Bukas na Lang Kita Mamahalin

[neth_row]

for the record, i had absolutely zero intention of watching this movie....napilit lang ako ng kaibigan ko....

pero ok naman siya....not too bad at all....it's not your typical pinoy pa-tweetums love story....it's as realistic as it can get....plus there are a couple of funny moments....of course, the acting of diether ocampo is lousy as usual, but the script made him look good....and to think that it's competition includes the likes of gladiator, shanghai noon, u-571, titan a.e., and supernova, medyo madami din yung nanood.....pero mejo corny yung ending.....

all in all, i think it's the best pinoy romantic film in recent years....enjoy the movie.....



[This message has been edited by neth_row (edited 06-28-2000).]

[aLLysH*]

neth_row: thanks for the comments! atleast, i have a better reason to watch the film. i was really planning to see the movie kasi gustung-gusto ko si angelu during her TGIS days.

unlike other teen-romantic movies, this one looks okay tlaga. trailer pa lang, obvious na di na ito pa-tweetums, mejo mature na sya ng konti...

[nikolai]

I couldn't believe it when my brother told me he saw this one! He's not the type kasi... Anyway he said it was actually not bad at all...except trying hard lang talaga si Diether mag english... So what's new...

[kiray]

neth_row:
you're right! the movie wasn't your typical pinoy teeny bopper flick. it was as realistic as it could get. but, i really, really hated the ending. it was so...TGIS. hindi bagay dun sa movie. nakakaasar. pero, okay na rin. pwede na rin pagtiyagaan. close your eyes na lang when it comes to the ending.

[rors]

eh marami namang teen stars diyan na trying hard mag-english eh.

[Bibeth Orteza]

neth-row, I don't think you're being baduy when you watch a Filipino movie.

Joey Reyes is one of the very few Filipino filmmakers who continues to respond to the times. He made "Toro" which was lauded in the 2000 Berlin Int'l Film Festival, but he's also made this film we're talking about. After "Toro."

Alam n'yo naman kung sino ang magagaling na filmmakers, at hindi.

Sa hirap nang paggawa ng pelikula sa panahong ito, sa harap nang katotohanang ipinamumukha ng audience sa amin na higit nilang ikinararangal ang panonood ng foreign films, masakit malamang nanonood kayo ng mga gawa namin nang nagtatakip kayo sa mukha ng panyo.

We are ready to face criticism. The minute our films are out, iyon na iyon. Husgahan n'yo na. The fact that we use our real names in our films indicates na hindi kami takot sa pagpuna. Siguro naman, that act in itself deserves an audience na hindi nagtatakip ng mukha pagpasok sa theater.

[sheilalibs]

It just makes me feel all to sad that we judge the caliber of our actors based on their proficiency in English.

Unang-una, hindi naman tayo mga Kano. Kahit anong twang ang isaksak natin sa aking pananalita ... at kahit anong pilit na magpaka-hip tayo ... aminin at ipagmalaki na Pilipino tayo ... na bahagi ng isang bilingual culture.

Kung inaakala ng ilan sa atin na ang galing sa pag-I-Ingles ang sukat ng kakayahan at kagalingan ng tao, mas malaki ang problema nyo kaysa kay Diether.

For years, not only moviemakers but truly concerned educators and thinkers have worked hard to make us proud of who we are and what we can do. It is all too disgusting to think that the return to this colonial mentality and belief that English is the language of superiority has prevailed among the young people.

And,yes, I am proficient in both English and Pilipino.

At ipinagmamalaki ko ang pagiging Pilipino.

[nikolai]

May I just clarify something? Hindi ko ikinahihiya ang pagiging Pilipino ko. I don't have anything against Deither (or his English) either. Hindi naman ako ganon ka babaw na tao. I was just sharing a comment made by someone who's seen the movie. (That's what this thread is for anyway right? ) In fairness din to my brother, I don't think he was judging the quality of the movie on Diether's english (or diction). In fact he even said it was a good movie. sheilalibs, siguro lang in this case, he meant the movie would've turned out even better if he spoke in Filipino (if he was more comfortable with the language). That's all...

