the victims. Our society have always hated child molesters and portrayed them as predators always ready to swoop upon on their prey. And as for the victims, we've always felt sorry for them that their innocence was lost and damaged. This movie does not portray the two in the black and white world we are always accustomed. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Neil, a teenage hustler who when he was 8 years old was sexually molested by his baseball coach, Bill Sage, here, Levitt's portrayal of Neil is so felt and multi-layered. You can feel how he was damaged by his experience yet, at some point you wont feel sorry for him for he liked what he went through. He in fact, I believe, gave the motive to his coach so he can be abused. Brady Corbet is Brian, Neil's teammate on the boy's baseball team, who was also molested by the same coach, but in here, when he was being molested, he blacked out and forgot what happened, and in those 5 hours lays his most crucial desire to find out the truth. He believes, he was abducted by aliens, a very bizarre yet unique way of compensating for the experience. This even marred his relationship with his dad and made him very introvert. Through his research he met Avalyn, played by Mary Lyn Rajskub (who we know as Chloe on Fox's 24), who she claims in a TV program that she was abducted by aliens as well. This movie just leaves you in awe and sometimes in disbelief in the choices, circumstances and results of experiences of each of the character undergoes. Its very honest and sometimes brutal that things like this happens and makes you just wonder how bizarre sometimes life could be.
Jologs (2002)
Great film!
I really liked this film. This is one Filipino film that is truly imaginative, witty and best of all fun. I commend the screenwriter for his wonderful script and the director which remained true to the screenwriters vision. This just shows that even a simple story can be made into an interesting one with the proper treatment, directing style and outstanding script. Jologs is surely at par or even better with other Hollywood films. The acting is controlled, the cinematography is majestic, the story structure is solid, the music is just right and it has one of the most memorable climax ever. Surely, this movie just blows you away!