Watch comedy films when you're heartbroken

 Sharon and I had a great conversation last week. She’s a good friend of mine back in High School and that we recently reconnected thru Facebook. I told her about my current state of relationship and asked for some advise. She didn’t fail me. She’s a great frined that no matter how long you’ve lost contact with, she’s still the same and that she still lends her ears to listen and have the power to encourage and uplift me. She’s an active Mormon Church member by the way and she posted few biblical sayings about love and moving on on my Facebook Wall.

One of her advices, and that she did herself when she was on the same situation, was that she watched a lot of funny movies so she can forget the pain even for a little amount of time. So I did, and watched funny tagalog movies over the weekend. I watched Tanging Ina last nato and Petrang Kabayo. I had high expectations on the movie. Tanging Ina movie as the main character won MMFF 2010 best actress for the movie and Petrang Kabayo as I am a huge fan of Vice Ganda’s wit and impromptu punchlines and I am a “Showtime” fan.

These movies should deliver as expected and because they are both blockbuster hit when they were shown in PH, but unfortunately, both movies are one of the movie-goers-will-watch-it-because-the-main-characters-are-famous-stars and that’s it. I think it was a blockbuster because the stars are famous. Here’s my critic to the movie.

Ang Tanging Ina Last nato:

- the story is ok but forgetable. I still prefer the first Tanging Ina. I wonder how AiAi won the MMFF 2010 best actress award though. Just askin. That’s all I can say. hehehe. At least I tried finishing the movie.

Petrang Kabayo:

- Very boring. Most of the scenes are created just to insert those Vice Ganda jokes like “Hindi, sa labas. Try mo ipasok mo sa labas” when his secretary was asking where to put his documents. Halatang pilit ung mga eksena. I prefer Vice Ganda doing impromptu jokes and punchlines and not on this movie where he needs to memorize the script for his punchline acts. I had to stop watching the movie and decided I had enough after about 3/4 of the movie. The story is dragging and boring. Adding to the worst storylines are the horrible dubbing. Dang! I dunno but it seems like this is a total low budget film that can’t afford to use high quality dubbing equipments. Come on Star Cinema, you can do better! Sorry just my honest opinion.

Now, what do these both movies have in common aside from being both horrible? Tama! Both are directed by Wenn Deramas. Ang direktor na nakakatawa pag gumagamit ng special effects (remember Anne Curtis’s Dyosa teleserye?). In fairness, may movie sya na maganda - Tanging Ina - the first installment. Un lang natatandaan kong movie nya na matino out of I dunno kung naka ilang movie na sya. You may also notice some of the few supporting casts that appear on both films (of course, aside from Wenn Deramas’s all-time favorite guy DJ Durano).

Yes, these are comedy movies but can’t comedy films have descent and intelligent storylines? Just askin Direk :)

Ayun, imbes na matuwa ako kasi heartbroken, lalo ako nabadtrip kasi walang kwenta tong parehong movies hehhehe! Well, kahit papano nakalimutan ko ang heart ache na pinagdadaanan ko kahit saglit lang :)