Ah basta! Baduy na kung baduy...manonood pa rin ako!!!

[Bibeth Orteza]

Hi, Neth-row. Pete Lacaba, in an article that saw print in the Inquirer late last year, took note that "Nearly a dozen quality films doing the international-filmfest circuit in the same year may not seem like much in an industry that produces around 150 movies each year. But anyone familiar with the history of Philippine cinema knows this is a precedent-setting event. In 1979, a single Lino Brocka film making it to Cannes was already cause for celebration."

Pete was referring to the dozen Filipino films going around last year. Filipino films are screening in all six continents, pwera na lang Antartica and that's because walang festival doon.

We're starting from scratch, 'eto na ang tinatawag na 'post-Brocka' period of Philippine cinema. So I think naman, hindi natin masasabing bumaba ang caliber ng Filipino films. May pangit na pelikula pa rin, pero marami-rami na rin ang maganda. Gagandang lalo pa iyan, depende sa suporta ninyo.

Thanks just the same for watching Filipino films.

[rors]

grabe, that's a laugh! i mean, hiding your face. i'm not ashamed to watch filipino movies. there are really a lot of good film makers out there. it doesn't make you jolog or baduy to watch filipino films naman eh.

actually, i'm not proud to watch foreign films over filipino films. but i just can't help but watch foreign films. i mean there are lots of great foreign films really although they also have their sets of trash. pero ang galing talaga ng mga concepts nila most of the time. as in you'd ask, "how were they able to think of that?"

sorry, pero i won't watch this angelu-diether film. i just hate diether's acting.

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[sheilalibs]

Originally posted by nikolai:
[b]May I just clarify something? Hindi ko ikinahihiya ang pagiging Pilipino ko. I don't have anything against Deither (or his English) either. Hindi naman ako ganon ka babaw na tao. I was just sharing a comment made by someone who's seen the movie. (That's what this thread is for anyway right? ) In fairness din to my brother, I don't think he was judging the quality of the movie on Diether's english (or diction). In fact he even said it was a good movie. sheilalibs, siguro lang in this case, he meant the movie would've turned out even better if he spoke in Filipino (if he was more comfortable with the language). That's all...

Ah basta! Baduy na kung baduy...manonood pa rin ako!!! [IMG]

Nikolai, HINDI BADUY TO WATCH FILIPINO MOVIES ... SO GO AHEAD AND WATCH ... AND SEE HOW SOME FILIPINO FILMMAKERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE MOVIEGOERS PROUD OF THEIR WORKS. ALL THE BEST ... AND ONE BIG HUG!


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[Felix Jimenez]

Maganda ang pelikula! Masama lang ang sound, hindi ko alam kung sa sinehan na pinanooran ko or ang mixing ng pelikula! Ngayon ko lang nalaman na meron palang mga "Pinoy Closet Movie Goers"! Parang mga "Closet Queens". though I have nothing against "Closet Queens", kasi naman ano, ang society natin! Pero iyung mga nagtatakip ng mukha dahil nanonood kayo ng Pinoy film, parang medyo...Sabagay ganyan talaga ang Pinoy! Parang pag-inom ng kape yan! Kung iinom ka ng kape sa labas, aba eh, sa Starbucks na! At sa labas ng Starbucks, kesehodang tagaktak na ang pawis mo! Aba eh, hindi talaga katakip-takip ng mukha ang pag-inom ng kape sa Starbucks, hindi ba?

[sheilalibs]

Originally posted by Felix Jimenez:
Maganda ang pelikula! Masama lang ang sound, hindi ko alam kung sa sinehan na pinanooran ko or ang mixing ng pelikula! Ngayon ko lang nalaman na meron palang mga "Pinoy Closet Movie Goers"! Parang mga "Closet Queens". though I have nothing against "Closet Queens", kasi naman ano, ang society natin! Pero iyung mga nagtatakip ng mukha dahil nanonood kayo ng Pinoy film, parang medyo...Sabagay ganyan talaga ang Pinoy! Parang pag-inom ng kape yan! Kung iinom ka ng kape sa labas, aba eh, sa Starbucks na! At sa labas ng Starbucks, kesehodang tagaktak na ang pawis mo! Aba eh, hindi talaga katakip-takip ng mukha ang pag-inom ng kape sa Starbucks, hindi ba?

