Digital Fortress

I hate local movies. Not in the sense that I hate ALL of them but rather most of them. Hindi man lang ako na-excite manood ng kahit anong local film. Kahit nga yung Pinoy Blonde e. It doesn’t look cool enough. Siguro kulang sa hype. Imagine, studios promoting their films 2 weeks before the release? Sino naman makakapansin nun? Star Cinema lang yata and GMA Films ang nakakapagpromote ng films e.

 

The first film I saw in theaters was “Magic to Win” / “Happy Ghost” (1991) starring Kris Aquino and a dog that turns into a human being. I’ve also seen Darna (with Anjanette Abayari) with my father. Syempre, wala pa akong muwang nun kung ano yung panget ang maganda. Pero the most recent ko yatang napanood ay yung “Mila” ni Maricel Soriano at “Magnifico”. Sinamahan ko lang yung ate ko sa Mila kasi required sa kanila na panoorin yun. Nakakahiya ngang pumila sa sinehan e. Pano ba naman…yung mga kasabay na movies ay Tomb Raider at Evolution. Tapos ako lang nakapila sa “Mila” nakakahiya. Kaya ko naman napanood yung Magnifico ay dahil required sa isa naming subject. Maganda naman. Pero I swear hindi ako manonood uli ng local film sa theaters unless I was required to do so in school and they’ve improved the film’s sound and picture quality.

Malakas ang paniniwala ko ng film industry lang ang makakabangon sa Pilipinas. We just have to wait for a producer to invest a large money for a very big budget Filipino movies that will surely entice Pinoy audiences. Not just romantic comedies, cheap teen flicks featuring talent search show winners, heavy dramas and films that have a title of places (Dubai, Milan etc.) and titles with the word “love”. Kaso nga lang, tuwing MMFF lang nalabas yung mga ganito and are surely for the masses.

I want a local film that have the same quality as foreign movies, not just Hollywood. Think of other Asian movies. Maganda yung qualities. Picture and sounds pa lang, wala na tayo. Bulok na kasi yung camera na ginagamit natin e kaya grainy yung video. At yung audio naman, ilang dekada na ang lumipas ganun pa rin. Same old sound effects and it doesn’t even maximize the theater sound system. Sayan lang pera ko kung manonood ako ng sine tapos mono lang ang sound. Tapos halatang dubbed pa yung mga voices. The camera works are all the same. Para makatipid siguro, many of the scenes were shot using a single camera (walang ibang angle) kaya hindi makita yung mga mukha ng artista pag nag-uusap.

Sana ako yun. Yung makakapagbago sa face ng local cinema…hehe. Pero ang layo e. ComSci course ko e and I don’t even own a camera. Kahit sa cellphone…huhuhu…

 

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