Over the years, Filipinos have lost their faith in Filipino movies. They’d rather watch Hollywood films than “waste” their money on buying tickets for local movies, thinking they could just buy pirated CD’s to find out if it is a good watch.
On this note, our country’s movie industry has been trying its best to retrieve its audience. Efforts in making quality and world class films are evident in the 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), from visual effects to screenplay.
The official entries (and their rank according to gross income):
| 1. Enteng Ng Ina Mo |
| 2. Panday 2 |
| 3. My Househusband, Ikaw Na! |
| 4. Segunda Mano |
| 5. Shake Rattle and Roll 13 |
| 6. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |
| 7. Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story |
►REVIEWS, REVIEWS!
Enteng Ng Ina Mo
Enteng made it again! Remember "Si Agimat At Si Enteng Kabisote" from last year’s MMFF? It was the top grosser. This year, Enteng made it again! Earning more than P71M, it is, without a doubt, a box office hit.
Last year, a tandem with Agimat and now with Ina Montecillo. (And who knows, maybe next year a combination of all three? Oh c’mon.)
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As expected, Enteng Ng Ina Mo is a film for the whole family. It is exactly what you should watch if you’re looking for the right mix of fantasy and comedy. It is a collaboration of two of the biggest movie series: Enteng Kabisote (which has four) and Tanging Ina Mo (which has three); and the box office king and queen: Vic Sotto and Ai-Ai delas Alas.
Enteng’s wife left him for Engkantasya, and then he was cursed to fall in love with the next woman he meets. The question now is if Enteng would forget Faye and if Ina has finally found her true love.
Yes, you would get out of the movie house laughing. Punch lines are thrown in the right places. Eugene Domingo, of course, who plays Ai-Ai’s best friend Rowena, is one of those who gave a lot of humorous scenes. Good watch.
Panday 2
Ang Panday, by Carlo J. Caparas, a comic series in the 70’s, has always been a part of the Filipino people since then. It was by the 80’s when the comic series has been adapted in the big screen starring Fernando Poe Jr. Ramon “Bong” Revilla revived the series in 1993, and then revived it again in 2009 (which became the top grosser for the MMFF).
Whether or not it is true that the Filipino Comics Industry is dying, it is a good thing that we continue to immortalize “Panday”. Panday 2 (From GMA Films and Directed by Mac Alejandre), continues Flavio’s quest to defeat evil by the help of his powerful sword: Lizardo has been resurrected.
Right from the start, a lot has expected Panday 2 to win Best Visual Effects, and it did. But wait, did that monster ring a bell?
| I see what you did there. |
Clash of the Titans’ Kraken, is that you?
But wait, there’s more…
Anyway, back to the movie, it was good, only aside from the fact that it should be a serious epic movie and should not try to throw uncalled-for humor at unlikely scenes. Benjie Paras did a not-so-good job in making scenes funny.
Summing it up, the film is really a good watch after all. The visual effects look like The Clash of the Titans or Lord of the Rings already, also the production design. Kuddos!
My Househusband: Ikaw Na!
Girl Power! That’s probably one of the things you’d enjoy about this movie. You’ve definitely heard of it before: stay-at-home-dads and working moms.
The movie is timely. Househusbands are becoming rampant in the country and not everyone accepts it, or at least not that easily, like Rod (played by Ryan). It was hard for him to adjust in the situation: being the one to take care of the kids and the house.
The real-life couple did a great job in acting. For Judy Ann Santos, well of course it’s as expected, but for Ryan’s acting: it was a surprise. He did a really great job in portraying Rod’s character. The feeling of self pity would course from Ryan to you. Self pity because it’s a punch in the ego, for a guy, not having the capacity to earn, and let your wife do it.
Eugene Domingo, once again, did a very good job. She’s a really good actress. She added color in the film. She gave added humor and complemented – not overruled – her co-stars.
It’s a recommended movie. A touch of drama and comedy perfectly mixed, directed by Jose Javier Reyes.
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