You are so correct! Hats off and a hug, Felix ... Isn't is so ironic and sad that we have " Pinoy closet film goers"? Para bagang insulto sa pagkatao ang manood ng pelikulang Pilipino sa sinehan ... pero pinapanood rin naman nila on cable? What does that say about our people and what they think of being Filipino?

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

hmmm... feeling ko maganda yun mangyayari dito sa movie... para kseng maganda eh... ano ba yun story? hehehe...

no. seriously, ano talga yun story?
kse may nabasa ako na sinadya daw talaga isulat yun story for angelu... maganda kaya?

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[sheilalibs]

no. seriously, ano talga yun story?
kse may nabasa ako na sinadya daw talaga isulat yun story for angelu... maganda kaya?

HINDI MO NA-GETCH ANG STORY?! My goodness!!! Baka naman kung ano ang ginawa mo sa loob ng sinehan? Joke lang, ha?!

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

sheilalibs: hahaha... actually, puro bathroom break lang ginawa ko sa sinehan... lolz. joke lang. sa totoo lang, di ko pa napapanood yun movie... nabasa ko lang sa dyaryo... naging curious tuloy ako... hehehe... yun lang.


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[Felix Jimenez]

Originally posted by neth_row:
so, does it mean you're less of a filipino when you do that? like what i've said, give us a reason to be proud, and by all means, we will. itataas mo ang banderang pinoy, puro dungis naman....linisin mo muna bago mo itaas.....

Yes! Kasi nga, going back to "Closet Queens". Bakit ayaw nilang lumantad? Kaya hindi sila ganap na bakla kasi nagtatago pa sila! So, kung ikaw ay isang Pinoy na nanonood ng Pinoy Films at nagtatago ka sa panonood nito, hindi ka isang tunay na Pinoy. Sapagkat walang isang tunay na mamamayan ng isang bayan na ikinahihiya ang kanyang bayan!

Hindi mo kailangan ng rason para maging proud ka para sa bayan mo, nasa iyo ng lahat ang rason para maging proud ka, pero itinatago mo nga, sinu-supressed ng mga Pinoy ang damdamin nila para maging proud Filipinos, or rather Proud of Being a Filipino! Kaya wala talagang patutunguhan ang bansang ito. Bakit may mga nagtatago? Bakit may mga naghihintay? Sa bandang huli tama ka naman sa sinabi mong "itataas mo ang banderang Pinoy, madungis naman, linisin muna"! Sa tingin mo ba may pag-asa pang luminis ang banderang Pinoy? Ako sa tingin ko wala na! Kahit na siguro isa pang isangdaang taon uli! Wala na! Ang kalaban ng Pilipino ay ang kanyang sarili! Hindi kasi natin mahal ang sarili natin, ang sariing atin! Sa Japan, kahit nga iyung mga "Geisha" tanggap ng mga Hapon! Alam naman natin kung ano ang uri ng trabaho nila! Pero iyon ay nasa kultura nila! Niyakap nila ang kanilang kultura, kaya nasaan ang bansang Hapon ngayon? Dito sa atin, kung may Geisha? Naku!
To quote you again, "linisin mo muna..." Dyan magaling ang Pinoy, ang mamuna! Tayo lang kasi ang magaling! Alam mo bang ang Pinoy ang pinakamahirap na i-please as an audience?
Naniniwala ka ba sa sinabi ni Rizal na ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan? ako hinde!

[imogen]

naiintriga ako sa story.... pero ayoko kay angelu.

sige pag may nag alok sa kin na panuorin to, manunuod ako.

[neth_row]

hwow chong, may balak ka bang tumakbo sa susunod na taon???

[angelic_light]

I think that movie is really sick.

It glorifies girls who are very promiscuous and who just go with boys just like that.

I believe that movie does not set a fine example or even a true picture of Filipinas of today.