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What's the best Filipino movie you've seen?

I don't know if you guys like Filipino movies (I don't) but I'm sure there are some of them which are worth watching. What movies are those?
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Other really good ones I've seen include:
Ishmael Bernal's Himala
Mike De Leon's Sister Stella L and Kisapmata
and Lino Brocka's Jaguar
2 Filipino movies I've never seen but are among the best ever are Lamberto Avellana's Badjao and Gerry De Leon's Ifugao. Both films reaped major awards in the Asian Film Festival at a time when the likes of Akira Kurosawa's films vied for recognition in the same film festival.
his best are batch 81 (about frats), kakabakaba ka ba? (a comedy-musical bordering on the inane but with a lot of social commentary and undertones), and kisapmata. you can borrow them from the masscom archives. they allow it na kung cmc student ka.
do you know if either Banjao or Ifugao are available sa Masscom archives? It is reputed that no copy of Ifugao exists so sayang since it is one of our best movies ever and it's not even that old - 1950s! One thing we've never been very good at is preserve aspects of our heritage!
I am craving for Brocka's films! I saw his "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang" at the UP Film Center and I was very impressed. My prof, who required us to watch the movie, told me to see "Orapronobis" which is said to be one of Brocka's better films. Has anyone seen this one? What's it about?
Sakay was also good, so was Ligaya (although I felt that there was more nudity than was needed).
Since we're talking about Filipino films, (this is kinda off-topic but what da heck!) after the success of Rizal both money-wise and awards-wise, I thought that the movie industry would finally wake up and start making those quality movies which we've been lacking forever. But lo and behold, I was mistaken! It hasn't gotten any better, maybe even worse.
What can you expect from movies with the titles "Talong", "Hubad sa Ilalim ng Dagat" and "Umuulan Non... Basa ang Bukid!" Sheesh, they should give an award to the "creative" ppl who come up with these titles, and then shoot them in the head. I dread to think what a movie with those titles will be about.
Oh well. I was hoping to see the movie industry improve in my lifetime. Maybe I will if I live to be 500.
And just in case you need to know, Sunshine Cruz didn't bare all that much, so it's not worth watching.
have to agree with ada, though. i sure was hoping for better films after rizal. but then...
Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa and Rizal. Bata Bata was cool because of the honesty of the characters. The script was excellent. Rizal, on the other hand, was aesthetically beautiful. However, if people without any background of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo will view it, they will get lost. But I'm sure Nix would like it.
my favorites
1. Rizal
2, Rizal sa Dapitan
3. Pare Ko
4. Scorpio Nights 2
5. Madrasta
whats' urs...hehehhe
Ada I think started a thread asking the same question a while back. If you change the topic setting to view topics beyond just the last 10 days, you will see it.
u should see karnal, maynila: sa kuko ng liwanag, insiang, oro plata mata, jaguar, bona, the original panday series [not the bong revilla & jinggoy estrada versions, pls!], etc
jose rizal would rate abt 7.5 compared to the 9 to 9.9 of the others, guaranteed!
also, many of you may not agree, but the movie made by siguion-reyna where rosanna roces plays a prostitute was absolutely fantastic!
too bad filipinos don't know how to appreciate really good acting. they prefer the dramas of judy ann santos or pa-cutes of jolina.