As much as I bash Filipino talent (you can't blame me) I do know how to appreciate the entertainment.
I FINALLY watched A Very Special Love starring John Lloyd and Sarah Geronimo. The usual corny side comments were present but everybody was expecting that. They also delivered other things that the Pinoys expected: bad dubbing, cheap cinematography and stage design, uncommon clothes (poor girls don't have that kind of variety of office clothes, and rich Filipino kids wouldn't wear long sleeves and coats - they can afford to look professional without the inconvenience), a cheesy love story and a funny script.
Crap: music. Wrong background music choices. It made it sound like Facebook games - it just wouldn't STOP. They only had 3 midi files that they kept on cycling through the whole movie.
Crap: "I'm proud of you" scene
John Lloyd's character, Miguel Montenegro (Migs) is an emo b!tch who feels that all the world is against him and all he longs for is to hear his accomplished father say, "I'm proud of you." It's such a common scene in Filipino movies that it makes me wonder if there's a Pinoy Movie 101 course that script writers took.
What's annoying about the "I'm proud of you" scene?
Gullible Filipino kids, who think that sitting in front of the television watching Filipino dramas and soaps is a good way to spend the afternoon, take it to heart and they end up actually waiting for those specific words. Annoying emo kids who either dress up as emo punks or as brown blood whatever hip hop thugs. Dillusional, lazy asses.
Back to the story.
Miguel Montenegro, played by John Lloyd, is an angsty rich bastard (that's the first time I used the word without being derogatory) who has been trying to prove himself to his father's first family but fails - every.single.time.
*Beside Miguel's mother's grave*I though I'd hear someone scream "HHAAALLLELUIAH!!!" after that supposedly tear jerking part of the movie.
Dad: I'm proud of you, son.
Miguel: But you never showed it.
Dad: I did, son. You just couldn't see... Your heart is so full of hate that you couldn't see.
*Miguel cries* *Dad cries*
Question: Why are Filipino romantic comedies "required" to have drama scenes? Is it part of the Filipino movie formula? Would the audience throw a tantrum if the movie didn't make them cry? Is it like how a song and dance number is required in Bollywood movies?
Why Korean leading men are better characters:
They're also often filthy rich bastards (not necessarily a rich CEO's son from a different woman) and they're also often snobbish. But they're dressed better. They have better haircuts. And they're often angsty for a good reason - because they have been hurt in the past and building a wall around their hearts is how they try to stay away from further heartaches.
On the other hand, Filipino leading men are often mean because they don't realize that they're actually loved by their families, friends, etc. In short: they're emo is nonsensical.
Final score: 8 out of 10.
That's a pretty high score. Because John Lloyd has a pretty high receding hair line.
And in spite of all the corny scenes, Sarah Geronimo amazing delivered her character well and John Lloyd supported that character (although all he did was stare most of the time) and it made it LOL good.
And because....
It's so KILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!
P.S.
My Migs has abs.
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